Susan Holmes

From: Julie  (littlemissteeny@yahoo.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: Ashland, OR
Source: Form Submission

There are several ghosts on campus at Southern Oregon University. One of the most famous haunts the basement of the Susan Holmes dormitory. The basement had been dug out, the cement poured and rebar stuck out like the talons of an old witch. The fall night was cool and rain was beginning to fall. A young boy was on his way home up the hill. He cut through the construction site. The clouds above were ripped open and rain poured down. He pulled his light jacket up over his head, the rain blurring his vision. The ground became soggy under his feet. The dirt around the building under construction turned to mud. The little boy hurried his steps toward home. As he approached the edge of the new building he could not resist a look down into the tangle of metal that was to form the new structure. As he peered over the ledge he lost his footing in the slick mud. He disappeared into the depths of the newly dug basement and was impaled on the rebar. Now, on rainy nights those living in the basement of Susan Holmes may hear a knock on the door. They open the door to find a small boy soaking wet. He asks for a towel or a blanket. When the students turn from the door to search for something to wrap the boy in he disappears.