Is East Vancouver's Lord Selkirk Elementary haunted?

The hallways of Lord Selkirk Elementary School in East Vancouver are said to be haunted by a ghostly girl named 'Selkirk Sally'.

It's a rumour that dates back almost 100 years.

"They say they see her floating about,"said Marlyn Shearer, who attended the school in the 1940s.

The school opened its doors in 1908 withtwo storey wooden buildings.It was then expanded to include a larger brick building next door. That's when legend has it things took a turn for the worst.

During the 1918 flu pandemic, the building was turned into a hospital with amen's ward on one floor anda women's ward on anotherand the basement was the morgue.

"Of the 100 patients, 22 passed away," said Darrell Cavanagh, the school'sprincipal.

"Asthe story goes, one of the students was named Sallyand she's the one thathaunts the school," he said.

In the school hallwayhangs a photo that is said to prove 'Selkirk Sally's' existence.

"If you look in the corner, you see an image of someonethat looks ghostly. Not like everyone else in the image here. The myth goesthat it'sSally," said Cavanagh.

To hear the full interview listen to the audio labelledGhost rumoured to haunt elementary schoolwiththe CBC's Rick Cluff onThe Early Edition.