SUPERNATURAL SUMMIT

More than ten years ago I had a supernatural experience that began with a night mare.

I was a high school athlete and typically worked out until the sun went down, my coach was driven and worked us pretty hard. In my nightmare we had returned to the gym after practice and walked along the outside of a long brick building in the shadows of the setting sun. It was a long wall around a corner and up some stairs into an old locker room to change and go home.

While we were changing a friend was explaining how the place was haunted. He said "yall know this place is haunted right?"

Somewhere in the middle of his story, the janitor walked in cleaning the floors. My friend continued "ya, the janitor killed like 9 kids a long time ago."

Without a moment passing, the janitor said "oh you know none of thats true".

While he stared into my eyes I heard an almost demented chorus of children groan "liiiiarrrrrr". The janitor knew I heard this and he grinned at me looking through his bushy eyebrows. This is when I woke in a cold sweat. (the gym was not our normal gym and the friends that were with me weren't athletes but I didn't notice because dreams are weird like that.)

Something like a year after this nightmare, I was with friends at a coffee shop. It was late and we were bored when someone suggested we visit the haunted elementary. I was in the passenger seat as my friend drove us into the parking lot and parked facing a swing set.

The story was, if you flash your brights, the swings would move. Typically the west Texas wind would move the swings by itself, however this particular night was absolutely calm. The swings didn't move. We sat for a very long time and flashed the brights again, still nothing. Our excitement turned to boredom and we reversed the car with the wheel turned to the left and for whatever reason stopped moving halfway through reversing. My friends headlights were shining brightly on the brick wall and stairs from my nightmare. I recognized it and my whole body went numb.

I have no idea why My friend paused in the middle of reversing and I have never seen any report of actual wrongdoing/murder taking place in association with the school. It is very possible that my brain put unrelated details together but it totally messed with me at the time. Not too long ago someone told me that the superintendent swears there were never swings there but I have seen them in person, I even returned with different groups after the experience on numerous occasions.

Here is the school and the side of the building from my nightmare.
Separately: It's been a while but I once heard some stories about a psychiatric hospital around "hobo hills", very likely a made up campfire ghost story.

TL;DR I once found an obscure detail from my nightmare in real life after about a year had passed.