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Eerie tales celebrate Halloween
Late one eerie night, a janitor was going about his usual business in Riverview Hall.
The once chatter filled hall was silent excluding the occasional swish of a mop or broom. Everyone had gone home to their personal lives hours ago.
The janitor had been there for some time. After some exasperating work, he darted to grab a bite of his scrumptious dinner. However, it was not neatly tucked into the drawer where he recently placed it. What he saw sent a jolt down his spine.
A chair he had sworn he saw pushed under a desk had been placed on top of a table. His sandwich lay on top of the chair with his apple directly above it. The building was vacant and the doors were locked. The janitor was dumbfounded and could think of no plausible explanation.
This is just one of the spooky ghost stories told at an assembly on Tuesday night in Atwood. Entertainment was offered through ghost stories and a viewing of “Halloween 2”.
Steve Nichols, literary arts coordinator for University Program Board, provided his skills as host of the scary stories gathering. Nichols offered the microphone to anyone willing to share any ghastly experiences.
“We always do it (ghost stories) before a scary movie,” Nichols said. “Many are usually about the campus ghosts.”
A good deal of tales were related to campus ghoul phenomena.
Testimonies included: apparitions in windows, footsteps in hallways, and strange electrical occurrences in the dorms. Riverview was a focal point in a majority of the encounters. Lawrence, Mitchell and Shoemaker halls were also mentioned.
After hearing a few tales, Shelby Kitzman of UPB, said she had never experienced anything out of the ordinary around campus.
“I think every campus has their own horror stories,” Kitzman said. “Still, I’m not going into any of the SCSU buildings at night.”
Rumors and personal experience around campus are rampant, but stories are also published in books. St. Cloud resident, Dave Bacharach, brought the book “Ghostly Tales of Minnesota.”
Bacharach read a section on “academic ghosts” which features a large segment about the Stearns County area. According to the book, professors, custodians and students have all testified to ghost encounters numerous times throughout past years. Many of the incidents occurred in older buildings.
“The older the places are the more potential there is for an inexplicable phenomena,” Bacharach said. “There are too many things out there not to explain.”
Aside from local ghost calamity, people told regular ghost stories. Host Nichols read several urban legends and classic ghost stories. Audience members revealed frightening personal childhood stories. One member even gave accounts of stories with a Latin background.
Senior, Amelia Low, said she thought the variety of different stories was a great experience.
“There were different versions of cultures and ghost stories.” Low said. “Lots of people came and gave their experiences.”
Senior, Wen How Chan, said the show was a worthy scare.
“It’s nice to hear people’s stories,” Chan said. “It’s kind of spooky.”
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