Kaiser Permanente San Jose - Cottle Road Complex

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In the early morning fog, when most people were still dreaming, a delivery driver pulled up to the Kaiser Permanente San Jose complex on Cottle Road. Something seemed off—all the lights were on, but no one answered his calls. As he approached the entrance, a shadowy figure darted inside. Inside, everything was eerily quiet until he heard a soft voice from behind: ‘Hey, can you help me? I’m just trying to get my coffee.’ Turns out, it was only a night janitor who’d forgotten his keycard and had locked himself out of the staff room. The delivery driver laughed it off as they both walked back outside into the cooling morning air.

2. In the dim light of dawn, a delivery driver approached the loading dock with a box under his arm. As he unlocked the door, an old man in a wheelchair waved him over. "Young man," said the stranger, "have you ever seen anything strange happen around here?" The driver shook his head, puzzled. The old man smiled mysteriously and whispered, 'Just follow that hallway, third door on your right.' The driver shrugged and did as told, only to emerge into a room filled with potted plants and a sign reading ‘Employee Break Room.’ He turned back—only to see the old man gone, replaced by a smiling nurse who asked if he needed help finding something. Ending with a laugh, the driver replied, 'No, ma’am, just trying to avoid getting lost!'

3. At dusk, a delivery driver approached the loading dock with an unusual humming sound coming from inside the building. Curious neighbors peered through their windows as the noise grew louder and more persistent. As he got closer, everyone saw that it was just a mischievous pigeon cooing in an empty office. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking nothing of it until his supervisor asked if he’d seen any strange birds today. That’s when they all burst out laughing—turns out someone had left the bird sanctuary door open again.

4. At midnight, when the clinic's lights were off and silence reigned over Cottle Road, a delivery driver approached the loading dock with something peculiar in hand. As he opened the back of his truck, a stray cat jumped out and ran towards the clinic’s entrance. Startled, the delivery driver called out, ‘Hey, buddy, where’d you come from?’ Suddenly, a nurse appeared in the window and yelled down, ‘It’s okay, he lives here!’