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Professional athletes do a lot of traveling

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during their respective seasons. This

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means several nights in hotel rooms. Some

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athletes even live in hotel rooms in their

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team's hometown because they have homes elsewhere.

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With the number of haunted hotels out there,

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it isn't surprising that there are some stories.

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stories floating around from athletes and

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their haunted experiences during their stays.

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In this episode,

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you will learn about a few haunting experiences

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from Tampa Bay race baseball players

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at the Renaissance Venoy Hotel

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in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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The Palacio Palm-lined Renaissance

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Venoy Hotel in St. Petersburg, Florida

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was built in the roaring 20s for film

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stars, playboys,

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and professional athletes. But

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now it seems that it's home to some uninvited

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and rather unruly guests.

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In an interview for Hunted Baseball,

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relief pitcher Scott Williamson of the Tampa

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Bay's local team, the Rays, told

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author Dan Gordon of the night he agreed

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to play host to a visiting team

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staying at the Venoy in June 2003. After

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climbing into bed and turning out the lights, Williamson

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glanced through the parted curtains and

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thought he saw a faint luminous glow

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near the pool.

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At the sight of this, a tingling sensation

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electrified his entire body as

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if someone were watching him. It

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unnerved him, but he tried to

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shrug it off and get some sleep. Rolling

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over to his front, he suddenly

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felt pressure as if someone

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was pushing down on him, which gave him

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trouble breathing. With an effort,

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he turned over on his back, but

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he still felt as if someone were sitting on him.

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When he opened his eyes, he saw a shadowy

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figure standing by the window. There

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was a man dressing along with a man.

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long coat that seemed to belong

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to the 1930s or 40s. And

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just like that, then it was gone.

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Williamson was so distressed that he

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immediately phoned his wife, who

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worked at a nearby hospital, and asked

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her if there were any medical reason that might

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explain the pressure on his chest.

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He was relieved to hear that there was

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unlikely anything to be physically wrong,

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as he had no other symptoms. But

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the feeling of unease just wouldn't leave

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him.

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The next day, after a restless night's

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sleep, he asked a friend to research the

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history of the hotel to find out if there was a basis

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for the phantom presence. And indeed,

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there was.

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The previous owner of the property, who had

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lived in the house before it had been converted

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into a hotel, had died there

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after a fire. His name,

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incredibly, was also Williamson.

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It wasn't the first sighting of the shadowy figure

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at the Venoy. The very

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next day, at 5am, picture

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Frank Velasquez of the Pittsburgh Pirates

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awoke to see a transparent figure standing

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by the desk at the window. Velasquez

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later described him as being a sandy-haired

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and blue-eyed man wearing a long-sleeved

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white shirt and khaki-colored trousers.

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By this manner of dress, and his haircut,

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gave the picture of the distinct impression that

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the visitor came from a previous age.

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To

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make sure he was not dreaming, Velasquez closed

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his eyes for a moment, then opened them again. Sure

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enough, the man was still standing

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there. But being travel-weary, Velasquez just

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turned over and went back to sleep.

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It was only later that he learned

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of Williamson's story, which he felt

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confirmed his own experience.

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The fact that it lined up with someone's story

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that I never knew anything about just

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kind of helped me out. me know that it was real," stated

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Velasquez. But

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apparently that wasn't the only sighting of the

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old gentleman that night. The

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team's assistant was standing in the hall, trying

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to fiddle his room key into the lock,

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and a man in a tailored suit passed

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soundlessly by, looking like an

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extra from a Humphrey Bogart movie. Unable

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to open the door, the assistant turned to

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ask the old man for help, but the corridor

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was empty. When

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these stories began to circulate amongst the

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players, several elected

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to move out, while others chose

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to commute from their home to the ballpark

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and back every day, rather than have

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to sleep overnight in the hotel.

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The wife of one player fled with her

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children in the middle of the night when the taps

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in the bathroom repeatedly turned

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themselves on.

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There were also numerous stories of flickering lights,

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slamming doors, clothes that mysteriously

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moved from the wardrobe to the bed, and

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electrical cables which, inexplicably,

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pulled themselves out of the wall sockets and

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wrapped themselves around appliances.

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But

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without a doubt, the most unsettling story

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was told by Devil Ray Pitcher, John

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Switzer and his wife, who were awoken

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one night in their room on the fifth floor

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by the sound of scratching coming from

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the wall behind the headboard.

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They assumed it was a rat, but after

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a few minutes it stopped and they went back

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to sleep. Fifteen

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minutes later it began again, but this

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time it was so loud that the Switzer's leapt

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out of bed and turned on the lights.

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To their horror and utter astonishment,

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they saw what appeared to be the painting

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above their bed come to life.

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It was a simple garden scene depicting

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a Victorian lady holding a basket

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with her right hand and her left resting

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on her chin. But now her

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left hand was scratched.

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scratching desperately at the glass as

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if it were trying to get out.

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Switzer and his wife exited the room

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faster than

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you can say Scooby-Doo. A

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