My Gran's house is over 450 years old, an old mill,
although nothing horrible or gruesome has been reported to
have happened within its history my gran is certain that
she, my grandad and their pet dog are not alone in the
house.
There is more than just one event that has taken place in
this house whilst my gran has lived here (for most of her
life).
The first incident was perhaps the least unnerving out of
the three I am going to tell you about, although I would
still not really wish to have been in my grans 'footsteps'
at the time.
Grandad was already in bed, as Gran often stays up late
reading and comes upstairs to bed around 12ish/1. On her
way up the stairs to bed gran heard footsteps behind her,
as though she was being followed. She stopped and turned to
see if maybe the dog had followed up the stairs, she had
not, was still fast asleep in her basket downstairs.
Of course as my gran stopped the noise had also stopped so
she just assumed that it was her imagination and carried
on. But once again she heard her footsteps and a second set
of unidentified footsteps. Slightly unnerved she hurried up
the last steps, but when she reached the top the second set
of footsteps stopped. This story was slightly unnerving but
many feel it is explainable.
However, the second story has less of a rational
explanation. One day my gran was in the kitchen washing
up, when she glanced up on a sudden feeling to see a man
wonder slowly past the window. He stopped at the window for
a second, glancing past my gran before carrying on his
journey towards the mill entrance (ther door next to the
window, and the room next door to the kitchen) my gran
grabbed her towel and rushed outside to catch the man but
there was nobody at all there. She rushed into the mill to
find it once again empty. However, she didn't hang around
for long as the mill is an obviously creepy place with
plenty of nooks and crannys for things to hide in!
When explaining the apparition to me gran said that he was
middle aged, greyish haired, dressed in working clothes,
but old fashioned and not up to the day. It is strange that
although the man was so close and looking straight at her
she cannot remember his eye colour. We can only assume this
man was a worker at the mill when it was up and running.
The last story is probably the most unnerving. Again
involving gran alone only this time once again late at
night. However, this event happened shortly after my great
gran's (who was also being looked after by my gran in the
house after 2 strokes) death.
The chair which Pip (the dog) always shared with great gran
is situated next to the fireplace. However, unusually this
night Pip refused to sit on the chair, but prefered to sit
on the rug growling steadily from the back of her throat.
Gran not caring, thinking it was just Pip being a silly dog
sat in the chair and began to read. Pip, however, did not
stop her growling. In fact it increased until there was a
feeling on the back of the chair, someone had pressed down
on the cushion behind Gran's head. She turned around
thinking that grandad had maybe come downstairs, but there
was nobody there. Feeling utterly terrified she stood up
and rushed upstairs, but as she passed behind the chair
there was a sudden rush of cold. The dog spent the rest of
the night upstairs with the my grandparents, for they were
both worried. But I am convinced that it was just my great
gran coming back to say goodbye for one last time.
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