Lake Surgery Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Lake Surgery Center closed its doors, something strange began happening in the waiting room. A little girl, visiting with her family for an innocuous check-up, started pointing excitedly towards the empty chairs. ‘Mommy,’ she whispered, ‘the chair is moving!’ Suddenly, a sleepy nurse appeared from behind the curtain and said, 'Oh, that’s just Mr. Johnson’s chair. He likes to sit there while he waits for his wife.' The little girl giggled and nodded, then turned back to her mom, whispering, 'He must be really impatient!'

2. In the early morning hours, before anyone else stirred, a delivery driver pulled up to the Lake Surgery Center. The moonlight reflected eerily off the empty parking lot, but inside, someone seemed to be awake. The delivery driver knocked gently on the door, thinking it must be an emergency. Inside, a sleepy nurse yawned and said, ‘Oh, hello there. I was just making some coffee for our night shift.’ They exchanged a brief smile, and then she added with a wink, ‘Next time, use the intercom—we’re trying to save electricity!’

3. In the quiet town of Willow Creek, a young boy named Timmy often visited his grandmother who worked nights at the Lake Surgery Center. One evening, as he waited for her break, Timmy noticed something peculiar: every time someone left the building, the lights in an empty office would flicker on and off like they were waving goodbye. Finally, one night Grandma forgot her keys and had to stay inside after closing. Timmy watched from outside as the office light waved him goodbye—then suddenly turned into a disco ball, blinding everyone leaving. The next morning, when Grandma came home, she found a note taped to the door: ‘Sorry for the confusion! Just testing our new LEDs.’

4. At dawn, when the Lake Surgery Center’s lights flickered on, a curious cat would appear outside the window. It stared intently, as if trying to communicate with someone inside. One morning, a delivery driver arrived early and saw the cat. Thinking it needed help, he knocked gently on the door. A sleepy nurse peered out and asked what all the commotion was about. The cat yawned, stretched, then sauntered away, leaving everyone puzzled—until they realized it had been visiting for breakfast.