My Sister's House

by Amy B.
(Indiana)

The orb that was in the hallway.

A couple of years ago, my sister, her husband, and their kids moved to a small town in southern Indiana. I came to live with them, not long after. While they were looking at the house, the landlord told them that there had been a house fire that burned down the house that was here before this one. A little boy died in the fire. We have been told that by a few other people as well, such as, her kid's bus driver and the neighbors.

Anyway, nobody has ever seen anything with our own eyes. It's the things that we hear that bring up questions.

One night, my sister was laying in bed, her husband was in the living room on the computer, and both of their kids were in bed. Not long after my sister laid down, she heard a man cough. It scared her and the dog. The dog jumped up and started growling and she would not leave the bedroom. My sister went into the living room to tell her husband "thank you" for scaring her. When she did, he was so confused. He said he hadn't coughed at all. She didn't believe him until he swore on everything he loves...that's how we can always tell if he's telling the truth.

My sister went back to lay down and the dog was still in the bedroom, refusing to leave...

I know, I know...this isn't creepy. But there's more...

A different night, my sister was getting ready to get in the bathtub. Her daughter was in the bathroom with her, talking to her. Her husband and son were both in the living room watching TV. Back in the bathroom, my niece was sitting right by the bathroom door and my sister was standing on the other side of her by the sink. Then...they heard three, slow knocks on the bathroom door. And then the door knob started shaking like someone was trying to get in. My niece figured it was just her brother wanting in, so she opened the door to let him in and nobody was there. My sister went to the living room to ask who it was. Again...her husband swore on everything that he loves that neither he or my nephew had gone down the hallway at all.

Both of those things happened before I ever moved down here.

After I moved down here, for the longest time, when I would be in the shower it would sound like somebody was running up and down the hallway. Like a little kid would. But, I always take my showers at night after the kids go to bed. So, I know it wasn't them. I know, it is very possible, that it could just be water in the pipes or something like that. But it didn't do it every night and I don't hear it anymore...so, I don't know.

I know...I know...still not too creepy, huh?

Well, there's more. One day, I was at home alone with my sister's kids. She has had another baby by now. Well, her two older kids were sitting at the dining room table coloring pictures. I was holding the baby and rocking him to sleep. We had the baby monitor on in the bedroom, because I forgot to shut if off when I went in there to get him. So, here I was rocking him to sleep when I heard a baby crying...ON THE BABY MONITOR!! The only baby in the house was in my arms sound asleep!! I told my sister about it later and she told me that she thought she has heard a baby cry before, but she just figured it was her imagination. Then, one night, one of my best friends came down to visit for a weekend. All of my sister's kids and her husband were in bed asleep when she got here. My sister, my best friend, and I were all in the living room. My sister was getting ready to leave for work. We were sitting there talking and we heard a baby cry again. This is the first time anyone has heard it all at the same time. Well, I asked Rita if her baby was crying. She went in there to get him back to sleep before she left, so her husband didn't have to get up. Well, she went in there and he was sound asleep. She walked back in the living room and less than 2 minutes later we heard it again. And again, she went to check...but he was still asleep...no tears on his face...no signs he had been crying.

THEN...my mom came down a few weeks ago. It was late and everybody was in bed asleep. We were all standing in the living room. And mom just got real quiet and listened. And she asked my sister if she was going to get the baby so he didn't wake her husband up. Rita and I hadn't heard the baby. We hadn't told my mom anything about it, so we just looked at each other...then we told my mom that it wasn't the baby...well at least not my sister's baby anyway. We haven't really heard it since then...but I'm sure that as soon as someone comes to visit, we'll hear it again. Maybe not though...

So, you gotta admit that's a little strange, right?

Well, there's more...

Remember how I said that nobody has seen anything here with our own eyes? Well, we've seen things but it's always been with my camera. One weekend, a few of my friends came down to visit. We got a little bored so after watching ghost videos until we were all scared, me and one of my friends decided to do some ghost hunting . . . just in the house. We took some pictures and saw some things that looked like they could be orbs, but then again they could just be dust or something. Well, the ghost hunt continued until the next day. We were still taking pictures. I told my friend to take a picture of the hallway because that's where I always had my creepy feelings. He took the picture and sure enough...something showed up. It was a bright white orb that I know was not just dust in the hallway.

So, I can't tell you for a fact that there is something in this house. However, I know without a doubt in my mind that there is something here. I'm just glad that it doesn't try to scare us and it's nice, whatever it is.

Oh...and I know a lot of people say that Ouija boards are nothing but trouble...but I still like to mess with them sometimes. So, one day after a tornado came through town while my friend was here visiting. We were home alone. All the power was out and we decided to mess with the board and see if it would work. At first, we tried in on the dining room table and it wouldn't do anything. Nothing! It was kind of aggravating me. I asked my friend if she would take it in the hallway with me because this is where I always had my feelings. (This was even before I heard the baby cry...before the picture...all I had was feelings)

At first, she was a little hesitant because she didn't have a good feeling in there either, but then she finally agreed. So we went and sat in the hallway and tried it again. In the hallway, the Ouija bored worked great!! It told us that my sister was going to have another baby. My sister wasn't supposed to have anymore kids because it could have hurt her really bad, possibly killed her. But as you have read...my sister did have another baby. She got pregnant less than six months after the board told us she would.

So...I dunno...

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