Fox News: Man says coffee shop haunted by Civil War soldier

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Man says coffee shop haunted by Civil War soldier

A man in Alabama says that his restaurant, "The Coffee Shop" is being haunted by the ghost of a Civil War soldier - and that he has video proof of his ghostly patron.......                    ...                        ...An Alabama man claims that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is haunted by the ghost of a soldier from the Civil War – and says he has video to prove it.......Joshua Dairen, 31, and his wife, Keema Miller, 31, bought "The Coffee Shop" in Opelika, Alabama, in April 2023, they told the news agency SWNS. ......Opelika is a small city in east-central Alabama. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Shortly after purchasing the shop, Dairen said he began to suspect You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login was afoot, he told SWNS. ......He said he began hearing "rustling" noises when nobody was around, and that he often heard footsteps despite being alone in the shop. ......"We have experienced strange activity ever since we bought the place," he told SWNS, adding that the paranormal happenings began "within the first week" of owning the shop. ......Initially, Dairen suspected the rustling noises were the result of the 19th century building's older wiring, but says he has "continuously" heard the noises. ......This September, a member of his staff said she saw an apparition of a soldier walking toward her very early in the morning. Dairen released a video, saying it showed her reacting to something she had seen. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"They were in the shop alone at around 5:40 in the morning when they saw a figure walking from the back office to the counter," he said. ......Additionally, he himself once saw a "shadow figure" look out of a window of an office when nobody was inside, he told SWNS. ......"We've seen a figure walking You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login when nobody has been in, and I have seen unexplained boot prints on the floor," he said. ......This includes a time a mysterious boot print was found on a carton of milk that he said mysteriously "exploded." ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"It was an old army boot or something," he told SWNS. "Nobody in our shop has ever worn combat boots."......Upon doing research, Dairen learned that warehouses in the city of Opelika were turned into Confederate supply depots during the Civil War – and that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login were killed when the city was raided. ......One of these deceased soldiers, he supposes, is now calling The Coffee Shop home. ......As for now, Dairen seems to be OK with the otherworldly visitor to his shop. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Luckily, nothing has presented itself as threatening toward us," he said. ......Fox News Digital reached out to The Coffee Shop for additional comment about the ghostly incidents....

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