At one point Pettibone House, located on the southern edge of campus, was a senior dormitory. All the rooms were connected, in order to bring the seniors closer together before graduation. One particular friendship among three seniors proved to be stronger than death itself.

The two friends -- let's call them Amy and Jo -- had returned from Spring Break and were unpacking when a third -- let's call her Beth -- returned. After they had been talking for a while, Amy and Jo realized Beth was troubled by something. They asked her what was bothering her and Beth said she was afraid that they would lose touch after graduation. Her friends hugged her and told her she was being silly; they would keep in touch and never forget her. Reassured, Beth told her friends she was going to go visit Meg, another friend down the hall. When Beth didn't return after many hours, the two friends went to find her. Meg said Beth had never been to visit her at all. A little later all three women were called into the Dean's Office and told that their friend Beth had been killed in a car accident on the way back to Wells. She had never arrived at the school.

There are no further documents in the Wells College Archives to either prove or disprove the accuracy of the stories presented here.

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