August 23, 2004
The Spirit of Anne
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Tanya, Norfolk, Virginia, October 1995,
info@ghostvillage.com
My husband and I had just gotten married in July of 1995 and we
shared a similar background of believing in spirits. My husband had been
told years before that he had a female spirit that was attached to him
that followed him around. I take it now that she did not appreciate him
getting married to me. She did not trust me for some reason. I didn't
know about "Anne" -- that's what I felt that her name had been -- at the
time that we got married. Well, we did not have an actual bed in the
bedroom and slept on a futon in the living room for three months. When
we finally got our bed delivered everything seemed to be okay until we
went to bed that first night. As we lay down to go to sleep, I happened
to look at the foot of the bed and saw the outline of a woman standing
there looking at me. My husband was between me and the door and I
literally clawed my way over him to get out of the room. The figure was
very clear to me and I could tell that she was wearing a very long,
floor length gown and the collar completely covered her throat. Strange
thing though, I couldn't see her face or make out any facial features
whatsoever, but I knew that she was staring at me. My husband asked me
what the problem was and I told him. He couldn't see her but I refused
to sleep in the bedroom. I did not like going in the bedroom alone and I
refused to sleep in there.
We have a friend who is a Pagan and she told us what to do to be
comfortable sharing our space with her. My husband was in the kitchen
one evening cooking dinner and I was folding clothes in the bedroom when
a cigarette lighter was thrown over my shoulder from behind me. I asked
my husband why he threw the lighter at me and he came out of the kitchen
and told me that he hadn't. A few nights later, I was watching
television and I had turned to say something to my friend and I saw her
standing in the doorway to my bedroom. I was so terrified that I stopped
talking. My friend, Debbie asked me what was wrong. I told her about the
things that had been happening and she said not to be afraid and just
talk to her. So, the next day, I started talking to her, but every time
I went in the bedroom, I could tell that she would follow me around the
room and was constantly watching me.
A few months later we found out that I was expecting a baby and I
was really frightened for my unborn baby. As the time grew closer for me
to have my daughter, I started having strange dreams and we had cleared
out our second bedroom in preparation. One night I had a dream that Anne
came and stood over me and was looking at me and I could finally see her
face. She was a very stern looking woman but she also had a tenderness
about her. She walked around the bed, stopped by my husband and touched
his head. All of the sudden it was like I was walking behind her and
following her for once. She walked out of our bedroom and then instead
of turning and heading towards the front door, she turned and walked
through the baby's room door. At the time in my dream that she walked
through that door, there was a very loud bang that came from what seemed
to be the other side of the door. It was so loud that my husband and I
both woke up and he grabbed the baseball bat and went into that room and
checked it out. I was still in bed and looked at him and said, "Don't
worry honey, it was just Anne." He said, "How do you know that? She's
been in here with us." I told him about my dream and that I truly felt
that she was finally okay with me. After that, we never knew she was
even there.
We have since moved and have had no further encounters with her.
However, I do miss her. I feel like for a brief time we knew about her
and then she just left us. I just hope that in some way, I managed to
help her with whatever caused her to stay.
