In our daily lives, as well as in literature, when we refer to man's living spaces, we tend to believe that closed spaces, unlike open spaces, can provide us with shelter, protection, security. A person who wanders in the darkness will surely feel the need to reach a safe place, that is, a space with a ceiling and walls, that makes him feel sheltered. In a previous post, I commented that some houses may be haunted and inhabited by spirits, who remain in these properties and do not allow them to be occupied by other people. In this case, we observe how a space that in principle should have kept its inhabitants safe becomes a danger from which they must move away, leave. Today we will talk about other spaces like this one.

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In a famous school in San Juan de los Morros, every afternoon, you hear the noise of a group of boys playing in the schoolyard. The people who have stayed late inside the classrooms, hear how a breeze brings the sound of a child's hustle and bustle, with laughter, shouts and footsteps. At first it was said that those were the souls of children who studied in that school, but who are already dead. However, the last thing that has been said has left more than one with bristly hairs. One of the teachers of the school has stayed until night and has realized that it is not children's souls running and screaming in the central courtyard, but old people with children's voices, hidden behind the pillars and trees, as if lurking, waiting. The theory is that it is the way these evil spirits trap childish souls, whom they surely invite to play and then take away. Needless to say, in this school they never teach in the afternoons and the children are very afraid to go out for recess.

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Another spooky place is a church in San Rafael, near Ospino. The current priest of this church has to live outside of it, and like him, all the priests that this church has had. It is said that the first priest went mad overnight, as did the second and third priests. Then, those who came, managed to discover the reason for this madness. According to this church, at night you can hear the seats rolling, the doors closing and opening, and even the bells ringing. The priests have tried to drive away or frighten away these evil spirits, but they have said that they are many and some very powerful. That is why the priests have chosen to sleep in a little house that the people built outside the church. People say that sleeping in a cemetery is not as dangerous as sleeping in churches. It is supposed that when you bury a person in the cemetery, what you bury is their body. Instead, when you take her to church, her soul stays there. So churches are filled with spirits wandering around waiting for their salvation or for other spirits.

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Like churches or schools, another of the places where stories of grieving souls abound are hospitals. It is said that most health centers keep stories about souls appearing and disappearing in the middle of the night. At one point, a friend told me about a frightening event that took place at the hospital in Cagua. At one point, as a result of a road accident, she had to spend two days in a hospital. The first night, she saw that in the middle of the darkness, a nurse entered the room and asked for Victor Rodriguez. The three women who were confined in the room told her that there was no one there by that name and the nurse apologized and left. The next morning, they were surprised to hear a cry coming from the corridor. Curiously, the women asked a nurse, who was administering medication, what was going on. The nurse told them that a man named Victor Rodriguez was dead. The women were surprised and told him that in the early morning a nurse had passed by asking for this man. Alive and fearful, the woman said that this was the ghost of a nurse passing by looking for the spirit of the people who were going to die.

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My friend and the other women couldn't believe it. But that same night, at the same time, the same nurse passed by again asking for a certain Mireya Díaz. My friend left the next morning and she says she listened as she went out as a doctor told a group of people in the hallway waiting: Are you Mireya Díaz's relatives? I'm sorry. She just died!

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Like these spaces, I imagine there are others where ghosts remain hidden and waiting for possible victims. I hope you enjoyed reading this post. Remember to vote for Hive account@adsactly as a witness and join our server in discord. See you next time with a smile. ;)