A Cheesman Park Story
No
question, Cheesman Park and the
surrounding area is haunted! My husband and I lived in one of the
condo buildings a couple blocks away from Cheesman Park on the west to
lower west side. Our condo and most of the building I suspect was
frequented by a multitude of ghostly neighbors. I don't think
there was a day or night that went by that we didn't see or hear some
paranormal activity. Just a few examples you can take or leave as
you see fit: There was one entity that would come and watch over
you or try to care for you if you didn't feel well or were sick.
She would sit next to you on the couch or bed where ever you were
laying down and you could feel the wait and see the depression this
entity made while sitting next to you. There was another one, or
maybe it was the same one that liked to take your matches if you
happened to burn yourself while lighting a candle. Days and days
later, the matches would show back up in the same place you set them
down. We had a lot of the ghosts like to play with our TV in the
bedroom. They would play with the color and brightness control
and some would make visible white smoky swooshes in front of the TV
when we were in bed at night watching the TV. The most
interesting thing they did happened one day in the early evening, my
husband and I were leaving the condo, walking down the hall to the
elevator and as we got on the elevator, we both happened to look back
down the hall toward our unit and the hall was lined with rose
petals. They were only there for a split second. We both
looked at each other on the way down the elevator and asked if the
other had seen the rose petals. We both had, the only difference
was the color of the petals. His were red with yellow towards the
bottom and mine were a deep pink with yellow at the bottom. My
best guess is that they liked the fact that we didn't mind that they
were there. Maybe they were somewhat comforted by the interaction
they had with us. We never felt any threatening feelings from our
ghosts, it was almost always positive and every once in a while you
would get a touch of sadness, but it was very fleeting.