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August 2004 – Page 11

The Hushing Ghost
by Andrea

This incident happened when I was about nine or ten years old and living in a little house with by parents and my brother. There really was nothing spooky about our house, or if there was we never took any notice. I don't ever recall items going missing without explanation or mysterious noises or anything of that sort, although perhaps I was simply too young to pay any attention to those sort of things.

In any case, there was one occasion in that house that I don't think I will ever forget, and neither will my brother. In those days, I shared a bedroom with my brother, and we would often talk before going to sleep. One night we were talking as usual, making a little bit of noise but not enough to summon our parents to tell us to be quite when suddenly, a woman came into our room. Since it was dark in the room and I could not clearly see her features, I immediately assumed the woman was our mother. After a few moments, however, it became very apparent that this woman was definitely not my mother.

Even in the darkness, I could tell she was much too thin and her hair was far too long to be my mother. She moved silently; in fact, I don't recall hearing any noise whatsoever while she was in the room. She simply put her index finger to her mouth (the universal sign for "shut up") and left.

The next morning, my brother and I were both slightly confused about the previous night, but were willing to accept that perhaps the woman HAD been our mother.. what other explanation was there? At breakfast, we both asked why she had told us to be quiet, as we felt we had been relatively quiet to begin with. We were taken aback when she said she hadn't gone anywhere near our room that night and that she had been watching television with our father until nearly midnight. For the longest time, neither my brother nor I thought anything of the event, although we both still remember it. I am still reluctant to say that the 'shut up lady' was a ghost, but I will admit that something very odd happened in that house one night.

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