Re: AHR(H) buys Grand Imperial Hotel

I sure hope he gets rid of the ghost...


August 24, 2010

I've always been intrigued by the paranormal. But, being a Christian it's not something I believe in. In preparing for this trip I read that the Grand Imperial (the hotel where we stayed) was haunted... but I didn't think much about that when making the reservation...

At exactly 0300 an alarm clock went off. This was of particular interest since neither Michele nor I brought an alarm clock, had seen an alarm clock in the room, or had set one to go off in the middle of the night. We both stumbled out of bed and began searching for it. After a few moments we realized it was coming from the hallway outside of our room. Opening the door we found a table pushed against our door and piled high with potted plants and trees from the lobby. Buried in the middle of the plants was the clock. She looked at me and I looked at her... neither of us having any clue what the heck we were looking at! The floors creek so badly that a light breeze could be heard coming down that hallway. How in the world a table full plants was placed against our door without waking us defied explanation. I shut off the clock and then shoved the table over enough to squeeze out of the room and the 2 of us moved everything back into the lobby... the floors howling in protest the whole time.

The next morning I explained the event to the manager. She then proceeded to tell me about the ghost. I let her go on for a moment and then pressed her for a real explanation. Was the cleaning crew cleaning in the middle of the night? Was there a maintenance issue that required moving furniture and then someone forgot to put it back?

Again she stated, "I don't know, it must have been the ghosts." My Marine Corps "attitude" kicked in at that point and I let her know that I was completely unsatisfied with her answer and that if the "ghosts" returned that night that they'd better be ready for a fight. I don't like getting up in the middle of the night when I don't have to... ghosts or no ghosts.

So, we went about our day and upon returning that evening I asked the night manager the same set of questions I had asked the day manager. He started to give me the same answer so I pushed back... and out popped the truth. Apparently some the D&S railroaders had been up late and one of them was rooming next to us. From there it was pretty easy to surmise that we were the unintended recipients of a practical joke.

No hard feelings though. I've been pranking my boss for 10 years and a LOT worse than this!

If one you D&S guys that were there that night ever read this PLEASE email me. I'd LOVE to hear the other side of this story. And don't worry, I'll never reveal who it was.


The next morning we found the plants, clock, and tables that were pushed against our door.

Note that the alarm is still set for 3 o'clock. I made sure it was off, though.


Everything was back in it's appropriate places the next morning.


*Please don't adjust the color on your monitor. The walls really are Pepto Bismol pink!

Jason Rose
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/21/2015 02:00PM by Jason Rose.