Ghost Stories
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There is something that happened
around 1986 to 1988. This story begins
after moving into the Spring Ridge apart-
ments located in the Kent-Covington area.
My two daughters and I moved into this
low-income townhouse apartments.
When we walked through the front
door, there was a coat/storage closet locat-
ed on the right side of entrance down the
hallway. The living room, kitchen and stor-
age closet are all located on the first floor.
There are some stairs that led up to three
bedrooms and one bathroom. Anyway,
I noticed after living in this apartment, I
would get strange feelings that someone
was always watching me. I would be ly-
ing in the bed and I had a feeling that eyes
were watching me. It made me feel quite
uncomfortable and seemed a little crazy
because I could not see anyone standing
there. Also, there was this bad stain on the
floor inside the storage/coat closet, and
every time I scrubbed and cleaned up this
stain, it would appear again the next day. It
looked like something was dripping on the
floor from the ceiling above the closet, but
I would look up at the ceiling to see where
this stain/dripping was coming from, and
could not find the source. Also, my 9-year-
old daughter was afraid to be alone at the
apartment. My daughter came to my bed-
room at night and asked to sleep with me.
It seemed something had scared her. She
was afraid to tell me what was really both-
ering her. She waited until after we moved
out of that apartment before telling me the
reason why she kept silent.
She told me that there were two spir-
its who would come to her at night while
sleeping. She would awaken during the
night and see these two spirits standing by
her bed, just looking at her. She described
one as appearing as a tall Frankenstein
character and the other one was short
with elf-like pointed ears.
My daughter said the only time they
spoke was to warn her not to tell anyone.
The spirits told her that no one would be-
lieve her and that she would be sent away
for being crazy. She did not like being
left alone at the apartment, because the
spirits would run up and down the stairs.
My daughter could only hear the spirits as
they ran up and down the stairs, but she
could not see them doing this. After hear-
ing this from my daughter, I told her that
she should have said something, because
I would have believed her. I told her that
explains why I always felt there was a pres-
ence of evil at that apartment. It explains
the bad stains inside the storage closet,
why they kept coming back. Also, it ex-
plains why I always felt like something was
watching me, especially when lying in the
bed. Everything went back to normal after
moving out of that apartment, sometimes
I wonder if those things are still there. I
am a Christian and I do believe that spirits
dwell among us. I am fully aware that they
do exist.
Delores
• nature of ghosts has yet to be determined.
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PARANORMAL GLOSSARY
• Active or Intelligent haunting
Active Haunting is phenomena caused by an
intelligence that can demonstrate interaction
with the environment, creating apparitions,
moving objects, sights, sounds and feelings.
• Anomaly
An event or activity that is outside the
normal.
• Apparition
A visual image seen with the naked eye that
takes representing a spirit. Apparitions may be
solid or transparent.
• Channeling
A method of communicating with the spirit
in which the spirit speaks through the psychic.
• Clairaudience
A form of psychic ability that allows the
psychic to hear transmissions from the spirit
world.
• Clairsentience
A form of psychic ability that allows the
psychic to receive transmissions from the spirit
world using all senses.
• Clairvoyance
A form of psychic ability that allows the psy-
chic to see transmissions from the spirit world.
• Clearing
Clearing, cleansing and banishing all refer
to a ritual or set of rituals that are used by some
psychics in spirit rescue or removal. Many of
these rituals include burning incense, lighting
candles, reciting prayers or incantations.
• Collective apparition
An apparition seen by more than one per-
son at the same time. The viewers of collective
apparition may be in separate locations.
• Crisis apparition
An apparition of a person seen within in
conjunction with some kind of traumatic
event. Crisis apparitions may appear even if
the person is still living.
• DVP (Direct Voice Phenomena)
A DVP is a sound or voice that is heard
with the naked ear. While clearly audible to
the human ear, most DVP’s are not able to be
recorded using conventional audio recording
devices.
• Ectoplasm: Physical spirit residue.
• EMF Meter
An EMF meter measures the electric-mag-
netic fields in the environment. These fields
occur naturally, however fluctuations are also
believed to be associated with spirit phenom-
ena. Extreme deviations in EMF may indicate
the presence of a spirit. Prolonged exposure to
extremely high EMF may also result in psycho-
logical and physical reactions that simulate the
perception of haunting phenomena in people
who have a predisposed sensitivity.
• EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena)
An EVP is a sound or voice that is recorded
on audio or video recording devices. While not
heard at the time of recording EVP’s are only
heard later at playback.
• Ghost
A ghost is a generic term for the source of
haunting phenomena. Commonly believed
to be the spirit of a dead person, the origin or
• Infrared camera
A camera which uses the infrared light
spectrum to allow images to be recorded in
little or no light.
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• Orb
An orb is a circular anomaly that appears
most commonly in photographs and video, but
can also sometimes be seen with the naked eye.
The most common causes attributed to orb
activity are dust, lens flare and moisture. Orbs
may appear as solid or transparent. Although
most orbs are white colors such as red, blue and
green orbs have also been recorded.
•Ouija Board
A Ouija Board is a painted board containing
letters, numbers and or symbols through which
spirits may communicate during a séance. Oui-
ja is a specific brand produced by the Parker
Brothers Game Company. Similar boards may
be found under names such as Pathfinder and
Psychic Board.
• Paranormal
Any activity, event or phenomena that are
outside what is normal for that location, time, or
person.
• Parapsychology
The study of paranormal phenomena from a
psychological aspect using scientific means.
• Poltergeist
Poltergeist activity is a very specific type of
haunting that includes sometimes violent and
noisy activity. Poltergeist activity is thought to
be associated with females going through ex-
treme hormonal changes such as adolescence,
menopause, pregnancy, miscarriage and/
or childbirth. It may be tied to latent psychic
abilities. Poltergeist activity is usually short in
duration and can stop as suddenly as it starts.
Because of its unpredictability, poltergeist
activity is difficult to investigate and document.
• Psychic
A person who is able to tap into knowl-
edge through clairvoyance, clairsentience or
clairaudience.
• Residual haunting
Residual haunting is like a recording. It
mostly is demonstrated with visual and audi-
tory phenomenon. Because it’s like a recording,
it cannot interact with witnesses or the envi-
ronment. And although it can be disconcerting,
it poses no threat and may dissipate over time.
• Séance
A method of communicating with spirit in
which a group of people, using a Ouija board or
other spirit communication device attempt to
make contact with the spirit world.
• Spirit
Although commonly interchanged with the word
“ghost”, spirit specifically relates to a dead person.
• Supernatural
Any activity, event or phenomena that does
not adhere to natural law.
• Thermal Camera
A camera that uses a color coding system to
differentiate between temperature readings.
• Thought form
A ghost produced solely by the power of the
human mind or the collective unconscious.
• Trigger object
Any object used to illicit a response from
a spirit or ghost. Trigger objects may be toys,
music, photos or communication devices such
as scrabble tiles.
• White Noise
A band of frequency at which there are no
signals. White noise is often used to enhance
EVP recording.
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I was a new downhill skier, having
moved to the Northwest in my late 20’s
after growing up in the desert. After a few
lessons, I went skiing with friends, and
got separated from the group toward the
end of the day. As the light was growing
dim, I found myself alone near the top of
a very steep cirque, a good mile from the
lodge. I was about to panic: no other ski-
ers were nearby, and the route was way be-
yond my skill. Near tears, I heard a sound
and looked up to see an elderly woman
ski up to me. She had a long gray braid,
ruddy cheeks and a Scandinavian wool
hat. She was wearing khakis – the sort
of woolen clothes from the 1940s –and
long, wooden mountaineering skis with
old-fashioned wooden poles and can-
vas baskets. We looked each other in the
eyes, peered over the edge of the cirque
and looked back at each other again. In a
thick accent, she said: “Vell, all ve can do
is fall in the snow...” and headed straight
down the fall line. Not to be outdone by
someone more than twice my age, I fol-
lowed, but lost sight of her immediately.
I shot straight down the hill without a
hitch, even managing to coast up a small
hill to the lodge door, but never saw the
old woman again.
E. L. S. •
Shortly after my father passed away, I
was driving to work in heavy traffic. After
a scary near-miss, I took a quick glance in
the rear view mirror and saw my father’s
face, perfectly clear, as though he were
in the back seat. His presence gave me
a sense of peace and calm, and I arrived
safely.
N.E.
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Though raised heathen, I was curious
about a certain church, which I attended
occasionally with a friend who was a
member. They were having a very special
service, rich in ceremony and music that
I loved. By happenstance, my office relo-
cated that day, and I was asked to move
my things to the new space. The route to
the new office took me past the church a
few moments before the special celebra-
tion was to start. I turned off the arterial
and found an open parking spot—with
paid time on the meter—across from the
church entrance. As I went in the door
cautiously, an usher hurried me to the
last seat in the church. I sat down, and
immediately the ceremony began. Not
a member of the church, I began to feel
uncertain that I belonged there, musing “I
wonder if it is OK for me to be here?” Pre-
cisely as that phrase formed in my mind,
the clouds over the skylight above the
altar parted, and a bright shaft of warm
sunlight fell directly on me. Only me. The
light shined directly on me for a time,
then disappeared, but I felt uniquely wel-
comed. I joined the parish – though not
F. R. •
the Church – that year.
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