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Please note that this business has requested complete anonymity, and no publicity generated by this report. Preliminary investigation report of both conducted by Ontario Ghosts & Hauntings Research Society investigator Penny Dobson and Bonnie Dingwall. September 21st 2006
Phenomena reported includes:
Staff member has weird feelings when walking through the kitchen into the main foyer. Staff does not like to go into basement where washrooms are located. One staff member will work late in the building and while she is alone she will hear footsteps and knocks and bangs knowing that she is a lone in the building. Same person also hears wind sounds through the building and whistling as if there is a wind storm but the night is calm. Another staff member has heard talking within the basement when nobody else was around. This person was alone in the building at the time. Computer issues have happened without explanation, in the mornings, they will not load properly except for one computer, all computers will also turn off without explanation. The woman's washroom seems to have issues with the plumbing without explanation. The basement gives out a weird feeling to anyone who enters down there.
Before the investigation, Penny (lead investigator) and a staff member were looking around, footsteps were heard upstairs when nobody else was in the building. The previous tenants also have had experiences according to the buildings owner.
Neighbouring Business (also wishes total anonymity)
Phenomena reported includes:
A staff member was working on a machine when another staff member entered the room and saw a black shadow walk across the room on the opposite side of where the first staff member was working. She called out to her co-worker, but found that she was not anywhere near where the apparition was seen. The owner was down in the basement and had an uncomfortable feeling. The owner also felt as if they were being told to get out. In a stockroom, ten long fluorescent light bulbs were standing in the corner before all employees left, in the morning all were shattered on the floor. A former employee would refuse to enter the basement, they were fearful of it and would avoid to enter it at all costs, on one occasion they felt a touch on their back. An employee was working in the basement on a machine when he saw a gentleman standing behind him, it was a black shadow with no features, when he gave a second glance, the apparition disappeared. Another employee was working in the basement when he saw something that appeared to be a piece of paper fluttering erratically on the floor. He looked in the area and there was not a piece of paper around to be seen.
We cannot give out any historical details at this time as that would give out the location of these businesses.
A full-scale on-site investigation is being planned, and this page will be updated at that time. Our thanks to Bonnie, Penny, and all of the witnesses that have been interviewed.