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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Is the Chowchilla library haunted?


Is this library haunted by a man who died in a fire here years ago?

Several years ago, in a rural town in northern Madera County called Chowchilla, the local bowling alley caught fire and the entire structure was gutted. After investigating the cause of the fire, it was determined that the start of the fire was in the kitchen and soon spread to the rest of the building. Unfortunately the cook was caught in the fire and was unable to make it out and perished in the flames.

Soon after that, the building was remodeled and became the new home of the Chowchilla branch of the Madera County Library system. Where the kitchen was is now the check out center and there have been reports of people feeling the heat of a fire. A few witnesses have even reported seeing a man standing in the area wearing an apron and carrying a spatula. One wonders if this is some sort of replay of what happened here, the event so traumatic that it left some sort of "psychic" imprint on the location that people see from time to time. Or perhaps the cook is still here, ready to work even though the kitchen that took his life is now long gone.


3 comments:

Jarrod Lyman said...

Very cool! Mind if I link this to our facebook page at www.facebook.com/yosemitethisyear?

Michael said...

By all means, please do.

Anonymous said...

i have lived in chowchilla for a long time and when the bowling alley burned down i dont ever remember hearing that someone was inside and i have n ot ever seen anything weird at the library