Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters

My name is Jason. I am 25 years old, and have only had some recent encounters with the paranormal, which I documented in my story on this site “The Homestead Spirits.” Recently, while at a friend’s house for a birthday party, there were some strange occurrences that lead me to believe that the place is haunted.

In June, my best friend from high school purchased his very first house about halfway across town. A friend, my fiancé and I all helped him move in. He had purchased the house from a very devout family, and there crucifixes, rosaries, and icons all around the house, so much so that it was noticeable to me, someone who had grown up Catholic. There was one over the front door, two in the hallway, one over the master bedroom upstairs, and one inside the bedroom downstairs. I made the passing joke that maybe they were trying to keep out something evil. My friend, not being Christian, decided to remove them, and I asked for one of the crucifixes. While not Christian, he is respectful of other religious beliefs, and handled the crosses with care as he took them down and gave them to friends and relatives.

Flash-forward to last week, when we were celebrating the homeowner’s birthday. We were in his basement, playing card games and having a good time. I had brought along a digital camera to take pictures of the gathering, and my fiancé pointed out that in two of the pictures, there are some distinct orbs floating over some of the guests’ heads. I don’t take much stock in orb pictures, but I did recall it odd since the house had been cleaned earlier that day, so there shouldn’t have been dust or anything else that I usually attribute to photo orbs.

At about one in the morning, those of us who were staying the night were playing games downstairs when two of the light bulbs in the ceiling fan went out with a loud pop, and the third one went from yellow to blue. We quickly finished off the game and decided it was time for bed. I went to sleep on the floor, our host to his bedroom, another friend used the guest room, and my fiancé was asleep on the couch behind me.

A couple hours passed, and I was woken by the sound of glass exploding. I say that word because it wasn’t the sound of a glass falling over and breaking, but it sounded as though something made of glass was thrown down or against a wall. It was loud enough to wake me, but my fiancé was still asleep. She uses earplugs because she is normally a very light sleeper, so much so that the general noises of buildings would wake her. I turned on the lights and went into the kitchen, expecting to find out that his cat had knocked down one of the glasses. Finding no broken glass there, I went to his computer room, and still no glass. Everyone else was asleep, so I chalked it up to a dream and went back to sleep.

Some time passed (not sure how long, since I didn’t have my watch), and I was woken by the sound a second time. Another search revealed yet again that every other person in the house asleep, the cat curled up in his recliner, and not a single shard of broken glass. These were incredibly loud noises, loud enough to wake me out of a dead sleep.

If the orbs, the lights, or the sounds had been a single event, I would have just written them off, but all of them together makes me think that my friend may be living in a haunted house.

Sent in by Jason, Copyright 2010 TrueGhostTales.com