KimberlyandJohn5

Events occurring in current home

January 2008 to Current Date.

Added January 02:

Only fifty-one hours in to the New Year and already things are going crazy.

Wednesday morning, by the time I got off work, prepared John's lunch for the next day and did a load of laundry, it was nearing 3:30 am. John had already gone to bed, Justin and Adam both fell asleep on the sofas and Corey and Avalon (both in the middle teens), were still up watching a movie. I was tired and ready for bed. I headed to the bathroom…while walking down the hall…I clearly saw Justin's bedroom door wide open. I got out of the bathroom and found Justin now awake, standing outside the bathroom door, waiting. I headed to the laundry room to get the last load of laundry from the dryer. Two of our cats (Ollie and Moody) were laying on the back screen patio….so before Justin went to our bedroom to sleep…I asked him to bring them in. I don't know why….but for reasons, I did not yet know…..I began wondering where our youngest cat, Autumn was. We have four cats (Moody, Ollie, Sam and Autumn). I called her a few times from the dining room….she didn't come. So…I headed through the kitchen, down the hall…and still, without knowing why…I proceeded straight to Justin's bedroom. Now…the door was completely closed shut. But…it was no big deal…..I didn't give it two thoughts, until I reached for the door knob and suddenly became overwhelmed with the feeling and thought "Don't open the door."

I opened the door and there, on a small night stand that sat in the middle of the floor was Autumn. Her head leaned down, her back hunched as high as it would go and her entire body, waved from head to tail as if something, I couldn't physically see, was petting her. I watched as a tag from a piece of clothing Justin picked up while we were out Christmas shopping, floated like a magic carpet all around Autumns head, before reaching her face and began stroking her face, in an up and down motion. I stood there hesitating what to do….because even though I was seeing this weird thing going on…I can't explain it…it was almost like I didn't want to believe it and for just an instant, I convinced myself that that I wasn't seeing this going on…I was only imaging it….my eyes were playing tricks on me. So, I walked calmly over to Autumn, put my hand over her back, reached out and grabbed the paper tag, that was still floating mid-air in front of her face. The instant I snatched this tag with my thumb on index finger, it felt like it was soaking wet. I threw it down on the table, wiped my hand on my jeans and then grabbed Autumn up, turned around and there was Corey standing behind me. He looked at me and asked "What was that? What just happened?" I handed him Autumn and asked him to take her out and check her real good to make sure she was o.k.

I stood there, looking down at the table…asking myself repeatedly "Yah, What did just happened here?" I can't explain it…but even though I couldn't see anyone or anything, I could feel this weird presence near me. Corey came back to the room and said Autumn appeared to be fine.

Corey, myself and Avalon went to my office so I could figure things out…I know there was no way I could have imagined what happened….yet…I was trying to not only convince them there must have been explanation for it…but also trying to convince myself that perhaps, just perhaps…being so tired…my eyes were playing tricks on me.

So, I headed back to Justin's room to see if perhaps there was a little plastic string attached to the tag and perhaps...this was an explanation to what I saw. Maybe Autumn was chewing on this tiny plastic attached to the tag and that's what created the illusion of this paper tag floating. But, when I went back to the room...expecting to pick up a soaking wet piece of paper…to my shock…not only was it was completely dry...it had no plastic attached to it and it was icy cold. I walked back in my office, handed Avalon the paper….told her to feel it…she said it felt like it had been sitting in a freezer. She handed it to Corey….and I had them both feel my two fingers I touched the tag with....which, of the two...only one remained icy cold. All the rest of fingers and both hands were very warm.

Avalon was so scared that she asked if she could sleep in my bedroom on the hideaway bed we have in there. Adam originally went to sleep on Justin's bed….but for reasons we haven't figured out yet…when he laid in the bed, the frame fell apart…and he ended up having to sleep on the sofa bed with Avalon.

I was lying in bed, still replaying in my head what I'd seen in Justin's room…when I heard Adam yell out "Stop already, I can't go to sleep!" Avalon leaped out of the bed, ran over to me and Adam grabbed his head, covering his ears. I asked him "Adam, what's going on?" He said "Someone keeps calling my name and won't let me go to sleep." I asked Avalon "Were you calling him?" She shook her head "No." Adam looked over at my bedroom door, which was open about a two feet….and pointed "Their calling me from over there, from the door." The only person it could have been was Corey…so I called out to him a few times…no answer. I got out of bed…walked around the house….checked on Corey…he was in bed. I came back, closed our bedroom door and asked Adam what happened. He said "Someone kept whispering my name real fast. They whispered it about 5 times; until I rolled over to ignore them…then they whispered it again, three more times. That's when I yelled at them to stop." We all stayed up until John got up to go to work. Which…he said, even he didn't get any sleep with all the commotion going on.

Added January 16:

I was in the living room, watching TV with my sister Regina. Out of no where, I was engulfed with the strong smell of soap…..it was so strong that I literally had to pull my shirt over my face to breath. I said to Regina "God, where's that coming from?" She sat up and looked over at me, asking what I was talking about. She said she couldn't smell anything. I called out to Corey and Justin, to see if they spraying anything (even though it didn't smell like anything I've ever smelled before, other than it had the distinct smell of strong "soap". As quickly as the smell came, it was gone. A little while later (maybe 10 or 15 minutes later)….it returned. Now, I had no type of candles or air freshners or anything like that in the house. I called out to Regina "The smells back!" This time, it was twice as strong…so strong that I swear, it felt like I was inhaling particles…like dust or grains of finely ground pepper. Regina got up and walked over to where I was...now she could smell it too. She said "Wow…that's strong…it smells like soap or powdered laundry detergent!" Then again, as quickly as it came, the smell was completely gone. I got up and walked around the entire parameter of the living room, checking every shelf, behind the aquarium…everywhere, looking for the source of where this smell had come from. I found nothing, absolutely…nothing. I asked Corey to bring me my emf detector, just in case the smell came back. Right as rain….about a half an hour later….Regina yells out "It's by me…..I can smell it!" I couldn't smell it at all from where I was sitting….so I tossed her the emf detector. She slowly moved it all around her face and body….it didn't react. She then brought it around between the couch and coffee table and it shot up once, then went back to normal. After that…the smell went away and never came back.

Added January 18:

My son's guitar teacher, Shelby…myself and my son Justin were in the living room watching TV. I heard Corey call me to come look at something he found on the internet. I got up to go see what he was calling me for. As I came around the recliner, past the fish aquarium, towards my office…..I saw a dark shadow shoot from my office in to the bathroom (which is directly across from my office). I thought to myself "Uh-huh….I bet he's (Corey) playing a joke…he's gonna try and jump out and scare me." Well…I walked up to the bathroom, looked in….Corey isn't in there. I turned around and looked in my office and there he is, sitting at my computer. I didn't say anything at first….but later that night, just before everyone went to bed, Corey said to me "Mama…do you ever feel like something's in your office?" I asked what he meant by that (because it was odd he was mentioning this and I saw something apparently fleeing from there.) I told him "Yah…sometimes. Why, did you see something?" He said "No, but sometimes, I feel like I'm not alone when I'm in there."

Added February 13:

I'm slow at adding these latest events....but these incidents happened the first week of February to current date:

This happened February 3rd:

I went to bed about 1:30 am. Sometime in the middle of the night, I woke up to what sounded like someone going "Pssst" "Pssst" "Pssst" in my ear. I reached over and turned on the lamp, thinking one of the kids was trying to wake me up. No one was there. Then, after I turned the lamp back off and was trying to go back to sleep, it sounded like someone walking. The sound started near the foot of my bed and migrated around to my side of the bed. Then it just stopped. Before I could even turn to look to see what the sound was, I felt something under the comforter. It felt like a cat crawling under it and I felt it lightly brush upwards on the back of my leg. When I swooshed my foot around to see if it was a cat (because I have 4 cats)...there was nothing there. Now I was worried and jumped up, flipped on the lamp again and looked under the blanket....not one single cat was in our bedroom. I got out of bed and found all the cats laying in the kitchen...Autumn was laying on the windowsill, Olie was laying on the counter next to the stove and Moody and Sam were on the stove. When I saw Sam and Moody on the stove, I just so happened to look at the clock and it was 3:50 am. So...that tells me this all started happening around 3:30. Which...is the most active time around here (between 3 and 3:30). I couldn't go back to sleep, so I fixed myself a glass of tea, sat at the table and smoked a cigarette before attempting to head back to bed.

This happened February 4th:

My niece Avalon spent the night, so she could catch the bus early to school from our house. Because of her many encounters, through out our house, she refuses to sleep anywhere, other than in our bedroom, where she feels safe. She sleeps on a hide-away-bed sofa we have in our bedroom. Anyway....in the middle of the night, she said she woke up to me yelling "Stop!"...."Stop touching me!" She said she sat up on her knees to look over at me and saw me shaking my arm and hand. She said John woke up too and asked me "Who's touching you?" They both said I responded "The ghost...they keep touching and grabbing my hands". I must have been having a nightmare....yet, you'd think as upset as they said I was, I would remember...but I don't. While adding this incident (today) to our website.....it's odd how this "nightmare" and my shouting in my sleep seems to coincide with the sudden recent activity that is happening in our bedroom. I can't help but wonder what I thought we "lost" by moving from one bedroom to another, has somehow, someway found it's way to us again. And our newly found peaceful night's sleep without incident....is now coming to an end. Only time will tell.

This happened either February 6th or 7th:

After I got off work (which was after 3 am), I got John's work clothes and lunch ready for that morning. I went to bed….and sometime while I was laying there waiting to fall asleep…I heard someone whisper in my right ear "Kim". It startled me because; first…the tone of the voice sounded exactly like my son Corey's voice. Second…I was surprised to hear "Kim" because no one calls me "Kim". I'm used to hearing everyone call me "Kimber" or "Kimberly" or "Mama". Anyway….I laid there very still….trying to convince myself that perhaps it was one of the cats or Chewy making a sound…and because I was caught off guard, my brain processed what I heard as my name being whispered. Well….I heard it again, but this time, it wasn't right up to my ear….when it said my name, it sounded like it came from the corner of the room, near where we have our TV cabinet. And again…it simply said "Kim". I poked at John to wake him up. When he rolled over, I told him "Something's in here….it keeps calling me." We both laid there, waiting to see if it happened again, but it didn't. Well....by now, John's alarm clock went off for him to get up for work. He got up, shut off the alarm and headed off to take his shower. I laid there; attempting to finally go to sleep when it became clear that there wasn't just one energy present….there must have been at least two. Because I heard "Is Johnny coming back?" and then I heard a separate sound, which sounded like something else replying "Hmm" or "Mmm". This tells me…what ever was present…was familiar with John (because only we call him Johnny….his friends and co-workers call him "John")….but it wasn't familiar with me, because it called me by a name I don't go by.

This happened today, February 13th:

Today….I had to run some errands, so I had the kids getting ready. Justin was in the front shower. While I waited in the living room….Justin called out to me from the bathroom. He claimed while he was taking his shower, he saw through the shower curtain (which is clear)….what looked like either a hand reaching in to the mirror or reaching out of the mirror. When I asked him to show me what he saw…he had a difficult time trying to reenact what he saw….because he said "All I saw was a hand reflecting in the mirror. I couldn't tell if it was reaching in to the mirror or coming out of it…I just saw the reflection in the mirror." As he opened his hand wide open and moved it slowly towards the mirror.

Added March 07:

I was in the living room, speaking with Rita and Regina. I got up to go to the kitchen to grab something to drink. As I stood up and walked around the loveseat to head towards the kitchen. I saw what I thought was our cat "Sammy" trotting (something between walking fast and running slow), down the hall, coming towards me. I smiled at him, because I thought he was running up for me to pet him....but before he reached me (which was about 7 or 8 feet away)....he just faded very quickly in to thin air.

Added March 19:

Last night, while I was watching American Idol….alone (John and Justin had gone to work on my sister Regina's computer and Corey was in his bedroom on the opposite end of the house with my niece Avalon and nephew Adam, playing his guitar), during a commercial I got up to adjust and tuck the cushions in to the loveseat (they were all out of wack and almost falling off the sofa). Anyway….I was with my back to the tv…when I turned back around to sit down…for a split second (it was like counting…1…2…slow) I saw a man standing in the dining room doorway. And I knew immediately I was seeing a ghost, because he wasn't whole like a living person, he was faded….semi-transparent. He was young….I would say maybe early to mid 20's, short dark hair, tall….over 6ft….because the doorway is 7ft and he was towering almost as high as the doorway…..he was wearing a long coat (like a duster or trench coat and it was opened…but I couldn't tell you what kind of shirt he had on). The coat was tapered at the waist….it had an hour glass shape. He was standing there with one knee bent, sort of leaning against the door frame on his shoulder…..it was a very casual, relaxed kind of stand...yet there was something very invasive about it. When I saw him….I was so startled that I don't think I even breathed….all I felt was a sensation like bees buzzing all through my body. As quickly as I saw him, he vanished right before my eyes. But he didn't just "poof" disappear….I watched as he faded away very quickly. Through the rest of the show, I just kept randomly looking behind me in the hall, kitchen and dining room to see if he was still around….but I didn't see him again. When John and Justin came home and Regina came along…I told them what I saw. I can honestly say I was un-nerved by his presence….I think because I feel perhaps….maybe…I don't know….he wanted me to see him….and though he didn't do anything threatening….it was the way he was standing there. Almost as if to say to me "Yah, I'm here…watching you." Well, nothing else was mentioned about this man, nor did he reappear the rest of the night. But………something big did happen today.

John saw a ghost. I've been with this man for almost 28 years…and he has never, ever, ever….physically seen a ghost…that is…until today. I was in the kitchen making lunch, John walked in from the back door to go to the bathroom. Next thing I know, John is standing in the kitchen, with this big shocked look on his face. He tells me "I just saw something….I just saw a ghost!" I asked him what happened…and this is what he told me: "I came inside to go to the bathroom…when I walked in to the kitchen….I saw, what I thought was Corey walk by the kitchen doorway and go in to the living room. When I went to the bathroom, I could hear Corey's shower going. Right then and there, I knew….what I saw couldn't have been Corey….he's taking a shower. And you're in the kitchen and Justin was with me on the back patio!" He then went on to say that it was when he realized Corey was taking a shower, what he saw couldn't have been Corey. I asked him "If you didn't see Corey, why did you assume it was Corey? Did this thing you saw look like Corey?" He said "No, it was just a black shadowy kind of figure….but I assumed it was Corey, because who else would it be?" Well…its official….my husband, has finally seen what we have all been telling him all these years we see. I can't say that I'm happy or relieved….because frankly….I'm worried what he saw was the same figure I saw in the doorway the night before. And, frankly….I worry what this energy is up to. Because I didn't get a good feeling when I saw it…and for my husband to see it (assuming it's one of the same)…..it doesn't sit right with me. To me, this thing is being very bold….and I worry whether it's just something passing through or it's going to stick around for a while and cause problems. But it's official.....my husband has finally seen his first ghost.

Added March 25 (Update to John's experience on 3/19/2008):

Knowing John and knowing how he responds to things he's experienced in the past (heard and felt)...I wanted to give things time to sink in before prying for futher details. He's the type that doesn't want to admit he's had a paranormal experience....so he's very vague with details, doesn't like to talk about it and quickly changes the subject. Anyway, I let things settle before bringing the subject up again. As it turns out...just as I expected...there was more to the experience than he was willing to admit when he had his first physical sighting. I just knew he wasn't as rattled over seeing what he said he first saw...I knew there had to be more. As it turns out....when he first saw this "person" walking from the hall towards the living room....he automatically assumed it was our son Corey. Because, he said "Who else could it have been?" Well...he didn't just see this thing once...he saw it twice...within in minutes. He said his second encounter with it was when he opened the door to come out of the bathroom. He said this thing....came back....passing right in front of him. He said the first sighting, it looked like a person....the second time he saw it....when it passed in front of him....only a foot or so from his face......it didn't look like a person anymore. Now it was just a dark mass....like a dark, thick, black cloud of smoke with no distinctive shape or form. As soon as it passed in front of him the second time, he took off after it....expecting to "find" an explanation to what he saw (I'm assuming he was hoping to find Corey). When he came around the corner, he found no one....and this is when it hit him...."What the hell was that?"

Added May 14:

Sorry it's taken so long for me to update this page with the latest events. I haven't personally experienced anything lately....I've just been enjoying the peace, quiet and tranquilty for as long as I can.....but….it hasn't been so peaceful for other family members.

Several weeks ago, my nephew Adam spent the night. He and my son Corey were in Corey's room watching a movie. I was in the living room with my son Justin, watching TV. At some point, Adam and Corey came out for snacks. They started horsing around….goofing off….and I had to shout out "Hey, you two are too loud….we can't hear the TV!" Well a few minutes later, I hear this blood curdling scream….then a bunch of shuffling sounds. Before I could react (thinking they were starting to horse around again and getting loud again)….Adam and Corey are standing in front of me and Adam is bent over, all out of breath. At this point, I was under the assumption all the commotion was them horsing around and Adam got hurt. Well, after calming him down….he wasn't hurt…he was terrified. He started telling me that he thinks he just saw a ghost. This was actually the first time Adam had ever physically seen a ghost before. From what I gathered from both he and Corey…this is what happened: Corey was pouring himself something to drink….both him and Adam were kidding around….then I yelled for them to be quiet. After Corey was finished pouring his soda, Adam turned around for them to head back to Corey's room to finish watching the movie. As he turned around and was walking towards the kitchen doorway….he saw what he described as a person, dressed all in white run by real fast. It startled him, so he screamed. He said at first he thought it was Justin joking around, trying to scare him…so he went to try and catch him. But when he got out of the kitchen and looked down the hall, there wasn't anyone there. He said he then looked the other way and saw both me and Justin sitting in the living room. Still, not putting two and two together, he walked down the hall to see who it could have been. He got to Corey's room (which is the furthest room down the hall)….but no one was there. When I asked him to further describe what he saw…he described just seeing what looked like a person wearing fluffy white material that puffed out as it ran by. The experience really rattled him.

Then.....last week, we were all in the living room watching TV. Justin got up to go outside….then suddenly….he just froze. I looked at him, then looked where he was looking….I didn't see anything. He said when he got up and looked towards the dining room, he saw what looked like a black shadow peeking out from behind the wall, then it just darted back behind the wall. About an hour later, my sister Regina came over for coffee and to watch TV. She got up to go to the bathroom. She said when she came out of the bathroom, for just a split second she saw what looked like someone (she said it looked like Justin) sitting in my office chair. The rooms are right across from one another. She said it was like she blinked then what ever or who ever were sitting there, just vanished.

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