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Haunted mansion? Kaine latest Va. governor to report strange events

Associated Press

RICHMOND (AP) -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine isn't exactly muttering "I do
believe in spooks! I do believe in spooks!" like the Cowardly Lion in
"The Wizard of Oz."

But he's not ruling out the possibility either.
Asked on his monthly radio show on the Virginia News Network whether he
has had paranormal experiences like previous Executive Mansion
occupants, Kaine flatly answered: "Yes."

Kaine said Thursday that at the same "inconvenient time" every week, the
telephone rings in his family's private quarters -- and when he picks up
the phone, nobody's there. He said he's researching whether "something
odd happened" on the same day and hour sometime in the mansion's
history.

Unlike some previous residents and staff, Kaine said his family has not
seen the friendly ghost of a young woman who is said to haunt the
mansion.

However, he said first lady Anne Holton witnessed other strange
occurrences in the mansion as the daughter of Gov. Linwood Holton in the
early 1970s -- a portrait mysteriously taken from the wall and deposited
in another room, for example.

There also was a storm-related power outage that left all of Richmond in
the dark except a lone light that mysteriously remained on in the
mansion.