The Oak Ridge Dorms

Name:            Katie Forbid
Email:           www.cooner184@hotmail.com
Location:        Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge, North Carolina
Type:            Ghost
Date:            Monday, March 27, 2000
Time:            01:23 AM

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This is a personal experience that has happened to myself and numerous others that have attended the academy. This is a true happening. 

When I was 16, my family sent me to a military academy. I have always been fascinated with the paranormal yet I had not experienced anything in particular myself. My first night there, I had gotten some pretty weird vibes from the place, like when I would walk down the hall, I heard footsteps behind me only to look back and see no one. My room was room 17 which was a balcony room. It was about 4 doors away from the water fountain. I would often wake up with dry mouth so I would walk to the fountain. One night i felt a series of hard taps on my shoulder. when i turned around no one was there, but i got a distinct feeling someone was. 

I have awoken numerous times to footsteps over my head (in the ceiling) pacing back and forth but i was on the top floor, above my room directly was the attic. my roommate and i would just sit and listen to them until we fell asleep. we would also hear footsteps in the middle of the night in the halls (which were tile flooring) but the person was wearing our dress shoes. no guard or male was allowed on our dorm after 9.30 pm so we knew it wasn't our night guard.

i have also experienced weird lights flashing in the halls behind me while walking at night. like someone was following me with a flashlight. guards used to have to patrol dorms at night to make sure everybody was where they were supposed to be, but that stopped 5 yrs before my arrival. I have heard boys laughing loudly in the middle of the day when no one was on the dorm but myself( keep in mind this was an all girls dorm). the noises seemed to come from my ceiling vents. i always felt like there was someone watching me there but i never felt threatened, I always felt as if someone were observing me. 

I would say about 5 people had died inside this dorm, one in particular whom was a friend of mine. another strange occurrence was i was very close to my great g-father. when he passed away my parents couldn't get in touch with me because of me being so far away, but one night i had a dream that my great g-father had entered my dorm room and just stood there watching me. nothing was said he just stared adoringly. 

the next time i talked to my parents they told me the heartbreaking news and the same night i had my dream was the day he had passed on. his funny little way of saying goodbye i guess. hope 

i haven't bored you!