Ghost Hunt Gone Wrong Retold

Woot, mod gives the go ahead for a retelling.

Because Im rather short on time, this version of the story will be rather abridged but I will try to not leave out any key details.

Some friends and I decided to go on a little ghost hunt at a local abandoned hospital. Mostly a lark than a serious thought. Upon arriving we took some pictures of the local area, only the ones of the Helipad turned out.





We had a look around after that, and while walking underneath a dark over hang single file, we heard clang clang, I fallowed clang clang, my brother whom was directly behind me suddenly falls into an open man hole. The cover was leaning up against a nearby wall which we found odd because as I said we were all single file.



Upon entering the Hospital we found nothing out the ordinary, just a broken down old building. The only freely acessable enterance was into the basement.



We were kinda starting to get spooked but we were already there so the decent began.



We made our way into the basement and found shortly there after a room with maps and floor plans, we checked them out to find that a black metal door near the basement enterance lead to the morgue. As I looked over the plans with my brother, the others started to fan out and explore our first hallway.

BTW, I found a few extra pics here's the doorway that lead to the morgue area.




Im not sure if you can tell but one of the reasons we voted against this was the area was flooded and not everyone had boots on.

So my friend Mike enters a room by himself, another guy Kyle is directly behind him, as they get about 3 feet in Mike suddenly stops and backs out quickly pushing Kyle backwards. Turns out he found the old boiler room which now had a cardboard village of sorts. The door was barred, out of his own freight, I couldnt get any pics cause he begged us not to reopen the door. Apparently it scared him quite a bit so no idea what it actually looked like in there.

Here's a pic I took of the main basement hall.



After everything was settled, we decided to continue our exploration, turns out at this time we notice two guys are missing. I run down the hall about 10-12 feet and notice that my flash light isnt displaying anything much further than 8-10 feet ahead of me in the dark hall. This wouldnt be a big deal but it was an LED Flash Light not a cheap-o Dollar store deal. I turn around, again darkness with the same light distance. I hear my friends calling out to me and I run back towards them. They seem a little spooked they say that I just sorta appeared out of the darkness. Kinda like if I was running out of some sorta black liquid. I tell them I saw a stair well not too far ahead and I thought the others may have gone upstairs.

We hear some shuffling behind us and what sounds like doors opening and closing, this is why there's someone holding a 2X4 in the pic, he was scared of possible vagrants attacking us.



We wait a few seconds and the shadows around us start to push forward and dance around so with all this we decide, gotta go up quickly. We rush up the stairs and come upon our fellow pals. They tell us to shush as they hear noises coming from upstairs, and found a rather odd sight...

[edit on 5-10-2007 by Kenpachi]

[edit on 5-10-2007 by Kenpachi]

read this the other day and thought it was fascinating. did it get removed? why?

Is that the end of the story? I like it but I assumed there was more?

Shame the original thread got removed, as it was a lot more in depth. I remember what you originally said though and it's definitely a scary read.

This odd sight being a pigeon with its head twisted off laying on the stairs, oddly there is no blood. Some theorize it was a cat, personally Ive never seen a cat that could twist a bottle top much less an animals head off. The lack of bite marks on the body disqualify cat from my mind. The head was also left behind, I would think something wouldve eaten it. I poked the body to see if it was fresh, yep still squishy, just no blood...



The noises upstairs stop and we keep moving, upstairs there are cabinets all over the ground and a general huge mess.







There are door rooms at the end of the wide open space directly across from each other, their doorways create a hallway which leads to a windowed door. This door is locked. So we bypass the door by heading out the window of the room on the right, we couldve gone out the room on the left but decided with how close the ledge was someone might trip and fall.



That pic is of the room on the left.

We head out the window, and are out on the roof, aha safe. Feels nice outside, the inside of the hospital is a little too much for some of us, and the roof feels like a safe alternative. 4 others are boosted up onto the next level roof to continue exploring, my brother, a friend, gf and I stay behind. We're talking outside about how creepy this place is and how this might have been a bad idea. We quiet down suddenly hear noises coming from inside the hospital, sounds like something extremely heavy is running around inside. We hear the door in the hallway previously mentioned slam open, and bam with that we're on the wall next to each window knives drawn. We hear glass breaking and more shuffling. I peak into the window quickly and see a dark mass fly down the hallway, Im not sure what it was but it was fast. My gf is holding on tight and tearing up. Suddenly from above, "Hey guys, we found some cool #." I look up to see one of our buddies smiling from the secondary roof. We all look up and Shush him. The rest of the guys pop their heads over the ledges, "You guys are P******," they say. The next sound was something that sounded like a bear gurgling blood in the distance while roaring. At least thats the best description I can give it. We all get real quiet and real scared. My gf actually passes out, and ends up as dead weight, no problem she only weighes about 100ilbs.

From above we can hear doors slamming hard, the guys up top say the metal door up on the secondary roof is shaking. They jump down and we make our way back inside. Across the hall we hear noises coming from the other room, we go back real quick for an inspection.



Previous time the window was fine, now not so much. The noises upstairs get louder and we hear what sounds like that heavy object moving around. With my gf on my back I take off like a bat out of hell jumping over the fallen cabinets like hurdles. I run down the stairs faster than anyone jumping them entire sections at a time. Through the basement, and down the hall. I get to the 3rd door before exit, right next to that steal morgue door. I wait, the others arrive and Im off again up the stairs. Out the metal door out back and running through the parking lot. This is when we all hear a young girl's voice, "Hello...! Dont Leave, come back..." I talked to some people in the group and this was the general consensous of what was said. As Im running through the parking lot I turn to see what or who said that, the metal door slams shut and something wraps around my neck.

yeah was more. wait for him to get the rest in when he has time. =)

The feeling was like a clothes line, I hit the ground hard. While on the ground I noticed it was about 40 degrees outside which was odd cause it was the middle of July and about 80 when we entered only a few hours earlier. I also felt a heavy weight pressing on my chest. My friend picked me up, and another picked up my gf and we hoofed it back to my brothers house. This is the end of that night's occurance. Seems like something fallowed a few of the others back.

Wow this is very intresting.. Was this girl who said come back a ghost from inside the hospital then? Looks scarey that place. I'd love to ghost hunt someitme.

Just wondering why everyone had a jacket or jeans and long sleeves on when it was 80 degrees when you entered.

reply to post by KidOK


There is a simple reason for this, many of were afraid of insulation falling on us. Thus one of the members in the group said make sure to wear long sleeved jackets and or hoodies because fiberglass touching the skin is supposed to be dangerous.

reply to post by KidOK


Aww you beat me to the question. I was wonderig the same thing. Everyone seems to be dressed for cool weather.

Originally posted by Spacedeck
Wow this is very intresting.. Was this girl who said come back a ghost from inside the hospital then? Looks scarey that place. I'd love to ghost hunt someitme.

Id like to think it was a ghost but the place is very close to a residential neighborhood so... Who knows, I said ghost half the group said someone on their patio, but we all heard it.

Originally posted by Daz3d-n-Confus3d
reply to post by KidOK

 

Aww you beat me to the question. I was wonderig the same thing. Everyone seems to be dressed for cool weather.

hehe, Well I dont care how hot it is I would never do that in shorts and t shirt. Im a weirdo when it comes to ghosts, I even sleep with a blanket on in the summer.

I have some questions about the photos.

If they are in the order of the events, why is it that the photo with the broken glass window (DSCF0251) appears after the photo of "the room at the left", but its filename is DSCF0253?

And do you know what happened to make the time stamp of the files start at 27-01-2004 23:22, then jump to 30-01-2004 00:28 and then end at 01-01-2004 01:00?

DSCF0218: 27-01-2004 23:22
DSCF0219: 27-01-2004 23:22
DSCF0232: (no EXIF data)
DSCF0233: 30-01-2004 00:28
DSCF0234: 30-01-2004 00:28
DSCF0235: 30-01-2004 00:28
DSCF0236: 30-01-2004 00:30
DSCF0245: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0247: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0248: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0249: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0250: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0251: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0253: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0254: (no EXIF data)

This is funny somewhat, personally. I got arrested a year ago for ghost hunting.

reply to post by ArMaP


I love it when people take the time to be inquisitive.

This sounds more to me like a story than anything truly paranormal. The headless pigeon was the iceberg that sunk the ship.

Peace

reply to post by ArMaP



Could have something to do with never setting the camera properly and putting in batteries in the middle of the event. The time stamps also all say its either December or January, anyone in know wouldnt go out to do much of anything during this time in a Chicago winter. Notice no snow or ice despite the large amounts of water in the hospital.

I could say it was something spooky and ghostly Oooooo... But it wasnt, this is the most logical reason its like that. To this day every time my camera asks me for a time or date I hit random buttons to get past the screen. Im not one to care about such details when I wanna get a pic.

DSCF0245: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0247: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0248: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0249: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0250: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0251: 01-01-2004 01:00
DSCF0253: 01-01-2004 01:00

Im pretty damn fast to take all these pictures at different spots at the exact same time. I tried to look at the dates modified when the files were moved onto my pc but they all say the same thing.

Whether people believe it happened as told or not isnt a concern for the most part Im just sharing an account and discouraging people to make the same ignorant mistakes I did. I also received a U2U from a paranormal team that will try to visit the location in the next few months. So Im hopin they get some cooler stuff or some audio or something out of it. Me personally I got the bejesus scared out of me and I dont plan on doing this stuff again with a group of idiots. I love my friends but we're not pros.


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[edit on 5-10-2007 by Kenpachi]

Originally posted by Dr Love
reply to post by ArMaP

 

I love it when people take the time to be inquisitive.

This sounds more to me like a story than anything truly paranormal. The headless pigeon was the iceberg that sunk the ship.

Peace

I dont understand how the headless pigeon has to do with anything as far as being an ice berg. Its not like I chase pigeons and rip their heads off for pictures.Trying to get the story retold in a forum friendly matter if anything should speak volumes about the kinda person I am, Im not here to make a mockary of ATS or its members, much like yourself Im here to comment and learn. It actually took me a long time to decide whether or not to share this story since I thought well andrenaline is pumping and most ghostly events are chaulked up to your mind makes you see things when your scared or its made up and there's a mask somewhere.

What does Kenpachi do for a living? Photo Retoucher for a small firm in Downers Grove Ida made ya some cooler pics if I were chokin your chain.

[edit on 5-10-2007 by Kenpachi]

[edit on 5-10-2007 by Kenpachi]

Hello kenpachi,

I believe in your encounter and I want to say that you are pretty brave to enter a place that death lurks. Most people don't understand the hardship of living with the deseased and how to co-exist with them. I have been a Paranormal investigater for 3 quarters of my life, and seen things that not even myself can explain, yet in reality, the spiritual world lives around us. But don't stop exploring Kenpachi, theres a huge world out there and you are now broken in. Keep up the hard work/Happy Hunting www.freewebs.com/scipp

Wowww. Definitely a great story. I read it all and all the responses as well. Pretty much my commentary consists of this...

Unless you actually intend to investigate, don't go on a ghost hunt. If you know you're going to be scared, it's best to not go at all than get the bajeezus scared out of you and not be able to sleep for weeks. But I'm sure you already know that by now haha.

Is the window in the "room on the left" the window that you later photographed as being broken?