I never believed in this stuff until I was on a business trip about 15 years ago and stayed at a turn-of-the (last)-century hotel. I woke up in the middle of the night and sensed that there was something standing by my bed (I kept my eyes shut). This presence then stepped on the bed and slowly walked up one side and across the top - I could feel the mattress indenting each time as the heel stepped down (so I assumed that whatever this thing was was wearing heels). After a step near my head I literally jumped out of bed and turned on all the lights. I checked the whole room, under the bed etc and of course found nothing so I kept all the lights on that night. When checking out I was going to inquire at the front desk but decided not to as I was sure that they were going to think that I was crazy. Over the past 14 years I thought about this wierd experience on occasion but I could never totally convince myself that I had imagined it. Then last year there was a topic on MSN.com re haunted hotels. Just as a lark I put in this hotel's name (I wanted to really convince myself that I had imagined the whole thing). To my shock this hotel came up as being haunted, and in particular the floor that I had been staying on!