Elgin Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dusk, when most postal workers were packing up for the day, a delivery driver noticed something odd outside Elgin Post Office. A mysterious figure in a long coat kept circling the building, never entering but always watching with an eerie smile. Curious, the driver approached closer and saw that the figure was holding a small package wrapped in brown paper. With a twinkle in his eye, he asked if it was for him. The figure nodded, handed over the parcel, and vanished into thin air just as the sun set. To this day, locals joke that the Elgin Post Office delivers packages even after hours—if you know the right person.

2. One morning, while sorting letters in the Elgin Post Office, an old stamp caught a clerk’s eye—it seemed to wink back at her. Curious, she picked it up and noticed that it was from someone named ‘John Doe’. She laughed, thinking it must be a joke. Later that day, John Doe walked into the post office asking for his mysterious letter. Turns out he’d been sending himself daily updates on his diet—complete with before-and-after photos. Everyone had a good laugh, including poor John who now knows better than to send himself mail.

3. In the late afternoon, as the sun dipped low over Elgin, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the mailroom counter. A small envelope, addressed simply to ‘The Next Person,’ had appeared out of nowhere. Curious, he opened it and found only a single sheet of paper with a smiley face drawn in pencil. The next day, another envelope arrived, this time with a tiny note inside: 'Hey, thanks for opening my letter!' Turned out, someone was playing a prank by leaving anonymous notes around town.

4. At midnight, when the moon lit up the empty streets of Elgin, a faint humming started coming from inside the post office. A curious mail carrier, passing by on her way home, stopped to investigate and found no one there—just the sound of someone whistling 'Happy Birthday'. Curious, she peered through the window and saw an old envelope dancing gently in mid-air, seemingly writing itself. Startled but amused, she knocked on the door, only for it to open by itself, revealing a smiling ghostly figure who said, ‘Just finishing your birthday present!’ Turned out it was just an overactive printer and a prankster delivery driver.