My mom has told us several stories of "ghost"
appearing to her and my aunts and uncles when they
lived at home with my grandparents. My mom grew up
in the 40's and 50's. The home they lived in was
an old house. My grandparents struggled to raise 8
kids with just my grandfather working so the home they
lived in was an old sort of worn out home. The home was
situated on top of a hill with a long stretch of stairs
up to the front porch. The porch was the length of the
house.
On one incident, my aunt had just returned from
work and decided to take a nap on the couch. As soon
as she laid her head to rest, she felt something
lay itself on top of her. She felt the weight and
could not get it off. She struggled to get up, but
the weight was too heavy. She could not see anyone or
thing but the pressure was still there. She cried out
to her mother. When my grandmother entered the room,
my aunt said it felt like this thing jumped off her.
Another incident, my mom and some of my aunts and uncles
were outside late in the evening just hanging out. My mom
glanced up to the house and saw someone walking back and
forth on the porch. The only light was from the moonlight.
At first they all thought it was my grandfather keeping an eye
on them. My uncle thought maybe my grandfather was getting
ready to call them inside. He asked him if they could
stay out a little bit longer. When my grandfather did not
reply, my uncle got closer to the house and asked again. Again
he did not answer. This time all of them were going up the
stairs asking my grandfather if they could stay a bit longer.
This person would just walk back and forth his/her face
concealed. As they got closer, they realized that this
person's upper body was they only thing showing. At the same
time my grandfather was coming out of the house and saw this
person. All of a sudden it disappeared.
Still another incident, my mother had just had supper with the
family. She went over to a room next to the dining room. The
lights were out but there was enough light from the dining room
she did not need to turn it on. She decided to go to this room
and just rest a bit. She suddenly felt someone grab her legs
from under the couch. She looked down and saw "glowing" hands
with very long finger nails. The hands kept sliding up and down
her legs. She said she was too scared to scream and could not move.
When she finally snapped out of it, she let out a big scream. My
grandfather came rushing in and saw my mom trying to get up from
the couch. She pointed to her legs and told her dad that something
was grabbing her. He could not see anything, but he moved the
couch over and saw nothing. As soon as he moved the couch the
thing released my mom.
My grandparents were devoted Christians and attempted to have the
house blessed. But the sightings continued.