I've had many experiences with the paranormal. I'm an energy sensitive and can sense ghost energy in places usually as soon as I walk in. Especially if that spirit is unhappy in any way. But this discussion is about happy spirits and a restaurant that my brother used to own in Lake George, New York.

     I worked there for three summers in his restaurant and had almost nightly visits from the spirits that didn't want to leave the building, or perhaps lake Goerge in general. One of them, I think, was the builder and first owner of this building. At least that's what I sensed. The building was over two hundred years old. These ghosts/spirits played games with me which did nothing to scare me which I assume is what they were trying to do. Mostly I just felt they were bored and were trying to see if they could get a reaction out of me, especially at night after we closed, and when I was the only one in the building. And just for the record, many employees asked me how I could stay in the builing at night all by myself? Even they could feel the hostly energy, that's how strong it was.

     One of the most memorable of these events happened one night when I was closing out the books for the day, I was the night manager. I used to turn the stereo up as I finished my nightly chores and counted out the register this was usually around eleven at night. It was summertime so many of the windows were still open. I would close them when I was leaving for the night.

     And on this one particular night as I was working with the calculator when suddenly all the power in the building shut off. I looked around to see if any of the stores across the street still had power, which they all did, so I knew it was just our building. I sat for a couple of minutes, being a bit confused about what had happened when I suddenly got an impression about the stereo. Remember, I'm energy sensitive. I looked up at the ceiling and said, "All right then, I tell you what, if I promise to turn the stereo off will you turn,” that's as far as I got. The power suddenly came back on, and I most certainly did turn the stereo off, I wasn't going to argue with a ghost who could do that.

     The next day I found out that the people who were staying in the cabins that were behind and very near the restaurant came in to thank us for turning the stereo off because it was keeping them awake. And for a few days I turned the stereo off right at nine when we closed.

     Postscript to this story: A few days later as I was doing my nightly chores, and it was getting late, I looked up at the ceiling and asked, "If I turn the stereo on, as long as I promise to keep the volume way down, would that be OK with you?" The power never shut off after that night or any other night for all the summers I worked there. And none of the people in the cabins ever said anything about the stereo being too loud again! I'm pretty sure that the ghosts were looking out for them! But I also always wondered, if the spirits could turn the electricity off in the whole building, why didn’t they just turn the stereo off themselves?

Bill Walker