By Tim Binnall
Participants in a ghost tour at the infamously haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium wound up with a particularly nightmarish experience when a sudden tornado warning prompted an emergency evacuation wherein people were forced to take refuge in the building's body chute. According to a local media report, the unsettling incident occurred this past Friday night as a group were hunting ghosts in the Kentucky landmark which once served as a hospital for tuberculosis patients and has since become a wildly popular destination for paranormal TV shows and individuals seeking spirits.
Unfortunately, the tour was cut short when a tornado formed in the area and a siren cautioning residents about the dangerous storm swept across the region. In response, guides ushered the ghost hunters into a sizeable tunnel in the building that was once used to transport the corpses of people who perished at the hospital. Chillingly, historians say that over the course of the five decades in which tuberculosis patients were treated at the site, a staggering 20,000 to 60,000 unfortunately souls had their remains pass through the 'body chute.'
In a post on social media, Waverly Hills Sanatorium made note of the eerie event and thanked their Friday evening guests for their "cooperation and understanding." In response, a number of people understandably mused that they would have rather taken their chances with the tornado rather than have to hide in the body chute alongside whatever spirits may still be lurking there. Fortunately, the storm passed without incident and the tour was allowed to resume with the participants having quite the story to tell when they got home later that evening.