Many years ago, I worked in a haunted location. For over two years, I would encounter or hear of co-workers having encounters with an old woman who perished in a fire in the original house. The original house was knocked down and a larger one was built in its place. About 20 years ago, the house was converted into an office for our company. My desk was on the second floor located within the floor plan of the original house. Our desks were cubicles with six foot partitions to create a small space of our own.

While there, this woman made her presence known in several ways.

The first sign was phantom breezes and rustling of papers. Some coworkers would hear papers moving on my desk and walk around the corner to speak with me. More than once, they found my area empty because I was either out of the office or on the first floor. This was one of the most common occurrences.

The next common occurrence we encountered were phantom footsteps on the second floor. This happened during our late night meetings in the first floor conference room. Many times, we would be waiting for the meeting to start and hear someone walking knowing that no one was upstairs. The footsteps were easier to hear at night because the office was quiet and it was easier to hear.

I had a great experience with her although it only happened one time. I was having a bit of a stressful day, which was an oddity for me with this position. I had crazy days but I rarely felt stressed. Before my my boss stepped out for lunch,  she gave me a few words of encouragement to help me push through the issue at hand. I went back to my desk with her words ringing in my ear and I started to work thru what I needed to do. I soon started to let it get to me again but instead of hearing words, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I thought it was my boss who had come over to offer some additional encouragement, however I was surprised when I turned around to find that I couldn’t see anyone there. Was this the woman providing her support and encouragement just like my boss.

Maybe one day I will have the honor of investigating the location to know exactly what I experienced but until then, I will only have experiences to explain what or who is there.