{"id":777,"date":"2015-10-29T14:27:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T18:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/?p=777"},"modified":"2015-11-05T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T20:07:44","slug":"101-things-halloween-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/afterword\/2015\/10\/29\/101-things-halloween-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"101 Things: Halloween Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derrick<\/a><\/strong> and Ryan<\/a> <\/strong>are still in pursuit of all 101 activities on the infamous list you may or may not have seen floating around campus the last four (or five) years!<\/em>\"101poster<\/a>This time we are crossing #17 off of the list: Hunt for Ghosts in the Attic of Converse<\/em> on in our special Halloween edition!
\n\"Conversehalloween\"<\/a>
\nI have never once set foot in Converse Hall on UVM campus. Why? Probably not enough friends in college.<\/p>\n

But Derrick, having many friends in his day, spent a lot of time in that scary building and encouraged me to hunt for ghosts in the attic space with him on a casual Thursday afternoon in October.\"DSC_0268\"<\/a>There are many stories about haunted places at UVM and Vermont and you can learn about dozens of them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, I was skeptical, but as I approached this strangely Gothic structure, I thought it might be worth a look. I mean, nothing else on campus looks as creepy as this building!<\/p>\n

In fact, Converse has it’s very own Ghost named Henry.<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though it was mid-day, we were a little freaked out the whole time. At the center of the top floor lies a very dated and terrifying mural suspiciously missing Old Mill<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And….*GASP* a television from the late nineties!\"DSC_0257\"<\/a> The temperature outside was dropping, the leaves falling, and the shadows growing, maybe it was time to go back to work…\"DSC_0252\"<\/a>I thought we needed flashlights but the eerie light from spooky windows like these led us to some suspicious graffiti on an old chimney.\"DSC_0259\"<\/a>Upon closer inspection…we noticed something wasn’t quite right…\"DSC_0261\"<\/a>This was very unsettling because I had just eaten potato salad for lunch. It can’t be true.<\/p>\n

After all of the skepticism, I was starting to believe that something was truly haunted up here. At that very moment, I heard a voice tell me to go to the door down the hallway…\"DSC_0248\"<\/a>Scary right? I almost got pulled in by some spirit summoning me, but Derrick quickly ran down the hallway and saved me. I was in some kind of trance, but snapped out of it and we left that attic for good. Definitely haunted.<\/p>\n

It was also really weird when Derrick said he didn’t remember going up to Converse Hall when we chatted the next day…very strange indeed.<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

The Devil Is In the Potato Salad<\/p>\n

Thanks for joining us! Stay tuned throughout the year for more posts like these. We will attempt to:<\/p>\n