Virginia governor’s mansion has
history of paranormal activity
By
Associated Press
Friday, December 8, 2006 -
Updated:
12:09 PM EST
RICHMOND,
Va. - Gov. Timothy M. Kaine
isn’t calling Ghostbusters, but
he’s not saying he would have no
use for the Hollywood spirit
chasers.
Asked during
his monthly radio show whether
he has had paranormal
experiences similar to ones
previous Executive Mansion
occupants have reported, Kaine
answered, “Yes.”
The governor
said Thursday that at the same
“inconvenient time” every week,
the telephone rings in his
family’s private quarters - and
when he picks up the phone,
nobody’s there. He said he’s
researching whether “something
odd happened” on the same day
and hour sometime in the
mansion’s history.
Unlike some previous residents and staff,
Kaine said his family has not
seen the friendly ghost of a
young woman who is said to haunt
the mansion.
However, he
said, first lady Anne Holton
witnessed other strange
occurrences in the mansion in
the 1970s while living there
with her father, Gov. Linwood
Holton. For example, a portrait
was mysteriously taken from a
wall and deposited in another
room.
There also was a storm-related power outage
that left all of Richmond in the
dark except a lone light that
mysteriously burned in the
mansion.
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