Close Encounters of the Ghostly Kind

In 2005 I was working for a construction company in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Our office was on the top floor of an Edwardian building in Edward Street close to the National Indoor Arena . One morning I arrive at the office at 7am. I always got into work early in order to miss the busy rush hour traffic. Having placed my laptop on my desk I walked the 20 or so feet into the kitchen area that was central to the office area. I made my usual cup of black coffee,no milk or sugar. I place the coffee container back on the broad and substantial shelf above the work surface and worked back to my desk.

As I was about to sit down at my desk there was a huge crashing noise that came from the kitchen area. Myself and three work mates who were already at there desks went into the kitchen to investigate. To our astonishment we found the sugar,coffee and tea jars had come off the shelf and were strewn across the floor some 4 feet away from the shelf and yet a small tray leaning against the wall on the shelf was still there.

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I can offer no explanation why the jars could possibly be on the floor. The shelf was fully intact, there had been no vibrations and no gusts of wind. My conclusion is that a presence from the past just wanted to tell us he was still around.

Needless to say after telling the secretary about the incident she never worked late again.