“It almost sounds like somebody’s walking upstairs, and I’m not the only one whose experienced that,” said Gettysburg Police Chief Joe Doughtery.
The Gettysburg Municipal Building was initially constructed in the 1800’s as the Adam’s County Prison. Criminals died within its walls and Civil War soldiers just outside.
Inside the Gettysburg Municipal Building, curious happenings late at night.
Phantom footsteps, doors mysteriously closing, and an aroma without a source.
“It smells like just a faint whiff, as if someone had been cooking chili, and I’m usually one of the first ones in in the morning like 530,6 o’clock, and I know that there was nobody there doing it,” explained Chief Doughtery.
Those strange experiences have been shared by a number of Gettysburg police officers over the years.
“It happens so often I don’t even think about it anymore. We don’t even think about it anymore,” said Doughtery.
Chief Dougherty’s been with the force for more than a decade.