Cold Spots

When I'm working, I usually print off the list of books that people have asked for, via computer - this list is called the Hold List.  Typically, but not always, I print the list and then get the books without any ghostie occurrence.  However, last night I felt something that I've not felt before.

Some of my co-workers have mentioned several times that there are cold spots in the library.  I have never doubted them, but I never felt it myself.  Well, actually, there is an ENTIRE area that is a bit cooler than the rest, but that same area is also hotter than the rest in the summer.  I don't count this entire area as being a 'cold spot'. Last night some of the holds were in the 0-200 isle section of non-fiction.  The main isle was normal temperature, but when I turned into the 0-200 isle, about 2-3 steps into the isle I could feel a significant drop in temperature.  I didn't shiver, but I thought to myself that it was strange and then  didn't think much more of it because that isle is placed on an outside wall of the building.  However, another friend of mine tells me that she really doesn't like going to this isle because the hairs stand up on the back of her neck.  I'd also like to add that this section consists mainly of religious books - Christianity, wiccan, witchcraft, the Torah, various Bibles, study guides, etc.

I had several other books to grab. Some of them were in the cookbook section, the craft section, sports, etc.  Then the 940 section was next on my list.  All of those other isles were a normal temperature.  The main isle was also a normal temperature, however, again, when I turned into the 940 isle, about 2-3 steps into the isle I could feel a drop in temperature.  This time though, it was different, I swear I could feel a breeze on my face that moved my bangs.

I honestly don't think it was a heater vent/duct work - and at any rate, it wouldn't be blowing out cold air in February in a Northern state.  I don't know what it was, but for the first time, I actually experienced a cold spot.

A co-worker has an amatuer ghost hunter friend.  He came to the library one night with his equipment and recorded a 10 degree temperature drop - cold spots - in a couple parts of the library.

Why is it cold in just one tiny little spot?

*** 2/8/12  Update: I want to add that tonight I checked that cold spot in the 940 section again and I do think it was the duct work.  WHY the air coming out is cool, is beyond me and I may mention it to my boss.  At any rate, I think the 940 cold spot is NOT ghostie related.

Alarms and Elevator Activity

We've been having a security alarm go off at the library.  The alarm code reads as Zone 8.  The other night it went off twice.  After it was done, the Assistant Director went to check the security panel, yup, Zone 8.  Shortly thereafter, as she was discussing this with us... she told us that we do not have a Zone 8.

This isn't the first time Zone 8 has shown up on the security panel.  Then the phone rings, it happens to be ADT - "Our system is showing an alarm sounding in Zone 8."  I tell them, "Just one minute, please, I will get the Assistant Director on the line."  She explains to ADT that we do not have a Zone 8 and that this isn't the first time that our security panel has read "Zone 8".  They say that they will send someone out.

We discuss it further and decide that it's the ghostie setting off the alarm for a zone that does not exist.  A portal to another realm? - we joke. Since our girl in the pink dress had her picture taken, I do believe that this will make the third time that the alarm has gone off for Zone 8.  It is always declared as a 'communication error'.  A communication error? No kidding?!

What was really funny/strange, and what made me decide to blog about this past Monday night was that shortly after the alarm went off, the elevator came down from the second floor and the door opened.  I jokingly said, "Well, hello Ghostie. Come on down and get a book then, if that's what you wanted."  My co-worker just laughed at me and we went back to our books.   However, the joke was on us when the door closed and the elevator went back up to the second floor!   I said, "I guess Ghostie wasn't coming down, but was going up."  We just laughed it off.

I have to wonder though... who was laughing at whom?