READERS TALES
Something
Paranormal?
(NOTE:
The following occurred in Hanover, Pennsylvania, between 1996 - 2005)
Not long
after we were married my wife and I purchased an 8
room house, we had two Siamese cats,
I would go to bed early due to my job.
After getting into bed, one of the cats
would jump onto the bed and I would feel her
walking across it and and lay down.
I would open my eyes and look; no cat was
there. I thought I
was imagining things until one day my wife mentioned the same thing was
happening to her. Sometimes one or both cats
would be sitting at the bottom of the stairs; just
staring up them, and you could tell just by their
movements that they were sort of
scared,. One would sometimes start to venture up the
steps only to get about halfway and quickly come back down.
After my wife passed
on I would frequently smell a body powder she favored-the smell would be
strong and last awhile- There was a night light in the
kitchen which shone into the
hall mirror and the light reflected onto a wall in a front room.
I would see a shadow on the wall as if someone or something was passing
between the light and the mirror. I would also
see very tiny lights floating around the front room.
I was once sitting reading a book when I felt a
distinct blowing sensation, as if someone pursed their
lips and blew a stream of air starting at my wrist and continuing up my arm,.
Once when the TV was turned off, I saw an image
in the screen resembling what you would see if
you were looking into one of those kaleidoscope tubes that you turn to make
different shapes. What I
saw looked very much like when the sun shines through a tree and makes a shadow
or image on the ground or a wall. As
I watched it ,it got progressively smaller until it
disappeared. (???? weird,
huh?) I
have since moved to an apartment.
One day
shortly after moving into said apartment, my sister in-law was here helping out.
She was in the kitchen; I heard her go "OOOOH.
I said, what is the matter with you?
She replied she'd felt someone touch her on the shoulder. Whenever she is
here, she has the feeling like someone is watching her. (From what I have been
reading here, I see that feeling is familiar with a lot of you) So far I
have just experienced small things here; there is a tap at the door usually at
an irritable time, like 2 or 3 AM and - you guessed it - no one is there when I
go to the door. Usually I will hear the storm door open and I will be
waiting for someone to either knock or enter, but there is no one there.
I am now at an
apartment complex; my elderly aunt lived in the complex nearby. She
recently passed on. After the funeral my sister and I were there making
sure the apartment was cleaned out; my sister was around the corner.
(Note: She is one of those people who roll their eyes when the subject of
ghosts or the paranormal comes up.) She came around the corner hurriedly
and said we were done there. After we were outside she told me why she was
in a hurry. She said she heard my deceased aunt call her by name. I
live a couple of minutes from Gerrysburg, Pennsylvania, so I might have some
more ghostly info in the future.
I have always
been a believer. Like 'Mulder' (the X Files)
I believe 'The truth is out there."
-M.E. Weaver.