2nd floor Sacramento Room – Sometimes it feels and sounds like someone is at the back of the room in the California section. The staff often hears the sound of Mylar rustling; most of the time it sounds like someone shelving or pulling out books. It also sounds like someone is in the copy room when no one is back there.
There will be a staff member looking for a book and they will not find it on the shelf, then another staff person will look for it and the book will not be there, then another will look and it will be there. They have had up to four people looking, then someone will finally find it in its proper place, the exact place everyone else has looked several times!
Two witnesses heard and saw one of the glass doors [700s] close. The doors sometimes swing open naturally, but never close!
One employee working in the office a little before 7 a.m. heard the wooden shutters on the door leading into the copy machine area rattle. Thinking it was a custodian entering, he initially paid it no mind until he realized he had not heard the front door, which was locked, open. Acquainted with the stories surrounding the Sacramento Room and having had prior experiences in the building, he wasn’t surprised to discover no one there. A complete walkthrough of the room found it completely empty! Subsequent conversation with custodian Caroline revealed that no employee had been in that area at that time.
