i grew up in a haunted farmhouse, and wanted to share about it.

gsees

so here it  goes.....

   it was 10 miles inland from lake michigan in wisconsin. an old farmhouse on 2 acres of land in a valley. the kids rooms were upstairs, and my folks had a room on the 1st floor. my dad had put in a dimmer type switch in the upstairs hall, so my sisters could sleep without blaring light filling their rooms. the switch was hard to move. well for mortals that is.

  for ghosts? nope. they loved to play with  it.

my sister would turn it down before she went to bed and as soon as she settled in , the light would go full up. she woud get up, turn it down and settle in. the light would go full up. by then, both my sisters were freaked, and they would end up in the same room. they left the light be, and then? the light went down to barely a dim.

as i sat in my room,  i would wait, watch, and laugh knowing the ghosts were playing. a few minutes later, the light would move full up. you could hear  the quiet shrieks from my sisters. though to this day, they probly  would deny everything.

    my room  upstairs was in the corner of house. years before, someone had died in there, and his ghost remained along with others. every night he would stand there by my window. every night i heard the loud footfalls. every night there was something.

  the ghosts liked messing with me, despite the fact they knew i could see them.

   i'd go up to my room to drop something off and find someone laying in my bed. i would be on the stairs and feel a hand grabbing  me. i would search for things in my room , only to find them moved to a strange location. the room would get cold at times, as well as the hall, and other parts of the house. i learned to ignore it.

 i wasnt happy with the ghosts and had a chat, if you want to call it that. more like me reading them the riot act.

sooo  the ghosts and i had an understanding, they stop messing with me., and i would let them be.

   after all, they had no desire to leave, so i  had to set up some rules.

     our piano was downstairs, it was old and out of tune,and someone liked to play it. only they liked to play in the middle of the night while everyone slept.  they played somewhat ok, but it was loud.

   now you might be  wondering what my folks did. ... they  did what they always did.... denial. doors dont move by themselves, pianos dont play by themselves. theres nothing there, so it doesnt exist.

   my little brother was scared to go upstairs, even in the day, bcuz of the people there. he was like 6 at the time.. he tried telling my mom.but she yelled at him. told him nothing was there. my brother and i both knew better.

   i told my mom about the footfalls in the attic. she said they were mice. i told her mice dont wear shoes, and she got mad. told me they were mice and thats it.

   needless to say, i kept things to myself after that. listened to the mice? with the heavy shoes above my head on a daily basis.

  but there was a darkness in the house. something that scared me beyond belief, and it hung out in the closet at the end of the hall.

   on ocassion it would creep into my room with its buddys. i would muster up enough courage, get out of my room, and walk the hall.

  my sister never knew why i did that, and i wasnt about to tell her.

more than one thing manifested in my room, besides ghosts and dark things. from other places they would visit. i wonder if my room was some sort of gateway or something. sure was busy.

   but it wasnt just the house with its coldspots and manifestations...

it was also the land, and the surrounding area.

  dont know how many times i saw spirits trapped in trees, or open graves in the front yard. too many times.

  you could feel it in the land,,,,something wasnt quite right, almost sour in a sense. all i know is, that it wasnt good. i sensed it had to do

with indians long before the white man came. whatever happened in that area wasnt good at all. you could feel the change of energy as you left the area, or came into it.

    i sensed something needed to be put to rights, but had no idea how to help.

  gsees