I was staying at a cottage in North Wales (UK) in 1997. The cottage was owned by my best friend's grandfather and was in a fairly isolated location, but still on tracks which lead to a main road. It was very basic, but it had electricity and a boiler for hot water, although no central heating. It was a three double bedroom property with no outhouses. There were six of us staying in this cottage one Easter weekend and we spent much of our time lazing around and visiting local sites of interest.
We decided one Saturday morning to go out to the local market, calling off for a pub lunch on the way back. While sitting at the pub eating our meal, other friends of ours, who were staying at a nearby town, entered the pub and sat at our table saying they were glad that we were still here and they hadn't missed us. When asked how on earth they knew where we were, they said they had phoned the cottage where we were staying and the lady who answered the phone told them.
There was no one else staying at the cottage. There was no cleaner or any other person tied to the cottage. I spent the remainder of our time there sleeping with the hall lights on and have never returned. - Clare E.
Long, Long Distance PlanI have never been a believer in ghosts, but after what happened to me, I can't help but reconsider my position on this. I am a telephone sales representative and at the time of this occurrence I was marketing a phone service. Here is what happened to me at work.
On Thursday, April 26th I made a sales call to Pennsylvania. It started just like any other call. "Yes, I need to speak to Mr. or Mrs. B_____." The woman identified herself as Mrs. B_____ and I continued on with the normal sales call. She seemed very interested and asked a lot of questions, but when I came to the decision making part, she quickly stopped me, insisting that I had to talk to her husband. Her objections were the same every time I attempted to close. She explained that she had tried to get him to change phone carriers before, but in her words, "he was married to AT&T and refused to make any changes."
She also quickly pointed out that since his retirement he spent a great deal of time fishing and was not easy to get in touch with, and it would be best to try early in the morning before he left for his favorite hobby. She also indicated that their long distance bills were getting out of hand because he made lengthy calls to North Carolina and felt that the plan would be beneficial to them. On that note I decided that perhaps this was worth a call back and told her that I would call her husband the next day.
The next day I made a call that I will probably never forget! On the callback, the husband did answer the phone. I introduced myself in the normal fashion and explained that I had been talking to his wife the previous day and she had suggested that I speak to him. You can imagine the shock and horror, when he distraughtly stated to me, "Lady, I don’t know who you were talking to, but my wife died and I am not in any mood to speak to anyone!" With that he quickly hung up the phone. - Mary B.
