Arrival: Original Springs Part 1

"Did you hear that?" - D

We arrived at the Original Springs Hotel at 9:27 pm. We walked into room 2 on the 2nd floor, the room in which we'll be staying and immediately started to unpack. Flashlights, cameras, notepads, voice recorders, and more became scattered around our bed--which we likely won't need. At 9:36, as Dan and I continued to unpack, our h

eads both shot up and we looked at each other.

Dan: "Did you hear that too?"

Koray: *long pause*

Dan: "Did you hear that?"

Koray: "Yeah it was a little girl...right?"

Dan: "that was RIGHT next to my right ear.."

Koray: "It was loud...like a chuckle or a giggle"

Dan and I heard what seemed to be a little girl's joy coming from OUR room. We heard voices of other people

upstairs before and we can assure you that this sound was in our room and caused us both to freak out a little bit. After hanging out for 10 minutes...continuing to unpack, we decide to give ourselves a tour of the hotel.

We walked up to the 3rd floor...just above us where a woman in a white dress is said to be seen often by hotel visitors and those who work here. In our research we found that this woman could be Alma Schulz, married to Ben Sch

ierbaum, who owned the hotel from 1911-1916. He killed himself with a double barreled shotgun in 1916 after Alma left him alone and without much business. It is said that she walks the 3rd floor still, grieving and trying to find the answer to why her husband left this world.

The feeling of the 3rd floor was like a thick chilled heavy blanket was covering the air, making it difficult to breathe and left us feeling like there was a powerful weight pushing on our chests. We paced the hall a few times, making rather loud creaking noises with each step, and decided to take a seat at the beginning of the hallway upon a raised staircase. After about 10 minutes of silence, Dan sort of gasped for air for a moment and looked at me with a puzzled face...I immediately was forced to take a deep breath as we heard one heavy breath come from unoccupied room 24.

When we took our audio recording device up there we didn't expect to catch anything, we were wrong.

On our recording we captured a man's voice say what sounds like "There was so much blood"...soon after a woman's voice replies with a concerned "what!?" and then Dan's shutter and deep breath is heard. Dan and I do NOT remember hearing ANYTHING of like this when we were in the hallway and it seems it was only captured by the voice recorder. Perhaps even more startling is what is heard after Dan's deep breath...that same man CLEARLY says "you left me". This audio is VERY clear and makes a good amount of sense when considering historical context. Perhaps this is Ben voicing his frustration to his also deceased former wife.

We're back in the room now...discussing our next move and trying to make sense out of what we've just heard. I am truly trying my hardest to find some reason or explanation for the voice, but I have nothing...this is getting weird.

Off to hunt,

TPB