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Here's
a tale from Lori Seligmann, a regular on the Alt.folklore.ghost-stories
discussion list. Check out Obiwan's page (in the links section) if you
want to join. This is one is really, really, really creepy.
Well,
I've mentioned seeing ghosts as a child on the ghost discussion list. All
this talking about it lately had me remembering again. The other night, I
was in bed and letting my thoughts drift to the first apparition. I
remember I was 2 1/2 years old (yes, I remember back that far), and I had
woken up from a nap to find my mom taking a nap in her room. She wasn't
feeling well. Being the type to entertain myself if need be, I went back
to my room and climbed on top of my toy chest, under the window. I pulled
the curtains back and peeped out. From the light I would say it was about
4 p.m. We lived in a triplex. Our unit was in the middle looking down the
driveway and at the end next to the mail boxes I saw a man(?) The figure
was all black, like a black hole, but still the figure of a man. I didn't
know who or what it was, but I remember letting out the most
blood-curdling scream. My parents came rushing for me, but when I tried to
explain what I saw ("It's Mr. Death, he's going to get me! It's Mr.
Death!), they just got annoyed and told me to quit the racket, and that it
was just a nightmare. I tried to explain that I was wide-awake and that it
was real (I was quite articulate for my age). But they just wouldn't
believe me. I kept looking out of the window, but nothing unusual was
there. So, maybe they were right. What did I know?
Epilogue; So, I started thinking about that
apparition the other night. Why had I thought it was Mr. Death? I couldn't
think of anyone that I knew of dying around that time, did I? And then I
remembered something horrible. My mother was pregnant. All I knew about
that time was that a baby was coming soon and then a baby wasn't coming.
No one ever said to me, "Lori, the baby died before it was
born". The memories of my mom getting very sick (later that night or
next day), the adults rushing her off to the hospital, my grandparents
coming from out of town to take care of me and help my mom. Well, it was
never brought up to me again. I JUST made the connection two days ago I
thought Mr. Death was coming for me.
But I was wrong.
I have to say this is one of the most disturbing stories I think I've
been sent yet. If you ever see that shadow again...But then again, how can
you run from Death? |
