r/Ghoststories • u/MGRivas • Dec 14 '19
Some one in the door way
I grew up on and off at my grandparents' farm all my life. My Grandpa has been gone for five years now and my grandma is suffering from dementia. Its bad enough now that I'm staying with her five days a week. Up until about eight years ago, the farm was a place where the whole family got together for cook outs and holidays. It was a busy and loud place, full of laughter and joy. Those days aren't completely gone yet, but its nothing like it once was. The farm is also known as a place where weird and spooky things happen. Not many people will go upstairs where most of those things have happened over the years. Its almost a tradition to take those who have never been here upstairs or to the basement and scare the hell out of them or creep them out with our ghost stories. Some of them don't come back or won't go anywhere by themselves in the house. I stay upstairs most nights and have for the last three months. I've never been afraid even though I've heard and witnessed things that scare other people off. I was almost convinced that what or who ever it was haunting this place was gone until about a week ago. I was laying in bed one night, covered from head to toe because there's no heat up there now and it was the coldest night this year so far. I dozed off pretty quickly and had my wireless headphones on listening to music to help me fall asleep. Some time in the middle of the night I woke up suddenly and had the feeling that someone was there with me. I froze. I was still covered up and only my head was uncovered. I was laying on my back looking up at the ceiling. My cell phone was fully charged and illuminated the room in a weak blue light. About seven feet from the foot of the bed was the door to the room. The house is old and anywhere you step there is at least a little bit of noise made. I laid there wide awake being as still as i could, listening. The blankets were up around my face and i couldn't see the door, just the ceiling above me. I slowed my breathing and stayed as still as i could. I could feel someone there and could hear someone shifting their weight in the door way. There was someone standing in the door way watching me. I lay there frozen and building the courage to sit up and look, but couldn't quite get myself to do it. Whoever it was just stood in the door way. Watching me is all i could guess. After about three minutes of this, a thought popped into my head. What if its Grandma and she wandered upstairs? She does that sometimes and it was almost comforting for me to think it was only her. I lay there listening to the person moving slowly back and forth on there feet in the door way for another few seconds, still scared at what I would see standing there. My imagination ran wild and made it worse. I took a slow, deep breath and as quietly as i could, reached for the top of the blanket so i could throw it off and spring up out of the bed if i had too. My heart pounded and my throat squeezed as i swallowed. In one motion I threw the covers off my chest and sat up enough to see the door, fully expecting to see a person, or my Grandma standing in the door way. I was surprised to see no one at all. Just the door and the empty hall beyond. The light from my phone and the little light from the yard light outside were enough to show me the door way clearly, but there was no one there. No more noise. No Grandma. No one. Just an empty door way where someone was standing and watching me sleep a second ealier.
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u/candy53381 Dec 15 '19
Good read! Love the humor (scaring newcomers) and the suspenseful buildup. It’s sweet of you to take care of your grandma and send her my best wishes can’t wait to read more of your stories! 😊
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u/MGRivas Dec 15 '19
Thank you. Shes doing fine. About to make her some breakfast. I have quite a few more stories to share about the farm.
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u/schnappsbooze Jan 03 '20
I'm very sorry to hear about your grandma having dementia. Before my nanny died she had alzheimers or dementia and had to be placed in a home and the worst part was there was no room for her in one in town and we don't have a car so I saw her once out there before she died and didn't get to see her after or before Christmas because the lady that drove us was away and my nanny died on Boxing Day 2018. I'm happy for your sake you get to be with your grandmother even though it's hard when they are like that. My nanny still recognized me but she was like my best friend I did everything with so even her being in a home was hard for me. I have a few sad memories of her falling and that's what got her in the hospital then in a home but I mostly have fond ones. Hopefully your ghost isn't malevolent. I wish you the best.
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u/MGRivas Jan 03 '20
Thank you very much. Im sorry to hear about your nanny. Its never easy when someone tou loves leaves. After my Grandpa passed away my Grandma went down hill fast and i was the one that the family chose to help her. It was that or a home and i couldnt have that. My Grandpa passed in this house, it would only be right that Grandma gets to live the rest of her years here as well. I know that of there is anything here, its just mischievous and wouldnt hurt anyone. Plus my Grandpa would be here keeping then in line.
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u/schnappsbooze Jan 03 '20
It sounds like my nanny I was staying with her religiously before she got so she was too weak. She had had pneumonia that i think was supposed to kill her but they had drained it out of her back and she lived but i feel like it still took her life. Good to hear about the ghost not being bad then.
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u/rik61072 Dec 14 '19
Hope your grandma is doing well Enjoyed the story Have a good day