Bed bugs, ghosts and mysterious babies crying are just a few things NBA players have experienced at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City. Players from Kyrie Irving to Nick Young have talked about their horrible experiences at the hotel on a number of occasions. Some believe the hotel is haunted and it is listed as a haunted location in Oklahoma City.
As the Los Angeles Lakers traveled to OKC to face the Thunder on Sunday night, they stayed at the famed hotel. Some players opted to not stay in the hotel but Lakers veteran Metta World Peace did. While he may not have gone through a bad experience, he did say that he might be taking a ghost to court for inappropriately touching him. Yes, the legend of Metta World Peace continues to grow.
Following from Mark Medina of the OC Register.
With players reporting seeing ghosts at the Skirvin Hotel in recent years, Lakers guard Lou Williams and forward Larry Nance Jr. refused to stay. They paid for their own rooms at the nearby Colcord Hotel.
“I prefer to stay away from the supposed supernatural,” Nance said. “I just don’t want any issues.”
The legend surrounding the Skirvin Hotel becoming haunted reportedly stems from the owner having an affair with a housekeeper named Effie. After Effie became pregnant, she was locked inside a room on the upper floor. She then killed herself and the child, which cast a spell on the hotel.
Meanwhile, others apparently tolerated the mystical presence.
“The ghosts were all over me. I just accepted it,” Lakers forward Metta World Peace said. “They touched me all over the place. I’m taking one of the ghosts to court for touching me in the wrong places.”
World Peace insisted he was serious before explaining why he did not stay somewhere else.
“I was watching a good movie and I was tired,” said World Peace, who incidentally said he saw “Money Monster.” “I didn’t want to move.”
The Lakers might not have re-signed him to be a game-changer on the court, but off the court, he’s still a quote machine. That might be worth a contract in itself.
