Haunted Skating Rink
Before this skating rink was built in the 1970’s in a swamp, locals begged for it not to be built, as the area had sentimental value. The builder dismissed their claims and built anyway. Later, it was learned that in the early 1900’s, a young boy, Gilbert, lived in the area. Despite his mother’s warnings not to venture too close to the swamp, Gilbert was found by his father one day lying face down in the water. It is supposed that Gilbert’s ghost is responsible for many hauntings which include tampering with DJ equipment and turning on and off water faucets and lights.
i was wondering if the skating rink was call roller gardeins in st cloud, minn?
Comment by joshua | 02.10.2006 | 9:49 pm
yea sure ok
Comment by hah | 03.4.2006 | 1:25 am
i believe this is at the skatin place in st.cloud
Comment by Bob | 03.9.2006 | 9:39 pm
I think it is the Skatin’ Place also, because the area around that building is a swamp.
Comment by Sarah | 03.24.2006 | 12:56 pm
I live in nere by Royalton, and that realy sounds like it could be true.
Thank You For A Great Story
Comment by Joshua Wozniak | 06.6.2006 | 2:55 pm
thanku 4 a great story!!! x
Comment by nia | 06.9.2006 | 6:38 pm
yea its haunted me and my friend go there all the time u cant turn off the faucets and your drinks get tipped over
Comment by jeff hardy | 08.21.2006 | 5:02 pm
I was born in 1972 in St Cloud Minnesota less than a mile across country from The Skatin Place and I have NEVER heard this story until today. You would think that with living that close and spending that much time there that I would have heard something. In asking my friends that also have lived here all their lives and they too know nothing of this story. So I really have to question the validity of this story.
Comment by Sheila | 09.4.2006 | 7:54 pm
It is Skatin Place. Also you may not want to miss the Strange St. Cloud Conference this weekend.
http://www.unexplainedresearch.com
Comment by chad Lewis | 10.11.2006 | 10:23 am
I grew up in a town 10 miles north of St. Cloud, and spent much of my preteen years frequenting the Skatin Place, and also going there for the Dance Club they held there on the weekends when I was a teenager. I have never heard of this story. Would be cool if it were true, but you would think if it were, the locals would know about it.
Comment by Rachel | 11.3.2006 | 8:22 am
Yea Gilbert is a good musician and likes to “get it to it” Being a ghost what else do ya have to do?
Comment by lazer | 11.20.2006 | 6:49 am
i thought it was pretty interesting i would be so freakes out i would call my mom and tell her to come pick me up write away
Comment by jenessa jean tschida | 12.25.2006 | 11:24 pm
i thought it was pretty interesting i would be so freakes out i would call my mom and tell her to come pick me up write away, if she couldn’t i’d be running
Comment by jenessa jean tschida | 12.25.2006 | 11:24 pm
Dude i freken live in St.cloud and i’ve never heard of that rink
Comment by Annelise | 12.30.2006 | 3:01 pm
ya i live in a town named sartell about mabey 5 miles away me and my friends go to the skatin place all the time and weve been there one time when all the lights went out and you could hear all the faucets running and drinks were getting tipped over and then wen the power came on the disco ball fell out of the cieling
Comment by jeff hardy | 03.6.2007 | 8:17 pm
ya i live in a town named sartell about mabey 5 miles away me and my friends go to the skatin place all the time and weve been there one time when all the lights went out and you could hear all the faucets running
and then wen the power came on the disco ball fell out of the cieling
Comment by jeff hardy | 03.6.2007 | 8:17 pm
I live near the skatin place, about 3 miles away, and i have heard this story. My 5th grade teacher owns the skating place and she told us this story one day in class, she said the ecxact same things this passage says. Also my school used to have a parties there and one time me and my friends were sitting at a table and everything kinda fell off our table. Its very weird.
Comment by Barry | 06.20.2007 | 4:02 pm
Okay I’ve never been there or anything but I live close to St. Cloud and I never heard this. Well I only came to this cuz I just saw the movie 1408 and the guy said one of the scariest places hes been to was something in St. cloud. So now I’m looking on google for anything. If any of you know what he was talking about can you comment back?
Comment by kelcie | 07.4.2007 | 3:37 pm
Yeah, I’m actually watching 1408 right now. I’m from St. Cloud, Minnesota and I’ve heard stories about the Skatin’ Place being haunted by a little boy who drowned. I have been there several times, but nothing has ever happened while I was there. I’m very interested in things like this… I was also trying to find what he was saying in the movie about St. Cloud MN too.
Comment by Laura Guertin | 07.8.2007 | 2:51 am
This story sucks.
Comment by Jarod Schreifels | 10.12.2007 | 6:52 pm
I live in St. Cloud, and I’ve been to the Skatin’ Place numerous times, but nothing’s ever happened. I always thought the Laser Tag was kind of creepy though.
Comment by Megan | 10.15.2007 | 8:03 pm
I grew up right down the street from the skatin place and I hung out there a lot as a kid. I can’t say that I ever experienced anything there but I have heard this story before. I can say that my house was very close to this and MY house was very haunted. I don’t know why because my dad built the house but I can confirm that the area is definitly haunted. At least my neighborhood was.
Comment by Kate | 10.25.2007 | 7:10 am
You people need to learn how to spell!!!!!!!!! Oh my god!!!!!I’m ASHAMED to live in the same state.Instead of typing on the computer all night , maybe you should try going over your spelling words with your parents! My daughter who is 6 can spell better then you idiots!
Comment by EmbrassedToSeeHowYouPeopleSpell | 10.28.2007 | 3:11 pm
I also just watched the movie 1408 and have been trying to find info on the reference he made to saint cloud. but the only thing I’ve found is this story so if any of you do find out where he was talking about let me know.
Comment by bobbie | 11.3.2007 | 9:19 pm
the reference in 1408 could also be referring to the st. cloud in Florida. Who knows, there’s more than just the two st. cloud’s in the US.
Comment by Hailey | 11.4.2007 | 12:38 pm
excuse my previous comment, my brother told me the reference was to st cloud minnesota. He said it might be a well that a woman dropped her baby down, in st cloud. He says people still here the baby crying. I don’t remember when he said it was.
Comment by Hailey | 11.4.2007 | 5:16 pm
Easy Buddy. If you’re going to be so critical of spelling errors on a freakin’ blog, check your spacing after punctuation and you may want take back 15-20 of those exclamations. One is enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK
Comment by EmbarrassedToSeeHow-EmbarrassedToSeeHowYouPeopleSpell-UsesGrammar | 11.16.2007 | 5:13 pm
Oh, and not to get too critical but you used the wrong form of the word (than/then). See if you can figure out which is the right form. Or maybe you should ask your daughter?
Comment by EmbarrassedToSeeHow-EmbarrassedToSeeHowYouPeopleSpell-UsesGrammar | 11.16.2007 | 5:26 pm
I’ve been to the Skatin’ Place many, many times and I’ve never had anything strange happen to me nor have I heard about anything strange happening to other people. The only weird thing that ever happened is when I was in the eighth grade and one of my friends said an elderly man tried to follow her into the bathroom.
Comment by Me | 12.31.2007 | 3:50 pm
There were two other roller rinks before Skatin’ Place came to be! One was in waite park the other in sartell. I have not heard of any ghost stories about skatin place and i am in my 40’s. Waite park is known for it’s swampy areas!! I would say the reference in the movie was made up
Comment by lyn | 01.2.2008 | 11:06 pm
this story seems a little fake
you dont really have much evidence to back up your thoughts
i think you need a little more research
Comment by kendra | 03.13.2008 | 6:13 pm
bull S***!!!
Comment by sally | 03.21.2008 | 5:35 pm
I have lived in st cloud all my life, I am native american and I can sense a lot of spirits. I never knew about this story and i used to hang around there a lot when i was younger, almost every day id go skating around. I’ve always had weird feelings about the place, The drinking fountains are always running, i don’t know if that relates to it, but the people have tried to fix it, but it stays the same. Now that i hear about this I believe its very true, I once had to go to the bathroom, I opened the stall and there was a boy without rollerblades on, I said sorry and closed it fast. I went to the next stall and i looked under to see if her was there, after I was done I looked back in and no one was there. While washing my hands I saw an old man in old clothes walking behind me, I thought it was a guy that works there, I looked and he wasn’t there. I haven’t been there in years but I’m definantly gunna re-visit it soon.
Comment by Brennen Grinnell | 03.29.2008 | 6:59 pm
I’ve gone to the skatin’ place many, many, many times. I’ve never had anything happen to me, but I’ve asked some people that worked there about the hauntings one time, and they told me about the ghost playing ghost busters on the DJ, and lights flashing on and off, and something about the girls bathroom stall ( i can’t quite remember, it was a year ago)
Comment by Chloe | 03.29.2008 | 8:06 pm
Okay, this is not true at all. its pretty much all bullsh**. I’ve been there over 50 times and not once has anything freaky happened. NEVER.
Comment by Shelby | 05.8.2008 | 8:55 pm
I too am from St. Cloud, MN. I lived right down the road from the skatin’ place, and used to go there ALL the time, loved roller skating. NEVER once have I heard this story. I too was born in 1972 in St. Cloud, MN.
I am also very interested in what the guy mentioned in the 1408 movie. Now that story, I did think I recalled hearing something about, but not sure.
I definitly never did hear the skatin’place story though.
I also heard stories about the municipal pool being haunted growing up, but also went there all the time and never experienced anything, except one time a kid got hit by a car crossing the street from there going towards the Tech Highschool football field, when I was there. That happened like 28 years ago or so.
Comment by born and raised in St. Cloud,MN. | 05.15.2008 | 8:34 pm