Posted on March 23, 2013 at 4:55 AM

I've been neglecting my ghost stories, but that doesn't mean that they haven't been around. The first notable one happened back in October, I think. There have been a lot of break-ins around the neighborhood in the past year or so. I had been a little on-the-edge, watching, pitying the fool. Anyways, I was out on the back porch one evening when I saw a man in a brown jacket and pants come out from behind The Little Witch's House. There is a fence and evergreen trees behind the little shed. I think he was carrying a lantern or a flashlight, and he might have been wearing a hat; but I can't be sure, because it all happened so fast. I jumped up, started screaming, as soon as I could, and ran in the house. Ron came out, armed, and looking, but he couldn't find anybody. He could have possibly gotten away, if he was lucky; but, now, I'm not even sure if he was ever really there. Here's why: I had been asking my house ghosts to watch over the house. Also, I don't know how he could have possibly gotten away so fast. He couldn't have gotten over that fence or through those trees even if he was a gymnast. I also had to admit to myself, (as I was pretty shaken-up over the whole ordeal), that this guy looked a lot like the same ghost that I'd seen toppling out of the back seat of a car at the bank a couple of years past. Then, again, in December, I think it was, I swore I saw the same guy, only this time he was for sure swinging a lantern, walking down the street one night. Only, he just vanished, as they do.

Then, after I'd put-up the Christmas tree, I'd look at it, only to see a man standing in front of it, for an instant, then he'd be gone. This happened several times, and wasn't in the slightest bit creepy, and the ghosts usually really creep me out. I had later discovered that my cousin had only just passed away. I loved my cousin! When I was out walking the golf course with Shiner I had a vision that all of my cousins were now together, and the one that had only just passed said, "I can do a lot more from where I am, now." I think it might have been him at the Christmas tree, letting me know.

Finally, just the other night I was at the grocery store, in the parking lot, loading-up my trunk. It was terribly cold and windy. I saw, who I think was the same man again, in the brown jacket and pants, but as usual, he was there and gone in a flash. I'm quite sure he's most always around, whoever he is, and I have my suspicions... Earlier, that same morning, in the wee hours, before the sun had risen, I was on my computer. After I'd shut it down, I got up and the flashlight on the kitchen counter was on. I know for sure it wasn't on before that, as it was dark in the room, and I would've seen it. I was also the only one up in the house, and I know, I hadn't turned it on. Any time that Ron is away I usually neglect the second story of the house, because I can hear him, or them, up there, and figure I'll let them have the place to themselves. In fact, the last time that he was away I'd walk past the Man Room, where I never go, anyways, only to see somebody sitting at his desk. It has gotten so that I don't even give him a second glance, because I know he's not really there.