Do you Believe ~ LINKY PARTY

Well, do you?

How about this one?

When Sassy was a baby, I worked outside of the home with autistic kids. 

One morning, she was sleeping, hubby was at work already and I was getting ready for work.

Here's a little house history ~
We were living in a little house in the big city.  It was a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 1400 sq. foot, "New England bungalow" (as described when we purchased it.).  It was built in 1941 ~ not super old, but certainly not new.

Anyway, while I was getting ready for work all of a sudden I heard the washing machine start up.  Yep, this certainly startled me as I was the only one home (and my husband wouldn't have turned it on because he didn't know it existed... Hee Hee Hee), besides Sassy and she was in her crib. 

The washing machine was located in the basement which was 1/2 finished and 1/2 unfinished ~the part that housed the laundry room, furnace and water heater.

Well, I went down to the basement to check it out. 

The washing machine was on the spin cycle.

I opened the lid and looked inside.

There were no clothes, towels or anything other washable garment in there.

What was in there was ..............

Fish Hooks (about 10 of them).

(source ~ wikipedia)

To this day, I have NO idea where they came from.  It was winter and nope, hubby had not been fishing.

Freaky!

Anyway, you can read my other ghost stories here and here.

And I would love for you to link up your own (I'll leave it up for a few days), or leave one in the comments section!  Hope you play along :)

Do you Believe ~ Part 2

In ghosts ~ that is.

So it's time for another ghost story (you can read my first one here ~ and Lynn left a ghost story in the comments section).

Picture it ~

A big old house in a small college town.

5 bedrooms

Drafty

big and old ~ did I already say that part?

Hardwood floors, cute little built ins  ~ lots of character that I didn't appreciate while I lived there my junior year of college with 4 other lovely ladies!

Anyway, the main floor housed the kitchen, dining room, living room, sitting room, 1 bedroom, and the bathroom.  Upstairs ~ the rest of the bedrooms.

It was a Sunday afternoon ~ a rare weekend actually, that I didn't drive "home" (an hour away) to work.  I was sitting in the living room, all alone, in our big, old house.  Probably watching some lifetime movie or something. :)

All of a sudden I heard creaking upstairs in one of the bedrooms.  It was a rhythmic creaking, in one localized area. Not the sound of someone walking around.  But a back and forth creaking sound.  Like the sound of someone rocking in my roommates rocking chair...... upstairs. It continued for at least 3 minutes ~ continuously ~ creek..creek...creek...creek... ~ back and forth. 

NO ONE WAS HOME BUT ME!!!!

After listening to it for awhile ~ I locked myself in my bedroom, with my headphones on and my head in a book!

I get goosebumps just thinking about it! 

So do you believe?  Do you have a story to tell?

I've got one more for you that I'll tell you on Sunday ~ and on Sunday I'll host a linky party ~ I want to hear your ghost stories!  Come on, get ready to freak me out :)

Do you believe?

With Halloween just around the corner, it seems that there are always "ghost stories" being shown on TV.  The other day I flipped the TV on while I started making dinner, and I came across a show in which different celebrities were telling of their ghostly encounters.  It got me wondering, Do you, my fabulous readers, believe in ghosts?  Have you encountered strange things that you just can't explain?

I do, and I have ~ here is one of my stories........

(CUE CREEPY MUSIC)

Growing up, my family and I lived in a small, comfortable home (although now, I'm sure I would describe it more as tiny instead of small).  When I was in high school, my room was in the basement.  It was a finished basement, but it felt dark.  It didn't have a walkout, or egress windows, but it did have a full kitchen, 3/4 bath, 2 bedrooms and a living room complete with fireplace. 

Anyway, I was getting ready for school one morning.  It was early, 6:30 ish, and I was the only one in the basement, my music was crankin' (on my brand new 5 disc CD changer that I had just proudly purchased ☺)  and I was in the bathroom fixing my hair and doing my make-up. 

All of a sudden, my music stopped.  I thought maybe it was a reception glitch ~ after all, I was listening to the radio and not a CD.  But when I walked into my room to check it out, the whole system was turned off.  I turned it back on and walked back to the bathroom (which by the way, was through the living room, into the kitchen, through a hallway and around the corner).  When I got to the bathroom the radio turned off again.  I went back and turned it on again.  This happened just like this 2 more times.  

That last time though, after I turned it back on, I only made it the doorway of my room when it turned off again.  I walked back to the stereo, very frustrated, turned it back on again and loudly stated, "Could you please, stop turning the radio off!"

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You guessed it, it didn't turn off again.

Weird huh?

Coincidence?

So, do you believe?

I've got a couple more stories for you.....
Come back Friday and Sunday for more. 


Oh, and I want to hear your stories so on Sunday I will put a linky up for a few days so you can tell us your ghost stories ~ So get prepared!  I'm ready to be freaked out!!!!!