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Teens get big scare while ghost hunting in abandoned hospital
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Posted on 08/02/2003 10:04:15 PM PDT by chance33_98
Teens get big scare while ghost hunting in abandoned hospital
By Andy Cerota ABC13 Eyewitness News
(8/01/03 - HOUSTON) They were searching for an adventure. Instead, they got the scare of their lives.
The teenagers became curious about the old Jefferson Davis Hospital after logging onto a website that claimed it was haunted. Naturally, they wanted to see for themselves. But what they encountered was more frightening than seeing a ghost.
A group of college kids decided to go on a ghost hunt. Instead of a run-in with the supernatural, they had a run-in with some criminals.
At three stories high, in the dark of night, perched on a hill, the old abandoned Jefferson Davis Hospital is the perfect setting for a spooky movie.
"We've had friends who've come up here on Halloween night and said they've seen all sorts of crazy stuff," explained Ken Mahle. "We came to check it out."
Haunted by their desire to bust some ghosts, six teenagers got busted themselves -- robbed at gunpoint by a couple of thugs as they were leaving the abandoned hospital. It happened shortly after 1:30am Friday.
Kenny Tyson said, "I was the last one, everybody was in front of me, and all of the sudden I hear what sounded like a cap gun at first. I saw the bullet ricochet in front of me. I thought I got shot."
It was that shot, not a ghost, that convinced the teens they'd better cooperate.
"I threw them my wallet, my keys. They got my friends cell phones, their wallets, pretty much everything," said Tyson.
"(The suspects) then ran through the old Jefferson Davis Hospital, and from what we can determine, ran straight through the hospital, out the back and ran back into the neighborhood," HPDs Sgt. E.M. Rose told Eyewitness News.
When police arrived, they surrounded the old hospital and brought in the K-9's, thinking the suspects were still inside. But they were nowhere to be found. No suspects, no ghosts -- just a group of teens left with the haunting memories of what happened to them.
"It just reminds you of how dangerous it can be when you're just trying to have some fun," said Mahle.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: ghosts
To: chance33_98
See this is the problem, you figure the Democrat Party voter list will lead you to the residence of some Deceased-Americans, and then you get there, and you find the Dem voter is actually from one of their other big voting groups - Differently Lawabiding Americans.
To: mhking
Ghosts? Well, THEY were as white as sheets...
Just DAMN ping!
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posted on
08/02/2003 10:40:02 PM PDT
by
petuniasevan
("There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." -Mark Twain)
To: chance33_98
bump
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posted on
08/02/2003 10:47:43 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(You are the audience. I am the author. I outrank you! -Franz Liebkind, The Producers)
To: swilhelm73
8/01/03 - HOUSTON) They were searching for an adventure. Instead, they got the scare of their lives.
The teenagers became curious about the old Jefferson Davis Hospital after logging onto a website that claimed it was haunted. Naturally, they wanted to see for themselves. But what they encountered was more frightening than seeing a ghost.
A group of college kids decided to go on a ghost hunt. Instead of a run-in with the supernatural, they had a run-in with some criminals.
At three stories high, in the dark of night, perched on a hill, the old abandoned Jefferson Davis Hospital is the perfect setting for a spooky movie.
"We've had friends who've come up here on Halloween night and said they've seen all sorts of crazy stuff," explained group leader Fred. "We came to check it out."
Haunted by their desire to bust some ghosts, four teenagers and their Great Dane got busted themselves -- robbed at gunpoint by a couple of thugs as they were leaving the abandoned hospital. It happened shortly after 1:30am Friday.
Shaggy said, "I was the last one, everybody was in front of me, and all of the sudden I hear what sounded like a cap gun at first. I saw the bullet ricochet in front of me. I thought I got shot. Right, Scoob?"
It was that shot, not a ghost, that convinced the teens they'd better cooperate.
"I threw them my wallet, my keys. They got my friends cell phones, their wallets, the dog's collar, pretty much everything," said Velma. "Zoinks," she added after a reflective pause.
"(The suspects) then ran through the old Jefferson Davis Hospital, and from what we can determine, ran straight through the hospital, out the back and ran back into the neighborhood," HPDs Sgt. E.M. Rose told Eyewitness News.
When police arrived, they surrounded the old hospital and brought in the K-9's, thinking the suspects were still inside. But they were nowhere to be found. No suspects, no ghosts -- just a group of teens left with the haunting memories of what happened to them.. and slashed tires on their colorful van.
"Like, it just reminds you of how dangerous it can be when you're just trying to have some fun," said Shaggy.
"They wouldn't have been robbed if they hadn't been a group of meddling kids," Rose said.
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posted on
08/02/2003 11:00:40 PM PDT
by
GOP Jedi
To: chance33_98
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posted on
08/02/2003 11:06:02 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(You are the audience. I am the author. I outrank you! -Franz Liebkind, The Producers)
To: GOP Jedi
*LOL* Very funny!
To: chance33_98
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posted on
08/02/2003 11:23:04 PM PDT
by
lowbridge
(You are the audience. I am the author. I outrank you! -Franz Liebkind, The Producers)
To: chance33_98
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posted on
08/02/2003 11:26:28 PM PDT
by
dandelion
To: GOP Jedi
Good one!
...and we would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for those meddlin kids and their talking dog.
Scooby-Dooby-Doo.....
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posted on
08/03/2003 12:51:05 AM PDT
by
tarawa
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn.If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
08/03/2003 5:19:11 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: lowbridge
From that site:
"..From Billy - 13 July, 2003:
I went there with a couple of friends recently and saw nothing. I was more afraid of getting mugged from the crackheads and local rif-rafs that hang around there. There definetly is some crazy stuff that goes on in that place, but its not from any ghosts. I would not reccommend taking any females there because it looks like the perfect place for a hold-up."
eeeYep!
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posted on
08/03/2003 6:05:31 AM PDT
by
wolficatZ
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