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Sunnyvale Toys R Us

Following are some comments I've received on the haunted Toys R Us in Sunnyvale, California. For more information see:

From: "Isabel" (ibdiva@sbcglobal.net)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: my experience at the HAUNTED Sunnyvale Toys r us
Date: Saturday, January 22, 2005 2:29 AM

I worked at the toys r us in December 1976 (Xmas season) while in College. I can tell you that the Sunnyvale Toys R Us IS HAUNTED!!!!!!!! Well, I grew up in sunnyvale and had never heard about this store being haunted until I worked there. so, here goes my story... one cold foggy xmas night I was with a friend in the back stocking room where the bikes were assembled and as we were moving some boxes we heard this loud BOOM. Well, when we realized what we heard we thought some one had to be behind some of the boxes since the noise was so loud. When we searched the area there was no one to be found. two of the boxes were opened and torn on one side. There is NO way that could have happened by a tipped fall plus the boxes were stacked too close together. So my friend (Marty Littlefield) and I ran like hell because we thought it was a ghost. Well, it was the ghost of Mr Murphy (a street is named after him)..Murphy street was near the corner of the Toys r us. Anyway, I was totally convinced the ghost was real. Later after college I moved to Houston texas and that is when this was confirmed again. I was watching a TV program in the early 1980's and guess what was on TV?? The real documentary of the Haunted Sunnyvale toys r us. Unbelievable, I said. The infrared cameras showed the ghosts that night as the camera crew recorded at 1 am. Anyway they better not ever tear that Toys r us down OR the ghosts will haunt the construction workers forever and leave them terror stricken the rest of their lives!!!!! That's all for now.

Norm B.

From: SpinOut90@aol.com
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: Haunted Toys r Us in Sunnyvale, CA
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:06 PM

I currently live in sunnyvale and have lived here for my whole life (14 yrs). I have been the the famous haunted toys r us and have never expierienced anything out of the ordinary there. But I do have 1 unique story about the place. My dad told me a story once that went like this; My grandma (when she was a kid) and my great aunt (who was older than my grandma at the time) lived in the sunnyvale area. Now according to this a phsychic used to live all alone in a house in the same place where the toys r us stands today. One day my great aunt decided to take my grandma to this phsychics house. While they were there the phychic told them that her house stood where a man many many years ago died and spirit still remains there. She told them that he had been working on a farm there chopping wood far away from the farmers house. His hands slipped and he badly cut his leg, so unable to move and too far away to be heard, he bled to death. So his spirit has remained there for probably over 100 years and is still roaming the grounds to this day. Im very very sure that this story is true and it also eliminates the theory that the toys r us chain just made it up to get customers cause obviously this myth has been around for a while.

-matt

From: "john kunkel" (sfgiants1919@yahoo.com)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: toys r' us ghost
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 12:04 AM

Hello, my name is John. I read your article on your website about the ghost haunting in the Toys R' Us, and it was funny because i live in Sunnyvale, Ca. And I used to work at Sunnyvale Toys R' Us. I worked the graveyard shift, and i heard of the story there before, my dad used to talk about it. So i thought id give it a shot by applying, about a month later i got hired, and i remember we used to have floor meetings before we started to stock, and we would all be together and toys would start to go off right in front of me, and i thought "ok this is wierd" but never really paid much attention. And one time i was walking to put something away, and a toy fell of the shelf right in front of me, and the guy behind me saw it to. there was no draft or anything, i thought it was pretty cool. anyways i just thought I'd share my experiences with you. take care..:) take care

sincerly, john

From: Anonymous
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: Toys R Us story
Date: Monday, February 09, 2004 7:26 PM

Hi,

I have a story on the Toys R Us that confirms the encounters that people have described. I worked at the store in 1983 during the holiday season. My section of the story was the last two aisles, referred to as the infant and pre-school aisles. I was also a cashier. Many times while using the restroom, the water faucet would turn itself on after I would turn it off. I just thought the bathroom was in serious need of a remodel.

As was store policy, we would be required to restock the shelves after the store would close at midnight so we would usually continue to work until one or two in the morning. One Saturday evening we finished restocking and then put everything away - it was a rule that nothing could be left on the floors. Then we all left at the same time and would wait for the manager to turn on the alarm and lock the doors. This was mostly for our safety in walking to our cars so late at night. Sunday morning I had to work the opening shift and was there a little early so I had to wait for the manager to arrive and open the door. As we walked in we saw that all the little riding toys (big wheels, tricycles, etc.) we scattered all down the aisle. I was upset because I thought I would get in trouble since this was my section and my responsibility to clean up the evening before, but my manager just said "looks like the ghost was busy last night" and continued to open the store. Another afternoon while it was quite, I was on a short ladder restocking a peg wall and I felt someone touch my hair and tap me on the shoulder. I thought it was a customer but no one was there. It gave me quite a chill. After that I just tried not to be all alone if possible!

Stacy

From: "mike D." (mikedawg9412@hotmail.com)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: haunted toys r us
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2003 2:26 PM

i worked at toys r us about 2 years ago and i was working there for about three months. It was mainly for holiday work to make a little bit of money. Anyway there was really only one time i saw something that freaked me out. One time another employee helped me carry a ladder to get a product down for a customer. we carried the ladder over to the aisle were we need it we were starting to open up the ladder, and a little toy just fell from no where. It was strange because just as we were opening the ladder it just fell and there is no way it could have fallen off of the shelf. just a little story to let u know about.

former employee,
Mike

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