Haunted WVU

Just found this interesting page on haunted happenings at West Virginia University.

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By: Ashley Piomelli, Mackenzie Mays and Erica Mokay

Janitors at West Virginia University have seen a little girl in a yellow party dress dancing around the Mountainlair at night. Legend has it, she was buried years ago in a cemetery where Stewart Hall now stands.

An employee died after falling from the elevator shaft of the downtown library during maintenance. Students over the years have reported seeing him get on and off of the elevator late at night and vanish before they get to a chance to catch him.

Even a ghostly cow moos in Woodburn, after a senior prank went wrong and lead the cow to its death in the clock tower.

Stories like these are what motivated Jason Burns, WVU professor and storyteller, to create the West Virginia Spectral Heritage Project.

The project was founded in 2006 and helps keep the history-rich ghost stories of the state…

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