February 28, 2007
The Hooded Figure
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Natalie, Rockwood, Michigan, 1985-1989
When I was a little girl my family and I lived in a ranch style house
complete with a basement in a small town in southeastern Michigan. My older
sister and I were the only two family members that had multiple encounters
with the sprit(s). To this day we believe this/these spirit(s) to be dark
and sinister.
My sister's first encounter happened in the dead of night. Our mother and
father were sleeping in their room, our older brother was sound asleep in
his room, and we were both fast asleep in our room, when my sister Laura
heard a loud banging in our basement directly under our room. Then she heard
what sounded like the shuffling of toys from one side of the basement to the
other. She then heard the basement door open and the sound of someone
walking up the stairs. She claims she was frantically trying to wake me up,
but I wouldn't budge. She then heard steps in the kitchen and down the
hallway leading to all of our bedrooms. The footsteps stopped and a second
later the door handle turned and the door opened. That's when my sister
started screaming "there's a ghost in our room!" Her blood-curdling scream
ended up waking everyone (including me). We all ended up sleeping with my
mom and dad that night.
A few months later, my sister and I were sleeping in our parents' room with
our mom (my dad had a temporary night job working security on the weekends).
During the night I woke up at the side of the bed closest to the door and
dresser. Standing in front of the dresser was a large hooded figure with a
large bag slung over its shoulder. I couldn't make out the being's face or
even locate any body parts. I tried to roll over my mom so I wouldn't be so
close to it, but I woke her up instead. She told me that my sister, Laura
had just rolled over her because she saw a ghost. I didn't tell my mom what
I had seen. I just rolled over her and slept between her and my sister. The
next day my sister and I compared stories and we had both seen the same
creature!
Over the next few years we lived there my sister and I ended up seeing that
creature only one or two more times. I'll never forget how unsafe and scared
I felt living in that house. It had to have been haunted!
