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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at 11:43:09 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:33:29 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
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> > On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:39:56 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > > "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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> > I want to meet up with a real ghost - I got some questions for him/her.
> > 
> >
> > My brother works at an area well known for ghost sightings. The place
> > rents
> > out storage lockers. He said he saw the famous spirit while he was up on
> > a
> > ladder changing light bulbs. The lockers are open on the top and he saw
> > a
> > woman with long hair slowly rise, look around, and then slowly descend
> > all
> > floaty like. My brother assumed it was a ghost but my guess is that
> > there's
> > someone living in those storage lockers rather than a mujina.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujina
> >
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> >
> > You could be right. I have never seen a badger with long floaty hair
> > ...
> >
> >
> >
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> In this case it refers to a faceless ghost in the shape of a woman with
> long
> hair. These stories arise from places with bad vibes because of location
> and
> architecture. They inherently have a bad feel to them. I've been to places
> like that and have even lived in one. No ghost sightings to report - yet.
> 
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> Give it time ... ooooooooooOOOOooooooo
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There's not much time to give. If those ghosts don't show up soon, I won't
need to meet one - I'll be one.
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lol I know what you mean  )))
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