Last night I heard an interesting ghost story.
As many of you know, Ole Miss was used as a Civil War hospital following the Battle of Shiloh. Lots of stories resulted, many involving ghosts.
Last night we heard a story from a woman recently retired from Ole Miss. She was in Ole Miss administration for the past 30 years, working in the Lyceum (oldest building on campus - dating to 1848). She said she regularly worked past midnight over the years until she had an encounter with a ghost. She said she didn't share this story before retirement, because she feared being ridiculed.
She was upstairs in an office suite about 20 years ago when a door opened. It was 2am. She hadn't heard anyone else in the building since before midnight. She said she called out, expecting a custodian. No answer. She stood, and an apparition walked in. "He looked like a soldier; wearing a sack jacket; couldn't tell if he was Union or Confederate." The soldier walked past her and into the adjoining room. Yikes. She left for the night, and never worked after midnight there again.
I lived in a haunted house in Montgomery as a kid. We lived there for 7 years and had 3 encounters.
1. About 3:00 AM, I heard a noise in the den, then dishes rattling in the kitchen. I woke my parents up and we investigated. My dad had a baseball bat in his hands. There was a footprint in the chair by the den window. The window was closed and locked. 2 dishes were on the kitchen table. The house was totally locked.
2. I was asleep and I heard my door opening. I watched it as it slowly opened all the way and no one was there. Then it slowly closed all the way. Rinse and repeat; Dad with the baseball bat in his hand.
3. Footsteps in the attic. Yep, Dad with the baseball bat.
My oldest brother lived in Slapout, Al once upon a time. His house was totally haunted. Female voice at 3:00 AM every single night. The chandelier in the living room would tinkle often and that house was air tight.
My brother was tending to the firepacle and a bust he had on the mantle flew off and just missed his head. It happened right in front of me.
Oh yes, I'm a believer.
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