There are things in this world that cannot be explained. When things go bump in the night, or that shadowy disembodied figure that follows you upstairs after turning off the lights downstairs at night. That random voice you heard to the mysterious footsteps walking above you. Today, I'm here to talk about the paranormal. Ghosts, spirits, out of body experiences, poltergeists, and communicating with the great beyond. In this series, we'll dive right in to my experiences and interactive encounters. This series isn't for the faint of heart, so if you're spooked easily this might not be the series for you. For those that are brave, find nice shadowy spot to stand in or read on a dark and stormy night. Though some may be skeptical, I ensure these experiences are real and not made up. These are my true, genuine experiences. Some are friendly and lighthearted, some are outright scary.
Growing up, I have always believed in the paranormal and more specifically ghosts. Throughout my childhood, I've had many utterly frightening experiences with the paranormal and with a specific type of entity known as a poltergeist. My childhood home was tucked into a small, quiet neighborhood not too far from the Bass Pro Shops which was up the road and the Kmart which was a couple streets north behind our home. Probably some of my earliest experiences with ghosts and poltergeists happened within those walls. One instance in particular stands out...
I believe that I was 3 or 4 years old at the time. My mom and dad were at work, they worked for the university's alumni center as building maintenance staff. I was home with my older sister (11 at the time) and my grandma who was watching us that evening. They were both watching television in the living room. watching King of the Hill. Grandma was sitting in the recliner with her evening cup of coffee, my sister was sitting on the floor in front of the TV. I was sitting behind her in my little red rocking chair. I remember getting up because I needed to use the bathroom which was the first door on the left as you go down the hallway. As I was going towards the hallway, I saw like something dark and shadowy blocking out the view of the back two bedrooms, to the right was my parents room and to the left was the spare bedroom. At first I thought it was a trick of the light or that my eyes were tricking me. Then I looked again and got a real good look this time, and my eyes weren't deceiving me. There was a dark, shadowy mass hovering at the end of the hallway. Then it shaped into a humanoid like shape, still a solid black shadow.. Then I started backing away and said, "What is that?" And before anyone had a chance to ask me what I meant, this thing lunges out and knocked me backwards. Then once flat on my back it attacked again, grabbing me by the right leg and dragged me down the hallway. I was screaming in terror. My sister got up and hurriedly tried to grab me by the arm, tried to yank me free of this shadow monster. It wouldn't let me go until my grandma got up and turned on the hallway light. Then it let me go and I dropped to the floor. THUNK! I ran back to the living room and I was trembling for the remainder of that evening.
For weeks after that incident, I had trouble sleeping and had nightmares. Then the experiences with the shadow monster happened more often and frequent. The poltergeist got more violent and aggressive. We'd find the kitchen a mess in the morning, chairs stacked on top of each other. The silverware drawer wide open with the drawer itself haphazardly hanging out, dangling on its tract. We'd hear footsteps, someone trying the doorknobs in the hallway. Doors randomly opening and slamming shut. Two weeks to the day, me and my sister (we shared a room) we heard something trying our doorknob in the middle of the night.. Nobody was up, and when we opened the door to see nobody there. Then we were fixing to close the door again and my sister says, " I heard something in the kitchen. I'm going to see what it is." I said, " Ok, but I come with." We quietly sneak down the hallway and past the living room to peer into the kitchen. To our surprise nobody was there, but to our horror we look up to see the knife drawer open and a kitchen knife free floating in the air. Caused by nothing. Held by nothing. Suspending from nothing.
Whatever invisible thing that was holding the knife, noticed us and did a startled jolt. Then it pointed the tip of the blade at us, my sister grabbed ahold of me and we legged it back to our room. To our extended horror, it followed us. Luckily, we got inside our room and closed the door in enough time. It was rattling and banging on the door to open, so my sister gets the bright idea to barricade the door shut. And just as we did that, we heard one more loud bang and then it stabbed at the door. It tried to jab us through the door. This racket woke up my parents, who opened up their door to investigate the ruckus to see a knife deeply embedded in the hallway side of our door at 5ft 7in. Little did we know a second knife followed the first and it was hovering, waiting in the living room. The minute my parents asked what the hell is going on, they saw it hurdling for them. They slammed their door quickly, which deflected it. They both said, " Wait right there, girls! We'll come rescue ya!" We waited for 30 minutes for the poltergeist rampage to die down. Then one of my parents leaps out of their bedroom and quickly flicks on the lights, eventually they came out in a pair. They knocked on our door, " It's okay, girls. It's safe now." We slept with all of the lights on in the house for a while afterwards. We had home cleansings, did everything experts suggest to rid your home of these unwelcome entities, but no avail. We eventually ended up moving out of this house a few months later. And of course we did what a paranormal expert suggested on breaking any poltergeist attachment. This seemed to have worked, because whatever it was with that house didn't follow us.
Can you imagine how terrifying this must've been for a really young child? This still terrifies me to this day that I experienced and survived an encounter like this. Usually, poltergeists target children as they are the most vulnerable. Sometimes they get invited in by a child because the poltergeist themselves disguise as a child. Children if they're really young, haven't developed senses to distinguish what is a real living person, a ghost, or in this a poltergeist. And without knowing any better, they'll invite it in because they think it's just another kid. However, this wasn't the case for me. It never cloaked itself as a child or any other anything. It wasn't even trying to disguise itself or its true form. It directly targeted me and sought me out in its little rampages. I always wondered why I was its desired target. I wasn't an easy target and did nothing to attract it, maybe was angry that I ignored and deflected earlier signs of trying to get my attention. If any earlier attempts were made I wouldn't have known, nor was I paying attention and I wouldn't have remembered. I was a tiny tot and I had a short memory.
That was some of my earliest and most terrifying paranormal experiences. I know it's been many moons ago, but it still plagues my mind from time to time. I look back on it and I'm like geese that was scary. It may have been that long ago, but is still scary all these years later. Something like that never leaves you. It doesn't just tingles the spine. It doesn't just chill the spine, nor does it just send goosebumps through the spine.. no, it sends it through the whole body and shakes you to the core, nearly paralyzing your words and freezes you in your very steps. Shakes you so bad that you try to avert any conversation about it. That particular instance was traumatizing for me since it happened when I was such a young age. I rarely speak about it and it's very rare that I feel okay to share it with anyone. It's not from fear of people not believing me or taking me seriously, nor do I fear people laughing at me and poking fun. It's just the fact that anytime I retell this story, I relive it over again in my mind. Eek! So anyway...
What do you make of it? Tell me your thoughts. And if you've had any encounter with the paranormal like this or have ghostly experiences, feel free to share them if you're comfortable.
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