Free ‘Halloween Carnivals’ at parks and rec sites across El Paso<\/a><\/p>\nAsked what went through his mind after that experience, Vega said, \u201cI was scared to death. It\u2019s true. Everything they say about the school is true. There are spirits here. I will not stick around El Paso High after it gets dark.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monica Fierro, who graduated from El Paso High in 2014, also said she witnessed something she could not explain while on campus as a student.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember sitting down on my desk through my peripheral. I remember seeing a shadow,\u201d Fierro said.<\/p>\n
Fierro said she initially believed it was a teacher in the classroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cI assumed it was my teacher getting some supplies from the closet, so I waited for her. I waited, I waited. She never came out,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Fierro also pointed to a story she said is widely known among students and alumni involving a class photo.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that famous picture, right? The famous picture where it\u2019s the full class. I\u2019m not sure what class it is, but 85. Yeah, there\u2019s a girl that appears there that nobody can recall who she was or where she came from,\u201d Fierro said.<\/p>\n
During the documented investigation, the crew asked questions in different parts of the school, including whether anyone was present and whether a spirit was a student at El Paso High. At one point, investigators referenced the name \u201cNancy\u201d while attempting to communicate.<\/p>\n
Legends tied to \u201cLady on the Hill\u201d fuel new look at El Paso High hauntings<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The investigation also revisited long-circulating stories about the campus, including a claim that a cheerleader in the 1930s died after jumping from the building following heartbreak involving a football player.<\/p>\n
Another legend discussed during the investigation centered on the school\u2019s basement during World War II. Investigators said it was used as a makeshift morgue and that many bodies were stored there. While in the basement, investigators pointed out what they believed looked like blood and described it as appearing fresh.<\/p>\n
Vega said he believes activity is not limited to one area of the building, and he described the fourth floor, where he teaches, as a place where he feels something is present.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll kinds of spirits had to have risen up to the fourth floor where I teach,\u201d Vega said.<\/p>\n
He also said his classroom has stairs leading to the roof, and that he feels something each time he uses them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn my room, I have stairs that go up to the roof. And every time I walk those stairs and down those stairs, I feel a presence,\u201d Vega said.<\/p>\n
Vega said he later looked into the history of his classroom and came to believe it was connected to one of the school\u2019s most enduring stories.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I did a little bit of checking and I come to find out that this my room that I teach in is the exact room that that poor little girl walked up jumped off the building to her suicide and died,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
During the investigation, one person reported being pinched.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething pinched me,\u201d the investigator said.<\/p>\n
Vega said the experiences he has had at night have challenged what he once believed about how the world works.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why everything that I\u2019ve seen here at El Paso High, especially when I\u2019ve been alone at nighttime, goes against every one of those universal laws that I come to accept,\u201d Vega said. \u201cSo there\u2019s not much I can do about it. All I\u2019m doing is waiting for the next time I see something.\u201d<\/p>\n
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