A translucent figure walks onto a Florida TV studio set
A caller named [name withheld], from Minneapolis, tells the host that several years earlier they were working at a Florida television station. They arrived at about 3 a.m., heard unexplained noises, and saw a translucent girl walk onto the studio set and sit down before everything went dark. Weeks later, they say, a colleague told them that a girl had killed herself on that set in the late 1960s. The story ends without further resolution.
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The story as told
The caller, [name withheld], says they are from Minneapolis. They tell the host that they work for a news station and that several years earlier they were at a different station in Florida. They say they arrived at the building around 3 a.m. to meet someone for an out-of-town trip and found no one else there. After a few minutes they thought they heard someone else in the building. They called out and got no answer. A few minutes later they heard another noise and again called out with no response. After a few more minutes they say they definitely heard someone, so they walked around to find out who it was. In a room off the newsroom, they saw a girl they describe as translucent rather than solid. They said hello and got no answer. She looked at them, turned, and walked down the hall toward the studio. They followed her into the studio, where the lights appeared to be on at first. They watched her walk up onto the set and sit down. She looked at them and, they say, everything went dark. Jumping ahead a few weeks, they asked someone whether anyone else had had a similar experience, and were asked, [quote withheld] The caller says they were told that in the late 1960s a girl who worked at the station had walked onto the set one night and killed herself. The host responds that he gets the picture, and that part of the broadcast ends.
Reported events, in order
- 0:17
[name withheld] says they work for a news station and that several years earlier they were at a different station in Florida.
- 0:42
They say they walked into the building around 3 a.m. and no one else was there.
- 0:48
They started gathering their things and waited for the other person to arrive.
- 0:56
They thought they heard someone else in the building and called out. There was no answer.
- 1:12
A few minutes later they heard another noise, called out again, and got no response.
- 1:21
After a few more minutes they say they definitely heard someone in the building.
- 1:29
They walked around to find out who it was.
- 1:39
In a room just off the newsroom they saw a girl.
- 1:57
They describe her as translucent and not solid.
- 2:06
They said hello and got no answer.
- 2:12
She looked at them, turned, and walked down the hall toward the studio.
- 2:22
They followed her into the studio.
- 2:39
They report the lights appeared to be on at first.
- 2:47
They watched her walk up onto the set and sit down.
- 2:54
She looked at them and everything went dark.
- 3:09
Weeks later they asked someone whether anyone had had a similar experience.
- 3:15
They were asked whether they had heard the story.
- 3:26
They were told that in the late 1960s a girl had worked at the station.
- 3:37
They were told she walked onto the set one night and killed herself.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 0:56
The caller reports hearing someone else in the otherwise empty building.
- observation· 1:39
The caller reports seeing a girl in a room just off the newsroom.
- observation· 1:57
The caller describes the girl as translucent rather than solid.
- observation· 2:12
The caller reports that the figure looked at them, turned, and walked down the hall toward the studio.
- observation· 2:39
The caller reports that the studio lights looked to be on at first.
- observation· 2:47
The caller reports watching the figure walk up onto the set and sit down.
- observation· 2:54
The caller reports that after the figure looked at them, everything went dark.
- host statement· 2:59
The host suggests the figure may have been an anchor at the station in the past.
- interpretation· 3:15
The caller links their sighting to a story about the station’s past.
- hearsay· 3:26
The caller says they were told that a girl had worked at the station in the late 1960s.
- hearsay· 3:41
The caller says they were told the girl walked onto the set one night and killed herself.
- host statement· 3:50
The host repeats that the girl killed herself on the stage.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
This is a coherent firsthand story with a specific sequence and some sensory detail. It gives no names, station, city, or exact date that can be checked, and its key explanation is secondhand. Ordinary possibilities fit parts of the experience but not all of it, so the story sits in the middle of the scale.
Evidence for and against
- The caller is a direct witness describing their own experience.
- There is a clear sequence: arrival at about 3 a.m., noises, a call-out with no answer, a search, the sighting, the walk to the studio, the set, and the darkness.
- Sensory details are given: the figure was translucent and not solid, the lights appeared to be on, and the figure sat on the set.
- The caller hedges their description ([quote withheld]) and credits the death story to what they were told.
- No names, station identity, city, or exact date are given, so the story is hard to check.
- The detail about the earlier death is secondhand, from an unnamed colleague, and not something the caller saw.
- Only one witness is described. No second witness speaks on air.
- The story is brief and partly obscured by merged transcript lines.
- The year of the encounter is not stated, only “several years ago.”
- The Florida station and the colleague are unnamed.
- The labels showing who is speaking shift, and several lines merge host and caller speech.
- The host cuts in and may have shortened the story.
- 0:42
- 1:57
- 3:26
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is the editor’s reasoning rather than transcript content: closeness to the source around 20 to 22, detail around 9 to 10, internal consistency around 14 to 15, alternative explanations around 9 to 10, and calibration around 10 to 11, giving a middle-range total.
The evidence is only the caller’s word, plus a secondhand story they say they were told. Nothing that can be checked independently is provided, so the story falls in the lowest range.
Evidence for and against
- Some details look checkable in principle (a television station in Florida, a death in the late 1960s), but they are too vague to verify and were not checked.
- Nothing beyond the caller’s own story is presented.
- No second witness speaks on air, and no document, photograph, recording, or name is offered.
- The only facts that could be checked are vague: a Florida television station in the late 1960s and an unnamed colleague.
- The station, the colleague, and the girl are all unnamed.
- The date of the encounter is given only as “several years ago.”
- 0:17
- 3:26
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is the editor’s reasoning from the scoring guide rather than transcript content.
The empty building at night, the silent translucent figure, the walk to the studio, the darkness, and the later suicide story combine into a truly unsettling tale. The lack of any direct threat keeps it below the higher fright levels.
Evidence for and against
- The setting is an empty television station at about 3 a.m.
- The figure is described as translucent and not solid.
- She silently looks at the caller, walks toward the studio, and sits on the set, and then everything goes dark.
- The later story of a girl killing herself on that same set gives the encounter an ominous frame.
- The figure is passive, and no physical contact, pursuit, or harm is reported.
- The story is short, and the host ends it quickly.
- There is no threat toward the caller or anyone else.
- The sounds the caller heard are not described, so their quality cannot be judged.
- The detail about the studio lights is unclear because of the merged transcript.
- 0:42
- 1:57
- 2:54
- 3:41
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is the editor’s judgment of the story’s effect on a listener, not a claim about what happened.
The setup is familiar, but the television studio and the figure sitting down on the set before the darkness are distinctive details. That puts it a little above a purely stock story.
Evidence for and against
- The setting is a working television station, and the encounter ends on the studio set.
- The distinctive image is the figure walking onto the set and sitting down before everything goes dark.
- The later detail that a girl killed herself on that set ties the ghost to the workplace and the set itself.
- A translucent figure and a later-revealed history of a death at the site are stock ghost-story elements.
- The story follows a familiar pattern: noises, an investigation, a sighting, a search for confirmation, and a grim history.
- How often these motifs recur cannot be measured from a single story.
- The figure is described only briefly, which limits how distinctive the ghost can be judged.
- 2:47
- 3:41
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is the editor’s judgment of how common the story’s elements are. The published score compared with the rest of the archive may change as more stories are added.
Scoring confidence 0.55 · analysis confidence 0.60 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand word.; A secondhand story of an earlier death at the station, credited to an unnamed colleague.; No photograph, recording, document, name, station identity, or precise date provided.. The originality score blends the model's score (55) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- A real person in the building, seen briefly in low early-morning light and not answering a call, could account for the figure. · The caller says they arrived around 3 o'clock in the morning and believed no one else was in the building. They called out and got no answer, yet then saw a person.
- Ordinary building sounds (equipment, settling, ventilation, or similar) could have been heard as another person moving about. · The caller reports hearing a noise, then another noise, then being sure someone was in the building. The caller does not describe the sounds.
- A change in the studio lighting or power could explain the shift from lit to dark, rather than a strange event. · The caller says the studio lights looked to be on at first and that everything went dark after the figure sat down.
What stands out
The encounter is set in a working television news station and ends on the studio set itself, where the caller says the translucent figure sat down before everything went dark. The later story ties the figure to a death on that same set.
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