T Building Terror: A Ghost Story
/Busting ghosts isn’t on everyone’s bucket list for school, but anything to get that ‘A’, right? For the students at Algonquin College, this is a real struggle they have to face when attending classes.
Specifically designated to the T building, there have been numerous reports of strange incidents that have been taking place. Thus, the culprit has been dubbed the T Building Terror.
While in coordination with various students and faculty members, it has been determined that the culprit of the following incidents is a creature from beyond the earthly plane. A being who constantly looks forward to causing mischief and mayhem. We don’t know who it is, but the thought of a riled-up spirit roaming the halls certainly leaves me shaking in my boots.
Thankfully, investigating such places is my specialty. And who knows, maybe what we find is even more interesting than anyone could have imagined?
Pranks of the Century
by: alexander Popovkin
As for the problems that have been occurring recently, they all appear to be childish pranks done by this trickster of a ghost. Some of these pranks include students being tripped by an invisible force in the hallway, food being flung randomly, laces being tied together, and backpacks being stolen. Some individuals have even said they feel a cold draft run up their spines in the warmest rooms, but that might just be the anxiety of lurking exams.
On the more serious aspect of things, the fire alarm has been getting pulled regularly, causing an influx of panic within the students and faculty. Based on surveillance, the mischievous creature has a knack for it.
One student, who has requested to remain anonymous, has reported sightings of smoke coming through the vents in the third-floor bathrooms, which may be the trigger for the fire alarms. Perhaps it’s another display for attention from the Terror itself? Luckily, there are no signs of tampering around the area, but nobody can quite figure out how this is happening.
The Truth Emerges
by: Mariana Montrazi
While doing some digging on who this ghost may be, I stumbled across something interesting. In the old accident reports, I found numerous papers dating back to the early eighties. There was one student in particular whose name came up frequently. Keerie Michaels.
Many of the incidents reported with Keerie involved acts of bullying that were never dealt with. He would get tripped in the hallway, his things stolen, his laces tied together when he wasn’t looking, food flung at him… until one prank rivalled them all. The prank to end all pranks.
Keerie was in the third-floor men’s bathroom when this happened. He was by himself, and the bathroom started filling with smoke through the vents. When he tried to escape, the door was locked, and there was no other way out. Even as the fire alarms started blaring, Keerie was stuck. He died in that bathroom, only being found when the boys that bullied him finally opened the door again.
So now it’s Keerie’s ghost who roams the halls of T building, seeking revenge against the ones who wronged him.
Last Words
Unfortunately, due to these incidents and the seriousness of their nature, faculty of Algonquin College has put out a statement that they, “Do not want any more harm to come to their students,” and that, “they will be taking precautions to protect and ensure a safe learning environment”.
Thus, I leave you with a list of precautions to take when traversing the T building grounds that will assist you in avoiding any run-ins with a particular ghost.
Wear shoes without laces: this hinders the possibility of the laces being tied together.
Keep your backpack on you at all times so it cannot be stolen.
Avoid the third-floor bathrooms if you can, to ensure nobody ends up trapped inside.
And finally, the school is also taking precautions of their own for the more serious incidents, like having more security around T building, and making fire alarms harder to pull for nifty poltergeist fingers.
Anders Bourne is a creative person with a love of quiet places and his pets. He grew up in the small town of Chalk River, Ontario and went on to study Professional Writing at Algonquin College. He enjoys various arts, such as drawing, music, and writing—if you consider it an artform. He certainly does, and depicting the scary tales of the world, from the paranormal stories of ghosts and the otherworldly to the immoral creatures that lurk in the night, feasting on our fear.
