About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver asked FNBO’s security guard: ‘Do you ever see ghostly figures in here?’ The guard just smiled and said: ‘Only when I’m checking CCTV footage.’ Later that week, while reviewing surveillance tapes, the guard noticed an old man wearing a fedora entering the vault. When he played it back slower, everyone burst out laughing—turns out it was just their IT guy fixing the printer again.
2. A customer approached the FNBO teller one afternoon and whispered: 'Did you hear that the vault is full of gold coins?' The teller replied, 'We only have paper money here.' But from then on, every now and then, employees claimed they saw glints of gold reflecting in the vault's windows. One day a delivery driver asked curiously, ‘Is it true there’s real gold in the vault?’ A security guard overheard him and joked, ‘Nope, just our usual stash—golden armbands from the annual employee picnic!’ Everyone laughed, but ever since then, whenever anyone mentions gold, someone else always whispers, ‘Ask the guard—he knows best.’
3. In the early hours of dawn, when most banks were still locked tight, an FNBO branch in downtown Chicago seemed unusually active. The night watchman noticed a familiar figure moving between the empty desks—an old man dressed in a long overcoat, muttering something under his breath. Suddenly, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bag of donuts. ‘Forgot my breakfast,’ he said with a smile, then disappeared through the back door. The next morning, everyone brought their favorite pastries to work.’
4. At night, when FNBO's neon sign glowed brightly, a nearby resident often heard soft laughter echoing from inside the empty building. Was it just the wind playing tricks or something more mysterious? One evening, a delivery driver noticed an envelope under the neon sign. Curious, he picked it up—it contained a note: ‘Dear Delivery Guy, your package is inside.’ Inside was a box of donuts. The next day, everyone in town knew that FNBO had a sweet secret agent delivering treats after hours.’