Man in the Hall Way

I've been avidly reading the stories on this site for several months now and have finally gathered the courage to tell one of my own. It's been two summers since this incident, but it still kind of spooks me. My friend Sarah has a family of 7 and is one of 5 girls. Her oldest sister was graduating from high school and she wanted to attend the graduation with her family. So her mom asked me if I would babysit her 3 younger sister. At the time Rachel was 8, Sammy 3, and Paula 2. So I arrive at the house, said bye to Sarah and the family and wished Anna great graduation wishes.

At about eight o'clock, Rachel started to complain about being hungry which started a chain reaction between all 3 girls whining for food. So off to the kitchen we headed. I told Rachel to go see what she wanted out of the pantry but she refused to open the pantry door, proclaiming she didn't feel right about it. This struck me as really odd due to the fact that she is a very brave determined girl and the house is BRAND NEW, like just built, so it wasn't creepy at all. But all the same, she was 8, so after I took care of their "empty" stomach I decided it was quite time and we all sat on the couch to watch Stewart Little. I strategically placed rachel on one side of me and Paula and Sammy on the other side {that way I could keep my eyes on all of them}. At about 10:00pm the house started to feel really really chilly and not a windy cold, but a dry eerie cold, and since it was the middle of may in california with no AC, it struck me as REALLY odd. But it got so bad I told the kids I was going to go borrow one of Sarah's sweatshirts. As soon as I mentioned that I was going into Sarah's room, her door {visible from the sitting room} slammed shut {by itself} with such vengeance, I decided to let it be and deal with the cold.

Sitting back on the couch {girls in original positions} in the freezing cold, I, all of the sudden, felt a feeling of dread flow over me. As I looked up from the TV in discomfort, I saw a person in a crisp white gown dash from the hall way to the computer room. It had golden hair and it was running with its face turned away from me. It was very tall but I didn't see feet so it could have been floating / running. Something lead me to believe it was a young man. And creepiest of all, it looked totally alive!

After seeing whatever it was, I looked at the girls who were all in their places just sitting there and proclaimed that hadn't seen a thing.

I hadn't mentioned anything to Sarah or Anna until 4 weeks had passed and finally, I relayed the tale. Sarah looked up at me like I had just punched her in the face. And she began to tell me how she had see the same exact person only 5 days before I had. But she just shrugged it off.

Although no one else in the house have seen it, Sarah's mom and dad have heard shrill shrieks from that hall and their bedroom door does unlock and open itself.

Sarah and I are the same age, is that why only us have seen it? Or perhaps the thing is the same age as us and was buried under the house years ago? But what is quite puzzling is that it looked completely solid, I thought ghosts were supposed to be transparent?

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