This experience happened to me when I was around
12, and I am now 19.
I have a grandmother that
lives in a forest near the Blue Ridge Mountains.
When I visited her, I would find arrowheads
around her property. She told me her house was
built near an Indian Burial ground.
During an
unusually warm Autumn night, I was going to bed
when I heard a crash downstairs. I grabbed my
baseball bat in case it was a burglar, but only
found one of my grandmother's vases broken on the
floor. I thought it was my grandmother's cat,
Sophie, but she was in the laundry room.
I walked
back upstairs, slightly spooked. When I was in
the middle of the hallway, it suddenly became
freezing cold. The air conditioner was nowhere
near the hall. It was dark and I heard footsteps
coming from behind me. I ran into my room and hid
under the blankets. I peeked and saw nothing. I
went back to sleep and for the following days,
saw nothing.
Then, the on the third or fourth
night, I woke up to go to the bathroom. As I was
passing the kitchen, I stood motionless in front
of the door. There was a man in the kitchen. I
stared, frozen, wondering if he was a burglar. But
I had a calm feeling about him, like he wouldn't
hurt me. He was dressed totally in white. I had
the most serene feeling in my mind. I stared at
him for about forty-five seconds when he turned
around. I can clearly picture his face:
He had a
long face, was around thirty-five or forty years
old. He had brown hair, and he had a happy
expression on his face. He then disappeared. I
went back to bed, not scared or frightened in any
way.
The next morning, there was a startling
revelation. My grandmother told me that the last
owner of the house was a young man, exactly as I
described. She said that one night, he was
driving home on a winter night and his car lost
control and crashed. He was in the hospital for a
few days, but it was too late. His family decided
to sell the house to my grandmother. I told her
my experience and she believed me. The appearance
of this man was caused partially by the presence
of the Burial Ground. My guess is that he loved
that house and didn't want to leave it. And may
his soul rest in peace.
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