The paranormal claims that surrounds this college is centered around one room in the main building on campus. I've found a post on a site linked at the bottom on this article and I'll let this person do the story-telling.
I am a freshman at Virginia Intermont College. I know the exact room which you are talking about, and I would like to explain the story a little more. Back in the 1800's the school was all girls. One girl in particular was having an affair with one of her professors. She got pregnant, but the professor refused to leave his wife for her. She hung herself, and while doing so knocked over the kerosene lamp she had been using, and started a fire. The rest of the building has been repaired, but any time her room is worked on, it reverts back to the same charred state it was in. It is noticeable when you see it -- it looks like the fire just happened, even though it was over 100 years ago.The story is tragic but the phenomenon that is said to occur here is interesting. If you look at it from a scientific perspective, there isn't a finite reason for why a wall would continuously look charred even 100 years later. Is it paranormal, possibly but this is definitely a location that could use an investigation by a skilled paranormal group.
I did some more digging and found a good post on another blogspot site explaining this haunting even more. According to this post, the girls name is "Vera." However, the interesting thing included in this post is that the ghost isn't just linked to the one room in the Main Hall, instead people have reported feeling cold spots, the feeling of being watched, and cold breezes all across campus.
A less obvious “haunting” happened to Travis Williamson his first year at VI. He stated, “I was sitting [in my room, 211] eating a sandwich and I had some soda in a Gatorade bottle that was really flat, no carbonation at all. The lid was screwed on just a little, and all of a sudden the lid pops off and the bottle is rocking back and forth.”If you really dig deep enough, almost every college in this state has some sort of "ghost" story. What separates VIC's ghost apart from the rest is the widespread reports of phenomenon. You have visual, auditory, and object manipulation. On a scale of 1 to 10, VIC is probably close to the 10 side of the scale when it comes to activity. If you ever get a chance to visit this college, don't pass it up.
Strange USA Blog Post: StrangeUSA
Schools Official Website: http://www.vic.edu/
Vera Blog Post: http://mentalhealthlife.blogspot.com
School Magazine: Check Page 16
