Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

For all of you who don’t know where Swartruggens mine is… Well, its in a quiet town in Rustenburg, here in South Africa in the North Western Province. Rustenburg is well known for the mine called Helim Mine which is a Diamond Mine. My dad used to work for Helim Mine so he got free housing on the mine itself.

One weekend my friend (Yolande) came from Oudshoorin to come visit for a week, as it was school holidays and we lived far from each other. She arrived on Thursday afternoon, and we went swimming at the Mines pool Club which was like 20 steps from the mine house. On Friday morning we went into town for a breakfast with my mom and dad, that’s when we met Uncle Danny there, now he is one of the big bosses on the mine. We over heard him tell my dad they are planning on demolishing a house behind the mountain on the mine which has been empty for five years. So the nosy little teenagers that we were… we wanted to know where this house is.

Now Uncle Danny has two sons (Johnny and Phillip) and they were the same age as us. After breakfast we went back to the Pool club for a swim, when we saw Johnny and Phillip at the pool, so we asked them what they knew of the house that their dad wanted to demolish… They just looked at each other in disbelief and told us that there are still some belongings in the house… Nobody wanted to take the items as they claimed there was something in that house. We asked them to tell us how to get there, which of course they refused, as they said it would be better if they came along to ensure we will be safe. So we agreed that later that same night we will meet them by the Pool Club.

At about 9 pm, my parents were fast asleep, and me and Yolande sneaked out of my bedroom window, and bailed to the pool club, where Johnny and Phillip where already waiting. So we walked, and walked, and walked, until eventually we came to a small Mine Mountain, we walked around it, and as it made a ditch or path we saw the house. It was a massive house. From the outside it looked like a two story house.

We went to the house, and saw the door was closed, so we still knocked… stupid, I know… but it was just in case there was somebody. Obviously, no one replied so we went right in. And to say the least, it was a beautiful house. But from the minute we walked in, we all had the intense feeling of being watched, all you can hear is your own heavy breathing. We decided to split, myself and Phillip, and Yolande and Johnny. We went up the stairs and they decided to check out the rest of the house.The second we went up the stairs, we heard music coming from where we were going. When we reached the last stair, the music stopped. So myself and Phillip went looking around in the bedrooms.

When we came to what seemed like the main bedroom, as I was about to turn around, well I kinda bumped into Phillip, that’s when he kissed me. As we were kissing  something told me to open my eyes. As I did, I saw a dark figure stand right behind Phillip. I pulled away, not saying a word, I used my hands to lead Phillip to turn around slowly, as Phillip was turning around, this figure started moving backwards slowly, and as Phillip turned completely, it was gone, but we heard the footsteps go downstairs.

Sent in by Dalene, Copyright 2009 TrueGhostTales.com

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