The ghostly footsteps from OCH...solved!!
"Out of many ghost encounters reported on OCH, quite a number of
them are due to psychological effects or natural environments. For
instances, an exceptionally loud water dripping sound in a hollow
roof that makes anybody to believe that is ghost foot steps,
especially in the dark. From the corridor of the 3rd level, one
cannot distinguish the source nor the direction of the of the
foot-step like noise. Sometimes the noise was going evenly paced.
And sometimes it paused. This noise has the most scary impact at
night especially in a deafening silent environment. It makes
anybody who hears it panic. The panicking effect will make him
difficult to judge the real cause of the noise.
The source of the footstep sounds. It was actually the water
dripping sound on the roof. Somehow this sound when hit the hollow
plaster boards, it amplified to a higher degree and loudly filled
the whole floor of the building right underneath the roof
Looking at the North-East direction, there was an air-envelope for
planes landing down at Changi airport. We saw planes from different
airlines flew thru the sky regularly at that certain route.
Only by going up to the roof top during day time, we would then be
able to check that the noise came from the dripping of a broken
gutter. Because the whole roof has become very shabby due to aging,
the water flows a bit irregular through different water paddles
collected by the roof. The dripping eventually landed on a thin
plaster board that echoes up the whole literately hollow roof
structure. In turn, this loud tapping noise fills the whole
ambience in the level 3 corridor and there comes the rumored ghost
foot-steps.
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Clip 2
From these two clips, you can hear that such a small water dripping
does sound loud enough like metal beating from your neighbor's home
renovation during day time. And it sounds like eerie foot-steps
from an invisible man at night.
The other reported haunting instances are ghost lights flashing by,
and ghost howling from far to near. Upon thorough checking from
many visits, it can be proved that
"some" ghost howling or ghost lights may just be airplanes
passing-by as Changi airport is not far away. Furthermore, as the
photos have shown, the wards are well air-ventilated with the open
top-end wells and smashed window panes. Doors may slam and things
may roll, when it gets a bit windy or when you have walked pass
them sending slight vibration.
Both photos above show that the interior structure of OCH is such
that both sides are long corridors with (smashed) open windows
panes, and in between the wards are well air-ventilated. Wind
current can easily flow from one side to the other.
Although some haunting phenomena can be debunked with evidences,
yet nobody can completely eliminate the possibilities of real ghost
encounters in OCH. It is just like when you can find one dog in a
street is white, we cannot conclude that all the dogs are white in
this whole town. Anyway, SPI never encouraging any trespassing on
state lands or private property. Nobody can recce into it unless
carrying government permit. Some haunting stories will remain as a
mystery, and it may be better to leave the spirits there
undisturbed."
