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THE THEATER GHOST
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We love to investigate 'haunted' places. We have quite a bit of equipment for the purpose and some rather psychic people we impose upon when the opportunity to investigate arises. We perform at the discretion of the owners of the haunted place, not giving out names or what have you when requested. The only reason I mention this is because the story I am about to rely to you will be done without names or location because that is the request of the owner.

First, let me clarify the place we went to investigate is a public place. Anyone, with the right amount of cash, can enter the doors. But during public business hours is not when the activities of the paranormal takes place. We requested, and were granted the ability to stay in this establishment overnight. We took cameras, infrared film, camcorders, tape records, motion sensor devices, all the normal equipment investigators of the paranormal take with them. The building, nearly 75 years old, was secured for the night with no windows or door open any place throughout.

At first we noticed the lack of any activity. For the better part of the evening it was this way. But at about 3 a.m. we suddenly realized that the three ornamental balls hanging from the ceiling were swinging. But not swinging as if blown by wind. One swung to the left then right. Another swung from the front to the back and the last swung, or rather, spun around in circles. We quickly checked the entire building once again for windows or doors that may be open, but none were. No explanation could be attained as to why these ornamental balls, all of some weight, would swing or move with no apparent outside force causing them. Oddly, we have been in this building when the doors were standing wide open, the wind fairly strong outside, yet the ornamental balls did not move then. From 3 a.m. until 6 a.m. these balls continued to move about in the same manner without stopping. Photos taken of the balls produced a bizarre cloud surrounding the three balls and inside the cloud it appeared as though there were three distinct faces and heads of three different people.

The next thing to happen was an odd noise coming from an office area. We went to inspect the area but found nothing that would have caused the noise. However we did find equipment left on - when we asked about this equipment the next day we were told not only had it been turned off but unplugged as well.

With all the lights out, one our psychics sat down at the Ouija board. I took pictures of her with her hands resting on the pointer and what developed was quite startling. Coming from her hands to the ceiling was two streaks of yellow-red light coming from each hand. It was pronounced in the photo. Yet no lights were on and no lights entered the area from the street as there are no windows in the area the pictures were taken. When I saw this develop, because I used a Polaroid Spectra camera to take the picture, I decided to start taking pictures of different areas as well, whenever I felt something odd in the atmosphere. The photos taken were amazing. More lights showed up in the photos, even when the background area could not be distinguished as to what it was the streaks of light clearly showed up. Furthermore, the streaks of light bent at various angles, first 45 degrees then back to a straight line then 45 degrees in a different direction from the first angle. Everyone we have shown the pictures to, including people who are employed by Polaroid, could not explain the angles of the light.

I went into an area, just off the main entrance of the building, to get a glass of water. Just beyond where the water was is a bathroom. When I passed the restroom area I heard nothing unusual. Shortly, within about four minutes of my returning to the group another person in our party decided to go to the restroom but returned rather quickly. She asked if I had used the restroom while I was in getting water. I said no. She then informed us that the water was turned on full blast in the ladies room. We all went in there to check it out and sure enough both water faucets were turned on full and water was gushing into the sink. The lady who had gone into the restroom insisted she did not turn on the water, as a matter of fact, she didn't even use the facilities after she saw that the water was turned on full blast, she merely turned and came back to get us. Was someone making their presence known in this action. They need not have done so, for we knew they were there all along.

As the evening went on, we took many more pictures, some producing weird lights some producing nothing more than blackness. Finally, at about 5:15 a.m. we ran out of film, so we decided to take off to the local 7-11 to pick up some more. While we were gone the night security guard was left alone in the building. He said he would sit near the front door while we were gone so he could hear us return. When we did return we found him outside the building with keys in hand. We asked why he was outside and he said he couldn't stay in that place any longer alone. Seems he propped open the inside door of the building and stood between it and the outside door waiting for us. Each time he propped open the inside door it would close behind him with a thud. These are heavy doors and they do not close easily. But they did that night. After it happened to him four times he decided to take his leave, unlocked the outside door and hurried outside, waiting for us on the sidewalk in the front of the building. When we got back, sure enough, the inside door was closed and locked tightly, though he insisted he had not closed it nor had he locked it.

An odd experience one of the psychics had was the feeling that someone was upstairs looking down from the balcony above. They could see a woman standing there. Our cameras were directed in that area and pictures taken. What they yielded were more strange angle lights. As we walked around the building the hair on our arms reacted to different levels of electricity in the air - when this happened we took more pictures and more strange lights appeared. By the time dawn came near the building started to settle down. At 6 a.m., as if someone punched a time card, the entire building seemed to fall quiet once again. Our night of watching and attempting to communicate with whatever it was responsible for these strange events of the evening was over.

Things did, and I suppose they do still, happen in the daytime as well. One employee who generally opens the building in the morning has reported on several occasions feeling as though someone was behind him. When he turned to look no one was there but as soon as he turned back around he would hear someone say clearly to him "Hello." Another employee experienced something odd when going downstairs from the main floor. She felt something icy cold pass right through her. The hand rail got freezing cold and she felt a cold that was bone chilling. She was more intrigued by this than afraid. Other employees have had strange things happen as well - for example one night a manager was closing up the building and turned out all the lights and started to make his way towards the front door when he remembered he'd left something in his office. Having worked there for a long time he didn't bother turning on the lights again but walked through the darkness to his office then turned on his office light, got the item he had forgotten, then turned out the light, locked the door and headed back to the front door again. When he neared the front door area his path was well lighted by overhead lights. He knew he had turned them off and having them on suddenly made him stop to ponder how they came back on. Just as he shrugged his shoulders in bewilderment and started back to the main switch to turn them off again they all went out - so did he and rather quickly. He would not stay in the building alone at night after this for sometime to come.

The same security guard who stayed with us during our night of adventure had several experiences in the building. Once early in the evening he saw a man and woman in the balcony area. He yelled up at them, the building is closed. But they continued to talk to each other, as if ignoring him. He yelled it again, and still no recognition that he had said anything to them. Finally he climbed the stairs to the balcony and as he approached the man and woman the man turned around to look at him. He clearly said to the man, looking directly at him, the building is closed and you must leave. The man and woman did - right in front of his eyes they both faded away into thin air.

Other times we have been in the building we have experienced the overpowering smell of flowers near the front door, yet no flowers were there. Also we have felt, each of us individually, as though something brushed against us and yet nothing was in the area.

Our research yielded nothing unusual about the structure. Though a part of the history of the California area it did not appear to have anything unusual take place in it. The original intent of the building was one that contributed greatly to its community but over the years that contribution has waned greatly and the statue of this historical building is all but forgotten by most in today's generation. Perhaps the activity taking place in the building is nothing more than a protest against what the building has become. Perhaps it is a critique on the entire operation and future plans for the historical building. We don't know. But it is certain, something is there and something is restless.

Do you have a story to tell? Or if you have a haunted place you want checked out let us know that as well - we're ready to investigate - Just drop us a line here on the net.