The Lady in Red is one of Vancouver's most famous ghosts on the west coast of Canada. According to legend, this phantom resides in the historic Fairmont Hotel on West Georgia Street. A mysterious guest from another world, dressed in a bright scarlet dress, silently walks the upper floors of the building erected in 1939, coming from time to time to the windows and looking sadly at the city.
Many people declare their meetings with the Lady in Red. For example, a family of Japanese tourists staying on the 14th floor of a luxury hotel called the receptionist and asked if their room had been rented out twice by mistake. The hotel employee was very surprised by this question and began to assure the guests that it was simply impossible. Then the Japanese reported that as soon as they entered the room, they immediately noticed a woman in a red dress, heading from one room to another.
The first photo of the Lady in red
And now the local elevator mechanic Scott Graham said about the ghost, who, in support of his words, provided a picture of the phantom, though taken from afar.
The man worked nearby - on one of the upper floors of the Georgia Hotel, and therefore decided to photograph the famous Fairmont with his smartphone from a height, where he also periodically performs a similar service. Noticing a red dot in one of the windows, the surprised worker brought it closer with the help of optics and captured a woman in a red robe standing near the glass. Graham immediately remembered the legend of the ghostly lady and therefore hastened to upload the resulting image to the World Wide Web.
Of course, many skeptical netizens immediately announced that it was just a certain guest dressed in a scarlet outfit who just approached the window. However, the mechanic claims that this is not possible, since this part of the building is currently being renovated, and visitors are not accommodated there. The worker's words are confirmed by Nancy Hall, the regional director of public relations for the Fairmont hotel chain. The Canadian says that due to maintenance work, all rooms on this floor are temporarily unavailable to guests.
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Some skeptics also note the red stripe that the alleged phantom clearly throws onto the window opening to the right of itself. Doubters believe it is a fake, and Graham misused a graphic editor.
Legacy of the Lady in Red
After Graham posted a picture of the Red Lady on the network, hotel employees began to receive calls from people interested in the famous ghost. Members of the Fairmont staff were even forced to go upstairs and inspect this room, but they did not find anything unusual in it. Representatives of the hotel say that the ghost is completely harmless: it has lived here for several decades and never physically harms anyone. However, it can still frighten …
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