Once, when I was a bit younger, me and some friends of mine went to investigate an old abandoned hospital. It had been in the process of completion for days, but for some reason they cancelled the building process. No one knew why they did it. For weeks it just stood there. So we decided we would go and check it out.
We went on our bikes and headed off-road, towards the building site, since there were no official roads that led there. Eventually, we arrived at the site. The building itself looked rather spectacular, and it would have been an excellent hospital. However, after looking at it for several moments, the feeling of dread and unwelcoming started to take root. It didn’t look spectacular anymore. It looked cold, forsaken and dead.
With hesitation scratching our backs, we went through a gap in the fence. Immediately at the entrance of the building, we heard noises from within the building. With our hearts pounding, we thought that there was someone there guarding the site. We quickly ran behind a container and hid ourselves. We heard the noise again, as if someone was banging a heavy object against a wooden plank. After a only a few seconds, it stopped. At this point, some of us were beginning to be really scared. Somehow, I don’t know how for the life of me, we managed to fight our fears and enter the building.
The main lobby was cold and dark, and there was no electricity. We could hear crackling noises everywhere. As we went deeper into the lobby, the noises faded. It seemed almost as if the air changed and got heavier. We came across a point where the shadows completely swallowed the hallway.
We started arguing amongst ourselves whether or not to go deeper. Then we heard a long, low-toned moan and it was coming from the direction we were facing. Out of the shadows stepped forth a kind of being that will haunt me in my dreams forever. It had a human-like figure, cloaked in some kind of robes. He didn’t seem to have any feet whatsoever, as he slowly swept towards us. We froze.
Our voices disappeared and all we could do was watch, in horror, as the being got closer and closer. The stench of rot filled the air. Covering his face was a hood, deep and black. There were no facial features to describe. At last, he stopped and raised his hand in our direction. His hand, so skinny that you could clearly see into the bone, raised it’s skeletal finger at us. At that time, we all screamed and ran. We ran so fast, we even forgot our bikes. It was almost night, and the skies had begun to darken.
We struck a pact that night, never to tell anyone about what had happened.
The building was demolished in the end. My heart was filled with relief, and it was as if a weight had been lifted off my shoulders, But he will always be there for us in our memories and in our dreams.
This story is one very true, as I was there and experienced these events at the time. Whether or not you wish to believe is entirely up to you.
Sent in by Einar, Copyright 2008 True Ghost Tales
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ibelieve it wow :0 :0
WOW! when you wrote that he raised his finger did you stop and think the reason why he was there was because he couldn’t rest until whatever he was pointing at was dealt with
Wow that is creepy did you ever question your self to find some kind of history of that place before the demolish it or after the demolish it why? that’s is creepy
i love this story. i wonder who the being was.
creepy lol
That’s scary!!!
i think it was probably the grim reaper warning you to stay away from the place if you valued your life
Wow! I used to live near an old abandon hospital myself, it was actually used for years. My grandmother worked there. My dad told me that it was a sucky hospital, lots and lots of deaths. Never got the guts to go inside, we moved away before I got the chance. From what I hear, the ones who have gone inside say its scary as hell. Its in Buford Georiga, if you ever get the chance you shold stop and see it : )
Oh another Jackie i see above, thought i’d written that comment for a sec. This could become confusing!!
Good story Einar!!
If you struck a pact to never tell anyone why did you tell us…
I THINK IT WAS A WARNING TO SCARE YOU FROM THE DANGER YOU WERE HEADED FOR .
Trevor is right why did you tell us
maybe it was warning you 2 not go further but for some reason i would be walking past him thats probably why i get into sooo much trouble
Since you mentioned about the man raising his finger in your direction,it would have been also aimed at the direction in which you had came, He was probably trying to warn you to go back, that the building wasn’t safe for what ever reason.
As I was reading I got the feeling that this spirit was not bad, he was a guardian of that hallway, protecting those who walk there, sending them back out, away from harm.
I enjoyed that story.
Whoa that sounds so real I’m gonna have nightmare you sounded like a author describing something how old are you i don’t believe this nobody believe him -Kevin
wow. intense… thats all i can say. even if the story is untrue its very persuading because of the language usage. i loved the story. BECOME ON AUTHOR!
-Sebastian
Are you sure you are not confused andd were really watching “A Christmas Carol” and saw the ghost of Christmas yet to come??????? Not buying this one pal.
i think youve been watching too much harry potter, dementors…sry pal, not buying it, and why did you tell us if you made a pact to never tell anyone, this storie just had all the elements of one that is fictional, including the believe it or not ending sentence.
anyhow, whether it is true or not, its a great storie, youve got great discriptive skills, maybe u should put them to use, write some more
i belive that the others are correct he wasnt evil or you would have been able to go further in. good doesnt always come in the form of roses and doves. i belive 100% that good warns and evil invites. as i say always when i hear this sort of thing god warned you to start with the feelings of dred when you first tresspassed. since you ignored him he went further by showing you what may have happened. ill bet that if you looked up the land that this hospital was being built on youll find a few things that happened there. from fires on down and youll also see that it may have belonged to an indian tribe of some sort for religous ceromonies that was destroyed by greed. also any place that is being built that deals with life and death has to be blessed or bad things will and always will happen. what you saw was no accident my fereind i am glad that you saw it and left as fast as you could.
Just let you lot to know that I actually saw ghosts and they also touched me
and they never harmed me and I also heard them as well they are old souls
that died and they just want let people to know that they are there and that’s why
they make their apperance like that be Visual or Auditory, Tactile and Olfactory
i liek this story is sooo wit it.
i <3 ghosts.
Ugh,I hate it when i’m in hospitals .. Its so creepy. I mean, people die there, there spirit might just stay there haunting people …
I agree with Vanessa!
im usually not on theese type of websites but when i am im reading stories that leavs me wanting more…and yours just….takes the cake LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice storie I believe it LOL
i agree with sev that could be true
Wow…..that is sooooo freakin cool
i luvvvv hearing true ghost stories espicially bout abandoned hospitals
That is 1 of the best stories i have ever heard b4
-p.s. hope that doesnt scare me when im at a hospital, abondened or not
hahahah :]
i agree with sev and morgan creepy i almost peed in me pants
Wow,that story was awesome!!It sounds very authentic to me!!That is creepy stuff ,& I can see how it would haunt u for the rest of your life!I have seen some spirits & been in situations involving them myself,& certain things u see & experience do haunt u for the rest of your life!I fully agree with that too!Because certain experiences I have had involving spirits,I still have nightmares about them & I still see them.If it was scary enough or creepy enough,stuff like that u just don’t ever forget about,it does stay with u for the rest of your life.Also like everybody else said,that u should become a writer or an author,I very much agree.U are a terrific writer!!U may have a future in that,it doesn’t hurt to find out!!Hopefully we will hear more of your non-fiction ghost stories!!
This story is really old.. i cant believe people are still commenting on it. but wow, nice story.
gads that was so scary hope you got your bikes back ! something really bad was on that land. was anything else ever built there? i bet the hauntings is what halted the building thanks i’m glad i came across it
maybe he was a hobo
WOW!! that is realliiiii scary!!! i probally would have peed in miii pnts!!! lol hopefully dat thought of him will go away someday!!! i guess ull neva go bac into a abandoned place again!!
You said: “We struck a pact that night, never to tell anyone about what had happened.”
That was stupid, why would you do that? And here you are breaking that pact, a pact that nobody would make in such a situation, to begin with.
I agree with everyone else MAYBE just MAYBE he was trying to warn you… Also why did you tell us technically that is braking the pact even though you don’t know us
Love,
Angel With Horns
Hospitals are creepy! i hate havinq to qo there because once i went & qot the hell scared outta me! I was layinq in a bed thinqy and the trashcan that was in the corner started movinq. ]:
But anyway qreat storyy.
Wow that was a awesome creepy story !!! NEVER want to go into any type of hospitial again !
Thats just awful.
Im realy glad that they didn’t continue the construction, it would’ve been caose in that hospital.
I sure hope that you can some how get away from the memory of that thing coz it must be hart to see him every time you close your eyes.
Strongs
Bekkie