Saturday, May 12, 2012
HAUNTED? SOME SAY INDEED !
I USED TO BE A SECURITY GUARD, AND ONE OF MY POSTS WAS THE 320 S. BOSTON BLDG DOWNTOWN. IT USED TO BE THE NAT'L BANK OF TULSA BLDG AND IS THE ONE I SPOKE OF IN ANOTHER STORY AS LOOKING LIKE A SYRINGE POKING UP INTO THE SKY. AT ONE TIME, TULSA WAS CALLED THE OIL CAPITOL OF THE WORLD..THAT WAS BECAUSE OVER 300 INDEPENDANT OIL COMPANIES HAS THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE. THE OLD HOTEL TULSA (NOW TORN DOWN) WAS THE PLACE WHERE OIL DEALS WERE SIGNED WITH A HANDSHAKE. THE LOBBY WHERE I WORKED WAS CAVERNOUS WITH MARBLE EVERY WHERE. I SAT AT A DESK.IN LOBBYALONE, PULLING GRAVEYARD SHIFT. WHAT A TERM! IT WAS MOSTLY EMPTY DURING THOSE HOURS..I SAY MOSTLY. I HAD BEEN WARNED...NOT APPRISED..THAT THE BUILDING WAS HAUNTED. IN FACT, MANY GUARDS WOULD NOT WORK THERE. EVERY SEVERAL HOURS, I WOULD PATROL EVERY FLOOR.....22 OF THEM. NOT A SOUL, NOT A SOUND. ONE TIME, I SMELLED PIPE SMOKE IN THE HALL..QUITE A FEW TIMES, I HEARD A DOOR SLAM. ONE NIGHT I WAS DOZING IN MY CHAIR...A NO NO...AND A BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM CAUSED ME TO JUMP OUT OF MY CHAIR. IT CAME FROM ABOVE SOMEWHERE..SO, I GOT ON THE ELEVATOR AND WALKED FLOOR TWO...NOTHING..SAME FOR 3. I CALLED MY SUPERVISOR AND HE TOLD ME TO CALL POLICE. I LET THEM IN AND TOLD THEM WHAT I HEARD. THEY BEGAN THEIR INVESTIGATION.....THEY FOUND THE SOURCE, ONE OFFICE HAD A FEW EMPLOYEES WHO WERE SHOOTING A SCENE FOR A PRIVATE MOVIE AND THE SCENE REQUIRED A LADY TO SCREAM BLOODY MURDER. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY..NOT ME. I WAS TOLD THAT DURING THE CRASH OF 29, A FEW LEAPED TO THEIR DEATHS FROM THAT BLDG. I FINALLY RESIGNED THAT POSITION.....TOO LONELY AND JUST TOO WEIRD OF A FEELING THERE. B
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