1 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:07,919 Speaker 1: This episode is brought to you by my newest supporters, 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:14,960 Frosty the Penguin, Sarah Holly, Samantha Dixie, and Pink Cranberry. 3 00:00:16,039 --> 00:00:34,960 Thanks so much for making the show possible. Welcome back 4 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:38,560 to Paranormal Mysteries, and thank you for joining me. I'm 5 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:43,159 your host, Nick Ryan. Our first encounter of the night 6 00:00:43,439 --> 00:00:47,359 comes to us from Sharon, who calls their experience did 7 00:00:47,439 --> 00:00:52,759 I jump through a portal? Sharon says, I had something 8 00:00:52,799 --> 00:00:55,840 happen to me recently, and of course my first thought 9 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,359 was to tell you and your listeners about it. It 10 00:00:58,479 --> 00:01:01,079 was odd because I literally just listen the day before 11 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,439 to the story about the woman that was lost during 12 00:01:03,479 --> 00:01:06,000 an expedition where she just kept ending up on the 13 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:09,120 same floor of an asylum that they were exploring. I 14 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,719 was thinking to myself that I'm glad I've never had 15 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,760 anything like that happen to me. But two days later 16 00:01:15,079 --> 00:01:17,920 I had a weird experience that I still cannot explain. 17 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:21,280 I was driving to our local Sam's Club, which is 18 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:23,760 on the outskirts of my town, and though there is 19 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:26,359 a direct route on Broadway that takes you straight there 20 00:01:26,439 --> 00:01:29,200 from anywhere in town, I do not usually take it. 21 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:32,159 They've been doing a lot of construction, and half the 22 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,000 way there it narrows down into one lane of traffic 23 00:01:35,239 --> 00:01:38,319 and it gets backed up quite a bit. Fortunately, though, 24 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:40,920 there's another entrance from a less popular road that you 25 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,799 can take to the back area of where Sam's is. 26 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,560 I have taken this road many, many times. It's one 27 00:01:47,599 --> 00:01:50,519 of my go to secret shortcuts because I hate driving 28 00:01:50,519 --> 00:01:54,200 on Broadway even if there is no construction. I was 29 00:01:54,239 --> 00:01:56,159 on my way there when I took the turn that 30 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:58,959 would take me to Sam's Club, and from this point on, 31 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:03,840 I can't really explain what happened. As I'm driving, all 32 00:02:03,879 --> 00:02:07,079 I'm seeing is houses, and these aren't even familiar houses. 33 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,400 They're not the houses that you would pass on your 34 00:02:09,439 --> 00:02:12,560 way there. I've seen them a hundred times too, But 35 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,599 this was like I had driven into a subdivision. I 36 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:18,800 was driving through literally rows and streets of houses, like 37 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:22,039 a neighborhood, which does not exist over by Sam's Club. 38 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:26,159 That's all primarily industrial area with big name stores and 39 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:30,080 huge parking lots and empty fields. There is no subdivision there, 40 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,560 just a few random houses that were there before the 41 00:02:32,599 --> 00:02:35,919 stores were. I was getting confused. I did not know 42 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,240 where I was at I did not recognize any of 43 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:41,080 the houses, and I did not recognize any of the 44 00:02:41,199 --> 00:02:44,439 names of the streets. Panic set in and I kept 45 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:47,879 asking myself where the hell am I, over and over again, 46 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,199 almost bringing myself to tears. You see, one of my 47 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,680 biggest fears is being lost in an unknown location with 48 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:56,719 no one that I know around to help me find 49 00:02:56,719 --> 00:02:59,840 my way back, which is one of my biggest reasons 50 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,919 why I don't travel well. I thought about calling my husband, 51 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:06,120 but then I thought, how is he going to save 52 00:03:06,159 --> 00:03:07,919 me if I can't even tell him where I am. 53 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,800 So finally my brain said, check your phone. I pulled 54 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,120 over to the curb and I pulled up Google Maps 55 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,280 and I checked my location. I was in a subdivision 56 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,159 on the northern end of town, about two miles from 57 00:03:20,199 --> 00:03:23,719 Sam's Club. Now this made no sense. I would have 58 00:03:23,719 --> 00:03:26,439 had to have crossed Broadway to have gotten up this far, 59 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,800 and I did not cross Broadway. I got directions on 60 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,159 how to get back to Sam's from my phone, and 61 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:34,879 I had to do a U turn to go back 62 00:03:34,919 --> 00:03:37,680 the opposite direction that I was going, and I did 63 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,280 end up crossing over Broadway to get me back on 64 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,280 track to where I wanted to be. I was never 65 00:03:43,319 --> 00:03:45,479 so relieved in my life to see the Sam's Club 66 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:49,719 parking lot and the sign come into view. I've been 67 00:03:49,719 --> 00:03:52,840 wondering to myself ever since then, what the hell happened? 68 00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:55,159 How did I go from that little back road to 69 00:03:55,199 --> 00:03:57,960 a subdivision two miles north in the blink of an eye? 70 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:01,240 And how do I not remember any thing? I wish 71 00:04:01,319 --> 00:04:03,199 I had been paying attention to my clock at that 72 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:05,360 time so I could see how long it took this 73 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:08,919 to take place, But unfortunately I'm not a clock watcher, 74 00:04:09,199 --> 00:04:11,319 so I was not looking at the clock at the time. 75 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,919 With the other lady's story, you said something about her 76 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,439 getting stuck in a time loop. I think that I 77 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:20,519 just jumped through a portal or something. Your thoughts would 78 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:24,199 be appreciated, as well as those of your listeners. I'm 79 00:04:24,199 --> 00:04:26,439 still working at the nursing home, and I have a 80 00:04:26,439 --> 00:04:29,360 few unusual things happening that I will tell you about 81 00:04:29,639 --> 00:04:36,160 another time. Take care Neck. I love the podcast, Sharon. 82 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,480 I know that many people would call something like this 83 00:04:38,639 --> 00:04:41,319 a glitch in the matrix. I've also heard people like 84 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,040 yourself calling it some sort of a portal, which I 85 00:04:44,079 --> 00:04:48,079 do suppose is possible if it is indeed something paranormal happening. 86 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:50,360 I tend to err more on the side of it 87 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:53,480 being some sort of a thinning of the veil, if 88 00:04:53,519 --> 00:04:57,160 you will, a space or an area where our reality 89 00:04:57,439 --> 00:05:00,160 tends to get a little thinner somehow, allowing us to 90 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:03,480 travel distances that would usually take us much longer. I 91 00:05:03,519 --> 00:05:06,360 don't pretend to understand it. I just have a theory 92 00:05:06,399 --> 00:05:09,199 about it, so take it for what you will. I've 93 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,399 heard experiences like yours over the years, over and over again, 94 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,959 so you're not alone by any means, and hopefully anybody 95 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:19,000 listening that has had a similar experience will come forward 96 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:22,480 and share their story as well. Thanks again for sharing 97 00:05:22,519 --> 00:05:25,439 your experience, and I'm looking forward to hearing what else 98 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:32,360 is going on at the nursing home. Our next experience 99 00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:36,600 comes to us from Victoria in Victoria's experience is called 100 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,680 Footsteps in My Bedroom. Hi, Nick, I'm writing this while 101 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:45,399 I wait in line for a doctor's appointment. I've been 102 00:05:45,399 --> 00:05:47,920 listening to paranormal mysteries on and off for about two 103 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,839 years during my shifts at work. Sometimes I would get 104 00:05:50,879 --> 00:05:53,759 too spook to continue, and I would start feeling like 105 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,399 maybe I was drawing negative energy to myself by listening. However, 106 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,839 I always come back because I love hearing listeners and 107 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:05,800 learning how I might react or defend myself in those situations. Now, 108 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,560 in May of twenty twenty six, I've finally caught up 109 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,480 to the present episodes. I had told myself that once 110 00:06:11,519 --> 00:06:15,920 I reached those latest episodes, I'd finally submit my own story. Well, 111 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,199 my experience happened around July of twenty twenty four. My 112 00:06:20,319 --> 00:06:23,360 parents were out of town for two weeks visiting Mexico City, 113 00:06:23,639 --> 00:06:26,480 so I had our apartment in San Diego to myself. 114 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,000 I didn't go because I didn't think I could afford 115 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:32,000 another vacation and still keep up with my bills, so 116 00:06:32,079 --> 00:06:35,639 I stayed home and continued working my regular shifts. With 117 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,079 their permission, I was allowed to have people over on 118 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,879 the condition that the apartment would be clean and tidy 119 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,079 when they returned. The night this happened was during the weekend, 120 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,480 about a week into my family being away. My boyfriend 121 00:06:48,519 --> 00:06:51,480 at the time was staying over with me. Honestly, it 122 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,519 was nice playing house for a bet. We cooked dinner together, 123 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:57,839 had some drinks and snacks, and spent the evening relaxing 124 00:06:57,879 --> 00:07:00,759 in the living room. Watching Bee and Puppy Cat or 125 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,279 some similar soft, bubbly cartoon that felt really soothing at 126 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:08,040 the time. By around nine pm, I was getting sleepy, 127 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:09,600 so I told him that I was going to go 128 00:07:09,639 --> 00:07:12,639 to bed, and he said, yeah, go ahead, I'll join 129 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,879 you soon. I just want to keep watching for a 130 00:07:14,879 --> 00:07:18,199 little longer. I said okay, and I went to my room. 131 00:07:18,279 --> 00:07:21,360 Without thinking much of it. I left my bedroom door open, 132 00:07:21,639 --> 00:07:24,120 and the glow from the TV spilled faintly down the 133 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:28,680 hallway into my room. Everything was quiet and dark, and 134 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,199 I fell asleep pretty quickly. At around four a m. 135 00:07:32,319 --> 00:07:35,839 On Saturday, my work alarm suddenly went off. I had 136 00:07:35,839 --> 00:07:38,240 forgotten to turn it off since I wasn't scheduled to 137 00:07:38,279 --> 00:07:41,800 work that morning. It startled me awake, but I silenced 138 00:07:41,839 --> 00:07:44,120 it pretty quickly, and I looked around to see if 139 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:47,279 I had disturbed my boyfriend, assuming that he had eventually 140 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,839 joined me in bed, but he wasn't there. With the 141 00:07:50,879 --> 00:07:53,519 dim light still coming in from the hallway, I looked 142 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,839 up and walked into the living room, where I found 143 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,319 him asleep upright on the couch. I nudged him awake, 144 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,399 and I said, come on, let's go to bed. Still 145 00:08:02,439 --> 00:08:05,839 half asleep. He agreed, I turned off the TV and 146 00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:09,040 we both got into bed again. I left the bedroom 147 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,800 door open without really thinking about it, even though I 148 00:08:11,839 --> 00:08:15,519 normally never slept that way. Now. I remember laying face 149 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:18,360 down with my head propped up on my hand, facing 150 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:22,120 the bedroom door. My boyfriend laid beside me, on his side, 151 00:08:22,319 --> 00:08:25,519 with one arm draped lazily over me. We had both 152 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,160 started drifting off again, and I could hear his breathing 153 00:08:28,199 --> 00:08:30,920 getting heavier, the way it always sounds right before he 154 00:08:30,959 --> 00:08:34,559 starts snoring. I think only maybe five minutes had passed. 155 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,840 I was right on the edge of sleep when it happened. 156 00:08:38,639 --> 00:08:42,919 I suddenly heard footsteps. They sounded like they began just 157 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,679 outside my bedroom door, maybe a foot away, before slowly 158 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:50,120 stepping about three feet into my room. The pace was 159 00:08:50,159 --> 00:08:54,480 calm and relaxed, not rushed or aggressive. I remember feeling 160 00:08:54,519 --> 00:08:57,559 a presence before I fully processed what I was hearing. 161 00:08:58,159 --> 00:09:01,159 My eyes were still closed, but I felt it close, 162 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,600 close enough to be standing only in arm's length away 163 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:09,080 from me. Whoever or whatever it was stood there silently 164 00:09:09,159 --> 00:09:12,159 for a second or two before turning around and walking 165 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:16,080 back out and into the hallway. The footsteps then continued 166 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,200 down the hall toward the living room, maybe fifteen feet away, 167 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:23,399 and then I heard someone begin to speak. It sounded 168 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,440 like a woman's voice, but very muffled, kind of like 169 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:29,320 hearing someone through a thin wall. She seemed to be 170 00:09:29,399 --> 00:09:33,360 casually announcing something or speaking in conversation, but I couldn't 171 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:37,200 understand a single word. It lasted maybe three seconds before 172 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,679 everything went completely silent again. I then noticed that my 173 00:09:40,759 --> 00:09:44,919 boyfriend was no longer breathing heavily, so I whispered, Hey, 174 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:50,159 did you hear that? After a short pause, he quietly replied, yeah, 175 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,279 I heard it. I then asked him what was that, 176 00:09:53,919 --> 00:09:57,039 and he answered, I don't know, but don't worry about it. 177 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,720 Just go back to sleep. It's okay. Even though I 178 00:10:00,799 --> 00:10:04,480 was confused and definitely unsettled, his calm reaction kept me 179 00:10:04,519 --> 00:10:07,759 from panicking. I listened to him, and somehow we both 180 00:10:07,799 --> 00:10:12,080 fell asleep pretty quickly. After that, nothing else happened that night. 181 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,600 The next morning, we woke up around nine a m. 182 00:10:15,759 --> 00:10:20,120 Feeling surprisingly rested. While sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast, 183 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:23,240 we finally talked about what had happened. He admitted that 184 00:10:23,279 --> 00:10:25,559 he had actually been pretty freaked out, but that he 185 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,879 didn't want to scare me more in that moment, so 186 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:29,960 he tried to stay calm and encourage me to go 187 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,720 back to sleep instead of focusing on it. Then I 188 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:36,399 asked him to tell me exactly what he remembered. Hearing 189 00:10:37,039 --> 00:10:41,360 what he said genuinely shocked me. According to him, he 190 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:44,720 heard a woman speaking before the footsteps even entered the bedroom. 191 00:10:45,159 --> 00:10:48,440 Then he heard the footsteps walk into the room, pause, 192 00:10:48,879 --> 00:10:52,279 turn round, and then continue down the hallway and into 193 00:10:52,279 --> 00:10:55,159 the living room. Then he heard the same muffled female 194 00:10:55,279 --> 00:10:58,480 voice that I heard, but unlike me, he also heard 195 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,320 a man respond to her. That was the part that 196 00:11:01,399 --> 00:11:04,919 really stuck with me. We had both heard nearly identical things, 197 00:11:05,159 --> 00:11:07,600 but he heard slightly more than I did. I even 198 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,120 mimicked the sound by cupping my hands around my mouth 199 00:11:10,279 --> 00:11:13,360 and making muffled adult voices like the grown ups in 200 00:11:13,399 --> 00:11:16,720 the Peanuts cartoons, and he immediately agreed that it sounded 201 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:20,559 almost exactly like that. To this day, I still wonder 202 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,320 if maybe he was somehow more in tune than I was, 203 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,600 and able to pick up more on whatever we experienced. 204 00:11:27,639 --> 00:11:30,120 I called my mom after and I told her everything 205 00:11:30,279 --> 00:11:33,360 while she and my aunt listened on speakerphone. My mom 206 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,240 was more concerned that someone might have actually broken into 207 00:11:36,279 --> 00:11:39,000 the apartment, so she told us to check every room 208 00:11:39,039 --> 00:11:42,360 and closet to make sure that nobody was inside. We 209 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,600 did a full sweep of the apartment, but it was 210 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:48,759 completely empty except for the two of us. After breakfast, though, 211 00:11:48,919 --> 00:11:51,320 I started spiraling a little trying to come up with 212 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,679 a rational explanation. Our apartment complex had two stories, and 213 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,840 our unit was on the first floor. However, our apartment 214 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,840 was one of the only unions built over a parking area. 215 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,879 Sometimes I could hear a loud engine pull into the 216 00:12:04,919 --> 00:12:07,399 spot underneath my room, or I would hear a car 217 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,080 door slam, but I never ever heard conversations or footsteps. 218 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,080 People usually had to walk further out toward the street 219 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,399 before I could hear them through my window, so I 220 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:19,840 rolled that out pretty quickly. As for the apartment above us, 221 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,559 nobody had lived there for months. Occasionally, though, when previous 222 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,600 neighbors wore heavy shoes, we could hear footsteps overhead, especially 223 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,519 in the hallway area where the layouts lined up closely, 224 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:33,840 but we could never hear voices through the ceilings, the walls, 225 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,320 and floors honestly weren't thin enough for that. So I 226 00:12:37,399 --> 00:12:40,559 begin wondering if maybe someone new had quietly moved into 227 00:12:40,559 --> 00:12:43,919 the upstairs apartment without me noticing. But when previous tenants 228 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:47,000 moved in, we always heard furniture being dragged around, and 229 00:12:47,039 --> 00:12:50,320 we saw them constantly using the staircase outside our front door. 230 00:12:50,879 --> 00:12:54,679 I hadn't noticed any of that. Well. Later that day, 231 00:12:54,919 --> 00:12:58,080 I saw our apartment manager walking through the complex gates, 232 00:12:58,159 --> 00:13:00,720 and I immediately went outside to talk to her. I 233 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,639 probably startled her a little by suddenly greeting her from 234 00:13:03,639 --> 00:13:08,480 my doorway, and the conversation went something like this, Hey Teresa, 235 00:13:08,960 --> 00:13:12,279 Oh hi, Hey, do we have any new neighbors upstairs yet? 236 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:15,879 She thought about it for a second before saying no, 237 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:19,080 nobody's moved into Unit twenty yet, and I remember just 238 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:23,159 saying oh okay. She kept looking at me and finally 239 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,159 asked why, what's up? So I explained what my boyfriend 240 00:13:27,159 --> 00:13:29,240 and I had heard, and I admitted that I was 241 00:13:29,279 --> 00:13:31,960 hoping it had just been a new upstairs neighbor. To 242 00:13:32,039 --> 00:13:34,200 her credit, though she didn't laugh or look at me 243 00:13:34,279 --> 00:13:37,919 like I was crazy. I suggested that maybe somehow someone 244 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,960 had gotten inside the vacant apartment at around four am, 245 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:43,279 so she said that she would go and check it out. 246 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,519 I then thanked her, but when I went back inside, 247 00:13:46,799 --> 00:13:50,639 I honestly didn't feel much better. She never updated me afterward, 248 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,279 and I rarely saw her again for the remainder of 249 00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:56,480 that week, so I just assumed that nobody was up there. 250 00:13:56,519 --> 00:14:00,919 After all, this was my first real paranormal experience as 251 00:14:00,919 --> 00:14:04,399 an adult, and honestly, I'm just grateful I wasn't alone 252 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:07,279 when it happened. I lived there for another year and 253 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:10,039 a half before eventually moving out of my parents' apartment, 254 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:14,279 and thankfully I've never experienced anything like that ever again there. 255 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,879 I'm also glad that we stayed calm. Whatever it was 256 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,919 didn't feel malicious to me. It honestly felt more like 257 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,720 something casually passing through or checking in on us. The 258 00:14:24,879 --> 00:14:30,039 energy felt strangely neutral. Still, hearing unseen footsteps walk into 259 00:14:30,039 --> 00:14:32,759 your bedroom at four am, and then hearing in disembodied 260 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,879 voices in your apartment is something that sticks with you. 261 00:14:36,679 --> 00:14:39,000 Part of me does feel like if we had panicked, 262 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:41,840 challenged it, or focused too much attention on it in 263 00:14:41,879 --> 00:14:44,720 that moment, maybe it would have become more active or 264 00:14:44,759 --> 00:14:48,799 even made itself more known to us. That's definitely not 265 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:53,840 something that I'm interested in finding out. Well, thank you 266 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,480 for everything that you do, and thank you for sharing 267 00:14:56,799 --> 00:15:08,759 our stories. Keep on keeping on, Nick regards Victoria. 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Percy Marie says, Hi, Nick, 279 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,000 this is going to be a bit of a long one, 280 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,000 but hopefully a worthwhile one for you to read. I've 281 00:15:58,039 --> 00:15:59,960 gone back and forth a lot on whether I should 282 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,360 share because it sounds unbelievable, But my sister and I 283 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:06,759 are longtime listeners and she's been telling me to share it. 284 00:16:06,759 --> 00:16:09,159 It all sounds like a conjuring movie to me, but 285 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,279 it was my life for about four months, and it 286 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:17,080 was truly the most terrifying experience of my life. Back 287 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:20,399 in January of twenty nineteen, I fled from my abusive 288 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,799 ex with my two children, and I moved in with 289 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:25,559 my best friend at the time and her boyfriend, who 290 00:16:25,639 --> 00:16:29,679 for simplicity we'll call Tom. My two children were almost 291 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:34,679 two and three. The first few months were uneventful, even peaceful. 292 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,200 The kids were adjusting well, I was working full time. 293 00:16:38,639 --> 00:16:42,039 Things were good. One day in May, I was getting 294 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:44,399 ready in my bathroom while my daughter was playing in 295 00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:47,200 the living room by herself. My son was with their 296 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,000 father per the custody order, and we were the only 297 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,320 two in the house. For context, when you walked into 298 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,399 the house, there was a hallway to the right to 299 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,720 get to the kitchen in the living room. When you 300 00:16:57,759 --> 00:17:00,240 got to the kitchen, there was another hallway open to 301 00:17:00,279 --> 00:17:02,519 your right where you could get to the restroom and 302 00:17:02,559 --> 00:17:05,119 the two bedrooms. But you couldn't see the living room, 303 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,319 so I couldn't see my daughter, but I could hear her. 304 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,119 The TV was quietly playing nursery rhymes and I was 305 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,400 listening to her talk to her toys to the best 306 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,960 of an almost two year old's ability. After a while, though, 307 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,079 it started sounding like she was having a full conversation. 308 00:17:21,559 --> 00:17:25,480 She was asking questions, waiting for answers, and responding to 309 00:17:25,559 --> 00:17:28,880 whatever she heard. This was not the normal way my 310 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:32,160 daughter played, and being that we were by ourselves, I 311 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:36,079 went out to see what was going on. Stepping into 312 00:17:36,079 --> 00:17:38,200 the living room, she was sitting right where I had 313 00:17:38,279 --> 00:17:40,599 left her, and she was staring up to something in 314 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,000 the air with a big smile. There wasn't anything on 315 00:17:44,039 --> 00:17:46,440 the walls there for her to be looking at, just 316 00:17:46,599 --> 00:17:50,799 empty space. Who are you talking to, baby, the lady, Mamma, 317 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:54,000 the lady, And she then pointed a little finger up 318 00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:57,000 to the space that she'd been looking at. I wasn't 319 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,240 super freaked out yet, and I figured that she was 320 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:02,160 just playing, So I nodded and I told her okay, 321 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:05,799 and I went back to getting ready. Now. Nothing else 322 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:08,799 unusual happened until my son came home from his father's 323 00:18:08,799 --> 00:18:11,119 A few days later. I was trying to put my 324 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:13,880 kids down for a nap after lunch and I heard 325 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,119 something moving through the backyard. We lived right next to 326 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,839 a wetland area, so my first thought was that it 327 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,839 must be an animal. We didn't have any neighbors, and 328 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,200 it would have been difficult to climb to the backyard 329 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,359 for a person with how thick the brush was. After 330 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,759 a few minutes of listening, however, there was tapping on 331 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,119 my bedroom window. We kept the doors and windows locked 332 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,240 at all times, but I was definitely more on edge now. 333 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:41,000 I told the kids to stay put and I crept 334 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:44,200 out to the living room's big sliding glass door. When 335 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,480 I peeked out of the curtains, the backyard was trashed, 336 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:52,599 things broken, stuff scattered everywhere. The back gate was undone. 337 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:55,279 I went to the front door because you could see 338 00:18:55,279 --> 00:18:57,720 the window from there, and you couldn't even see any 339 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:01,200 footprints in the dirt. So I cleaned up the backyard. 340 00:19:01,559 --> 00:19:03,920 Called my friend and I told her what happened, and 341 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,240 I kind of forgot about it for a while. I 342 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,599 just wanted to pretend that it didn't happen. A few 343 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,599 days later, I was in the bathroom, once again, still 344 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,559 the only one home with my kids, and I heard 345 00:19:15,599 --> 00:19:19,079 the fridge door open. Neither of my kids could open 346 00:19:19,079 --> 00:19:21,559 the fridge at that time. I ran out to see 347 00:19:21,559 --> 00:19:24,279 what was going on, and there was a shadow bigger 348 00:19:24,279 --> 00:19:26,839 than the kitchen in the shape of a person holding 349 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,000 open the fridge door. My kids were standing in front 350 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,960 of the fridge, excited to get a snack as always. 351 00:19:33,559 --> 00:19:36,799 I remember seeing the shadow's fingers going over the edge 352 00:19:36,839 --> 00:19:39,440 of the door, where the light shouldn't have allowed a 353 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:43,039 shadow to be. It took me a second to realize 354 00:19:43,319 --> 00:19:46,119 what I was looking at. I called my kids over 355 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,160 as nonchalantly as I could, and only as they tuddled 356 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,640 past the kitchen threshold did the door close. That's when 357 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,200 I looked up for my kids, and I watched as 358 00:19:55,279 --> 00:19:58,480 this shadow engulfed the kitchen. Despite it being the middle 359 00:19:58,559 --> 00:20:01,400 of the day, it was just like in the scary movies. 360 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,559 It was like something was blocking any light from coming 361 00:20:04,599 --> 00:20:07,720 in well. I scooped up my kids in my arms 362 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,960 and we stayed in the bedroom for a few hours 363 00:20:10,119 --> 00:20:12,359 until I was brave enough to go back out and 364 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:16,000 see if anything seemed out of sorts. Nothing was there. 365 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,440 The kitchen was full of light. Once again. I did 366 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:23,160 my best to brush off everything that had happened so far, 367 00:20:23,559 --> 00:20:26,759 but it was getting difficult. My daughter never seemed afraid, 368 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:29,599 but she still talked to the lady, and my son 369 00:20:29,759 --> 00:20:33,200 started having horrible night terrors. After a while, he would 370 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,279 tell me that the lady was scaring him, and he 371 00:20:36,319 --> 00:20:39,680 would point to the closet by his bed. I talked 372 00:20:39,680 --> 00:20:42,599 with my roommates and they started hearing weird sounds around 373 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,319 the house as well when they were home alone. However, 374 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,519 Tom was a skeptic, so we decided, because he owned 375 00:20:48,559 --> 00:20:50,920 the house, we would do our best to ignore it. 376 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,160 We hoped that ignoring it would take any power away 377 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,440 from it, sort of like if you saw something, no 378 00:20:57,559 --> 00:21:00,359 you didn't Now. This worked for a while. A while, 379 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:04,200 we still heard things, see shadows, watch things move across 380 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,160 the room with no explanation, but we didn't know what 381 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,920 else to do. I guess it decided that it was 382 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,799 time to get creative because I was watching TV with 383 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:15,759 my new boyfriend late one night we'll call him Drew, 384 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,759 and a figure appeared in the corner of the room 385 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,920 next to my dresser. I saw it and I tried 386 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:24,200 to ignore it, but Drew, who didn't know what was 387 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,680 going on, slowly tapped my shoulder and then pointed to it. 388 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,160 It was hunched over like it was holding its knees 389 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,559 to its chest with its head down. I grabbed his 390 00:21:34,599 --> 00:21:36,599 hand to let him know that I saw it, and 391 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,000 I then pointed back at the TV, hoping that he 392 00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:43,839 would understand. After a few minutes, it disappeared again. I 393 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,079 think we had both been holding our breath because we 394 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:49,640 both let out a heavy sigh. We let ourselves relax, 395 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,240 and we then went to bed. The next night, the 396 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:56,960 same thing happened figure in the corner. This time, though 397 00:21:57,319 --> 00:22:00,279 it just stared at us. Its head was raised and 398 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,000 its legs were relaxed. When we did nothing to acknowledge it, 399 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,480 the bed started to shake violently. We moved to the 400 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,119 middle of the bed and all we could do was watch. 401 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:13,000 I remember looking over at my kids, hoping to God 402 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:16,799 they wouldn't wake up from the commotion. Thankfully, they slept peacefully, 403 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,680 and all I could think to do was demand that 404 00:22:19,759 --> 00:22:24,480 it stop, stop stop. I let my voice get just 405 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:28,000 below a yell before the movement quit. When I looked 406 00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:31,279 over at her again, I could finally see her. She 407 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:35,440 was a thin, pale, middle aged woman, long dark wavy 408 00:22:35,519 --> 00:22:38,200 hair that was sopping wet, and she was in an 409 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:42,519 equally sopping wet nightgown with dirt all over it. She 410 00:22:42,559 --> 00:22:45,319 couldn't have been much taller than me, and I'm five five. 411 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,839 She had the most sickening smile. She had blue purple 412 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,519 lips like she was freezing, or maybe like she had drowned. 413 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,359 She didn't have any weird teeth or anything, just pure 414 00:22:57,640 --> 00:23:01,200 uncanny Valley. We didn't see sleep a wink that night. 415 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,640 Our feet would get grabbed in the middle of the night, 416 00:23:05,039 --> 00:23:08,559 blankets ripped off my children. All of it continued, but 417 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:11,440 nothing big. We even started coming home to the front 418 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,559 door which was locked but wide open. We called the 419 00:23:14,599 --> 00:23:17,279 police about it a couple of times, but because nothing 420 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,440 was taken, they told us that we must have not 421 00:23:19,519 --> 00:23:21,880 closed the door all the way and to stop calling. 422 00:23:22,319 --> 00:23:24,400 We would even pull the door shut as we locked 423 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,519 it to make sure, but it never helped. The only 424 00:23:27,559 --> 00:23:29,880 thing out of place the first time was my hair 425 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,200 brush in the middle of the living room floor with 426 00:23:32,279 --> 00:23:35,519 the handle pointing towards my bedroom. I had always kept 427 00:23:35,519 --> 00:23:38,759 my hair brush in my bathroom drawer. After that, it 428 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:41,119 would just be little things like one of the kid's 429 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:45,319 teddy bears. A few weeks later, my mom had both kids, 430 00:23:45,559 --> 00:23:48,920 and Drew and I were watching TV. Once again. Again. 431 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,680 The light was off, and again the door was shut, 432 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,799 and we were trying to settle down to sleep. However, 433 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,640 the lady appeared in the same corner that she was 434 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,960 always in. We were trying to ignore her when we 435 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,920 heard a low growl come from her direction. I remember 436 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:08,480 gasping because it scared me. Drew gently grabbed my arm 437 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:12,160 and I looked over at her. She was slinking down 438 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,559 to the ground where you couldn't see her anymore. Now. 439 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,559 I don't know about everyone else, but for me it's 440 00:24:18,559 --> 00:24:22,720 almost more terrifying not knowing where something is. So as 441 00:24:22,799 --> 00:24:25,839 quietly as I could, I slowly got on my knees 442 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:29,200 while staying on the bed, and I carefully peeked toward 443 00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:33,599 the edge. She had changed somehow. She was hunched over 444 00:24:33,839 --> 00:24:35,960 so I couldn't see all of her, but I could 445 00:24:36,039 --> 00:24:38,880 see that her nightgown was now gone. Her head was 446 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:41,920 close to the floor so I couldn't see it. She 447 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,640 was paper white. I could see every bone from her hips, 448 00:24:46,039 --> 00:24:49,599 the bottom of her ribs, and her legs. She seemed 449 00:24:49,799 --> 00:24:53,839 like she grew somehow, somehow she was bigger. I threw 450 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,039 myself back toward the head of the bed, and she 451 00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:59,799 hobbled across the floor toward the door like a wounded animal. 452 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:04,319 Carefully one leg at a time. We sat in silence 453 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,319 for quite a while, watching the room. I'm not sure 454 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,640 how long it was, but I know that when the 455 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,880 sky started to get light, I finally fell asleep. I 456 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,720 messaged my father that morning and I told him about it. 457 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:19,680 He told me about the woman in white or the 458 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,039 weeping woman, which is the kind of spirit that Laurona is. 459 00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:25,960 He thought that maybe I was dealing with that because 460 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:29,319 of how the kids acted differently towards her. My step 461 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,519 mom told me to sage the house. I went out 462 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:34,960 and bought some sage, and then I cleansed the house 463 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,000 as well as put some salt lines down. I told 464 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,519 my roommates what I was going to do beforehand, and 465 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,480 I told them what had happened. Tom didn't like it, 466 00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:46,079 but he didn't tell me no, so I did it. 467 00:25:46,799 --> 00:25:49,640 That night was quiet for the first time in months. 468 00:25:49,839 --> 00:25:53,160 Things were back to normal. The next day, I went 469 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:56,359 out to smoke and my salt lines were gone. I 470 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:59,079 asked my roommates about it, and Tom told me that 471 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,400 I needed to grow that spirits and ghosts weren't real, 472 00:26:02,799 --> 00:26:05,480 and that I couldn't do any more witchy things in 473 00:26:05,559 --> 00:26:10,960 his house. I was absolutely distraught. Things started right up again. 474 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:13,720 I don't know why. I don't know how, as I 475 00:26:13,759 --> 00:26:16,039 thought that that was supposed to completely get rid of her, 476 00:26:16,279 --> 00:26:19,680 But that's what happened. The bed shaking, my best friend 477 00:26:19,799 --> 00:26:22,039 even running out of her in Tom's room one night 478 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:26,079 because of something slamming against the closet, cupboards opening and 479 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:30,160 closing on their own, our feet being grabbed, and things 480 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,119 were moving across the room. I wish I had some 481 00:26:34,279 --> 00:26:37,000 kind of resolution to this story, but I moved out 482 00:26:37,039 --> 00:26:40,440 for unrelated reasons a month later. I can only hope 483 00:26:40,599 --> 00:26:43,240 that if Tom and my then best friends still live there, 484 00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:46,119 that they are safe and that they found a way 485 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,440 to get rid of her. Luckily, she didn't follow us, 486 00:26:49,759 --> 00:26:54,480 and my kids don't have any memory of the lady. I, however, 487 00:26:54,839 --> 00:27:04,079 think i'll remember her forever. As the night's episode comes 488 00:27:04,079 --> 00:27:06,119 to an end, I'd like to thank you for listening, 489 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,440 and I truly appreciate all of our experiencers for coming 490 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,039 forward with their stories. And as always, if you've encountered 491 00:27:13,039 --> 00:27:16,079 the unexplained, you can share your experience with me at 492 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:21,680 Paranormal Mysteries podcast dot com. Remember that all experiences, no 493 00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:26,799 matter how strange, are always welcome until next time. I 494 00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:29,160 hope you have a wonderful rest of your evening, and 495 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,200 I'll see you back here in my next episode of 496 00:27:32,319 --> 00:27:55,079 Paranormal Mysteries.