Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog

Each Friday we will have a look at the stories and experiences that have been related to us over the years that are amongst our personal favourites. These will include Crypto, Ghosts, Hauntings, UFO's, and other strange events that may be considered Fortean, from in around the Toronto, Canada area .... and since they are from our own personal files will likely not be found elsewhere on the web .... enjoy!

The following report was sent into us earlier this year (Oct. 2007):

"Had a strange series of elevator experiences Oct. 6-8 at the Le Royal Meridien King Edward Hotel on King Street. The hotel was practically deserted due to the long holiday weekend. On several occasions, the elevator was open and waiting at our floor, ready to take us to the lobby. We only had to call the elevator once or twice the whole weekend from our floor. On Monday morning, after going for a coffee run, I got on the elevator and noticed that my floor number was already illuminated, as if someone had pushed it for me. Very considerate, because my hands were full. The only problem was that I was the only person who got on, and no one had gotten off. On several occasions, the elevator stopped at the 2nd and 12th floors, and on two separate occasions, we absent-mindedly got off and almost tried to get into the wrong room! The best event of all was when we were leaving the hotel to check out. We pressed the elevator call button, and TWO elevators arrived and opened at the exact same moment, right across from each other.

We got on, laughing and joking about the hotel ghost. Then, both elevators stopped at the same time on the 12th floor. Very eerie to look out of one elevator at another, whose doors opened and closed at exactly the same time as ours. Especially since it was empty. As an aside, we stayed on the 16th floor, directly below the purportedly haunted, long deserted Crystal Ballroom on the 17th floor. The elevator no longer goes to the 17th floor, and while the elevator button panel still lists the 17 floor, there is no call button to press."

The witness went on to relate the following:

I've never had an experience like this, and the thing is that we really had the feeling that someone or something was having a lot of fun at our expense. It was eerie, but very interesting, fun and funny all at the same time. I forgot to mention that the front desk clerks and the bell staff assured us that there were no other reports of the elevators waiting for people or stopping at the wrong floors.

If this story sounds familiar, you have information you can add or if you have had similar experiences please do contact us. Our thanks to the witnesses for sharing their experience with us.

Do you have a real life ghost story, an encounter with a UFO, or other paranormal experience/s you'd like to share? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Post your own experiences in our comments section or send us an email. Please post only true life experiences ... we love good fiction, but there are other fantastic blogs out there to post fictional accounts to.