Tuesday, April 7, 2009

There is more to Florida State than meets the eye

Like many other old historic places, Florida State University has quite a bit of a past. After doing research on the ghost stories and hauntings at Florida State I have found quite a few entertaining stories that are sure to give you goosebumps. Most of the stories have to do with the dorms, and other residential places. The most famous ghost story at Florida State is one about Cawthon Hall.
The story goes that one day in the 1960's a girl was sunbathing on the top of Cawthon dorimitory when a bolt of lightening struck her, killing her instantly. Ever since then there have been numerous reports of strange noises, toilets flushing without anyone in the stalls, and the feeling of another presence in the room. One of my friends actually lived in the haunted room which the dead girl used to live in. She said that she would hear loud banging noises on her door a couple times and when she went to look outside, nobody was there. Another boy who use to live there says he saw an old lady standing behind him in the mirror on night. The old lady is supposedly the ghost of an old caretaker who use to look over the girls in the dormitory back when it was an all girls school in the 1950's.
Reynolds hall is another dorm with a not so pleasent history. Apparently back in the day, a janitor hung himself in one of the downstairs bathrooms. Since then there has been reports of mysterious opening and closing of doors when no one is there, and the showers turning on and off randomnly. Another girl who lives in the attic of reynolds says there is a poltergeist in her room. Sometimes in the middle of the night she can hear someone ratteling through her medicine cabinet, as well as her suite mates when no one but her is in the room.
One of the sorority houses ( i've been asked not to say which one) has some pretty crazy things go one at night, other than parties. Apparently in the old days, their house mom would flicker all the hallway lights to signal lights out for all the girls. In the middle of the night when some of the girls would get up to use the bathroom, they would see a little girl standing at the third floor stairs with her hand on the light switch. Also people walking by the house use to see an old lady rocking in a chair on the third floor at night.
These are all the stories I have for now, but I will keep updating my blog when I find more stories. Please feel free to leave comments and let me know if you have any other stories I haven't heard of yet!!!