“Real Ghost Encounters!” by DEV

And since this gray ghost is haunting my blog, I should make sure I post more stuff than he does…before I get too scared to even open this webpage!

Here are my top 3 Real Ghost Encounters (that’s in order, according to what’s scariest for me. I mean, these events never really scared me but hey, I might as well talk about how I faced them. *ehem* Bravery’s my middle name)

Top 3:  The Staircase Boy!

I saw this little boy on our stairs hundreds of times. I saw him walking up or down so often that I almost gave him a name. But Ark warned me that giving him a name will only make him stay in our house longer. So I decided to forget all about it, and just ignore that boy…who sometimes follows us even while WE’RE USING THE STAIRS!! It’s horrible. And I wasn't the only one who saw him. Everyone did. Sometimes even our visitors would see him, just standing there…waiting.

So I made it a point that on New Year’s Eve of 2010, I cast his soul away. Ark and I prayed for him and asked him to leave us alone. It worked…for a while. He returned about two months after that, but in a less scary aura than before. He started visiting less frequently, until he never returned. Whew. That’s another act of bravery from yours truly, Dev.

Top 2: Caught on Tape!

My high school friends and I decided to make a documentary for a project in English. All five of us (Ark included) made our topic a bit challenging: FEAR. We dove--well, they did. I’m not into documentaries-- into the psychological depths of human fear. We interviewed several people about their fears and stuff.

Now we decided to make this cool “Star of David” sign on the floor. Yeah, that same star you see in the flag of Israel. We made a HUGE “Star of David” on the floor of a REAL haunted house (owned by the parents of one of our friends). We couldn't access the ACTUAL house, so w stayed on its basement. There we stayed several nights, trying to tease our own fears. I was the one assigned to do all the talking in front of the camera thing, so I was also the one to stay inside the “Star of David”. One night, we set the symbol on fire, as I kept delivering my lines. 

The only creepy thing about this is that one of my friends could see “other things”…and she saw a lady walk behind me a couple of times! She was good enough to keep what she saw to herself, until I finished delivering my lines. We all walked home as she told the story, and a cold feeling got inside all of us.

Then we watched the video and found out…we caught one on tape!! We couldn’t explain the white thingy that walked where none of us did. Great thing is, the teacher loved our work. She kept it with her as a “sample work”.  I wouldn't do that. I mean what would I do with a documentary, and second… it’s plain scary.

Top 1: The Forbidden Song!

 I like writing songs. I sometimes do it in my spare time. But there’s this one cool song I wrote that I never sing out loud…not anymore.

I had a crush on this girl that went to the same school as Ark and I did. I liked her so much that I created this song for her. Now as I wrote alone in my room, I recorded my voice so I could memorize the melody. I don’t know how to write notes and stuff so I relied on my little recorder. Just a few minutes after, my pile of pillows suddenly crashed to the floor for no reason. I felt something cold, and I just knew some “thing” else was there with me…and it was mad.

“I’m gonna finish this song no matter what.” I said aloud. I just liked the song so much. I guess it just angered “it” more.

One time, I woke up in the middle of the night and saw HER. She was a little girl, and she was standing right there—just in front of me. I felt hatred. She hated me. And she hated my song. Of all I've written, it was the only one that got such a negative feedback. EVEN THE OTHER WORLD HATES IT. And every time I continued writing, something else would crash to the ground. She’s a violent spirit.

Still, I didn't give up. I continued. (Bravery, I told you so.)

Until the final straw… I was recording my voice one morning. And when I listened to it, SHE WAS SHOUTING. She was growling actually. She growled louder and louder as I came to the chorus. I was just terrified. I never deleted that file, but I did promise never to sing the song again. She left me alone peacefully after that.