6. What chased us through the woods? | Spooky story narration of two haunted tales

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That's MAD.

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AM E welcome, welcome.
It's always so good to see you.

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Goodness, it's raining hellcats
and hell hounds out there.

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Well, not to worry.
Make yourself comfortable.

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I just made a fresh batch of
iced hibiscus tea sweetened with

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poison oak blossom honey.
Oh, don't worry.

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It's said that a teaspoon a day
protects you against poisoned

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oak.
I'm certainly not trying to

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poison you.
You're not on my list, so put

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your mind at ease, sit back and
listen to some new strange

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stories here on Madam Strange
Ways.

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Terrifying experience in Muskoka
ON by Aaron I'm one of those

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people that tear up a bit when
talking about something truly

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terrifying.
I'm tearing up while remembering

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this experience now.
I had a close and dear friend

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years ago.
We went to high school together

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and instantly became close as we
enjoyed the same everything,

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movies, games, activities and so
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This friend had a beautiful
cottage in Muskoka which was

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about an hour and a bit from the
area we lived in.

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They would talk about it a
bunch, saying how awesome it was

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to go there in the summer as it
was right on a river and was

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perfect for swimming and paddle
boarding.

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They also said it was kind of
haunted, just passing comments

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about how it was spooky, how
they'd hear things at night, how

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it was probably home to a ghost.
They always said this jokingly

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like it was no big deal, so we'd
usually laugh at the idea that

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they're beautiful and pretty
much newly built cottage was

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actually a ghost house.
Fast forward a couple of years

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and they invite me out to their
cottage in October.

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The family was going up and my
friend asked if I could come

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with.
I was super excited to go

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because I'd never really been to
Muskoka and I knew how beautiful

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it could be, especially in the
fall, and also how often my

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friend mentioned the fun they'd
have at the cottage.

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I want to know preface what
comes next with the fact that I

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have never had any paranormal
stuff happen to me ever.

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I don't disbelieve it and never
have, but I've never been in a

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position where I'd feel like OK
this is definitely paranormal

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stuff until this event.
We get to where the cottage is

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located in this small community
called Mathiasville.

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As soon as we enter I get this
weird feeling like a shadow had

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been cast.
It was a beautiful sunny day

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with good vibes all the way up
until we cross the bridge that

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led into the community.
The weather had turned overcast,

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but it wasn't that.
There was a heavy and weird

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energy.
We're driving along the

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Riverside for some time.
I tell my friend about the

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energy feeling, to which they
say, oh I know it's weird right?

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Like heavy.
Things lighten up, however, when

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we arrive at the cottage.
This place was absolutely

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beautiful.
New build, 3 floors, big deck on

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the 2nd floor and tons of
windows that went floor to

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ceiling.
It overlooked the river and it

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had a forest trail at the back.
The trail was way too thick with

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brush and wood to even try
navigating, so we spent a lot of

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our time out by the water and on
the big deck chilling.

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We drive into the nearest town
Brace Bridge for some outings

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and at night we dedicated our
time to beating the Call of Duty

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World at War campaign split
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It was an absolute blast.
We went for a long day walk to

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and saw some of the interesting
points of Mathiasville, a big

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dam, and beyond that a strange
and small graveyard that was

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situated on a slight hill at the
very tip end of the community.

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All of the graves were old and
some of them were unmarked,

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others you couldn't even make
out what the stones had written

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on them.
It was eerie, but nothing out of

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the ordinary happened for the
first two nights we spent there.

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On the third and last night, the
dad had to head home early for

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some work stuff so it was just
my friend, their mom, and myself

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hanging out for the night.
The mom was sleeping in the loft

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way way up on the 3rd floor and
we made the basement floor our

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home for the weekend.
We decided to watch a movie and

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eat snacks, but when that was
finished I suggested we go out

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for a night walk since it was a
clear night with a big moon out

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and I loved going for night
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Plus we hadn't really been out
and about after dark and the

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place was pretty beautiful at
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My friend was really against
this.

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They said the place was spooky
enough during the day, let alone

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at night.
I managed to convince them and

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out we went.
We were walking along the road

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that went along the river
towards the dam and the end of

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the community where the
graveyard was.

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We made it about 1/4 way when my
friend stopped dead in their

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tracks.
I looked back to see what was up

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when they were just standing
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They looked defensive.
I asked what was up and they

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said we need to go back.
Like now.

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This feels weird and I don't
like it at all.

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I asked if they were scared,
like if they heard an animal or

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something.
As soon as I asked that, we

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heard a deep and loud cracking
and snapping of wood in the

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dense forest above us on a rocky
Ridge that was beside the road

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opposite side of the river.
I looked up to where we heard it

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and it felt like everything
hushed crickets and all other

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night time sounds seemed to have
just stopped.

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My friend quietly said my name.
I looked back at them and then

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suddenly the bushes and shrubs
underneath the Ridge on the side

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of the road exploded as if
something huge jumped in them

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and thrashed around.
This made us bolt and I remember

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just saying run as I followed
behind my friend.

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We ran non-stop straight to the
basement door of the cottage.

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We got there in minutes but it
felt like seconds.

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We ran straight into the
basement bedroom and both hopped

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into the bed.
I remember saying it was likely

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a coyote or a raccoon or
something.

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As soon as I said those words, a
creaking started forming up

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above us in the living area of
the first floor.

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The creaking soon turned into
slow heavy footsteps back and

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forth and loud as if someone was
wearing work boots or something.

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I remember my friend through
tears saying, does that sound

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like a coyote to you?
I cannot even describe the

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absolute feeling of dread that
washed over me, like there's

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something up there taunting us.
We lay in complete silence for

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what felt like hours.
We got into the bed around 3:00

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AM after our walk, which turned
into a run and the footsteps

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didn't stop for an hour or so.
I remember finally falling

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asleep at 6:00 AM.
When we woke up, the first thing

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we did was of course ask the mom
if she had been awake last night

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around 3:00 AM.
She wasn't.

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She hadn't even gotten up once
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She said even if she did, we
would have heard her door open

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and then the footsteps down the
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Everything was open concept on
the 1st floor so it was easy to

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hear things going on.
We packed up and left.

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My friend's parents sold the
cottage a couple of years later.

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I don't think any of them went
back once after that weekend.

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I was curious about the area
afterwards, so I did some

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Googling and learned that there
was once a sawmill or something

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like that and a tragic accident
happened.

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I believe the owner's son
drowned or had a bad accident in

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the mill.
Something tragic like that.

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I want to say that could be a
factor here, but who knows.

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All I know is that night I heard
heavy, clear and loud footsteps

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pacing around above us on the
first floor.

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That was my first and only
paranormal experience and I'll

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never forget it.
You know Aaron, I am fully

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aligned with your friend.
You know when they said, does

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this sound like a coyote to you?
Probably not a coyote,

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unfortunately, unless it was a
very large, heavy coyote who

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wore big, heavy work boots.
Maybe then it could be a coyote

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who also has opposable thumbs
and was able to open a door and

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come inside after you.
Unfortunately, probably not a

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coyote.
I cannot even begin to fathom

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how terrifying an experience
that was for you and your

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friend.
I really, I can't blame you for

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getting a little teary eyed just
remembering how scary that was,

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the dread, you know, that you
felt, not just in the forest,

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not just while you're being
chased, but while you're quote

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UN quote safe in bed.
And then above you, those steps

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are just loudly continuing for
over an hour as you're both just

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laying there in abject fear.
Just, you know, not a good time.

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Not a good time.
You know, I bet you were sitting

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there thinking, I sure wish we
had just kept playing COD.

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Perhaps even more terrifying of
a concept is that there was an

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actual living, breathing human
being in the forest who followed

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you inside.
And you know, it was maybe just

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a creep.
Maybe just a weirdo who just

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kept walking around, didn't want
to bother you guys but wanted to

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scare you, which I guess is a
type of bothering.

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So I retract that statement.
I'm glad though that no living,

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breathing human beings did
anything worse while you were

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there, and that no ghosts did
anything worse while you were

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there either.
I did some research on Google

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trying to find an abandoned
cemetery or history of a sawmill

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and an accident somewhere in the
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I didn't come up with very much,
so I would be really interested

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to hear the history that you dug
up in your research because

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apparently there were a whole
lot of sawmills up in Canada and

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probably there were a lot of
accidents at a lot of them

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because it's just a whole bunch
of saws and OSHA certainly had

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not been invented yet at the
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Thanks so much for sharing your
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If anybody has any thoughts,
theories, or similar

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experiences, please go ahead.
e-mail

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madamstrangeways@gmail.com.
That's MAD AM E

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strangeways@gmail.com
Houses on a graveyard by elegant

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AD 26 O 3.
So some back story.

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In Texas there's a suburb that
is just outside of Houston that

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was built in the 70s over an
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They pretty much removed the
gravestones but didn't move the

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bodies.
So as time passes and the

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community gets bigger, they keep
finding graves.

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The most recent graves that were
found were about two to three

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years ago.
And if you go into the forest

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heading to the lake you may find
a gravestone or two.

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This is a story of a few of the
experiences I've had living here

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and FYI this will be a lengthy
post.

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So anyways, I had no knowledge
of this when I bought my first

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home in 2019.
In this community.

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We were so excited and I don't
know if the real estate agent

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knew the history of the land or
not so it wasn't mentioned to

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us.
We actually lived there a full

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year before we started having
our first experiences when my

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wife got pregnant in 2020.
We were so excited.

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It was our first and so we were
outfitting my baby's nursery.

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On this particular day, I was
just about to build the crib.

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I had just picked up the heavy
box from inside the garage.

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I went to open the door while
struggling to reach for the door

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handle.
Suddenly the door flew open out

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of my hands and due to this I
was expecting to see my wife on

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the other side of the door.
But she wasn't.

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She was in the nursery.
What made this even more weird

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is that the door was a heavy
door, one that would close under

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its own weight, and it wasn't a
windy day at this time.

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I thought it was strange but
really thought nothing of it.

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The second experience we had in
the house actually involves my

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wife.
I was taking a shower and

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relaxing after a hard day's
work.

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She had gone into the kitchen
and started to cook dinner.

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As I showered she suddenly burst
into the bathroom and she

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claimed that she saw a shadow
heading to the nursery and

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assumed it was me.
She said she started talking and

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thought it was odd.
I didn't reply and looked over

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and saw no one was there.
We would have things move time

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to time but thought we were
forgetful and had moved them but

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both of us never remembered
moving the item.

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It wasn't till I bought a second
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went to rent out the 1st house
that I learned the history of

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the community.
A guy looking at the house told

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me what he knew of the
graveyard, and after the

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conversation with him I became
curious and started researching,

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even finding an Unsolved
Mysteries episode about the

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community and the experiences
the first people of the

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community had, as well as all of
the lawsuits that happened.

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For those wondering, the buyers
of the homes lost the cases due

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to the fact that the graveyard
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the developer took over, so
there was no liability on them,

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or so if I understand what I
read correctly.

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Skipping to the next house, it
started activity immediately.

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At this point in time, I have a
six month old and a toddler.

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My wife, myself, and the toddler
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My newborn was sleeping in the
master.

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Suddenly, and with me and my
wife both present to see it, a

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playpen ball flew out of our
master and hit the wall.

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We both tried to figure how that
could have happened.

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We looked at our air
conditioning or if a toy was

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nearby that could have launched
the ball.

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Nothing.
We couldn't explain how the ball

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was thrown that hard against the
wall.

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The weirdest thing happens at
3:00 AM without fail.

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My 2 year old daughter who is
autistic wakes and wants to

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sleep with us.
Sometimes she seems like she's

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scared, sometimes she seems like
she's normal.

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Now.
I don't know if this is learned

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behavior or something more, but
I feel it's worth noting.

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Time and again we think we see
shadows and dark masses.

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My wife says she feels
uncomfortable in the kitchen.

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I feel like I see things out of
the corner of my eye.

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Now to be forward.
I won't call this paranormal

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because this could be my own
paranoia and makes me question

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if the small things I see are
just in my head and if this

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really is what we speculate.
It doesn't seem malicious.

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I'll update this if something
major ever happens.

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If you've made it this far,
thanks for reading.

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That is terrible.
What happened to those poor

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souls who were laid to rest and
then their grave markers removed

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and houses built on top of them?
I think it's actually a lot more

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common than we would all like to
think, unfortunately.

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Humans are awful.
Humans are awful.

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So if anyone is interested, it
sounds like this was the Black

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Hope Cemetery that's mentioned
in this story.

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And if you're curious about
watching the Unsolved Mysteries

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episode that this was in, it was
season 12, episode 7 of the

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original series with Robert
Stack, which to me is like the

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only one worth watching.
I tried watching the new one.

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It's just not, you know, it's
just not the same.

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It doesn't hit the same as it
did when it was originally on.

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But if you want to watch that
episode to learn more, that's

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where you can watch it.
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As for the happenings at the 1st
house that was built on this

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unmarked graveyard.
Unknowingly to you, you know, it

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sounded like if there was a
spirit there, it sounded like

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they were kind of excited that
you had a baby coming.

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Like they helped you open the
door to get the crib inside.

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You know when your wife saw the
shadow going to the nursery,

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like maybe they're excited.
They just want to go and see

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what all y'all had done that day
to get it prepared for the baby.

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You know, it didn't sound
malevolent to me, but I can

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understand that you would feel
uncomfortable in a house that

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you thought had a ghost in it.
So interesting that that stuff

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was happening to you and then
you learned about the history of

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the land.
You know, if it had been the

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other way around, then I think
it would be easy to say, well,

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maybe it is just paranoia,
feeling bad vibes in your house.

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It sucks, it's stressful and
it's like you can't be at peace

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and then you're not sleeping as
well and then that's making

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everything worse.
And then it's probably, you

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know, you're feeding off of your
wife and she's feeding off of

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you with these things that y'all
are seeing out of the corners of

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your eye, which I can only
imagine how stressful that is.

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I will say that your daughter
joining you in bed, even though

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that's happening at 3:00 AM and
I assume you're picturing 3:00

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AM as the witching hour.
You know where in people say

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that spooky stuff happens more
often at 3:00 AM, something

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about the veil, something about
demons, etcetera.

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I will say that 3:00 AM is a
very typical time for humans to

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wake up and it's something about
the R.E.M. cycle.

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But I think that her joining you
in bed, I think that's

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completely normal and doesn't
have anything to do with this.

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However, I cannot explain the
ball being launched out of the

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nursery.
I don't know how you both didn't

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just pack everything up and go
stay at a hotel or a family's

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house for the night after that
happened.

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So y'all are brave just putting
that out there.

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But it doesn't sound like this
is the same thing you were

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experiencing in the 1st house,
right?

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It feels different.
Assuming that you were

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respectful of the last home that
you lived in, there's not really

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any reason that something would
attach itself to you and follow

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you to the new house.
It might put your mind at ease

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though, if you and your wife
were to make a donation to the

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Foundation for Black Heritage
and Culture in Houston since the

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Black Hope Cemetery was
specifically for African

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Americans and slaves.
So just as an apology to those

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people that were buried there
and then had a house built on

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top of them, even though you
unknowingly lived there, that

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might be a nice gesture or a
peace offering for those

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spirits.
Now, if anyone listening has any

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similar stories or theories or
thoughts on this story, please

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go ahead.
Send me an e-mail at

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madamstrangeways@gmail.com.
That's MAD.

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AM E
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AD 26 O 3 for sharing your
stories.

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And thank you so much for
stopping by for such a lovely

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spooky time.
Now remember, if any of the

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strangeness scared you, remind
yourself that you can feel

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afraid and not be in danger.
You're safe here with me.

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