Ghosts of Bordentown.

Original post: September 21, 2007

First of all, you should be aware that since the time I left Boyd's two years ago, there's been several reports of paranormal activity in the stock room. Matt Ingham says he saw someone standing in the room through the gap between the door and the door frame, but when he walked all the way in, nobody was there. While Kate was filling the mop bucket, she heard what sounded like someone audibly breathing in her ear, like a hhhhhhuuuuuuuuu. Or someone breathing the word "hot." She's been creeped out ever since.

I tell you that so that I can tell you about her experience tonight. The two of us were working, along with the new girl, Amy. In order for you to truly know how terrified Kate was, I'm going to tell it from her point of view. These are mostly her words, but I might have to paraphrase a bit:

I was filling bags of ice in the back room. The ice machine is set up right next to the sink where I'd had my first encounter. I had gotten a few bags filled and I was working on another when I heard the sound again. My first thought was Oh no, not again. My heart started pounding out of my chest, and I turned to bolt out the door. Behind me, I see this form that shouldn't have been there. I let out this blood-curdling scream at the top of my lungs. I dropped the bag of ice because I was shaking so bad, and I was on the verge of tears. Then my brain registered that It was Ian.






I'm such a dick. I went back there on a completely unrelated task. Here's how my thought processes got me to that point:

I need to go back and get some boxed wine for the shelf.--->
Gee, my name tag is banging against my wallet chain in a rather loud fashion.--->
If I quiet that down, I might be able to sneak up on Kate.--->
Didn't she say something about ghosts...?--->
IDEA!

And, that was that. Seriously, I felt bad after I did it. For about thirty seconds. If I had known she gets THAT freaked out by ghostly things, I wouldn't have done it at all. I apologized, and she was fine after a few minutes. I'll probably get a beating one of these days for it, though...