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Don't look under the bed....

Submitted by "Erik"
Hailing from: Chino CA
Where it happened: Chino CA
Posted on: 6/12/06

This event has occurred in my city of Chino. A friend of mine lives in a house which its history claims to have been built on or near an old burial ground for Native Americans. She told me about it one night and then sent me some pictures of it. The pictures all had orbs in every single one. But upon further investigation of the
pictures there was more to each one. One of the pictures showed a figure of a man behind her mom wearing a cloak. Another showed a black hand shadow over a picture in the distance. And the most scary one of them all was writing in a mirror that they cleaned earlier that day.

But there is more to tell! Her little brother was packing clothes for a trip one night and he was by the base of his bed. He finished packing his clothes when he noticed what appeared to be a figure of a hand reach out from under the bed. He was frightened and quickly ran downstairs. My friend then went back up there with him to find his clothes scattered about the room.

Another time my friend had some people over. One of the girls went into the room and said "I just saw someone in your brothers room" Which couldn't be possible because it was just the people that were over and they were all in my friends room.

After seeing those pictures I have now been inspired to search for more, and love searching about places like this.

 I usually won't post stories which are experienced by the writer, however in this case I make an exception for two reasons.  The first reason is to address the issue of "orbs". While I think at times energy can be caught in a photograph, I've seen way too many examples of "orbs" which are obviously insects, dust, rain or moisture in the air and the like. I'm a bit of a skeptic and hold out for something more tangible before I say with any certainty an area is haunted. The second is to encourage those who desire to explore the unexplainable, when you encounter a property which is "built on  burial grounds" of any type, the fastest way to prove or disprove this is to check up on it with the city or county records office.  Many Native American burial sites are federal landmarks and construction or digging in the area is prohibited by law.  So many "burial grounds" are nothing of the sort.

Thanks for your submission Erik, I'm sure something truly was going on in the home, and we would love to examine the photos and post them here if you still have them.

Job Corp Haint...

Submitted by "M. B."
Hailing from: Kittrell NC
Where it happened: Kittrell NC
Posted on: 6/12/06

I Was previously living in a Job corps center. my first few weeks that I had got here it was Ok not really the most productive place but it was OK. It was about my third week here and I started to hear strange noises late at night when the dorms were quiet. At the time I did not think anything of the footsteps that I heard in the hallway! At least not until I was working in the dorms when there was not anyone else there. This is where my story begins.

It was about 12:00 noon and it was so quiet on one of the lower floors in the girls dorm that you could here a pin drop I was not supposed to be on the floor but my advisor had allowed me to go down there to get my book out of my room!! At first I was not scared at least not until I heard more footsteps coming up the hallway!! I froze in my tracks and looked around but did not see or hear anything else. I continued on my way to my room.
 

When I reached my door I started to unlock it but I felt a cool breeze lingering over my neck, as if someone were watching me. I abruptly turned around and saw something flash away before my eyes!

The next day I was talking with some people who had done research on Job Corps and they said that there was a fire a few years ago that killed a few people. They also said that a young woman had gotten raped and killed on the same floor I had my encounter on. Several other incidents have occurred since then. Such as radio coming on on their own and doors closing. could it be that the people who where killed here are still haunting this place for an undying eternity?
 

Anytime you have a situation where many young people or people with turmoil in their lives are together in one area, it may attract spirits or beings to the area with negative or disturbing results. There may also have been previous residents who passed away and are now roaming the hallways unaware that they are dead. If anyone else has spent time at job corp and had weird experiences, let us know! we'll post them!

Harmonica Man....

Submitted by "Marty M."
Hailing from: not stated    
Where it happened: Flagstaff AZ
Posted on: 6/12/06

The following are events that happened to my best friend and her husband, who were living in Flagstaff, Arizona, at the time. Too many things happened to list them all, but here is a brief outline:
 

Nicole, her husband Adam, and her 2-year-old son Liam were living in a small apartment. Liam's slept in a crib in his own room, which was right around the corner from theirs. One night, around 2 am, Adam woke up to the sound of a woman singing. He thought he was dreaming at first, but he quickly realized it was coming from Liam's room. Just as he turned the corner, the singing stopped.
 

Flicking on the light, he found Liam standing up in his crib, smiling and staring at the ceiling. Adam asked Liam, "Hey buddy, was someone in here just now?" and Liam nodded yes. Although he was very disturbed, he just helped Liam lay back down and went to bed.Although this experience wasn't a particularly negative one, things quickly became worse.

Nic and Adam began to hear deep, unintelligible mumblings coming from Liam's room. They began to wake up to strange smells, such as that of burning metal. They also began to notice that when they woke up, it would
always be around the same time--2 to 3 in the morning. One night, Adam woke up to what he felt was an evil presence coming from Liam's room. He heard Liam began to cry and ran in. Liam was standing in the crib, again staring at the ceiling, and crying "He's being mean! He's being mean to me!" Adam grabbed Liam
and took him to sleep with them, but no one really got any sleep that night.
 

All the classic things you hear about in a haunting occurred to them. Things would move seemingly on their own, there were odd smells, "lights" would visibly flash; they said they could feel an evil presence, and that they could also feel that whatever it was originated in the closet. The scariest two events had to do with Liam.

In the first, Liam was playing in the living room while his mom folded laundry in the bedroom. Suddenly she heard a toy harmonica of his begin to play a real song, something she knew Liam could never do. She
ran in, and Liam wasn't even near it.

The other really scary thing is that whatever it was took on Liam's form one night. Adam was watching t.v. in the living room, when Liam's door opened. Liam peered out, then came just out of the doorway, staring at Adam. Adam asked him if he wanted to watch cartoons, but Liam just turned and ran back into his
room, slamming the door. Adam thought this was really strange, so he went in and found Liam was sound asleep, wearing completely different clothes than he'd seen him in.
 

Liam often would see things and echo feelings or experiences they had, although they obviously were not discussing them with him.When I went to visit them at the apartment where this took place, the events had stopped for a few months. I didn't see anything, but needless to say, I slept with my head under the covers the whole time I was there.
 

The phenomenon of an evil entity taking on the form of a person in the home is a common one we hear about.  I'm not exactly sure "why" the beings do this. There is a similar phenomenon with doppelgangers. I believe I would have moved out of that house!

The thing on Caliche County Road....

Submitted by "April R."
Hailing from: not stated
Where it happened: not stated
Posted on: 6/12/06

For the past few years, I have been driving home from my boyfriend's house every single night. We both live in a rural area, about a 15 minute drive away from each other. This particular night, on my drive home, I had a
strange "vision", if that's what I should call it.

This night, I should have just stayed home with my family. It was after 11 p.m. and it was snowing heavily, and the huge white flakes were blowing directly into my windshield as I was driving. I could only go about 30 mph, and see where I was going. I was almost home. I turned onto my Caliche County Road carefully.

For some reason, I looked into my side driver's mirror. I could not believe what I was seeing. Long, long shadow legs belonging to some kind of creature, long as a 3 story house is tall. And a creature was made of solid black shadow against the purple backdrop of the sky, where the city lights glimmered many miles away. So I was able to see it clearly.

I watched in horror as it paced quickly back and forth across the county road intersection where I had just turned! It moved so quickly, its legs were almost a blur. Its body looked almost like a buffalo or an elephant. And there were no car lights behind me so it could not have been just a shadow of an animal.

Honestly, I don't know what to think. I just drove really fast, because I felt like it started followed me. And I ran inside the house as fast as I could.
 

I may move this story to the "Bad Roads" section of the Barrens... Thanks for the story, now let's see if anyone else has seen weird stuff like this. I'm willing to bet I'll hear from someone eventually.

Carpet Shuffle....

Submitted by "Candy Scuddar."
Hailing from: Bartonville IL
Where it happened: Bartonville IL
Posted on: 6/12/06

I want to start out by saying that I work third shift, and sleep during the day. I usually have a very hard time sleeping, and move from room to room until I feel comfortable enough to fall asleep, therefore, I have foil covering the windows in my house. That makes the house dark during the day.

I moved into the house in August of 2001. It is built on the land where the Peoria State Hospital used to stand. About six months ago I had my first and only encounter here so far. I was in my bed sleeping. The house was dark, very dark. I was awakened by the sound of someone running down my hallway. I was scared to death and didn't move.
 

Suddenly the blanket was ripped off me, and I reached over turn on my bedside lamp. Meanwhile, the footsteps were heading back up the hall towards the living room. My bedside lamp would not come on. I can't even explain to you the fright that I was feeling. I thought an intruder was in my house. (I was alone by the way.) I lay there for what seemed like forever, until I didn't hear anything anymore.

I slowly got up and made my way into the living room as quietly as I could. My living room only has one light in it, which is in the ceiling fan. You have to pull a cord to turn it on. There is no switch to the light or fan. I pulled the cord, but the light would not come on. Suddenly I could hear someone shuffling on the carpet. (You know how it sounds when the house is quiet and someone is walking on carpet?) I was so scared, I pulled and pulled on the cord, but once again the light didn't come on.

So fight or flight set in, and I ran out the front door, which was only about two feet from where I was standing, and walked next door. (In my pajamas and without socks or shoes. They must have thought I was crazy.) I used the neighbors phone to call the police. I waited outside, and made my way through the house with the officer, after I told him my story.

Believe it or not, when the officer and I went inside, the lights came on instantly without any problem! We searched the house together, and then the officer left. (He even made the comment, "Must have been a ghost." He was upset that I had made him come out, and was snickering to his partner as he drove away.) I was very embarrassed. I stayed up with the television on until my husband got home five hours later. I told him my story, but he didn't believe me either. I have never had anything else happen as of yet. I hope nothing ever happens again. I hate to be scared!
 

That would have scared me out of my wits! It seems like you had a visit from some type of prankster spirit. I'm really glad it was a "ghostly" visitor and not the real deal. The fact that the lights wouldn't turn on perhaps show that the entity was pulling energy from that in order to manifest itself enough to affect the physical world and environment.  Let us know if anything else happens, and of course if anyone else lives near the site of the old hospital and have had weird stuff occur, let us know!

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