The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

THE MAN IN THE ELEVATOR

ONE DAY A MAN LOOKED OUT HIS WINDOW AND SAW A MAN
CARRYING SOMETHING. THE MAN LOOKED AT HIM AND HIS FACE
WAS THE MOST HIDEOUS THING HE HAD EVER SEEN. THE NEXT
DAY THIS SAME MAN WHO WAS LOOKING OUT HIS WINDOW
WENT TO GET INTO AN ELEVATOR. HE SAW THIS MAN WITH
THE HIDEOUS FACE IN THE ELEVATOR AND DECIDED NOT TO
GET IN. IT IS A GOOD THING THAT HE DIDN'T, BECAUSE
THE CABLE BROKE AND THE ELEVATOR WAS SMASHED; EVERYONE
IN IT WAS KILLED.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER WHERE SHE HEARD THIS
STORY, BUT THINKS IT WAS ABOUT 1920.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Date learned: 05-12-1965