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Schteve
June 19th, 2007, 03:33 AM
So I was listening to Mark & Brian on the radio on my way into work today. One of the two was in Las Vegas over the weekend. He stayed at some hotel (he refused to mention the name on air) and swears it was haunted or something.

Basically, he gets to his room Friday night at like 12:30 AM dead tired and so he hits the hay. Next thing he knows, he is awoken by a strange scratching sound, right at 3:00 AM (a caller later informed them that 3:00 is used in movies and stuff as being the time when spirits/devils do their thing, to mock the Trinity). He immediately sits up in bed and listens, wondering what it is. It appears to be coming from one of the walls, and he figures it might be a mouse or something. He gets up and goes over to it and puts his ear against the wall. As soon as he does that, there is a loud knock from the other side of the wall right where his ear is pressed up against it. Of course this freaks him out so he runs downstairs and asks the receptionist about it. She informs him that no one has been in that adjacent room for two months and he must be delusional.

Sure, he's freaking out right now, but he manages to go back to sleep. The next night, he is again waken by the same scratching noises at the same time: 3:00. This time he doesn't get out of bed. He waits a little bit, and again there is the loud knock on the wall. He's scared out of his mind so he gets in his car and drives home that very night.

Now, if that isn't enough, after telling this story on air, they got a caller who said he thinks he knows what hotel it was at since he claimed the same thing happened to him about two years ago at a Vegas hotel. So he tells them the name of the hotel off air and sure enough, it is the same one.

Another caller of course proposed that it was all a hoax. The hotel knew the guy was a radio host and thus staged it all to get free publicity on air (which wouldn't have worked anyway since the name of the place was never mentioned). While kind of far-fetched, it's still possible, but that certainly doesn't explain the other caller expierencing the same thing two years prior.

So anyway, I'm interested in hearing your theories or if you have any similar experiences.

Vermillion
June 19th, 2007, 06:36 AM
I've heard of the 3:00 am thing as well. I think it was on the Exorcism of Emily Rose that said that Jesus died at 3:00 pm, I idon't know how true it is thought. But if it is true it would be the right time of the day for the huanting to occur.

The caller telling the story off air does make it sound like a hoax though, which gives mixed opinions. I think it could be true, but in saying that it could be a load of sh!t at the same time time.

Isis
June 19th, 2007, 10:05 AM
I don't think I've ever noticed/heard 3am being used. Midnight and Dusk/Dawn (when the veils of night and day are thin/equal) are usually what I hear. But anyway, I digress.

I believe anything is possible. I don't see how it could be a publicity stunt if they didn't mention the hotel name. And if they really want to check if it could be real, they could just google the hotel and/or search newspaper articles. If I'm remembering correctly, most hotels in Las Vegas aren't extremely old.

People flock to sleep in the Borden house, so if it were a publicity stunt you'd think they'd mention the hotel name.

blzbob
June 21st, 2007, 12:18 AM
so if it were a publicity stunt you'd think they'd mention the hotel name.

The idea was that the hotel people were pulling bullsh*t as a stunt, trying to manipulate the radio guy, not the the radio guy was pulling the stuny by making sh*t up.

Schteve
June 21st, 2007, 03:36 AM
Exactly. And the caller giving the name off air was completely real. The show's hosts didn't care one way or another what happens with the hotel, they're just doing their normal routine morning entertainment.



I've heard of the 3:00 am thing as well. I think it was on the Exorcism of Emily Rose that said that Jesus died at 3:00 pm, I idon't know how true it is thought.Heh, yeah that was the movie they mentioned specifically.

Isis
June 21st, 2007, 07:54 AM
Sorry, I guess I misinterpreted what was said. :-/

I wonder if the hotel people knew he was a radio show person and/or if the caller was also "famous".

Vermillion
June 21st, 2007, 08:20 AM
They might've. That would give them a reason to create a supposed haunting to maybe gain some publicity and business. Then agian, they may not have.

Schteve
June 22nd, 2007, 01:16 AM
The caller who suggested the hoax idea said the hotel probably looked him up and saw that he was a radio show host...or something. And so they developed an elaborate plan.

Vermillion
June 22nd, 2007, 06:15 AM
In that case it was to gian some publicity. All businesses want to do is make a buck or two, and that was the best way they could find. Didn't really work though because the hotel wasn't named.