I have written on this site before of my own experience with my Father’s spirit. Since I had my encounter, I have been collecting the paranormal experiences of family and friends in an effort to try to gain a better insight into my own experience. Sadly some are not as positive as my own. The following is an account of my friend Adele’s terrifying experience.
After the break up of her marriage she found a lovely three bedroom flat to rent. It was over the top of a corner shop and very close to the children’s school. The shop keeper who was also the landlord had painstakingly restored all the period features and it really was a beautiful place. She felt she had really landed on her feet and was looking forward to a fresh start.
Within a few weeks of moving in she began to hear the soft pad of a young child’s footsteps running up and down the hallway at night. Sometimes she would hear a little voice saying Mummy, Mummy. Eventually she began to see a beautiful child of about two years of age. She describes him as having blond curly hair, he always wore a blue polo neck jumper and just an old-fashioned Terry cloth nappy held together with pins. When her children were in bed at night he would peep around the lounge doorway at her and smile and giggle, as if he were playing peek-a-boo.
She felt so sorry for this little boy. One evening quite close to Christmas, she was wrapping up some Christmas gifts for her children when she heard him run down the hallway. She looked towards the door and saw him peep his head round. She was so moved with compassion that she told him to come in and sit with her.
He didn’t enter the room, but he did pop his head around the door jam again and when he did she was frozen to the spot with fear. The face was the same, but gone was the sweet angelic smile. In it’s place the child wore a leer of pure hatred and his eyes were so hard and cold. She knew she was in the presence of pure evil. She felt if she made eye contact with it, it would all be over for her.
She began to pray the lords prayer over and over again, all the while it stood there laughing and sneering at her. All that night it stayed near the door and she was too scared to even attempt to leave the room.
For the next few nights she took the children and went to stay with her mother. When she finally went home a few days later she couldn’t believe the sight that met her eyes. The entire flat had been trashed. The furniture had been turned over or smashed up. But the worse thing of all was that in the attic bedroom all her family photos and any religious pictures and her Grandmas crucifix were all piled up in the middle of the floor and it looked as if someone or something had tried to set fire to them. The flat had been securely locked, no one had been inside.
She turned tail and ran down the stairs in a blind panic. As she reached the bottom she felt a strong force pushing her backwards and at the same time her senses were accosted by the most putrid smell she had ever experienced. She was fighting for all she was worth and felt that the smell alone would suffocate her if she didn’t get away soon. She was begging God for help. Instantly she fell forward, gained her feet and legged it for the outside door. As she reached it and wrenched it open something hit her forcefully on the back of her head. She didn’t stop to look, she just kept on running. People from the street began chasing her, it took her a few moments to realize that she was bleeding heavily from a wound in her scalp.
Some local men had entered the flat thinking that there was a domestic and she had been assaulted. Obviously they found no one in there, but they did recover her Grans crucifix from just inside the front door.
Frightened beyond reason,she returned to her mothers home, she contacted the parish priest who came to see her. After telling him what had happened, he went with her mother and brother to bless the flat.
Adele wouldn’t go any where near the place. When they returned they were traumatized. Her mother and brother told her that once the priest began the blessing, things were flying around and hitting them. A disembodied voice was screaming obscenities and talking in a strange language. The priest told them to ignore it all and keep on praying. Eventually it all stopped.
On their return the priest told Adele that it wasn’t over, he said he would approach the Bishop for permission to perform an exorcism. There would be an investigation and it wasn’t safe for her to return to that place until it had been taken care of.
He also gave her this advice, he said, ‘what’s of God is free to walk. It needs no invoking and no invitation. Never issue an invitation to anything that doesn’t belong in this world, no matter how innocent and harmless it may seem. The fallen hide behind whatever mask they can find in an attempt to get a foot hold in this world so they can pursue their one objective of the ruination of souls made in the image and likeness of God’.
She never went back to that flat. For a time it was a hive of activity, with lot’s of priests and other clergy in and out at all times of day and night. Eventually they must have done what they needed to, because it all went quiet.
It hasn’t been rented out since though and I’ve heard the flat is now only used as a storage place for the shop. Adele wont even drive down the street where it is, just in case it’s still there. She’s afraid it might see her and think the invitation still stands.
Written by Clara McAndrew, Copyright 2009
Read another of Clara’s stories A Visit From My Dad
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Wow this is one of the most frightening experiences I’ve read on here. Your poor friend =(
I’m surprised the shopkeeper never noticed anything in his shop.
Dear Clara,
Thanks for the story.
Sounds horrible for your friend.
What an expierence!
The power of ” invitation ” is indeed a strong one. One of the usual things about any haunting is gaining your attention.
The next step is of course with the living – to be accepting, fearful, tolerant, defensive or just aware.
When an entity is in place – its already present so it will go about doing what ever it does and if acknowledged but not entertained – usually it is possible for a status quo to exist.
It can gain more power by fear or by invitation. One must always walk a careful line between acknowledgement and open invitation. In this case I suggest if Adele had just accepted there was a ‘ little boy ghost ‘ and acknowledged its presence ( and nothing further ) perhaps nothing more would have come of it, because it had no power over her as she did not fear it………..but the change after ” invitation ” is self evident.
It must be differentiated that it wasn’t an invitation into the location ( it was already there ) but more of a personal invitation.
Ghosts don’t need a cuddle, they need to go to the light. What ever this was ( friendly or not ) didn’t need to be invited closer! – but guided away to the light.
Clara, thank you for sharing the story with us!!! that was very terrifying.. she was lucky that her and her children got out of there safely….
It’s kinda like a pedophile with candy
if they show it to a child…… the child thinks they
found friendship
and good wholesome candy
the pedophile see’s it as weakness and vulnerability
and a chance to get closer……they have a chance to
get what they want
The person experiencing this paranormal activity = Child
Ghost= Pedophile
Candy= Invitation
I loved this story and i didnt mean to offend with the comparison
i just kind of saw it that way just another little perspective
The proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing……SCARY!
i guess you never know what you’re going to get. i wonder if its really gone.
i disagre with this sending them to the light——-
in my exoperience, they dont want to go to God, are completely against him, and trust me they are well able to make light themselves. dont bother, its all part of the deception.thats my view anyways having started with the notion of sending to the light, to arriving at this after years of experienceing them.
God never lets anyone or anything be lost. this is cack, to make people think there are good spirits wandering around out there, and therefore open people up to them-communication with them other than to send them pakcing in Christs name, is a mistake.
secodnly this lie serves to undermine God- when you hear this initially -you think hang on, I thought God was almighty powerful-yet spirits get lost?
forget sending them to the light, and furthermore I assure you 100% do not trust something just because it appears as light, or creating light- i promise you sincerely there are some things I still question, but this is not one, demons can make beautiful light.
i have to add, i had the same not as awful but the same thing where evil sps pretended to be like little children. I love children so it was a way to get me feeling sorry for them, and accepting them and inviting them. thank you for this article. these ones are the ones I am still trying to shift, whereas other worse things have left as soon as I told them to which i found odd. has anyone got any advice on revoking invitations? do you think confessing, and revoking in your own words does the job? or is more needed.
I do not believe that any “spirits”, “ghosts” or what-have-you are human at all. PERIOD! For instance, one of the theories on why “human spirits” remain earth bound is because they have unfinished business. Now tell me what kind of unfinished business a toddler would have? Or an infant or child? It doesn’t make sense whatsoever. Once you die its heaven or hell for you, no in between. Therefore these “spirits” that everyone sees and are contacted by are in fact demons. No matter what shape or form they take whether it be child or dog they are demons and only take whatever form they need to in order to appeal to whatever person they are trying to deceive. Demons’ only role are to distract people from the ways of God so Satan can overtake them. I would suggest to anyone that has any kind of experience like this that you pray for God to be the mainstay in your life. The demons will still be there but will have no control over you.
I agree with Anonymous,
If you see anything that is not of this earth, it probably isn’t good. You say “But what about all these people that live with nice ghost in their houses and get along with them”. I say to this that those people are lost and have already been deceived. Not everyone experiences a full blown attack. If you are easily swayed and believe that there are human spirits floating around, why would you need to be attacked. You already believe that people don’t go to heaven or hell when they die. If this is true why don’t people see the millions of people that have died over time. As Anonymous said these things can take any form that is available to them. This also applies to aliens and UFO’s. It is a very deceptive way for evil to get people to turn from God’s teaching, if you believe that there are other worlds out there with intelligent beings then why was it not mentioned in the Bible and if it is not in the Bible then how can I believe the rest of the Bible. It is the whole New Age movement. As the world allows more and more supernatural and immoral issues to become common place and more mainstream, the more people will tend to believe that it must be OK and that comes between them and a relationship with God. Thier goal is to keep something, anything between someone and a loving relationship with God long enough for you to die in sin. That is the only goal because evil was defeated once and for all when Christ died on the cross and God raised Him from the dead. All evil can do now is to lead people astray and keep them from living the life God has planned for them and ultimately going to the wrong place in the afterlife. We hear that Hell is flames and burning and torment, but the true torment will be total and irrevocable seperation from God. People in hell will know then that God was their Savior and they chose not to choose Him and they will realize that they were tricked and that it is now too late. Don’t be one of those people. Get a Bible, read it and live it and you will never die, your body will and when it does you will go automatically to one place or the other. Be sure that you know where you will spend eternity before it is too late.
I have lived with the paranormal for 51 years,,, we are all entitled to our opinions. I am not starting an argument with anyone. These are just my experiences!!!
In a nut shell, i live with spirits on a daily basis, i have dealt with Satan, demons, good and bad spirits, ECt:::::::: and the list goes on, I am a psychic, and sensitive, none of this is what i asked for or wanted, it just is.
My daughter and Father who have both passed away, visit me often. They are both in Heaven and have told me all about it.. I am talking from experience, not a book, or research.
We all get fooled at times, by negative energies. Just like we get fooled by humans. You cant always judge a book by its cover is what i say.
Im just telling you the truth in my life. Many people on this site know me and know many of my stories. There are also many here that live as i do.
My wish is, for us all to have peace and love in our lives,and our hearts, and be Blessed by God, every day….ktm
i know ktm, what she says is the truth! she has been thru so much more than a woman should of. you would have to hear her ENTIRE experience, before you believe or disagree with her. she and i have alot incommon, but i can’t come close to compare what she knows. love ya ktm td
Hi TD, thank you for your support,, you know i luv ya too!!!!! ktm
hi clara. reading this story got me thinking back to the time i saw a little boy at my sisters house he looked like my nephew in fact i thought it was my nephew until he disapeared.at the top of the stairs in front of my eyes. never liked that house. it shocked me then and still has 14 years later.
this is the scariest story i’ve ever heard. you must have been so scared, what you did was the right thing