Ghost Adventures

I have had a lot of new experiences this last week, and I truly think most of them are more important than what I am about to share with you. But this also should be said.

The seminary we are staying at could be haunted.

ISEDET is an ecumenical seminary and it has a good history. I haven't learned anything very comprehensive, but I do know that most protestant pastors in Argentina have studied here. During the dictatorship in the late 70s to early 80s, the library was burned down. People probably got really upset about that. Someone could have even been hurt. I don't know. 

Pondering these things when walking down the dim hallways on a windy night is probably not good for your blood pressure.

Our very first night here, Maddie and Sally heard a piano playing very loudly around 11:30. No one is very sure where it was coming from.

Another night, I went into the women's bathroom, leaving the main door open and closing the stall door. While I was in there, the door quietly closed itself. OKAYYYY.

A few days later, we were all hanging out in the girls' room because that's where the best wifi is. The door was open, and then it closed. We all looked at each other. No one said anything. We went back to what we were doing.

Another day, I was walking to one of the classrooms by myself and the lights all turned off and then came back on. I thought the power went out, but when I asked, no one else had been affected.

Most of the time, when we leave the bathroom closest to our room, someone will hit the light switch and the lights will turn off, only to come back on moments later. 

I think I have figured out explanations for most of these things, so I'm not too freaked out. Most of the windows don't close all the way so it is very drafty. This tends to make doors open and close on their own. The wiring is old and doesn't always make sense. I figured out yesterday that there are two light switches next to each other in the bathroom and they both control the same light. So when you leave and flip them both, you turn the lights off, then back on. Many families live in apartments in the seminary. That means you might wake up in the middle of the night to loud piano music.

As you can see, my Nancy Drew skills are coming in handy here.