Haunted Ontario 3-Book Bundle. Terry Boyle
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Название: Haunted Ontario 3-Book Bundle
Автор: Terry Boyle
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Эзотерика
Серия: Haunted Ontario
isbn: 9781459732438
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Scott Chiusolo helped to manage this busy establishment. He was soon introduced to the spirit activity that continued to be a daily occurrence. The large front door to the building has top-bolt and bottom-bolt locks. No keys exist for the bottom lock so the business is locked nightly using only the top-bolt lock. About once a month Scott would arrive at work in the morning only to discover that the key would not open the door, because the bottom bolt had been locked by some unforeseen hand.
“We have often heard footsteps coming down the central staircase. One night I was by myself in the office in the basement when I suddenly heard footsteps coming down the stairs. I got up to see who it could be, but discovered that no one was there,” stated Scott.
Joanne Chiusolo was cleaning the ladies’ washroom one day when she heard a creaking sound as the door to one of the washroom stalls opened and closed three times. It has also not been uncommon for the washroom stalls to be locked on their own. Many female patrons have had the experience of entering the ladies’ room and watching the stall door close on its own followed by hearing the lock being positioned into place. Two female customers saw the elderly woman dressed in blue walk into the ladies’ room and disappear right in front of them.
One night Sam locked up and was headed home when he remembered some important papers. As Sam opened the front door on his return, he was grabbed from behind and held in a bear hug for 12 to 15 seconds. He felt quite cold — and needless to say, terrified. On another occasion he was downstairs in the basement adjusting a compressor when he was pushed from behind.
Other employees of The Jester’s Court experience “sightings” or “unexplained activity.” Salt and pepper shakers move from table to table, the radio and the lights are turned off and on, dirty dishes are moved from one table to another, pens and eye glasses are taken and a chair is placed on the stairway landing at night. Windows remain open and are unable to be closed. The gas burning stoves and the overhead ventilation fans in the kitchen turn on and off by themselves … and the list goes on. Certainly a number of pranks involve candles — fire — a strange coincidence considering the history of the building.
Spirits always seem to be attracted to one or two individuals. The reason for this is unknown; perhaps these individuals are more sensitive to the energy. Niki was one and Debbie Burton is another. Debbie has had some incredible and quite hair-raising experiences.
Debbie Burton, a waitress at the Jester’s Court, has experienced several supernatural encounters.
For Debbie it all began back in October 1997 when she was hired as a waitress at The Jester’s Court. At the time she was quite aware of all the ghost stories circulating in town about the place, but she paid little heed to them. One of her first experiences was being locked out of the restaurant after finishing her evening shift. She was standing outside on the front porch when she heard the bottom bolt move into the lock position. She threw her hands up in the air and said, “Oh, fine, lock me out I’m finished for the day anyway!”
On another occasion she escorted the last group of people out of the building at closing time and locked the front door. As she turned around to go back into the main room she discovered that some force was holding the door to that room shut tight. Debbie was unable to turn the doorknob. She started shouting, “Let me in. Stop playing this game. I have to close up.” The door suddenly released and she was allowed into the room.
When Debbie would arrive to open up in the morning she would unlock the front door and then proceed to go down into the basement to switch on the lights. It was not unusual for Debbie to return upstairs only to discover that some lights had remained off. She may have gone through the ritual of going downstairs to turn the lights on and back upstairs three or four times before all the lights remained on. She often scolded the spirits about the lights. One night at closing time she went downstairs to turn the lights off for the night. When she arrived back upstairs the lights were all on. At that point she confronted the spirits, “If you want the lights on I’ll leave them on.” She shut the front door and headed home.
One of the most unusual stories Debbie related to me concerned a friend who refused to believe that this building was haunted. It was lunch time at the restaurant when Debbie sat down for dinner in front of the main floor fireplace with some of her friends. The skeptic asked Debbie if she could share her so-called ghost stories.
Debbie related some of her experiences to them. The skeptic said, “I still don’t believe that ghosts exist in this place.” At the moment the salt shaker flew off the table and landed right in front of him. He was astonished. Then a number of small framed prints on the wall by the table turned sideways. Debbie said, “Look at that!” Then the pictures moved back into an upright position. The friend was now convinced.
If the pictures on these walls could speak ... They do move, however, which was enough for one visiting skeptic to change his mind.
On yet another occasion, Debbie was having a discussion with a female customer by the north facing wall. Two elderly couples were seated nearby enjoying their dinner. The woman asked Debbie, “Do you have ghosts here?” Before Debbie could respond a picture on the wall near the elderly couples suddenly tilted sideways. The couple exclaimed, “They really are here!”
One Sunday night Debbie was serving the last couple in the dining room. They were seated at table 15. All that was left on the table were two wine glasses, a carafe, and two coffee cups. When the couple finished she escorted them to the front door. When she returned to tidy up, all the items were on table 16.
The pub area on the second floor was usually open at night. In May 1998 some security professionals from a nearby casino had decided to drop by for a drink there. They were seated at a table when the elderly woman appeared out of thin air and began to walk toward their table. Twice this happened. During the second visitation the men fled, shouting at Debbie, “She’s after us — the lady.”
“I’ll talk to her if you like,” Debbie replied.
They even left their drinks behind. This same group registered a complaint at the town office with regard to allowing a haunted business to operate in town.
Karen, who worked as a cook in the restaurant, has her fair share of stories to tell concerning the spirits. One night she turned the gas stoves and overhead hoods off and walked a few feet away when she heard the fans turn back on. She shouted to Debbie, “She’s turned the hoods back on.”
Debbie shouted, “Shut them off.” And the hood fans shut off. Karen and Debbie then turned their attention to filling the ketchup bottles and the kitchen fans went on again. They returned to the kitchen and found the fryers on as well. Debbie gave the spirits a lecture. “When you play with fire, you get burned. You could burn the place down. So you had better stop it now.”
One night Karen and Debbie were cleaning up the night dishes. Debbie was standing by the bar in the main room. Karen caught sight of something. “I thought I saw a shadow moving by the window. So I stood up and looked over and saw a woman wearing a long navy blue dress. She started to move into the central room and then disappeared right in front of me,” Karen said. That same night Debbie heard two people giggling and laughing in the kitchen, but she had had enough for one day and waited outside the building СКАЧАТЬ