True Scary Stories Told In The Rain | Relax and Fall Asleep Quickly | Black Screen | Vol 59

Hello everyone and welcome back to haunted bedtime I know many of you tune in to these stories to help you drift off to sleep so before you settle in I'd love for each of you to leave a comment sharing where in the world you're listening from and if you're enjoying the episodes don't forget to give a like And subscribe to the channel now let's get comfortable relax and begin we've had a lot of small strange Experiences over the years they might not seem like much on their own but together they tell a story of The

Unexplained in our lives it started with something that looks exactly like my cat Mystique the strange part is it only ever looks like Mystique never like my other cat Madden yet sometimes it acts like Madden the first time I noticed something odd was in the bathroom I saw a paw under the door and thought Mystique wanted to come in after washing My hands I went to my room and found her curled up in her usual spot right where my brother said she'd been the whole time then I remembered the Paw under the door didn't have

orange toes and mystique's toes are all orange that wasn't the only time one night I saw Mystique run out of my room and asked my brother Daren to grab her he looked over and said she's right here I laughed nervously and said it's back we felt it jump on the bed countless times just Like a cat would settling by our feet or hopping off but when we look there's nothing there one night Darien noticed a cat on my desk and asked are your cats allowed up there Mystique was lying beside him and Madden was chewing

on my hair another time we were reading Ghost Stories on my bed and I felt Madden tugging my hair again when I asked Darion to move him he told me Madden was in his shirt and Mystique was under the laptop even scratching at my door often Turns up nothing still it doesn't scare me I think it might be the Spirit of Annabelle a cat we loved dearly keeping an eye on us not all experiences are as comforting Daren was watching a movie one night when he glanced toward the second living room out of the corner

of his eye he saw a tall dark figure walking through at first he thought it might be our dad but when he checked dad was sitting on the couch watching the movie too then there's darian's room it Always feels like someone's watching you in there one day the chain for his ceiling fans snapped for no reason we think it might have something to do with Amber a spirit we contacted through a Ouija board she doesn't like me but she seems to have a crush on Darion I avoid his room whenever I can because I often

feel a Strange Electric Chill on my left arm or leg Darion says he feels things touch him at night another Spirit we contacted through the board was Max he Told us he was 15 though we never figured out why he was there one day during a session Darion joked about how dumb the whole thing was and got up to leave suddenly a heavy book flew across the room hitting him it had been sitting on top of my stereo surrounded by other items that weren't touched when we asked max if he did it he admitted it

to this day Darion doesn't think it's funny but I can't help but laugh about it sometimes when I lived in rra Idaho my Friends and I used to explore this old church one day we were snacking on cheese and cra ERS near a shed by the church my friend buba opened a window and out of nowhere a disembodied thumb appeared just a thumb it waved at us and told us to leave we ran faster than we ever had I sometimes wonder if we imagined it but how could we all see the same thing I don't

mess with Ouija boards anymore they scare me too much but the memories of these experiences Stick with me theyve become part of our lives and even though they're unsettling I can't help but look back on them and wonder what it all means this all started when we moved into our new house from the very beginning strange things started happening I live here with my mom stepdad younger brother Daren who's 13 and my youngest brother Devon who's 11 the first thing we noticed was how different Devon's room felt compared to The rest of the house it

was always colder darker and carried this unsettling energy that I couldn't couldn't quite explain but because it gets so hot in Vegas we'd often end up in there anyway drawn by the coolness of the room every time I went into Devon's room a wave of unease would wash over me it was hard to breathe and the air felt heavy I've always been a little sensitive to things like this and I've had my share of strange Encounters in The past but this this felt worse much worse sometimes just sitting in there with my brothers to watch

TV I'd get sharp random pains in my arm leg head or stomach eventually I started avoiding the room and spent more time in my own which always felt warm cozy and safe things really took a turn when my friend Gina came over after school one day she's also sensitive to energies and I wanted to see if she felt the same as I did in Devon's room as soon as she Walked in she froze she said she felt uneasy like she needed to leave but at the same time we both wanted answers we wanted to know

what or who was in there that's when we made the first mistake we decided to make our own Ouija board sitting on Devon's bed Gina Darion and I tried to make contact Devon was staying at his mom's house that night so it was just the three of us we asked for a name the board moved spelling out letters too quickly for us to follow then it stopped On Ry we kept asking questions it told us it was a demon almost immediately I felt a sharp stabbing pain in my head Gina told me to grab my

crystal and go to my room I did and the pain subsided but the fear lingered our second mistake came later we thought we were brave enough to try a sance this time we chose the garage we made a circle of salt and held hands deciding to call out to the entity Ray the temperature dropped drastically it became freezing cold and My cat Mystique who is also my familiar went absolutely insane she scratched and meowed frantically at the door desperate to get inside what happened next still haunts me I saw him a tall man with slicked

back hair that was long at the ends and a bristled jawline I couldn't see his eyes and I didn't try to look directly at his face I was too terrified I focused on looking past him keeping my eyes on Darion instead the figure turned toward me I still didn't dare meet its Face and then out of nowhere a searing pain tore through my stomach it felt like my insides were being twisted and turned I thought I was going to die the pain was that unbearable I started crying doubled over an Agony Gina shouted for us

to focus on picturing him back in the room locked away we did as she said imagining him retreating then we broke the circle and ran inside even now just walking past that room gives me chills sometimes when I go in I feel the Same cold presence like a shadow of what happened that night all I know is I never want to go through that experience again my name is Teresa and I'm 15 years old now but this all began when I was 13 it was about 6 months after we moved into a new house it

wasn't much an old mobile home with its fair share of problems but it was ours I had just moved into my own room which felt like a big deal at the time but almost Immediately strange things started happening my closet was fairly large with sliding doors made of glass rolling mirrors at at the time I didn't know that mirrors are sometimes thought to be gateways for the dead to make my small room feel bigger I hung mirrors everywhere not realizing the potential consequences in my room I also had an old Ouija board that I'd picked

up second hand a few weeks earlier I tried using it with my mom but it had been a Half-hearted attempt that didn't seem to work what was strange though was that after we put it away the Box started glowing green I thought maybe it was an open portal but I didn't know for sure once I was settled into my room I started noticing odd things the mirrors on my closet doors would shake for no reason whenever it happened I'd tell it to stop or I'd acknowledge I know you're here and it would stop drafts would

move through my room even when the windows Were closed but the scariest part was the sound of something punching the walls sometimes once sometimes several times in a row every night when I went to bed my bed would start shaking I tried everything to recreate the movement myself but nothing I did could explain it it felt like someone physically standing there grabbing the bed and shaking it the most disturbing moments were when objects were thrown at me once my headphones were hurled at me Hitting me hard enough to leave bruises other times my keyboard and

random items from my desk would fly across the room I still have scars from Cuts I received during those encounters my mom had her own experiences too she once told me that while she was talking to my little sister in the kitchen something kicked the refrigerator so hard it jumped and moved a few inches another time while I was away on vacation she called me at the hotel Terrified she said she could hear stomping banging and things being flung around the house I wasn't surprised I simply told her it's kav and danis naming the entities

I had been dealing with was the one attached to me and danis was tied to a friend of mine over time I made the mistake of befriending Cav I thought he was just another Spirit even after learning he was a demon I convinced myself it wasn't a big deal and pretended it was normal after we Moved out of the mobile home I learned the truth kov is an incubus and a high-ranking demon my little brother once described seeing him as a massive black dog but I've seen his true form he's about 7 ft tall with

long black hair that reaches his ankles he has no eyes and I don't know how old he is but I know he's a fallen angel who was with Lucifer during the fall I've met other demons too danis for instance is a necil an Egyptian cat Demon then there's Nikki a familiar demon who also appears as a cat despite everything I must admit something that might sound strange I've fallen in love with kav I know what he is but I believe deep down that he's a good person many people I've spoken to have had similar experiences

and have even claimed to have met kav my parents however believe he and the others are just figments of my imagination but I know what I've Experienced and it's very real to me this story marks what I believe to be my very first ghostly encounter it happened when I was in third grade about 2 weeks after the school year began and it's something I'll never forget the day itself started off feeling strange I remember this heavy suffocating feeling like being stuck in a crowd even though our house was open and Airy and my school was

brand new my mind felt oddly blank too like a veil Had been lifted though nothing unusual had happened the night before after school things got even stranger I started catching glimpses of things like a dog I could only see through my right eye and shadowy figures moving in my peripheral vision every time I turned to look directly there was nothing there it seemed like I was seeing another world but only from the corner of my eye that evening my little brother Spencer and I were having a drawing contest in the Dining room while our parents

watched TV in the living room as we drew we heard the unmistakable sound of scurrying paws and claws on the floor coming from the kitchen we both looked up but there was nothing there thinking it might have been our cat Shadow we called out to our parents for help that's when we learned Shadow was sitting on our dad's lap and our dog Toya was outside in the backyard just as we were trying to make sense of the noise one of the dining Room chairs slid a few feet across the floor Spencer and I panicked and

ran to our parents yelling that something was in the kitchen our mom searched the area but found nothing though I kept catching glimpses of something dark in the corners of the room it didn't look like normal Shadows it was denser moving as though it had a mind of its own eventually we gave up searching and joined our parents in the living room trying to shake off the unease later That night Shadow was curled up on my lap while I watched cartoons I started hearing soft purring and meowing nearby but it wasn't coming from Shadow slowly

The Sounds changed into hissing and yowling coming from behind me it was loud and eerie but no one else seemed to hear it not even my parents sitting nearby when it was time for bed Spencer and I joked about the strange chair moving incident saying maybe one of our drawings had come to life but when I Told him about the hissing and yowling he looked scared and didn't want to turn off the lights eventually our dad made us go to bed and turned off the light himself lying in the dark I couldn't sleep it wasn't

fear keeping me awake but this strange cramped feeling like I needed to make room for someone I scooted closer to the wall trying to ignore it hours passed and I finally started dozing off then I heard it purring Shadow was under Spencer's bed But the purring sounded louder and more unsettling than usual suddenly the purring turned into a deep snarling sound like Shadow was being choked and force-fed at the same time my heart raced as I jolted up to check on her Shadow's green eyes glared at me from across the room her fangs bare as

she hissed and snarled she hadn't moved from the foot of Spencer's bed but her eyes locked onto me unblinking then without warning she Leapt at my bed claws outstretched I instinctively grabbed my pillow and used it as a shield while she scratched and tore at it trying to get to me all I could do was scream too scared to fight back this was my beloved pet my friend I couldn't bring myself to hurt her I heard footsteps rushing to the door and my dad burst in turning on the lights the moment the light flooded the

room everything stopped Shadow collapsed at the foot of my bed limp and lifeless Spencer sat up staring in horror as I clutched my pillow trembling Shadow had never acted this way before not even close what struck me the most was what I saw just before the chaos Ended as the lights came on I saw a Dark Mist seeping out of Shadows fur it wasn't my imagination it hovered over her for a moment before dissolving into the light to this day I'm convinced Shadow was possessed even now I carry a small scar on my arm from

her claws that night that Moment will always stay with me as proof that sometimes we truly don't know what forces we're sharing our space with my name is Teresa and I'm 15 years old now but this all began when I was 13 it was about 6 months after we moved into a new house it wasn't much an old mobile home with its fair share of problems but it was ours I had just moved into my own room which felt like a big deal at the time but almost immediately strange things started Happening my closet was

fairly large with sliding doors made of glass rolling mirrors at the time I didn't know that mirrors are sometimes thought to be gateways for the dead to make my small room feel bigger I hung mirrors everywhere not realizing the potential consequences in my room I also had an old Ouija board that I'd picked up secondhand a few weeks earlier I tried using it with my mom but it had been a halfhearted attempt that didn't seem to Work what was strange though was that after we put it away the Box started glowing green I thought maybe

it was an open portal but I didn't know for sure once I was settled into my room I started noticing odd things the mirrors on my closet doors would shake for no reason whenever it happened I tell it to stop or I'd acknowledge I know you're here and it would stop drafts would move through my room even when the windows were closed but the scariest part was The sound of something punching the walls sometimes once sometimes several times in a row every night when I went to bed my bed would start shaking I tried everything

to recreate the movement myself but nothing I did could explain it it felt like someone physically standing there grabbing the bed and shaking it the most disturbing moments were when objects were thrown at me once my headphones were hurled at me hitting me hard enough to leave bruises Other times my keyboard and random items from my desk would fly across the room I still have scars from Cuts I received during those encounters my mom had her own experiences too she once told me that while she was talking to my little sister in the kitchen something

kicked the refrigerator so hard it jumped and moved a few inches another time while I was away on vacation she called me at the hotel terrified she said she could hear stomping banging and things being Flung around the house I wasn't surprised I simply told her it's kav and danis naming the entities I had been dealing with kav was the one attached to me and danis was tied to a friend of mine over time I made the mistake of befriending kav I thought he was just another Spirit even after learning he was a demon I

convinced myself it wasn't a big deal and pretended it was normal after we moved out of the mobile home I learned the truth kav is an incubus and A high-ranking demon my little brother once described seeing him as a massive black dog but I've seen his true form he's about 7 ft tall with long black hair that reaches his ankles he has no eyes and I don't know how old he is but I know he's a fallen angel who was with Lucifer during the fall I've met other demons too danis for instance is a NE

an Egyptian cat demon then there's Nikki a familiar demon who also appears as a cat despite everything I must admit Something that might sound strange I've fallen in love with kav I know what he is but I believe deep down that he's a good person many people I've spoken to have had similar experiences and have even claimed to have met kav my parents however believe he and the others are just figments of my imagination but I know what I've experienced and it's very real to me in October of 2002 I moved into my very- own

townhouse I was 19 a single mother Of a 1-year-old and excited to start fresh but soon after moving in my son seemed terrified to sleep in his room he'd cry point and act as though he could see something I couldn't hoping to figure out what was bothering him I decided to clean out his room and unpack the remaining boxes that's when I found it a box tucked under his bed inside were obituaries there was one for my grandmother on my father's side another for my cousin from my dad's family and The last one for a

classmate of mine who had taken her own life in high school the sight of these obituaries under my son's bed immediately made me uneasy I moved the box to my own room strangely after that my son never seemed afraid to go into his room again but removing the obituaries didn't end the strange occurrence is in the house over the 5 years I lived there both my nextdoor neighbor and I experienced several unsettling Encounters I'll start with the story of my classmate back in high school she was one of the popular girls we weren't close friends

but we had a class together and exchanged greetings a few times about 2 years after high school she died the story was that she'd gone home grabbed a chair and a rope and hanged herself but there were rumors that it had been in an accident that she'd slipped I attended her funeral and soon after I began having dreams about Her in every dream she was cold unmoving and her hazel eyes glowed unnaturally they had always been her most striking feature and now they were haunting years later when I moved into the townhouse my ex who

occasionally stayed with me told me she'd seen a little girl in the house I hadn't told her anything about my classmate at the time so the coincidence chilled me my classmate had been petite around 5 2 and barely 105 lb which fit my ex's Description perfectly even stranger my nextdoor neighbor once looked up at my bedroom window and saw a figure standing there she said its head was tilted to the side as if it were hanging I hadn't told her about my classmate's death either the house itself seemed to have its own energy one evening

my neighbor and I were standing at the bottom of my stairs at the top of the stairs were my bathroom and bedrooms suddenly a strong icy Breeze came rushing down from the Top we froze I tried to brush it off saying oh it's just the air but a minute later the AC kicked on we exchanged a terrified glance and ran out of the house another time a friend came over late at night to watch TV she tried to use my landline phone and told me it wasn't working there was no dial tone just dead air

I didn't believe her so I picked up the phone myself she was right the phone was dead we tried everything to get it to work but nothing helped Then out of nowhere the phone started ringing by itself there was no one on the line just that same dead air we panicked ran out of the house and drove to a nearby gas station I used a pay phone to call my own number nothing I tried again and again there was no response I decided to call my mom who has always been religious and is known to

have a clairvoyant sense about her I told her something was wrong with the phone and asked her to meet me at my House when we got back I picked up the phone again still nothing my mom arrived a few minutes later and I handed her the phone exasperated see it's not working I said but when she pressed the button there it was a clear dial tone she looked at me like I was crazy my friend and I tried to laugh it off calming down after my mom left but as soon as she was gone I

picked up the phone again dead air I have to admit I've always been Fascinated by the supernatural watching my favorite show Taps AKA Ghost Hunters kept my curiosity alive even though I'd never had an experience of my own truthfully I never fully believed in ghosts I thought if I can't see or hear them how can they be real I was convinced that the ghosts on TV were just clever camera tricks to make a good show but everything changed yesterday my girlfriend suggested that we visit a cemetery to see her brother's grave he Had passed away

at the age of four in a tragic accident another child around his age had held him underwater too long causing him to drown I decided to bring along a Sony handheld mini cassette recorder and an 8.1 megapixel digital camera thinking it would be the perfect chance to test this whole EVP electronic voice phenomenon thing when we arrived I pressed record on the cassette quarter and went about the visit my girlfriend and I were talking near her brother's Tombstone while my 5-year-old son played in the grass behind us at one point he tripped where the grass

met the pavement and I ran to check on him are you okay I asked yes he replied I told him to be more careful brushed the grass off his knees and let him continue playing while I returned to my girlfriend on the way back to her brother's grave I noticed a tombstone with the name Olga carved into it feeling a little silly but curious I asked is there anyone here with me who Would like to have their voice heard can you tell me your name I heard nothing and walked away later that day when we

got home I sat down in complete silence with a pair of big headphones and listened to the recording what I heard sent chills through me and brought tears to my eyes the first voice came when my son fell as I asked him are you okay I heard a faint young voice whisper don't crash it was so clear and it happened just Before my son started talking then when I told him to be more careful I heard the same faint voice respond okay again just before my son spoke I had to pause and step away for

a moment overwhelmed by what I just heard after a few deep breaths I sat back down to finish listening when I reached the part where I stopped at alga's Tombstone and asked if anyone was there I heard a faint response my name is alga or at least that's what it sounded like To me my girlfriend however mentioned seeing a tombstone nearby with the name Ronda on it so it's hard to say if it was alga or Rhonda that I heard either way it was undeniably a voice that night I couldn't sleep I wasn't scared exactly

but I felt uneasy like I had lost a sense of privacy like someone was watching me a part of me wanted to go back to the cemetery right away to try and capture more but Another Part Of Me wasn't ready for what I might find this Experience changed everything for me I now know Spirits are real and they can interact with the living if you approach it the right way it's going to take me some time to fully process what happened but one thing is for sure I'll never forget those voices sorry to interrupt if

you're enjoying the story let me know in the comments and tell me where you're watching from don't forget to like And subscribe for More last year I visited did my best friend in Vegas she lives in a stunning mansion in Henderson Nevada just 10 minutes from the strip it sounded like the perfect getaway until my first night there I woke up in the middle of the night with the unnerving feeling of being watched but it wasn't just a feeling though I was still half asleep I saw a dark shadowy figure of a man leaning over

me my logical brain brushed it off as a weird dream and I forced Myself back to sleep the next morning I told my friend about it and she admitted something she'd been holding back her house was haunted I've always believed in the Paranormal but I Shrugged it off not wanting to overthink it later that day we went out for lunch and when we returned I found all my belongings that I'd neatly placed in the closet scattered across the floor my friend explained that the closet was his space and that the spirit probably didn't like Me

putting my things in there still skeptical I assumed it was her little brother Messing around and put everything back then I went to take a shower that was a mistake the bathroom had no vents no windows and the air conditioning wasn't running while I was showering the curtain suddenly blew inward with full force hitting me it scared me half to death I gathered all my courage and peaked out but no one was there what was even weirder was the Steam on the walls I hadn't been using hot water but condensation was Dripping and it was

was red I quickly left the bathroom and went to find my friend who was asleep on the couch I asked if she'd opened a window or done anything to mess with me but she hadn't even woken up when I went back to the bathroom there was a swirl drawn into the Steam on the mirror later I told her about what had happened she was shocked and said I guess he doesn't like you he's never Been that bad with anyone else who stayed over I think it's because you're Catholic and wearing a cross I once tried

putting holy water and candles in the room but he knocked everything over when I came back in at that point I was seriously wondering what am I doing here she went on to explain how things had started in the house everything had been fine when they first moved in but one night she woke up to the smell of something burning she searched the house But found nothing and went back to bed then she woke up again her closet light was on the balcony doors were open and the overhead lights in her room were blazing at

the same time the fire alarm went off when she opened her bedroom door the alarm went silent figuring it was someone burning something outside or maybe even her sleepwalking she went back to bed but it happened again this time the fire alarm near her mom's room went off and the burning Smell like singed hair was Stronger her dog started barking furiously at the closet then bolted out of the room He barked at her bedroom door but refused to go back inside this went on for hours until she finally gave up and crawled into her mom's

bed to sleep since then small Eerie incidents have been a daily occurrence on my last night there everything seemed calm I went to bed with the balcony door slightly open secured with a large Rock to keep it From moving the rock weighed at least 25 lb so I wasn't worried about anything messing with it around 3:00 a.m. the infamous witching hour I woke up to chaos every light in the room was on the television was blasting and my friend was sound asleep her dog stood Frozen staring at the closet to my horror the balcony door

was wide open and the heavy Rock was now outside on the balcony I knew it couldn't have been the dog The Rock was Far too heavy I tried to stay calm because I felt like the spirit fed off fear so I did the only thing I could think of I spoke to it if you want to watch TV that's fine I said aloud I'm just turning the volume down so I can sleep I lowered the volume crawled back into bed and somehow managed to fall asleep that was my experience in Vegas and it left me

shaken I've always believed in ghosts but this was something else completely Unexplainable I'm a 29-year-old man and for as long as I can remember I've experienced strange unexplainable things when I go to sleep it started when I was about 7 years old over the years these experiences have ranged from profoundly euphoric to downright terrifying on average I experience this three to four times a month though it varies the feeling is always the same like something is in my room trying to interact with me I've never been able to See it until tonight it's now 12:25

a.m. about 40 minutes after the experience and I couldn't sleep I tried looking online to find answers which brought me here I need to share what I saw usually when I feel it near me I can't see anything I just sense this malevolent presence as if something wants to harm me it feels like it's pressing into me and I fight hard to wake up these moments are filled with intense fear and even when I manage to wake the fear Lingers sometimes it happens multiple times in one night as I try to fall back asleep it

doesn't matter if the lights are on or off if it's day or night the experience feels the same even sleeping with the lights Dawn doesn't stop it this has been happening frequently since childhood occasionally I'll have night terrors waking up screaming with no memory of the episode only a lingering sense of overwhelming fear but not all these experiences are bad in the past Year or so I've started having good ones too they feel completely different almost euphoric it's like something intensely positive is trying to take hold of me the feeling grows stronger the longer it

lasts almost overwhelming to the point where I sometimes wake up because it becomes too intense to bear it's like the stomach dropping sensation of a roller coaster but far more powerful and uplifting at first these episodes were brief but over time I've Been able to hold on to this good feeling for longer during these moments I can sense energy radiating from my arms and hands almost like a vibration it feels incredibly powerful as if I could move mountains or shoot lightning from my fingers tonight that feeling returned but for the first time I saw something

as the energy built I opened my eyes I saw what looked like waves surrounding my hands when I breathed I saw a Mist like smoke streaming from my Mouth the air around my hands shimmered like heat bending light I could feel my hands shaking and vibrating with this energy that's when I noticed the figure in the mirror across from my bed I saw it a dark hooded figure standing in my room I couldn't make out its face but its presence filled me with intense fear I wasn't dreaming I could see my TV on my hands

trembling the smoke the waves everything The Moment I Saw the figure fear took over I panicked and tried Desperately to wake myself up or snap out of whatever was happening now as I write this I'm partially in tears this wasn't just a dream it was an experience I can vividly recall every detail and it fits the pattern of the strange occurrences I've had at night night my whole life I don't think it's tied to my house because these things have happened to me in many places I've slept but this is the first time I've seen

something I know I'm not crazy I'm grounded and in Control of my life but I feel like sleep makes me vulnerable like I'm more open to whatever this is for years I've tried to dismiss these episodes as sleep paralysis or some weird brain wave phenomena during the early stages of sleep but tonight felt different my eyes were open I saw it all I don't know what to make of this I'm sharing this in hopes of finding Insight or understanding whatever is happening it's real to me and it just became much Harder to ignore when I

was little between the ages of 4 and 7 I lived in a house in South Carolina that I never want to see again it seemed like an ordinary home but the experiences I had there were anything but normal I wasn't the only one who saw things my mother did too even if she won't admit it to anyone outside of our family at the time I was too young to ask if anyone else in the neighborhood had Similar experiences but what I saw has stayed with me ever since the most vivid memory I have is of

nighttime a friend once told me what I saw might have been Reapers there to keep bad spirits away what I remember were dark shadowy figures they had no clear outline but certain parts of the room would appear much darker than others I'd often see up to four of these figures standing near my bed or sometimes just hovering in my room I'd Hide under my covers terrified especially when my mom didn't leave the light on for me the light was my only comfort they never appeared when it was on my mom had her own encounters she

told me about seeing a figure standing in her doorway or watching things crawl Down the Walls even though we both experience these things we rar spoke about them back then another memory from that house still gives me chills every time I Walked by the bathroom I'd catch a glimpse out of the corner of my eye of someone sitting on the toilet smiling at me it sounds ridiculous but it felt deeply unsettling the hallway itself was just as Eerie every time I walked down it I'd hear my name being called faintly as if from the back

of my mind to this day I can't remember if the voice was male or female things didn't stop at night either our backyard was massive but once the sun went down I'd see dark Shapes moving along The Back Fence sometimes I'd hear two or three voices calling my name beckoning me to come outside one of the strangest things that happened in that house was something I brought on myself as a child I wanted to get out of school and remembered my babysitter once talking about voodoo dolls inspired I made my own using a pipe cleaner

I wrapped a strand of my hair around it and dotted it with red marker asking for Chickenpox so I Wouldn't have to go to school 3 days later I broke out in chickenpox no one around me had it so I couldn't have caught it from anyone to this day I'm not sure if it was a spirit granting my wish or if I had some kind of power I didn't understand all the strange occurrences stopped when my sister was born that however brought its own unnerving moments my mom told me that when my sister was just

a baby she would Stand in her crib staring silently at my mom without moving years later when we moved to Vegas and lived on an old military base the Paranormal experiences started again my brother complained about being choked in his bedroom one night he said he felt a weight on his bed and then his throat was squeezed around the same time my computer began acting strangely it would turn on by itself and I'd hear typing as if someone was using it it always opened Microsoft Word I joked with my brother saying maybe we have ghosts

yours is the bad one and mine's the good one like yin and yang I called mine good because one day when I stayed home sick from school I had an experience that felt more confusing than frightening I was lying in bed ready to fall asleep with the windows closed the door shut and no air conditioning on suddenly I felt a powerful gust of Air Blast into my face my hair blew back and my whole body went Cold and numb my ears popped popped and when I opened my eyes I looked around the room terrified the

sensation left me tingling like when your limbs fall asleep and wake back up just as I tried to calm myself and drift off again it happened a second time my computer turned on again and I could hear it woring as if someone were using it frustrated and tired I said aloud let me sleep for crying out loud after that it stopped and I finally got some rest even Now I'm unsure of what that was was it trying to possess me or was it trying to communicate the coldness and the gusts of wind were so intense

yet I never felt unsafe in that room in fact I often felt strangely comforted there even when I heard voices calling my name instead of being afraid their calls made me smile looking back I still don't fully understand those experiences but they've stayed with me shaping my sense of the unknown and leaving me with more Questions than answers this happened to me last year when tragedy struck our family I feel like I need to give some background to do this story Justice I'm part of a large close-knit extended family in California I grew up on

the East Coast away from this side of the family with just my parents and brother but 3 years ago I moved to California and it's been a new and wonderful experience for me building strong bonds with my cousins Aunts and uncles it's a family where no matter what you're going through someone is always there to support you so when my cousin Jean not his real name died in a car crash in Las Vegas it devastated us all he was only 23 that morning a group of cousins and I were waking up after a night out

in Los Angeles when we got the call we quickly rallied the family and drove to Las Vegas in three cars when we arrived at his mother's house the front yard was packed with Friends and family the scene was chaotic people were either crying hysterically were sitting in stunned silence I hadn't known Jean as long as my other cousins having only been close to him for about 2 years so while I felt the loss it wasn't as overwhelming for me as it was for those who had grown up with him as the night went on I

decided to give my cousin space and left with an aunt and uncle to their home they lived nearby with their three boys and I Stayed in their guest room downstairs while their bedrooms were upstairs I struggled to sleep that night drifting in and out of restless dreams but at one point something extraordinary happened whether I was asleep and dreaming or somewhere between awake and asleep I can't say but I vividly remember walking into the guest room where I was staying in this Vision I saw my cousin Jean he was sitting across from someone playing a

guitar though I couldn't see his face I recognized him instantly by his Lakers jersey and matching hat I walked up to him hugged him tightly and said dog you don't have to go everyone needs you here don't go when I turned to see his face I woke up but I didn't fully wake up I was in sleep paralysis I couldn't move open my eyes or even breathe properly I felt a heavy presence in the room I wanted desperately to wake up and see him one last time but I was trapped when I finally managed to

break free I jumped Out of bed and scanned the room nothing I sat back down trying to calm myself but then I heard something outside at first it sounded like faint howling like wolves living in Southern California I was used to hearing coyotes occasionally so it didn't strike me as strange at first but as I listened more closely it began to sound different less like howls and more like children crying I thought it might be my little cousins so I crept upstairs to check on them their bedroom Doors were open and they were fast asleep

confused I went to the kitchen for a drink still hearing the sound faintly in the background the howling grew louder as I stood by the sliding glass door to the backyard looking outside all I could see was the faint glow of a street light beyond the brick fence and the light fog that hovered around it the sound continued eerie and unsettling but I couldn't see anything then as suddenly as it began the howling Started to fade not abruptly like an animal might stop but slowly almost deliberately until it was gone still shaken I returned to

the guest room wanting to distract myself I turned on the TV and let the droning voice of an infomercial lull me to sleep the next morning at breakfast I casually asked my uncle if the kids had been crying during the night he said no then I asked if they often got coyotes or Wolves nearby again he said no explaining that coyotes Rarely Venture that far into the desert and wolves are practically unheard of as he said this the hair on the back of his neck stood up and so did mine I've heard stories of loved

ones visiting people after they've passed but I've never experienced anything like this was it Jean trying to reach out or was it something else I still don't know how to interpret what happened that night but it's something I'll never forget this happened to me when I was About 5 or 6 years old and it remains one of the most Vivid paranormal experiences I've ever had had I'm now 20 but I remember the event as clearly as if it happened yesterday some people might doubt a child's ability to recall such things but I've always had an

exceptionally sharp memory even from as far back as when I was 3 years old at the time I was in first grade attending a school where the classrooms weren't part of a single large building instead They were spread out in smaller detached structures each building housed one or two classrooms sometimes with a shared bathroom in in the middle the music building where this event occurred was small just one classroom with no bathroom and only one door in and out this detail is important as you'll see later that day my class had just entered the music

room and sat down in a semicircle on the floor the teacher sat in a chair in front of us singing a song I was seated at the far end of the semicircle farthest from the door giving me a clear view of it the teacher's desk was pushed against the wall near the door with a large chair next to it when we entered the room the chair was empty about halfway through the lesson something caught my eye I looked toward the chair and to my surprise there was a woman sitting in it she didn't seem out

of place at first she looked entirely normal solid and tangible like any other Adult she had light brown hair that looked like it had been braided the day before loose even waves that framed her face her skin was lightly tanned and she seemed to be in her early 30s she was thin and casually dressed in jeans and a light sweater which I think was brown but then I noticed the child on her lap the boy looked completely different from her his skin was paper white almost unnatural and he had dark circles under His closed eyes

as though he were sleeping he looked about 3 or four years old and was dressed in heavy winter clothing snow boots thick pants a coat and a winter hat he was wrapped tightly in a knitted blanket and his mouth hung slightly open the woman gently rocked him back in Forth her movements slow and rhythmic at the time I was too young to fully understand what I was seeing I just knew that she wasn't a teacher her casual clothes made that Obvious and that the boy couldn't be a student but I didn't think much more of

it I was just a little girl and these details didn't stand out as strange to me then Looking Back Now it's clear that neither of them belonged in that room or even on this plane of existence the woman sat completely unnoticed by anyone else including the teacher the classroom doors were heavy and Loud making a distinct noise whenever they opened or closed if she had entered through the Door I would have seen it and everyone else would have heard it but there was no sound she simply appeared what struck me most was her expression or

lack of one her face was blank neither happy nor sad as she stared in my direction but she wasn't looking at me she was looking through me as though I wasn't even there she didn't seem aware of the teacher the students or the lesson taking place around her the boy remained motionless the entire time he didn't stir or react And the woman just kept rocking him her gaze fixed on nothing despite her clear visibility no one else in the room noticed her not the teacher not the students sitting with a clear view of her she

stayed in that chair for the entire lesson and when we left the room she was still sitting there dot silently rocking the child this didn't happen just once I saw her again later in the school year on another warm day I remember this detail Because I was dressed in summer clothes both times yet the boy was always bundled in heavy winter attire which made no sense this was Southern Nevada where even in winter temperatures rarely call for such clothing snow is rare and when it does happen it's fleeting to this day I have no idea

who they were or why they were there the boy was too young to have ever been a student at my school and I've never found a logical explanation for what I Saw the woman and the child were as real and solid as anyone else in that room yet they clearly didn't belong I often wonder about them why were they there what were they trying to convey or were they simply Echoes of something long past laying out in a place they once knew I may never have answers but this experience has stayed with me as Vivid

now as it was then this story is a bit complicated to tell but I'll do my best to explain It to start I should mention that I've had recurring dreams about a guardian Spirit throughout my life in these dreams he would guide me through challenges give me strength or explain things I couldn't understand while I was awake these dreams became a constant when I lived in a particular house a mobile home where I later learned someone had died for 7 years I lived away from my childhood home where I reside now during That time my

family rented a mobile home from a woman who told us her mother had passed away there she described her mother as a kind petite old woman who had been suffering from emphysema she explained that her mother had died peacefully surrounded by family with that reassurance my family didn't see any issue with moving in by the time I was 17 I was living there with my best friend while my mom and brother lived in another house on the same property at First the experiences I had in the house were gentle and unthreatening light Footsteps in the

hall the occasional flicker of lights turning on during the night I knew it was the old woman's Spirit but she never felt harmful or frightening then things began to change my my friend worked nights leaving me alone most evenings my bedroom was close to the front door and since I didn't have curtains I covered my window with posters to block anyone from seeing in Or me from seeing out it started with strange dreams in these dreams my guardian Spirit would be on the roof of the house on his hands and knees knocking as if the

roof were a door he'd say things like that's not me on the porch or don't open the door these dreams only lasted a few seconds but every time I'd wake up to loud noises outside the sound of heavy footsteps stomping on the front porch or something running and leaping onto it from the Ground at first I thought it might be a large dog but as the nights went on the disturbances became more violent The Stomping or running was followed by loud bangs on the front door or the doorknob rattling as if someone was trying to

force it open it was terrifying on top of that I'd sometimes hear Light footsteps on the tin roof adding to the fear what puzzled me was that the back door much weaker and easier to breach was never touched it was always the Front porch and front door that bore the brunt of these attacks nearly every night my guardian's spirit would return in my dreams to warn me that's not me or don't open the door when my friend was home he sometimes slept through the commotion but occasionally he'd wake up and ask what was happening I'd

whisper something like I don't know but please don't open the door or stay in my room tonight because I'm scared on those nights I clung to my Cats for Comfort they heard the noises too turning their heads toward the sound but they didn't seem particularly bothered if they were already settled they stayed relaxed which was oddly reassuring despite the terrifying activity I never once saw anything there were no Shadows through the window coverings no scratches or dents on the door door the next morning and no sign of a physical Intruder we even had a peephole

in the front door but I was too Frightened to ever get out of bed to look through it to this day I can't explain what was happening I knew it wasn't the spirit of the old woman she was gentle and I had already felt her presence inside the house whatever this was felt entirely different menacing Relentless and intent on getting in my guardian's warnings in the dreams only added to the sense that this was something dangerous something I shouldn't face Directly what do you think it could have been the lack of physical evidence makes it

even more baffling whatever it was I'm grateful I never opened the door this happened when I was about 5 or 6 months pregnant with my son living in a small trailer park with my husband Brandon it was right before we got married in a tiny town with a population of less than 2,000 in a place like that everyone knows everyone and when someone passes Away it's common knowledge nobody had died in our trailer and I'm certain we would have known if there had been a death there one cloudy afternoon somewhere between noon and 2:00 p.m.

Brandon and I were sitting on the porch steps enjoying the cool overcast weather we both love rainy days so we were outside waiting to see if the rain would start everything was calm and quiet until for no apparent reason Brandon and I both stopped stopped talking and Turned our heads at the same time toward our car our Hyundai Sonata was parked about 10 ft away on the windshield we saw them three people it wasn't like they were standing in front of the car instead their images were reflected in the glass as though they were right

there staring directly at the windshield the figures looked solid but slightly Misty probably because windshields don't make perfect mirrors there was nobody actually standing near the car yet their Images were there perfectly visible as though painted on the glass like a decal the people didn't move they stood Frozen their faces serious but with an air of boredom as if they'd been waiting a long time the first figure was an elderly man very heavy set and bald he reminded me of ex-president Taft dressed in a formal suit that looked slightly too tight around the collar his

double chin pushed out uncomfortably as though the suit had been fitted years ago when He was thinner he appeared to be about 70 years old the second figure was a woman in a bright red dress or tank top made of a silky material the red was Vivid the only color that stood out against the otherwise muted tones the dress didn't fit her properly it was too loose she was thin with stringy limp brown hair that hung down to her chest her face was angular and she had visible scars on her cheeks the kind that made

me think she might have struggled with Method Addiction in the past the third figure was another man probably a couple of years older than the woman he was thin and partially balding with a big nose and thin lips like the first man he wore a formal suit what struck me as odd was how gray both men looked as though they'd been pulled from an old black and white photograph the woman on the other hand had color in her hair and dress making her stand out even more I broke the silence babe are you seeing what

I'm Seeing Brandon nodded yeah I think so to make sure we described the figures to each other every detail we mentioned was identical there was no mistaking it we were both seeing the same three people for about 3 minutes we sat there staring at them they stayed perfectly still their images clear and unmoving then slowly they began to fade at first I tried to rationalize what I was seeing maybe it was a reflection of clouds but clouds don't have color not vivid red or Brown they're gray or white whatever we saw was no natural phenomenon

to this day I can't explain who those people were or why they appeared in our windshield they didn't seem threatening just out of place like fragments of another time or reality momentarily overlapping with ours when I was a child I often heard my name being called it always sounded like my mom but when I'd ask her what she needed she'd say she hadn't called me I Slept with my bed against the wall usually with my back to it convinced that things under the bed were waiting to grab me our dog tip yes not the most

original name would sometimes bark at night and I believed I could quiet him down by telling him to stop telepathically whether it worked or not who knows but I often ended up at the foot of my parents' bed by the end of the night without ever knowing why as I got older those childhood experiences Faded but they seemed to resurface during pivotal moments in my life one such moment was when I was pregnant with my daughter and another occurred when we visited my mom for her 75th birthday what I want to share now are the

strange events that began after we returned to Las Vegas during our visit to my mom's she graciously lent us her car so we could visit the grave of my daughter's father who had passed away before she was born Circumstances had Prevented me from taking her there before on the way we also visited the grave of a 16-year-old girl my grandmother's uncle had tragically murdered in 1832 I don't know why but I've always felt compelled to visit her grave and apologize on behalf of my family it's well known that she haunts the cemetery but that didn't

stop us when we found her grave my kids and I knelt there paying our respects my granddaughter Zoe Then asked my daughter can the little girl come home with us my daughter firmly replied no Zoe she has has to stay here but Zoe insisted she says she wants to come home with me Zoe was only three at the time and we'd never spoken about this to her how she knew about the girl is beyond me I suspect the girl may have followed us home anyway as you'll see from the events that followed in June or

July of that same Year my son Brandon and I had gone to Walmart and were driving home around 8:30 p.m. as we navigated the winding streets of our neighborhood a car started tailgating us feeling mischievous I slowed down admit it we've all done it when I pulled into our driveway I gave the driver a hand signal everyone knows no need to elaborate and he shouted something vulgar back at me here's where it gets weird as I pulled the car into the garage the door fully open before we left suddenly closed Behind us I asked Brandon

what's the matter are you scared he replied calmly no why then why did you shut the door so fast I asked I thought you did we were baffled my husband and youngest son were both inside the house one sleeping the other on the computer upstairs there was no way they could have closed it the only opener was in my truck and neither Brandon nor I had touched it the door closing on its own left us both spooked a few weeks later I was trying to quit Smoking and would step outside for a cigarette to avoid

bothering my husband who had just quit after a small heart attack one evening I unlocked the double French doors in our bedroom to step out but they wouldn't budge I tried locking and unlocking them multiple times pulling as hard as I could but the doors felt like they were being held shut frustrated I asked my husband to help he casually walked over turned the knob and opened the door with no Effort by mid October most of the strange occurrences had died down but one morning brought an experience I'll never forget it was early probably around

4:00 a.m. and I was in the kitchen waiting for my coffee on a shelf above the counter sat a stack of pictures we'd taken in Ohio during our visit to the cemeteries as I stood there several pictures suddenly slid off the shelf three of them Landing face down on the Floor in my mind I saw Vivid flashes of three images one of Brandon and my granddaughter and my mom's car at the cemetery another of the hospital where my boys were born and the third of my daughter's father's headstone when I picked up the pictures they

were exactly the ones I'd envisioned at the time I thought it was a warning about Brandon who was living on his own but on Thanksgiving Day I learned the truth my mom had been Hospitalized after nearly bleeding to death due to ulcers and a reaction to blood thinners looking back the images made sense her car the hospital and his headstone were all connected these experiences while unsettling at times have left left me more Curious than scared I'm still unsure if the girl from the cemetery came home with us or if something else has has been

trying to send messages whatever the case these events remind me How connected we are to the Unseen even if we don't always understand it this Story begins in 2008 shortly after a visit to Ohio in May of that year that summer and fall there was a lot of strange activity in our house some of which I've shared before what I want to tell now is what happened afterward during the holidays when my husband and I tried to lift my holiday Blues I tend to get homesick around the holidays so my husband always does his Best

to make things festive that year we needed a new Christmas tree because our old one a fake tree was shedding needles it was so old it was practically disintegrating we picked up a cheap replacement from Walmart but it was the ugliest thing shiny plastic need that looked fake even from across the room it was all we could afford at the time though so it had to do every year in that house we'd find broken ornaments under the tree the room was carpeted and We kept a gate across the doorway to keep the dogs out so

there was no explanation for it in the kitchen we had a wire sculpture hanging over the entrance that looked like a forest in Winter we decorated it with string lights and small ornaments plugging it into an an outlet near my son's bedroom upstairs still ornaments from that sculpture would occasionally end up broken on the floor by the kitchen as if something had knocked them off sometimes I'd wake up in the morning to find the Christmas tree lit even though I was certain I'd turned it off before going to bed my husband had also picked up

a nearly life-sized singing Santa at a garage sale it had a motion sensor and could sing eight or 10 songs though we never let it get that far it liked to start singing on its own which was enough to creep us out that Christmas after we'd finished opening presents and were cleaning up I joked what about the Ghosties did anyone get the ghosties a present no sooner had I said that when we heard a loud crash a broken ornament was lying under the wire sculpture in the kitchen we were all in the living room when

it happened unfortunately like so many others we lost our house to foreclosure and began the difficult process of moving in January by February we had found a nice rental nearby and were packing up during that month the garage door kept acting up it would Close on its own at the most unexpected times as though the house itself didn't want us to leave on the last day we were there it closed three times while we were loading up my son Jr joked our ghost friends don't want us to go I called out to the air you

guys can come with us if you want to I repeated this as I walked through each room saying goodbye to our home a few weeks after settling into the new house my husband held a garage sale I wasn't sure if our Ghost friends had followed us as I hadn't noticed anything unusual that day I sat in the back of the garage talking with my stepdaughter while my husband showed a man and his son some keyboards he was selling suddenly the garage door started coming down over the man and his son my husband ran over pulled

the boy out of the way and and lifted the door back up he apologized baffled and said he had no idea why it happened I however was Giggling to myself no one else found it funny Santa was for sale that day too but unsurprisingly no one bought him over the rest of the year there were smaller incidents the washer became unplugged on its own the light we left on for the dogs in the family room turned off by itself even though I distinctly remembered turning it on once while waiting for my coffee early in the

morning several photos we had taken in Ohio fell from a shelf in the kitchen Three of them landed on the floor face down and in my mind I saw flashes of three specific images one of Brandon and my granddaughter in my mom's car at the cemetery another of the hospital where my sons were born and the third of my daughter's father's headstone when I picked up the photos they were exactly the ones I had envisioned at the time I thought it was a warning of about Brandon but on Thanksgiving my brother called to say my

mom had nearly died From internal bleeding due to an ulcer looking back the images made sense her car the hospital and The Headstone seemed to be connected that Christmas we discovered our tree from the previous year was too small for the new house we put it in the family room by the fireplace and got a larger one for the living room my husband decorated the mantle with Garland stockings and lights plugging it all in with a remote controlled extension cord for Convenience one day after cleaning and mopping the living room floor we went upstairs to

let it dry suddenly we heard a loud thump followed by Santa singing my son Brandon called out to the motion sensing Santa trying to trigger it again but nothing happened until Santa turned toward him and started singing well the weather outside is frightful Brandon threw up his hands and ran back upstairs while I laughed until I cried my husband ever the skeptic went down and unplugged Santa calling it a coincidence throughout the season the Christmas trees continued to mysteriously turn on by themselves one morning as I sipped coffee at 2:45 a.m. I watched the family

room tree suddenly light up Brandon had just come home and we looked for the remote only to find it buried under two baseball caps on top of the unplugged water cooler my husband claimed it must have been interference from garage door openers or or radio waves sure that year As I placed small crocheted stockings on the tree I told our ghost friends these are for you please don't break any ornaments this year they didn't it was October 19th 2009 and the Desert Wind had been howling for the last 24 hours a typical occurrence for this

time of year in Las Vegas but what wasn't typical were the strange sounds we heard that night along with something my daughter claimed to have seen now I can't stop wondering what it all could Mean I'd love to hear any theories it started late that evening I was just drifting off to sleep when I suddenly heard a male voice whisper hello right into my ear the sound seemed to move starting behind my ear and sweeping toward my face like someone rushing past me in the dark startled I sat up and looked toward the bedroom door

my son Brandon was standing there looking uneasy did you hear that he asked hear what I replied someone's screaming he Said or maybe a loud moan Brandon explained that he had been downstairs in the kitchen with his brother Jr when he heard it The Sound seemed to come from the backyard and since our bedroom window faces that direction he thought maybe my husband and I were watching a horror movie it was October after all but we weren't watching anything like that my husband was sleeping with the television on as usual but the show playing was

nothing remotely spooky I Asked Brandon and Jr to describe what they heard but they couldn't quite put it into words it was like a scream Brandon said but not really I suggested that the wind might be carrying sounds from outside or maybe it was just someone in the neighborhood messing around in their backyard they heard it two more times before they went to bed around 3:15 a.m. I was getting my work clothes from the laundry room when I heard it myself it's hard to describe but the best comparison I can think of is the sound

someone makes when they're pinched sharp high-pitched and quick like an Abrupt ah I froze trying to figure out where it was coming from it sounded like it came from the patio right outside the family room window curious I decided to investigate at first I thought it might be a cat but our dogs who usually go berserk at the sight of the neighborhood cat were lying Calmly on the couch wide awake but not nervous I didn't hear any scraping nothing was blowing around and there was no sign of a cat I walked through the backyard peeking

over fences but the whole neighborhood seemed quiet and empty I was at a loss the next day I told my daughter about the strange sound she listened intently and then said that's weird because I saw a little girl last night I felt a chill she explained that she had been in the living room When she went to the kitchen for a glass of water as she glanced down the hall she saw a little girl standing at the corner where my granddaughter Zoe's room is assuming it was Zoe she told her to go back to bed

and went about getting her water but on her way back to the living room she saw the girl again this time peeking around the corner curious she placed her glass on the counter and walked into Zoe's room to check Zoe was sound asleep snoring and even drooling Even a 4-year-old kid fake a snore my daughter said but they don't fake slobber Leslie then asked me what time did the boys hear the noise I told her you first she said around 10:30 that was the same time Brandon and Jr had heard the sound in the backyard

now I can't help but Wonder did we all experience the same thing in different ways did we encounter separate phenomena that happened to occur at the same time or was it all just coincidence whatever the Case when I moved to Vegas and lived in some old military housing on base strange things started happening my brother had been complaining about being choked in his sleep he said he felt a heavy weight pressing down on him pinning him to the bed and cutting off his air at the same time my computer began acting up it would turn

on by itself and I'd hear the sound of typing before it opened Microsoft Word half jokingly I told my Brother Maybe maybe we have ghosts yours is the bad one and mine's the good one like yin and yang the reason I called mine good was because of an experience I had one day while I was homesick from school I was lying in bed with the windows closed the door shut and the air conditioning off just as I was about to drift off I felt a powerful gust of air hit my face my hair blew back

and my whole body went cold and numb my ears popped and when I opened my eyes I Looked around freaking out my body tingled like the sensation you get when your limbs fall asleep I tried to calm myself and go back to sleep but it happened again a second Rush of air the same cold tingling feeling and my ears popping at the same time my computer turned on again annoyed and tired I finally said aloud let me sleep for crying out loud after that it stopped and I fell asleep to this day I'm not sure

what that was part of me thinks it Was trying to tell me something or maybe even trying to possess me yet despite the cold and the strange occurrences I always felt safe in my room the presence whatever it was never scared me in fact hearing my name called in those moments made me smile rather than feel afraid during this time my brother continued having nightmares and episodes of being choked or held down in his sleep I remember one night standing in his room as he cried and thrashed in His bed Strangely I felt a comfortable

presence in the room with me and I couldn't help but smile even as he struggled I believed it was my good spirit watching over me eventually the presents left I think it happened because I let negativity take over my life I made poor choices and got into bad habits and whatever had been with me seemed to disappear recently I started talking to a Wiccan friend who has become my mentor we've developed a Unique connection we can sense each other's emotions without even speaking it's hard to explain but it's like a spiritual link between us this

weekend I watched Paranormal Activity and found myself wondering what I would do if the strange events from my past started happening again innocently I thought about wanting to experience it once more now that I'm older and more Curious 2 days later my Wiccan friend told me she was experiencing a haunting At her house she described hearing a voice calling her name and objects falling from her bed her description of the The Voice worried me it sounded just like the one I used to hear that day I couldn't shake the feeling that it was connected to

me the next morning I called my boyfriend and told him about my concerns as I started explaining I heard a strange voice on the phone it didn't sound human more like a snarl mixed with unintelligible words the only Thing I could barely make out was what sounded like the sww the voice was faint but persistent cutting through the call like background noise on his side of the phone I asked him if someone was in the room with him or if he had something playing in the background but he insisted he was alone and there was

nothing on he couldn't hear the voice at all and started asking if I was okay the voice would grow louder when he spoke and quieter when he stopped something About it made me feel deeply unsettled and I started crying when I finally told him what was happening The Voice disappeared now I'm wondering if the same entity or energy from my past has returned and if it's affecting not just me but those around me I want to spend the night at my Wiccan friend's house to see if the activity has anything to do with me if

it's the same thing it seems to harm people around me but never me directly years ago I promised myself That if this ever happened again I would try to figure out what it was now that it's happening I'm determined to keep that promise sorry to interrupt if you're enjoying the story let me know in the comments and tell me where you're watching from don't forget to like And subscribe for more my name is lesie I'm 27 years old and I live in Las Vegas my family moved here from Ohio when I was 10 my mom

stepdad and two little brothers The Experience I'm about to share happened shortly after I turned 13 and it's something I'll never forget for a little background my biological father John lesie passed away on September 7th 1982 I was born just a few weeks later on September 27th so I never got to meet him growing up all I ever heard was how much I looked and acted like him it was a Saturday night and I was feeling unusually tired so I decided to go to bed early I followed my usual routine Brushed my teeth grabbed a

drink of water and flopped into bed for some reason I always looked at :00 before going to sleep it was 10:52 p.m. I closed my eyes and began to drift off but a few minutes later I heard someone enter my room I assumed it was my mom checking on me I wasn't exactly a model kid at the time so I figured she was making sure I hadn't snuck out or gotten into trouble but when I turned to look it wasn't my mom it was a man I'd never Seen before in my life closing the door

behind him he had dark medium length hair a black Harley-Davidson t-shirt dirty blue jeans and black boots Strangely I wasn't scared in fact I felt calm almost happy to see him though I couldn't explain why he walked over to my bed and sat on the edge just looking at me for what felt like a long time then he gently stroked my cheek with the back of his fingers his voice was calm and warm as he spoke you should be more Respectful to your mom he said she's having a hard time with you he paused then

added I love you very much and I want you to tell your mom that I love her too and miss her more than she could ever know at the time I had no idea what he meant but it didn't matter I was so comfortable and at peace that I couldn't move or even respond it felt like hours passed as he sat there stroking my face and we just stared at each other then he leaned in kissed my forehead and said Good night Petey the name pety jolted me my mom used to call me that when

I was little as soon as he closed the door behind him I sat straight up in bed wide-eyed that's when I noticed the clock it still read 10:52 p.m. even more strange the side of my face where he had stroked me wasn't warm as it should have been instead it was ice cold like I'd been holding an ice pack against it for too long freaked out I went into the kitchen grabbed one of my mom's Cigarettes and started scrubbing the grout and tile with a toothbrush and bleach anything to keep myself distracted I was crying

the whole time trying to make sense of what had just happened when my mom woke up around 3:00 a.m. I told her everything by the time I finished she was in tears too she said that man who came to see you was your father I didn't believe her at first so she went to her closet and pulled out an old Bible with a zippered cover inside Were pictures of a man I'd never seen before a man who looked exactly like the one who had been in my room that's your dad she said he came to

visit you don't be scared he loves you and I guess he thought you were old enough not to freak out she smiled a little as she added guess he was wrong huh I love my mom I haven't had another experience like that since though I've had other strange occurrences over the years what's really cool though is that my daughter Zoe Who's now five has a few Imaginary Friends one of them is named John when Zoe was about two she described JN to me and it gave me chills her description matched exactly how I described my

dad she says he kisses her on the forehead before she goes to sleep sometimes cool huh I'm a serious 17-year-old so please don't dismiss what I'm about to share just because of my age a couple of years ago I went through a really tough time after finding out my father was Dying what I'm going to tell you is part of a two-sided story this is the good side during that time time there was a dark presence in our house everyone even the dog could feel it I've always been sensitive to spirits and this one made

me sick I couldn't sleep at night and even during the day I could barely function 3 days into this nightmare my room changed it became a sanctuary a place where I could finally Breathe Again the overwhelming freedom I felt When I was there was incredible though I didn't understand why even my mom noticed it and said the dark feeling seemed to to leave the house entirely but the sense of Peace in my room stayed for months one day I was in my room probably reading or drawing when I got up and saw a man standing

by my closet he wasn't scary in fact I knew right away that he was the reason for the calm in my room I didn't feel fear just a sense of comfort that I hadn't felt in Weeks I only got a glimpse of him but his image is burned into my memory he was tall probably over 6 ft with dark brown hair and dark eyes he looked middle-aged and slightly scruffy like he hadn't shaved in a day or two I'd never seen him before in my life I described him to my mom because she knows a

lot about ghosts but she didn't recognize him either I saw him a few more times always near my closet door he never gave me that unsettling someone's watching me Feeling instead his presence felt protective he was like a calm steady presence in our chaotic lives even my family noticed the comfort he brought though my dad oddly didn't seem to like him one morning I saw him by the Olive Tree in our backyard he was standing there facing the house around 7:00 a.m. when I went to grab breakfast my mom was in the kitchen too so

I told her to look out the window not saying why in case he wasn't there and I'd look foolish but She saw him too all she said was that's him I just rolled my eyes and said no dumb mom but I was relieved she'd seen him too the last time anyone saw him was my mom I'd been having trouble sleeping again and it was around 11:00 p.m. she was walking past my room on her way to the bathroom when she saw him sitting on the edge of my bed he looked like he was watching over

me she said he was wearing old army drab clothing and I looked incredibly peaceful like I hadn't had a Single worry after that he was around off and on for the next 3 years I grew so used to him that I could tell the moment I walked into a room whether he was there I'd talk to him tell him stories and even though he never responded I could feel that he was listening he became like a friend silent but always present when I needed him now he's gone and I miss him terribly it's been about

a year since he left and it feels like I've lost a part of Myself I've always had trouble sleeping and been scared of the dark but with him around those fears melted away he felt like a guardian someone who br brought peace to a chaotic time in my life even my mom and sisters miss him the things in my house now are driving me up the wall and without him I feel lost I don't know if he'll ever come back I've asked him to many times has he moved on is he gone for good I

feel selfish for wanting him back but at the same time I feel Like a lost little kid without him do you think he'll return or has he done what he needed to do and moved on to wherever Spirits go I miss my ghostly friend more than I can put into words it might sound silly but it's how I feel I think my guardian appeared because of what was happening with my dad my faant the best person and for a time he had an angry ghost stalking him I don't know exactly why but I always felt

it was connected to the way he had Lived his life his anger and the way he treated people this presence was utterly terrifying for everyone in the house including the dog I was the first first one to see it it was a dark shadow hunched over on my dad's bed elbows resting on its knees just waiting that's all it ever did wait it followed my dad everywhere but never physically harmed anyone still it's presence was enough to fill the house with Dread none of us could stand being alone in the house When it was around

once my sisters and I spent the night away and my parents were left alone they started talking about the presence in the front room both of my parents have always been very in tune with ghosts far more so than I've ever been even with my sensitivity they'd noticed the ghost following my dad just as I had and my Dad decided to test its limits he convinced my mom to race it to his bedroom at first my mom was hesitant Afraid like the rest of us but with some prodding she agreed they ran down the hallway

together but the ghost moved faster it passed through both of them and beat them to the bedroom having this entity go through you was horrifying my mom burst into tears immediately I had only experienced it once myself and the Despair and cold it brought with it were overwhelming it was like all the warmth and hope in the world were sucked out in an instant despite this the ghost never Hurt us physically it was just there always waiting always watching the present stayed until my dad couldn't take it anymore in a fit of anger he banished

it from the house my dad's word was oddly powerful when it came to the Supernatural and for some reason it worked I'd seen it before with another ghost I had befriended who had also been banned from the property for reasons I don't fully understand my dad's commands were like law ghosts Couldn't cross the property line without significant effort or my mom's help looking back I wonder if the ghost was more than just an angry Spirit my dad was dying during this time and I can't help but think it might have been something else entirely could

it have been a collector or maybe even a grim reaper of sorts it didn't hurt us but its presence set all of us on edge the only person it truly seemed to affect was my dad who Was absolutely terrified of it I'm left wondering if it came for him waiting for the right moment or if it was a manifestation of something darker tied to his life whatever it was it never gave us answers only questions I lost my fiance on July 9th 2010 he was the love of my life my teenage sweetheart the first man

who told me I love you and the one I made plans to spend forever with we started dating When We Were Young and after only a few Months he asked me to marry him though life pulled us apart several times over the last last 12 years we always found our way back to each other our connection was intense and undeniable I could always sense when he was in the room and when I turned around there he'd be we finally reunited last July after 5 years apart both of us more mature and ready to commit we

spoke every day about marriage and building a life together beautiful babies and all the night Before he passed he was especially tender he told me that one day we'd reach a point where we could communicate psychically with each other I never thought it would happen after his death losing him has been the hardest thing I've ever endured when his mother called me to tell me the news I was in shock together the two women who loved him most clung to each other in a house full of government officials just doing their job at first I

couldn't bring myself to see him but after his mom went in I gathered my Courage the room was icy cold as I approached him placing my hand on his head I felt the lifeless chill of his body and a strong sense washed over me he wasn't there anymore he was free I told him in that moment that his body was just a shell and that he was now Beyond this world I was calm then but the shock soon returned and the numbness settled in for days after I struggled to Accept that he was gone I'd

catch myself thinking I could just pick up the phone and call him when the realization hit it felt like a tidal wave of grief and I wondered how I could go on at times I still feel like I have nothing to live for though I'm learning to manage life without him the first sign that he was still with me came during an animal medicine card reading with his father whom I met for the first time at the funeral his father told me that as a Child my fiance always picked the otter card from the deck

I shuffled the 72 cards thoroughly feeling A tingle in my fingertips as I laid them out of course I picked the otter card the second sign came during meditation as tears streamed down my face I felt his fingertips brush my skin and his familiar scent f the air as though he were right there beside me since then I've smelled his scent often a comforting reminder of his presence then came the dreams and Visions one night I woke up to hear faint beeping and cracking sounds in my room like a machine there was an electric charge

in the air like tiny currents running all around me at the foot of my bed stood my fiance I couldn't see his features just his silhouette but I knew it was him he stood perfectly still in the same pose as a photo photo of him that sits by my bed but he looked as he did when he passed filled out and older I Desperately tried to reach out to him but each time I did my spirit seemed to leave my body before snapping back at one point I fully left my body only to feel myself

being pulled toward the closet by an unseen Force terrified I forced myself back to my body waking up gasping for air with my heart pounding some of the Visions have been scary but not all I often see vibrant blue flashes of light sometimes with a white center they're unlike the white flashes I've Seen since childhood these blue flashes which started after his passing can be as large as 3 ft in diameter and linger for moments at a time in my bedroom I'll feel his energy moving rapidly around me when I acknowledge it the energy slows

almost as though he's excited to know I can sense him I'll ask him to calm down and it settles into one spot it feels like he's trying so hard to communicate like an eager child or puppy the most comforting signs are the smaller ones I Feel his presence at work and in Quiet Moments I believe he's learning and healing on the other side Guided by a Stern teacher who watches over him he's resting from the struggles of his life and I feel he's happy now waiting for me to join him one day but some days

are unbearable I miss him so much that it feels like I could explode from the ache of not being with him I know this life is just a small Drop in the Ocean of Eternity but right Now my drop feels like a Rushing River with no Outlet I've considered seeing a medium to help bridge the gap but I haven't found the right one yet I've asked him to send me a sign when I do until then I wait holding on to the belief that he's with me even when I can't see or feel him clearly

I know he's waiting for me and that gives me strength I just hope one day the connection becomes clearer this story is based on correspondence Between my friend Garrett McGee known as rook and me regarding my son Brandon's experiences with what he believes to be a spirit connected to him with everyone's permission I've preserved the conversation as closely as possible to give full context December 27th 2010 me hi Rook hope your Christmas was great hey I have a favor to ask my son Brandon feels like he has an entity around him and he thinks it's

a friend of his who passed away a few years ago could you do A view for him I've already asked if he's okay with it and he said yes do you need more info or would you rather get your own Impressions Rook I'd rather go off my own Impressions it makes for better validation points give me through the New Year I'm busy with work and family but I'll fit it in me that's great no rush I totally understand the holiday chaos January 1st 2011 Rook here are my validation points red t-shirts and blue jean shorts

sandy blonde hair On the darker side of that color appears to be 7 to 9 years old though this might refer to a learning disability or ADHD like my youngest son making him act younger a name that sounds like Shawn or John if this connects then Brandon is correct it's his friend his friend wants to say goodbye but feels frustrated because he can't be understood he doesn't fully understand why he has to say goodbye he just knows he does me Rook your spot on the description of the Clothes hair color and even the name John

fits JN is actually my daughter Leslie's fiance and their household is a Full House Brandon Jr Leslie John and two granddaughters they're a goofy lot so the young Behavior tracks too also John is the name of Leslie's father who passed away before she was born he loves hanging around the grandbabies so you may have picked up on him as well from what I understand there are a few presences with them one bothering Jr's Girlfriend one attached to Jr from our old house Leslie's dad the friend hanging around Brandon I'll let Brandon know what you found

and we'll work on helping Paul find Peace by the way I think the name Shawn might connect to Paul's little brother who passed a year or so before him from a brain tumor his brother was 13 or 14 but acted younger due to the illness the those poor parents lost both sons within 2 years Paul was murdered shot in the Back while trying to get away from attackers Brandon feels guilty because he'd asked Paul to go to the movies that night but cancelled is it okay to post this correspondence I think sharing it might help

others Brandon agreed by the way an interesting point Brandon thought the clothing description was about him but when he visited Paul's dad's Facebook page he found photos of Paul's little brother weing red t-shirts and blue jean Shorts in several pictures that must be who you picked up on do you think Paul and his brother are both here or is the brother trying to help Paul cross over maybe the brother came for Paul when he passed but couldn't get him to go with him Rook Brandon is likely the key to helping Paul cross over being young

he's closer to the veil and can sense his friend more easily Paul's brother is trying to help him but Paul seems unable to believe he's truly gone the shadow Person Brandon encountered may be an elder Spirit trying to guide the process using its limited energy to manifest the next time Brandon feels Paul's presence he could visit Paul's grave site or use photos of it that might help Paul connect to his passing and move on you already have the answers just follow your heart family connections often hold the key January 3rd 2011 me just a followup

the activity in brand lesli and Jr's apartment has Increased dramatically since December 31st especially on January 2nd I'm gathering more details to submit it might be related to our correspondence or possibly something else going on with Shel Jr's girlfriend friend cool huh this correspondence highlights the layers of spirit interactions in my family's life and the steps we're taking to help bring peace to those still lingering it's amazing how connected we all are even across the Veil let me know What you think throughout my life every house I've lived in has been haunted in some way

even the one I live in now but the most recent and Vivid experiences stand out as some of the most unsettling the first time something significant happened was shortly after we moved from Incline Village to Sparks I was about 7 years old and my parents had gone out to run errands leaving me home alone after school I spent most of my time in my Mom's room watching TV her room was small divided by her queen-sized bed when you walked in the bed was on the right and farther to the right were mirrored sliding closet doors

reflecting everything in the room that day I was already feeling uneasy I'd been watching spooky shows like Are You Afraid of the Dark and documentaries about mummies suddenly I heard the door to my mom's room slowly Creek open assuming it was my parents I called out to my mom but it Wasn't her the door opened all the way and a tall woman walked in she was Caucasian with a strange towel wrapped around her head like she might have been undergoing cancer treatment she didn't acknowledge me or make a sound terrified I jumped off the bed

landed on the floor near the mired closet doors and stayed there lying flat watching her through the reflection the woman walked to the end of the bed and stood there looking Toward the door that led to the backyard then to my horror she sat down on the bed I could see the bed visibly sink under her weight and hear the Springs Creek she stayed there for what felt like minutes completely still then as I blinked she stood up walked to the backyard door and disappeared through it I couldn't move I was frozen completely unable to

lift even a finger I wanted to scream or get up but it felt like something heavy was pressing down on me I stayed in that exact spot for about an hour only managing to move when my parents came home that was the first time I saw her the next time I saw her was years later after we had moved to another neighborhood in Sparks about a 15-minute walk from our old house this is the home where I still live today I was around 12 years old at the time coming home from school on my scooter

that day had been terrible I'd gotten into a fight with my Best friend and was in a sour mood as I approached my street I reached the small hill where you can see my house I started racing down picking up speed trying to shake off my bad day but as I passed my neighbor's house everything suddenly changed time slowed to a crawl everything around me turned black and white as if the world had been drained of color it was so slow that I had time to think what is happening when I reached the part of

the yard where there Was a tree almost in the center I saw her again the same woman in white she was walking behind the tree in the direction I had just come from I watched her Disappear Completely behind the tree and the moment she vanished from sight the world snapped back to normal full speed full color thrown off balance I crashed hard into the curb in front of my house that was the last time I saw her but I still think about those two encounters who was she what did she want Her presence was unsettling

but not outright threatening just deeply strange even now I can't make sense of it last summer my family and I moved into a new house from the very beginning I felt like someone was watching me we're not the first people to live here probably the second or third family but I didn't think much of it at first I'm 13 years old and while strange little things have happened to me throughout my life I never considered them Paranormal Looking Back Now I realized they were far from normal on my 13th birthday last September a few months

after moving in my friends and I decided to try a Ouija board I know it's dark and dangerous but we didn't care at the time we just thought it would be fun while playing I learned that two Spirits were supposedly living in my room at the time it seemed cool and I didn't think much of it we chatted with a few Spirits got bored and eventually stopped one of My friends said we were supposed to break the board into seven pieces after using it so we destroyed it and went to bed over the following months

strange things started happening in my room one day after school I was sitting at my desk doing homework my door which had been clicked shut and locked suddenly swung open by itself then slowly closed again I froze I thought it might be my brother playing a prank so I called out his name but no one answered I checked The house and realized I was home alone a little sh I went back to my homework trying to brush it off a few weeks later something even stranger happened it was around 2 or 3 a.m. and I

was at my desk chatting with friends on Facebook when I heard a soft sound right next to my ear it was like someone Whispering E I tried to ignore it and kept typing but then the sound moved to my other ear louder this time I looked up and the sound grew even louder as if it were moving upward Toward the ceiling it transformed from e to ah and as it faded it changed again to T the entire event lasted less than a minute but I sat there stunned to me it sounded like someone was saying

eat trying to make sense of it I went downstairs and had some food though I'm not sure why I thought that was the right thing to do about a week ago I was home alone again while the rest of my family was out running errands I was getting ready to visit a friend and went To my bathroom to hang up a towel before taking a shower after leaving the lights on in the bathroom I returned to my room to grab some clothes while looking through my closet I realized I could hear the shower running confused

I walked back to the bathroom and saw that the lights were off and the water was on I hadn't touched the faucet by now I was somewhat used to the strange things happening around me so I just Shrugged it off and Took my shower recently I went on a vacation with my family before we left left I stood in my doorway and jokingly told the ghosts they were welcome to come with me if they wanted while sitting alone in my aunt's living room a few days later I heard a soft sigh I looked up but

no one was around so I went back to reading a few seconds later I heard faint tapping like someone drumming their fingernails on the table in front of me I ignored it but then a Loud annoyed sigh came directly into my ear startled I jumped up and looked around but again there was no one there I'm not sure what's going on these Spirits don't seem harmful but they're definitely making their presence known these are the strongest paranormal experiences I've ever had and while they might not be as dramatic as some stories I've read they've left

me wondering should I let them stay or should I be worried I lived in the same house from The time I was 2 until I was 17 over the years I had countless experiences there that I truly believe were paranormal at first I thought the activity might be connected to the senior care center across the street the center was run by a younger woman and it wasn't unusual to see fir trucks or even coroner Vans parked there due to the resident's health and passing my theory was that some of these Spirits wandered around after passing

and stumbled upon My house it seemed like a reasonable explanation at the time recently however I learned that the previous owners of the house had ties to the Mob whether the activity was tied to them the Care Center or something else entirely I can't say what I do know is that my family and I experienced things that were far beyond the ordinary the house had three bedrooms mine my parents and a computer room my room was directly across from my parents and the computer Room was next to mine from a young age I hated the

computer room something about about it fell off and I'd often run past it to avoid lingering in its presence when I was about 10 I started hearing typing in the computer room late at night my parents would already be in bed but I'd creep out of my room to check thinking maybe one of them had gotten up the room would always be empty and dark the moment I stood in the doorway the typing would stop only to start up again Once I returned to my room at first I tried to rationalize it one time I

heard my dad turn turning the pages of a newspaper in his room and thought maybe that was the source of the sound but when I heard the typing while my dad was out of town that explanation fell apart As I Grew Older I started spending more time in the computer room like any teenager glued to the internet one afternoon while I was reading something online I saw a shadow out of the corner Of my eye a tall man wearing a top hat walked past the room and disappeared into my bedroom at that point I'd never

seen anything paranormal and it terrified me there was no noticeable change in temperature or any particular energy but I know what I saw that wasn't my only experience in the computer room one night while reading scary stories online I felt a cold touch on the back of my neck my heart raced as I spun around but no one was there the touch Wasn't freezing or painful but it was distinctly cooler than human skin that was the first and only time I physically felt anything paranormal and it was the last time I read scary stories in

that room at night the dining room held its own share of strange events one afternoon I was lying on the couch watching TV when the remote fell off my stomach while it could have been gravity it felt oddly deliberate a few days later I was sitting in the dining room With my best friend telling her about the incident when the handle for the blinds flicked hard against the blinds by itself there was no air conditioning on and nothing else could have caused it my friend and I exchanged wide-eyed looks and quickly decided to leave the

room another time my parents and I were watching a perfect storm in the living room the dining room chandelier which had a knob for dimming and brightening started behaving strangely it would Gradually dim grow brighter and then turn off entirely it wasn't flickering but cycling through brightness levels as if someone were adjusting the knob my dad who was incredibly practical finally addressed it okay whatever you are we believe in you go away now he said clearly unnerved the light continued its Antics for another 45 seconds before stopping completely when I was about 13 I had

one of my most unsettling encounters I woke up in the middle of The night to use the bathroom as I returned to my room my eyes were drawn to the hallway leading to the garage at the end of the hallway I saw a misty white figure swaying back and forth it wasn't fully human but not entirely inhuman either I could make out arms and legs but its form was Jagged with each sway it got closer I rubbed my eyes thinking I was imagining it but it was still there panicked I ran to my parents' room

and slept on their floor But the scariest experience of All Happened One Night while I was asleep I've always kept my room door open and my closet door shut sometime in the night I heard my mom's voice whisper my name harshly ra half asleep and facing the wall I mumbled hm but then she called my name again with the same urgency Ru this time I turned over and my heart sank my mom was standing in the doorway staring at me she didn't say a word just looked at me with eyes that Were otherworldly and full

of malice I immediately knew it wasn't her she simply stood there for a moment before Vanishing the next morning I asked my mom if she had come into my room during the night she hadn't that night left me shaken in a way no other experience ever had to this day I can't explain it but I'll never forget how terrifying it was I'm not exactly sure when I started smelling ghosts but I do remember noticing strange scents as a kid I'd Smell things no one else could onions cooking flowers blooming in the dead of winter unfamiliar

perfumes my mom never used any due to allergies and some sometimes even apple pie in the middle of the night back then I thought it was just my imagination since that's what I was told as I got older my interest in the Paranormal grew and I realized I wasn't alone in experiencing these Phantom scents I discovered the term Clare aliens which describes the ability To sense Spirits through smell over the years I've had some memorable encounters that highlight this unique gift when we lived in the house from my Christmas ghosy Story I would often smell

an earthy campfire likee scent of an open fire even in the summer when lighting a fire in the Mojave Desert would be insane burning was prohibited anyway due to Drought when we moved to our next house I occasionally smelled something I can only describe as burnt roses like The scent of a snuffed Out rose scented candle this year on my dad's birthday Father's Day and the anniversary of his passing I smelled Old Spice his favorite aftershave my husband doesn't use it and we had no visitors on those days it was a clear and distinct reminder

of him in late winter around February or March I started waking up to the scent of cherry blossoms this went on for a couple of weeks so I walked around the neighborhood to investigate but it was Far too early in the year for anything to be blooming every night I'd wake up to the scent and sniff everything my husband the sheets my pajamas even my dog and yes I checked my armpits too two eventually I'd give up and wander the house sometimes on my hands and knees sniffing the carpet like a blood hound one night

I stayed up late because I didn't have work the next day here's what I posted in a discussion group the next morning I stayed up last night way Past my bedtime I was lying on my stomach right hand tucked under me left arm above my head facing left when I glanced at the clock it was 2:07 a.m. we live in a gated community for older folks so we often leave some windows open a few minutes later I heard two men laughing and talking outside along with a small dog barking I got up to investigate my

chihuahua following me as I watched him trying not to trip over him I noticed little black blobs about His size darting around my groggy brain thought wow Shadow puppies the blobs frolicked with my dog running up and down the hall when I got to the living room the blobs were jumping on furniture and creating chaos I yelled how many of you are there suddenly I felt a small bang against my stomach it was like a child had slammed into me wrapping their arms around my waist I looked down and saw the top of a child's

head their face Buried in my elbow as I hugged them I stroked their hair and asked who are you a muffled voice said something like Roshan I guessed roxan as I said the name I opened my eyes and realized I was back in bed in the same position the the clock read 2:16 a.m. later I researched a name connected to roxan and discovered the tragic story of a young girl abducted murdered and left under a blackberry bush I believe the scent I'd been smelling was Blackberry blossoms a connection to her final moments the most recent

experience happened a couple of weeks ago while I was cutting my hair in the bathroom I started smelling a foul odor that quickly became overwhelming I turned on the exhaust fan but it didn't help the smell lasted for 2 to 3 hours leaving me gagging at times I went to the store with my son and daughter and by the time we returned the smell was gone later while I was dying my hair my husband Noticed something odd the door to the hot water heater closet was wide open and the pilot light had gone out this

door has a slide bar lock so it shouldn't have opened on its own there was no wind that day and our dogs who would normally alert us to any intruder had slept soundly there were no workers around no drains in use and no trash to account for the smell if this was an entity some might say it was malevolent but I didn't feel fear I was more Curious than anything else trying to piece together what had happened whatever it was it certainly made its presence known this is my first ghost story entry and I'm so

excited to share it I haven't had many experiences but the ones I've had were in my opinion fascinating this took place about 10 or 12 years ago I'm not entirely sure it was sometime between 1999 and 2002 back when I was still in high school I lived With my family my mom dad younger brother and two baby sisters our house was small just one story with four bedrooms well technically three since my room had been converted from the garage my dad is a carpenter back then I was a typical teenager more interested in hang out

with friends than anything else I didn't give much thought to the Paranormal and didn't particularly believe in it the first odd occurrences were things my mom told me about Knickknacks would fall off shelves even ones pushed to the back doors would shut on their own and the TV would turn on and off by itself I just Shrugged it off giving my mom an oh really kind of response ghosts I wasn't convinced then one night I stayed home home by myself my parents had gone to California to visit my grandparents taking my siblings with them I

stayed back because I liked having the house to myself as a side note that night we got robbed my dad Being a carpenter had a shed full of tools in the backyard when my family came home the next day everything was gone the thought of someone sneaking around outside while I was inside the house alone creeps me out even more than the events I'm about to describe that night I decided to sleep on the couch in the living room room so I could watch TV I never sleep without the TV on plus the living room

had air conditioning unlike my converted garage room and it was a Hot Vegas night I was just dozing off when I heard my brother's bedroom door Creek open the sound was unnerving a long slow Creek followed by the door gently closing as if someone was trying not to make noise I froze for a moment but I convinced myself it was just the air kicking on and went back to sleep in the middle of the night I woke up to find the TV off I panicked fumbling for the remote to turn it back on I'm terrified

of the dark and also Claustrophobic so complete darkness feels suffocating to me once the TV was back on I managed to fall asleep again the next morning I woke up around 7 to the sound of voices and shuffling in the hallway relieved I assumed my family was back and that my dad who hates leaving the TV on had turned it off feeling safe I went back to sleep when I woke up again at 11:00 the house was silent confused I checked around and realized my family hadn't come home yet that was When I started to

believe something unusual was happening on another night I was sleeping in my little sister's bed I seemed to sleep everywhere except my own room when I sat up frustrated about getting comfortable as I adjusted myself I heard a little girl gasp right in my face it was so close that I could almost imagine her face there another time I was in the same room with my brother who was sleeping in the other bed we were Joking around before falling asleep when we both heard a strange sound it was like an old man Breathing heavily passing

over us and fading away these strange happenings continued for about 2 weeks then on the final night something remarkable happened that night I was sleeping in my brother's room while he slept on a mattress on the floor my mom and middle sister were in the bed where I'd heard the little girl's gasp and my baby sister was in her own bed in the Same room my mom and sister were talking quietly before settling down to sleep suddenly my mom heard a soft high-pitched moaning almost like singing right in her ear thinking it was my sister

she didn't react until my sister whispered mommy did you hear that terrified my mom opened her eyes but could barely bring herself to move when she finally turned to look there was nothing there I was awake in my brother's room and heard the whole thing My mom came down the hallway peeking into the room before walking in and shutting off our ceiling fan mom what are you doing it's hot I complained did you hear that she asked hear what that's singing my brother and I both said yeah wasn't that you guys no she said whatever

it was it was right in my ear that was the last night anything ever happened in that house not a single whisper whisper or odd sound after that thinking back I wonder if everything the TV the singing the noises was the little girl trying to get our attention maybe that final night when she was acknowledged she finally moved on why did it happen so intensely for a couple of weeks and then sto completely now that I'm older I wish I could have appreciated what was going on more fully it was truly remarkable and I'll never

forget it sorry to interrupt if you're enjoying the story let me know in the comments And tell me where you're watching from don't forget to like And subscribe for more some years ago my children and I visited the grave site of a young girl who had been tragically murdered by my fraternal grandmother's Uncle In 1832 I had always felt compelled to pay my respects to her as I don't believe anyone in my family ever did at the time I took a small piece of Slate from the site not knowing then that it's considered disrespectful to

take Anything from grave the girl's grave now has a beautiful marble headstone as the original was repeatedly vandalized and stolen some broken fragments of the original still remain around the new one when we eventually lost our house and had to move I would occasionally return to check on it each time I'd go through the cupboards closets and cabinets to make sure I hadn't left anything behind in the master bathroom there was a small cupboard above the toilet with a shelf On underneath it was always empty I had hung my jacket on some hooks near the

bathroom window when we came back from Ohio once and the little Stone from the grave site was in the jacket pocket before moving I washed everything checked all pockets and thought I had placed the stone in my jewelry box I didn't think much about it after that a few months later I suddenly found myself wondering where that stone had gone I searched through everything I owned Jackets purses jewelry boxes but it was nowhere to be found I felt so upset for losing it especially since it had such significance to me that same morning we learned

the house had been sold so we went back one last time to check on it as usual I went through my routine of checking every cabinet and cupboard in the master bathroom on the shelf above the toilet where nothing had ever been there was the stone spotless and sitting as if it had just been placed there what Struck me was that there was no dust on it or under it despite the Shelf being Dusty it was as though it had appeared out of nowhere I was so stunned I picked it up and waved it at

my son Brandon exclaiming do you know what this is do you know what this is his confused expression was priceless and when I explained he said what the hell I've tried to write this off as a coincidence but it's hard to ignore what happened let me tell you more months later I Turned the stone into to a pendulum it worked beautifully and I even received clear answers from her when we planned a trip to Alcatraz I decided to take her with me for protection the night before I told her my plan and she hesitantly swung

the pendulum in agreement I reassured her she would be fine and wore the stone around my neck the next morning on our way to San Francisco we stopped at a Jack In The Box while in the restroom I realized the stone had Slipped out of the necklace and was gone I was devastated I searched everywhere the toilet the car under the car and all around but it was nowhere to be found back home I retraced my steps in the driveway the bathroom and even places I hadn't been in a while I reluctantly accepted that she

was gone for good though I kept asking her to come back then on September 26th I was sitting at my computer when my husband grabbed a pop from his cooler near my desk he bent Down picked something up and placed it on my desk asking what's this thing it was her there she was back in my hands this happened back when I was in high school my friends Melanie Lauren Freddy Ash my best friend and I decided to skip one of our classes across the street from the school there was a daycare that always seemed

empty making it a popular spot for lazy teens like us that day we crossed the street and ended up hanging out at the back of the the Daycare the building was tan stucco with large tinted windows you couldn't see into and there wasn't a single car in the parking lot the lights were off and it looked completely deserted I had my back to the windows chatting with Melanie and Lauren the twins when suddenly Melanie let out a playful scream and took a few steps back laughing nervously oh my gosh there are faces in the window

she said Lauren followed her Gaze adding you there are I turned around confused at first I couldn't see what they were talking about but then I bent down for a closer look that's when I saw them there were faces in the window at least three of them pale and ghostly pressed right up against the glass their hands were sped on the window beside their heads as though they were trying to peer out at us it looked like they were on their knees or maybe lying on their stomachs considering how Low they were what unnerved me

most was their eyes they were wide open and darting around shifting their focus from Lauren to me the faces themselves looked identical white translucent almost glowing their features reminded me of the robot faces from I Robot with visible outlines of their mouths eyelashes and those piercing eyes yet there was no color to their eyes or skin just a faint glowing transparency we all stood Frozen for a moment staring at Them their heads stayed completely still but their eyes moved following our every move the faces never blinked never looked away it was as though they were

locked on us finally a wave of unease hit me and I laughed nervously letun get out of here I said the others agreed and we left still rattled but trying to brush it off as nothing at the time we thought it might just be other teens ditching class and hanging out inside the daycare but now thinking back on it I'm not so sure here's why it still freaks me out first the building always looked abandoned no cars in the parking lot no signs of activity ever if it was locked how could anyone have gotten inside

and even if it were other kids why would they all have been in the exact same position pressed against the glass like that and why did they look so identical glowing faintly through thick tinted windows the glass was so dark that it shouldn't have been possible to See through it that clearly the more I think about it the stranger it seems they didn't move at all except for their eyes which darted around watching us their Stillness their translucent appearance and the way they glowed through the dark glass it just doesn't add up I'll never forget

those faces pressed against the glass unblinking and identical the only thing that moved was their beady little eyes locked on us from the moment we moved into that House I knew my parents wouldn't believe us my best friend Sabrina and I often found ourselves huddled together shaking unsure of what might happen next the house seemed to mock us with its strange occurrences it started the first night I slept there I was used to sleeping with my door open in our old house where I always felt safe but that night as I lay in bed staring

at the unfamiliar walls I kept seeing shadows pass by my open door every time I sat up to look the hallway Was empty eventually I turned over and tried to sleep but the overwhelming feeling that someone was standing over me never went away I never slept with my door open again Sabrina and I used to try ghost hunting for fun inspired by TV shows though we rarely experienced anything the first night she stayed over at the new house we decided to stay up late and do each other's makeup I sat in front of the small

mirror in my closet noticed it was dirty and wiped it clean The next morning we opened the mirror and jumped back in shock a green handprint covered in dirt was sliding down the glass trying to shake it off Sabrina went to the bathroom when she returned I accused her of closing the bathroom door to scare me her face went pale as she insisted I didn't the door was Heavy with a thick rug underneath that made it hard to close even with force it wasn't something that could move on its own throughout that year Strange things

kept happening pennies appeared in the oddest places inside the freezer unopen food packages perched on picture frames and even in locked rooms then there were the technical glitches all our computers stopped working within a month one TV broke and my phone refused to save audio or videos claiming it was full when it wasn't Sabrina's iPod randomly changed the date and time one night while ghost hunting with another friend the recording timer on my Phone began to skip numbers we asked if someone was there and told them to skip a number again it obeyed every time

we asked it skipped the number the room became ice cold and I felt the sensation of someone touching my arm the scariest EVP session Sabrina and I ever had happened that first summer at first we were hyper and not taking it seriously but as we calmed down we began asking real questions when I said show us that you're here a loud crash erupted beside My bed terrified we hid under the blankets too scared to check the next morning we found the remote control on the floor it had been far back on top of the entertainment

center nowhere near the edge another morning we woke to find the front door wide open my parents were still asleep and our first thought was that someone had broken in we checked the house finding no one and realized the door had to have been opened from The inside but it was still locked Sabrina said she had heard strange noises near the door earlier that night one night past 3:00 a.m. I was woken by the sound of my door knob jiggling violently I tried to stay calm and fell back asleep only to dream of a demon

girl killing and possessing people in the house I woke up with a visible bruise on my waist other strange things happened a locked door in the morning that had been Opened the night before a smiley face I drawn on a paper mysteriously gaining a nose within seconds of me leaving the room and water in the shower turning on and off by itself Sabrina and I captured many ghost voices during EVP sessions as well as unexplained sounds if you'd like to hear some I can share examples and if you're curious about the pennies I have plenty

of stories about those too this was our experience in that haunted house a year filled with fear mystery and Memories I'll never forget my experiences with the Paranormal began during my childhood in England the earliest memory I have is a recurring dream where someone led me to The River's Edge in our garden showing me bodies floating Downstream the people wore clothing from an older time period and the dream happened so that it became etched in my mind years later I connected it to the plague that swept through Europe even Though I haven't had that dream

since we moved from that house I can still vividly remember every detail another unsettling incident happened when my sister and I were heading to our playroom I was following her when the door door suddenly slammed shut in my face locking her inside we both screamed and frantically tried to open it but it felt like someone was holding it shut from the inside eventually we managed to get it open and Ran straight to our room terrified when I was six we moved to Las Vegas and for a while life was calm but then the voices started

early in the mornings I would wake from a deep sleep to the sound of voices screaming my name it wasn't just one voice it was the voices of everyone in the house calling out to me in a taunting way I also heard the sound of paper rustling and being thrown around when I check on everyone I'd find them all still fast asleep I'd Ask the voices to stop but they wouldn't terrified I'd hide under my covers until the noise finally ceased although these occurrences weren't frequent they always left me shaken at night I often felt

like something negative was watching me from the shadows of my room when I was 10 everything changed with the arrival of a little dog she came into my life unexpectedly I found her hiding under my mother's car no one in the neighborhood claimed her so she stayed from the Moment I met her I felt like we were meant to be together she quickly became my protector if I felt uncomfortable around someone she'd sense it and nip it them to make them back off otherwise she was gentle and calm she followed me everywhere and always waited

for me when I left the house but one day she got out I was at a friend's house across the street when I heard my brother screaming my name to my horror I saw her being attacked by two large dogs that day she Was taken from me the night after her death I left my bedroom door open and heard the faint jingle of her collar in the hallway it was the same time she used to patrol the house to ensure I was safe I sat up in bed and to my amazement saw her ghostly figure

walk past my doorway I ran out calling her name but she was gone the next morning I felt her presence again sitting on the couch I felt the weight of something jumping up beside me a breeze brushed across my Face carrying the familiar scent of her breath it was comforting to know that even in death she was still watching over me my dad got a new dog shortly after to help ease the loss the day we brought him home he ran straight into my room jumped onto my bed and started barking Furious at nothing he

looked terrified like he'd been electrocuted another time he bolted into the backyard but then slowly backed inside staring intently at something invisible he moved Backward into the hallway completely silent and clearly scared when I called his name he snapped out of it I told my dad she's visiting us again over the years I've noticed I have certain abilities that seem unusual I can sense negativity in people even if I don't know them I get feelings when something bad is about to happen once I even had a vision of a man sitting in the backseat of

my car wanting to harm my boyfriend and me shortly after at a gas station a Man approached us asking for a ride we said no I don't share my experiences with many people even some of my immediate family doesn't know I often wonder if I might be psychic but I don't know what to do about it are these strange coincidences or is there something more sometimes I feel like I'm crazy but I just wish I had someone to talk to who could help me understand M was my childhood cat a beautiful but mischievous Siamese Himalayan

mix my mom had named her maalo after the Himalayan peak but at 2 years old I found that a mouthful so I started calling her m in her younger years ma was well behaved but as she aged she became a bit of a troublemaker she didn't claw furniture or cause major damage but she loved knocking things over just to be a nuisance her biggest Quirk though was her insatiable appetite she would eat her fill wander off for a few minutes then come back and meow Endlessly for more food at first my mom kept her canned

cat food stacked on the kitchen counter ma quickly figured out how to push the cans to the edge with her head sending them crashing to the floor we'd hear the clatter and know she was at it again probably hoping the cans would burst open so she could eat after one too many messes my mom moved the cans to a cupboard but Ma didn't let that stop her we came home one day to find the Cupboard door open and cans scattered everywhere she was determined M's curiosity extended to my canopy bed one morning while I was

fast asleep she jumped onto my bookshelf and then onto the canopy much to her surprise the fabric wasn't a sturdy surface and she came crashing down on top of me in a tangle of lavender heart patterned fabric I woke up screaming and Ma bolted she did this a few more times over the years probably just to mess with me ma Passed away at 15 her health had been declining for a while so we knew it was coming but that didn't make it any easier losing her was devastating not just for me but also for our

other cat Tabitha who didn't understand where her lifelong Playmate had gone a few weeks after M's death I was playing with Tabitha using a shoelace Ma's favorite toy ma had never liked sharing it and would swat at Tabitha if she tried to play with it so I was shocked when Tabitha suddenly ducked as if avoiding a SWAT hissed and ran off what are you doing crazy girl I said confused there was nothing there but whatever she saw had spooked her about a week later I was sitting in the living room watching TV when I heard

the distinct sound of cans sliding on the kitchen counter I went to investigate but found Tabitha sound asleep in my mom's room then I heard a loud crash I ran back to the kitchen and found all the cans on the Floor they had been pushed all the way to the backsplash earlier so it didn't make sense for them to have fallen I laughed realizing M was still causing Mischief a few days later while washing produce at the kitchen counter I heard the cans slide again I turned and said half jokingly ma that's enough the cans

didn't fall that day but when I checked later they had moved a few inches forward after that the incidents became less frequent it was as if scolding her Worked just like when she was alive one night I was feeling particularly low after finishing homework I fell asleep quickly only to wake up at 5:25 a.m. I felt fabric covering my face something I never allowed because of my claustrophobia pulling it off I realized it was the canopy fabric from my bed it had come down just like when Ma used to jump on I turned on the

light and recognized it as a clear sign from her I cried Overwhelmed with a mix of sadness and comfort she was still looking out for me as I sat there reflecting I felt my bed shift slightly as though a small weight had landed and then sprung off it was a gentle dip just like when Ma used to jump off the bed I froze realizing it was her way of saying goodbye after that night I never experienced her presence again ma had been my protector and companion for most of my life losing her was my first

real experience with grief And I think she returned because we both needed closure her playful messages especially the canopy fabric were her way of telling me to keep my chin up and that she was still there for me even in spirit I firmly believe that the bonds we create with our pets transcend death Ma's visits reminded me how much love and connection we can share with animals and How Deeply they impact Our Lives it's a beautiful thing one I'll never take for Granted I've never actually seen a ghost or had definitive proof of something paranormal

but throughout my life I've experienced strange things that have left me unsettled this is a collection of those moments though the more recent events seem to connect them all in a way that's hard for me to ignore apologies if this feels a bit unorganized this is just how it's all played out in my mind for as long as I can remember I've been fascinated by the Paranormal once I had Access to the internet I'd spend hours researching ghosts demons and the Unexplained because of this people around me have always dismissed any strange experiences I've had

saying it's just my overactive imagination or paranoia but there are things I've experienced that feel too real to ignore I've always felt watched even when I'm alone it's this constant subtle awareness that something or someone might might be nearby even when there's No logical reason for it I don't remember a time when I truly felt alone it's always been like a shadow lingering just out of sight to cope I've developed the habit of keeping myself engaged in conversations or distractions so I don't spiral into fear one of the earliest unexplained things I can recall involves

stereos they would randomly turn on blaring at full volume no matter where I was once in second grade I was in Reading Circle when the classroom stereo Suddenly turned on full blast the entire class including the teacher was startled but no one could explain why it happened this type of event has followed me for years every house I've lived in has had certain spots or rooms that my dog fixates on she'll sit and stare at these spots for long stretches or even bark at them for no apparent reason this has been a consistent pattern as

far back as I can remember there are also rooms I instinctively avoid at night some spaces Give me chills and an overwhelming sense that something bad will happen if I linger too long I refus to turn my back to them as if keeping them in my peripheral vision might somehow protect me since moving into a new house a few months ago I've started hearing knocks on the other side of my closet door it happens mostly at night but occasionally during the day for weeks no one else heard it which made me feel like I was

losing my mind but then one night the Knocking was so loud that my mom heard it from her room she Shrugged it off but for me it was terrifying I can't explain it and it continues to happen two nights ago something happened that left me shaken in a way I've never experienced before it was around 1:30 a.m. and I was chatting with a friend on MSN he was telling me about an experience he had with a Ouija board and a girl he supposedly contacted as the conversation turned spooky the TV and my room stuck On

a DVD menu screen for days because I was too lazy to reset it suddenly turned off with a loud pop as the light faded from the screen the room filled with an odd warmth almost like it had reverted into the television at the same time the clock started flashing my chat client disconnected and my fingers began to sting I was frozen unable to move for about 30 seconds when I finally regained control I bolted out of the room and spent the rest of the night sitting Outside my aunt's bedroom too terrified to go back in

usually daylight brings me a sense of relief but not this time the fear has lingered now whenever I enter that room I feel weak and panicky like the space itself is charged with something negative I even feel uneasy talking about what happened while inside the house as if whatever it is can hear me and knows I'm discussing it I can't help but wonder if my fascination with the Paranormal has somehow invited these Experiences into my life could my constant research and curiosity have attracted something to me is it possible for Spirits or entities to know

when I'm talking about them or maybe it's all in my head paranoia fueled by years of obsession with the supernatural but if it's just paranoia how do I explain the stereo turning on the knocking my dog's Behavior or the TV shutting off at that exact moment I don't know what to believe part of me feels like I need to Stop thinking about it to stop fueling whatever this is but another part of me wants to keep searching for answers hoping to understand whether these experiences are random coincidences tricks of my mind or something more if

anyone else has felt this way or experience similar things I'd love to know how you've dealt with it I'm not sure if I'm looking for validation or a way to move forward but right now I just want to stop feeling so unsettled all The time I've always been fascinated by the Paranormal and have had a few experiences throughout my life while I'm always excited when something unusual happens I'm also quick to analyze it or try to find a logical explanation the events I'm about to share took place 2 years ago over the course of a

Year my friend Tom had accepted a job that required him to be away from home for a year instead of closing his house and Boarding his two beloved basset hounds he asked if I'd be willing to move in and care for his home and dogs I agreed and brought along my own two furry companions settling into his home Tom's house had a distinctive layout upon entering there was a staircase to the left leading to the three bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs down the hall to the right was the master bedroom while to the left were the

two other bedrooms and a shared bathroom from the upstairs Hallway there was a balcony overlooking the living room below I never felt completely comfortable upstairs and avoided going there whenever I could often when I was downstairs sitting on the sofa I'd feel like someone was watching me the feeling was strongest near the upstairs balcony as if someone were standing there observing me it wasn't just the sensation of being watched it felt judgmental like I was under Scrutiny sometimes it was so intense that I'd whip around that fully expecting to see someone but of course no

one was ever there every evening Tom's dog Trixie would head upstairs to sleep on his bed without fail as soon as she reached his room she would stop at the doorway and bark as if something had startled her what really unnerved me was the rustling sound that often followed her barking like someone had been caught in the act of doing something they Shouldn't she would watch intently for a moment before eventually walking into the room and settling down to sleep although unsettling I brushed it off convincing myself it was just my imagination the most startling

incident happened on a beautiful spring afternoon I had fallen asleep on the couch when I was jolted awake by the sound of footsteps multiple sets of them running up and down the stairs the sound repeated over and over the footsteps Bounding loudly assuming the dogs were rough housing I sat up to scold them but to my surprise the stairs were empty I was confused but the realization hit me when I remembered I had locked all the dogs in the garden to enjoy the weather whoever or whatever was responsible for the noise clearly wasn't my dogs

another strange occurrence involved the shower curtain in the upstairs bathroom it was a sequin decorative curtain that refused to stay on the rod at least once a week I'd find it on the bathroom floor in a shimmering Heap the curtain was never torn or damaged but it simply wouldn't stay put no matter how secure cely I rehung it I'd always find it on the floor again I couldn't think of a reasonable explanation but the absurdity of it made me laugh as the months went on I began to suspect that the strange happenings were the behavior

of mischievous children one particular experience seemed to confirm This Theory I was in the kitchen pulling dinner out of the oven when I felt a sharp tug on my shirt it wasn't a pull outward but downward like it was being yanked by someone much shorter than me me before I could react I heard a light playful giggle behind me the sound sent chills down my spine and I couldn't help but shout that's not nice similar small events continued to happen throughout the rest of the year I made my peace with the idea that I might

Be caring for more than just basset hounds but I still felt uneasy about the presence near the upstairs balcony even now I can't help but feel watched when I think about it when I was 4 years old my family consisting of my mom dad and my almost 3-year-old sister moved into a beautiful two-story house in the suburbs of Las Vegas Nevada for my parents it must have been a dream come true we had previously lived in a small house in a rough part Of town and before that in a cockroach infested apartment this was a

fresh start excited to show off their new home my parents invited friends over shortly after moving in one of those friends was a priest my father had known for years as my mother tells it the priest asked to speak with my father privately in the backyard apparently he urged my dad to leave the house insisting something evil resided there but my father a skeptical man with no patience for Spiritual Matters laughed it off 14 years later I wish he had listened at first everything seemed normal to us kids but my mom later revealed that strange

things had started happening happening almost immediately my parents heard what sounded like large Wings flapping in their bedroom at night but whenever they turned on the light the room was empty thinking something might be getting in through the fireplace they stuffed it with beach towels but the sound Persisted their electric workout equipment began turning on by itself even after being unplugged the TV in their room occasionally turned on randomly as well though less frequently one night my mom woke to see the glowing outline of a figure at the foot of their bed she was paralyzed

with fear when she glanced at my father she saw that he was awake too staring at the same thing after a few moments my dad jumped out of bed and turned on the light but the Figure was gone our parents never shared these stories with us when we were young they didn't want to feed our already overactive imaginations even so my sister and I instinctively avoided our parents' room it all always felt cold and unwelcoming I was terrified of the mirror in their bathroom certain I'd see the reflection of a wildl looking woman emerging from

the closet over time I began singing religious songs or saying prayers aloud Whenever I had to go into the room strangely the air always seemed to get warmer when I did it wasn't long before my sister and I had our own experiences when she was about 4: and I was 6 she was playing alone in her bedroom when all our toy musical instruments started playing by themselves in the nearby playroom she called out asking if I was in there I yelled back from the living room that I was downstairs watching SpongeBob she Quickly ran to

join me though she didn't tell me what had happened until years later for me the first strange experience came when I was about 8 I was sitting close to the TV in the playroom watching a ghost hunting show during a transition the screen went black and I saw the reflection of the room behind me in the reflection I noticed a tall shadowy figure standing in the open doorway assuming it was my dad home from work I turned around but no one was There panicked I turned off the TV and bolted downstairs to join the rest

of my family Footsteps in the attic and on the stairs became a nightly occurrence my sister and I would lie awake listening worse whenever I went downstairs I'd imagine a wild-haired woman with sharp teeth grabbing me and throwing me down the stairs it was a terrifying thought I couldn't shake things escalated after I had my First Holy Communion in third grade one night I woke up at exactly midnight and noticed the red light on my smoke detector which was normally green as I sat up to investigate I saw a woman in my doorway she wore

a light blue high-collared night gown and her white hair was piled on top of her head her face alternated between a skull and a blank featureless Visage she swayed back and forth leaving trails of light as she moved terrified I called out mommy she shook her head again she shook her Head desperate I asked Grammy she grinned at me I screamed and hid under my blankets pinching myself to make sure I was awake the next morning I told my mom who comforted me by saying it was probably my grammy visiting but my sister later told

me that when Grammy visited her she looked loving and warm whatever had visited me was n Grammy another odd occurrence happened when I was napping my sister walked past my room and saw a semi-transparent glowing White cat curled up at the foot of my bed as soon as I woke up and asked what she was staring at the cat vanished in fifth grade I had a dream that terrified me I dreamt I woke up to find long black hands reaching out from under my bed and pulling off my sheets I ran to the doorway only

to see my lookalike doll perched on the headboard smiling eerily when I woke up for real my lights were on my sheets were off and I immediately called for my parents that night my mom Threw the doll away over the years my sister and I continued experiencing strange events disembodied voices floating heads shadowy figures darting from room to room the house was cleansed multiple times but the activity always returned my sister saw a wild-haired woman in her room after surgery a figure that eerily resembled the one I used to imagine on the stairs when my

parents divorced during my ninth grade year the activity lessened for a while but it Never stopped completely cabinets would slam shut on their own footsteps echoed through the house and our dogs refused to enter certain rooms by my junior year we finally moved out a close friend who claims to be psychic once told me that a dark Spirit was attached to my family I laughed it off but when she warned that it could harm my pregnant mother I felt uneasy 2 weeks later my mom miscarried and the doctors couldn't explain why my mom and others

have told me I have a Light that draws Spirits many women in our family have had spiritual connections I don't know if that explains what happened but those years in that house will always stay with me I work for a popular grocery chain in the Western United States our company is part of a larger corporation that owns several grocery chains across the country in Las Vegas the grocery industry is highly competitive and over the years some chains have had to close Underperforming stores and sell them to others with better potential to serve the area's demographics

a few years ago my company purchased several of these stores one of the stores we acquired has a dark and Infamous history in 1999 a man entered the store early one morning and went on a random shooting spree killing four employees in critically wounding another among the victims were a middle-aged Bakery service Deli clerk and a pruce clerk both killed in the Same area I work in the same department so the tragedy struck a chord with me when I heard the story this store is at my home store but a few weeks ago I spent

a week there to help out the bakery sservice deli manager who was short staffed I had heard from other employees that the store was believed to be haunted and I was curious to see if I'd experience anything myself I didn't have to wait long the first couple of days I had the distinct Feeling of being watched but I Shrugged it off as residual negativity from the store's history by the 4th morning I decided to address it while prepping for the day I said aloud okay if you're here show me I won't be scared just do

something out of the ordinary almost immediately things got strange our ovens have a locking mechanism to secure the racks inside and I usually leave one lock in place to make swapping racks faster but that day Every time I went to load something I found both locks engaged forcing me to stop and unlock them before I could proceed it had never happened before and it slowed me down significantly I even left shoe prints inside the oven from having to step in to fix the racks repeatedly frustration aside it was odd the next day I started my

shift searching for the small knife we used to score dough it's a crucial tool and is always kept in the same area for easy Access but no matter how hard I searched it was nowhere to be found annoyed I grabbed a larger more cumbersome knife and grumbled a colorful string of expletives as I finished scoring the first batch afterward I took a quick break and went to the restroom when I returned the missing knife was sitting right next to my water bottle it hadn't been there before and I would have noticed it during my frantic

search I couldn't explain it The most active day was the following morning my second to last shift at the store while prepping the first racks I heard an older woman's voice say hello it sounded just like a customer politely trying to get my attention but the store wasn't open yet and the only other women in the building were a clerk with a deep voice and a floor cleaner running a noisy buffer I replied hi and even thanked her but I couldn't shake the Ness of the moment Later that day I went upstairs to retrieve a

scan gun for markdowns the guns are kept in a locked room that requires a combination code to access as I climbed the stairs I heard banging and rustling coming from the room when I turned the corner I saw the door closing as if someone had just been inside I ran to catch it but it shut just before I got there I pounded on the door for 5 minutes thinking someone might still be inside but no one answered The bookkeeper and checkers hadn't arrived yet so the room should have been empty when I finally got the

combination later in the day and went back upstairs the door was a jar it's supposed to stay closed at all times I passed another employee on my way up she had just come from the break room which is nearby I asked her the next day if she'd noticed the door being open and she said it was closed when she was there I knew she hadn't been inside because the room has Motion sensitive lights that turn off after 10 minutes of inactivity and the room was dark when I entered while I tried my best to debunk

each event I couldn't find logical explanations for most of them maybe some of the incidents were coincidences but I can't help but feel that something or someone was trying to get my attention when I was 12 or 13 I had an experience that still haunts me at the time I was living in a house with mold In the walls and roof the mold was so bad it sent my mother to the hospital and with my father always at work I was left home alone most of the time with that freedom I made a decision I

now regret my dad is deeply religious and despises anything he considers evil like Ouija boards and pentagrams just to spite him I borrowed a Ouija board from my neighbor and decided to try it out I had no idea what I was getting myself into I set up the Board at the dining table the dining room room and kitchen were connected and behind a thick 4-in plaster wall with small openings for plants was the living room that wall would soon play a big part in What happened after setting everything up I grabbed a glass of water

I get dehydrated easily and placed it safely beside me against a wall away from the board I placed my hands on the planchet and started saying hello at first nothing happened but after a Couple of minutes the planchet began to move slowly spelling out hello back to me I was startled but kept my composure what is your name I asked sopia it spelled out I asked more questions why are you here why are you trapped what do you want but I didn't get answers to any of them thinking it was broken I asked one final

question are you a demon the planchet slid to yes as soon as it did my glass of water flew off the table and smashed against the thick plaster wall The sudden crash startled me so much I jumped out of my chair then I started to feel dizzy like the room was spinning fearing I might pass out I stumbled outside to get some air the moment I stepped out I blacked out when I woke up there were faces hovering over me one of them being my father's he was asking me what had happened but I couldn't

remember I yelled at him to stop asking because it was all a blur when we went back into the house the Ouija board was Gone I assumed my father had destroyed it but that was wasn't the end when I went to my room I found it completely destroyed it looked like a tornado had ripped through it my books were scattered everywhere some with their Pages ripped out my stuffed animals were torn apart their stuffing and Beads strewn across the floor and hallway whatever I had contacted I had clearly angered it I ignored the mess collapsed

onto my bed and hugged my pillow crying I was ashamed of myself for not listening to my father's warnings I bered myself in my head calling myself stupid and worse rocking back and forth on the edge of the bed I couldn't shake the overwhelming sense of regret we moved out of that house nearly a year later but the trouble didn't end our new house seemed peaceful at first but things started happening again my mother and I often argue about my messy room which might sound normal but here's the Strange part every day I clean my

room and show her and then I leave for school when I I come back it's completely trashed again at first I thought my mom was messing with me but then things got darker messages began appearing scratched into my bookcase and walls messages like you're dead I'm here and the one that stood out the most I'll protect you now almost a year into living in this new house the activity continues my mom and I still argue and The arguments often end with something breaking not because we threw anything but because objects seem to shatter on on

their own I feel like I'm stuck between two forces there's clearly something angry maybe it's the same entity I upset with the Ouija board or maybe it's something else entirely but there's also something that seems to be protecting me and whatever it is it's not human I don't know what to do is this an angry Spirit I've Brought with me or is it a demon that resents me for Crossing into its territory whatever it is it doesn't like me and while I'm grateful for the protective presence it's terrifying to think about what's really going on

sorry to interrupt if you're enjoying the story let me know in the comments and tell me where you're watching from don't forget to like And subscribe for more when I was a teenager my mom younger brother and I moved in with my Two aunts and grandparents my mom had been diagnosed with recurring cancer about 8 to 9 months after my dad left us and we couldn't afford to pay rent on our own we shared the master bedroom which was huge with a small hallway at one end leading to a bathroom flanked by closets my bed

was on one side of the hallway while my mom and brother shared a bed on the other side on our second night there my 11-year-old brother mentioned that he woke up around 2: a.m. To use the bathroom but froze when he saw a white glowing figure sitting or kneeling between our beds he said it slowly Rose and and walked toward the bathroom my mom and I dismissed it as a dream or his imagination a few years later when I was about 15 or 16 I had my own unsettling experience late one night around 1:00 a.m.

I was lying in bed unable to sleep when I heard soft crying coming from between the beds it sounded like a woman and I assumed it was my mom She was undergoing chemotherapy and often cried at night thinking we didn't notice I stayed quiet listening but something about the crying didn't sound like like her finally I said Mommy her response clear and calm was yeah baby the moment I spoke the crying stopped abruptly no sobs no sniffles just silence I asked if she was okay and she replied that she thought I had been crying and

didn't want to disturb me I told her it wasn't me and she suggested It might have been our dog having a bad dream glancing across the room I saw our white dog fast asleep in the corner feeling spooked I hid under my covers the next morning I brought it up again my mom admitted she didn't believe it was the dog but didn't want to scare me she told me that shortly before the crying started she had felt something rub her leg in a soothing way she thought it might have been her grandmother's Spirit mourning her

Youngest granddaughter's pain years later my mom's health took a turn for the worse and she was hospitalized I stayed by her side most nights but one one night when I wasn't there my aunt called saying my mom was asking for me and my brothers to come immediately when I arrived the nurse was changing her sheets and my mom was too weak to get up so I helped hold her in a sitting position despite her Frailty she tried to be her usual silly self but Then she suddenly looked behind my aunt and screamed Lucy be careful

with that shadow behind you none of us saw anything so we assumed it was the medication making her hallucinate I didn't think much of it until my cousin Carla told me she had seen the shadow too my mom had told her keep singing The Shadow doesn't like it when we pray or sing as Carla sang gospel songs she noticed a dark shadow in the corner of the room slowly moving Toward my mom just as it got close two beams of white light appeared on either side of my mom's bed and the shadow retreated Carla's sister

experienced something similar by then my mom was in a coma while holding my mom's hand hand and praying my cousin felt the urge to look up she saw a dark shadow on the opposite side of the room moving toward my mom startled she got closer to my mom and once again two white beams appeared forcing the shadow to disappear none of Us had shared these experiences with each other until I mentioned my mom's earlier comment about the Shadow the final experience happened on the night my mom passed away she had been sent home on hospice

care that morning my beloved dog also passed away leaving me heartbroken I slept most of the day and around 9:00 p.m. had a vivid dream in it my mom healthy and happy walked up to me smiled and said I love you minia but it's time for me to go she kissed me and I woke up feeling uneasy I went to her room kissed her forehead and told her I loved her before heading downstairs to eat moments later my aunt ran down to tell us my mom had stopped breathing I truly believe she came to say

goodbye before letting go my name is John and until recently I never gave much thought to religion I've always been an Atheist but what happened on the night of March 17 2014 in Las Vegas Nevada changed me it was one of The most terrifying nights of my life it started as my second ever panic attack the first having occurred 2 weeks earlier back then I had paced back and forth clutching my chest convinced I was having a heart attack a close friend reassured me that it was only a panic attack but the experience lasted for

six exhaust exhausting hours leaving me shaken now it seemed like history was repeating itself this panic attack began around 1:00 a.m. officially making it March 18th I was lying on the couch in my friend's winnabago when I suddenly felt like I couldn't breathe in a panic I kicked my friend awake sorry I muttered trembling knowing what was coming I started pacing holding hold in my chest and head my body jerking as if I had no control an hour and a half into it I decided to step outside for some air I sat in a lawn

chair rocking back and forth muttering to myself I'm okay I don't want to die it helped a little but Things took a darker turn around 2:45 a.m. some friends arrived and went inside the Winnebago two girls stayed in their car while I remained outside still struggling to breathe and shaking uncontrollably I tried to speak but stuttered uncontrollably for 15 to 20 seconds unable to form words it felt like my body wasn't mine anymore as I struggled to cough and breathe an inhuman high-pitched Screech came from my mouth it didn't sound like a voice it Was

more like a birds or a pterodactyl's cry my body jerked violently and my head twitched as if it had a mind of its own I wasn't in control one of the girls approached me and without thinking I stood pointed at her angrily and stuttered words that weren't my own it wasn't me doing it I felt like a passenger in my own body the girl asked if I was okay but I couldn't respond she went inside leaving me alone moments later Vivid images started flashing in My mind at lightning speed it felt like an electrical current

was surging through my brain my face twitched uncontrollably as the images raced by and I felt utterly powerless when it stopped my friend came outside to check on me but I couldn't hear him properly his face blurred as I began stuttering and screeching again when I snapped back to myself he said quit talking to me in that language what language I asked confused he explained that during my Stuttering episodes it sounded like I was speaking fluently in some unknown language and he claimed my eyes had turned completely white during those moments he believed it wasn't

me speaking at all I spent hours outside in this state my body jerking stuttering and scream reaching in ways I couldn't control it was as if something had taken over me when it finally subsided I walked to a shed across the street to lie down looking into the reflection of A toolbox I thought I looked aged like I'd lived 5 years in just a few hours even after it seemed to be over I felt uneasy returning to the Winnebago my friend told me he'd recorded parts of the night on the indoor cameras watching the video

later I saw distorted images of myself jerking and twitching the picture would blur and darken during my episodes almost as if it wasn't meant to be captured on film after that night I started Researching what had happened my symptoms didn't match a normal panic attack when we looked up speaking in tongues the recording sounded eerily similar to what I had been saying during my stuttering episodes my friend and I theorized that the screeching might have been my voice fighting with whatever was trying trying to control me I also recalled how one of the girls I

pointed at had been wearing a cross we wondered if the entity had Reacted to her because of her religious symbol it all felt surreal but the more I thought about it the more it seemed possible that I had experienced a possession I've always been an Atheist but after that night I couldn't deny the possibility of demons and possession even now when I go near that lawn chair where it all happened I get chilled it doesn't feel like fear it feels like something is still there watching and waiting I don't know if this will happen Again

but I hope sharing my story might help someone understand or provide answers for me that night changed everything it shattered my beliefs and left me questioning the boundaries between the physical and the spiritual this is a story I don't share often it has stayed with me my entire life leaving me with questions I still can't answer I've tried to find psychological or natural explanations for what happened but none feels Satisfying as a child I was terrified of the dark I used to hear what I called Whispers they weren't evil but they weren't familiar either and

that made them unsettling sometimes I'd wake up in the middle of the night and hear these voices they sounded distinct like different people speaking softly in the shadows when I told my mom she dismissed it as typical kid stuff bumps in the night or bad dreams but I knew it was More than that when The Whispers scared me too much I'd sleep in my mom's bed her room had the added comfort of being right next to the bathroom which made nighttime trips a lot less frightening to give you a sense of the house stepping out

of my mom's room into the hallway you'd be looking directly down a staircase leading to the living room on the first floor her bedroom was upstairs and from that spot you could see the bottom of the stairs clearly one night Around Christmas when I was 7 or 7 and A2 as I proudly said back then I woke up needing to use the bathroom I stepped into the hallway and immediately Heard a Voice a clear and excited whisper that said look my attention snapped to the bottom of the stairs where I saw a bright red light

it looked like a spotlight casting its glow on the wall there was no obvious source for it it just Shone by itself as a little kid my first thought was simple Santa he's here I was thrilled it made perfect sense to my young mind that Santa would be in the house checking up on me to see if I was being good I couldn't resist I started walking down the stairs picking up speed eager to see him before he disappeared then I heard a second voice a deep strong masculine voice it wasn't my father's voice and

it didn't sound like anyone I knew this voice said firmly and clearly stop right now go back up those stairs I froze without thinking I turned Around and hurried back up to the top of the stairs as soon as I reached the landing a deafening crash erupted From Below sending me bolting back into my mom's room I dove under the covers shaking and stayed there until morning when we got up the next day the house was in disarray the Poinsettia Christmas lights my mom had carefully strung along the stair railing were ripped down Tangled in

a pile at the bottom some were br broken in the living room the Dry sink a heavy wooden cabinet had been pulled away from the wall and toppled over my mom couldn't explain it my dad thought we'd had a Breakin though nothing was missing my sister was in tears and then I noticed something that made my stomach turn on the edge of the Fallen dry sink I saw three deep marks in the wood like something had gripped it with immense force it looked like claw marks but not from any animal I could think of Something

or someone had physically grabbed the sink and thrown it down I didn't tell anyone about the voice I heard or the red light I saw that night I was too scared but I knew something had been down there something that didn't want me to come closer whatever it was it had the power to act on the physical world strangely after that night I never heard The Whispers again in some ways I'm grateful but a part of me wishes I could thank whoever or Whatever warned me to go back upstairs that voice whether it was a

person a spirit or something else entirely may have saved me from encountering whatever was waiting at the bottom of the stairs I'm 20 years old now but the fear of that night has stayed with me I'm still uneasy in the dark especially near stairwells the memory of that red light the crash and those deep marks on the dry sink is something I'll never Forget let me start with some of the most memorable ones that happened in my schools here in Las Vegas in High School PE was mandatory for both freshmen and sophomore years now let

me preface this by saying I'm not an organized person my PE locker was a disaster Zone everything was thrown into a messy pile it was my usual routine one day I came in early from PE well ahead of everyone else the walk from the field to the locker room took about 5 to 10 minutes it so I knew I was completely completely alone as I entered the locker room I opened my locker and started taking out my clothes when I suddenly heard the door open Curious I called out to see who it was no reply

I walked over to check and there was no one there I was still alone that's when it happened I heard a loud slam that made me jump out of my skin my heart racing I rushed back to the row where my locker was and noticed all the lockers were now closed including mine To my shock the lock on my locker ER was back in place as if I had never opened it I unlocked it again thinking maybe I was imagining things but when I opened the door I froze my once messy Locker was completely organized

clothes that had been tossed carelessly were now folded neatly and my phone was placed perfectly on top of the pile pale and shaken I grabbed my clothes and phone I didn't even bother changing I bolted out of the Locker room as fast as I could later I found out from friends that our high school was rumored to be haunted years ago there had been a fire in the locker room and one of the teachers had tragically died stories circulated that this teacher's Spirit was often seen around campus and was known to tidy things up as

if maintaining some sort of standard I guess my messy Locker didn't pass the test strangely enough there was another Fire in the locker room later that same year coincidence I'm not so sure years later in college I had another stranger experience I was attending the local community college and one day got out of the elevator on the second floor of a building as usual I was looking for a friend but didn't see her instead I noticed a stunningly beautiful girl sitting nearby she had several books on her lap some at her feet and a backpack

by her side I only glanced at her Briefly before turning around but then it hit me she was cute I decided to turn back and try talking to her she was gone in the the time it took me to turn back she and all her books and belongings had disappeared I was baffled the stairs were nearby so I thought maybe she had rushed down them but how could anyone pack up so many books and leave that quickly it didn't make sense I stood there for a moment confused before walking away later I mentioned this to

My friend who told me that many buildings on campus including the one I was in were rumored to be haunted thinking back I truly believe I might have seen a spirit that day a beautiful spirit but a spirit nonetheless about a year ago I moved out of a house that I'm convinced was haunted by multiple Spirits over the years I had several chilling experiences there while I can't explain everything here are some of the scariest and most Unsettling moments I went through the first memory I have of The Haunting happened when I was about 7

or 8 years old my aunt and uncle were visiting and one morning I saw what I thought was my uncle stepping into a room downstairs my uncle and I often played pranks on each other so I decided to scare him I approached the closed door opened it slightly and saw two glowing Amber eyes staring back at me before I could react the door slammed Shut in my face startled but curious I opened the door again only to find the room and the adjoining bathroom completely empty no sign that anyone had had been there for a

long time after that I was terrified of that room years later when I was in college I had another encounter my girlfriend at the time and I were sitting on the couch in my room when she suddenly asked is your house haunted I admitted I thought it might be and she said she had just seen A ball of Light Pass By The Doorway to my bedroom thinking she was joking I decided to humor her and walked to my closet which had a mirror I took a picture of the mirror to prove nothing was there what

I saw in the photo chilled me to my core standing next to me in the reflection was the figure of a tall man with his arms crossed and a Stern expression on his face my girlfriend confirmed she saw it too later I showed the picture to my friends And they all agreed the man looked real my mom however couldn't see the figure at all in the photo which only deepened the mystery to this day I don't know who the man was I thought it might be my grandfather who passed before I was born but I

can't say for sure despite his stern look I've come to believe he was a protective presence for reasons I'll explain later that same night my girlfriend and I were downstairs talking about her Experiences with a little girl's Spirit she believed followed her as we joked about ghosts she pointed to a window and said she thought she saw the girl there I laughed nervously thinking she was teasing me and started recording on my phone out of nowhere there was a loud thump on the window I jumped and ran away completely freaked out when I returned to

the window to take another picture my phone captured the faint outline of what looked like a little Girl a few days later I had friends over I showed them the photo of the man from my mirror and one of them a skeptic dismissed it as a trick of the light as we watched a movie in the living room he suddenly grew restless and fidgety Goosebumps covered his arms and he said he couldn't stay any longer his behavior was so strange that it scared all of us later we found out he wasn't a great person and

had caused harm to others I now believe the protective Spirit Whether it was my grandfather or someone else was trying to warn him away the most disturbing experience happened just before we moved out it was Halloween and I had some friends over for a movie night one of them saw a spirit running down the stairs and described it perfectly it was Maxi my dog who had passed away from lung cancer knowing Maxi might still be with us gave me some comfort amidst the other more Sinister happenings during the night one of my Friends asked about

the House's history and the Amber eyes I had seen as a child I mentioned how unsettling that room was and he being in tune with the spirit world suggested we investigate at first it was harmless we noticed a few red spots and orbs on our cameras and my friend claimed he felt my grandfather's presence saying it was calm and protective but then things took a dark turn another friend jokingly took a picture of the room and moments later His face turned pale without explanation he screamed get out get out now panicked we all left the

room when I demanded to know what he saw he hesitated before showing me the photo in it clear as day was the image of a human skull lying on the ground we turned the lights on and searched the area thoroughly but there was nothing there whatever it was it hadn't left any Trace in the physical world just a few days later we moved out of the house since then I haven't Experienced anything unusual in our new condo though I always wonder if some part of that House's energy might have followed us I still believe the

house had both good and evil spirits Maxi my dog was a comforting presence and I'm convinced a protective Spirit watched over us but the those Amber eyes in the image of the skull leave me with questions I'll never have answers to I've researched the area and the property's history but found nothing That explains what I experienced I may never know what was truly haunting that house but I'll always remember the Eerie and unexplainable events that took place there I want to share a few more experiences from the haunted house where I spent most of my

childhood for those just joining I lived in Las Vegas in a two-story house that I'm thoroughly convinced was 100% haunted if you're looking for more intense stories check out part one but here are some other Events that still stand out to me first let me explain that I think my bedroom was a hub of Paranormal Activity from what I could tell the spirits there were mischievous more than anything else I've mentioned the door slamming incident in the comments before but here's the full story with a little more insight my bedroom consisted of two connected rooms

one with my bed and dressers and the other was more of a Leisure space with a couch desk Video Games books and movies Right outside the Leisure room was an open area that my dad used as an office after we knocked down part of the wall to connect the rooms weird things started happening mostly involving the door in my leisure room on many occasions the door would slam shut without warning there was no Breeze no draft just a loud forceful slam it happened so often that I got used to it but my dad never failed

to come over and ask why I kept locking the Door the thing is I never locked it yet every time he checked the door would be locked even though I hadn't touched it my dad dismissed it saying I must have locked it without realizing but I knew that wasn't the case one evening while sitting on the couch I glanced toward the door just before it slammed this time I caught a glimpse of what looked like the faint outline of a small child running away followed by the sound of a giggle it spooked me at first

But over time I started to think that maybe the spirit was just looking for someone to play with as I got older the occurrences became less frequent and I figured the spirit had lost interest in me I still don't know how or why a child would be there especially since the house was built over dirt and not on any known historical site regardless I'm convinced a childlike presence was there another strange incident happened when a close friend was staying over my parents Had gone out to dinner leaving us home alone we were hanging out in

my leisure room when we heard heavy footsteps moving across the roof my friend asked is it raining since it was the season for occasional showers in Vegas I checked the window there wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was definitely not raining we Shrugged it off and went back to playing video games games but the footsteps returned this time it was loud and deliberate as if someone or Something was walking back and forth on the roof there was no way anyone could have gotten up there without a ladder and it was far too heavy

to be an animal we got so freaked out that we left my room and decided to watch a movie in the living room instead thankfully that particular incident never happened again but it remains one of the strangest things I've ever experienced another Unforgettable moment Involved a small blue dolphin figurine I kept on my dresser it sat beside a TV I'd often watch before bed one night as I was lying awake I saw what I can only describe as a face hovering in front of the figurine at first I thought the face was blue but I

later realized it must have been transparent and I was seeing the Dolphin's color through it the face stared at me for several seconds before it began to change slowly it started to burn and K becoming more decrepit with Every passing moment I was frozen in fear before finally pulling the sheets over my head like a scared child when I finally worked up the courage to look again the face was gone and everything was back to normal to this day I have no explanation for what I saw but the image has stuck with me ever since

in hindsight it seems like my bedroom attracted a lot of Paranormal Activity between the old man in the mirror the slamming doors and these other Experiences I definitely had some unexpected roommates in that house none of them ever seemed malicious but they left me with plenty of stories to tell my dad bought his house in 2008 and it didn't take long for me to notice something strange within that first year I had my first unsettling experience one evening I was in the old computer room with my cat the door was wide open held in place

by one of of my Dad's shoes and my cat was peacefully lying on the desk While I used the computer suddenly the door slammed shut with a force that startled both me and the cat there was no Breeze no open windows and the AC wasn't on it didn't make sense over the years I had other strange feelings off and on but nothing major until 2012 or 2013 shortly after my great grandpa passed away around that time I started waking up in the middle of the night usually at 2: a. am. I'd feel a sudden jolt

my heart racing my breathing Deepening and this overwhelming Sensation that someone was in my room watching me I couldn't move couldn't turn to see what was there it was like I was frozen in fear things escalated first I felt fingers touch me then a whole Palm then two hands pressing down on me and on me and eventually I was being pushed into my bed my fear of the dark came back stronger than ever and I started sleeping with my door open again in the past year I've noticed that I Wake up almost every night at

3:00 a.m. and something strange always seems to happen I'll feel a presence see a shadow or silhouette hear footsteps or even hear water running when no one else is awake during the summer my younger brother started sleeping in my room because he felt safer there it wasn't until July or August that I began to understand why one night he got scared saying he thought he saw something another night he said he heard voice Voices a boy and a girl the girl said turn it up and then yelled turn it off our sister also heard the

girl's voice which confirmed my brother's story to see for myself I slept in his room the next night his door was closed and the TV satellite box and fan were all on while my brother and sister were asleep I stayed awake trying to keep an eye out at one point I heard a faint scratching sound coming from the wall near his poster when I checked there was nothing There later as I started to drift off I had a vivid nightmare involving a woman she laughed at me in the dream mocking my fear the next morning

my sister told me she had heard a voice and laughter that night she even mimicked the laugh I'd heard in my dream and I hadn't told her anything about it what makes this even more unsettling is that my sister is blind yet she described the same woman I saw in my dream since September my mom and I have Both seen a shadowy figure a woman or girl dressed entirely in Black sometimes we catch her reflection in mirrors other times we see her standing in a corner for just a second before she vanishes once or twice

we've even seen her walking into rooms only to disappear in November we got a dog and I started sleeping with my door closed again with my dog on the bed for Comfort one night my dog suddenly woke up stood and started barking at the door growling Deeply alarmed I grabbed a flashlight and checked the house but everyone was asleep and nothing was out of place the most recent and perhaps the most disturbing incident happened about a week or two ago I was awake all night and hadn't fallen asleep at all around 3:00 a.m. though I

try not to check the clock anymore at that hour because of what tends to happen I was lying on my back staring at the ceiling after petting my dog I rolled onto my side Facing my door that's when I saw them three figures Stood Beside my bed the two in the back appeared to be female while the one in the center was distinctly male he was muscular bald and had two sharp horns on his head he stood right by the side of my bed looking directly at me I remember him speaking to me though I

can't recall what he said I also vaguely remember responding to him but I have no idea what I said my dad doesn't like it when I bring up Supernatural experiences or try to look into them so I hav talked much about this for context my family isn't religious though we do have a crucifix hanging above our front door I'm not sure if that matters but I thought I'd mention it I'm writing this because I'm not sure what's going on or what to do is this something dangerous is it getting worse if anyone has Insight or

advice I'd really appreciate it thank you for reading this long story I just Wanted to make sure I included everything to give you the full picture I was 45 years old when this happened back in 2003 at the time I was looking to buy a home in the small town where I had been living for just over a year everyone in the town knew each other so when I expressed interest in a house the realtor gave me the key to look around on my own the house was empty and I started by exploring the top

floor and Walking around the exterior it was a Charming property with plenty of potential and I liked it a lot although the water and power were off there was enough daylight to see clearly inside I decided to check out the basement which had a large picture window that led in some light I went down the bare wooden stairs finding myself in an open space with a sauna tucked into one corner at first I thought the sauna could be a nice feature especially in winter but The longer I looked at it the more uneasy I felt

I couldn't explain why but something about it made me deeply uncomfortable I moved to the middle of the basement trying to shake off the feeling and figure out why the sauna bothered me so much then I heard footsteps above me at first I thought maybe the realtor or a neighbor had stopped by and I didn't think much of it I looked at the stairs expecting whoever it was to come down but as I waited I Realized something was off normally if someone entered an empty house and found the door open they'd call out the silence

made me nervous realizing I was responsible for the house since I'd unlocked it I decided to speak up so I wouldn't startle anyone who's there I'm just looking at the house and I'm downstairs I called out the footsteps continued heavy and deliberate but no one answered I called out again still no reply by now I was feeling vulnerable And alarmed I was alone and the only way out of the basement was up those stairs summoning my courage I charged up the steps ready to confront whoever was there but when I reached the top the footsteps

stopped and there was no one in sight I froze the hair on the back of my neck standing on end there was no time for someone to have exited and I didn't hear anyone leave I ran to the door opened it and scanned the front yard the house had a narrow wooden Walkway leading to the front door which was elevated from the street if anyone had left they would have had to retrace their steps on the creaky walkway and I would have heard them but there was no one determined to find a rational explanation I

went back inside and searched the entire house every door closet and window was checked the back and side yards were empty and all exits were securely locked I was shaken but puzzled I left locking the Door behind me unable to make sense of what had just happened a few days later I found out the house had been sold to a coworker of mine I was disappointed to have missed the opportunity to buy it but I convinced myself it wasn't meant to be about 6 months later I ran into my coworker and mentioned that I'd looked

at the house before he bought it I shared how much I had liked it and how disappointed I was to miss out then out Of curiosity I asked if he'd noticed anything strange since moving in his response sent chills down my spine oh yes it's definitely haunted he said casually he went on to describe hearing footsteps and music seeing apparitions and finding objects moved around the house he believed it was the spirit of the previous homeowner who had passed away there I told him about my experience with the footsteps and how unnerved I had been

he wasn't Surprised and mentioned that the ghosts didn't seem to bother him or his wife much and they were happy with the house later I spoke to the realtor and learned more about the House's history the previous homeowner had been a quirk character who owned the local Dodge dealership he his wife and his mother had all passed away on the property where they had lived for 25 to 30 years the house dated back to the 1940s or early 1950s and a single-car Garage had been converted into a guest house for the mother looking back I

wonder if the spirits of the family linger in that house tied to the place they called home for so many years whatever the explanation I'll never forget the heavy footsteps I heard heard that day or the Eerie feeling of being watched by something unseen this story takes place in 1975 when I was just 5 years old even though it happened decades ago the memory is Burned into my mind and I doubt I'll ever forget it my parents and I had taken a road trip from Salt Lake City Utah to California to visit my mother's aunt

and uncle in Fresno the trip crossed long stretches of the Nevada desert and those it was fall and not terribly hot I still remember it being warm these were the days before air conditioning was standard in cars so the heat left an impression after our visit we began the Drive back to Salt Lake City my mom's uncle had suggested a faster route but unfortunately we ended up hopelessly lost wandering the back roads of Nevada as the sun started to set my parents were tense in arguing and I distinctly remember being very hungry finally we stumbled

across a small town or what you might call a Town it had a gas station a restaurant a motel and a handful of trailer homes grateful to find somewhere to stop we decided to spend the night There we checked into the motel which had only a basement room available with two double beds after dropping off our suitcases we headed over to the restaurant for dinner after eating my dad got directions to the main Highway and we returned to the room for the night the room was sparse and and unsettling the floor was bare concrete the

two double beds were pushed up against one wall and there was a small window above the beds the bathroom was Tiny with just a sink and a toilet I remember the beds being as hard as rocks making it hard to fall asleep I had a habit of sleeping on my stomach with my arm dangling off the side of the bed and that night was no different eventually I managed to drift off sometime in the night I was jolted awake by a tug on my arm half asleep I mumbled something about stopping it thinking of our

dog Christy an English Setter who would sometimes tug at my arm when she wanted To play then I remembered Christy wasn't with us on this trip groggy I dismissed it as a dream and tried to fall back asleep the tug came again harder this time it woke me almost completely and I glanced around the room but didn't see anything reluctantly I laid my head back down letting my arm dangle off the side again moments later the tug became violent yanking me off the bed and onto the hard concrete floor I landed with a Thud and

screamed for my mom she leapt out of bed and what happened next is something I'll never forget a greenish Mist glowing with a sickly bright green center was gripping my arm and dragging me across the floor it didn't have visible hands but I could feel an iron like Vice gripping me my mom yelled no and rushed toward me she swatted a at the Mist with her hand and to my shock it made contact with a loud Smack The Thing released me and let out an Earpiercing high-pitched scream unlike anything I've ever heard it began to

whirl around in the air like a funnel then shot toward the drain in the center of the room and disappeared my dad had been sleeping through most of this but woke up when he heard the scream I was so shaken that I spent the rest of the night sleeping between my parents thankfully there were no further incidents years later I told this story to someone With a deep understanding of the Paranormal and Supernatural he listened intently and explained what he thought had happened according to him the entity I encountered was likely an imp a low-level

demon known to pray on children imps he said feed on The Souls of the young and can take on forms that appeal to or frighten their targets often appearing as children themselves he also said I was extremely lucky many children who go missing may have Fallen victim to such entities never to be found again though I don't fully understand what happened that night I feel grateful that my mom acted so quickly this experience remains one of the most terrifying and inexplicable events of my life and even now the memory of that green mist and its

horrifying grip haunts me my story takes place in a small town in Nevada called toopa and I promise you this is 100% real I wouldn't lie about Something like this but I thought you might be interested in hearing it tonopa is a Tiny Town in the middle of the desert it was a bustling gold mining town back in the day but after the mines were depleted most people moved on by the time I moved there in 2002 the population had dwindled to around 1,000 after my parents divorced my mother older sister and I moved into

an apartment complex in town my mom worked as the night auditor at the Rada Inn Taking the graveyard shift she was deeply depressed after the divorce and started partying and using substances again without much adult supervision my sister also became Wild and the two of them fought constantly sometimes even physically eventually my sister went to live with my dad in Reno leaving just my mom and me in the apartment my mom still worked late often staying out until 2:00 a.m. or later and sometimes she wouldn't come home home Until the following day that left me

home alone most nights and that's when the strange terrifying events began I don't believe the apartment itself was haunted I think the darkness we were living with my mom's depression the family turmoil invited something dark into our lives Darkness attracts Darkness the first thing I noticed was the constant feeling of being watched it didn't matter if it was day or night it was like there were eyes on me all the Time and it it wasn't just from inside the apartment it felt like something was watching from outside Through the Windows it became unbearable so my

mom and I switched rooms but the feeling didn't go away eventually I started sleeping on the couch by the front door thinking that if I needed to escape quickly at least I'd be close to the exit one day as I was walking from the couch to the kitchen to get something to eat I glanced down the hallway at the End of the hall was the bathroom with my mom's room to the left and mine to the right when I looked I saw a huge dark figure Dart from my mom's room into mine it didn't exactly

run it hovered its feet never touching the ground but it moved so fast that ran is the best way I can describe it it was massive tall enough that its head almost touched the ceiling and completely solid I couldn't see through it at all I was only 9 or 10 and it terrified me from that moment on I couldn't sleep the only time I could rest was when I visited my mom at work I would literally sleep at her feet behind her desk at the rata she started to worry about me and she admitted that

she felt the watching eyes too but she had to work to keep us afloat the only relief she could offer was letting me come to her job when I was too scared to stay home one day I invited a friend over so I wouldn't feel so alone but as soon as She arrived she said she felt creeped out so we decided decided to stand on the porch and talk while we were out there we heard footsteps coming from behind the apartment there were dry leaves on the ground and we could hear them crunching underfoot as

someone or something approached at first we didn't think much of it people walked by often and it wasn't unusual but as the sound got closer we realized no one was there we stared horrified as we saw the leaves Pressing down forming the shape of a footstep yet no one was visible the footsteps came straight toward us we screamed and bolted to her house too scared to stay another minute the last incident happened one night when I was trying to sleep in my bedroom I felt a strong overwhelming Sensation that someone was watching me standing right

over me looming I turned my back to it pulled the covers over my head and tried to block it out then I felt pressure on The bed as if someone had climbed in with me my heart raced As I Lay Frozen in fear suddenly I heard a woman's voice whisper something in my ear it was too quick and faint to make out clearly but it sounded like either Kayla my name or wake up I was completely alone somehow despite my Terror I eventually fell asleep a few months later we moved not out of tonopa but

to a different apartment after we left the dark presence seemed to leave me Too my story is about the spirit of a cat or perhaps more than one that has visited me over the years these experiences have convinced me that animal spirits exist and sometimes linger with the humans they loved the first incident happened when I was very young my first pet a sweet cat I adored would sometimes jump into bed with me kneading and purring on my neck she brought me so much comfort I was in third grade when she got pregnant and my

Mom decided it was too much to handle she told me we'd take her to the pound just until she had her kitten and then we pick her back up but we never did and I was devastated for years I cried over her my sister scolded my mom for it but the damage was done about 5 years later as I lay in bed one night I felt a weight at my side and the familiar sensation of Paws kneading then I heard purring big as life I jolted awake but saw nothing I immediately thought of my First

cat and felt an overwhelming sadness because I knew she must have passed away if felt like she was coming to say goodbye years later when I was in college my mother apologized for taking both my cat and later my dog to the pound she explained that I'd spent so much time with my pets instead of people and she thought taking them away might encourage me to socialize more I understood her reasoning but it didn't lessen the loss I felt for Years the most recent experience with a spirit cat happened about 4 years ago I was

working the graveyard shift so I slept during the day in a loft where the sunlight made everything visible one of my cats a black one had gone missing a few months prior living in a rural area I suspected a coyote or owl might have gotten him his brother still lived with me and the two of them had always been Inseparable hunting together bringing home rabbits and mice and competing for My affection when the Black Cat didn't come home I wasn't immediately worried he had stayed out before and always returned wellfed as if another family might

have taken to feeding him but this time he never came back I searched for nearly a year checking highways for dead cats wondering if someone had taken him in or fearing he had fallen prey to a pack of stray dogs I even worried in the darker corners of my mind that something cruel like satanists had harmed him it Made me sick to think about so I clung to the idea that a coyote or owl had taken him it was nature at least and malice eventually I had to accept that he was gone then one day

while lying in bed in the Loft I felt the unmistakable sensation of a cat jumping onto the bed it moved close but this time it stayed at my side rather than near my neck I could see clearly that no cat was there but the weight and warmth felt so real I wondered if it was my missing cat Letting me know he was okay or maybe it was an unrelated Spirit cat drawn to the affection I gave to his brother finding comfort and warmth with me for a moment after his brother's disappearance my other cat changed

he no longer went out at night unless it was to quickly use the bathroom and even then he stayed close to the house he'd carefully scan the area before venturing outside visibly nervous I think he may have witnessed his brother's death or had a Close call himself he became much more cautious and rarely went out after dark during the winter he refused to go outside at all unless it was daytime and I was there to let him back in immediately this cat is still a fierce Hunter he recently brought a live cottontail rabbit into the

house sending my husband on a wild Chase to catch and release it but his nighttime Adventures are rare now and he's far more selective about what prey he deems worth his Attention from these experiences I've come to firmly believe in Animal Spirits I think they stay around after death because they're bonded to their humans or perhaps enjoying their Newfound freedom to cause Mischief in the spirit world cats especially seem to take pleasure in stirring things up even from Beyond the Grave eventually though they seem to move on often coming back to say goodbye first maybe

they find another happy life or maybe we'll meet them Again someday about 27 years ago I had to leave town for a week on a work trip before I left I called my grand grandmother who lived in the same town as me during the call she told me to let her know when I got back so she could have me over for pot roast we hadn't visited in a while and I promised I'd call her when I returned when I got back from my trip it was late after hours of flying exhausted I slept in

the next day Which was a Saturday the rest of the weekend was spent catching up cleaning organizing and preparing for the busy week ahead it happened to be Labor Day weekend so I also had Monday off on top of everything I was taking a class at the local University and trying to catch up on the material I'd missed while traveling between work the class and trying to get my life back in order I hadn't called my grandmother yet to let her know I was home on Monday morning my Day off I invited a classmate over

to study with me while we were reviewing notes I got up to grab a glass of water passing the phone mounted on the wall I suddenly remember remembered that I still hadn't called my grandmother the thought crossed my mind but then I decided not to call her that day I rationalized that I was tired and needed to rest after the study session I'll call her tomorrow I thought it was a selfish decision but at the time I felt Like I needed the break as soon as that thought entered my mind I was shaken to my

core by an incredibly loud voice in my head it spoke over my own thoughts booming can you live with that decision the voice wasn't male or female but it was powerful startling and unmistakable it completely stopped me in my tracks I stood there stunned giving serious thought to the question after a moment I answered internally yes I can live with that then I shook it off and went back To my studies about 5 hours later my brother called he told me something was wrong with Grandma and she was in the emergency room I rushed to

the hospital but about 20 minutes after I arrived D we were told that they couldn't save her my grandmother had passed away it turned out that she had been cooking beans that morning and started to feel tired she decided to lie down while the beans simmered my grandmother was a deeply religious woman and always knelt by her Bed to say her prayers before lying down she was found by a nephew still in the kneeling position with her head and upper body collapsed onto the bed the coroner said her heart had simply sto Ed she hadn't

been sick and she was only in her 50s so her sudden death shocked everyone for years I carried tremendous guilt for not calling her when the voice had warned me I kept replaying that moment in my mind wondering if I could have done something to change what Happened the voice gave me a choice and I chose wrong or at least that's how I felt looking back I've come to understand that I made the best decision I could with the information I had at the time I'm only human and hindsight has a way of making things

harder than they need to be that doesn't erase the pain or regret but it helps me accept that some things are simply out of our control I've wondered many times about the source of that voice it hasn't Happened to me since but I've questioned if it could have been my guardian angel or some other Force trying desperately to get through to me perhaps it had to yell because I'm so thickheaded that subtlety wouldn't have worked I'll likely never know for sure but the experience has stayed with me ever since recently I found out that my

grandmother likely had a rare genetic heart condition that can cause sudden death knowing this has given me some peace but It doesn't diminish the memory of that powerful otherworldly warning one that I'll never forget growing up in the Las Vegas area I had a few interesting paranormal experiences this one from when I was 18 in the early 80s is more funny than spooky but it's mysterious enough that I thought it would be worth sharing back then downtown Las Vegas meant the Fremont Street area one evening a friend and I spent our time wandering around Eating

50 c shrimp cocktails and even sneaking in a bit of underage gambling at the Horseshoe it was easier to get away with back then though I wouldn't recommend trying it today after we'd had our fill of fun for some inexplicable reason we decided to stop by a cemetery it was 1:00 a.m. and we thought it might be creepy in a fun way kids doing what kids do the cemetery somewhere off Main Street was completely deserted and pitch Dark I pulled into an empty parking lot turned off the engine and we got out of the car

for about 20 seconds we stood there by the car in total silence there was no traffic on the nearby Road no other people no noise at all it was unnervingly quiet and the atmosphere quickly went from fun spooky to just plain Eerie without saying much we both got the feeling that we needed to leave immediately we jumped back in the car but when I tried to start it the engine Wouldn't turn over I kept trying but it just wouldn't start and I realized I had probably flooded it Panic started to set in as we sat

there in the dark stuck in a cemetery with nothing and no one around back then there wasn't much nearby no gas stations or businesses to walk to it was just us the cemetery and the unnerving silence and then suddenly there was a car next to us a cop car it appeared out of nowhere I hadn't heard it pull up hadn't seen headlights Nothing but there it was parked right beside us this wasn't your typical Las Vegas police cruiser though the car and the uniformed officer stepping out of it looked like they belonged in a small

rural Town out in the middle of nowhere maybe with tumble weeds rolling by the cop he looked more like an old school sheriff walked up to my window and asked need a ride we eagerly said yes desperate to get out of there he motioned for us to get into the back of His car and we did without hesitation he drove us to my friend's house on 8th Street on the way everything seemed normal but as we approached the house and he turned onto the street the atmosphere shifted the sheriff turned around to us in the

back seat with a devilish smile and said watch this your neighbors are going to love this then with no warning he flipped on his flashing lights and briefly hit the siren at 2 a.m. my Friend and I were mortified but he was laughing clearly amused by our reaction and the spectacle he' just created when we reached the driveway he kept his flashing lights on while we fumbled with the door handles struggling to get out eventually he let us out still chuckling and we ran inside as we looked back he was sitting in the driveway lights

still flashing the next day I went back to the cemetery to retrieve my car to my amazement it started right up on the First try as if nothing had ever been wrong with it to this day I have no idea why the car wouldn't start that night or how the sheriff appeared so suddenly his uniform and car looked decades out of date and I couldn't shake the feeling that something about him was off was he a real person or was he sent to save us from whatever might have been waiting in that Cemetery I'll never

know but I'm still grateful for the rescue strange as it Was recently I helped my friend let's call her Marie Sage her house she had brought her sister who struggles with drug addiction to stay with her for a while unfortunately her sister didn't come alone she brought something dark and unsettling with her you might remember me mentioning a black glob in a previous story story well it decided to reappear in my life I'm starting to wonder if these things are more common than I once thought to give you some Context about Marie I've always considered

her a medium though she doesn't call herself one she frequently has nights where she can't sleep because Spirits won't stop talking to her sometimes I'll catch her reacting to things I can't see once while we were smoking hookah in her backyard she suddenly turned her head and snapped can you leave me alone ready apparently a spirit was sitting there rambling about his pocket watch and Wanting it repaired when we Googled the brand he mentioned we found out it had been discontinued in the 1600s that's just the kind of thing that happens around Marie which is

why I trust her instincts when it comes to the supernatural Marie's house built in the 1980s isn't particularly old or new as soon as I walked into her guest bedroom though I felt chills run up my spine and an overwhelming sense of weakness that's when Marie told me the room had been her Sister's for a few days before she went to rehab whatever was attached to her sister had apparently lingered in the closet after she left it was a rainy day which only added to the Eerie Vibe Marie decided we needed candles for the cleansing

so we went out and got two black candles and a white one she mentioned that black candles could act as portals which made me a little uneasy we couldn't find the Himalayan salt she wanted so we used sea salt instead Creating thick lines along open Windows the doors and the glass door leading to the backyard she also surrounded the candles with salt for protection when we got back a friend of Marie showed up to help us we lit the sage and began cleansing the house starting with the least affected rooms we carefully saged every corner

leaving the guest bedroom and attic for last whatever was in the house seemed to sense what we were doing because while we were in Marie's bedroom The faucet in her bathroom suddenly turned on by itself all three of us were in the room so there was no way it was one of us we just turned it off and kept going after finishing the main areas we turned our attention to the attic the house is one story and they had recently been installing a security system up there apparently whatever was in the Attic hadn't appreciated being

disturbed it had been stomping around angrily ever since as we saged the attic the air felt Tense but after a while the energy began to shift I felt the room grow lighter calmer as if something had been expelled finally we moved to the guest bedroom Marie's friend stood in the doorway while I stood near the dresser where one of the black candles was burning Marie was beside me closer to the closet we saged every corner of the room and when Marie brought the sage to the upper left side of the closet things took a turn

out of nowhere we were hit by a sudden Burst of air both of us screamed as it felt like something invisible barreled toward us Marie's friend still in the doorway said she actually saw it a dark shape flying toward us before retreating back into the closet Corner Marie held the sage there and I could feel the energy in the room shifting again as though something was being drawn out and sucked away and then just like that it was gone the oppressive fear feeling in the room lifted and the space felt clean And safe again it

took a while to drive whatever it was out but we succeeded since then nothing dark has returned to Marie's house and I have to say it was a surreal but empowering experience even to this day I consider this the strangest experience of my life I don't remember exactly how old I was but I was pretty young while I don't recall many of the details firsthand my mother described me as being constantly scared always looking around as if Something unseen was there and feeling a dark presence surrounding me it all began when my mother made me

start reading the Bible like most kids I found it boring but what stood out was that every time I sat down to read I would get overwhelmingly sleepy it didn't matter how alert I felt beforehand after just a few words I'd struggled to keep my eyes open my mother said it was the devil trying to stopped me from reading at the time I thought that was a strange Thing to say and didn't really believe her but then strange things started happening I don't remember sleepwalking or what I did while in that state but my family's

accounts of those events terrified me I vividly recall the unease I felt as they shared what they had seen me do at the time we lived in a small apartment with only two bedrooms one room was shared by all seven members of my family while the second was occupied by my cousin who was staying with us my Mother told me I would get out of bed in the middle of the night stand in the corner of the room and watch everyone sleep sometimes I'd stand directly over them my older brother said he saw me wandering

around the apartment looking out the windows opening the bedroom door as if to check for someone on the other side or standing against the walls and talking to someone I have no memory of any of this but what I do remember are the Vivid Disturbing dreams I had during that time they were dreams about my family's doppelgangers in each dream I'd be with a specific family member when their doppelganger would suddenly appear and come after me the dreams always ended abruptly just as they attacked one dream about my younger brother still haunts me it was

particularly terrifying and I've never shared the details with anyone not even my family I didn't want to frighten them further or make things Worse as time went on the sleepwalking became more extreme I began physically harming myself and exhibiting inappropriate behaviors my mother said I had stopped speaking altogether and appeared increasingly tormented as if something invisible was relentlessly tormenting me I was descending into what felt like Madness my mother could no longer bear to see me in such a state so my parents turned to the church for help they Arranged for me to be blessed

I remember the day of the blessing vividly we went to the church and I was brought before a large crowd the priest recited prayers and sprinkled holy water over me it was a solemn moment but I didn't fully understand what was happening at the time what I do know is that after the ceremony everything stopped the sleepwalking the dreams the bizarre and frightening behavior all of it vanished my older sister described it as though The light had finally touched me lifting a dark Cloud that had been suffocating me life returned to normal and I felt

like myself again even now I can't fully make sense of what happened my family's testimonies about my behavior are chilling but the experience itself feels like a fragmented memory something I can never fully piece together was it something spiritual psychological or both I don't think I'll ever truly know what I do know is that it was a Terrifying chapter in my life and I'm grateful it's behind me I don't know quite where to begin so I'll just start at the beginning for years Bonnie Springs a ranch near Las Vegas was known not just for its

charm but for its reputation as a notoriously haunted place until it closed earlier this year it hosted a Halloween event called Bonnie screams which a friend and I attended for two consecutive years both times I experienced something that Still leaves me shaken I've always thought I might have a connection to the Paranormal maybe even be somewhat of a medium but what happened at Bonnie Springs went beyond simply seeing spirits the most chilling moments occurred at what was said to be the most haunted location on the property the old playhouse the first year we attended a

magician was performing a show there as soon as I stepped inside I noticed a small girl standing on the stage she Looked about 7 years old with pigtails and she quickly disappeared back stage at the time I thought she was part of the show and didn't give it much thought during the performance there were papers taped to the walls of the playhouse one sheet and only one was fluttering as though caught in an invisible Breeze I couldn't stop staring at it when the magician introduced a trick involving the ghost of a little girl who supposedly

haunted the building it Suddenly made sense he explained that the girl had been murdered and then used a bell tied to a rope to try to communicate with her spirit when he asked the audience where she might be I blurted out she's on the stage almost immediately the bell rang as if confirming what I said I went pale while the show carried on as normal I couldn't stopped thinking about her for the rest of the night the experience Disturbed me deeply the second year we Attended things escalated again as soon as I entered the playhouse

I saw her standing on the stage just as before four this time I told the magician about my experience the previous year and mentioned that she was still there on stage I think he thought I was joking but when he performed his Ghost Trick again he turned it into a bit of a game involving me in the process it didn't go well at first nothing happened then out of Curiosity the magician asked if the girl was near me no response he hesitated but stepped behind the woman holding the Rope attached to the bell and asked

are you on the stage the bell rang and didn't stop for a full minute the Bell chimed continuously growing more unsettling with every second then the banging started loud angry banging coming from every wall in the room Panic spread through the audience as the sound reverberated Around us my blood ran cold after what felt like forever the banging ceased as suddenly as it started the magician visibly shaken hurried to finish the ACT I got the distinct feeling he wanted me out of there as fast as possible that night for the first time in my life

I believe a spirit truly reached out to me when I went to sleep I didn't have a typical dream instead I was transported to the old west Bonnie Springs as it might have looked in its Heyday but I Wasn't myself I was her the murdered little girl in the dream I was being violently dragged by a man who stayed hidden in the shadows I screamed begged and fought but he was relentless yanking me along the dirt road past the old schoolhouse on the property that's when I saw the axe the horror of what came next

is hard to put into words he struck her small body repeatedly with sickening ferocity she screamed and then she didn't he kept going long after she was Silent and it felt like an eternity before he finally started digging a shallow grave I saw it all where she died where she was buried every horrible detail I woke up drenched in sweat completely shaken I couldn't stop thinking about her what she had shown me earlier this year Bonnie Springs was torn down to make room for new housing developments it breaks my heart to think that her remains

if they were ever there are Likely lost forever I can't go back to help her I can't help her find the peace she deserves a part of me hopes that she only wanted someone anyone to know her story Maybe by showing me what happened she finally found the closure she needed to move on I hope she's at peace now somewhere far from the place where she suffered but Another Part Of Me wonders if she's still there unable to leave now trapped in the shadows of these new homes that Thought fills me with sadness to the

little girl at Bonnie Springs Ranch I'm so sorry I couldn't help you I'm sorry for the pain you endured I hope somehow you found the peace you seek my brother passed away in July 2020 about a month after he died I had a dream where he appeared to me he said Bruce come see where I'm at it's a great place and started pulling at my feet I replied skip I still have things to do on Earth I'll see you again but I need To stay here for now he smirk the way he always did and

then disappeared as I woke up 2 weeks later it happened again I saw my brother pulling on my ankles saying this way I woke up startled I tried putting salt in front of my door but it didn't help since then something has continued pulling at my feet sometimes even when I'm awake the third time it wasn't my brother anymore it was a shadowy figure tugging at my feet until I kicked it off and woke up the Fourth time my sister-in-law who passed away 6 months after my brother appeared I was sleeping when I heard her

voice and she punched me in the chest while I lay there my winter coat which I was wearing for warmth exploded like a strong blast of air had hit it a little backstory after my brother died she told me on the phone that she wanted to punch me for not visiting him before he passed I had driven all night from Vegas to Colorado Springs to see him but couldn't Bring myself to go into the hospital it was too painful I'd already lost another brother before him I stayed the night in a hotel and made the

round trip back to Vegas I think she got her revenge for that to this day something still pulls at my ankles often at 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. recently I had to fight it off again while I was awake I'm 70 years old and afraid to sleep most nights because I never know when it's coming back I live in a quiet retirement neighborhood where Many homes have had previous owners who passed away so maybe that has something to do with it at first it felt like my real brother was visiting me but now I'm not so

sure others have told me it could be something pretending to be him whatever it is I still feel its presence I'm not sure what to do and most nights I stay awake until I'm too tired to fight sleep anymore I worked on the 3700 block of Las Vegas Boulevard for about 4 and 1/2 years I wasn't employed by the Casino itself but by a thirdparty vendor and we faced the famous fountains Vegas is a city that's constantly tearing down and rebuilding but just because something is gone doesn't mean it stays gone after about a month

of working there I started noticing something strange I'd occasionally catch a glimpse of the back of a woman's head she had blonde hair and looked to be about 55 but she was never really there I'd see her for just A moment usually in the women's section of the store and then she'd vanish I told my co-workers but no one took me seriously they just thought I was the weird guy who liked to talk about ghosts the store I worked in was large with about 1500 ft of shopping space and an additional 1100 ft of stock

rooms the stock rooms were divided into four sections each separated by doors the farthest stock room which we called the shoe room was particularly creepy Everyone avoided spending time there if they could help it personally I didn't mind it it was quiet and a good spot to hide out from management I also worked frequent overnight shifts resetting the floor and showcasing New pieces it was peaceful see seeing the city lit up but mostly empty most of those shifts were uneventful nothing strange ever happened until one night it did it was around 2:30 a.m. and only

the visual manager and I were working I was in the Sho room About 7 ft up on a ladder grabbing some shelving I was singing to myself when I heard someone call my name Johan Johan I called back what but got no reply thinking the manager was nearby I climbed down and walked out to the sales calling out again to my surprise I saw her walking from the opposite side of the store she asked me what I wanted that's when it clicked she thought I had been calling her name and I thought she'd been calling

mine neither of us Had said anything a heavy uneasy feeling settled over the sales floor as we both realized what had just happened neither of us mentioned it again that night a few months later the location downsized and part of the store including the women's section and the shoe room was turned into a new restaurant I felt relieved knowing that the most active areas wouldn't be part of our new space even now I can't explain what I experienced but I know it wasn't just my Imagination