Man says coffee shop haunted by Civil War soldier

An Alabama man claims that his java shop is haunted by nan shade of a worker from nan Civil War – and says he has video to beryllium it.

Joshua Dairen, 31, and his wife, Keema Miller, 31, bought "The Coffee Shop" successful Opelika, Alabama, successful April 2023, they told nan news agency SWNS. 

Opelika is simply a mini metropolis successful east-central Alabama. 

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Shortly aft purchasing nan shop, Dairen said he began to fishy something paranormal was afoot, he told SWNS. 

He said he began proceeding "rustling" noises erstwhile cipher was around, and that he often heard footsteps contempt being unsocial successful nan shop. 

Joshua Dairen and his family bought The Coffee Shop successful April 2023, and soon began noticing immoderate unusual occurrences.  (SWNS)

"We person knowledgeable unusual activity ever since we bought nan place," he told SWNS, adding that nan paranormal happenings began "within nan first week" of owning nan shop. 

Initially, Dairen suspected nan rustling noises were nan consequence of nan 19th period building's older wiring, but says he has "continuously" heard nan noises. 

This September, a personnel of his unit said she saw an apparition of a worker stepping toward her very early successful nan morning. Dairen released a video, saying it showed her reacting to thing she had seen. 

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"They were successful nan shop unsocial astatine astir 5:40 successful nan greeting erstwhile they saw a fig stepping from nan backmost agency to nan counter," he said. 

Additionally, he himself erstwhile saw a "shadow figure" look retired of a model of an agency erstwhile cipher was inside, he told SWNS. 

The metropolis of Opelika was raided during nan Civil War, says Dairen, and he suspects a deceased worker ne'er left.  (SWNS)

"We've seen a fig stepping around nan shop erstwhile cipher has been in, and I person seen unexplained footwear prints connected nan floor," he said. This includes a clip a mysterious footwear people was recovered connected a carton of beverage he said mysteriously "exploded." 

"It was an aged service footwear aliases something," he told SWNS. "Nobody successful our shop has ever worn combat boots."

Upon doing research, Dairen learned that warehouses successful nan metropolis of Opelika were turned into Confederate proviso depots during nan Civil War – and that galore soldiers were killed erstwhile nan metropolis was raided. 

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One of these deceased soldiers, he supposes, is now calling The Coffee Shop home. 

As for now, Dairen seems to beryllium okay pinch nan otherworldly visitant to his shop. 

"Luckily, thing has presented itself arsenic threatening towards us," he said. 

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Fox News Digital reached retired to The Coffee Shop for further remark astir nan ghostly incidents.