Haunted Austin
Posted by Dylan on January 18, 2010There are some haunted places in the Texas city of Austin. If you are anything like me, part of taking a trip to a new destination involves the learning of and the searching out of such haunted establishments, and understanding the people through their myths and their legends. On of the noted luxury hotels of Austin with reputation of being haunted by spirits, is the Driscol. Upon finding that there were many stories surrounding this hotel, my friend and I booked a room there for a few nights, hoping to meet up with some of the players in the ghost stories.
One of the spirits we were expecting to see was that of a young girl who fell down the stairs. Legends of the city state that sometimes, throughout the night, her laughter can be heard seemingly coming from the bottom of the stairs. A bride who was distraught when her bridegroom canceled their wedding, died in the hotel as well. Many guests of the hotel have reported seeing a woman in a wedding dress roaming through the halls. And on any given night, should you see a man walking through the halls smoking a cigar, you may just be catching a glimpse of a long time resident of the hotel. Upon his death, many people will see the cigar smoking man, on the grounds as well as inside.
While my friend and I kept watch, we saw no spirits the few nights we spent in the hotel, but we did find an spooky plot of land where an old school once stood. In 1990, construction workers encountered many strange occurrences and accidents when they tore down the Metz Elementary School. There machinery and bulldozers would simply stop working, their tools would constantly disappear, and many of them suffered falls from ladders. We walked through the open area and felt certain indescribable feeling. I thought it felt a bit like restlessness. But my friend told me that I was always feeling restless. We have toured many of the legendary haunted places in the Western United States, and I have yet to have had a feeling such as I did that day in Austin, but I also have yet to see the misty, mythological beings that many claim, still walk the world of the living.
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