Ghosts at Mason?

As we trudge quickly through the fall season here at Mason, the liveliness of our campus and its students is hard to overlook. However, the non-living aspects of GMU are invisible as ghosts. Speaking of, we at Mason Through A Magnifying Glass feel the need to inform readers about the supernatural happenings on campus. The haunted locations come two-fold: The Fenwick Library and Mason Pond.

First, The Fenwick Library, known for its stacks of books and fourth floor sexcapades has also been rumored to house a few ghosts or two during late night hours. Your faithful bloggers went to investigate! Around 9 o’clock at night we explored the dark, deserted fourth floor of Fenwick. After some expert googling, we found that a few students reported feeling a “supernatural presence” late at night. Though our trusty Iphone app “Ghost Radar Classic” which documents presence of supernatural activity noticed some blips, but nothing crazy happened.

Second, Mason Pond has been documented to have some other-worldly activity. As Tara Laskowski, a former GMU student, mentioned in her 2004 Mason ghost stories article,  the spirit of “Old Man Johnson” is said to lurk the lands around Mason Pond in the early mornings. According to legend, Old Man Johnson was a rower married in the 1970’s. After the news of his wife’s infidelity, he went right to the pond and rowed and rowed and rowed and never came back. Sources say that his presence is rare, but he usually appears to young women crossing by the pond. During investigation, our very own Rose experienced quite the fright. Out of the corner of her eye, Rose thought she say a man, let out a shrill scream, and then quickly realized the object of her terror was, in fact, a tree.

While our investigations didn’t quite collect horrific, jaw-dropping results, we entice everyone to go out and investigate supernatural happenings around campus. At the very least, you’ll have a fun time in the fresh air.

Till next time,

R&Z