reply to post by Vanitas
I'll tell you about an incident that happened about 3-4 years ago in the summer. My folks had gone on holiday so I'd pop down and check the
house...lights, locks, curtains etc. Then I'd go home. The Friday they'd left, I did the same. I decided to stay the night. Locking the front and
back doors, I settled down to watch TV and listen to music. I cracked a bottle of their wine, opened the patio door and lit a cigarette.
Bang. The front door slammed closed and the chimes on the back jingled. I assumed the holiday had been canceled and they'd be tired and p***ed off. I
looked at the cigarette (they hate smoking) and figured, they won't be impressed with this scene! There was nothing I could do, so I sat there and
waited to see why they were back early. There was silence.
I went to the front door. It was still locked and the security chain was still on.
The reason I write about this incident is because it's hard to explain. I was wide awake. The door was locked, chained. I heard it slam shut. I'm
not given to waking hallucinations. I hadn't been watching horror movies. I didn't think anything 'weird' had happened until I checked the door.
It gave me the creeps.
I grew up in the house. Over the years friends, girlfriends and family have experienced voices, bumps, bangs, footsteps and voices etc. Me more than
others. A few have happened on sunny afternoons. Like I say, I'm skeptical, but we look for rational explanations...not 'any' explanations. I've
no plans to write about them, because they or I would seem ridiculous. Dinner parties and barbecues are when the tales come out
The last time I stayed, something happened that gave me the creeps and annoyed the heck out of me. The last straw. I don't 'believe' in ghosts,
I'm skeptical, but I'll never sleep in the house again.
