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Haunted Chapter Houses
I know I missed Halloween with this thread, but reading a story online about a haunted fraternity house got me thinking.
Being a small chapter in a rather large house, there was ample opportunity to be alone in the chapter house, either daytime or nighttime. During the summer months, Amherst reverts back to it's rural-like existence without the college kids, even if it is just for a few months.
Anyways, I've spent a lot of time alone in our first chapter house, during the summer while getting the rooms ready or fixing something, or just in the afternoon when everyone else is at classes.
I've never had any specific encounters with the paranormal. I've heard footsteps when I'm the only one in the house during the middle of summer, seen shadows that disappeared and heard strange noises, but I never came face to face with anything out of the ordinary.
But there was one place I would always avoid alone, the basement. It was dark and old, but I've lived many places that were creepier, darker and older that didn't freak me out like that basement did. Hell, right now I live in an old house/apartment that belongs in a Edgar Allen Poe story and I don't get freaked out.
It wasn't the atmosphere of the basement, it was the FEELING in it. There was always something in there with you, you could feel something over your back. Many times I would go down there to grab something, only to come running up the stairs as if something was chasing me. There was an energy in those rooms. I guess that is the logical place to have bad energy. Our fraternity wasn't always on the up and up. Over the almost 100 year history, there was some serious hazing back in the day, and I guess the basement was the scene of the crime. Maybe the pain never left.
What's your experiences in you chapter houses with the paranormal? Some of the older guys must have a good story or two. I'll give you guys the story of the 3rd floor shadow later on.
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