The NYS Education Department Building in Albany is rumored to be haunted, with some reports specifically mentioning the basement area as being home to ghostly stories and strange phenomena. Octagon Farm in Walton, NY is a location with reported paranormal activity, including sightings of a teenage boy ghost in the basement, who is thought to be a guard or protector of the property. While a local "ghost hunt" business investigated, a definitive, detailed public description of its haunted status beyond this report is limited, and the specific history behind the sightings is not fully available. The most prominent reported apparition is a teenage boy, approximately 18 or 19 years old, who appears in the basement. He is believed to have died in battle and now acts as a guard and protector of the space. Visitors sometimes mistake him for a real person, with one instance noted of a young man walking towards someone, causing initial confusion. The Dead Files, a paranormal investigation show, documented their investigation into the haunted Octagon Farm, featuring these encounters.