I was in Villach about a decade ago and stayed in a small hotel in the middle of a cornfield. There was a small shrine outside of the hotel I resided in the remembrance of the deceased son of the hotel owner.
A friend of mine, Sam told me that he has some kind of mysterious experience while staying in a hotel in Fellach. He has kept this secret to himself as Sam cannot confirm if what he encountered can be considered as 'spiritual'. Since I am writing blog, Sam was kind enough for me to post his story. So you be the judge if what Sam saw is spiritual or his own imagination.
Sam worked as a freelance tour guide specializing in leading small group of 3 to 4 people to explore places of interests where no ordinary tourists would go. A few years ago, Sam received an order to lead a newlywed couple to have a personal tour in Austria. This particular couple was interested in places around Fellach and there was where the trio stayed put for one week.
Sam booked a small hotel facing a beautiful lake. He took one room while the couple took another. According to Sam, he has no complaint about the place and his trip as the couple was quite independent and they preferred to go about their own business leaving Sam with a lot of free time.
Fellach is a beautiful place with natural beauty to the newlywed, but Sam was paid to do a job so he cannot enjoy as his customers did. Besides he has been to the place a few times and a pay check was much more anticipated. So said, while the couple was out enjoying the natural beauty and fresh air; Sam just stayed in his room to watch TV program.
There was just thing about his room... There was a baby stroller sitting beside the TV. There was a baby doll inside the stroller with both of its legs raised. The doll looked quite innocent on the first look and Sam didn't have a second thought about it at first.
On the second evening while Sam was lying in his bed watching local TV programs, his room door suddenly swung opened as if someone has pushed it with great force. A few minutes later the door shut with a slam as if someone returned.
At first Sam couldn't be bothered of the opening and shutting of the door as he thought it might just be the wind. However after the same incident repeated for 3 or 4 times within an hour or so, Sam became agitated and he pulled his luggage and pushed it against the room door. And, to his relief, the door did not open after that.
In the middle of the night, Sam heard someone knocked on his door. He thought the couple was looking for him. So he quickly opened the door but there was no one there. Feeling helpless, Sam returned to bed. A few moments later, the knocking sound repeated. He again rushed to open the door and there was no one there again. Feeling a little annoyed as he thought someone must have been playing tricks on him. Sam again shut the door and returned to his bed.
Since Sam was disturbed twice at night, he couldn't fall into sleep easily. So he twisted and turned in the bed and suddenly his hand grabbed something cold and he immediately jumped out from his bed, and switched on the light...
To his horror, Sam found himself was not alone in the bed... there was the doll that was supposed in the stroller. Shocked but Sam was quick to reason that this must be the prank of a little girl he saw playing outside of his room earlier in the morning.
Sam calmly put the door into the stroller and nothing special happened until the morning Sam and the couple checked out of the hotel. After breakfast in the morning, Sam returned to his room to pack.
Just as Sam busily packing his personal belongings into his luggage, his eyes suddenly caught an object in his bed... That was the doll again staring at Sam! The right hand of the doll somehow raised as if waving to Sam to say 'goodbye'.
Though shock, Sam continued his packing and when he passed the hotel owner the key at the receptionist, Sam asked the caretaker: "Whose's doll was that in my room?"
"Oh, the room you stayed in was formerly the room of the owner's child who died a few years ago. The doll was her beloved toy... I hoped you were not disturbed! That room was not meant to be rented out but as you can see now is the peak holiday season. It was our mistake to overbook. So we had to let you stay in the room as we knew you came from far away..." The caretaker smiled.
I think Sam did have some very strange encounter but I will let you be the judge!
