Oct 20, 2017 Hutchinson Collegian

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Campus clubs get involved and interact with future students at HutchCC’s Community Day and Fire Science Field Day

Volleyball is victorious against Colby Wednesday and is second in Jayhawk West

The student voice of Hutchinson Community College

October 20, 2017

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Vol. 59 Issue 6

Students investigate the S U P E R N A T U R A L By Merissa Anderson Collegian Editor

October is prime time for an onslaught of various ghosts and ghouls and Montana Thompson and Trae Jackson have taken it upon themselves to investigate some of the places rumored to be the most haunted in Kansas. Jackson attended Hutchinson Community College last semester before transferring to K-State but still returns to HutchCC often to hangout with her

Merissa Anderson/Editor Montana Thompson, left and Trae Jackson, right, spend their free time investigating places rumored to be the most haunted in Kansas and search for ghosts.

Students deck the dorms with spooky apparel

By Jack Greenwood Staff Writer

Halloween is right around the corner. But oh no, your dorm isn’t near spooky enough! Where can a college student on a budget find all the proper scary materials they need for Halloween? Finding cheap, but quality, decorations is simple. Dollar Tree can be your best friend during the holidays while on a budget. They have all sorts of wall hangs, table decorations, door decorations and, of course, candy. And all of it is only for one dollar, a deal that can’t be beat. Target also has a nice selection of discount decorations. One can find a cozy table cloth, small ghost garland or a stylized “Hocus Pocus” bowl. Skull cups and elixir bottles are also a great choice. It also never hurts to

Jack Greenwood/Staff Writer ask family and friends for Outdoor lights can any small decorations they also be strung around the may not use anymore. All top of the wall by using the items from both places small push pins or thumbhold up nicely and are easy tacks. to find space for in a dorm If you’re feeling exroom. tremely adventurous, one When decorating the can also find a door cling room, space can sometimes to cover the outside part be an issue. However, many of your door. Your dorm places offer good homes neighbors will know you for decorations even when mean spooky business. it seems they may not. For Being away from home example, a scary skeleton can be stressful and somecan be hung on the inside times depressing. But that of your door and a witch’s doesn’t mean anyone has to hat can be stuck to the wall miss out on some good old with some scotch tape. Halloween decorations.

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close friend, Thompson, who is currently a second year Fire Science student here at HutchCC. The pair begin their adventures by looking online for places that are said to be haunted. For their first adventure, they chose a children’s cemetery just outside of Burlington. “There was a bus crash with kids and a man and they all died,” Jackson said. “You can’t have any electronics and you sit there at night and wait a few minutes and rumors say that man will thump on your car to get you to leave and you’ll see the hand prints of the children on your car.” Thompson then jumped

in to finish the story of their paranormal experience. “We didn’t listen when he thumped on the car,” Thompson said. “30 seconds it was like a tree smashed on top of our car so we got out of there and when we got back into town and there were fingerprints on car everywhere.” Despite the warnings to not use electronics in the cemetery, they took their chances and posted their ordeal on snapchat as it happened. They saved the videos but were deleted from their camera roll the next day. Although their first haunted experience was frightening for them, they continued their search through the state. “We went to the Devil’s Church which is a stone building that burned down with a pentagram on the floor when you walk in,” Thompson said. “We walk up there in the middle of the day and it was creepy and weird but we didn’t hear anything while we were recording but it felt like someone was following you,” Jackson said. “We went back through the video and something says ‘children’

and it’s a devilish, weird voice. I won’t go back.” In addition to the ghostly voice found in their recording of the church, they also called a friend while investigating the area. A few days after the phone call

with their friend, he came to them claiming the he too was hearing a disembodied laughter seemingly from a child in his kitchen. “Since he was on the phone with us while we were hunting ghosts, they went to him too,” Thompson said. Despite their frightening experiences, Thompson and Jackson aren’t afraid of any harm that may come from their ghost hunting. “We don’t mess with them super crazy and we’re friendly and hang out with them,” Thompson said. The two encourage students to also pursue ghost hunting for fun. “We just go to be scared out of our pants,” Jackson said. “Yeah, we go for the experience and then we run away,” Thompson said. Their next adventure will be the Hutchinson Public Library where the ghost of Ida Day, a librarian back in 1901, still haunts the basement to this day.

Merissa Anderson/Collegian Neal Allsup, Music Appreciation instructor and Badinage Director, poses with his friend, Rick R. Mortise. The skeleton has ridden shotgun in Allsup’s vehicle for several years and waves to those walking by in the parking lot at Stringer.

CAMPUS BEAT

Have you ever experienced anything supernatural in your life?

Oct. 20 — Caramel Apple Bar in PSU, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Oct. 20 — Symphonic band “Autumn Colors” in Stringer Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21—Home Football and Homecoming vs Butler, noon at Gowan’s stadium Oct. 27 — No Classes, Recruitment Day

“No I haven’t, but it would be cool if I did have a supernatural experience.” — Abagale Brown, Hutchinson

“I lived in a house built on a cemetery and it sounded like someone was walking up the stairs and nobody was there.” — Emily Buckland Junction City

“No I can’t think of anything, probably because I don’t believe in ghosts.” — Tyler Wheat, McPherson

“ My house that was built by a freed slave after the Civil War and is 100 years old makes creaking sounds when no one is around.” — Sarah Loomis, Council Grove

“I don’t like ghosts or scary movies and don’t even go to haunted houses so I haven’t had anything happen.” — Natalie Graves, Topeka


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