I live in Redding California. Its 2 hours north of Sacramento. I have moved into a house here over 2 years ago. From day one I knew there was something different living in the house also.
The first Thing that happened, I had just pulled the moving truck into the yard, and from the drive way you can see the whole east side of the house. I had just shut the truck off and I noticed a dog jump through a bedroom window, land on the ground and come running to toward the front of the moving truck. It was about 3 feet infont of the truck when it leaped into the air coming towards the windshild. I was freaking out thinking I was in the movie Cujo. The dog got a foot from the windshild and Vanished. I sat there for a few moments not knowing what I had just seen. At the time I did not believe in ghosts and I didn't really have it in my head that I had just seen one. I got out of the truck and walked over the the window I had seen the dog jump thru and the window was perfectly intacted. Not even a streak.

The first month living in that house was very hard. Being just myself and my
13 year old son, we didn't know really what to think. Things were moving by its self. After we got settled in, Apon buying the house, we were told that the attic needed to be cleaned out because there were things in there that belonged to the previous owners who sold the house 15 years before. I was cleaning out the attic. It was mostly kids toys and a few boxes of photo albums. I put everything in the back shed. I then returned to the attic and made sure everything was moved and it was empty and cleaned. I think it was two nights later I was awoken my the sound of foot steps and the sound of a little cry. My first thought was my son was sleepwalking and maybe ran into somthing that might have caused him to cry. I checked on him and he was in his bed sound asleep. The next morning I decided to put the boxes we hadn't unpacked and would not need up in the attic. When I got up there I dropped the boxes because what I had just cleaned the day before looked like it was not cleaned in 50 years. Inches of dust. Apon looking over everything, part of the floor that is above my badroom, there was what looked to be like the imprint in the dust of someone sitting down and a small hand print. I asked my son if he had been in the attic in the past two days and he said he's never been up there.

In the past two years of living in this house, My mind has changed from not believing in ghosts, but actually living with them. From things floating in thin air from the kitchen into our living room. hearing laughing and footsteps. and then what I call my second siting of a ghost.
From my living room you can see thru the kitchen into the laundry area and the back door. During the summers, it gets very well warm and we open both the front and back door. But they will not stay open. Two minutes of leaving a door open, you can see it shut, the chain go onto the door and the deatbolt turn to the locking position. One evening I was sitting in front of the TV and looked at the back door when I had seen that dog again, standing there as if it wanted out. I stood up and then the door opened and the dog, it didn't go out side it just vanished. And then the door was closed and locked.

In the past 7 weeks my grandmother learned that she had cancer again and had passed away last monday. The day she learned her cancer was back, was the same time I started to see a ghostly image of a little boy. At first it was just a quick site and it would vanish. Within the past two weeks, I've seen this boy's ghostly image for a longer period of time. Its mostly around the time I go to bed, I get up from the couch and turning down the hall way, I can see the boy walking infront of me, getting to the other end of the hallway and then vanishing. The day my grandma passed away, that evening I was sitting at home telling my son what has happened to his granny, when his eyes got as big as a baseball and when I looked over my shoulder, 2 feet from me was this boy. It looked as if he wanted to say something but then maybe 15 seconds later it had vanished.
Two days ago I wanted to find out anything I could about my house and its past, so I went door to door asking my neighbors but my house was the first one built in that area and the houses that were built after, no one really knows anything because they had also just moved to the neighbor hood 3 years before me.

So I had gone to the public library, being my sons idea. We looked though city records and about 4 hours into our seach, we found a newspaper slide of a little boy the age of 11, and his dog, both back in 1962 were hit by a car and killed. I believe that this is that boy and his dog. I dont believe that my son and I are in any danger, my son does not feel he is in any danger beacuse things that happen here are not really something that would make you feel or sence that your in danger. I dont know much of why ghosts stay back or anything of that sort. But it is puzzling me that maybe there is something I can do to communicate with this boy. does anyone know if there is something that I should do or should I just let things be as they are. I'm goign to leave my email address which is kbkdx@hotmail.com.

Thanks for telling us about your story ((DrunkDr)) ...
Well as I always say ... there are ways to comunicate with ghosts and the best way is by writing something to it ... on a paper and leave it where you see the ghost most of the time ... it is really creapy living with a ghost kid and his dog ... ... you are really brave ... if I was in your shoes ... I would have been gone from the second day I put my foot in that house ...
Try to find out the reason the kid is still here ... maybe he wants his toys or something ... try to find out which room he stayed in ... then you can make him live with you in his old room ... maybe that will calm things down a little ...
I just hope that I helped you in some way ... and thanks for your topic ...

Sorry. My name is Bobby.

I must say at first, I wanted to leave that house but then I realised that all that was happening was really nothing much to indcate that they would be any harm to us. I have heard and read about people who live in a house that is believed to be haunted by a childs spirit, and most of what I read, in one case a girl would be woken up by sharp pains on her arms, when her parents looked, they would be bite marks. I guess in some cases when its a child haunting a house, they spirit is violent. When I first read about that, I was ready to just get out, but the things that are happening here, Like seeing my coffee cup being lifed into the air and taken to the other side of the room, or a hat being pulled off the rack and spinning in the air, it has not really shown to be violent or wanting to harm us. The other nite, looking over my shoulder and actually seeing this child, just the way he appeared, to me it seemed as if he wanted to talk or say something.

I've talked to my son and the only thing he dont like about the whole thing is he says most of the time when he is sleeping, he can hear a dog cry. It dont frighten him, he says it sounds like the dog is hurt.

Communicating, I read that somewhere, you try to get them to write, I have paper and a marker on the table and when ever I see something going on, I'm hoping maybe there can be a way that it can write something. As far as where this kids bedroom was. I have no clue, The stack of photo albums that I moved. i've been thru them all and there is no picture of a kid that looks as if he lived in the house. I took all of the boxes that had kids toys in it and put them back in the house but they are never touched.

I dont know if when my grandma's cancer came back, we knew she would not have very long, but right when her cancer came back, this kid started apprearing. I dont know if my grandma being ill again is the reason why its starting to appear. But all in all, when he has appreared, its more of a comfort feeling then being freaked out. I dont really want to do something that will make this spirit think I am trying get rid of him, I just want to find out if its here for certain reason or anything like that.

Hi Bobby(DrunkDr), welcome to the forum.
Your story is very moving, especially finding the account of the little
boy and his dog. Maybe the best way to communicate with the spirits
in your house, is to say just what you told us ~ that you don't want to
get rid of them, but if there's some way you can help...it might work.
Anyway, good luck. Keep us posted.

Bobby, Welcome and very nice to meet you!

I've just read the vivid details of your experiences in Redding, CA ... By the way? I lived in Sacramento for over 20 years, so I know how HOT it gets, where you are.

I am NOT an expert on Ghosts, by any means. I do however feel you are correct. Your research proves, at least to me, that the entities you are "seeing" and "feeling" are of the young boy and his dog.

When death occurs 'unexpectedly' there are many souls who just cannot 'accept' what happened. They feel comfortable in the surroundings they know. It's as if they have to be given permission, to cross over to The Other Side.

I am glad you and your son do not feel threatened, yet.... this boy and his dog need to understand that it is ok to "let go" and go "home." If I were you? I'd simply try talking out loud. Telling the souls that still hang on to their "home" that you understand they must be very unhappy. Tell the boy AND the dog.. "It's ok..... you can cross over. There are loved ones there, waiting for you." I'd have this little chat, a few times a day...... with or without them being around you.

It's a start!
Thank you for sharing your experiences. Stay calm, hold your son close to you and ..... smile.
Nancy

when i was reading your letter, i got several feelings. here they are. first, i feel the dog is still there because of the little boy, and he loves the boy and does not want to leave him. the boy is confused, doesn't know really whats going on and that is why he has not crossed over. when you feel that he is near, or when you see him again, just say out loud that he needs to cross over into the light, that he has family waitiing for him there. if he remains, leaving a pen and paper in the attic is a good idea for him to get his point accross on why he has stayed. just some ideas

if this post twice, sorry. still new to the site. anyway, i just read your story, and i got a couple of feelings from it. first, the dog is here because of the boy. he wont leave until the boy does. second, the boy is confused, not sure what is going on. that sometimes happens. you might feel foolish, but when you think the boy is around, just say outloud go towards the light, you have family waiting for you on the other side. if he chooses to stay, or it doesnt work, leave a pencil, and paper, or a chalkboard and chalk in the attic, or whereever the most activity is. i have done both, for 2 different entities, and both worked for me.

Hey Bobby how ya goin ?

I think everyone here has summed up the general gist of things , what I would like to point out though is the conection between your Grandmothers death and the boys spirit . I think you allready understand there is a conection otherwise you wouldn't have linked the 2 of them in your post .
This boy has missed his chance at finding his way to the next plane , he was hoping to hitch a ride with your Grandmother . Do you think she would be willing to help him across ?
You know her better than us and if she was the type of person who would offer help to this young boy . Then talk to her ,ask her. Leave a photo around for the boy spirit to recognise and generally your job is to be the middle man , and to introduce them to eachother . Good luck

QUOTE (Kismit @ Jun 30 2003, 03:04 AM)

what I would like to point out though is the conection between your Grandmothers death and the boys spirit.

kismit, i had not even thought of that. that is a good point, a a good possibility.


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Thank you all so much for the wonderful replies and for the advise. Growing up, "Ghosts" I was told were not real and it was just in my mind. Its funny how the Uncle who was never afraid of anything, when he comes over to visit, he wont step into my house but rather have coffee on the front porch.

Kismet and angel_psychic. I do and I did believe when it first happened, this boy appearing the same night my grandmother passed was a connection between the two. Telling my son that his granny had died, and two minutes later seeing this boy appear, at first it sent chills down my spine. But the first thought after seeing this was 'He knows what has happened to my grandmother'. Since that day I have been hoping to maybe get some kind of sign or something that would show me that maybe my grandma's spirit is also here. My grandma had 25 grandchildern and out of all of us, Myself and my brother and sister were very close to her then the others. I think my grandma has crossed over because her mother and father and my grandfather were waiting for her and she knew that. But as of what kind of person she was, In life she was kind, and loving to anyone who also had that in their heart also. But as for a kid no matter who it was she would do anything for them. If this boy is trying to cross over, I believe my grandmother if she hadn't already crossed, she would have helped him. I've also talked to a person up the street who moved into his house a few days after this accident of the boy and his dog and he told me that from what he knew, this house belonged to the boys grandparents which he was visiting. I know the boys name and I'm thinking about maybe hiring a PI to see if he can locate the parents if they are still alive. But then the question is Would they want to try to communicate with their dead son? Since reading what you posted, every time something would float across the room or a door close and lock I would say out loud "ITS OK NOW YOU CAN GO. YOUR FAMILY IS WAITING." I have even got my son to say that.

Nancy. As I said just a few moments ago, I believe my grandma has crossed over. For one reason, When we learned that her cancer had come back, she only had one lung she was breathing out of because the other was killed by Radiation from when she had cancer 5 years ago, we knew and she knew that she did not have but about two months left so he death was expected not only by us, but she knew also. And thats the whole thing I had to learn about why when a person dies, they stay behind insted of moving on, and I understand now that they feel that they need to stay until they are given permission or waiting to be told it is ok for them to go. I also agree and I will be having this chat daily.

I also wanted to share something new that has happened. Most ppl when you tell them that your house is haunted and they do believe it when they see it for their self, they think that these "Ghosts" are out to get you and harm you. I get asked, Do they hit you? Do they throw things at you? and all that nonsence. But for what has been happening, I think some will actually protect you.

A few days after my grandma's funeral, I invited my two cousins over for dinner. It's been years since I had seen them and I actually know why I kept my distance from them. We had dinner and they stayed a few hours afterwards talking and doing the I REMEMBE WHEN GRANDMA.... and all of that. Anyways my cousins are known to take what they want when you are not looking. When they left I had noticed my grandpa's watch that was left for me when he passed and a few other little things I had on my shelfs were missing. I know who took them and when I noticed they were missing I said to my son THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED BACK IN THIS HOUSE NO MATTER WHAT.

The day before yesterday I was at work when my son called me from my cousins cell phone. He was out swimming and when he got home, my cousin was in the driveway waiting for someone to arrive. But Hunter called me and said that he was trying to open the door, once he would unlock the dead bolt with his key the dead bolt would lock again and he couldn't get in. He tried and tried but it kept locking. My cousin decided he need to leave because he was late for something and I told my son to go to the neighbors and wait til I got home. About five minutes later of him hanging up he called me again and said he was able to get the door unlocked. So I kinda think that with my cousin being there, and I dont want him there, there was no way that door was going to be opened and I have a deep feeling that this boy was locking that door and when my cousin was gone, it was ok for my son to go into the house. I know my son cant stop my cousins even by telling them NO you cant come in.

I was at a yard sale today and found a 3foot by 5 foot chalk board. I paid two dollars for it and bought some chalk. I put it in the attic because I think thats where this boy spends his time if thats what you call it because most of the noise that its made, comes from the attic. Little footsteps running, things falling over. I can see on the wood floor marks from the wheeles of a toy car have been made. To me I think him being up there, he's playing but I want to what ever I can to help him or know if he wants to talk or what he wants. What I also thought about doing is, my mind is blank right now but hiring one of those people who have the ability to communicate like John Edwards does, and seeing if that can be a way to communicate with this boy. Now with the dog. Its been about 3 weeks since we've heard it or seen it.

I'm sorry to make this so long, I start going and the next thing i know I've wrote enough for a 50 page book . But again thank you all for your replies and willingness to help. I'll keep everyone posted!!!!!

Don't be sorry I have really enjoyed reading your mini novel , it was facinating .

I think having an investigation done is probably not a bad idea . Why don't you try taking some pictures or video and just getting a little information together your self ? There are some strange people out there , I wouldn't rush into letting a psycic/investigator into my home unless they had referances from previous clients .

Good luck though and remember to keep us posted

if you do an investiagion yourself, in addition to the camera and video tape, get a digital outside thermometer or something similar so you can record temperature changes.

thats soo scary, id be trippin.. best luck.. i hope its a nice ghost... i think its a photograph in ur head though.. dont let it get to ya!

I lived with a ghost too. I understand the overwhelming feeling of peace they transfer. We only saw ours once, but it would knock things off the shelf, turn the timer on the oven on and we could hear it walking around sometimes. It's weird, now that I think about it, it seems like I should of been horrified, especially since I was young, but I never felt threatned and the night we saw it standing next to our house, I felt an overwhelming sense of calm. Anyway, no one lives in the house anymore, but I know what you're experiencing.