GA_Dave

When I got hired at the Fire Department in 1986, I was told that Station 2 was "haunted". There were lots of stories and claims of proof, but I figured that it was just some sort of hazing by the older members. I never worked there in my first 2-3 years on the job. The Station was built in the early 1970's on the site of an old house owned by "Mr. Whitlock", who had passed away in the house several years prior. His longtime next door neighbor, "Miss Rome", was still alive when he died, but only lived a few more years. Her house was still standing, but vacant since her death. The stories say events began shortly after the station opened. When built, it was two bays wide, with offices and a dayroom on the right side and the bunk room, bathroom and kitchen on the left. Two additions were added, a single truck bay on the far right side in 1982, and a "community" room across the back a short time later. The back door of the kitchen now opened into a hallway that separated the community room from two bathrooms and the outside door at the end of the hallway. (The street view photo shows the front of the Station, looking south. The aerial view shows the Station faces north, with the community room on the south side. Miss Rome's house was east of the station, centered about the same location as the single tree at the NW corner of the current building.) The events, as the stories go, were things like knocks at the door, but no one there, lights turning on and off by themselves, compartment doors on the trucks being slammed shut when the building was secured and everyone sitting in the kitchen. Often, late in the evening, the sound of footsteps going up stairs could be heard along the back wall of the kitchen. The claim was that it was Mr. Whitlock going up to bed. Older guys confirmed that there had been stairs there in Mr. Whitlock's house, but they were long gone. The biggest event occurred around 1980. A fire call for Engine 2 was received around 2 AM. As the pumper was ready to roll, they were short one man. The officer ran back to the bunk room to get him and found him next to his bunk, white as a sheet and shaking like a leaf. He said that Mr. Whitlock had held him down in his bed, then suddenly disappeared, causing the delay. Both men ran to the engine and they raced to the scene of a tanker truck on fire. As they approached, the tanker blew up, destroying everything close by, including where Engine 2 would have been if not for the delay caused by Mr. Whitlock. These were the stories I heard in my early years there. I never put much stock in them, assuming they were just stories. Then I was reassigned to Station 2. I began to witness many of those events that I had been told about. The knocks at the kitchen door, the sound of footsteps going up non-existent stairs in the evening, compartment doors slamming in the middle of the night, lights turning on and off with no one there. I became a believer in Mr. Whitlock! Around 1992, Miss Rome's house was falling apart. The City condemned it and the Fire Department used it for fire training until nothing was left. We never heard from Mr. Whitlock again.

Serious answer: Absolutely not! I was around 13 or 14. I wasn't the only one there, several of my friends also saw the same thing. We were kids, no one believed us. It was almost dark on a cloudless evening. An object rose above the treeline, numerous flashing lights around it. At about 35 degrees above us, it hovered for several seconds without a sound. We all thought it was a helicopter, about 7 blocks north of us at the lake (Erie) shore. Suddenly, it took off to the west-southwest, along the lake shore, completely out of sight in under 5 seconds. The acceleration was unreal, yet we had just seen it happen. No sound at all, just there and then gone. No helicopter, not even Airwolf, can go that fast from a dead stop, nor can any other man-made aircraft, even today.

Hmm..... I have no proof, there is no evidence, but I saw what I saw and nothing in the past 50+ years has explained it.

I really don't think they need to put anyone else up there, but I thank God every single day that it isn't Kamala or Hillary!

My tax return was nowhere near $4000, but my withholding amounts are at the minimum, so I am not letting the feds use my money all year for free. The past several years, I have owed a couple hundred bucks at tax time, but I plan for it and it's no big deal. Due to a couple one-time income streams (money earned in 2024, but not received until 2025), I filed on around $14000 more for 2025 than I did for 2024. Due to the new and continuing tax cuts brought about by the President, I paid LESS tax in 2025 than I did in 2024. THANK YOU, President Trump!

Nowhere near the number that have been murdered in abortion clinics! Tell us, how many? Please provide specific incidences, details and PROOF that the shooter was a republican. I'll wait.

Yeah, 3/1000 of an inch bigger...... That looks like a GREAT varmint gun. Some varmints only have two legs........

I seriously hope she runs. I can't wait to see dems spend a small fortune on her campaign, only for her to lose like their last idiot lost!

And today, I filled up at my usual spot for #3.49/gal before my 3 Cent/gal discount.

I drove about 200 miles today. Cheapest price for regular gas I saw was $3.59, highest was #3.99. The place where I usually fill up was $3.61 before my 3 Cent/gal discount.

I have owned three FC-150's over the years, along with an M-677, but all three 150's were buckets of rust. The 677 was supposed to be payment for work I had done, but the guy traded it away to someone else before I got it.

$3.59 here, Governor is talking about stopping the State gas tax again.

"Longerish". Is that a technical term?

Wishing you the best of luck on your new adventure!