There’s also the account of the lone book - a copy of the Quran - saved from the destruction of the campus library: “How they chose the book is as great a mystery as who it was who did the choosing,” the authors write. “The soldiers asked the boy where they could find some whiskey,” the authors write, “a question any good Confederate could expect from the degenerate and godless Yankees.” Consider this moment, after a couple of students from the university have ambushed several Union soldiers. Most of the ones here involve the Civil War, including characterizations of troops in battle. But there’s still plenty to glean from folk tales. In fact, professed witnesses to any paranormal activity on the campus go nameless, although an acknowledgment section cites history books, interviews, and websites as sources. The spotter is not identified, nor when she saw the figure. “The elevator in the building is known to move up and down between floors, even when no one - alive, at least - is present.”Ī woman is said to have seen “the apparition of an African-American woman in a turban and work dress” eight times over the course of eight hours. “Others claim to have personally witnessed the sound of footsteps echoing across the marbled steps, even when the building is empty,” Mr. A phantom is said to attend theater productions. Ghostly visages can be seen in bathrooms. Meanwhile, machines malfunction and seem to operate of their own volition.
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