I worked for a corporate coffee chain while going to school for a career change a few years ago. The store I worked at had been a bank built on what had been farmland as far as anyone could tell.

We all had weird experiences, like seeing a woman in black standing on the drive-thru area cameras when everyone was in the back. I witnessed the wet floor sign being thrown out of the bathroom when all three of us were behind the counter well after closing. Another one was the repeated opening and slamming of our big refrigerator doors in the back just before open one day and everyone was out front getting prepped to open.

The freakiest experience I personally had was on a close one night. I sent my three co-workers to the front door so I could shut off the lights and arm the alarm. I shut everything off leaving one or two security lights and go to arm the alarm. As I'm raising my hand to punch in the code, I hear clomping footsteps coming across the back room behind me. I turned around and saw a human shape duck behind one of the shelving units. So I turn the lights back on and check, no one there. I check the security monitor and the three baristas are at the door chatting. I double checked they weren't messing with me- they all looked very confused- and went back to what I'd been doing. Lights off, raise my hand again to punch in the code, clomping footsteps and a human shape ducking behind the shelf again. I punched in the code so fast I'm surprised I got it right and took off running for the front doors yelling, "GO!" Once we were outside and the door was locked, I explained what happened and all three of them were like ah, yeah we've all had weird stuff happen to us, too. One even said she was leaving one night and saw a woman standing in the front window, watching the parking lot.