My family used to own a ranch in the Texas Hill Country.
The Bandera/Tarpley area to be exact. The ranch house was
built in the early 1900's and had been kept in very good
condition, undergoing a few remodels with each owner in
order to update it.
When my parents bought it in the
early '90's, the house had only had 4 owners before them.
We loved going to the ranch on the weekends, and swimming
in the lake, riding horses, etc. The house was relatively
quiet for the first few months. Our first Christmas there,
we realized we had another "roommate" staying with us.
The Christmas tree kept falling over, and the presents were
always being re-arranged. Finally, we anchored the tree to
the wall with fishing line, and put the presents away until
it was time to open them. That seemed to work, since all
was relatively quiet for a month or so after Christmas.
Then, one day I was watching TV downstairs and heard what
sounded like furniture being moved around upstairs. I went
to check, and nothing had been moved. My first thought was
that someone was playing a trick on me, of course. Then I
realized it was only my dad and I at home, and he had been
watching TV with me.
Hearing furniture being moved around,
and having items like keys and shoes disappear from one
room only to be found in another became a common
occurrence. The ghost seemed friendly, so we just
said "hello" every once in a while, and that was that.
One night however, I will never forget. I was laying in bed
watching TV trying to go to sleep. All of a sudden, I was
paralyzed and felt my arms being "tacked" up against the
headboard, and someone/something trying to lay on me as if
to attack me. Being Catholic, I started praying asking for
help from St. Michael the Archangel and my grandfather who
had always protected me. All of a sudden, I saw what seemed
like a flash of light come from the wall. In what seemed
like a millisecond, all was fine and I could tell I would
be alright. The next day I told my parents what happened. I
never spend the night there again, and they sold the ranch
shortly afterwards.
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