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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? |
