Randy Johnson is one of four players being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, but his week has been slightly more eventful than that of the three others.
When Johnson checked into the Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown over the weekend, he was informed by one of his children that the room they were assigned to is rumored to be haunted. The Johnsons switched rooms because of it.
“You guys can Google this if you want,” Johnson told reporters, via Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic. “I’m not making this up. Supposedly, there have been ghosts at my hotel and they hired a, what do they call it – a ghost chaser? Ghostbuster? And supposedly it was in the room that I was in.”
The story checks out. If you look at this list of haunted hotels, you’ll see that the Otesaga Resort was formerly the Knox School for Girls from 1920 to 1954. Guests have reported hearing children running around and playing in the hallways of the hotel, and the SyFy Channel’s “Ghost Hunters” claim to have confirmed the presence of paranormal activity.
“It’s me and my son; I don’t want a ghost in my room, too,” Johnson joked.
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard a ghost story from a professional athlete, but we don’t blame Johnson for switching rooms. This is one of the biggest weekends of his life. He doesn’t need friendly spirits throwing a wrench in his sleep schedule.
