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| The Hooded Robe Ghost |
I was just 9
years old when my stepfather and mother were married. My
stepfather Ken was as unwelcome to me as was with my 3
brothers and sister. And believe me...I let him know!
After they were married, Ken decided to add on to our
little green stucco house. The addition included a huge
kitchen, mud room, bathroom, 3 season porch, two basement
bedrooms and then attached our garage. It was a great
improvement over our tiny house. My sister Cindy, being
the second oldest, moved out of our shared room upstairs
into one of the new rooms as did my older brother Mike.
Not too long after she moved out, I had been laying in my
bed unable to sleep. The hall light was left on so my room
was not pitch dark. All of a sudden, I looked up and saw
my stepfather standing a few feet away from the foot of my
bed. He was wearing a dark robe and his robe which he wore
after his shower had a hood on it. The hood was pulled up
on his head. "Ken get out of my room!" I shouted. My
mother who was down the hall reading in bed said "Ken is
sleeping right here next to me." My reply was "No he's
not, he's right here at the end of my bed!" At that moment
the figure stepped closer to the foot of my bed and then
disappeared. Needless to say, I tore off into her room and
there he was sound asleep! The next day at dinner I was
repeating the incident to the family when my brother Bob
asked me if the man wore a robe with a hood. I hadn't
gotten that far in my story yet! He had seen the same
figure walk into his bedroom and stand at the foot of his
bed! His bedroom was directly underneath my parents
bedroom. He also had thought it was our stepfather until
it had disappeared also. He didn't tell anyone because he
thought he had just been dreaming or hallucinating. After
this, my brother Mike saw and old man come out of his
closet in the new room in the basement and float over his
head out the window. He has seen him several times. The
ghost wears an old red flannel shirt that looks shredded
and dirty. Since then we have had other incidences. My
sisters ex-husband even jumped into the shower with her
after he saw a head come out of the fireplace. Twenty
years later, my parents still live there and my mom still
hears some of the noises including from our deceased dog.
I still have the same eerie feelings as I walk through
certain areas of the house. I still, at 30 years old avoid
the basement!
Vicki Haugen
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota |
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