"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 9:31:07 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 1/3/2017 12:04 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> > On 1/3/2017 12:45 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >> "jmcquown" wrote in message news > >>
> >>>
> >>>> Before I was married (1982) my fiance rented a shotgun house. It was
> >>>> the former caretaker's cottage behind what used to be a moderate
> >>>> plantation house in west TN. I was there by myself, putting up some
> >>>> shelf paper and cleaning the kitchen. I could see out the kitchen
> >>>> window down the driveway.
> >>>>
> >>>> It was a nice Spring day in April. I had the windows and doors open
> >>>> while I did some cleaning up in the kitchen at the back. There was a
> >>>> wooden screen door at the front with a squeaky rusty spring. I was
> >>>> alone at the back of the house when I heard the rusty spring, heard
> >>>> the
> >>>> door open, then heard it thump shut. I heard heavy footsteps walking
> >>>> through the front room, towards the bedroom (which was in the middle
> >>>> of
> >>>> the house). I called out, "Michael? I'm back here!" Nothing. I
> >>>> looked out the side kitchen window. No cars in the driveway. I went
> >>>> back to whatever I was doing. Then I heard the screen door spring
> >>>> again. And the wooden door again, thump. And again, heavy steps
> >>>> walking into the front room. There was no one there. I was suddenly
> >>>> filled with a feeling of dread. I literally got goosebumps. I knew
> >>>> I
> >>>> wasn't alone in that place. I exited via the side kitchen door and
> >>>> walked home to my parents house which was not far away.
> >>>>
> >>>> A few days later I met the two middle aged women (I think they were
> >>>> cousins) who owned the property and lived together in the main house.
> >>>> According to family legend, a man who was a caretaker there in the
> >>>> 1950's believed his wife was having an affair with one of the farm
> >>>> workers. He allegedly got drunk and in a rage came home and stabbed
> >>>> her
> >>>> to death.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sorry, I don't have any citations. All I know is I refused to ever
> >>>> spend time alone in that place again.
> >>>
> >>> So somebody COULD have been in the house but you never checked. No
> >>> ghostly apparitions, frosty breezes, clocks running backwards at 10x
> >>> speed, blood running down the mirrors, or even woo-ing sounds?
> >>>
> >>> It could have just been your stalker Alex!
> >>>
> >>> -sw
> >>>
> >> LOL I'm sure you know what a shotgun house is. I could see clear
> >> through from the kitchen. There wasn't anyone there. The room did get
> >> very cold (it was a warm spring day) but I didn't mention it, just that
> >> I got goosebumps.
> >>
> >> Jill
> >>
> >> ================
> >>
> >> Heh you wouldn't have got me back in there either!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > There was a haunted church in downtown Memphis, too.
>
> No! Only the minds of gullible believers are haunted:-)

Things that go bump in the night should be investigated. I used to have an
OCD spector washing their hands in the bedroom bath at night. I first
assumed that my wife had come home from work and was washing her hands in
the bathroom sink. After this went on for quite a while, I got up and
checked to see what the problem was. What a surprise to see nobody there.
After mulling on this for a while, it was ascertained that this was caused
by the interaction between a fan and the sound of car tires on rain soaked
streets outside the bedroom. I heard this startling phenomenon on numerous
occasions. I haven't heard this in years because I simply moved the fan. Too
bad, I miss that hand-washing ghost.

===

You could always put the fan back <g>



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