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juanez
08-01-2005, 01:21 AM
I'm not a big believer in ghosts, the paranormal, ESP or any of that kind of X Files kind of stuff, but this was pretty cool.

I work at The Gilpin Hotel and Casio in Colorado. It's no longer a hotel, but it was back in the Wild West mining days. Legend has it that there is a ghost inhabiting the building. Her name is Lucille Malone. The legend goes that Lucille and her fiancé were staying in the hotel in the late 1800's when the guy got run down by some wild drunk guys driving a horse and wagon (old time DWI) in the street in front of the hotel and was killed. Distraught, Lucille jumped off of a 3rd story balcony, killing herself.

Ever since, stories of her appearing and doing weird things have been told. I personally know several folks who swear they have seen her, seen thing go flying across the room, etc, etc. Nothing really bad ever happens and nobody gets hurt or anything, just odd stuff.

Well a few mornings ago, the maintenance guy was going through the kitchen for the restaurant (named "Lucille's" in her honor) and came upon the freezer doors wide open and melted ice cream all over the floor outside of the freezer.

Security reviewed the surveillance tape to see who made the mess and sure enough. There are two doors for the freezer. You can plainly see both handles slowly come down and the doors open. Then all of the ice cream containers come FLYING out. Nothing else came out, just the ice cream. This happened very early in the morning, when the casino is closed and only security people are there. All of this caught on tape! Talk about weird.
daryn
08-01-2005, 01:28 AM
did you actually see this?
IronDragon1
08-01-2005, 01:37 AM
Man-this sure makes me miss the show "Sightings"

Also-I can't imagine this would be so cool if the ghost were murderous
Non_Comformist
08-01-2005, 01:38 AM
I don't believe this.
STLantny
08-01-2005, 01:58 AM
Get that on the net as fast as possible.
Non_Comformist
08-01-2005, 02:01 AM
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Get that on the net as fast as possible.

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explain
08-01-2005, 02:02 AM
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I don't believe this.

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It's true. It was Patrick Swayze.
realwtf
08-01-2005, 02:02 AM
I do not believe you.
STLantny
08-01-2005, 02:05 AM
I work at The Gilpin Hotel and Casio in Colorado

Security reviewed the surveillance tape to see who made the mess and sure enough. There are two doors for the freezer. You can plainly see both handles slowly come down and the doors open. Then all of the ice cream containers come FLYING out.

All of this caught on tape!




Take those facts, then take the "net" which is short for internet. And on this internet, you can put videos and such, so the whole wide world can view them.
Matty
08-01-2005, 02:06 AM
STLanty, it's generally assumed when you hit the "reply" button to one person's post, that you are talking to that person.
Non_Comformist
08-01-2005, 02:07 AM
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STLanty, it's generally assumed when you hit the "reply" button to one person's post, that you are talking to that person.

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ok that makes sense, I thought the dude was completely out of his mind.
STLantny
08-01-2005, 02:07 AM
STLanty, it's generally assumed when you hit the "reply" button to one person's post, that you are talking to that person.

Thanks, Grey.
GuyOnTilt
08-01-2005, 02:10 AM
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Take those facts, then take the "net" which is short for internet. And on this internet, you can put videos and such, so the whole wide world can view them.

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What makes you think the casino hands out copies of their video surveilance tapes for people to take home with them?

GoT
08-01-2005, 02:13 AM
What makes you think they have surveillance cameras pointed at the freezer?
08-01-2005, 02:19 AM
OP,

Did you actually watch the surveillance tapes and see this ? If not, don't bug us with this crap. I want first hand account. I don't care what you "heard". This is a bogus story.
ILL34GL3
08-01-2005, 02:26 AM
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What makes you think they have surveillance cameras pointed at the freezer?

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That's believable if they keep pricey foods in the freezer like steaks and such. Employee theft of such fair can be a major source of lost profit.

I don't believe this story though. If you can send a tape to www.coasttocoastam.com (http://www.coasttocoastam.com) or something like that.

Can the freezer be opened from the inside?
Richie Rich
08-01-2005, 02:41 AM
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Security reviewed the surveillance tape to see who made the mess and sure enough. There are two doors for the freezer. You can plainly see both handles slowly come down and the doors open. Then all of the ice cream containers come FLYING out. Nothing else came out, just the ice cream. This happened very early in the morning, when the casino is closed and only security people are there. All of this caught on tape! Talk about weird.

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Sounds like she's improving her ability to manipulate objects in the real world. Like when Patrick Swaze kicked that soda can in a NY subway in the movie, "Ghost".
kipin
08-01-2005, 02:44 AM
Dude time to cash in.

http://www.randi.org/research/
08-01-2005, 03:06 AM
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That's believable if they keep pricey foods in the freezer like steaks and such. Employee theft of such fair can be a major source of lost profit.

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In an up-scale restaurant whose only source of income is the sale of food, yes- in a casino's cheesy restaurant? How many guys do you hire to review 24hr tape of someone possibly stealing frozen steak? Or do you pay overtime to the guys who surveil the house games?
ILL34GL3
08-01-2005, 03:35 AM
Well when something obvoiously out of the ordinary has happened, such as melted ice cream all over the floor, I doubt they have to go out and hire an extra security officer to review the tape.

Usually, restaraunts take a nightly inventory of foodstuffs and it is checked again in the morning. So if something comes up missing, they have a good idea of when the theft is occurring. At least this was the procedure at the restaurant I once worked at. Such a procedure would eliminate the need for hiring a person to review all 24 hours of a kitchen security tape on a daily basis.
08-01-2005, 03:51 AM
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Well when something obvoiously out of the ordinary has happened, such as melted ice cream all over the floor I doubt they have to go out and hire an extra security officer to review the tape.


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So what you're saying is, just be very neat when you steal since they won't look at the tape otherwise? Since you've worked in restaurants, how many had cameras installed?

Really, I’m not trying to be a dick, but this story is BS.
08-01-2005, 04:20 AM
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Well a few mornings ago, the maintenance guy was going through the kitchen for the restaurant (named "Lucille's" in her honor) and came upon the freezer doors wide open and melted ice cream all over the floor outside of the freezer.

Security reviewed the surveillance tape to see who made the mess and sure enough. There are two doors for the freezer. You can plainly see both handles slowly come down and the doors open. Then all of the ice cream containers come FLYING out. Nothing else came out, just the ice cream.

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Probably she didn’t like that ice cream.
ILL34GL3
08-01-2005, 04:58 AM
I agree that the story is likely bullshit. But it's possible that a business would have a camera on a freezer in the kitchen. I actually have worked at a restaraunt that had cameras in the kitchen. The Austin area Rudy's all have cameras. Call and ask them if you don't believe it.

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So what you're saying is, just be very neat when you steal since they won't look at the tape otherwise?

[/ QUOTE ] Reread my last post. The part about the inventory procedure should answer your question. And as I've said before, employee theft is a major percentage of any business' shrinkage.

But yeah, the story is bullshit. The part about the ghost was the tip off. Not the part about a camera being aimed at the freezer.
TStoneMBD
08-01-2005, 05:04 AM
im open to ideas on stuff like this because i believe that ive seen a ghost once in my life. most people just discredit this with their stubborn belief that there is no such thing as mehmehbleh..
siccjay
08-01-2005, 05:41 AM
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im open to ideas on stuff like this because i believe that ive seen a ghost once in my life. most people just discredit this with their stubborn belief that there is no such thing as mehmehbleh..

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I feel the same.
ILL34GL3
08-01-2005, 06:12 AM
My problem with the story is that the casino would surely use this tape to get a bunch of press exposure? So why's the fire not burning?
TStoneMBD
08-01-2005, 07:41 AM
you think having a haunted casino is good press? i mean i know the saying and all but im not sure about that one...
xadrez
08-01-2005, 08:48 AM
In every pricey restaurant Ive worked at there was surveillance of the big walk-in freezers.

When someone can walk out with 1000 dollars worth of truffles in their front pocket, its not a bad idea to surveil the fridge.
maxfisher
08-01-2005, 08:56 AM
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im open to ideas on stuff like this because i believe that ive seen a ghost once in my life. most people just discredit this with their stubborn belief that there is no such thing as mehmehbleh..

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i think ive also had an encounter (if that is proper vernacular) but how can this be if i dont believe in ghosts. i think it must be the mind doing something or something
Patrick del Poker Grande
08-01-2005, 09:35 AM
I don't think Lucille likes me either, because I was at The Gilpin yesterday, got to the 3pm tournament sign-up a couple minutes after it filled up, then proceded to have every runner-runner possible kick me in the nuts over the next hour.
Crveballin
08-01-2005, 11:41 AM
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My problem with the story is that the casino would surely use this tape to get a bunch of press exposure? So why's the fire not burning?

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They could also fear that extremely superstitous gamblers would feel this is a bad omen and find another casino to gamble at. Either way I think something would be mentioned of it in the local newspapers if such was the case.
tolbiny
08-01-2005, 11:50 AM
"Can the freezer be opened from the inside?"

In every restaurant i have worked in you can open the walk ins from the inside- prevents people from accidentally locking them selves in- i would assume that it is standard in any freezer in any restaurant.
IndieMatty
08-01-2005, 11:51 AM
My best friend claims to have seen a ghost, I always want to not believe these things, but my friend swears up and down that he saw what he saw. I'd love to see the surveillance tape.
Matty
08-01-2005, 04:28 PM
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"Can the freezer be opened from the inside?"

In every restaurant i have worked in you can open the walk ins from the inside- prevents people from accidentally locking them selves in- i would assume that it is standard in any freezer in any restaurant.

[/ QUOTE ]My experience is that they don't make the outside handles move though.
ILL34GL3
08-01-2005, 08:59 PM
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My problem with the story is that the casino would surely use this tape to get a bunch of press exposure? So why's the fire not burning?

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They could also fear that extremely superstitous gamblers would feel this is a bad omen and find another casino to gamble at. Either way I think something would be mentioned of it in the local newspapers if such was the case.

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This casino actually named its restaurant after the ghost. They use the ghost story to bring in the tourists. I don't see why they wouldn't avidly publicize this story.