Post by tt on Jul 7, 2005 15:20:48 GMT -5
I work in a very haunted Hospital here in N.W. Iowa. I've worked here going on 26 yrs., as a Nurse's Aide. I work the Grave Yard Shift, and over the last 1/4 of a century I have experienced several hauntings. This is one of the more spooky events I have ever had.
It was in early March of 1982 and I of course was working the Grave Yard Shift ( 10:45 pm to 6:45 am ). I was returning to the area that I was assigned to work, after having taken my break. I didn't like the Unit where I was assigned so I took an alternately longer route back to my Unit. I was walking down a long hall way in an area filled with Dr.'s offices. Since it was after midnight there were no other Staff in this locked part of the Hospital. Each Exit Door you came to you had to unlock to go through it, and re-lock it when you left.
I was about half down the long Hallway, when out of a force of habit, I reached into my Pants' Pocket to retrieve my keys to unlock the upcoming exit door.
Immediately from about 2 feet above my head, I heard a loud guttural male voice say, "You Don't Need Your Keys!".
I stopped dead in my tracks! I was shocked and frightened by what I had just heard, and from where! From the thin air above my head! In disbelief of what I had heard, I surmised that someone was playing a practical joke on me. So I searched for speaker wires, and speakers. But I couldn't find any. ( Besides no one knew I would be going through this seldom used section of the Hospital, that late at night. ) I figured I just had a wild imagination, and chuckled sheepishly to myself. I continued down the long Hallway. When I was about 15 ft. from the exit I again reached into my Pocket to retrieve my keys to unlock the exit door.
Again from 2 ft. above my head I heard the voice again! This time it was even louder, and more fierce as it boomed out it's message, "YOU DON"T NEED YOUR KEYS!"
And with that I shot right through that exit Door and half way down the adjacent hallway when I realized I hadn't used my keys to unlock thew door!
I cautiously walked back to the door and locked it.
I didn't tell anyone about that experience for at least 3 months afterwards.
As part of our continuing Employee Education Programs that story has resurfaced several times, when Staff ask the Education Instructor if I suffer from Schizophrenia because I admitted hearing a voice.
She said "No. Just because we can't explain things that happen, doesn't mean they didn't occur." She then admonished me for telling everyone about that incident. She says I need to use more restraint in whom I tell that story to.
I agreed; but it's just to "Dang Good" of a story, not to share it with others!
It was in early March of 1982 and I of course was working the Grave Yard Shift ( 10:45 pm to 6:45 am ). I was returning to the area that I was assigned to work, after having taken my break. I didn't like the Unit where I was assigned so I took an alternately longer route back to my Unit. I was walking down a long hall way in an area filled with Dr.'s offices. Since it was after midnight there were no other Staff in this locked part of the Hospital. Each Exit Door you came to you had to unlock to go through it, and re-lock it when you left.
I was about half down the long Hallway, when out of a force of habit, I reached into my Pants' Pocket to retrieve my keys to unlock the upcoming exit door.
Immediately from about 2 feet above my head, I heard a loud guttural male voice say, "You Don't Need Your Keys!".
I stopped dead in my tracks! I was shocked and frightened by what I had just heard, and from where! From the thin air above my head! In disbelief of what I had heard, I surmised that someone was playing a practical joke on me. So I searched for speaker wires, and speakers. But I couldn't find any. ( Besides no one knew I would be going through this seldom used section of the Hospital, that late at night. ) I figured I just had a wild imagination, and chuckled sheepishly to myself. I continued down the long Hallway. When I was about 15 ft. from the exit I again reached into my Pocket to retrieve my keys to unlock the exit door.
Again from 2 ft. above my head I heard the voice again! This time it was even louder, and more fierce as it boomed out it's message, "YOU DON"T NEED YOUR KEYS!"
And with that I shot right through that exit Door and half way down the adjacent hallway when I realized I hadn't used my keys to unlock thew door!
I cautiously walked back to the door and locked it.
I didn't tell anyone about that experience for at least 3 months afterwards.
As part of our continuing Employee Education Programs that story has resurfaced several times, when Staff ask the Education Instructor if I suffer from Schizophrenia because I admitted hearing a voice.
She said "No. Just because we can't explain things that happen, doesn't mean they didn't occur." She then admonished me for telling everyone about that incident. She says I need to use more restraint in whom I tell that story to.
I agreed; but it's just to "Dang Good" of a story, not to share it with others!
"TT"