History & local legend
West Perry High School in Elliottsburg has a janitor story centered on room 118. When the building is quiet, people are said to hear a sequence of sounds: the squeak of a window being washed, breaking glass and a man's cry.
The local explanation says a custodian was preparing the building for a new school year when a pane gave way and he fell through it. Later tellings describe him appearing in the classroom or continuing to work in the corridors.
Sources
- StrangeUSA, archived Elliottsburg account of the janitor, the sounds and room 118
- The Shadowlands, Pennsylvania, Elliottsburg/West Perry High School local tradition
- Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association, West Perry High School at 2608 Shermans Valley Road
- Esri, school address point on the high school building
