a tale of tails, tenacity, and tedium, as told by me, usually barefoot and bellowing

Saturday, August 1, 2009

My Ghost Story


In my youth, I had a friend who came every summer to stay with her aunt. We were neighbors and Debbie was about my age so it was only natural to be friends. We swapped nights about and spend many hours at each others homes.

The last summer we were in our early teens. The home where she was staying had two bedrooms with a bath in the hall. Off one bedroom was the living room and off the other was the kitchen. You could travel a circle and cover all the house except the wash room and den.

Deb's uncle was quite a cut up and always like to tease us and scare us. Knowing this, everyone was in a camper playing cards so we locked them in while we went to take our baths. It was a hasp lock and we put a large stick through so it would be difficult to get out.

As we were dressing, we heard some one walk in and stop at the door, we could see the shadow under the door, two legs and we could hear breathing. Just knowing that it was probably Dub, we whispered and made a plan to jump out and each circle a different way to catch him at his tricks. We jerked the door open and ran the circle...no one!

We looked and looked and decided to check the camper and our makeshift lock.

The stick was still in place and they were all still playing cards!!!!

9 comments:

Pyatshaw said...

Real spooky.......you were braver than I would have been! I can't even watch horror films..come to think of it, even Dr Who!!!

Unknown said...

oooooooohh!! spooky!how old was the house? any history of anything? S

allhorsestuff said...

Ya know, that took me right back to my childhood! WHOA! Whaddya think about that spook?!!


Guess what happend to me -just last night too???!!!
I am laying in bed at midnight and about asleep...the stand up lamp in my--- room clicks ON!
I simply got up and turned it off again..but was a bit weirded out..as I heard it click on, the second beofre, as if someone was standing there.
Kac

Patricia said...

now, that'scary...

Irene said...

I'm glad that story had a happy ending,

Carla said...

Ok, a creepy peeping Tom ghost!!! Bet it still gives you chills!

Laughing Orca Ranch said...

AGGGHHHHHHHHH! You gave me goosebumps!

~Lisa

Greener Pastures--A City Girl Goes Country said...

Ooh, that's scary! And it also sounded like fun and brought me right back to childhood.

Josie Two Shoes said...

I'm betting that neither of you slept well that night! :-)

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