Added August 6, 2003
Rafter Man at Summer Camp
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Braelinn, Dahlonega, Georgia, July 27 and
28, 2003,
info@ghostvillage.com
I was at the camp I had been going to for the past four years. I had
heard many stories over the years, but never encountered anything as I
had heard many others have. There was this story about a shadowy figure
that haunted the rafters of an old recreation hall there. So me and my
group decided to take a group picture up in the rafters just for kicks.
Well, one freaky thing is that there is no electricity in that building
and in the picture that we took the lights are on! Then when we got down
there were sounds of something running in the rafters, so we started
singing "Jesus Loves Me" and the noises got louder and then suddenly
they stopped. The next night a lot of groups all slept in the Holland
building (which is just an old building for sports and stuff), my cabin
mates and I were all sleeping in a star-like formation and after
everyone had turned the lights out and laid down for the night, that is
when it all took place.
The only thing that lit up the room were EXIT signs -- all of a sudden
something frantically ran by us -- the floor was carpet so we knew it
had to be inside judging by the sound and how close it was to us. I had
kind of been jinxing people all week (like I would think something and
it would happen) -- so I told my friend that I thought about me opening
my eyes and someone would be standing in front of me. The next thing I
knew, Katlyn, on the other side of me, screamed and was so terrified she
automatically went into tears. When we asked her what was wrong she said
she had just opened her eyes and a shadowy gray figure was standing
right in front of her at the end of her sleeping bag. Then this big
noise occurred right beside us (it sounded kind of like a crackling of
some sort)! My counselor said she woke up and saw the same figure
sitting in a chair near her... then I felt like a presence was in my
sleeping bad with me -- like there was pressure on my body and something
was playing with my toes -- it's unexplainable, but we think we pissed
"rafter man" off by taking our picture where he lives... freaky right?
Not to mention this all happened at a Christian camp.
