Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

I never used to believe that houses could really be haunted until one early morning my dad woke up to a clattering noise. He is a light sleeper and insomniac so he since he was up for the day now, he decided to check it out. He met my brother in the kitchen. They both heard the noise and wanted to know what it was. They looked around and found out that there was a spoon in the sink. This could easily be shrugged off as not paranormal, but in our house there are no cats, no mice, no rats, and no reasons why a spoon should fall in the sink at 5:00 in the morning.

Ever since then small things have been going on in our house to make us believe in ghosts more and more. Usually it’s my dad that witnesses these events because he stays up the latest. Most of the activity happens between 11:00 P.M. and 4:00 A.M. There is often the voice of a man that can be heard by my dad. He’s the only one who has heard the voice of the man and he says that the man calls out his name sometimes or tells him to wake up. In our family room a shadow in the shape of a man can often be seen between those times. I’ve personally never seen it, but my dad and brother both claim to have seen the shadow on multiple occasions.

My brother has seen the bar stools in our kitchen pulled out in front of him. I’ve heard the occasional footsteps and just recently have heard a ceramic plate on one of our walls thrown across the room (Thankfully it didn’t break).

My mom refuses to believe in ghosts or the paranormal even after she heard what she thought was me talking to my dog. She thought I had returned from a friend’s house, but I was actually still at his house. My dad was right next to her hearing the voice of the girl, so it wasn’t just her hearing things.

Occasionally in our guest room, the TV turns on and the covers are pulled down to make it look like someone had been sleeping in there and have just gotten out of bed. We aren’t exactly sure what is in our house, nor do we really notice it. We usually just laugh at the activity or if item is misplaced we just say the ghost did it.

My dad believes that whatever is in our house is friendly and just wants to be noticed. I only partly agree with him. I feel that what seems to be a girl spirit is friendly, but the ghost of the man I am not too sure about. Some of the activity surrounding the shadow man does not at all seem friendly or just in of attention.

Sent in by Paige, Copyright 2010 TrueGhostTales.com