A Ghostly Situation

A Ghostly Situation is a spooky ghost story which is loosely based on a truthful story from someone I know personally.

I heard many ghost stories growing up but nothing could prepare me for my own real life ghost nightmare.

I was young when it started maybe 4 or 5, although at that age I didn't know it was anything to fear it was I guess, an imaginary friend type of situation. I had no idea that what I was seeing others were not. My family chalked it up to just that I had an imaginary play mate. Being an only child at the time really made it believable. I would play and talk with this entity which showed itself to me as a little girl my age. It really felt real to me but, as i got older it started coming around less. Then by the time I was a a pre-teen I barely even remembered it at all, that is until I was 17 and the situation took a dark turn.

One day as I was in my room studying for an exam for school, I heard what sounded like someone calling my name. I figured it must have been my mother home now from the market, so I yelled out " yeah mom"! No response so I just continued studying. After a few minutes I heard footsteps coming up the stairs which were kinda loud to be coming from a carpeted staircase and from a 5 ft tall 110 lb woman. The footsteps continued down the hall and stopped right in front of my door. I turned to look fully expecting to see my mother standing there, considering it was just her and I now...but no, no one was there but I will say it sure as hell felt like there was someone there. I got the chills when a second later I heard the front door open and then my mom yell up to me to come down and help her with the groceries.

I was scared but glad my mom came home I tried to tell her about what had happened but she just said it was probably my imagination from being so deep in my studies . I guess it made me feel better to brush it off like nothing happened that is until the next terrifying experience.

So, one night I was sound asleep when someone's voice woke me up being half asleep and confused I thought it was my mom, but it wasn't I realized it was the middle of the night still so I bolted right up in my bed. Looked around my room and that's when I saw a dark shadowy figure standing by my bed side looking right at me.

I jumped up and turned my light on but whatever it was, was gone now. I knew I wasn't dreaming or imagining it I was wide awake and saw its face which had a woman's likeness but with no distinct facial features. I was so freaked out I didn't sleep the rest of the night. The next day I told my mom what I saw and instead of blowing it off as something else, she actually took me serious. She said that the previous night, she had heard footsteps coming up the stairs and stop by her door just like my first experience. She said she got up to look but no one was there. She too has felt uneasy in the house lately.

That's when the activity ramped up.., for both of us. So one night we were eating dinner in the kitchen when we distinctly heard someone walking around upstairs.

We knew it wss just the two of us in the house so my mother went by the stairs to listen closer but of course it completely stopped. Later that same night it was pouring rain out so, I was in my room listening to some music and browsing online. When I heard a huge crashing sound coming from downstairs. My mom heard it too as she was just getting ready for bed. As we walked in the hallway by the stairs we heard the front door open and then slam shut. Scared to death that someone was just in our house, my mom called 911. When the police came they went through the whole house and the property outside and found no one, but they did find muddy footprints all over the downstairs floors. They figured a burglar got freaked out and left in a hurry.

Unfortunately, mom and I knew better as there was no muddy prints going out the door itself and no footprints anywhere in the mud on the lawn outside.

Two nights later is the reason why we are now staying with my grandparents. It was around 3 am when I was woken up by a loud scream i jumped up and realized it was coming from my mother's room. I ran into her room to see her sitting up trembling with fear. She said something woke her up and when she looked, she saw a withered looking woman standing next to her rocking chair in her room just staring at her with hollowed eyes.

She said it was the loud wheezing coming from this entity that had woken her up. She said this thing rushed at her so fast when it hit her it took her breath away. She said she thought she was gonna suffocate right then and there and it was literally on top of her crushing her chest. She screamed so loud that it disappeared. That's when I came into the room. That night we packed up some stuff and left for my grandparents house we have been here ever since. My mom refuses to go back to the house and is also afraid to sell it to anyone else. We don't know what the entity is but we wouldn't want it hurting anyone else.