Did an innocent girl share a dance with the Devil at the Rainbow Ballroom?
The Rainbow Ballroom on Broadway in downtown Fresno.
There's a story that several decades ago there was a dance held at the Rainbow Ballroom, in downtown Fresno. The place was filled with many people, and at this dance there was a handsome man that everyone seemed to be noticing and talking about. He was tall, had dark features, and was dressed in an expensive white suit.
As the night wore on, he asked a young woman by the name of Patricia to dance. She was happy that she was chosen out of all the woman there and began dancing with the handsome stranger, who was said to have a very smooth sounding voice.
As the night continued, they danced and danced. For some reason she looked down and saw the man's feet. To her horror, one of the man's feet resembled a huge chicken foot. Terrified at what she saw she began screaming loudly. Everyone stopped dancing at the sounds of her screaming and looked at her to see what was going on. They saw the man's strange foot and could not believe what they were seeing. At that moment he smiled at everyone and disappeared.
No one knows who this strange man was. Some say he was a ghost of a man that was killed there years ago, others say he was a demon playing that enjoyed scaring young women. And then some say it was the Devil himself, reminding everyone that they won't know who he is until it's too late.
As the night wore on, he asked a young woman by the name of Patricia to dance. She was happy that she was chosen out of all the woman there and began dancing with the handsome stranger, who was said to have a very smooth sounding voice.
As the night continued, they danced and danced. For some reason she looked down and saw the man's feet. To her horror, one of the man's feet resembled a huge chicken foot. Terrified at what she saw she began screaming loudly. Everyone stopped dancing at the sounds of her screaming and looked at her to see what was going on. They saw the man's strange foot and could not believe what they were seeing. At that moment he smiled at everyone and disappeared.
No one knows who this strange man was. Some say he was a ghost of a man that was killed there years ago, others say he was a demon playing that enjoyed scaring young women. And then some say it was the Devil himself, reminding everyone that they won't know who he is until it's too late.
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I believe it's a true story.
Rainbow Ballroom I don't have the exact year but it was definately in the mid sixty's as we moved to L.A. in 1967.
I rarely went to these places, but I was there one week before the incident that was reported by The Fresno Bee.
However the devil was there, as their was a weird vibe that only got weirder, the room started getting hazy.
I was standing watching some couples dance when suddenly A girl in front me that was dancing, fell to the ground convulsing and apparently having a
seizure. The haze became thicker I heard someone yell get a spoon, now I realize it was supposedly to keep them from suffocating.
Self consciously I think I blocked it out, but I think I danced or had eye to eye contact with this alluring handsome man.
About a week later I heard about the girl who had sneaked out her bedroom window to go dancing, was lured by a man.
She later claimed that she looked down at his feet while dancing and saw that his foot was of a rooster like claw.
She then began screaming at that point he scratch her so deep, that I heard wound would not heal.
man disappeared.
Rainbow Ballroom I don't have the exact year but it was definately in the mid sixty's as we moved to L.A. in 1967.
I rarely went to these places, but I was there one week before the incident that was reported by The Fresno Bee.
However the devil was there, as their was a weird vibe that only got weirder, the room started getting hazy.
I was standing watching some couples dance when suddenly A girl in front me that was dancing, fell to the ground convulsing and apparently having a
seizure. The haze became thicker I heard someone yell get a spoon, now I realize it was supposedly to keep them from suffocating.
Self consciously I think I blocked it out, but I think I danced or had eye to eye contact with this alluring handsome man.
About a week later I heard about the girl who had sneaked out her bedroom window to go dancing, was lured by a man.
She later claimed that she looked down at his feet while dancing and saw that his foot was of a rooster like claw.
She then began screaming at that point he scratch her so deep, that I heard wound would not heal.
man disappeared.
She pulled up some ghosts in Glendora,ca
I suddenly remembered that I myself had an experience at the Rainbow Ballroom back in the sixty's.
I then had her google it! We were both shocked to find it!