The Disappearing Store (G)
Dec 28, 2015 5:59:49 GMT -8
Post by lyraalluse on Dec 28, 2015 5:59:49 GMT -8
The Disappearing Store
© Emma Lee Downs
A true story about a paranormal encounter that my friend and I had.
The Disappearing Store
One time my friend and I went shopping for fabric to make cloaks out of for some Renaissance outfits we were making. We happened upon a cool shop located in downtown Flagstaff that had all sorts of fabric from all over the world. That is what the shop keeper told us anyway. She was a pleasant lady, probably in her late thirties. She showed us around the shop and even gave us some business cards, saying that we could call her or stop by her shop any time. The shop didn't really seem remarkable in any way except that it did have a lot of neat wares from all over the world. Wares that the lady had bought abroad and put in her shop for sale.
We wanted to buy some fabric from her but her prices were a little expensive so we decided to look at a few more places and if we couldn't find anything we were looking for, we would return. A week passed and we decided to go back to the store. However, we found that the space inside an old building that the store was located in was completely empty and in fact was put up for rent by the building owner. There was an art gallery in the room next store so we asked the artist about the room next door and the lady who sold things from all over the world but the artist just looked at us like we were crazy.
He explained that the space had been empty for a year and a half and that the owner was having trouble finding anyone who wanted to rent it because the rent was high due to the size of the studio. My friend and I thought we had got the address wrong at first but then we remembered the business cards the lady had given us. The address matched the building we were in and the number of the space across the hall. What’s more, upon looking in the room we saw that there was dust collected in place that the objects in the store had been.
The store was never seen again but my friend and I both had the business cards for years until between moves and life in general we both ended up getting rid of them over the passage of time. To this day I always wonder what would have happened if we bought something from the mysterious shop. Would it have been enchanted? Would it bring fortune? Misfortune?
Most importantly; I always wondered what that store was. Was it a store that moved place to place offering magical wares to whoever wandered inside? Did we simply just go back in time to a date when that store had been open? Or did we have a ghost encounter? I guess we will never know for sure.
© Emma Lee Downs
A true story about a paranormal encounter that my friend and I had.
The Disappearing Store
One time my friend and I went shopping for fabric to make cloaks out of for some Renaissance outfits we were making. We happened upon a cool shop located in downtown Flagstaff that had all sorts of fabric from all over the world. That is what the shop keeper told us anyway. She was a pleasant lady, probably in her late thirties. She showed us around the shop and even gave us some business cards, saying that we could call her or stop by her shop any time. The shop didn't really seem remarkable in any way except that it did have a lot of neat wares from all over the world. Wares that the lady had bought abroad and put in her shop for sale.
We wanted to buy some fabric from her but her prices were a little expensive so we decided to look at a few more places and if we couldn't find anything we were looking for, we would return. A week passed and we decided to go back to the store. However, we found that the space inside an old building that the store was located in was completely empty and in fact was put up for rent by the building owner. There was an art gallery in the room next store so we asked the artist about the room next door and the lady who sold things from all over the world but the artist just looked at us like we were crazy.
He explained that the space had been empty for a year and a half and that the owner was having trouble finding anyone who wanted to rent it because the rent was high due to the size of the studio. My friend and I thought we had got the address wrong at first but then we remembered the business cards the lady had given us. The address matched the building we were in and the number of the space across the hall. What’s more, upon looking in the room we saw that there was dust collected in place that the objects in the store had been.
The store was never seen again but my friend and I both had the business cards for years until between moves and life in general we both ended up getting rid of them over the passage of time. To this day I always wonder what would have happened if we bought something from the mysterious shop. Would it have been enchanted? Would it bring fortune? Misfortune?
Most importantly; I always wondered what that store was. Was it a store that moved place to place offering magical wares to whoever wandered inside? Did we simply just go back in time to a date when that store had been open? Or did we have a ghost encounter? I guess we will never know for sure.
