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VPA 2008 at the Cavalier Hotel
The following accounts are strictly the opinion of the writer with a smidgin of truth sprinkled in for an earthy, yet light and citric bouquet. Be my guest to pick and choose what you want to believe. Moohoowaahaahaaaaaa!This years Virginia Press Association awards banquet takes place in Virginia Beach at the historic Cavalier Hotel. The Cavalier opened in 1927 and has played host to many celebrities, and even presidents. The first thing that came to mind when I saw that the hotel opened in 1927, is ghosts. If you stay in a hotel that is over 50 years old, there is a good chance someone has died in that hotel, probably as the result of a grizzly murder or suicide, or even worse, a murder suicide.
How can you tell if a location is haunted? Asking yourself a few simple questions can confirm if you do or do not have a ghost or living impaired entity. Do you ever feel a cold breeze when all of the doors are shut and windows closed? Have you heard footsteps echoing down the hall when you are alone? Do the walls of your room bleed as a hollow voice, moans for you to leave while you still can? If you answered yes to any of these, get an old priest and a young priest, or even a very small woman with a high voice to exercise the demons. I haven't seen a ghost in my house because I live in a condo that is only 15 years old. There is always the possibility that it was built on top of an ancient Indian burial ground. Now that I think about it, there was that one time when I buried my dog in the back yard and the next night it came back to life and killed a fat kid.
Since the Cavalier Hotel was built in 1927, you know their had to be some kind of horrific event that would trigger the appearance of a focused non-terminal repeating phantasm, or a Class V full roaming vapor.
Let's run down the list of ghostly happenings at the Cavalier Hotel, as mentioned on the very reliable, world wide web. The hotel's owner killed himself, Adolph Coors, the founder of Coors Brewery, fell to his death from a sixth story window. There is a black man dressed in an old hotel uniform warning people in the stairwell on the six floor that their are "ghosts up there", and apparently their is the ghost of a cat, which proves that there is a kitty heaven.
Last and most certainly least, is the mystery of the changing towels. Apparently, when a guest checks into a room the towels are one color and later the towels become a different color. My expert opinion is that it is housekeeping or the ghost of a housekeeper or someone pretending to be the ghost of a housekeeper. Now you've said housekeeper so much it sounds weird.
The cat was obviously owned by Joe Hackett and buried in the pet cemetery. All you have to do is feed it a poisoned steak, and end of story. As for the ghost in the stairwell, what hotel has a ghost warning you of ghosts? He seems helpful though, so to help him out, if you see him, tell him that no one uses the stairs anymore, and maybe he can cross over. Even better, tell him that he is a ghost and maybe he'll stop bothering Haley Joel Osment.
Congratulations Cavalier Hotel, you have the lamest ghosts ever. To spice things up try covering the inside of the hotel with ectoplasm, and playing Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson.
In conclusion, my research has lead me to believe that the Cavalier Hotel is not dangerous. I must warn you that your towels might be replaced by new, fresh towels, and a helpful hotel worker from the past may warn you of the ghost of Coors founder, Adolf Coors.
Some say that at the strike of midnight you can hear a voice outside the sixth floor screaming, "Tap the Rockies!"
Again this is for comedic purposes only. The Cavalier Hotel is a fine establishment. Beside, I wouldn't want to upset the spirits.
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