January 9, 2006
The Woman in the Basement Apartment
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Nicole M. Ross, North Portland, Oregon, March
2002
My parents moved into a new home while I was away in Job Corps.
The landlady kicked out the last tenants and allowed my family to move
into it. By the time I got out of Job Corps I was 17. The basement of
the house was an unfinished apartment (with a kitchen, bath, and living
room) so I decided to make it my room away from my annoying little
sisters. The whole house gave me the creeps, but after a month I had
gotten to settle in. 3 months had passed by without a hitch. On one
certain night I had kicked my cats outside an hour before planning to go
to bed. When I went to bring them in, none of them came when I called,
so instead of waiting I went to bed. All of a sudden I woke up. I
couldn't tell if it was day or the middle of the night... I was laying
on my stomach, my head turned to see straight down to my feet. I froze
when I saw something at the foot of my bed. My eyes had locked on with
another set of eyes, not evil, but not alive. Even in my frozen state I
could see she was bent over my bed with one of her hands looming over my
feet. She slowly pulled her hand back as she stood up. She turned to
leave my room, but disappeared before fully exiting. It took me 5-10
minutes before I got the gulls to race upstairs. I didn't tell my
parents until after a few days.
