Adrian
Private Residence and trestle,
W. Gorman Rd:
If you take Gorman
Rd. west towards Sand Creek, you will come to a gravel road leading north. A
mile or so up this road you will come to narrow one lane trestle bridge. The
road goes under this. Legend has it that at one time there was a farm house
built near the tracks. Late one night a fire broke out in the barn. While
the father ran to the barn to try to get the horses out, his wife and young
son went to the tracks to wave down one of the many trains that would use
that right of way. They were too close to the tracks however and both were
struck by the train as it went past. The father was killed in the barn. Now
if you go out there late at night, you can sometimes communicate with the
Father. He will not allow you to talk to his wife or son; as if he was
protecting them . There are other people living in the area now, and a large
streetlight has been placed there by the people who own the neighboring
land. If you stay there to long, they will call the police. However if you
make your visit short enough they will usually leave you to it. This place
has also been described as a good place to go to contact other spirits. The
Father can be asked to help in this matter. He will not allow antagonistic
spirits to talk however; once again to protect his family.
Originally published in the "Adrian Daily Telegram" on August 23, 1897 was this article: "Mr. N. Stevens, who resides one and one-half miles south-east of Palmyra, has discovered a haunted house in his locality. He reports that the ghost walks only on Sunday night. and that crowds gather to hear and see the apparition in its "wonders to perform". Its popular haunt seems to where a old cider barrel is supposed once to have been located. but it is now given out that the ghost walks best when fed on another brand of exhilarating exuberance."
One and one half mile south-east of Palmyra is the almost the same location of the legend listed above. Click on the Gorman Rd link (listed above) for reference.
Siena Heights University,
1247 East Siena Heights Dr:
Founded in 1919, Siena
Heights University hold its own ghost story. Legend says that in the 1970`s,
one room, room 211, in the old section of the dorms exhibited several
phenomena. The door into the room from the hallway, as well as the door into
the bathroom, would open and shut on their own, the main door even if it had
been locked. After closing, it would be locked again. There was also a spot
on one wall (a wall that the room shared with a boarded up, no longer used
laundry shaft) where two points of light would appear, shaped similar to
eyes. Attempts were made to explain their appearance (they were visible any
time it was dark in the room). They were screened off from the windows to
see if they might be reflections, they weren't. When objects were placed
between them and the windows they actually became brighter. We tried
painting the walls, putting several coats of paint over them (thinking they
may have been a joke of a previous resident, made with glow in the dark
paint) also having used sandpaper on the wall in that spot first before
painting. They still appeared bright as ever after the painting. We tried
covering them over by hanging a picture over them, but the picture kept
falling down or moving. Last attempt to hang picture (it was a drawing on a
piece of paper and simply taped to the wall) resulted in us waking up the
next morning to find it taped to the ceiling over my bed. We finally moved a
tall dresser in front of it and that seemed to take care of it. Reports from
later residents told us that they had placed a mirror over it, and they had
a rocker in the room. One night during a party, with several witnesses, the
rocker began rocking on its own, then flew back and smashed the mirror.
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