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Speaker 1: This episode is brought to you by my newest supporter, Jay.

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Thank you for making the show possible. Welcome to Paranormal Mysteries,

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and thank you for joining me as we explore the unknown.

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As always, I'm your host, Nick Ryan. Let's begin tonight's

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journey with Cliff, who calls his experience the longest night

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of my life. Continued. Cliff's experience involves suicide and may

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be uncomfortable for some listeners. Hello, Nick, Thank you for

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airing my previous story on episode four twenty one. I

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won't tell that story all over again, but to better

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understand the remainder of the story that I'm telling here,

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I encouraged listeners to go back and listen to that

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one that said I'll continue. This took some time to

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figure out, but as I stated in the aforementioned episode,

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my wife and I both experienced some terrifying things and

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we had near fatal things happened to us before we

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were able to move out. Fast forward six years, my mom,

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who has visited me in that very apartment on numerous occasions,

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bought a house and moved into it in the same

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town as the apartment aforementioned. Then, some three years later,

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after losing my job getting very sick with chronic mini

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strokes and seizures, I had to move in with my

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mom temporarily for financial reasons. It made the best sense

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at the time. I needed a little help, and she

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had gotten older and not well and was falling often

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and needed to have someone around to keep an eye

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on her as well as help out around the house. However,

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during the next five years, everything just went to hell

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in a bucket, literally to hell. You see, Nick, I

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am a Christian and an ordained minister. Now, you don't

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have to be an ordained minister to believe in God,

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but I devoutly do that said, you can't believe in

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God without also acknowledging that there is the devil, Satan,

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and I think Satan was present here in this house

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among myself, my wife, and my mom. I'll explain first.

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My brother, who had also visited me on numerous occasions

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at the aforementioned apartment, also bought a house on the

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same street where my mom and subsequently my wife and

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I lived. Sometime shortly after moving here, he slowly and

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systematically became more and more angry and resentful towards me.

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He accused me and my wife of terrible things and

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was angry at me basically all the time. This eventually

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got so bad we stopped speaking to each other altogether,

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as the turmoil between us was leading to threats of

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violence and that kind of thing. Simultaneously, my wife's cancer worse,

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and as it was perpetuated by unemployment and the resulting

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money related issues, which included loss of health insurance, I

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experienced repetitive illnesses of one kind or another. There was

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always something either reoccurring bloodstream infections, seizures, and other things

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that I'd rather not get into. Here, my wife and

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I fought constantly. We just couldn't get along. This is

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atypical for us, as we normally get along very well

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and we do everything together as best friends who enjoy

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one another's company. Also, my mom changed in a very

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big and bad way. You see, my mom and I

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have always been very close. We talk every single night

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after work by phone and over dinner once a week.

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That kind of close. I am the oldest of three,

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and truth be known, I always felt as though I

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was her favorite. I was her golden boy. But not anymore.

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She began to display the same anger, resentment, and just

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terrible behavior toward me as my brother had. She said

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terrible things to me, stayed angry at me all the time,

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threatened to kick me out all the time, and accused

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me of funky crap that I had supposedly done in

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the past, which were never even remotely close to being true.

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She hated me. It was terrible. Mine and her cats

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would not even go around her. I've even seen all

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four of them just camp out in my bedroom and

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stay in there as if waiting for her to go

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to bed as to avoid her. Meanwhile, I had sunk

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into a terrible, long, deep and dark depression, the kind

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of depression that there's just no evident end to hopelessness

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and helplessness, with no answer and no hope. During this,

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our beloved cat of eleven years, Manning, who meant the

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world to us, passed away. Then my mom's cat died,

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then my mom's dog. My sister, who had been somewhat

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estranged at the time, came and stayed for a few days.

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During her stay, she exhibited weird behavior like not making sense,

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falling asleep, and I literally staying passed out on the

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back porch in a chair for six hours. It was

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just weird. Then a few short months later she died.

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lying on the ground outside of her home unresponsive. After

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a week or so on life support, she passed away again.

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There was no scientific explanation of what happened to her.

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So about four months ago, there I was. My wife's dying.

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I'm dying. My mom and my brother both hate me.

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My sister is dead, my cat is dead. My mom's

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dog and cat are both dead. And I have no

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hope none. I gave up. So my plan was to

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go to the shed behind the house called nine one

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one so that my wife didn't see, put a gun

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in my mouth and pulled the trigger. It was the

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best route out, and I was not afraid. I actually

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welcomed it. I could not go on. I was done.

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It had to end then, though, So out of the blue,

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an old friend texts me and gives me a job.

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a way to treat my wife's cancer, also a company vehicle,

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and later a great deal on renting his house away

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from here. It was a three hour drive away. All

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this in turn meant away for me. To get away

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from my mom. I hate to say it, but the

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only answer with my mom's behavior was to just simply

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get away from her. That's still kind of an ugly predicament,

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it just is what it is. To better understand this

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present home's proximity to the apartment from before, I'll explain

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to get to that apartment involves a series of winding streets,

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which created a little confusion of what direction you were

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really going when driving to and from there. Then, in

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the past year or so, the land adjacent to my

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mom's current home was cleared to make way for a

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big residential development project. When I was out walking one day,

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I was taking a good close look at this big clearing,

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and holy crap, there it was those apartments. I never

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realized they were this close. They were literally less than

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one thousand feet away, and I have been living literally

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right on top of it for the past five years.

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They just couldn't be seen until that land was cleared,

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and I never fully understood the close proximity to those

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apartments and to that house. So this is what I

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think happened. I think that apartment, the one I mentioned

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in the previous episode, the apartment I lived in fourteen

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years ago had a demon in it. I think that

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demon attached itself to me and my family. It convinced

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my brother as well as my mom to both buy

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a house and moved to less than one thousand feet

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of that apartment. It made my brother and my mom

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hate me. It killed my cat, my mom's cat and dog,

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and it almost made me commit suicide. Today. Remember that

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job I told you about and the friend that helped me. Well,

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I'm moving now and I have a new feeling of

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just being alive. The sky looks a little bluer, my

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eyes seem a little clear, my wife's getting her cancer treated,

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and my life has now finally changed. As I said earlier,

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I am a firm believer in God and of the

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devil as well. He has a lot of power and,

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as they say, attacks you at the time of your

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weakest and your most vulnerable state. Thank you for sharing

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my story, and for those of you who don't believe this,

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I understand because I wouldn't believe it either. Thanks again,

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and much love and respect for what you do. Our

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next experience comes to us from Ainslie, and their experience

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is called Choked by a Shadow and Lost time Heinich.

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I've been listening for just over a year, and I

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enjoy listening while I work. I have already spoke out

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on your podcast before on episode four eleven. As I

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said before, I am very sensitive to the unknown. Though

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I have never experienced something like this before, I greatly

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appreciate the chance to get my story out there. And

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now on to my story. As I mentioned in my

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last story, I live on the side of a mountain

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in a small town in Washington. On this hill we

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have a graveyard that has a church schoolhouse that's been

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abandoned for years. This event was only a couple of

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months ago. On a Sunday in November this year, we

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had a late winter, so the leaves were still different

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shades of oranges and reds, so me and my friend

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decided to hold a photoshoot all across the mountain. We

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were driving around taking pictures when we decided to drive

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up to the old church and schoolhouse. We took some

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pictures by the schoolhouse and then on a bench near

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the graves, though we decided to not go any further

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because we thought that it might be rude. The rest

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of the day went on as usual. I went to

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work and left a little before seven thirty. Now, normally

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it takes me about twenty to thirty minutes to get

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from my work to my house, but tonight was different.

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I had on my windows rolled up up, heat blasting,

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and I was listening to my music. I was just

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approaching the schoolhouse when I felt the start of a

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constant cool breeze coming from my left shoulder. It was

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like someone had opened up my back car door and

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left it open. I glanced back to check if somehow

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my back door had been opened, even going as far

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to see if I could roll up the window, but

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there was nothing. I looked back toward the road when

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I felt my stomach drop and it kind of felt

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like I could start dry heaving at any moment. Then

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it felt like someone had taken their hand and was

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pushing down on my neck. I had to actively think

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about sitting up straight. It was like I couldn't hear anything,

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and my movements felt slowed, like I was weighed down

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by something. I started praying and called out to whatever

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was there that they were not welcome anywhere near me

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and that they were not allowed to touch me. Whatever

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was there then let go, but it didn't leave. It

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sat in my back seat and I could feel it

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just sitting and watching me. I didn't want to look

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in my mirror because I was scared that I might

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make eye contact with her. I say her, because it

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was definitely a female spirit. Her energy felt like a

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mother's anger and disappointment, the kind that makes you want

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to shrivel away out of shame. Now, theoretically this all

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should have happened in the span of about five minutes,

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but by the time I was pulling up to my

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house it was already nine thirty. On any other evening,

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this drive from the schoolhouse should have lasted ten minutes,

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but for some reason, it was longer. I have absolutely

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no idea how this happened, as I took the same

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route and went the same speed, but somehow, without me noticing,

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I drove for an hour with no indication that anything

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was wrong, and I was fully awake. Thank you so

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much if you share my story, and I appreciate you

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letting people reach out and share their experiences with you,

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as well as so many others. Before I continue, please

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consider showing you so by subscribing, sharing, and given the

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all and I'm grateful to have you here now. Please

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stay tuned and I'll be right back. After these brief messages,

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our next experience comes to us from Jamie, and Jamie's

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experience is called Lost Time. He Nick, thank you so

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much for your hard work on these podcasts and a safe,

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judgment free space to share our stories. This is a

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very short story, but after listening to your newer podcasts,

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it's encouraging me to share. About twelve years ago, I

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was working at my first full time job, and I

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remember that work was busier than usual. That later, I

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did my nightly routine of eating dinner, watching some TV,

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and I then took a quick shower. I then went

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to bed. Not too long afterwards, I remember letting out

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an exhausted sigh, and what literally felt like a second later,

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my alarm went off. It was time to go back

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to work again. Could I possibly have lost an entire

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seven or eight hours of sleep or was I just

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that exhausted. I felt like I was jipped out of

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a good night's sleep. Now, I am very religious and

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not a believer of UFOs at all, but could a

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spirit or an angel have been in my room and

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I just not have known it? Thank you so very

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much again, and keep up the great work. Sincerely, Jamie.

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Our next experience comes to us from Amanda An. Amanda's

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story is called Black Cloud. I recently found your podcast

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and I'm hooked. I have always been a believer of

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the paranormal, and I love hearing true stories. Growing up,

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I lived in a slightly haunted house in southeast Wisconsin.

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My mom and my older brother are believers, and my

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father was skeptical until he had his own experience. My

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parents went through a development group to build the house

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that I grew up in. I have no idea what

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was on the land before the house was built, but

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I do know the town was mostly farm land at

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one point. My brother and I were between the ages

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of five and seven while the house was being built.

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I don't remember too much of that time, but I

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know that we were too young to help with much

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so we played in the dirt a lot. We found

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a lot of coal and nails, as well as old barnwood.

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In the beginning of two thousand and two, a few

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months after we moved in, my brother and I hated

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sleeping in our rooms at night. My parents did not

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want us sleeping in the living room every night, so

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they let us sleep on the floor in our doorways.

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To give you an idea of the layout of our house,

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let me tell you it's a no open floor plan.

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So you walk in the front door, and to the

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right are the stairs to an unfinished basement and the

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door to the garage. To the left is the living

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room and the kitchen. My parents' room is to the

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left off the living room, and to the right when

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the kitchen starts. There is a short hallway where the

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bathroom is, and at the end was our rooms. My

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brothers was to the right and my doorway was on

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the left, but at an angle where you could see

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in from the kitchen. My brother's door and my door

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were close enough that when we slept on the floor

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we could reach one another. We never talked about why

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we didn't want to sleep in our rooms, and we

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still haven't. We just said that we never had our

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own room before and we were scared of the change.

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But for me, my room just felt dark and heavy.

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Sleeping on the floor lasted a few months, that is,

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until my parents said that it was enough and to

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sleep in our beds once again. I truly did not

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want to, but we rearranged my room so that my

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bed was in a place where I could see into

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the kitchen. I am a stomach sleeper and my head

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is usually facing the right, so it was the perfect

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place for me to see into the kitchen. We always

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had night lights on around the house in case we

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needed to get up for something. Throughout the years, we

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experienced footsteps on the stairs constantly felt like we were

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being watched. This was mostly downstairs, but everywhere in the house,

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and the TV would turn on and off all on

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its own. A few years later, I again got scared

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of staying in my room. This is the embarrassing part

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of my story. My dad was away a lot as

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he was a truck driver. He was two thousand and

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seven and I was twelve. I was sleeping in my

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mom's bed with her when my dad was away. When

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he was home, though, I tuffed it out in my room.

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There was something in my room that always felt heavy,

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and the hairs on the back of my neck always

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stood up. The same thing would happen when I would

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be in the living room and I would feel like

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something was watching me. I hated being in my room,

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even to get clothes. I would get my clothes and

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then I would change in the bathroom. Well, staying with

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my mom lasted about six months. I finally got the

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nerve up to start staying in my room again, as

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I was way too old to be sleeping with my mom.

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I am forever grateful that she allowed me to and

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she was always understanding about it. In the summer of

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twenty and eleven, I saw what it was that scared me.

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At this point, I am now comfortable enough to sleep

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with my door closed. My room was re arranged since

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my door was on an angle. There was just a

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small rectangle space that you could not see from the

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kitchen when the door was open. That small space had

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my closet and just enough room for my comfy chair

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that was always hidden when my door was open. At

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this time, my bed was on the outside wall that

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did not have a window, and it faced the comfy chair.

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There was just enough walking space between the foot of

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my bed and the chair, and when opening my door,

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there was maybe two inches between my door and the bed.

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My room was pretty small, if that gives you any idea.

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I'm a pretty light sleeper and take forever to fall asleep.

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As I was trying my best to fall asleep, I

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was tossing and turning a bit. When I got irritated

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that I couldn't fall asleep, I opened my eyes to

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reach for my phone, when in the upper left corner

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of my room, behind my door and above my chair,

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there was a black, hovering cloud. I don't know how

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else to describe it. It was not a shadow or

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a figure. It was a cloud that hovered in place.

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But it wasn't just a cloud. It also had what

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I can only describe as octopus legs which were coming

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out and moving in a way as it would have

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been in water. I know it sounds made up, but

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I assure you it's not. I know I was not

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asleep yet and this really did happen. I was frozen

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in place. I was shocked that something like this existed,

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and I was scared that if I moved, it was

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going to attack. I then got this overwhelming feeling that

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my late grandfather, who passed a few years before, was

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with me. I know it was him because he always

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had cologne on, and I smelled it in my room

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that night. In my head, I heard him say, don't worry,

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I will not let this hurt you. Stay calm. I

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then closed my eyes for about thirty seconds, but it

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felt like forever. I reopened my eyes when I didn't

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feel my grandfather with me anymore and I didn't smell

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the cologne. I really didn't want to look, but I

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knew that my mom was still up because I could

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hear the living room TV, and I wanted to tell her.

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There was also no way that I wouldn't see it

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because my door was closed and my bed faced that wall. However,

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I looked, and thankfully it was gone. I ran so

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fast to my mom and told her what had happened,

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and thankfully she believed me. I slept in the living

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room on the couch that night. After that, I'd still

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sleep with my door closed, but I always had my

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TV on when I was sleeping. I slept like that

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for four more years until I moved out. I only

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told my mom and I haven't spoke of that experience

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until now. I never saw the cloud thing again, and

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I am very thankful I didn't. The only other unexplainable

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thing that happened in that house was a few years

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later when it was just me and my mom in

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the house. She would go to bed quite early because

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she worked an early morning shift. I didn't work the

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next day, so I was up later than normal and

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I was still awake in my room watching TV when

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this happened. I heard a door slam really loud, and

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my dog was barking. She never barks at night and

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was always a very calm dog, except for this one night.

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I got up to see what the matter was, and

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by the time I got to the end of the hallway,

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my mom was opening her door. Both me and my

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mom looked at each other, like are you okay? And

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she then asked me why I went into her room

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and then slammed the door. I told her that it

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wasn't me and that I was in my room when

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I heard it too. We both could not explain what happened,

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and she slept on the couch the rest of the night.

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After my brother and I moved out, my dad was

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the only one home. He thought that my brother came

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home without telling him because he heard the footsteps on

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the stairs. When he called for my brother and didn't

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get an answer, he went downstairs to talk to him,

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but no one was there. He now believes us about

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all the things that happened in that house. My parents

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ended up selling the house a few years ago, and

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I wonder if the new owners experience anything paranormal. On

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a side note, we did have furniture that belonged to

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some family members that passed away. Maybe someone was attached

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to something that we had. We no longer have those items,

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and nothing paranormal has happened to any of us since

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we moved. Thank you for reading my story. I truly

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enjoy listening to what others have experienced. Before I bring

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tonight's episode to an end, I'd like to thank all

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of our experiencers for coming forward with their stories, and

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of course, I truly appreciate each and every one of

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you for listening and showing your support. With that being said,

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I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your

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evening and I'll be back in just a few short

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days with more tales of the unexplained, and until then,

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please remember don't wait for the unknown to come to you,

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get out there and find it.