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posted Standing in the woods I hear something calling my name. The voice scares me as it sounds like it is speaking right next to my ear but I am all alone. I start to head along the trail to get back to my car. The voice seems to get louder calling my name almost frantic. The closer I get to safety the harder it is to move. It feels like there is a weight on me trying to stop my escape to freedom. Then I see a break in the treeline and my car. That is when I see a man step into my path. He raises a gun at me and shoots. I hear a thud beside me. Slowly I turn and there on the ground was a child-like creature. Turning I looked at the man and he say's, "It was getting bigger the closer you got to the end of the path."

 

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Hanging in the attic

 

I watched the closet door starts to open and the light switches on and off. This happened for a few minutes. Then as I cowered in my bed I saw the bedroom door begin to close as well. Whatever was causing this really liked playing with the doors.

I knew what went bump in the night and being alone never really scared me. However, something about what was happening now did. Almost as if there was an almost menacing feel of the air around me.

The movement of the doors quickened, and the light in the closet seemed to flicker more and more. I heard it then the sound of the attic entryway slowly sliding over. That's not possible there is no way any human can get in there unless they would have broken into the house.  But I have been home all day and have not left.  I would have known if someone had come in.

There is no way someone could have gotten in. I heard a banging at the door. I jumped up from my spot and ran to the front door yelling who is it? I hear a reply of its the sheriff's office and to open the door. Swinging the door open, I see 2 officers the one closest to me pulls me outside and the other yells to get down. I turn to see a man in a hood standing in my living room. How?

Then the hooded man runs at the cop and disappears in a puff of smoke.

I shook my head and said, "How?"

The cop looks at me and said we need to see your attic. I sit on a chair outside as the cops went to check the attic. The cop comes back to me and said, "He hung himself in your attic on a live stream last week. We have been watching the footage for a week trying to trace the location. We finally traced back to your home and got a call when they saw a spirit rise from the body."

I sat shaking as I saw the body being taken away and then the cop sat next to me.

"You had no clue that someone had broken in?"

"No, I live alone and the only entrance to the attic is in my room. There is a window at the back of the house but it is very tiny and for security I keep the entrance padlocked. Why are you asking?"

"Miss, I hate to be the one to tell you this but besides the guy who was hanging, there are footsteps all over your attic with different size shoe prints among the dust and the window was wide open. Also, the lock on the attic door was ripped off."

 Knocking on the wall

I heard knocking on the wall. The knocking was light and seemed to come from the wall between my room and my sisters. We just moved to town and my parents bought a beautiful historic home.

I went down to the living room where my parents were reading. My father smiled when I came in my father said, "Hey kiddo what's going on?"

My sister piped up and said, "Daddy sissy is knocking on my wall."

"Dad," I said. "That's why I came down, there is a knocking sound coming from the wall."

Dad looked at mom and she said, "Let's go upstairs."

We went into my room and sat on my bed. Then it started a knocking that was faint at first but then started to get louder and louder. Dad looked at mom and she had a weird look on her face. Then the knocking started getting louder and louder. Mom walked over to the wall and placed her hand on it. She looked at Dad and said, "I can feel the knocking."

Dad ran downstairs and came back with an electric saw. He started sawing in the place my mom had touched. The wall came off easily and there was a closet door. My mom looked at him and said, "What in the world."

She moved my sister and me into the door of the room. My dad slowly started to open the door. He looked in and slammed the door shut. Pulling out his phone, he made a phone call, "I need officers to 2122 Mayberry Lane. We found a body in our home."

My mom moved my sister and me to the living room. The cops came and my dad explained we just moved in and bought the home. Then he explained we were hearing noises and he cut into the wall and found the hidden closet. Dad showed them to the room and the cops came back and made a few calls.

There were a bunch of people in and out of the house. The officer came in as they were going to leave and told us we solved a decades-long missing person case. The body that was in the closet was the daughter of the former owner who went missing after she said she was going to marry her boyfriend. She was never found, and people assumed she ran away as her boyfriend was missing as well.

Watching The Trees

I sat on my back porch drinking a cup of tea and watching the trees behind my home.

Watching the trees I see the shadow start to form and walk around in the woods.

They started to move out of the tree line and towards my home.

That's when the lights came on all over the yard and I heard a growl from the shadows creatures.

The creature dropped to the ground and I saw a man take shape and turn over in agony.

I stood up and walked towards the man and said "The lights will stay on and you will no longer be able to be a shadow. You are not stealing someone else ever again."

He looked at me and gave me a wicked grin. That's when I raised my gun and took the shot. No more people would be taken by him ever again.

 

Cleaning Brings Ghosts

I live in a haunted house. Lately as I am doing spring cleaning, the ghost activity has been picking up. It has been picking up a lot more as my partner went out of town to work. But today was different, I hit the halfway point with Spring Cleaning. Almost like a switch was flipped and as I was working in my room/office I started hearing footsteps in the kitchen and living room. Now before you ask, I know I was the only one in the house as I lock the door and deadbolt it when I am alone. All my dogs were in the room with me. I heard the noise of paper ripping in the other room. I figured the cats found a piece of paper. However, I was wrong when I came out for lunch the scripture slips on the refrigerator was ripped off and on the floor. Also, the collage picture of me and my partner was ripped down and on the floor.

Can ghosts throw temper tantrums while you clean?

 

A true tidbit that happened two days ago to me personally!

I work from home, and I have a sign on my door that asks, please do not knock during certain hours. My neighbors respect the warning and me enough not to knock on the door while I am working. While working on Tuesday, I had just completed a call, and a loud pounding on the door happened. My three big dogs go crazy, barking.

I take a break calling out, "I will be right there."

From the moment I got up and headed to the door, the pounding was less than a minute. I get to the door, and there is nobody there. I walk outside, and there is no one in sight. I even checked behind the trailer for the back door and no one.

So I go inside, lock the door and check the security camera. When the knocking happened, the security camera froze and started again a few seconds before I opened the door. How weird, right? Well, yesterday morning, I overslept, and the only reason I was not late logging into work was the same pounding happened again, which set off the dogs.

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

 

 Someone Calling Through

We keep hearing a phone ringing in the house. The sound comes from an area next to our refrigerator. We knew it was a phone sound because each of our Grandmothers used to have the same phone with the same ringer. The first few times we would hear the ringing, it would stop when we got to it. As it is happening here and there, we are hearing the ringing as soon as it starts.

The last time I heard the phone ringing I went in search of the sound. It seemed to move to a different part of the house. I finally gave up and thought to forget it. That's when my cell phone rang, an unknown caller. I answered the phone, and there was nothing but static when I answered. All of this happens randomly, and there is no pattern. Did the phone we hear play a part in something tragic, or maybe someone is calling from the other side? Your guess is as good as mine.

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The Doppelganger

Everyone who knows me is aware I firmly believe in the paranormal. I have lived in many haunted houses and had a lot of ghostly experiences. As we fast approach All Hallows Eve, the veil is beginning to thin, and this happened.

This post is in real-time. I work from home doing customer service. I had a call come in for work, and I had turned my chair, so I was facing my large monitor as I was exhausted this morning and was helping a customer. You must understand we live in a smaller mobile home, so I hear everything even while working. I hear my partner get out of bed and go into his dresser that we share. Out of the corner of my eye, I see the drawer open and hear the squeak it makes when it opens. I see clothing moved in the drawer and the drawer shut. As I am still helping my customer, I did not turn around, and I am thankful I did not. I hear what I thought was my partner leaving the room as the door squeaks as it opens and closes. I hear my partner walk through the house and the front door open and close. After the call ended, I went to make the bed so the dogs could lay on it, and when I turned towards the bed, my partner was still sound asleep. 

Was it his doppelganger? Was it a ghost? I told him about what happened when he woke up thirty minutes later, and he said, 'The house was locked up' until he went outside a few minutes ago to take a phone call. I even checked our security camera, and there was nothing but the stray cats outside the entire time. Any thoughts? Let me know in the comment section below.

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I see its shadow creatures around the house all the time. What are they? Sitting at my desk working, I see it peeking around the corner from the reflection on my monitor screen. Its eyes glow a light red color. What are you? Before it can go away or dart into the shadows, I mute my headset and say, "I see you. Leave." It hisses at me and goes away. 

Is it a shadow creature of something more? I see them along the walls and ceiling. At night I will look out the widow and see them moving around the edges of the property. Some with red eyes and some with white. 

I have seen these creatures all my life and always wondered about them. I have seen some that are a menace and I have one in my own home that seems board with existence and watches me work. These creatures show in all cultures and religions under different names.

Where do you stand on these creatures? Have you ever seen one? Even if you do not believe it is a interesting topic.

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Hearing Voices

I live in a trailer in a historic community. My day starts early since I bring my partner to work around five in the morning. Walking into my home I hear voices. I grab my mace and knife from my bag as I start to search the house. After a minutes I see there is no one there. I still hear the voices clear as can be and look out to the property behind my house thinking someone is outside talking. There is no one there. All my pets are calm so I do not think they can hear anything or anyone. 

A week later I joke with the owner of the park since the area is so old I bet if they did land scans with ground penetrating radar they would discover bodies buried. A few days later I came home from taking my partner to work and there were emergency vehicles everywhere. Pulling up to my house I walked to the back yard and saw the police digging a hole and I said, "I was only joking with the owner."

An officer smiled and said, "The owner said you would say that. He was curious as well and you were not wrong. We arrived shortly after you left and the GPR team did some sweeps. You were right there are bodies and coffins. How did you know?"

Sighing I said, "I heard the spirits talking. Call me crazy but I heard them quite a bit."

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Sitting at my desk I see the shadow forming in the doorway.

Looking over I said, "Now is not the time I am working."

My cat hisses and runs down the hall.

The shadow forms and unlike all the other this one is more formed and a deep black color. Looking at the shadow I said, "Not now."

It stood there watching.