In the heart of Louisiana, the St Landry Parish Courthouse stands as a testament to history and now to the unexplained. Parish President Jessie Bellard has claimed that recent renovations have reignited otherworldly happenings within the venerable walls.
The courthouse, a repository for local lore and legal legacies, has long been rumored to be home to ghostly occurrences. Yet it is only with the beginning of the renovations that this murmur has manifested itself in tangible events, witnessed by the eyes of Bellard himself.
“There’s been a lot of activity here, but over the last few days I see myself,” said Bellard.
Bellard describes an increase in unusual incidents and tells how modern machines come to life without being asked, and the echo of the gavel resounds through empty rooms. These episodes are not random; they seem intrinsically linked to the spaces in the midst of transformation or the next in line for an update.
A particularly baffling event occurred last week when a deluge inexplicably flooded Room 206, two floors above Bellard’s office.
The flood, which spared no corner of the clerk’s domain, defied all logical explanations. Expert plumbers, armed with diagnostic cameras, searched the pipes to find no fault, no fault that could explain the anomaly.
The plot became even more complicated when it was revealed that the epicenter of the flood overlapped with the historical placement of the prison’s latrines. Despite thorough investigation, Bellard and his team are confronted with an inexplicable situation, without answers, but full of anticipation about what secrets may yet unfold.
“Last week we had a flood on 206, which is now two floors above me, and that room, the clerk of the courts, flooded from one side to the other,” Bellard said.
“No rhyme or reason why it did it. We have plumbers here coming to look at it, and they ran cameras through all the pipes, but nothing. Nothing can happen.”
“Nothing that made any sense. It later emerged that the flooding coincided with the original location of the prison toilets.
“We don’t have an explanation yet as to why it did what it did,” Bellard said.
“There’s nothing. So we’re hoping to find out more, you know, but that hasn’t happened.
As the courthouse continues its transformation, you can’t help but ponder whether the walls themselves will stand the test of time, or perhaps remind us that some aspects of history refuse to be renovated.
