Marshfield Clinic Hayward Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the waiting room of Marshfield Clinic’s Hayward Center, a little girl pointed excitedly one day. ‘Mommy,’ she said, ‘the receptionist has a tail!’ The mother smiled and whispered, ‘Honey, that’s just her long skirt.’ The little girl nodded thoughtfully then turned back to the receptionist with curiosity. ‘Can I touch it?’ Everyone in the waiting room burst into laughter as they watched the scene unfold.

2. In the early morning, a delivery driver was unloading boxes when he heard an odd humming sound coming from inside the clinic's basement. Curious, he followed the noise and found a small radio left on overnight. Turns out, it had been playing the same old country tune since last week. The driver grinned, thinking of all the strange things that could happen in a quiet clinic after hours.

3. In the middle of the night, a nurse on duty overheard a voice crackling over the clinic's intercom: ‘Please return your lost smile.’ No one else could hear it, and no trace of anyone was ever found. The next morning, another nurse tried to replay the message but only heard static. It turned out that an overnight delivery driver had accidentally left his radio tuned to a local children's station while waiting for someone in the parking lot.

4. In the late afternoon, a doctor's coat rustled through the hallway of Marshfield Clinic's Hayward Center. A regular patient glanced up from his magazine and noticed something odd—a faint whiff of freshly baked cookies wafted down the corridor. Curious, he followed the scent until he found an unexpected sight: a delivery driver wearing an apron, carefully placing a tray of warm chocolate chip cookies on the reception desk. ‘For staff only,’ she whispered with a smile, but it was too late—the whole clinic had already smelled the sweet treat.’