Both of my great-grandparents died in the house we live in about 2 years ago. It isn't an old house, it was built maybe 30 years ago by my great-grandparents. We've always lived with them and taken care of them. Both died slow deaths from cancer, which is a really hard thing to watch. My great-grandfather passed first, a year before my great-grandmother, and right after he died we started having things happen around the house. My mom, great-grandmother, brother and I were all sitting around in the living room chatting one night when a table-fan that was sitting on a table flew across the room. No one was near it, it wasn't on therefore it did not work it's way off the table, the cord was not tugged, it was nowhere near the edge of the table, and when I say flew I mean it had a lot of force put behind it, almost as if someone threw it. We've also been having shadow people, we'll be sitting around an see a black figure standing in the hallway or doorways of room. We've had voices whispering and calling to us, laughing. I've run several times into the living room because I thought I heard someone call for me, but no one was home.
We've also heard screams, which have me and my mom meeting in the hallway thinking something is wrong with the other. There have been doors that close by themselves and other objects moving by themselves when no one was near. We have recurring dark masses floating around, they seem to focus more on my mother than me. I can remember her telling me about the black masses years before my great-grandparents became significantly ill. They come through the walls and cover her, which leads to her being paralyzed. She has also experienced them entering her body through her chest. It has happened twice while I was home and I would run into her room, because she was screaming and as I turned on the light I saw a flash of it withdraw. My dad has experienced things scratching the walls and the closet doors. We've even had our old door bell ring and play haunting music, the thing is that there's no battery or any source of power in or going to the doorbell. It hasn't worked since I was 5.
Needless to say my mom and I were frightened to begin with, but fortunately things have settled down a bit and it's been about 6 months since anything has happened. We just started to ignore it and not get scared when stuff did happen, and it looks as though that's working. I've spent many a sleepless night in our house, because I can feel breath on my cheek or have someone whisper in my ear. I'm just glad things have died down to where we can function like normal human beings in our home. We want to think that maybe it was my grandparents trying to let us know they're still with us, but we're not sure what it was.
**EDIT** On a lighter note: my tastes in fantasy literature... I meant to post this earlier, but forgot in all of my posts.
Let me start by saying I love Tolkien. The Hobbit was my best friend my Freshman year of high school. I love, love, love Harry Potter! I've went to all the midnight book releases as well as midnight showings of the movies. I'm just your regular, everyday Ravenclaw although I don't have a Ravenclaw tie so I usually don the dress of a Griffyndor. I know, shun me for being untrue to my house! I have read all of the Twilight series, and (hate me if you will) am a fan. I also enjoy the Sookie Stackhouse novels and Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. As for movies and tv series, I love Harry Potter, Star Wars, LOTR, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twilight, True Blood, A Haunting, Paranormal State, and The Walking Dead. I'm sure there's more I can't think of right now, but there ya go!
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Uhm wow. Needless to say I'm a little freaked out, but fascinated all the same. You should make a movie.
Man... that's heavy stuff. Its little wonder you are not quite as skeptical about the super natural as others, what with all that going on inside your own home. Had these things been happening since the house was built? Or did it start after? If you don't mind my asking, of course.
I would certainly have wanted to move out if I were you. Makes some of the stuff in the short stories seem boring/unimaginative; afterall, they mostly revolve around a single experience rather than repeated paranormal encounters.
It didn't really start until about 2 years ago. The house was built about 30-35 years ago.
Shauna, you say you first heard about "the black masses" from your mom "years before" your great-grandparents got sick ... so while the events starting "about 2 years ago" are freshest in your mind, similar events must have occurred much earlier, perhaps too early for you to remember them.
A scene in Waters' The Little Stranger, I should add, may remind you of your long-dormant doorbell ringing.
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