Reader submitted: The Queen Mary

One Sunday afternoon my family decided to take a day trip to Long Beach and I, being the ghost fanatic and all, suggested the Queen Mary. So we decided to go there. When we got there we went to the counter and purchased tickets for the Ghost Encounters Tour. We were informed that the tour allows you to visit the swimming pool area and the lowest and deepest parts of the ship and the tour itself is about a little over an hour long. So my family andI met the tour guide along with all the other people taking the tour and we began our journey to the bottom of the ship. Let me first start off by saying that I am a BIG ghost fanatic…but I never expected to witness or experience anything because I thought only the lucky ones could have experiences. Anyways continuing on…our tour gets to the part where the boiler and ship gadgets and machinery are and the tour guide begins to tell us of a tragic incident that happened way back when the ship was sailing and functioning. He tells us about this young man who was doing his duties and managing the machinery when suddenly the young man was walking through these steel doors from the ship and he was crushed to death horizontally as he tried to walk through this door labeled door 13. So in my head, I was thinking of the helplessness this man must have experienced and such a sudden death. So anyways as the tour guide finished his story my dad and I were the last ones to exit the machinery room…when from out of nowhere I saw this black solid figure of a man standing to my right behind the machinery. I stared at it for a good 10 seconds or so and then I quickly turned away in disbelief. When I looked back in that direction the figure was no longer there. I couldn't believe what I had just seen..it was so unexpected and completely incredible…iIwitnessed for the very first time a ghost. So with that being said.. I encourage anyone, if you are in the area of Long Beach, go and take a visit at the Queen Mary and go explore the ship for yourself.