MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when most clinics were quiet, a delivery driver noticed something odd outside MD Anderson’s parking lot. A mysterious figure in a white lab coat was leaving a box of unmarked bottles. Curious, he peeked inside and found only harmless vitamins and supplements—apparently someone had mistakenly labeled them as top-secret cancer treatments. Later that day, a regular joked with the staff, ‘Guess who almost saved the world today?’

2. In the early morning, before anyone else arrived, a delivery driver found an unusual package in the loading bay. Curious, he opened it to discover… a fully loaded lunchbox with a note reading: ‘For the hardest job in town.’ The delivery driver took the lunchbox home and shared it with his family over laughter and puzzlement. The next day, another lunchbox appeared—this time for the janitor, complete with a napkin-doily and a handwritten note: ‘For keeping our place so clean!’ Soon, everyone in the neighborhood received their own mystery lunchboxes, each accompanied by heartfelt thanks from someone they’d never met.

3. Late one night, while a nurse was checking her phone for updates, she heard a strange humming sound coming from behind the closed doors of the proton therapy room. Curious, she approached the door and peered inside. The humming grew louder—turning out to be nothing more than an old refrigerator in the staff breakroom, left on by accident. She laughed softly, shaking her head, and went back to work. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned ghosts, she’d just smile and say, ‘It’s probably just that pesky fridge again.’

4. At midnight, when only the night shift staff remained, a janitor cleaning the hallways overheard strange whispers coming from behind a closed door. Curious, he peered through the keyhole and saw nothing but shadows. Suddenly, a voice whispered, ‘Coffee break in five minutes.’ Turns out, it was just the night nurse reminding herself of her next coffee run.