A lancashire man whose house has a chilling reputation for poltergeist activity claims he is being haunted by text messages from his dead wife, the Blackpool Gazette reports. Frank Jones, 59, was obliged 12 years ago to have his home in Windsor Avenue, Thornton, exorcised after a malevolent spirit dubbed "The Thing", which had already driven one terrified family from the house, turned its attentions on him and his wife and kids. In 1971, previous residents the Ross family told the Gazette how The Thing had "pulled at their bed covers while they were asleep" and that they "sensed a vile smell and felt something breathing in their ears". Jones moved in 20 years ago, solidly sceptical about the legendary presence, but "soon changed his mind". He recounted: "I just thought they were imagining it. But there was a lot of banging and an earthy smell in the house. Then one night I was lying in bed and a mist came across the room. I wanted to shout out at it, but I couldn't get my words out. My face seemed to be paralysed. It all got too much for me when that happened." Jones's daughter, Maureen, 30, confirmed that The Thing had turned on taps and "ransacked" the house. She said: "You think people are exaggerating until you experience it. I was home alone one evening and suddenly heard these footsteps coming up the stairs.

They went into my dad's bedroom and then I heard all the cupboards banging open. It sounded like burglars." Cue an exorcist from Fleetwood Spiritualist Church, who "cleansed" the property of the spirit "trapped between two worlds". Peace then reigned in Windsor Avenue until five years ago, when Jones suffered a double tragedy - the death of his son Steven, 32, from a brain tumour and wife Sadie, 69, three months later from a heart attack.

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"sensed a vile smell"? wth?

That's sad and touching at the same time. I hope they can eventually rest in peace.

the sms thing scares the crap out of me. random texts from a phone that was buried with a body!

The pre exorcism sounds like a Demonic entity , rather than a past away human. As for the present smells of perfume and tobacco, both will linger in a home for many years after some one dies. It gets in to the wood so any humidity will draw them out.
As for the Text messages...... I would have to see it first hand. Sounds more like a bad joke being played.
IMO

I wonder if the house is on top of an ancient burial site.

I somehow doubt this.

I'm with you.

Sometimes text and voice messages arrive late. A friend of mine lost her husband about a week before Thanksgiving in an automobile accident on his way home a few years ago. I brought her over to my house for Thanksgiving dinner because I didn't want her and the kids to be alone. After dinner we were sitting at the table talking and her phone gave the ring to let you know that you have a voice message. She picked up the message and it was her husband saying he was on his way home and he loved her. I mean this is all very understandable as it wasn't uncommon for me to miss voice mail from my family/friends and get it late, but we still thought it was sorta weird.

Kinda creepy, imagine yourself sleeping at night just the day when you purely accidentally killed your friend, and you wake up at midnight only to find your cell ringing and your friends name written on it, when you pick up the phone, there is just silence.....(you are hearing graveyard noises also) HELL LOT CREEEPY.
What above guy mentioned is also creepy...

Sounds like a perfect story for another bad hollywood horror.

Only in the UK ..

And btw .. battery????????

I had a weird experience with my cell phone right before my good friend passed away. . .I don't know why, but I was looking through my phone and I had a number in there of another friend that had passed away and I said to myself "I wonder who elses number I'll keep in here even after they're gone. . ." and my other friends name flashed up like she was calling me, but it only rang once. . .I asked her if she called and she said no, that she didn't even have my new number. . . and a couple of days later she died in a bad car wreck. . . and, I do still keep her number in my phone. I just thought that was a very strange experience, especially considering she didn't have my new number to call me at. I didn't believe her, so I checked her phone, and she was telling the truth, my number really wasn't in there. Crazy things, cell phones are.

Any scientific proof?

That's interesting

YEAH "I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST NIGHT"!!!

Ghosts txting us? lol. I'm used to them contacting us through the old-fashioned & traditional ways.. A postal letter would be pushing it, but could work since it doesn't involve technology
The only technology I've known ghosts to be involved in is powering appliances while they're unplugged and being caught in radio/tv frequency.
That will be the day when a ghost emails us from their grave.. or how about fax.

haha this reminds me of "ONE MISSED CALL" the movie.
omg, that movie was sooo good, but it freaked me out a bit too.
cause afterwards, i found my cell and it had one missed call.
i called it back and it said the number was "unavailiable" or something like that.
freeeeeeeky much ?

Could have been Duracell's. ''They keep going and going and going and.....''