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My Grandfathers and Others

(NOTE: Here's an interesting account of several experiences by the author. The approximate year each occurred is noted in each story.)

I'll never forget the first time that I had an experience with a ghost. The first experience was in Brooklyn, NY. I had to have been about 4 or 5 yrs old (1986-87) when my maternal grandfather died from diabetes. I really didn't understand what dying was so I thought that he would be back, that he was going on a trip. Needless to say, that wasn't the case and I never got to really say good-bye. About 3 days after he died, My mom, 2 year old sister and I were coming back from my grandmothers' house when I saw my dead grandfather sitting on our front steps with a big smile on his face, waving at me. I, of course, got really excited and began waving. My mother looked at me and said, "Who are you waving to?" and I began screaming, "Papa! Papa!" I ran to my house to give him a hug, and when I got there, he was gone and I wanted to cry. My mom looked at me like I had 10 heads and she said that Papa was dead. All I could do was say, "But I saw him. He was sitting right here!!" After about 5 times of saying that, my mom, seeing how serious I was, became teary eyed and said that it was his way of saying good-bye to me.

Another time was when I was about 13 yrs. old, (about 1995) about 2 years after my paternal grandfather had died from lung cancer. We were in Toms River, New Jersey and my parents, my grandmother and her friend had gone food shopping and they were gone for a while. My sister and I were the only ones in the house. The front door and the garage door leading into the house each make their own sounds, and I know which door is being used when hearing them open and close.

Everyone was still away shopping an hour and a half later at about 1:30 PM, when I heard the front door open and close. My sister and I were the only ones home, and my sister was in a room with a little rec room and the kitchen connected together. Thinking my parents and grandmother were back from shopping, I went to help. I came into the living room and found no one there. I went to the garage door and found nothing. I looked at my sister if she had gone outside or opened the front door. She looked at me as if I were crazy and said no. Now normally I would say, "Okay, I'm hearing things," but it happened again, about 5 minutes after the first time. My parents didn't come back until about twenty minutes later, around 2 PM. After my heart stopped racing, I figured that it was my grandfather making sure my sister and I were ok.

Still in Toms River, New Jersey but at another time I saw a ghost was about 4 months ago, (On or around February, 2001) I was staying at my grandmother's house for Easter weekend with my family, and my sister and I were sleeping in my grandmother's room. It had to have been around 12 in the morning, I wasn't tired so I turned on the TV. (Keep in mind that my grandfather had then been dead for 8 years, since I was 11 years old. This happened when I was 19.) That's when I saw it. I saw my grandfather walk by the side of the bed my sister was sleeping on. I jumped up, looked around the room and saw nothing. I thought that I was seeing things but I saw him do the same thing again. This time I was freaked so I sat up and turned on the lights. It was about 12:30 AM by then, when I heard the front door open and close, footsteps walk through the living room and my grandmother's dog walking across the kitchen floor. (I should also tell you that the dog was put to sleep when I was 13 yrs old.) Then it became quiet. My sister woke up about 15 minutes later to use the bathroom. She's gone about 5 minutes before she came running back into the bedroom, jumping in the bed and pulling the covers over her head. Later that day, she told me she had heard the same things I had 15 minutes earlier.

Now these last 2 stories don't have anything to do with my grandfathers but I thought that they were a little weird. About 1 yr ago, (2001) my family and I were at my aunts house in Toms River, New Jersey for my cousins graduation party. It was about 3pm and I was out front watching my cousins and my sister goof around. Then my aunt called my 11 yr old cousin into the house for something, and when she opened the screen door to go in I saw a pale little boy standing in the middle of the floor. I got up from where I was sitting and walked towards the door. When I went to step inside the house, the little boy smiled and waved at me, then disappeared.

That following winter, (Again in 2001) I was hanging out with a friend of mine in Brooklyn, NY and she wanted to stop and see her other friend who was really sick. We went to the house where she stood by her door talking to my friend. Out of nowhere, I saw this muscular guy very slowly walk from one end of the house to the other and back again. it was a very dark gray figure, no face. I asked the girl if anyone was in the house and she said her mom and sister. I asked her if there were any guys in the house and she said no. Then she asked me why, and I told her I saw a big dark figure walk around in the house. All she could do was laugh and say, "You know, my mom and brother see ghosts in the house, but I have yet to see or hear one."

-Heather.