About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar on the hospital’s loading dock—a small wooden box wrapped in old newspaper and tied with string. Curious, he picked it up and carried it inside. Inside, no one seemed to notice or care about the mysterious package. The driver decided to take it upon himself to deliver it personally to the nurse's station. There, an elderly lady glanced at him curiously and asked, 'Is that some kind of antique?' Turns out, it was just her great-grandmother's old sewing kit—long forgotten but still treasured.
2. One day, an elderly gentleman visiting the eye institute remarked to his companion, ‘I thought I saw a ghost in that hallway!’ His friend replied, ‘Sir, it’s probably just Dr. Johnson—he’s been working here since before most of us were born.’ Just then, another patient asked curiously, ‘Who’s Dr. Johnson anyway?’ A young intern piped up, ‘Oh, he’s just our resident poltergeist—every time someone mentions him, he always appears out of nowhere!’ Everyone burst into laughter, realizing maybe the old man wasn’t so senile after all.
3. In the waiting room one afternoon, a woman whispered to her friend, 'Did you see that bird perched outside the window? It keeps staring right into people's eyes!' Another man leaned over and asked, ‘Is it just us, or does that bird know everyone’s secrets?’ A nurse smiled and replied, ‘Don’t worry, he’s just checking our eye charts!’
4. In the early hours of the morning, a security guard patrolling the grounds heard what sounded like someone humming softly in the empty hallway. Curious, he approached the sound only to find no one there—until he looked up and saw a shadowy figure reflected in the glass doors of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. The guard squinted harder, thinking maybe it was just his imagination playing tricks on him. Suddenly, the figure turned around—and it was an old lady delivering flowers, humming ‘Happy Birthday’ under her breath. Turns out she’d forgotten which floor the eye doctor worked on.