So .. I just finished watching the Stephen King movie, 1408, and remembered that I have yet to blog about the over ight stay at the Waverly Hills Sanitorium in Louisville, KY.
Seeing as I’m too lazy to turn on my computer, I’m thankful to have an app on my phone that I can use for this (i.e. Ignore the typos!!).
A month or so ago a friend and I stayed overnight at Waverly Hills. It was a ‘tour’ that went from 11ish at night until around 7 in the morning.
I put tour in quotes, because it went a little something like this .. You were taken to a general location (typically an entire floor or the Death Tunnel), given a brief rundown of the history of the area, and left to do your own thing in that area for the next hour. The groups were about 6 people and the areas were huge, so you could really go on your own without worrying about being around others.
So .. Here’s the deal… I have been to Waverly about 10 or so times in my life. Once for this overnight, once on a Halloween morning group tour, and … …
In my years of exploring Waverly, prior to the recent trip, I’ve yet to see or hear anything to make me believe spirits were present at Waverly. I’m, by nature a skeptic, or someone who can use rationalilty to justify the odd noise or two.
So, with that being said, and skipping the details I’ll go straight into the nuts and bolts…
I left there hearing many things that I could not justify and I definitely believe that presences exist at Waverly.
1.) On the first floor we were on there were 6 of us .. Dave and I at one end of this massive corridor on the first floor and the 4 others way down on the other end. We sat there in the hallway for the longest time and didn’t hear or see anything. The most interesting thing that we heard was a lady, in very loud heels, walking down the long hallway on the floor above us. Apparently the other 6 heard her too because we were talking about it afterwards. So disappointed … Until we met back up with our tour guide. He said it was physically impossible to hear footsteps that clearly from the floor above (bdcause they were seriously loud like she was walking on the ceiling). Being a skeptic, when the whole group was back together, to move to the next part of Waverly, I made it a point to check out everyone’s shoes. Amazingly enough not one person in the entire group was wearing shoes that made any sort of noise above a tennis shoe. OK … That convinced me …
2.) On the third floor Dave decided to go into this one room and take a nap, because apparently it is so easy to sleep in a creepy old building. So, I opted to go sit in the hallway right outside of where he was napping to see if I could pick up anything.
First of all … I was attacked in the face by a bat .. Which scared the SH1T outta me .. Seriously it flew into my cheek to the point where it felt like a hand touching me!!!
After that, things were quiet and then all of a sudden I heard this low noise that almost sounded like a door slowing creeking back and forth, coming from the floor above us. Or another perfect analogy is that it sounded EXACTLY like the noise that evil chic makes in the movie The Grudge. It lasted about a minute and started really low. Then it progressively and quickly became louder and louder until I could feel it on my insides. I figured everyone everywhere had to hear it because it was THAT loud. The second I was creeped out enough to go grab my friend, the noise stopped. I hit him, asked him, and he heard NOTHING!!! So … When we went to the 4th floor I made it a point to check every door, every window, and anythingelse I could think of to try and justify that noise … NOTHING!!! So … Convinced me!!!
3.) When we on the second floor, Dave was again napping in a room and I was sitting in the hallway, by the exit sign, towards the far right end. The other group was on the far left hand side of the corridor. All of a sudden I heard a noise that sounds like someone was pushing a large, heavy, metal table a foot or two across the room. When I met back up with Dave we walked down there and there was no such table, or anything close, anywhere to be found. To top it off about thlen minutes later the other group went to that same spot and heard what they said sounded like a heavy metal chair being drug across a room!
4.) I think it’s the 4th floor that is the most ‘physical’ of the floors. We went to that floor and around the middle of the corridor we took a seat in the hallway. We sat there forever and didn’t hear anything and then all of a sudden we started hearing this low noise … It sounded like a baby crying to me and to Dave I think it sounded more like a lady. It went on at least five minutes and was just loud enough that you could barely hear it. It was CREEPY and the only other thing that Dave and I heard together. It was creepy enough that even Dave believed there was something to it.
I ‘think’ that’s everything, but if I remember more I’ll be sure and update this.. :0).
Overall, I walked in a skeptic and walked out believing that there are definitely spirits at Waverly Hills Sanitorium. I don’t spook easy and there were some seriously spooky moments!!! I HIGHLY recommend people taking the overnight tour .. It was fascinating to be there overnight and really an eye opening experience. The creepy moments only lasted briefly and after that I was dying to see or hear more!!!
Unfortunately it appears that the Waverly Hills tours are booked solid through the end of the year, so you’ll have to wait until next year to sign up!!!
