I wasn't a fan of your totally true story about factory ghosts but it’s horses for courses.
If I had to find something to criticise it would be that you called the Delphi murders as the ‘the Monon bridge case’. I saw a fair amount of people in this thread also refer to the Somerton man as ‘the Tamam Shud case’. What’s with that? Stop making up new names.
You don't need to believe in ghosts.
I don't.
I find the human psyche interesting. People doing dangerous (and sometimes menial) labor making up ghost stories at work - or understanding their world via paranormal forces.
It's like that belief system permeates their mind.
Also,
The very fact you knew what 'The Monon Bridge Case' was , means the descriptor was adequate.
MORE INDUSTRIAL GHOST STORIES!!!
(This round of Industrial Ghost Stories is dedicated to my new Bestie
@Devout Muslim )
I recently contracted a lighting expert for improving light levels in one of my plants. It's boring. I escorted him around the plant whale he used an app to record levels and check that emergency lighting was present.
He told me that part of his job is going into the most remote parts of factories - all areas need to have adequate lighting - for safety.
He was inspecting a 80+ year old building with a colleague. The final stretch of the audit was a factory floor mezzanine with a row of 6 small offices and a shared (small) staircase.
The human traffic was difficult - the end of the day, everyone was leaving the offices and hurrying down the stairs.
The lighting contractors decided to take 5, let the staff leave, and audit the offices when vacant.
One of the pair noticed that the office workers were dressed 'old time'. Each had a hat, briefcase, and wore either a suit or blazer/slacks/dress shirt/tie. All had dress shoes.
Not many (if any) factories have had this dress code for quite a while.
Upon entering each office, the pair noticed that the offices had no power. The power was off, and only upon summoning the Maintenance Manager was the team able to find the proper breaker. The offices were in a state of disuse and disrepair. Thick factory dust and cobwebs covered every surface. Old office furniture and lighting was present - all incandescent fixtures, ungrounded outlets and wood/iron chairs. Typewriters, dial telephones, and adding machines were also stored up there
The pair commented to the Maintenance Manager about how poor the conditions were for work, and "No wonder everyone was so quick to leave today".
He replied: "What do you mean 'everyone' ?"
The contractors explained the 8-10 persons that hurried down the steps at 5 pm.
"This area has been out of use for over 40 years. Everything here is junk. No one has worked up here since the late 70s,/early 80s." The Manager explained.
To this day the field staff carefully asks random workers/staff at a location: "Are you real?".
