The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

POLTERGEIST--MISSING CAR KEYS

TWO SISTERS WENT TO THE WINCHESTER ACADEMY, WHICH WAS HOUSED
IN AN OLD CIVIL WAR BUILDING. THIS BUILDING WAS ROSECRAN HEAD-
QUARTERS, DURING THE CIVIL WAR. SOME MEN HAD BEEN KILLED, THAT
IS, HUNG, IN THIS ROOM WHERE THE MIMEOGRAPH MACHINE WAS. THE
SISTERS HAD COME THERE ONE EVENING AROUND 6:00 P.M. AND HAD
GONE UP TO THIS ROOM TO DO SOME DITTO WORK. ONE OF THE
SISTERS PUT THE CAR KEYS ON THE TABLE NEXT TO THE MIMEOGRAPH
MACHINE. AFTER THEY HAD FINISHED THEIR WORK, SISTER WENT TO
GET THE KEYS, BUT THEY WERE GONE. THEY SEARCHED EVERYWHERE IN
THE ROOM, AND EVEN WENT TO THE CAR AND THE PLAYGROUND. THEY
CALLED THE PASTOR OF THE PARISH AND HE HELPED TO SEARCH.
THEY FINALLY HAD TO GET A SECOND SET OF KEYS FROM THE
JANITOR. THIS WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT. MONDAY MORNING WHEN
THEY WENT BACK TO SCHOOL, ONE OF THE SISTERS WENT TO HAVE
ONE LAST LOOK, SINCE IT WAS DAYLIGHT. SHE WENT TO THE
ROOM AND THE KEYS WERE ON THE TABLE WHERE SISTER HAD
LEFT THEM.

Date learned: 08-00-1968