the old spaghetti factory has been a favorite dining establishment in
vancouver's gas town for the last 50 years
guests love to explore the restaurant which is decorated with historic antiques and artifacts
but they may not realize that the restaurant is also home to at least four different spirits
one of the most unique artifacts of the old spaghetti factory is an antique trolley car
salvaged from the bc electric railway trolley number 53 was built in new westminster
in 1904 and after being decommissioned it was installed in the restaurant around 1969
however the trolley car seems to have brought with it the ghost of a uniformed conductor
staff and customers claim to have seen a man dressed in a conductor's outfit in and around
the trolley he often appears late at night after closing seated in the same spot at a dining table
inside the streetcar place settings at the trolley tables are moved around by unseen hands
and inexplicable cold spots are experienced inside the streetcar
some believe that this photograph shows the ghost conductor standing at the entrance to his trolley
another spirit takes the form of a short red-haired man with a ruddy face
this mischievous character likes to hang out around the washrooms
people have seen him looking at them and laughing before leaving through the bathroom door
this has earned him the nickname the little red man or lookie loo
staff have also seen this spirit passing quickly through the kitchen and calling them by name
and others have caught a glimpse of him in the mirror walking out of the
cubicles behind them before promptly disappearing one woman managed to catch
a picture of this ghost but when the film was developed there was nothing there but a blur
the third spirit at the restaurant is that of a little boy
in 2012 a server was closing up the restaurant for the night when she saw a little boy run past her
following him he ran to hide under a table but when she leaned down to talk to him
the boy just looked up at her with strange empty eye sockets
and the server was so terrified that she resigned on the spot
a psychic visiting the restaurant identified the boy's name as edward
edward is dressed in old-fashioned clothing and has been seen by many people
another time a customer saw a boy's reflection in a mirror who was spinning around a column near
the front desk but when she turned to look for the boy he was gone edward also likes to play with the
cutlery leaving them to be found in a bent shape before restoring them back to their original form
sometimes overnight the ghost also plays tricks by placing a dining chair on top of a table in
the back section leaving it for staff to find in the morning the last of the well-known spirits is
a little girl who appears at a table in the front window holding a single red balloon
oddly people claim to even have been able to speak with this spirit the general manager's
friend said they once had a conversation with the girl that lasted several minutes the girl said she
was looking for her mother but when the friend left to tell the manager the ghost disappeared
the origin of the old spaghetti factory's spirits are unknown
some people believe that they originate from an accident that happened at a nearby rail yard
and another theory presented by a visiting medium is that there's a vortex located at the back of
the premises some people believe that vortexes are linked to the earth's electromagnetic field
and act as a portal to other dimensions that enable spirits to enter our world but it's also
possible that these spirits are linked to the many historic artifacts located in the building
like the train car and the ghost conductor that came with it
so next time you're eating at the old spaghetti factory
you can enjoy your meal while keeping an eye out for some visitors from another realm