Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

Having recently had my experiences displayed on this web site and having encouraged my friends (who have been reading my stories for years ) to log on and see for themselves, word of mouth soon meant people have started coming to me with their ghost stories! A current theme was, at least they knew I wouldn’t think they were crazy!

My daughter’s boyfriend is 16 and like my kids, also an ‘army brat’ who has lived in various military homes all over Australia. Davis (his name changed to protect his identity) told me that when they had their first posting to Darwin when he was small, they were in an ordinary suburban house where a transparent Asian man would appear in the doorway of the bathroom. As he was young, the bathroom door was left open while he bathed and he is adamant the Asian man would appear spontaneously in the same place every time. Depending on if you were in the bath, shower or using the toilet would effect how much of the apparition could be seen.

Davis said at his young age he concluded it was a ghost because it was transparent and naturally when he told them his parents thought he was imagining things. Davis explained upon looking up and realizing the Asian man was present, the Asian man would take a step back, start to turn and vanish. He said it became such a common event he wasn’t scared and accepted it as normal in the end.

Davis is back living in Darwin again in a different home. Davis explained for his 12th birthday he was allowed to pitch a tent in the backyard and have some friends stay the night. They were in the tent when he realized his bedroom light was on, flooding the backyard with light. Davis immediately thought this was unusual, as he had made a point to turn his light off when they went outside. More annoyed than anything, he went into the house to turn off the light.

Opening his bedroom door, he stood in shock as he saw a tall ‘shadow man’ wearing what looked like a hood sitting on his bed, when he looked more closely, he realised he wasn’t sitting on the bed but standing in the bed and he could see the figure above and below the frame of the bed! Startled, Davis snapped off the light and ran back to the tent.

Needless to say, Davis went on to explain he still glimpses shadow figures in that house and claims his mother has since become aware of them as well.

Written by Jennifer Mills – Young, Copyright 2010