Haunting in Brooklyn!
HAUNTED TOILET CLAIMS THIRD PLUMBER IN EIGHT YEARS!
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The disappearance of a third plumber fixing the same toilet in the same apartment building within eight years has reawakened fears that the commode is haunted!
Plumber Max Crandell, 54, vanished without a trace after arriving to take care of a clog, cops say. Crandell -- described by associates as stable and happily married -- follows in the footsteps of two other workmen who've disappeared, the first in 1991 and the second in 1995.
This has led some paranormal experts to speculate that the toilet could be some kind of 'porthole to another dimension.' And it's giving the willies to residents of the Park Slope-area building.
'I don't know whether that toilet is haunted or not,' said building superintendent Mario DeConza. 'All I know is it's going to be impossible to find a plumber who's willing to work on it now.'
Even before the first plumber went missing, the toilet may have claimed a victim. Back in January 1991, a writer who lived in the apartment dropped out of sight. Afterward, investigators found books on his shelf and in the bathroom that included spell-casting and witchcraft tomes.
A week later, a plumber was summoned by the super to fix a stubborn clog in the then-vacant apartment -- and was never heard from again.
The most publicized incident took place in '95 when a second plumber was working on the toilet as the tenants watched TV. They soon heard a scream and rushed in, but saw no sign of the man.
'Also, the toilet was full of what looked like blood,' recalled DeConza with a shiver.
That episode earned the john the nickname 'The Haunted Toilet' in the New York tabloids.
But gutsy Courtney Kemiwitz, current occupant of the apartment, isn't a bit bothered by all the toilet-of-terror talk -- because after the 1995 incident, the landlord slashed the rent by half.
'New York rents are crazy. This is really a steal -- and I don't believe in ghosts,' she said.
Miss Kemiwitz says she's used the toilet without incident daily since moving in last March.
The only anomalies she's encountered have been odd sounds echoing up, as if something big were sloshing around in some far off body of water. And sometimes unusual objects are found floating in the potty, such as pieces of bluish stone or unfamiliar-looking 10-legged beetles.
'Also, once in a while when I'm sitting there, I get this weird feeling that I'm being watched, but I know that's just my imagination,' Ms. Kemiwitz said.
She has no idea what happened to Crandell, who vanished on July 8.
'He went into the bathroom while I was cooking dinner,' she said.
'After about an hour, I went looking for him to see if he was done -- but he was gone. Nothing was left of him but his plunger
For further info --
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/suspects/10669
BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The disappearance of a third plumber fixing the same toilet in the same apartment building within eight years has reawakened fears that the commode is haunted!
Plumber Max Crandell, 54, vanished without a trace after arriving to take care of a clog, cops say. Crandell -- described by associates as stable and happily married -- follows in the footsteps of two other workmen who've disappeared, the first in 1991 and the second in 1995.
This has led some paranormal experts to speculate that the toilet could be some kind of 'porthole to another dimension.' And it's giving the willies to residents of the Park Slope-area building.
'I don't know whether that toilet is haunted or not,' said building superintendent Mario DeConza. 'All I know is it's going to be impossible to find a plumber who's willing to work on it now.'
Even before the first plumber went missing, the toilet may have claimed a victim. Back in January 1991, a writer who lived in the apartment dropped out of sight. Afterward, investigators found books on his shelf and in the bathroom that included spell-casting and witchcraft tomes.
A week later, a plumber was summoned by the super to fix a stubborn clog in the then-vacant apartment -- and was never heard from again.
The most publicized incident took place in '95 when a second plumber was working on the toilet as the tenants watched TV. They soon heard a scream and rushed in, but saw no sign of the man.
'Also, the toilet was full of what looked like blood,' recalled DeConza with a shiver.
That episode earned the john the nickname 'The Haunted Toilet' in the New York tabloids.
But gutsy Courtney Kemiwitz, current occupant of the apartment, isn't a bit bothered by all the toilet-of-terror talk -- because after the 1995 incident, the landlord slashed the rent by half.
'New York rents are crazy. This is really a steal -- and I don't believe in ghosts,' she said.
Miss Kemiwitz says she's used the toilet without incident daily since moving in last March.
The only anomalies she's encountered have been odd sounds echoing up, as if something big were sloshing around in some far off body of water. And sometimes unusual objects are found floating in the potty, such as pieces of bluish stone or unfamiliar-looking 10-legged beetles.
'Also, once in a while when I'm sitting there, I get this weird feeling that I'm being watched, but I know that's just my imagination,' Ms. Kemiwitz said.
She has no idea what happened to Crandell, who vanished on July 8.
'He went into the bathroom while I was cooking dinner,' she said.
'After about an hour, I went looking for him to see if he was done -- but he was gone. Nothing was left of him but his plunger
For further info --
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/features/suspects/10669
