Ghost stories from Washington, United States: Page 1

Water Street by SteveW

There is a neighborhood called Peaceful Valley not far from downtown Spokane, Washington. It is indeed a valley, in the lowest part of the city downstream from the famous "Falls" of the Spokane river. It was established in the late 1800's as an area of modest, small affordable houses built primarily...

Orb And The Floor Squeaker by CantunSEEit

Nov 2011, First time I encountered a Floor Squeaker. I was recovering from low back surgery. The Staples in my back made it difficult to lay down. It's early morning, I'm sitting up in recliner couch, TV in front of me 12 feet or so away, looking to the right of TV start of hallway and washer dryer ...

Touched On The Face by CantunSEEit

After selling the mirrored hallway home, we moved into one of our rentals. We had been remodeling it for a couple of months, while it had been empty. This rental was up for sale, and we planned to move to Hawaii after selling. In this rental home, I had my best Spirit Crossing. It was about 4:00 p...

Could She Be Me? by LightMight

In the past few months I've had a couple of really strange things happen at my home, which isn't out of the ordinary for my place, but I'm actually stumped when it comes to finding answers as to why and how this is happening? There have been three separate incidents that took place, all involving so...

Possible Non Human Intelligence Contact In 1997-ghostly Hand Squeezes Mine As A Child Part 2 by Aros

Forgive the long story as I am going to use it as a sort of "Catch All" for several experiences that tend to be related. As stated in my other stories published, I have had paranormal experiences for much of my life. I have especially been drawn to the UFO/ET phenomenon ever since I can remember. Wh...

The Black Figure And The Pigeon by easyforcheez2

This experience happened near Spokane, Washington in the early fall month of September in 2020. MY fellow user on here who goes by easyforcheez and has already submitted one of our experiences before, (which was the ball that started all of these experiences and problems) decided to go for a drive w...

Father Points Out Missing Life Insurance Policy After Death by Aros

It was 1991 and my father was killed in a car accident just 6 months after my sister was also killed in a car accident (My first story was published on that recently). This time of my life understandably was much like being surrounded in a persistent fog. I was staying with my mom at the time and we...

Almost Missed Them by CantunSEEit

1st story; It's about 11. 00 AM, I am rinsing breakfast dishes and loading dishwasher. Dishwasher is left of the sink and next to Island that separates kitchen and living room. Both rooms are vaulted with good lighting. I started to put something in dishwasher and looked up into living room to see a...

Her Squeak Toy by CantunSEEit

My mother had passed away in 1999. I Inherited her beautiful dog (we will call her GEM for this story.) She was black with curly long hair, possibly golden retriever mix. She was friendly and was a kind spirit, and I let her wander the neighborhood. Gem loved chewy squeak toys and we laughed seeing ...

Black Clouds Showing Off by CantunSEEit

No time frame on these. These happened before I kept records. Same house. All in daylight hours. Sorry for purge of stories, this should be shared. The first time I encountered a black broiling cloud I was going to put clothes in dryer. Washer and dryer are at beginning of hallway on left side an...

He Came Out Of The Mirror by CantunSEEit

JANUARY 13 2013, Sunday, watching Seahawks playoff game with Atlanta. I work at 6 pm tonight so I am propped up on my bed, only slept my usual 6.40am to 10. 14 am. I always wake at 10.14? To my right side is my wife's side of the bed than maybe 3 feet to the 7 feet long hall to master bath. Both si...

Couple In The Cloud by CantunSEEit

It all began while living in Olympia, Washington, around 1966, when I was approximately 6 years old. My family of five lived in a mobile home that was very small and my Mother had to sleep in the living room. My older brother and I shared a room. On many occasions early in the morning, such as 2 o...

One Last Walk For Shandy by LightMight

Shandy was my late husband's Fox Terrier. In May, soon after my husband passed away, we noticed that Shandy wasn't quite as happy-go-lucky as he used to be. Shandy had always been energetic and playful, even though he was considered an older dog. Usually he loved playing fetch in the back yard with ...

Navy Blue Paint by creeps_peeps

It was the year 2014, and I was 11 years old. My family (my dad, stepmom, and three biological siblings and three step-siblings) had recently moved from Alaska to Washington State and moved into what we call the "Blue House" because it was painted a dark, navy blue. I don't remember when the first h...

The Events That Started It All by easyforcheez

Keep in mind this is just the story that started most of the paranormal experiences that My friend and I have experienced. This is far from all of what has happened, but this is where it gets scary for us. So, this story starts back in 2015. Before then I have had a few paranormal experiences, so...

Seeing My First Ghost/bonus Story by Moonlitpath

This happened to me when I was in middle school. I used to be scared of the paranormal/unknown so I never really dove into it when I was younger because it would keep me up at night. I remember being scared to shower with the door closed if nobody was home. This day I was home alone. I turned on...

Mini-tornado by LightMight

This experience took place in the late 1980's, while I was working as a secretary at a business firm in Los Angeles, California. I had been working at that location for awhile, and was rather comfortable with my daily work routine, albeit somewhat dull and tedious. The office environment was very pr...

Haunted Townhouses At Lacey by Don-H

When I left the Army, I tried to make a go of it in the state I got out in (Washington) but I soon realized that this was a mistake. This was a very expensive place to live in and the only property I could afford to rent that would allow me to keep my dog was in the town of Lacey (effectively a sub...

Kind Spirit In Our Mom's House by yonatsume

This story has about two sides to it. I would like to mention a kind of background on my twin sister, and then talk about paranormal activity going on in this house my mom has moved into about 9 years ago. Since the two of us were very young, for some reason, my sister has always had an interesti...

Back To The Cemetery, Please by BettinaMarie

Near my home is a huge, old, lovely Cemetery. Big trees provide shade over beautifully carved headstones. Many of them have military and Masonic symbols, and the oldest dates of decease are from the 1910's. It is a nice, quiet place to be. During the day it is open for the public. I used to take my ...

The Time There Was A Hooded Figure In My Room by FarrenNeil

When I was 7 years old I woke up one morning and I saw something strange; a dark hooded figure was pacing back and forth across my room. Terrified, I stuffed my head in the pillow and pulled the covers over my head. 2 minutes later I lifted up my head and the figure was gone. To this day, I have no...

I've Attracted A Ghost, And I'm Not Sure What To Do by dogfrog132

It's happened since I was eleven. I did some stupid stuff and attracted a ghost (too long to explain, haha). Long story short, there would be shadows (that shouldn't have belonged there), I'd have that horrible feeling of not being alone, etc. Keep in mind that I wasn't on medication, and I was cons...

Washington Island House Haunting by chmort

This is a long entry, so please bear with me. My family has lived in the same house since December 2001 on Mercer Island, WA. Mercer Island itself has an interesting history: Native Americans in the area refused to spend the night/live on the island due to the belief that it was haunted by evil ...

Motel 6 And Anna by WintersAzazel

In my early teens, I began seeing spirits. Maybe I had been seeing them before, and simply brushing them off as figments of my overactive imagination, but all I know is my early teens is when I remember them really becoming noticeable. They started off as blurs barely distinguishable from the co...

My Step Dad Passing And Picture by chelscp11

3 years ago I remember I was on my way to costco and I couldn't shake this feeling I was having. It was as if something horrible happened but nothing had happened. I kept telling myself that everything is fine. My anxiety was through the roof. The next day I received a phone call from my brother he ...

Little Boy With Red Hair by chelscp11

I am new to this site, but I have always wanted to tell my story to a larger crowd. I have not told many people this story. It took me a year to even bring it up for the first time. It just seems so insane and farfetched that I figured no one would believe me! Please give me your thoughts. I am ...

Flash Of Light And Shadow Man Next To Bed by DandK

A couple of years ago, I started noticing a very short, fast single flash of light once every few days or so in the dark bedroom at night when I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep. It was so fast I could never really see where it originated in the room, except a couple of times it seemed like i...

Restroom Poltergeist by DandK

About 12 years ago I worked for a large manufacturing company.  About a year prior to the story I'm about to tell, the company had just completed construction on a new wing of the building in which I worked. My group had moved into this wing right after its completion. Our offices were on the sec...

Bedroom Voice by DandK

When I got married five years ago, I moved into my husband's house in Wenatchee, Washington. The house was built in 1959. One night, about a month after we got married, we went to bed around 11 pm. I laid down next to my husband and put my head on his shoulder. The nightstand light next to him was s...

Crossing Over, A Families Experience by otteer

Reading another poster's experience about being with his father before he died made me reflect upon my own experience recently with my ex-husband's own passing. My ex came to live with my son and I when he was homeless and ill. He was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer soon after. I decided that even...

Involving Psychic Stuff Moreso Than Ghosts by Triskaideka

This doesn't involve ghosts, however I have so much respect for the community at YGS and the psychics here that I'd rather get help from you rather than from anyone else. I've never shared these stories in a public forum before... Because I think it seems crazy. I didn't get into the paranormal b...

That House Still Haunts Me by MandyyNicole

When I was between the ages of 10-12, my parents bought a house in the woods of Renton. It was a lovely place with plenty of acreage. Our neighbor was a "crazy horse lady", so to speak, and she had near 10 miniature horses, and chickens that seemed to never stop reproducing. It was a blast for me gr...

Chased By An Eerie Laugh by jaderae

This is my first submission to the site. I have tried to be detailed in my description of the physical surroundings to help readers understand why this occurrence was so disturbing to me. On St. Patrick's Day, either 2011 or 2012, I was out with my friends at a sports bar when our designated driv...

Spirit Messing With Me by Sluge

This happened when I was quite young, so my mom told me this story. When I was really little, I had a sound machine in my room. My mom still occasionally uses it, but I don't use one anymore. (If you haven't read my other story about this house I lived in, check out "Little Boy In the Corner") So...

Cold Hands by Sluge

I was at my friend Larson's house having a sleepover. I always found the Larson's backyard to be pretty creepy. For instance at night You can hear rattling in the bushes (which is most likely raccoons) and at night, the backyard is usually pitch black. So at this sleepover, Larson and I wanted to ea...

Please Don't Trick Me Into Finding Your Ghost by teriland1

I am a sensitive, yes, even sometimes consider myself psychic. My abilities have waned over the years but that is another story. I tried the other day to remember when I first realized I had this "attribute" but I simply can't recall. I can sense spirits. I don't see them out-right as much as I feel...

White Man Who Stands And Stares At Me by Akaitsuki

I live in rural Washington. This happened when I was about fifteen (five years-ish ago). My house is at the end of a long driveway, it's probably roughly 10 to 30 feet before you can reach the house. Usually there is a light at the entrance to the driveway, one of the lamps that the county sets ...

The Farrier by Mace

During my teen years I spent a lot of time on my stepdad's cattle ranch, west of Spokane, Washington. I was and still am really into horseback riding. Every weekend my best friend and I would venture out to the ranch to spend a couple of days with our horses, practicing for 4-H shows and having fun....

Demons Inside Me by Clifford96

I grew up in a very religious family and I on the other hand had my doubts of the existence of god and the devil this will lead on to later years growing up. I was about 6 or 7 years old my mother and I would always visit a family member since we lived a couple hours away and every time we were at t...

Physicist Turned Schizo? by My5t1kal

A little about me: I am a 31 year old physics student. Formally Atheist, now open to the possibilities of everything. I have never paid any attention to supernatural or paranormal and have done nothing, to my knowledge, to instigate the stories you are about to read. Also, there being so many of the...

The Shadow Man Is Back by Emilio

It's been a while since I posted anything on here; since I only had one experience whilst I was a child. So the spirit/daemon/creature that I have deemed "The Shadow Man" has come back into my life. Now before I say what has started happening I will explain a bit about what happened when I was...

A Dark Hovering Presence by RitaCMW

This is the first story I have submitted. I really don't have many experiences that cannot be attributed to coincidence or happenstance, but this one has stuck with me for decades. I was in my 20s, single, living in the Pacific Northwest where I had recently moved with a good friend. My family was f...

Every October by cruzie

Every single house I have ever lived in has had a spirit or two hanging around; I've told my mom that I'm convinced they follow us. We have weird things happen all the time including doors opening, tapping sounds, footsteps, and other typical "haunting" occurrences. What happened two years ago w...

It Won't Leave Me Alone by thebigseastar

I am 67 years I have a spirit that is in my apartment and everywhere I go. It tells me, by subversive means, or flat out, what to do, when to do it etc. It is getting more and more aggressive. If it doesn't like what I am doing it stings, cuts or pushes me or bothers me until it gets its way. I pers...

House Of Fear And Strangness by K_marie82

My story is about the house I grew up in. I'm not the best writer but I will try my best to articulate my experiences to the readers in a way that hopefully won't be too hard to follow and makes sense. Also, I apologize in advance if this ends up being way to long and I seem to ramble on and on. ...

The Man In The Dark by Jessiecorrine

I'm 22 now, and there have been a number of strange instances for me in my life. I thought it would be nice to share a couple of them with more people, seeing as how quite a few others seem to have had some similar experiences. I've been on a never-ending search for answers. Let's start when I w...

The House I Lived In by MarziPan

I used to live with my mother, in Naches, WA, in a very creepy house. This house not only frightened me, but as well as my friends. There are five stories that I will share, and each paragraph will be a different one. When I was around the age of 10 or 11, my mom worked at an eye doctor and had t...

Sleep Paralysis, Supine Position, Cloaked Figure by Ijustwannameowatyou

I was visiting my boyfriend in Kennewick, WA and this wasn't an uncommon thing. I visit all the time. This one night we went to sleep and suddenly I had this awful feeling that something very bad was going to happen. I was laying on my back (supine position) with the end of the bed facing the do...

Very Freaked Out, Need Advice by Theres_People_Everywhere

This month I decided it would be fun to occupy my time by volunteering at a haunted house. I have had a very fun time doing so, as I am an actor, and I have been doing this all month. When I first started working, other workers kept telling stories of how they believed that this haunted house wa...

Ghostly Visitor, Or Past Life Experience - Two Year Old by Leniford2

In July of 2012, my husband and our toddler son moved into a new house (new to us). I lived in the previous house for 12 years, and there were a few incidents there - a picture flying off the wall to reveal a hidden picture, an item of my Dad's that appeared just after he passed away, that kind of t...