So I'm assuming my ghost is benevolent. Thank goodness. There's only room for one evil entity per household, and I'm already it.
I did figure my ghost was male...
One morning a few years ago, I woke up & headed for the bathroom (as per normal), and...the toilet seat was up.
As I am a woman, and I'd had no overnight guests of any gender, I found this strange. ("But don't you have a son?" you may very well ask. I do...but as he is unable to walk I sincerely doubt that it was him)
A mystery.
And speaking of my son...he is known to lie a-bed at night, in the dark...laughing. At what? I have no idea. I figured the ghost was doin' a little stand-up routine there that only my little guy could see.
There have been a few other out-of-the-ordinary things that have occurred...mostly of the variety of things not being where I (thought) I'd left them...nothing spectacular.
Then last summer, my daughter wanted to take a picture of me. (Please don't look at ME in the photo, I certainly wasn't expecting to share this photo)
So I'm sitting in my room, on my bed, & let her take the picture. I hope the quality on the computer measures up to the real picture, as the real one is just downright spooky. When I first saw it, the hair on my nape and arms stood straight up, my heart went THUD THUD, and my stomach sort of...rolled.
Wanna see?
Look just above my head...
So....who wants to come visit my house?
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Ghosts freak me out. Even if you believe there are good ghosts, which I do, it's still a creepy concept.
Whoa, that IS creepy! At first I didn't see it, then all of the sudden... a FACE. You know that if you ask him to leave (if he's a problem), he will? At least that's what I've heard many times. But, maybe he's a protector (and a prankster)? :) And, I love your blog, too!
I see the face up and to the left of you. Could it be a flaw in the photograph? Was the picture taken with a digital camera? Very spooky indeed.
I lived in a house that was built over a civil war battlefield 6-7 years ago that I thought may be haunted. One day I was giving my then 3 year old a bath (with my back to the bathroom door) and she looked over and said, "Who's that man, Mommy?" I was too scared to look as we were home alone. I said "what man?" and she said " The man right there in the doorway". I made myself turn and look but saw nothing. It still gives me the chills when I think about it....
Holy Crap! I grew up in a place that was "haunted" on old gold mining town that was rich in history, but aside from a "bad vibe" here and there I never had any supernatural encounters. I had a friend who had a broken music box that regularly played despite it's apparent inability to do so, and lots of tales around the area. Either I'm oblivious... not a threat... or I scare them. Go figure!
Who you gonna call?
May I suggest Bill Murray, Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis.
bah, you probably just farted or something.
i wonder why the ghost would take a leak.
beware of ghost doody.
Oh, thanks, thanks for that a lot. I don't have ENOUGH trouble sleeping at night.....
I DO!!!!! I DO!!! I wanna visit with the ghost, I love that stuff! The only thing I will say about the pic is it looks like it might be your face reflected by error on the film, unless of course it's digital, then I have no idea. Oh, and MommaK's comment? Seriously, I would have peed my pants and run screaming from the house with child in hand. I truly believe kids can see more than we can, but I would have been out of there in no time. That's scary!
OMFG! You have GOT to keep us posted on stuff like this!
heebeegeebies
I think the blonde in the picture is cute! :)
I was going to come visit you - but have now cancelled my flight.
Hell yes, I'd come for a visit.
When I lived in Ventura, California (where I was born) a few years ago, I had a beautiful 1914 penthouse apartment in the historic district of town (I still miss my view of the ocean). The landlady told me the building had a "protective spirit," which was fine with me. I've shared my living space with ghosts a couple of times and have ever had any problems.
My first night in my new apartment, not knowing the ghost, I said, "Ok, I don't mind you being here, and we can be friends, but just don't scare me. You can feel free to make yourself known all you want, but just don't do anything to scare me."
Turned out my new ghost made herself known to me very quickly, like leaving lipstick kiss prints on my mirror and leaving half drunk glasses of red wine sitting about -- when there was no red wine in the house. I sensed that she was a young Flapper in the 1920's when she died. She loved all the parties I gave, and there a lot of funny experiences with her. I called her Ruthie -- don't know why. Later, I began researching the building and sure enough, a young woman had died there while giving birth to a baby, who also died. Ruthie wasn't married, but was the mistress of a city politician, so she tried to have the baby secretly, with no medical assistance.
When I moved away, I felt her sadness and, for me, it was no different than moving away from a good friend. I still miss her. Tell your disembodied friend hello from me, and remind him that he can move on if he wants to.
Great picture!
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Interesting. I know of a group in OKC that would invesitage this if you want . . . my email is oulawdog@yahoo.com
Like I said before,don't care about the ghost but I do like that pretty lady. Where's the pic you promised me. I've been waiting.
Love,
Monkeyballs
That is spooky! Maybe your house could be featured on one of those "ghost story" shows that the travel channel and the history channel play around Halloween!! (I love those shows!)
I do agree that the blonde is cute. I've been around a few "unexplained" occurances and I'm willing to let a ghost or whatever it wants to be called share the house, as long as we can keep the no scaring the crap out of the man that pays the mortgage rule.
oooh, raised the hair on my arms for a couple waves
Oooh creeeeepy!!!! We had a ghost in our old (and I mean old) house. If I was in my bedroom with the door closed, there would sometimes be a thud as though someone threw a beanbag against the door. If I kept the door open everything was quiet... eek.
Oh my gosh! I've never experienced any kind of "ghost" stuff. I've had friends tell me stories but that was in high school and now when I think back to those stories I think that they were probably a figmant of one of my friends either doing too much LSD or being on LSD and the other friend just having a great imagination and a good story teller. That picture is odd..I must admit it gives me the creeps.
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