This Friday some friends, my husband and I are going to a paranormal investigation of a building here in town.  As long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by ghost stories and the supernatural.  In fact, I’m pretty sure I checked out every ghost book in my school library several times when I was a kid.  Oh sure, I was also the kid who was convinced that if I left any appendage outside of the blankets at night that something from under the bed would grab it, but still I loved to read about them.

And there is no end to the paranormal shows on TV, my favorite being Dead Files.  Whether or not you believe, it is intriguing to watch someone who is supposed to be able to see the dead work with someone who is supposed to be analytical and investigative.  Of course it’s also fun to watch things like Ghost Adventures or Ghost Bros as my son calls it, but you never actually see anything so it’s not as fun.

So, have I ever experienced anything out of the ordinary that I can’t explain?  I’m so glad you asked!  Why yes, I have.  So here are a few stories and experiences for you to enjoy and either believe – or not.

The first house we moved to in Lincoln was this cute older two story house with a basement, a prairie style design.  We were given permission to paint and wallpaper what we wanted to spruce things up which I personally loved.  Our oldest son was in a room at the top of the stairs with the other two boys in a room down the hall.  None of them ever said anything about seeing or hearing anything while we were there but after we left shared that my oldest didn’t like his closet for some reason.  One evening I remember being at home by myself downstairs when I heard footsteps on the wood floors upstairs. I don’t remember feeling afraid, like whatever or whoever it was wasn’t trying to scare me, it just WAS.

After we moved we found out that the new residents asked our neighbor if anything strange every happened in the house because they had heard some noises as well.  Haunted?  Perhaps.  I’ll return to Lincoln in a minute, but first a trip to Savannah Georgia, one of the most haunted cities in the country.

We’ve taken a couple of haunted walking tours in this beautiful city, full of history that lends itself to ghost stories.  One of those tours stopped at the Moon River Brewing Company on Bay Street.  This place is full of stories of strange happenings, especially on the upper floors where they have been trying to renovate for years.  We were fortunate enough to be taken to the second floor where we stood together in a small group listening to our tour guide.  At a certain point in her spiel, she suddenly stopped and said we were leaving.  Right before this I watched a shadow, low on the wall move along the side of the wall and disappear.  No one in the room had moved and the only light in the room was a bare overhead light bulb.  Again, no feeling of fear, just something moving across the wall.

Since moving into our current place, many interesting things have happened.  Smelling matches and smoke in our room, and seeing a shadow in the same spot in the hall by the kitchen.  Most of the things seem to happen in or near our room.  We have both felt something touch us, at one point a hand caressed my head and something touched my husband’s arm.  Someone has sat on the bed to the point where I can feel the weight on the mattress and my husband has heard a voice next to him.  Just recently I’ve heard things falling like something got knocked over somewhere and I haven’t been able to find anything and just the other evening I heard two deep breaths next to me.  Nobody was home but me and everything was turned off so there were no sounds coming from anything else.  Paranormal?  Maybe.  I have to admit that the last couple wigged me out a bit but at the same time I’m again intrigued.  After all, energy can’t be destroyed, so is someone trying to get my attention.  Maybe.

So this Friday, I’m hoping, with slight trepidation that something cool will happen during this investigation.  And then I’m hoping I’ll be able to go to sleep that night.  I’ll just be sure to keep both arms and legs and maybe my head under the covers!