Does Medical Museum in Foley Have Ghosts?

Does the Medical Museum in Foley Alabama have ghosts?

Photos courtesy of : Patrice Raplee

Photos by © Patrice Raplee

Foley, Alabama has many hidden treasures, some that may surprise you. On a recent press trip that included the small, charming town of Foley, something unexplainable appears next to me at the Medical Museum ... was it some sort of energy? You be the judge.

The museum is housed in a former hosptial built in the 1930's and closed sometime during the 1960's. Many babies were birthed in the hosptial, in fact, the docent giving the tour was born in the hospital. Doctors also performed surgery at the hospital and took care of whatever ailed the townspeople. The equipment looks medieval compared to today's standards.

As I was walked up the stairs to the second floor of the hospital, I began to feel a little uneasy. It was dark and the items on display made me feel a bit nervous. Long needles sitting next to a needle sharpener. They didn't have disposable needles in those days so they ussed the same needle and sharpened it from time to time. When I walked into a room with old medicine bottles, may eyes caught the site of a skeleton hanging at the far end of the room. A professional photographer on the trip asked me to stand next to the skeleton to have my photo taken. As I neared the skeleton it appeared, REAL! The docent said it was real. I let out a shriek and was frightened to be standing next to a real skeleton, not the plaster ones we are used to from our childhood teachings of the human body.

Before I go on, keep in mind that this was a cloudy day, one window at the opposite corner of an approx. 200 square foot room, no other people, no shadows and no flash was used. The photogrpaher had a long lens on the camera (10 inches). I leaned in toward the skeleton to make it appear that I was touching it when in actuality I was slightly behind it. The photographer snapped by photo as I posed and said with a gasp, OH my! I asked what was wrong. She said I'll show you in a minute let me take another photo. Her gasp brought others into the room and she snapped another picture. Upon showing me the first photo I too gasped! Yikes! I could not believe my eyes. The photo showed me standing next to the skeleton, and appearing in front of me was a black, whispy, transparent apparition (for lackof a better description). It looks like a person standing with their arms in the air. No, this was no the photographer's hand or fingers, she was holding a long telephoto lens and I saw her take the photo.

So I leave it to your eyes. View the photos, the first with the black, transparent cloud and dark corner compared to the photo taken immediately after. Keep in mind there was nothing to cast shadows, no flash, noone else standing in the room. Does the Medical Museum in Foley have ghosts? You may have to visit to see for yourself.

PS, the docent told us others have reported seeing ghosts and that paranormalists have visited. And she left it at that.

There are also several other hidden tresures in Foley, Sweetie Pies (pie shop), an amazing railroad museum with the largest model train exhibit I have ever seen, fantastic antique shopping and a B&B you don't want to miss, The Magnolia Inn.

I can't wait to go back to Foley.