H.R.P.R.G.
My Haunted House
This is the story of the haunted house I lived in.First a little background.About 5 years ago I was newly married and my husband and I were living with my family while saving for a house.We decided to move to a larger house and one had just come up for rent down the road we were already living on.It had been empty for several years and had recently been purchased. the house was in good condition and the rent was reasonable so we took it despite friends who had lived in the neighborhood longer than us telling us it was haunted.We even joked about it.My Mother said if there was a ghost there "this bunch will run him out".That's not exactly what happened.
Strange things began happening even before we were fully moved in.The first event was one evening when my Mother and I had taken some of our things down to the house.The electricity had been turned on but it heated with gas and that was not on yet so we were using the oven for heat while we worked in the house.While we were in the kitchen we both heard a voicce.It was very low and muffled but it sounded like a mans voice.The kitchen was in the back of the house so we naturally assumed someone else had come down and I went to see who it was.No one was there so I looked outside and around the house and couldn't find anyone.When I returned to the kitchen my Mom asked who was there.I told her I didn't find anyone and she said she had heard voices the whole time I was gone and had thought I was talking to someone.Again the voice was too low to make out anything being said.
After this we were a little freaked out so we went back to our old house and me being the nut that I am I deided to get my Catholic prayer book and said the prayer that Priests use to make water holy over some tap water.My Mom and I along with my sister Katie went back down to the new house wih the water and Crucifix in hand.Taking a cue from the Amityville horror we went through each room reciting the Lord's prayer and splashing this water around at the end.When we got to the last bedroom upstairs we said the prayer and at the moment we splashed the water all of the lights in the house dimmed as low as candlelight.We ran screaming from the house but in retrospect we figured it as coincidence as it had been empty and the electricity had not been on for a long time.The strange thing is there was never a problem with the electricity again until 2 months later during an attempt at a second blessing.Again at the same time in the same room.
From day one after moving in there was something that happened everyday.The bedroom I spoke up seemed to be the center of the activity.This was my parents bedroom though my Mother never once slept in there.We would hear knocking noises footsteps and the sound of something being dragged around coming from the room.The noises would occur if the room was empty or if my Father was in there sleeping.A particularly memorable event was in January when we were having a Bithday/Superbowl party.We had a house full of friends and neighbors and the usual noises began coming from that room and were heard by everyone present.When we informed them that it was our ghost we were accused of hiding someone upstairs so we sent people up in groups to search.They didn't find anyone but the noises continued.After that we had friends who would come to the door but never again enter the house.
There were numerous occurences in the short time we stayed there.Daily there was the sound of the back door opening and a few minutes later footsteps going up the stairs and then the noises would begin in the bedroom.The back door was found standing open often even though we rarely used it and kept it locked.Every evening the dining room would fill with the smell of cigar smoke.There were cigarette smokers in the house but no one smoked cigars.You could tell a distinct difference.Everyone had experiences of sitting in the living room and catching a glimpse of someone going up the stairs but when you turned to look there would be no one there.
Both Katie and myself had experiences of being held down by an unseen force in the house.This was the scariest experience for me and what made me decide it was definitely time to move.I was laying in bed next to my husband and he had already fallen asleep.I was wide awake because I had slept most of the day so I decided to get back up.When I went to get out of bed I realized I was unable to move.I was being held down and I remember that something was being said to me during this time.It probably lasted a minute or 2 but it seemed like forever.I had been trying so hard to move that when I was finally released I flew across the bed and landed on my husband.I couldn't remember a word of what had been said to me but I was terrified and my energy was totally drained.The only one I told about this was my husband.A couple of days later my Mother told me that something had held Katie down by her neck the previous night.This was the first time I mentioned to anyone (other than my husband) what happened to me.Katie said she felt like something was around her neck and she couldn't lift her head.She also had visible marks on her neck similar to fingerprints.
Katie was the only one to actually experience an apparition in the house.I was in my bedroom at the top of the stairs and the house was very quiet.I heard someone come up the stairs but I didn't hear them go anywhere.You learned to listen every noise in the house.After a couple of minutes I heard someone run down the stairs and slam the front door.I went to see what was going on and I knew whoever it had been must have gone to the next door neighbors so thats where I went.My Mom,Katie and my other sister Windy were over there.katie was white as a sheet and she looked very upset.My Mom was asking her what happened and she didn't say anything at first and then began crying and saying she saw something in the hallway.Yes Katie was only 12 years old but she was fairly level headed and mature for her age and as she was the baby of the family she got enough attention not to have to make up stories.When she calmed down this is what she told us had happened.She had went to the house to get something for Windy out of her room.When she got to the top of the stairs she went to turn to go to Windy's room and she noticed a mist swirling in the hallway between the 2 farthest bedroom doors.She just stood staring at it for a minute trying to make sense of what she was seeing.She was too afraid to move until it darted off into our Father's bedroom then she ran down the stairs which explains everthing I had heard.This is the night we attempted the second blessing again with the lights dimming when we got to that bedroom.
Other than this there were so many more things that happened while we lived in the house.Everyone was constantly sick with one thing or another and everyone was always arguing and bickering.We had had no trouble getting along before living in that house.
My husband and I moved out after living there 3 months.The rest of the family stayed one more month.After we had moved they began having trouble with the gas heater.when they were sleeping the pilot light would somehow go out but gas would still be seeing in to the house.Fortunately my Mother slept in the room with the heater and would always wake up and catch it.After this happened a few times they began having to sleep in shifts so someone would be up to watch the heater.The landlord had people to come out to repair the heater ut no one could find anything faulty with it.This was the last straw for my Mother so they decide to move because now it was getting dangerous.Our next door neighbor moved away also a few months later but not before she had a chance to meet the new lady of the house in our previous residence.The lady asked her if she ever saw anyone in the back yard because she kept finding the backdoor open even though shew knew she shut and locked it.
I realize this story is rather long but truthfully I didn't begin to cover all the experiences of the 4 months there.There is a point to the story.We realized we were experiencing a haunting and we tried to live with it and to find help in dealing with it.We could find no one in this area who could help or answer our questions.That is why this group was formed.I intend to be there for anyone needing help in learning how to deal with a situation such as this.
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