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Steve Cole, a manager at Snuffers on Greenville, received a helping hand while counting cash at the end of the day. Out of nowhere, Cole felt something touch his shoulder as a warm breath tickled his neck. The cash sitting on the desk was picked up, placed in a safe and locked away. Just as quickly as it appeared, the apparition was gone.

Whether it is the ghost of an alleged stabbing victim or the children from the cemetery buried under the restaurant’s foundation, there’s no doubt something spooky is lurking around the booths at the classic diner.

Children giggling, lights rhythmically swaying back -and-forth, mysterious footsteps and other chance happenings are just a few of the occurrences that make managers and servers believe Snuffers may be haunted.

It’s that time of year again when the ghost stories surrounding the Dallas area emerge from the shadows to disprove non-believers and add credibility to the stories that account for their appearances.

Have you ever wondered why the men’s rest room door at Snuffers on Greenville does not shut all the way? Or who the residents of White Rock Lake are talking about when they mention a soaking wet woman lingering on the side of the road?

“People would see a glass float out into the air, levitate and then crash to the ground,” general manager Bradley Anderson told Dallas’ NBC affiliate.

One story has a man dying from a knife wound as he stumbled from his booth to the men’s rest room, his lifeless body falling in the doorway to the rest room. To this day, the door does not close entirely.

“I heard within a span of ten minutes, three different times, I heard two men’s footsteps and the bathroom door creaking open but not closed,” owner Pat Snuffer told NBC.

A non-believer before coming to Snuffers, Anderson has bought into the idea of at least one ghost living in the old establishment.

“It was just a matter of time so many things would happen here,” Anderson told NBC. “At some point you could not not believe.”

Lady of White Rock LakeOne night while returning home from a party, a young woman was involved in a terrible car accident; the vehicle sinking below the surface of White Rock Lake.

Today, men driving around the roads surrounding White Rock Lake tell stories of seeing a woman along the side of the road, dripping wet in a 1920’s era gown. The story goes on to tell about the woman accepting a ride from these men, silently riding alongside, but upon the arrival to her final destination, the man turns to his right to find the woman nowhere in sight. All that remains is a wet spot on the seat of the car.

Grand Prairie farmhouseA bed whirled across the room as the Griffen Street ghost struck again. Clammy hands were pressed against the faces of an unnamed family and shots from a pistol broke the still silence of the night. A mysterious woman emerged from thin air as groans and whispers overshadowed the chirping of crickets.

Just another ghost story that has circulated the Dallas area for decades, Dallas’ ghost captivated hundreds, leading to additional routes for policemen and an influx of tourists.

A popular figure during the early 1900s, the Griffen Street ghost is rarely mentioned in today’s conversation.

According to a 2007 story in The Dallas Morning News, Dallas historian Darwin Payne admits no one even knows the true story.

Other than the Lady of the Lake, we don’t have many ghost stories in Dallas,” he said. “I guess we’ve been remiss.”