Shifting shadows and eerie brushes of cold winds. Could they be
tricks of the mind or something more daunting? The latest online
study conducted by JobsCentral, from May to June 2013, asked over
3,500 Singapore workers if they have ever experienced supernatural
incidents at work.
Nearly one out of five (16.5 per cent) workers reported having
personally experienced or hearing of supernatural occurrences at
their workplaces.
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Among the encounters described by workers, thirteen stood out as
the most hair-raising otherworldly experiences and were highlighted
below (Warning: Some of these stories are not for the
faint-hearted):
1. “Spirits haunt the office after 8pm. Child spirits were sighted
playing along the stairways.”
2. “On some nights at about midnight, a colleague’s computer would
log on even though she was not in the office. Upon further probing,
it was discovered that the ID used to log on to the computer was
that of a deceased colleague.”
3. “Some colleagues saw a ‘girl’ sitting on top of the fume hood in
the hot room. The room was said to have been demolished before due
to a fire incident.”
4. “CCTV captured images of a deceased worker talking to a
customer.”
5. “During closing time, lingering child spirits were witnessed,
peeking out of corners in the deserted aisles of the store.
Unexplainable drop in temperature can sometimes be felt at some
corners of the store.”
6. “My previous manager was the last to leave the office one night
and had checked that everything was in order before locking the
doors. She was the first to arrive at work the next day and when
she turned on the lights, she was shocked to find the mouse on
every workstation flipped over.”
7. “Received phone calls from the office at night with no response
on the other end of the line. Lights would be turned on and
security alarms triggered after work hours even though no one was
in the office.”
8. “While working alone in the early mornings, many have seen
reflections besides their own on the glossy walls of the
pantry.”
9. “A colleague working in the kitchen was approached by a
customer, requesting a particular drink for his wife. The drink was
prepared and brought to the customer’s wife, who was shocked since
it was her favorite drink. The lady customer then explained that
her husband had passed away a few days ago.”
10. “Got into an empty lift after working late one night. Just as
the lift doors were closing, I caught a glimpse of the window
outside the lift. There in the reflection, was a shadowy figure in
the lift with me. ”
11. “Documents kept falling off a cabinet located at the back of
the office. CCTV captured images of a black figure.”
12. “We have to say aloud that “we are going home” before locking
the office doors at the end of the day. There were a couple of
times that the doors could not be lock when we didn’t do so.”
13. “A female colleague working the night shift heard someone
crying in one of the toilet stalls. Out of concern, she checked
every cubicle and was horrified to discover that the toilet was
empty. Her immediate reaction was to dash out of the toilet and as
she was doing so, a loud laughter of a woman echoed from the
toilet.”
If it's something weird and it don't look
good
More than half (58.7 per cent) of the supernatural occurrences
shared by workers involved witnessing unexplained events. These
sightings include:
• Seeing ghostly figures/ shadows – 65.1 per cent
• Office equipment which start operating on their own – 12.3 per
cent
• Unexplained shifting of office items – 8.5 per cent
• Doors that open and shut on their own – 5.2 per cent
• Possessed co-workers – 3.3 per cent
• Supernatural sightings through security cameras – 2.8 per
cent
• Office equipment failing during particular time/ period – 1.9 per
cent
• Seeing a co-worker's doppelganger – 0.9 per cent
Apart from witnessing supernatural incidents at work, other
supernatural experiences include:
• Hearing unexplained noises (such as knocks, screams, cries or
singing) – 34.3 per cent
• Sensing uneasy presence – 4.7 per cent
• Hurt or touched by unseen force – 2.2 per cent
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