Civil War Ghosts

12. Sigma Nu House

Gettysburg, PA

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A fraternity house is often the place of pranksters, but this frat house boasts a ghostly prankster. Many houses on West Broadway have reported sightings of strange phenomenon, but the Sigma Nu house has had more than its share of happenings. One rainy night during a summer holiday, two students were living in the spacious home. One was reading in the basement and the other was in his room on the third floor. As the brother in the basement read his book, he heard the sound of the front door opening upstairs, someone taking off a raincoat, and walking up the stairs. The young man was surprised, knowing that his brothers left Gettysburg to stay at home for the summer, except for his frat brother on the third floor. Since he hadn't heard his friend leave the house, he wondered who would be entering the house unannounced. He walked up the stairs and found no one on the first floor, but continued to search the home. Meanwhile, on the third floor, the other Sigma Nu brother was reading in his room, when his door slowly opened, then shut, and opened again. Agitated, he walked into the hall to confront his roommate, whom he thought must have been bored and decided to joke with him, when suddenly, the lights shut off, leaving him in the dark. He walked back to his room and hit the light switch. The light turned on, but there was no one around. As he resumed reading, the other brother continued to search the house and made his way upstairs. Upon entering his friend's room, his brother appeared relieved. "Oh it was you," he said, "well, you didn't scare me." Unsure of what he was talking about, the young man explained that he had been in the basement reading when he heard someone come inside, and so he was searching the house. Not quite sure whether or not to believe him, the roommate on the 3rd floor told his friend of the door opening and closing and his light shutting off all by itself. Neither one had an explanation for the strange phenomenon. The power to the house was working perfectly, the windows were shut and there was no one else in the house. As they sat and wondered what it could be, the door of the 3rd floor bedroom slowly opened, paused halfway, and then slammed shut. This time both brothers rushed to the door, only to find the hallway completely empty. Was this the work of a fraternity prankster or evidence of yet another Gettysburg ghost?