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theburner · 03-24-2004, 06:12 AM

Ok.. I will share my story, and be as concise as possible!

Back in 1991, a buddy and I used to clean some office space for a steel warehouse. There was a 3 Story office building attached to a 3 story tall warehouse (Only one floor, just 3 stories tall). We did this on weekends for some extra cash.

One Saturday afternoon we arrive to start cleaning and enter the office. Only the bottom floor of the officespace is being used, the top 2 floors are empty. We open the door and walk in and EVERY Electronic device is on. Computers, coffee machines, calculators, EVERYTHING. I called the General Manager of the company to make sure he didn't have anyone working that Saturday. (didn't want to scare the worker, didn't want him scaring us!).
He said no, nobody working today.. Why?
I informed him EVERY electronic device was on and we assumed someone must be there. He said no, we must have just left in a hurry on Friday. Ok, I took that at face value.
So we start cleaning. I took the office space, my buddy went to the other side of the offices to clean the workers locker room and bathroom. I am mopping away and feel a presence behind me. I figure it is my buddy so I said " quit f-ing around and get to work". No response. I turned around to give him shit and he wasn't there. Nobody was there. No big deal, my mind was playing tricks on me. About 5 mins later same deal. I turned around and said "Listen dickhead, get to work. This will take forever if I have to do it myself". No answer.
No I am pissed, I figure buddy boy is messing around trying to scare me or something. So I walk over to the area he is supposed to be cleaning so I can bust him not working. Just as I am about to round the corner to his area, I hear him say "Listen asshole, if you want to keep playing around this will NEVER get done!".
I came around the corner, explained to him we both were experiencing the same phenomenom. Got to admit, we were both about 18-19 at the time, and it freaked us out. So we walked out to the plant floor and grabbed some lengths of pipe (protection I guess!).
We started to look around because at this point we figure someone has broken in and is messing with us. Then it happens.
We hear a knock on a window from the third floor. (There was a window in the "executive floor" (3rd) that overlooked the warehouse. Not one on the 2nd, and just doors to the plant on hte first floor. We both look up and see a shadow flash past the window. Problem solved. There is only 2 ways up to the third floor, and we are sooo full of adrenaline we are ready to kick this prowlers ass. I run up one stairway, my buddy runs up the other (pipes in hand! Boy were we tough!)
We get to the top at the same time, whip open the doors (which were locked, but we both had master keys) and NOTHING. Because the floor was empty (no desks, nothing) we could see everything. Empty. We look at the window, nothing. NO curtains, no coat rack, no light even.. Nothing.
So we walk to the window and look down. Nothing.
Now we are FREAKED out. The supernatural enters our thought process (for the first time now!) and we are truely scared.
We ran downstairs, worked TOGETHER to clean the areas and got the hell out of there. Oh yeah, we quit that day too.
Anyways, 2 months later we are at the General Managers house for a bbq. We all killed a few beers, (this was Canada, so we were legal!) and got to talking about that day. He started laughing when we mentioned it. I asked what was so funny?

"You guys finally met the ghost." Turns out when the place was being built one of the ironworkers fell off the partially constructed roof and was killed. Ever since that day there have been sightings, random events, all the classic signs of a ghost. Huge rolls of steel (20 tons) being moved 20-30 feet away from where they were left, lights turning on, etc.

Let me just say I was glad as hell we quit, but pissed off he didn't tell us about the ghost before we took the job.

03-24-2004, 06:12 AM	#16 (permalink)
theburner Canadian Beer Ambassador Location: Cumming, GA	Ok.. I will share my story, and be as concise as possible! Back in 1991, a buddy and I used to clean some office space for a steel warehouse. There was a 3 Story office building attached to a 3 story tall warehouse (Only one floor, just 3 stories tall). We did this on weekends for some extra cash. One Saturday afternoon we arrive to start cleaning and enter the office. Only the bottom floor of the officespace is being used, the top 2 floors are empty. We open the door and walk in and EVERY Electronic device is on. Computers, coffee machines, calculators, EVERYTHING. I called the General Manager of the company to make sure he didn't have anyone working that Saturday. (didn't want to scare the worker, didn't want him scaring us!). He said no, nobody working today.. Why? I informed him EVERY electronic device was on and we assumed someone must be there. He said no, we must have just left in a hurry on Friday. Ok, I took that at face value. So we start cleaning. I took the office space, my buddy went to the other side of the offices to clean the workers locker room and bathroom. I am mopping away and feel a presence behind me. I figure it is my buddy so I said " quit f-ing around and get to work". No response. I turned around to give him shit and he wasn't there. Nobody was there. No big deal, my mind was playing tricks on me. About 5 mins later same deal. I turned around and said "Listen dickhead, get to work. This will take forever if I have to do it myself". No answer. No I am pissed, I figure buddy boy is messing around trying to scare me or something. So I walk over to the area he is supposed to be cleaning so I can bust him not working. Just as I am about to round the corner to his area, I hear him say "Listen asshole, if you want to keep playing around this will NEVER get done!". I came around the corner, explained to him we both were experiencing the same phenomenom. Got to admit, we were both about 18-19 at the time, and it freaked us out. So we walked out to the plant floor and grabbed some lengths of pipe (protection I guess!). We started to look around because at this point we figure someone has broken in and is messing with us. Then it happens. We hear a knock on a window from the third floor. (There was a window in the "executive floor" (3rd) that overlooked the warehouse. Not one on the 2nd, and just doors to the plant on hte first floor. We both look up and see a shadow flash past the window. Problem solved. There is only 2 ways up to the third floor, and we are sooo full of adrenaline we are ready to kick this prowlers ass. I run up one stairway, my buddy runs up the other (pipes in hand! Boy were we tough!) We get to the top at the same time, whip open the doors (which were locked, but we both had master keys) and NOTHING. Because the floor was empty (no desks, nothing) we could see everything. Empty. We look at the window, nothing. NO curtains, no coat rack, no light even.. Nothing. So we walk to the window and look down. Nothing. Now we are FREAKED out. The supernatural enters our thought process (for the first time now!) and we are truely scared. We ran downstairs, worked TOGETHER to clean the areas and got the hell out of there. Oh yeah, we quit that day too. Anyways, 2 months later we are at the General Managers house for a bbq. We all killed a few beers, (this was Canada, so we were legal!) and got to talking about that day. He started laughing when we mentioned it. I asked what was so funny? "You guys finally met the ghost." Turns out when the place was being built one of the ironworkers fell off the partially constructed roof and was killed. Ever since that day there have been sightings, random events, all the classic signs of a ghost. Huge rolls of steel (20 tons) being moved 20-30 feet away from where they were left, lights turning on, etc. Let me just say I was glad as hell we quit, but pissed off he didn't tell us about the ghost before we took the job. __________________ Take Off Eh!