W-OLF
03-29-2006, 04:18 PM
Bedside
by Charlene.Kimble@pop.erols.com
Just read through your collection of people's own stories. It strikes me
strange that alot of the sightings have happened when people have been in
bed asleep. I lived in a different house several years ago and would
also see a figure quite often standing at the foot of my bed or beside my
bed. It was a tall man wearing a trench coat and hat. It did not
"scare" me, I did not feel it was threatening. It had never appeared to
me in any other home nor has it appeared to me in the one I currently
live in. I would wake at night to see it, would wake my husband at that
instant and he would never be able to see the figure. It seemed to only
appear to me. At the same time, our neighbors next door were having
terrible haunting problems which I won't even go into. It will make my
story seem child-like.
Also, several years ago, my husband and I went to a "bed and breakfast".
This was an old huge house in southwestern Virginia. We did not hear of
any of the home's history when we arrived. We went to bed that night and
I awoke in the middle of the night to see a young man kneeling beside the
bed beside me fanning me with a magazine from a basket nearby. At first,
I thought it was my husband as it looked alot like him. I stared at him
for a few moments, then, as I always did when I would see the other
apparition, I just closed my eyes and hoped it would go away.
The next morning upon arising, I told my husband the story. He was not
an avid believer in ghosts at this time. So, he thought I was probably
dreaming. We went down to breakfast. The owners of the home sat with us
and he brought up my sighting from the night before in a joking way. The
wife suddenly appeared very interested and asked me what he looked like.
I told her he had short hair, kind of cut like a crew cut, blond,
muscular, wearing gym pants and a polo shirt. Her face turned white as
she sat down and started to tell us about the previous occupants.
Apparently the house used to room boys from the naval academy if I
remember correctly (it was some sort of armed service). Anyhow, one of
the young men was found dead in a gym room upstairs. It was unclear
whether it was an accident or whether he had committed suicide but she
said my description sounded as if it might have been him. My husband
suddenly grew silent and stopped his joking.
She then related that another guest who had stayed in the same room as we
had, reported that a man had wandered into his room that night, then
wandered back out again. He assumed it had been another guest who had
lost his way but...there were no other guests that night. Upon hearing
about my sighting, she remembered his story and felt as if it might have
been the same spirit. She took my home address and said if she could
ever find a picture of the young man, she would send it to me so I could
verify if that was indeed, who I saw. Interesting, huh?
..........Credit Shawdowlands
by Charlene.Kimble@pop.erols.com
Just read through your collection of people's own stories. It strikes me
strange that alot of the sightings have happened when people have been in
bed asleep. I lived in a different house several years ago and would
also see a figure quite often standing at the foot of my bed or beside my
bed. It was a tall man wearing a trench coat and hat. It did not
"scare" me, I did not feel it was threatening. It had never appeared to
me in any other home nor has it appeared to me in the one I currently
live in. I would wake at night to see it, would wake my husband at that
instant and he would never be able to see the figure. It seemed to only
appear to me. At the same time, our neighbors next door were having
terrible haunting problems which I won't even go into. It will make my
story seem child-like.
Also, several years ago, my husband and I went to a "bed and breakfast".
This was an old huge house in southwestern Virginia. We did not hear of
any of the home's history when we arrived. We went to bed that night and
I awoke in the middle of the night to see a young man kneeling beside the
bed beside me fanning me with a magazine from a basket nearby. At first,
I thought it was my husband as it looked alot like him. I stared at him
for a few moments, then, as I always did when I would see the other
apparition, I just closed my eyes and hoped it would go away.
The next morning upon arising, I told my husband the story. He was not
an avid believer in ghosts at this time. So, he thought I was probably
dreaming. We went down to breakfast. The owners of the home sat with us
and he brought up my sighting from the night before in a joking way. The
wife suddenly appeared very interested and asked me what he looked like.
I told her he had short hair, kind of cut like a crew cut, blond,
muscular, wearing gym pants and a polo shirt. Her face turned white as
she sat down and started to tell us about the previous occupants.
Apparently the house used to room boys from the naval academy if I
remember correctly (it was some sort of armed service). Anyhow, one of
the young men was found dead in a gym room upstairs. It was unclear
whether it was an accident or whether he had committed suicide but she
said my description sounded as if it might have been him. My husband
suddenly grew silent and stopped his joking.
She then related that another guest who had stayed in the same room as we
had, reported that a man had wandered into his room that night, then
wandered back out again. He assumed it had been another guest who had
lost his way but...there were no other guests that night. Upon hearing
about my sighting, she remembered his story and felt as if it might have
been the same spirit. She took my home address and said if she could
ever find a picture of the young man, she would send it to me so I could
verify if that was indeed, who I saw. Interesting, huh?
..........Credit Shawdowlands