Espooky Friend Feature: It's Haunted What Now

WEBVTT

1
00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:10.720
Hi, I'm Christina and this is
as Spooky Tales, the podcast for all

2
00:00:10.759 --> 00:00:15.320
things as spooky. Like I mentioned
last episode, we are on a break.

3
00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:20.079
Last episode you heard from fun of
the podcast SOUSTO. Today you'll hear

4
00:00:20.120 --> 00:00:26.640
an episode from our official official guest
co host, Laney Hobbs and her podcast

5
00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:31.000
is Hunted What Now, where she
reads scary stories sent in from her listeners.

6
00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.000
Before I go, I do want
to give a special shout out to

7
00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.799
everyone that joined the Patreon this December. Thank you so much. I still

8
00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:43.560
have to send out one key chain
and a set of stickers for a couple

9
00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:46.159
of you, but since this is
not a normal episode, we're not going

10
00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.880
to do our regular shout out,
but I do want to give a quick

11
00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:55.960
shout out so everyone that joined in
December, Jorge, Mariah, Kiovana,

12
00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.960
Carla, Anastasia and Linda, thank
you so much. Heart here and Maria.

13
00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:03.000
I owe you guys a package,
but yes, thank you so much.

14
00:01:03.400 --> 00:01:07.680
I hope everyone has a happy New
Year and we'll catch you in January.

15
00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:15.480
Stay a spooky Ola is Spooky Tales
Familia. This is Laney Hobbs from

16
00:01:15.560 --> 00:01:19.280
its Haunted What Now as a Spooky
Tales takes a winter break siesta. I've

17
00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:25.280
got something special to keep the paranormal
excitement alive. I invite you to explore

18
00:01:25.319 --> 00:01:30.879
a captivating episode from my podcast called
It's Haunted What Now. The podcast uncovers

19
00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:36.719
the mysteries behind haunted objects and real
paranormal encounters, all shared by our incredible

20
00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:41.120
listeners. It's the perfect way to
stay connected to the supernatural during the break.

21
00:01:41.480 --> 00:01:46.040
Subscribe, tune in and join us
on this ghostly journey and to our

22
00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:51.040
espooky Amiagles. If you have a
spooky tale to tell, I'm all Ears,

23
00:01:51.480 --> 00:02:27.639
Felise Haunting. Welcome back to It's
Haunted What Now? I'm your host

24
00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.039
Lany. Typically, when unexplained phenomena
occur to us, our first thought is

25
00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:38.680
to be afraid, whether due to
sensational films or a natural survival reaction.

26
00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:44.680
We have a choice to make to
either continue existing with the paranormal or do

27
00:02:44.840 --> 00:02:50.199
something about it. Today's episode contains
stories about tellers who question if the entity

28
00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:54.960
is good or evil and what should
be done with it. Okay, ready

29
00:02:54.960 --> 00:03:06.000
to get spooked? Their ego opens
today's episode with a reassurance from the other

30
00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:25.599
side. So I've always been involved
in church and my best friend and I

31
00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:30.560
were so close with a priest that
was such a good person, cool and

32
00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.479
friendly. He did volunteering with us, and from time to time we went

33
00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:38.319
for a beer. He was the
coolest. Although I'm not Catholic, I

34
00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.159
once was, so we kept in
contact with him, kept volunteering and all

35
00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:46.840
that stuff. A few months ago
he became very ill. He already was

36
00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.560
because he was an alcoholic when he
was younger, but that went worse and

37
00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:53.439
he was visiting the hospital every week
or so. Then he slept in the

38
00:03:53.439 --> 00:03:58.840
hospital for months, and then he
finally died. It was a long time

39
00:03:58.919 --> 00:04:02.319
and we weren't hopeful he would get
better. We obviously went to his funeral,

40
00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.360
and later that day I hung on
my bed one rosary he gave me

41
00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:11.000
years ago. Now Here comes the
creepy part, because every time I came

42
00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:15.800
home from work, the rosary was
backwards, not upside down, backwards,

43
00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.839
the part with Jesus in it was
facing the wall every single time. I

44
00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:24.560
was pretty scared. So one day
I said something along the lines of is

45
00:04:24.600 --> 00:04:28.759
this you, If this is really
you, show me please. It was

46
00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.040
completely silent for a moment, so
I left the room to do my thing.

47
00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.040
Then I heard something, so I
ran to my room and the rosary

48
00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:40.879
had literally fallen off. I freaked
out, but really, if it was

49
00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.279
him, he wouldn't want me to
be scared, So I said to him,

50
00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:47.759
please don't keep that going, because
I was scared. Days passed and

51
00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.720
nothing more happened. We celebrated a
mass and we sang his favorite song.

52
00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:57.160
We all cried and then went on
with our lives. I've told this story

53
00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:00.480
to many people, and lots of
them told me that probably was him,

54
00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:04.879
that probably was something pretending to be
him, But I don't think that I'd

55
00:05:04.959 --> 00:05:09.560
like to remember that being him trying
to tell me not to cry and that

56
00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:13.279
he was okay. But I really
don't know. What do you think.

57
00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:23.040
I can definitely understand that some might
be skeptical, because when objects are turned

58
00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:30.120
upside down and sometimes even backwards,
most assume it's demonic or it's poltergeist activity.

59
00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.879
And I'll admit for a second that
I was thinking that turning a whole

60
00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:38.759
rosary backwards was definitely a red flag. I reconsidered though, after you asked

61
00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:42.800
for a sign and it did,
then it respected your wishes after you told

62
00:05:42.839 --> 00:05:46.079
it to stop. So I don't
believe a malevolent spirit would have done as

63
00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:49.279
you asked, or even if it
did, it would start again, you

64
00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:54.199
know, later on down the line. But on our side, we're hoping

65
00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:58.680
that you feel some peace with the
passing of your dear friend. Our next

66
00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:20.639
story is told by Awad and involves
a highly sensitive child. My two year

67
00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:26.720
old daughter seemed to break an invisibility
spell today. Even though I'm an atheist

68
00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:31.240
and extremely skeptical, I can't find
another explanation for what happened today. My

69
00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.560
wife, my mother in law,
and I spent the whole day looking for

70
00:06:34.600 --> 00:06:39.720
her pacifier. The three of us
had already looked everywhere in the apartment.

71
00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.639
We looked several times under her crib, but after a couple of hours,

72
00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:47.079
she pointed under the crib and said
it was there. It magically appeared in

73
00:06:47.079 --> 00:06:51.959
front of my eyes. I cannot
understand what happened, and maybe never will.

74
00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:57.079
This isn't the first time something crazy
happened here. The other day she

75
00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:00.560
pointed at an empty wall and said, there was a dead man there.

76
00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:03.399
We have never used this word in
front of her. She wasn't even supposed

77
00:07:03.399 --> 00:07:06.920
to know this word. The other
day she pointed to the floor and said

78
00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:11.800
a woman was there and we should
take her to the hospital, along with

79
00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:15.399
other strange situations like things disappearing or
moving from one place to another during the

80
00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:19.560
night, voices coming from an empty
room, lights falling. When we talk

81
00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:30.360
about paranormal events even while just joking, is driving me crazy. Okay,

82
00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.160
so this is a little triggering because
my daughter Tilden is about to be two

83
00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:40.319
years old in May, and yeah, I'm not interested in any type of

84
00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:44.319
whatever she may be seeing. On
the other side, hopefully she can reconcile

85
00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.519
that on her own. I'm just
kidding. Of course, I'll help her

86
00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:48.639
manage if she does see things,
but I hope she doesn't. Sorry I'm

87
00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:54.560
rambling anyways, it can be disconcerting
when our kids are seeing things that we

88
00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:59.639
can't see. It can be suggested
that this is poltergeist activity, which seems

89
00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:03.319
to be a trend this episode,
but it can be attributed to your daughter

90
00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:07.639
manifesting it by accident. You can
try demanding that it stops bothering your family

91
00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:13.959
if it really does become too burdensome, and I think by using the love

92
00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:18.680
and protection that you want to encompass
your daughter in or your child in that

93
00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:24.360
might be stronger than whatever malevolence is
out there trying to mess around or show

94
00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.399
her things she shouldn't see. Ricky
Mann tells us our next story about the

95
00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:50.840
seller under the pub oh Man,
I used to work in a very famous

96
00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:56.080
pub in York, known as the
most haunted pub in England, where stories

97
00:08:56.120 --> 00:09:01.080
of witches, highwaymen and executed prisoners
were very well known. However, the

98
00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:05.399
experience I had turned me into a
complete believer. To give some clarity,

99
00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:09.320
we had recently plastered all the walls
in the cellar. No nails hanging out

100
00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.679
the wall, no handrails, there
was nothing to catch yourself on. I

101
00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:18.000
was in the cellar taking stock to
the bar to restock the bottle fridges.

102
00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:20.759
I'd gone up and taken the first
basket up to the bar, emptied it,

103
00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:24.000
and went back down to the cellar. For some reason, I felt

104
00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:28.440
horrible on edge, like I was
being watched the whole time. I filled

105
00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.960
the basket up, put the cardboard
into the men and headed up the stairs.

106
00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:35.519
As I was nearly at the top
of the stairs, I was violently

107
00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:41.120
pulled from behind, which ripped my
shirt and I fell down the stairs backwards,

108
00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.639
busting my head open. I spoke
to the owner to see if anything

109
00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:48.720
like this happened before, to what
she replied, No, but we're meant

110
00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:52.919
to go into the cellar in twos, so obviously I was really freaked out

111
00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:56.720
and refused to go back into the
cellar. A few days went by and

112
00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:01.200
I was in the Old York prisons
where they used to ha prisoners for one

113
00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:05.600
reason or another. Turns out the
seller at the pub before it was a

114
00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.519
pub, was used to hold executed
prisoners for a period of time as it's

115
00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:15.919
naturally extremely cold down there. I
worked for a couple years and never went

116
00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:26.399
back to that cellar alone. Again, I draw the line at violent entities

117
00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:30.960
that can cause harm. I completely
understand why you would refuse to ever go

118
00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:35.159
back to the cellar, But can
we possibly have the going down in twos

119
00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:39.600
conversation during day one of training?
Like I feel that should be the most

120
00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:43.559
relevant information when you start, even
during the interview process. Like, hey,

121
00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.080
by the way, when you go
into the cellar, go in pairs

122
00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:50.240
of two because you may be attacked
by an entity. Not a big deal

123
00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:52.720
if you don't care, but like, what is your second person gonna do?

124
00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:56.320
Like is a ghost afraid to attack
you. If there's twos, I

125
00:10:56.320 --> 00:11:01.399
don't know anyways, So, like
I said, that's seems like really important

126
00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:07.320
pertinent information to have from day one. Our fourth story comes from glitter Moss,

127
00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:28.039
who asked for advice on a recent
encounter. Okay, so this happened

128
00:11:28.159 --> 00:11:31.240
yesterday night while cooking dinner, so
less than twenty four hours ago. For

129
00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:35.960
context, this is not the first
time something in the realm of weird or

130
00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.879
paranormal has happened to me, But
otherwise I'm not into the paranormal stuff or

131
00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:46.159
actively trying to see things. I
had a handful of experiences, but really

132
00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:50.200
spaced out over the years. So
I was hanging out in my apartment,

133
00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:54.120
which I've been renting for a year
now. My girlfriend was cooking in the

134
00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:56.919
kitchen and needed me to bring something
from the other room, so I went.

135
00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.720
When I came back to the kitchen
and my girlfriend was saying stuff to

136
00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:05.200
me, but I was not really
able to concentrate because right off the bat,

137
00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:09.480
something felt weird and different in the
room, and I was trying to

138
00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:15.039
figure out what. The air felt
more dense, like there was actually three

139
00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.559
people in the room instead of two
at this moment. I was super aware

140
00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:22.879
of my body and felt like a
presence was on my right side. I

141
00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:28.799
cannot explain how the feeling felt,
but I could feel some energy emanating from

142
00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:33.159
somewhere between myself and the wall of
the kitchen. It was about a meter

143
00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:37.000
gap. I tried to stay still
and really feel the room, and there

144
00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:43.399
was no doubt on my mind that
something was off. So now is where

145
00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:46.639
I think I might be tripping.
Maybe if instead of trying to follow my

146
00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:50.360
intuition, if I tried to snap
out of it and forget the whole deal,

147
00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:54.159
I wouldn't have seen anything. But
I swear to God, I looked

148
00:12:54.159 --> 00:13:00.519
at my right backside while the feeling
dawned on me that there was definitely someone

149
00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:07.440
there, and I saw a freaking
girl standing there. Now Here is how

150
00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.480
it went. I rotated my head
and my body, and while I was

151
00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:16.120
making that movement, I saw her
in the periphery of my eye. I

152
00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:20.159
didn't see a full one hundred percent
sharp image, but I saw enough to

153
00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:22.600
fill in the gaps in my head. I saw how tall she was.

154
00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:26.399
I saw that she was a girl
no older than twelve. I kinda saw

155
00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:31.480
her face and she wasn't even scary. I paid more attention to her upper

156
00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.279
torso and face area. But I
also remember seeing some folds of clothes on

157
00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:39.200
the lower part that quickly disappeared.
All these details I could see in a

158
00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:43.759
fraction of a second, because as
soon as I focused my sight on this

159
00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:48.240
figure, it disappeared. It was
like looking through a glass at just the

160
00:13:48.279 --> 00:13:52.240
correct angle. This is not to
say she went away. The corporal feeling

161
00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:56.960
from before was still there and stronger
than ever. Now. All of this

162
00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.120
that I'm describing happened in the span
of two to three minutes from the moment

163
00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:05.480
I entered the room until I saw
that the figure was there. All through

164
00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:09.240
that time, I had chills down
my spine, and I was so scared,

165
00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:13.240
but in a weird way, I
knew there was no danger, but

166
00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:18.000
it felt so spooky. My girlfriend
didn't notice a thing. I was pale

167
00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:22.120
and so shook after seeing that little
girl there that I could barely keep it

168
00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:26.039
together. But for some reason,
I thought that I should act like nothing

169
00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:31.840
happened, so I kept helping my
girlfriend with dinner like I don't know,

170
00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:37.320
but telling her about the whole thing
right then and there felt wrong. It

171
00:14:37.360 --> 00:14:41.360
took like twenty minutes for me to
get from extremely scared to normal. I

172
00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:45.879
told my girlfriend what I saw this
morning, and she brushed me off and

173
00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:50.200
laughed. I'm honestly really upset about
the whole episode and don't know what to

174
00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.799
make about it. On one hand, I'm wondering if this was a one

175
00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:58.480
time thing, or if there's any
chance it will happen again. If so,

176
00:14:58.039 --> 00:15:01.279
how do I make it not happen
again? Also? Could this be

177
00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.159
real or am I tripping? I've
lived in this apartment for a here,

178
00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:09.639
and though the vibe is kind of
off, I've never seen anything like this.

179
00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.240
I wonder if maybe I just imagine
the whole thing. How does one

180
00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:20.200
deal with this stuff? Anyways,
I appreciate any insight you might have in

181
00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:28.679
any advice as well. I can
provide more info if needed. Thanks.

182
00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:33.639
Okay, I recognize that this may
be a running theme in this episode,

183
00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:37.519
but my advice is what I've mentioned
earlier. Just ask it to stop and

184
00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.480
inform it that this is your home
now and it's not welcome if you don't

185
00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:45.559
like it there, And if you
have access to like Polo Santo, I

186
00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:50.480
would recommend doing like an energy clearing
and just really reinforcing that the space is

187
00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:54.759
yours and that only your energy and
other good and positive energy is allowed in

188
00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.480
your space. That's what I do
in my own home, and it makes

189
00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:00.360
me feel a whole lot better,
even if it's just like a pla cebo

190
00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:04.679
effect. So sometimes people are okay
with having the presence remain in the home

191
00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:10.840
and coexist as long as it respects
your wish to be left alone. You

192
00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.559
could also cleanse the home of any
spirit, so you have plenty of options.

193
00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:18.159
And if there's anyone out there who's
listening who has advice for glitter moss,

194
00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:22.240
feel free to let us know and
we'll pass it along. Our next

195
00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:26.279
story is told by the Scary Lobster, who hasn't necessarily seen anything paranormal for

196
00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:48.480
themselves, but it sure seems like
their animals have. So for context,

197
00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.480
I'm from rural Scandinavia. I'm a
hunter. I'm twenty years old. I

198
00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:56.639
currently live with my family due to
becoming very ill and well. Since moving

199
00:16:56.639 --> 00:17:02.799
in, I've noticed the farm animals
behaviorists changed alongside odd happenings. Here,

200
00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:06.400
we're talking about horses, cats,
and a dog, as well as some

201
00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:11.359
now dead chickens. I'll start out
explaining the horses behavior, so These are

202
00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:17.400
two castrated mustangs and a mare,
all fair tempered animals who are very friendly.

203
00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:22.440
Recently, they've been getting absolutely frightened
by something. We've seen them staring

204
00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:27.599
into the woods, snorting which is
a fear and anxiety response, before blasting

205
00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:33.160
off, galloping at high speeds trying
to flee, and sometimes they have fled

206
00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:37.200
their pasture inside their stables. They've
also been suddenly snorting and standing in the

207
00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:42.440
corner of their enclosures. The cats
have all been seeming awfully anxious. We

208
00:17:42.519 --> 00:17:45.839
have two barn cats. One is
a mix of inside and outside cat,

209
00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:51.039
and the other is an inside cat. The two outside cats are usually quite

210
00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:55.519
fond of people and are usually very
comfortable in their environment, but ever since

211
00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:59.440
December of last year, they've stayed
in their room in the saddle room almost

212
00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.279
constantly. When they do leave,
they seem to be on edge, and

213
00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:07.279
I have seen them posture up and
hiss at from what I could see was

214
00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:11.039
nothing, nothing but a creepy feeling, which may just be from listening to

215
00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.160
the cat now. The mixed cat
usually does not go off as much,

216
00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:19.519
but will at times seem fearful and
will stick to us, which is quite

217
00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:23.960
odd since it isn't quite as people
friendly. The trouble is it and the

218
00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:29.720
other inside cat have started to refuse
to be downstairs at night, and sometimes

219
00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:33.079
they have hissed at something. The
dog is a lovely Golden Retriever who's the

220
00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:37.519
biggest, kindest goofball who usually gets
on people's nerves with his stealing and his

221
00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:42.359
strong belief in if I fits,
I sits usually on people, so he

222
00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:48.160
is not at all an ill tempered
dog or badly socialized. It started with

223
00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:52.960
him sometimes staring for long amounts of
times at scullery where he usually sleeps.

224
00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:56.480
The scullery has a door into the
stable and barn, and it would slowly

225
00:18:56.599 --> 00:19:02.319
progress to him barking and growling at
the s gulery. This continued along with

226
00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:06.440
him starting to do it in the
living room and the dining room. All

227
00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:11.000
this kept to being a daytime thing
up until early January, when he would

228
00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:14.559
then sometimes do it around two to
five o'clock in the morning, with his

229
00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:18.559
barking and growling becoming more intense.
He has also stared at the same front

230
00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:22.920
door. The front door has a
huge glass panel in it so the dog

231
00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:27.839
can see through it. The chickens
did not have any problems. Their behavior

232
00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:33.160
did not really change much except them
foraging further away from the barn and house.

233
00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:36.799
Suddenly, in December we woke up
to all of them gone from the

234
00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:41.119
chicken coop where they always returned.
Now, I do think that this may

235
00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:44.920
be predator based, but I still
find it odd that we didn't find anything

236
00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.200
suggesting a predator took them, with
no feathers, no blood, and no

237
00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:55.559
signs of entry. I also have
experiences with something I cannot explain happening alongside

238
00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:59.640
the rest of my family. I
will gladly share our experiences, but not

239
00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:03.480
right now now, since this is
focusing on the animal's behavior. So I

240
00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.599
will ask you, the person listening, what are your thoughts on what is

241
00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:14.039
happening or what it could be?
Since well, I can't explain it.

242
00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:32.640
I'm not an expert on these things, but my first thought outside of a

243
00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:38.359
predator is potentially a cryptid. Occasionally
we dabble encryptids on this podcast, so

244
00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:44.759
we won't discredit their potential existence.
But maybe look into what cryptid or folklore

245
00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:48.119
you have in your country, and
I'd be interested to hear what you or

246
00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:52.400
anyone else might think about this idea
and what could possibly explain the experiences those

247
00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:59.039
animals had. Stars Air pretty brings
us our next story about a confounding but

248
00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:21.559
comforting presence. Recently, I have
felt something following me around everywhere. I

249
00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:23.920
always feel like someone is watching me, and I feel a hand on my

250
00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:29.559
shoulder or head when nothing is there. So I keep seeing this thing when

251
00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:33.000
I'm outside. It doesn't usually talk, but I keep seeing it wherever I

252
00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:37.839
go. It's always behind a tree
or hiding. When I was younger,

253
00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.119
I used to go outside to swing
next to the huge tree, and I

254
00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:45.279
kept seeing a shadow figure stick its
head out, but whenever I actually looked

255
00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:49.799
at it, it disappeared. It
doesn't hurt or scare me. It's sort

256
00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:53.359
of like a father. It comforts
me. And yes, it may just

257
00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:59.599
be an imaginary friend, but it
feels real. I keep feeling it touched

258
00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:02.839
me on my shoulder, and I
feel it next to me, always beside

259
00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:06.279
or behind me. When I sleep
and face the wall, I feel it

260
00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.319
behind me. And there are times
when I see it or hear it in

261
00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:11.720
a closet or in the hallway at
night. But it never harms me.

262
00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:18.000
It says, it brings no threats, and it's comforting to me. I

263
00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:21.519
talk to it sometimes, and during
school I write about it and I draw

264
00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:23.839
it. I may be crazy,
but it looks so real and feel so

265
00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:30.000
real. It's super tall, no
face, no accessories, nothing on it.

266
00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:33.799
A shadow figure, really skinny.
I can almost see its bones and

267
00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:38.000
has a low, sort of raspy
voice. It's nice and kind and has

268
00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:42.200
never made me feel threatened or scared. I feel happy, relaxed, and

269
00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:47.160
welcomed by it. I can never
touch it, though, but it can

270
00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:51.119
touch me. If I try to
touch it, it fades away. It's

271
00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:53.160
not around me all the time,
but he comes to me when I feel

272
00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:57.119
stressed or scared. No One else
seems to see him, but I know

273
00:22:57.359 --> 00:23:02.640
I see it also. I don't
just see him behind trees. Sometimes when

274
00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:04.799
I swing, I see him next
to the road. Once I saw him

275
00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:07.920
next to the road somewhere else,
but it was signaling me to follow it.

276
00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:11.759
I'm not sure if he's a ghost, a bad spirit, a good

277
00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:17.920
spirit, an imaginary friend, a
shadow person, or anything else. Anyone

278
00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:22.039
who knows more about ghosts or might
have an idea of what he or it

279
00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.960
is, please tell me. I
don't want to get rid of it,

280
00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:33.480
but if you think I should.
I want to know you don't have to

281
00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:36.839
tell this entity to go away if
you feel safe and want it to be

282
00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:41.359
around. It seems like it could
potentially be a guardian of some sort since

283
00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:44.119
it tends to appear when you need
it, like in times of fear or

284
00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:48.759
stress. Ultimately, what I hope
is that it is a good intentioned spirit

285
00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:53.480
that means you no harm. The
other side of me worries that it's potentially

286
00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:57.640
working kind of like the long Con
to get you to get your guard down,

287
00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:02.240
where it eventually takes advanceage of you
in some way. That is the

288
00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:07.200
pessimist in me speaking. But you
never know, and so I hope that

289
00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:10.519
it is a positive entity, like
I said, But again, you know,

290
00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:12.640
we have these call to actions to
our listeners who are listening and those

291
00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:18.160
who are invested in paranormal investigations and
learning more about the paranormal world. So

292
00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:25.640
maybe somebody out there listening or know
somebody listening who has similar experiences to what

293
00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:29.720
you're experiencing, and they'll write into
the show and let us know and offer

294
00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:34.119
some advice that we're happy as always
to pass along. DJ seven oh seven

295
00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:40.039
closes today's episode with a story about
their childhood home that was once a school.

296
00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:59.960
Now. I don't know a ton
about the history of my childhood home,

297
00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:03.000
but I know that it was old
as hell and one of the creepiest

298
00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:07.480
places I've ever lived in. It
was a four story house, fancy right,

299
00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:12.559
with lots of dark spaces and long
stairways. Basically, it was really

300
00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:15.960
big. There wasn't a moment in
that house that I felt like I was

301
00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:21.960
truly alone, and there wasn't a
hallway that felt truly empty. I was

302
00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:26.319
just barely out of toddlerhood when I
started to develop severe anxiety. I was

303
00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.759
afraid to do anything alone. I
was always checking behind me, sleeping with

304
00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:34.799
my head under the covers, seeing
things, hearing things, you name it.

305
00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:40.920
I'm almost one hundred percent certain there
was something paranormal making me feel that

306
00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:45.319
way. I wasn't the only one
seeing and hearing things though. My older

307
00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:48.720
brother shared a room with me,
and he always slept on the top bunk.

308
00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:52.799
His bed was maybe a foot away
from the ceiling and the attic was

309
00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:57.480
right above us. He told me
that some nights he'd hear adult footsteps right

310
00:25:57.559 --> 00:26:03.920
above his head just so the attic. But it gets weirder. He told

311
00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:07.759
me that at one point he woke
up next to a shadowy figure just lying

312
00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:12.160
in bed with him. He claims
the figure had two white specks for eyes,

313
00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:18.880
and that it wasn't acting malicious,
just lying there silently. This might

314
00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:23.079
have been some kind of sleep paralysis
hallucination, but considering the other events,

315
00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:27.880
I wouldn't be surprised if it was
some kind of spirit. And now on

316
00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:33.759
to the worst one. The playroom. That room was the creepiest freaking thing

317
00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:37.680
in the house, and I get
shivers just thinking about it. It sat

318
00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:41.000
at the end of a long hallway
on the top floor, just below the

319
00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:45.039
attic. My room was down the
hall from it, and it was always

320
00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:49.720
pitch black. I remember staying up
at night staring at it, just in

321
00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:55.319
case something moved. I often couldn't
take my eyes away in fear of something

322
00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:59.920
appearing if I did. Somehow,
every time I looked at that doorway,

323
00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:04.160
the door was wide open, and
the door wasn't weak either. It worked

324
00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:08.920
perfectly fine and wouldn't open unless you
turned the knob. I'd asked my dad

325
00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:12.119
to close it before I went to
bed, and it would stay closed for

326
00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:17.599
a bit until it just slid open
again. I'm not a door specialist,

327
00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:22.799
but it was just arguably creepy.
But wait, there's more. Now that

328
00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:26.599
we're older and out of that house, me and my brother found out that

329
00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:33.240
we shared a terrifying experience. We
both saw something incredibly creepy in the same

330
00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:37.720
place. I remember it vaguely.
It was a small, neutral, glowing

331
00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:41.480
white face in the playroom. It
looked a bit like a little kid from

332
00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:45.720
my memory. It had nobody,
just a pure white face in the dark.

333
00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:49.680
It was around my height, and
its eyes were just kind of not

334
00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:53.920
there. I don't remember much,
but I remember it was the single most

335
00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:59.759
terrifying thing I'd been through. I
didn't know if I'd hallucinated or what,

336
00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:03.519
but I know it felt incredibly real
at the time. Maybe it was a

337
00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:08.759
dream or something, because all I
remember is seeing that freaking face, getting

338
00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:12.680
scared and running back to my bed. I don't think I screamed, but

339
00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:18.920
I seriously don't remember. I kind
of love and hate thinking about it because

340
00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:23.359
it just makes my hair stand on
edge. Thanks to that house, I

341
00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:27.839
have now been diagnosed with anxiety.
I am taking medication for it, and

342
00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:33.000
I'm all right. But I thought
it was worth noting I could go on,

343
00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:41.279
but I can't really think of anything
else right now. All of you

344
00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:45.279
who's admitted stories today, thank you
so much for that nightmare fuel, especially

345
00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.200
this last one. I'm not sure
what it is about these big houses with

346
00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:55.240
all of those rooms, but they're
infinitely scarier than an apartment. I personally

347
00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:59.319
don't think you've hallucinated that since you
said you experienced a lot of the same

348
00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:03.720
things as your brother, And honestly, when we're doing any type of research,

349
00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:06.759
including within the true crime podcast at
I host, we always want some

350
00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:10.839
verifiable evidence from more than one source. So the fact that you and your

351
00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:15.240
brother shared the same experience just tells
me that there was something going on that

352
00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:21.480
can't be explained. Well, that
does it for this episode. If you'd

353
00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.519
like to submit your own personal spooky
tale to be read on the show,

354
00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:26.839
head to hauntedpod dot com and click
on the link to submit your story.

355
00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:32.039
You can also email me Haunted pod
at gmail dot com. Thank you for

356
00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.559
listening. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a positive review on Apple

357
00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:38.839
podcast or your podcast player of choice. It really does help. You can

358
00:29:38.880 --> 00:29:44.880
find us on Twitter for now at
podcast Underscore, Haunted, Instagram at it's

359
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:49.039
Haunted what Now or at hauntedpod dot
com. Production assistance by Jesse Hawk,

360
00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:55.160
Writing assistance by cheryln Reyes. The
official composer and audiosmith for the show is

361
00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:57.599
Niecks at We Talk of Dreams.
Check them out on Twitter at We Talk

362
00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:02.039
of Dreams or We Talk of Trees
Dreams dot com. Until next time,

363
00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:12.000
did you hear that? M