Ghosts

I am sitting here watching a marathon of "Ghost Whisperer" on Syfy and it got me to thinking about ghosts. So I decided to write about them. Let me preface this by saying that I do not, in any way, consider myself a paranormal expert, I don't own any equipment, I have just had experiences in the past. I haven't had any scary experiences or experiences where I felt unsafe. I wouldn't say that I wasn't initially scared but then, my sense clicked in and the "scary" feeling went away.

My first experience was in the 3rd grade at my friend's house. She had told me that she had a ghost at her house which I didn't believe because at the time I didn't believe in ghosts at the time. I believe that the previous owner of the house that my friend's family was living in at the time passed away in the house, from old age. If I remember correctly, she was just alone when she died. Anyway, my friend told me that the ghost would knock her chalkboard off of the wall which I thought was absurd. I went over to spend the night one night and heard someone walking down the hall. I assumed that it was one of her parents coming to check on us. As the person entered the room, I looked over out of the corner of my eye to see a whitish figure in a "dressing gown". I think she knew that I was awake because I saw her go over to the chalkboard but instead of just knocking it off the wall she just took it down and set it on the dresser or whatever was under it. It turned out, I think, that a picture of her son had hung there so my friend moved her chalkboard and that was the end of that. However, I was a believer because this is something that I saw with my own eyes.

The second encounter that I had was with a ghost that lived at the top of the stairs in our house in Frisco, CO. I never did see this one but I always felt a benign presence there, from the time we moved in. That door was always locked because it led to the upper house where my landlady lived. One of our good friend's dog, Shiba, would always go sit at the bottom of the stairs and just look up. She never barked or growled, she would just sit, as if she were listening to someone. I think I even remember her cocking her head from time to time. My cat would bolt through there as if she were scared to death. Anyway, one day I just decided to talk to this ghost while I was getting dressed. I think I might have been off that day but I distinctly remember that it "touched" me on the shoulder. I just suddenly felt a cold chill shoot through me. I asked the ghost not to touch me after that and I explained why. I immediately felt a sense of remorse so I told him/her that it was okay but that the touch was uncomfortable for me. I also told him/her that I wished that we could communicate, if not verbally, some other way. I never did feel a touch again but I always felt that presence. I never felt that I was in danger or scared around that ghost though, I just wish that I could have seen it or found out more about it. I am going to have to do some research there.

The third ghostly encounter that I had was with Bobby's great aunt, Jeanetta. We lived in her house when we first moved back to Amarillo from Colorado. We were remodeling the house we currently live in. Anyway, I remember that Pam, my mother-in-law, was having dreams about her or had dreams previously regarding Jeanetta. She said that Jeanetta had been trying to tell her something but that she was unable to understand. Anyway, we hadn't been living there that long when I woke up in the middle of the night and went to the kitchen. We had left a light on and I went to turn it off and saw her standing in front of the guest bathroom door. I saw her as plainly as I am sitting here looking at my computer. I jumped at first and then told her not to scare me again, I was fine with communication but she disappeared and I never saw her again. I have felt her presence several times since then but haven't seen her so who knows.

Anyway, ghost stories have always fascinated me even when I didn't believe them. I can't say that I completely understand them or what they are because I'm not sure that spirits get stuck here on Earth, I don't really know what I think but I can't find anything that gives me any direction there. Anyway, I just wanted to post this...so there it is. Do with it what you will.