Our Ghostly Visitor
by Sue
My husband and I bought our house shortly before we were married in 2005. What drew me from the day I first saw the house was that it seemed to have character. It was beautifully decorated and I really liked the layout. Shortly after my husband, son and myself moved in, strange things began to happen. I had fixed dinner one evening and we were sitting at the kitchen table when my husband and son stopped eating and looked toward the living room. I asked them what was wrong and they said, “didn’t you hear that?” Both of them had heard the front door close and was waiting to see who walked into the kitchen. There wasn’t anyone there.
We joked about having a ghost but inwardly my son and I were thinking, not again. You see, living in a haunted house wasn’t a new experience for us. My first personal encounter in our new home happened in the bedroom. I was laying in bed at night with my head on my pillow and it felt like someone slid their hand or arm under my pillow. My husband was at work and I was alone in the bedroom. It happened on more than one occasion and each time I thought to myself, how weird. Around this time I also started to see shadows. I’ve been seeing shadows for 20+ years but this was a first in our new home. These shadows weren’t significant in shape or size and I really didn’t put too much faith into them. At this point in time I was still trying to tell myself everything that happened was my imagination, that we didn’t have a ghost.
One night last October, 2006, I came face to face with our ghost. I had gotten up in the middle of the night to use the restroom. Our bedroom and my son’s bedroom are off the living room which is at the front of the house. I walked through the living room to get to the restroom doorway which is across from the washer and dryer at the entrance to my kitchen. Didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary. After using the restroom, I opened the bathroom door, turned into the kitchen and less than 5 ft. from me stood a ghost. I could make out the shape of his head, shoulders and chest but couldn’t tell you if he had legs or not. When I saw him I gasped like you would if someone surprised you accidentally and then I just stared at him. He didn’t move. I remember telling myself, “Oh my God, I’m looking at a ghost!” I don’t remember how long I stood there or if he disappeared before I did but I do remember walking back to the bedroom and covering my head with the blankets. The next morning I told my husband about my experience. It’s not that he doesn’t believe, but he has never had anything happen to him. Then I told my son, asked him if he’d had any other experiences besides the door episode at dinner. This is the story he told me.
He was sleeping in his bed one night, 7 mos. before my sighting, when he awoke in the middle of the night for no explainable reason. His entertainment center is at the foot of his bed and the he noticed he couldn’t see the light from his vcr. At first, he wondered why his golden lab was sitting on his bed but as his eyes adjusted to the light, he made out the shape of a person. He saw his head, shoulders, back, arms and he could even make out one of his hands resting on the dog who was laying on the bed! Instead of being afraid, my son said it was quite the opposite. He felt inner peace, a calm feeling.
We continue to have activity in our home but have no plans to relocate.  I do, however, keep the light over my kitchen range on at night. Not because I’m afraid but if I do get up in the night and there’s someone standing in my kitchen, I want to be able to see who they are.
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