In the beginning, when I was in bed and all the lights were out, I'd hear noises in my room, like the squeaking of the bathroom door, windows being opened and then shut, though I always shut the windows by 6:00 p.m. It was as if somebody was very much at home even before we shifted into the apartment. Although it freaked me out, I just put up a brave front, keeping my two dogs in conversation, everytime they were with me. Sometimes I also get the feeling that someone is here. That I'm being watched or reading what I write in the blogs or in the mail. That again could just be a little paranoia though.
I was sitting at my desk with my PC. I began feeling cold spots on and off since I entered the bedroom. I told my mother all of these things, and she is not one to believe in spirits. Everytime I mentioned what was happening to me and my daughter, she would say, "I was living all alone these last few years, and I never felt anything." My mom is very spiritual, not that I and my daughter are not, but at times I feel my mom goes overboard in showing to all and sundry that she is easily accessible to have Tea with Lord Krishna, that is if he ever drinks Tea!!!
So, coming to that evening when I was working on my PC. My PC is placed right in front of the wall and to my left is the entrance to the bedroom. My two dogs were relaxing on the floor. We have a passage that is common to all the bedrooms and at that time of the evening, around 7:00pm, it was fairly dark. Mom as usual was watching the T.V. My daughter had still not come back from her work. All of a sudden, my two dogs began wagging their tails, in a manner that one greets a known person. At first I thought it was mom, but then why will mom play hide N seek in the passage, was my doubt. Even then, I continued with my job.
Next, Rinky, my dearest darling doggie, was excited. She has the rare ability of suddenly speaking like a human. She came up to me and said, "Amma", I nodded and said,"Yes, I am listening, go ahead." She was trying to gesture to me and say, "Look, someone is there". My instant reaction, thinking it was my mom was, "Whoever is out there, will you please come in and show me your face."
The next moment was something unbelievable. I heard a man's voice saying," I am standing right next to you." That freaked me out. I ran out of the room to my mom. I blurted, "Mom, he is in there." " Whom are you talking about?" asked mom. I looked petrified and said, "I really don't know!" My next reaction made mom burst into laughter. "I am sure he is watching me take my bath, oh shit, from tomorrow, no bath for me." She assured me I was imagining and that my imagination had gone wild.
The next few days nothing happened. Then one fine day, I began getting the smell of cologne. The very same one that my son uses. I barged into his room and checked his cupboard where he keeps his personal belongings. Everything was intact. Even then I began, "Please don't touch anything that belongs to my son. I am very possessive about my children, is that very clear?" The reply I got was a big bang from the door, being shut.
After that when I told my son, he too said, "Mom, it's all crap. I don't believe this." Surprisingly, everytime my son comes home on a vacation, this 'Smoky' as I have named him, is on his very best behaviour. My PC is working very fine, there is no hanging of any programs, no voltage fluctuations, all is fine.
Now, recently a strange thing happened. My daughter had a call from her office friend and as she was speaking, her friend at the other end was asking her, "Who is that man speaking next to you? I can hear him." My daughter replied that there was no man in the house at all. I was in the same room when I saw a dark shadow going out of the room. So, now we have decided to just allow the presence to be as it is. It is not harming us in any way. My dogs have more or less accepted him as a part of the family.
So, Readers, I heard that spirits and ghosts haunt those places where the residents have no faith in Gods and where Gods are not worshipped. I feel this is not true. Our family is very religious, something really Pious. The presence, for all we know, could be our Guardian Angel, there to protect us all the time. He might be standing right now behind me and having a hearty laugh. Good!!!
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