Urban Exploring at ISU

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MissouriCyclone

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The first link mentions a football player ghost in Linden Hall. Anyone know that story?

EDIT: I found this other story, but no details.

http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/1995/10/31/import/19951031-archive7.txt

I lived in Linden my first year on the floor that's supposed to be haunted (Merril). A girl I know was walking to the bathroom very early in the morning (about 2-3 am). An African American student stopped her on the way and was dressed in weird clothes according to her. He was standing on the other side of the hallway and asked if she wanted to hang out because he had no friends. She was freaked out and ran to the bathroom. When she went back to her room he had left. Weird thing is there were no African American students who lived in Linden and it was so late that the doors were locked so no one could get in. We had always heard of an African American student athlete who hung himself in the room this guy was standing in front of.

Rumor also is when you enter the guys side of Linden Merrill there is a mirror and if you look into it you see the guy behind you.
 

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I lived in Linden my first year on the floor that's supposed to be haunted (Merril). A girl I know was walking to the bathroom very early in the morning (about 2-3 am). An African American student stopped her on the way and was dressed in weird clothes according to her. He was standing on the other side of the hallway and asked if she wanted to hang out because he had no friends. She was freaked out and ran to the bathroom. When she went back to her room he had left. Weird thing is there were no African American students who lived in Linden and it was so late that the doors were locked so no one could get in. We had always heard of an African American student athlete who hung himself in the room this guy was standing in front of.

Rumor also is when you enter the guys side of Linden Merrill there is a mirror and if you look into it you see the guy behind you.
This is pretty creepy sounding.
 

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I used to work for ISUPD when I attended school there. MacKay Hall was one of the freakest places I have ever been at night.

I will never forget the last Halloween I worked. I had just did a round through the building and locked up. I had worked my way over to LeBaron when a call came in from a professor asking for an escort to their car. They could hear "kids playing in the halls" and this was around midnight and these were little kids they heard. I went back to the building and could hear the patter of little feet running across the floors. The catch was, all the doors were locked and you couldn't see anyone!

Beardshear was also a joy in the middle of the night.

By far the worst place for me was East/Heady. Walking around the basement of that building that houses all sorts of archaeological artifacts and general creepiness.
 

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I went in the spring. The first time I drove by the guy was sitting on his porch watching me drive by. After I turned around and came back, he was gone. It creeped me out a little.

Probably went in to get his 12 guage. **** was about to get real if you drove by slowly a third time....:twitcy:
 
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