History & local legend
The former McGhee Elementary School on West Fourth Street in Lock Haven became associated with stories of a custodian continuing to appear after his death. Former pupils remembered him as kind and recalled the day he suffered a fatal heart attack during the 1996–97 school year.
One pupil said their teacher found him in the multipurpose room and called for an ambulance. Another, seven at the time, also remembered the event years later. Teachers and children subsequently passed along stories that he could still be seen around the school.
Sources
- StrangeUSA, McGhee Elementary tradition and dated first-person recollections from two former pupils and a neighbor
- City of Lock Haven, 2005 Comprehensive Plan, printed pp. 41–42 and Education facilities map, PDF p. 155
- McGhee Elementary archived school data and closure notice
- USDA National Agriculture Imagery Program, 2008 view of the former school on West Fourth Street
