My True Ghost Stories... Part 2
Woodshaven Prison... The Whistling Woman
  One ongoing encounter I had at Woodhaven was with a spirit that I think of as "The Whistler". There was a key towards the back of the prison, near where one of the dormitories (the snowball one) and the reform school met. I had to go back there and hit this key once every hour.
  At least once a day, when I would go back there I would also hear a very distinct human whistle. There was no mistaking what it was, and it came from empty space. It was always in this region of the prison, not too close to me but never too far away either, usually about 10-20 feet or so. It was obviously not a bird or escaping gas from a line or something like that. A human whistle has this breathiness to it that nothing else has... its easy to tell. This whistle was very frequent, and was also heard by my sister when she came up there, and my gf at the time.
  The whistler did not seem to like my ex very much... funny story... one night I had her up there with me and I drove my car back there to go hit the key, because it was raining a little bit. So I got out and hit the key... and the way I parked the car, I was bathed in the headlights and couldn't see much other than in one direction. My gf got out and decides that all of sudden she wants a hug and kiss (she was a retard, by the way, there's more to come about her later). Anyway, she's kissing me and all of a sudden, we hear the whistle from RIGHT behind her head. I swear it was not more than 3 feet from me and probably inches behind her.. if the ghost had blown air real hard, she would have felt it on her neck. I could hear not only the whistle, but the actual exhalation of air that came with it.  Naturally, my gf lost it and ran back into the car. Even I was pretty scared, and this particular ghost never really scared me. Maybe my ex's fear was infectious. But whatever the deal was, I didn't hit that key again for the rest of the night.
  Other than that one time though, I had a good feeling about the whistler. I felt 'she' was benevolent. It's one of my lifelong regrets, undoubtedly a top ten, that I never tried to communicate with her, instead focusing just on trying to just feel comfortable with the situation. If that happened now I'd be spending hours trying to talk to her and get her on tape - I was such a dickhead... what a golden opportunity I had! I've been back there quite a few times since the buildings got demolished, and each time I specifically go to that area and see if the whistler is still there. But I think she's gone now... hopefully whoever it was moved on to someplace better when the prison was destroyed.


Now I'm sad :-(.
The side of the reform school. This is the area where I used to hear the whistling ghost. On the extreme right of the pic, you can see the fence where my key used to hang. The side of the intact dormitory was about 30 feet behind the photographer.
The front of the reform school. The dormitories would have been on either side of the photographer.
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