Date Posted:18:29:26 07/26/02 Fri Author: gnossis Subject: Re: Ghost? In reply to:
Susan
's message, "Re: Ghost?" on 18:13:34 07/26/02 Fri
>Well, Cindy, I know two people who claim they have
>lived in haunted houses, and I have no reason to doubt
>these folks. One was a girlfriend who bought a house a
>number of years ago. It had been owned by an elderly
>couple. She was in a nursing home, and he had recently
>died, when my friend had bought the house. She has
>lots of stories about strange happenings, but the one
>that sticks in my mind is about the fireplace. My
>friend had her husband bring in some wood one morning,
>so it would be dry enough to use when they got home
>from work that night. Well, when she got home, there
>was no wood by the fireplace...her husband swears he
>had brought it in. This happened a couple of days in a
>row! Well, she had already had some strange
>expenriences in the house, and she decided on a hunch
>to have the fireplace checked out. Turns out there
>was something wrong with the chimney..a crack, I
>think...which was a fire hazard. She had it fixed, and
>never had disappearing wood again. There were lots of
>things happen like this...usually to do with the house
>itself, as if the previous owner was still trying to
>take care of it. Things stopped happening in the
>house, just after his wife in the nursing home passed
>away. It was as if he was just waiting for her.
>The other person was my brother. They had bought a
>house, and started fixing it up before moving in, and
>strange things started happening then. He would be
>upstairs doing something and his wife downstairs. She
>would hear a big crash, like he fell of a ladder and
>go running to see if he was ok. He was fine and hadn't
>heard a thing. The next time it would be he who would
>hear something and go running only to find she was ok.
>Finally one day, my sister in law stood in the middle
>of the house and told the ghosts "We're not leaving,
>you know. No matter what you do, we're not leaving."
>After that, they were friendlier and would just pick
>up after you from time to time. I don't know if was
>ghosts, or if there is some other explanation...but
>ghost of the previous owner is probably a possibility.
>Your ghost sounds friendly, since it unlocked the door
>for you. I would bet you, whether you try to
>communicate with it or not, you're going to hear from
>it again. :)
My ex sister in law lives in an old house in north Geogia. She and her husband were remodeling it because it had been used as a hay barn for years and had been gutted of all fixtures. They had not gotten around to putting in a kitchen and were using a microwave but every Sunday they would smell the most delicious smells as if a country dinner had been prepared. The smells were even stronger at Tgiving and Cmas. Other things happened too: closed doors, items disappearing and then reappearing. I have not had a recent update.
