I worked as a security guard in the patrol division. We had our patrol office located in an old Armory located in downtown Spokane, WA;USA. I have had many experiences theere that I was unable to explain, but one night sticks out in my mind plainly. It was just after 11:00pm when I was doing a patro check at the old armory, when I looked up to the top floor window where our office was located and saw a dark figure standing at the window with a curtain pulled open like someone was holding it that way. I called my supervisor and he immediatly came down. The figure was still standing in the window, kind of swaying side to side. We both were looking up at the window when the figure looked like it disappeared and the curtain fell closed again. Went up the stairwell, hearing what sounded like footsteps coming down the stairs toward us. We stopped and the footsteps were on the flight of stairs right above us at this point. We called out to whoever it was on the stairs and the steps stopped. We slowly made our way up the stair to where we could see up the next flight. What we saw would haunt us forever, it was a figure that stood about six feet tall, almost completely translucent, like a very light shadow, swaying from side to side. My supervisor asked me what it was and I could not answer him as I did not know. I took a step toward the shadowy figure and it disappeared. We looked at eachother dumbfounded. Then we heard footsteps running accross the floor and above us and a door, what sounded like our office door, slammed shut. We ran up the stairs and the office was still locked with the security locks (like pad locks) stil in place. So we set off searching the top floor for the culprit to the footsteps. We cleared all of the rooms and was walking back down the hall toward our office when something grabbed at my partners gun belt and puled his big Mag-Light out of its holster and it went flying down the halway into a wall. AS we stood there in awe and fear, something grabbed at my holstered gun and as I reached instinctivley to guard it, I felt a tug and cold chill in the air. When I touched the metal of my gun, it was ice cold. I yelled to whatever it was to stop it, and everything went silent. We went into the patrol office and found everything that was on the desk of one of the patrol captains all over the floor. ater we had found out that he was in the tunnels of the armory and had found some old trinkets in a wooden box inside and old dresser, that were military in nature. They included an old cotton and lace handkercheif, a set of calvary lapel insignia, a set of dress shoulder cords, and an old picture that was so faded you could only see the outlines of a person on it. We thought after talking about it, that this spirit might be looking for those items. The captain said he was keeping them no matter what happened because they were valuable collectables, or so he thought. After a little over a week of coming in to his office being torn apart, he decided to leave the box of items that he had found on the desk, to see what would happen. The next morning, the box of items were gone, and the office was the way he had left it. The captain asked us to go down into the tunnels with him as he was curious. He ed us to the dresser in the room that contained the box of items, and when he opened the drawer, the box was there, just like before the captain had taken it. At about that time, we heard what sounded like a huff and then footsteps coming from further down the tunnel. We all looked at eachother and left as fast as we could. I have never been back down into the tunnels, and as far as I know, nobody from our security office has. All of the new hires are since then were told that the tunnels were off limits, and even if they hear something down there, just let it be. I would like to go back someday, recording equipement and a few other paranormal investigators. The whole building is pretty creepy at night as it is, but since this had happend, I can only go in there during the daytime, and with someone else.

Tell me how to get in touch with you about investigating the tunnels. I belong to a group that has the tools available to do this.

I am intrigued by your story in Spokane. Your ghost sounds teritorial. In my opinion some things are better left alone. I live in Chewelah Wa I have experienced paranormal activity at our place of business. The previous owner died here at my motel. This summer I hired a lady to clean the rooms and I was in the recreation room doing some training with her and up against the wall their is a fire extinguisher that is firmly placed on the wall. Aperson has to literally pull it from it's grooved connection. The girl was walking towards me when the fire extinguisher came off the wall as if someone was taking it off to use it. It hovered for a second in the sir and it dropped to the floor. The girl quickly looked to see how it could have come off the wall. She looked at me perplexed and I said;" it's my ghost he's harmless... just wants to let you know he's here. She wasn't too happy to work here. In fact she no longer works here. It's pretty creepy when they are the only one's that can see you.

Which motel are you referring to? What would you think about my group coming up for a visit and checking out the paranormal activity there?