The Noftsger was built in 1907 and was known as the Noftsger Hill Elementary school. It sits near the Old Dominion Mine in Globe and looks over the valley below. Stories of strange occurrences were reported even back when children filled its halls. Some would see a lantern light shining through the windows when no one was inside. The children often found the books in the room were moved from the place they were left at the end of the school day. Other objects had also mysteriously moved overnight as well. Children’s voices could be heard in the distance when there were no children present at the time. After the school was closed in 1981, stories of teachers buried in the basement circulated and many said that the place was haunted with their ghosts. A lady who lives nearby reported hearing a telephone ringing from inside the building but it was empty at the time.
Today, the Noftsger stands as a six room Inn and decorated with memorabilia dedicated to the mines that once made Globe a booming town. With all the paranormal claims at the Noftsger Inn, many of the souls from that era seem to be still hanging around the building. Some of the accounts are of children’s voices when no child was staying there, phantom footsteps, strange lights, objects moving on their own, and apparitions have been seen between the old walls of the Noftsger Inn.
It sounds like we have a vast array of paranormal phenomena that have been reported there. It looks like we will need to keep our eyes and ears open for any of it. I will post our experience on my blog. I am sure Autumnforest will post something about the trip on her blog too, Ghost Hunting Theories.
Sounds like a wonderful trip. Haunted schools are always particularly creepy. How do people think the teacher's bodies got in the basement?
ReplyDeleteI don't know how the bodies got in the basement. I am guessing thatit is one of those urban legends that people like to spread around.It does make for a cool spooky story, lol.
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ReplyDeleteSome of those mine shafts run under the towns... maybe that could be where the activity comes from?
ReplyDeleteJessica; yes Urban Legends are fun to tell but I think the place is haunted by some of the kiddies that went there, at least we think we met one last night....more to come.
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@eloh; definately the mine shafts and surrounding mines are contributing to the reported haunts. There are other places around Globe that the ghosts have been seen hanging around as well as the Inn.
No bodies in the basement...just happy little children who went to school at the Noftsger roam the hallways....
ReplyDeletedebe; as I supected it was just another urban legend to scare the kiddies.
ReplyDeletedebe; I just want to say that I really enjoyed it when you were able to contact that little 5 year old ghost, Sarah. That was so cool!
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