The information obtained from ChatGPT shows how "supernatural" the hotel is There are indeed many "supernatural rumors" about the Grand Hotel in Yuanshan, but I have reorganized the available information and found that there are not many ghost stories with clear origins. Moreover, there is currently no evidence to prove that there is a fixed "haunted room" or "haunted floor" in Yuanshan. The most famous and specific one was a Taiwanese netizen's public account of their stay experience in June 2024. He said he lived in a side room on the lower floor of the main building and couldn't remember the specific floor and room number. When watching TV at night, the TV first automatically turns off every few tens of minutes, and then the intervals become shorter and shorter. He called the front desk to request repairs, but later there was a situation where the room lights suddenly went out and the toilet lights that were originally turned off turned on themselves. Later, he claimed to have seen a figure with long hair and a body emitting green light sitting on the couch, looking towards the door. When he ran to the lobby to ask the maintenance personnel, the front desk told him that they couldn't find the repair record from earlier. This post can still be found, but it is a personal account of a netizen and there is no independent evidence to verify it. There is also an earlier check-in record from 2013, where the guest clearly stated that they lived in room 422 on the front floor. At night, the couple heard sounds similar to moans, running, and collisions. At first, they thought they had encountered a supernatural phenomenon, but eventually discovered that the sound came from an old-fashioned refrigerator compressor in the cabinet. So 422 is actually a "haunted story" that has already found the real reason. The reason why Yuanshan is particularly prone to such rumors is indeed related to the history of its location. This place was originally a Taiwanese shrine during the Japanese colonial period, built in 1901, dedicated to the worship of Prince Nohisa of Kitashirakawa Palace; After the war, the shrine was demolished and rebuilt into a restaurant, which officially became the Grand Hotel in 1952. The facilities such as the century old golden dragon in the restaurant today still come from the shrine of the past. This history is not an urban legend, but has been confirmed by both the Grand Hotel and official cultural documents from Taiwan. In addition, some people often associate the 1995 Yuanshan fire with being haunted, saying that "many people were burned to death" at that time, which can be basically ruled out. The fire on June 27, 1995 was indeed very serious, causing severe damage to high-rise buildings and presidential suites, but the records from that year show no major casualties, so the story of "fire victims appearing in hotels" lacks historical basis. Yuanshan has indeed been involved in some very dramatic cases in its history. For example, in the 1955 "Yuanshan Murder Incident", a couple once lived in Yuanshan. Later, the husband attempted to kill his wife on his way to Yangmingshan, and later jumped off a building while in custody and died. But the location of the attack and death was not inside the Yuanshan Hotel, only Yuanshan's accommodation records later became important evidence in the case.