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alive only during the summer months.
When my research led to that hotel, I realised that I
had to go check it out myself. I persuaded my friend
Maddy to come with me and we drove there the next
day.
We were not going to stay in that hotel of course,
we just wanted to ask a few people about it and take
pictures. But when we got there, the hotel that we
booked was closed.
There was no indication that it was even in business.
We waited for about 45 minutes and then we decided
to go see Hotel 12 and not stay the night.
When we got there, that hotel was closed too. We
thought that due to the season (it was the beginning
of April) all the tourist places were closed.
We went for dinner in a nearby restaurant. Rain
began to fall and it wouldn’t stop so we waited
patiently before we returned to our car.
By then, it was after 10pm and thought we better
get going but once we drove past Hotel 12, we saw
it was open.
“Let’s go ask if we can stay tonight!” I said. My
friend was wildly against it but she followed me. The
hall was lit only with a small lamp and the desk was
equipped with an antique bell.
We didn’t have to ring it, for the proprietor heard us
come in and he exited his office.
We booked a room on the third floor, paid it in
advance and found it ourselves.
The proprietor was very particular in having the
money up front.
The room was cosy and clean.
It had a balcony and a nice bathroom.
We were exhausted so we forgot all about the
haunting and we went right to sleep.
I couldn’t tell what time it was when my friend
woke up screaming that there was a huge spider in
her bed.
We searched for a few minutes but couldn’t find
anything.
We went back to sleep only to awake a few minutes
later by a weird whistle.
We couldn’t determine where it was coming from.
After the whistle stopped, we could hear a group of
people singing.
In the morning, when we checked out, we said that
a couple of guests in other rooms were noisy and the
proprietor told us that there were no other guests.
We were happy to get out of there and when we
asked about the haunting at the local bakery, they told
us that individuals and even groups of people have
vanished from this hotel.
It is believed that the spirit haunting it is
“kidnapping” guests and having them relive their last
night over and over again.
I don’t know if it’s true, I only know what I
experienced, and I am not going back there. If you
want to visit Hotel 12, rates start at $55