Halloween is a couple of days away, and the haunted house theme is creeping into more and more posts on Active Rain.
Now, my house really was haunted when I moved in. I think it was handled, like she’d moved on. But tonight I’m hearing sighs – and I don’t’ think it’s the cats.
My ghost’s name was Amy Pratt. She lived here for a long time and was, by all accounts, a good neighbor. I think that she’s the one who wallpapered the ceilings – something that really is haunting me to this very day!
While living here, she helped to raise a niece who grew up to be DC’s mayor in the ‘80s, Sharon Pratt. Aunt Amy’s pipes burst, too. The neighbors were still talking about it when I moved in years later.
I’m not sure how or when she died, but I think she just got old.
Soon after I moved in, I woke up in the middle of the night with the hair on my neck sticking out straight. In a corner of the dark room, there she was – a column of light wearing a long flowy thing.
She was a benign ghost – even a good ghost. She got rid of some houseguests once who had totally overstayed their welcome. Another time, I had a basement tenant who I really wanted to move out. Amy stepped up to the plate and scared the begeez out of her, and she was gone.
And eventually, Amy moved on, too. Some airy-fairy buddies of mine were visiting from California. I’d been out all day showing property and when I got home, the house smelled a little funny.
My friends sat me down. They explained that they had met my “entity” and they had helped her to “move on” with some incense, chants and holy water.
Now, I knew she was in a better place and all that. But I kind of missed her!
So when I’m reading all the haunted house posts on Active Rain, and when I hear funny noises, it’s a little disconcerting, because I know it’s not Aunt Amy!
Maybe it is the cats!
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I gotta tell ya... Ghosts should NOT be haunting places.......they should be peacefully at rest.....
Amen??
AMEN!!
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I enjoyed your Halloween story but if I were you, I'd check on the cats!