Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

In the late 90′s, I tended bar at a dance club in Asheville, North Carolina that was housed in quite a large, old building on the edge of downtown. The club part was a huge space but that only accounts for a part of the total space available. The penthouse was the owner’s apartment at the time. Much of the bottom floors were just storage or completely unused. Some of it looked a little derelict and ancient.

There was a huge indoor pool in one part that wasn’t in use. One night at stupid o’clock after the club closed, I saw dim light coming from that room and walked in there to check it out. For maybe a minute or two, I could see lots of orbs moving around in the pool in a very organized fashion. It looked to me like an after-image of a mete or maybe a swim practice.

I asked around. It turned out most all of my co-workers had experienced similarly weird but benign stuff so often they no longer thought much of it. They told me the building used to be a YMCA at one time, and then later a school of some sort. I don’t know what else.

After that first time, I only ever heard odd sounds and experienced a few incidents of seeing things out the corners of my eyes. None of it was ever the least bit scary though. At the most, it was startling and funny. If anything, I always felt especially safe, welcome, and looked out for by whatever was in there flitting around.

I know that quite a few people over the years have caught orbs and weird spirally stands and what have you on digital cameras and video while filming in the club. I hear the new owners conduct actual ghost tours for anyone who is interested. I might get around to doing that some day just to see what the unused parts look like these days and to hear more about the history of the building. Of course, I wouldn’t mind seeing a few friendly ghosts again either.

Sent in by R.W., Copyright 2011 TrueGhostTales.com