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Ghostly Experiences
by Lora H.

I've had several experiences with ghosts in my life, I'll try to fit them all in!

First of all, our family used to live in my grandmother's house, in an upstairs apartment. This house is quite old (not sure how old) and I was told that it was once a hospital. There is a staircase that comes from my grandmother's living room, up to a hallway with a couple of bedrooms and then another hallway leading to the upstairs apartment. As a child, I used to climb those stairs very slowly and then race through the halls until I got to our place. I've never felt very comfortable in that first hall, always felt like I wasn't alone, like I was being watched. I'd also get that feeling in my grandma's bedroom. I didn't like being there especially when I was alone.

My grandfather died was I was five or six years old. I used to follow him around - he called me his little shadow. A few days after he died, I woke up and saw him standing beside my bed. I screamed and he disappeared and I've never seen him since. Grandma also had an experience with him. She had an early morning appointment one day and she forgot to turn on the alarm clock. At precisely the moment the alarm should have gone off, she felt a hand on her arm, gently shaking her awake. My grandpa was a very punctual man!

I used to work in a hospital, one of my jobs was to wash the supper dishes. The kitchen was in the basement of the building and by the time the dishes came down the service elevator, I would be totally alone down there. On two separate occasions, I heard someone whistling a short cheery little tune. Both times I looked around expecting to see one of the nurses or ambulance attendants, but no one was ever there.

While going to college, I lived in a basement apartment of a house. My landlords, who lived upstairs, always took holidays down south during the winter, so I'd have the house to myself with instructions to look after the upstairs as well. Several times I'd be downstairs studying or something and I'd hear someone walking around upstairs. The first time I assumed it was their son. He told me he would be coming by, so I went upstairs to say hello and no one was there. Every time I'd hear them, I'd go up and check and no one was ever there.

One of my pets became very sick with a viral pneumonia and eventually I had to put her to sleep. I was heartbroken and feeling very guilty, I bawled my eyes out all the way back to my parents place. I stopped on the side of the road just before I got there to try and compose myself a little. Suddenly I felt a slight pressure on my shoulder and a wonderful feeling of comfort came over me. I knew that she had come back and sat on my shoulder like she used to, to tell me that everything was now ok. It made me feel so much better!

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