Halloween Contest - Scary Story: 'Ghostly Footsteps'

"Memories of the past are usually quite pleasant but one bit of memory that was and still is constantly retained in my mind sent a cold finger of terror down my spine and left me in a cold sweat. About a year ago I was staying overnight at the old Bristol Hotel, an aged rather obsolete lodging centered in a large city along the Atlantic coast. There a strange incident occurred that was beyond my expectations. A ghostly figure was my companion that night through a frightening nightmare, but was it only a terrible dream or an actual happening.

"A business engagement called and I was obliged to make a stopover in that city. The choice of hotels was limited as the city played host to athletic games and hotel rooms were filled to capacity with the participants and fans to the games. Thus I was obliged to register for a room at that hostel, an ancient edifice of four stories, weather-darkened and solitary of brick and stone squeezed in every side by the overgrowing of the great city.

"But the mysteries that happened that night still haunt me. Listen to my story and you will understand....

"When I registered at reception desk I was given the key to a room on the second floor, which seemed to be the only vacant one in the entire hotel. Yet, when I walked to the dimly lit corridor to the creaky elevator I saw no one about, not a soul greeted me. When I alighted from the lift on the second floor and made my way to my room through the dimly lit corridor I heard no sounds to suggest occupancy of the rooms. It was strange as it was early in the evening when people usually prepared for their nightly entertainment or whatever engagement awaited their interests.