In Santa Fe, New Mexico exists a nunnery which people refer to as the House of Virgins. A long time ago women who got pregnant out of wed-lock, were sent to this nunnery to repent their sins and have the child. It is said that the Sisters would take these women below the building, to a place referred to as the dungeon. The Nuns would keep the women there until they had their children. Some women couldnt carry their children to full pregnancy because of malnutrition and poor living conditions. When the babies were born, they were taken away to be sold to the town's people. Some say that the women went insane and some even committed suicide. Now they say that the nunnery is haunted by the women who cannot be put to rest because of the pain and torture they went through.
Outside of the nunnery is a rod iron gate, and on that gate there are small scrolls. which state the importance of being a virgin and staying that way, because anything else would just be a sin. It is said that when anyone takes the scrolls and drives up the hill that the scrolls are already replaced by the time they return. No matter how late it is or how quickly you return, the scrolls are always returned by some mysterious person or thing.
My sister is very sensitive to this type of stuff. Just recently, Last October 30th, the night before Halloween, she had another experience. She was home alone and she said that the faucet to her bathroom, near her bedroom, turned on on its own twice. Later on that night, her and three othere were playing cards on the kitchen table. She sais that the stovetop turned on by itself, the flames were very high. Each of them thought that they were playing tricks with one another. But it happen three more times after that. The 4th time it happened, my sister was looking out of the window and she says that she saw the stove actually turn on through the window's glare. Freaky huh?
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