THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Porter College at UC Santa Cruz is associated with several campus ghost stories and reports of unexplained activity. Students have described apparitions, mysterious footsteps, and unusual sounds in and around the college buildings, particularly during quiet nighttime hours.
University of California Santa Cruz – Porter College has several sites rumored to be haunted. In the A Building, the apparition of a student who committed suicide has been seen, as well as others. On the B Building’s 1st Floor, there are strange noises and voices, objects that fly across rooms and a feeling of a malicious presence. On the B Building’s 3rd Floor, students have described waking up from a dead sleep feeling as if they were being strangled. And in the Meadow, the apparition of a transient woman named Lily has been seen naked or wearing rags.