Mass General Brigham Urgent Care

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One night, while waiting for treatment at Mass General Brigham Urgent Care, a regular asked the nurse: 'Do you ever see ghosts here?' The nurse smiled and replied, 'Not anymore than in any other hospital.' But late that same week, strange things started happening... Late that week, an exhausted delivery driver dozed off in the waiting room. Suddenly, he felt someone gently tapping his shoulder. Startled awake, he saw only empty chairs around him. From then on, whenever anyone fell asleep, they claimed they heard whispers or footsteps nearby—until it turned out to be just another nosy neighbor checking if everyone was okay.

2. Late one evening, an exhausted delivery driver pulled up to Mass General Brigham Urgent Care with a worried look on his face. He rushed inside, muttering something about ‘the strangest thing happening in the parking lot.’ Inside, a nurse asked him what seemed amiss. The driver pointed outside and whispered, 'I saw a man trying to push a shopping cart filled with snowballs!' Everyone burst out laughing—turns out it was just a neighbor clearing his car. The driver left, shaking his head and smiling, while everyone agreed that sometimes life at the urgent care is stranger than any emergency.

3. Late one evening, as a worried parent waited in the hallway of Mass General Brigham Urgent Care, their small child pointed excitedly towards the ceiling. ‘Mommy,’ they whispered, ‘is that a ghost?’ The parent looked up and saw nothing but a shadow from an old ventilator. Smiling, they replied, 'No sweetie, just an air duct. But let's keep our voices down—maybe we'll scare away any other ghosts!'

4. Late one evening, as a delivery driver sat restlessly in the waiting room of Mass General Brigham Urgent Care, he wondered aloud: ‘Why is it that every time I come here, my package mysteriously disappears?’ Just then, an elderly gentleman approached him with a twinkle in his eye. ‘Ah,’ said the neighbor, ‘I’ve seen your packages too! They’re not lost—we just like helping ourselves to a little midnight snack.’ The delivery driver stared blankly for a moment before breaking into laughter.