Wednesday, April 1, 2020
THE WEDNESDAY PHENOMENON
“And the dead shall outnumber the living!...” – from Descent of Ishtar
Every Wednesday, I like to bring to my readers real stories of paranormal encounters. Even though it is Resident Evil Week and the pictures in this post are zombie-related, I do not have a tale of the walking undead. The following story, told to me by my friend Victoria, is absolutely true, however. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did…
“I was working late one night at my dining room table and everyone in the house was asleep. I had the TV on with the volume low and I was working on some new projects for my pre-kinder class. As I was finishing up, my eyes began to get very drowsy so I wiped my eyes a bit to stay up just a little more to be able to finish. Just when I was done, I started to feel as if someone was watching me; it wasn't an uncomfortable feeling, it was more like a calmness in the room. However, just the thought of it gave me the chills. In that moment I looked up towards the walkway leading to the restroom and right in front of the hallway closet door, I saw a man standing just staring at me. I looked away quickly to my work and it took a few seconds before I realized what I had seen. I quickly looked up again, this time standing up from my chair and there was no one there. I packed up my stuff and decided that maybe it was time for me to head to bed. The next morning, I told my husband and daughter what I had seen and they began to ask me questions. All I could tell them was the description of this man I had seen, only what I could remember though since it happened so suddenly. He was a short, older man, maybe in his early sixties, he was wearing a long-sleeve red flannel shirt and some overalls, like what a farmer would wear. He was light-skinned and he was bald. I had never seen this man before and as I described him neither my husband nor my daughter could recall anyone we know or someone familiar. So, who knows who this mystery spirit, ghost, or time traveler was. About two weeks after the mysterious man appeared, we went to my mother's house for the traditional tamales preparation; my sisters had gathered there, too. They began to talk about our home: see, among our family, our house was called the round house. Mainly because the home itself was round inside with a chimney right in the middle made of rocks. My father had bought this house many years before I lived in it and by that time I was already in college back in the 1980s. My youngest sisters, Jessica and Yesenia, were left to be with my father when the purchase happened. They were talking about how the house was designed and built by the previous family who had sold it to my father. While listening, I began to get curious about who this family was and who had designed it. They also mentioned that once that family sold the place, they moved to Florida. I got up the nerve to ask what the man of the house looked like. My youngest sister said she was too small to remember, however my second youngest started describing him. She said she clearly remembered him because he reminded her of a typical farmer whenever they would go negotiate with him. He would wear a long-sleeve flannel shirt with overalls. I couldn't believe what I was hearing! She then concluded by saying he was bald and short, compared to my father. All I could think was that I was certain the man I saw was the owner and designer of our home. Maybe he had passed away and decided to stop by and visit his creation before moving along to the unknown. We will never know who this mystery person really was but one thing I know for sure is that this was definitely not just a coincidence…”
Do you have a real story about a ghost or a UFO you have personally seen? Hairy monster? Man in black? The grinning man? Share it with me and I will share it here on Side 4! With your permission, of course…
*Pictured above - A 1937 photograph of Felicia Felix-Mentor, a Haitian woman who supposedly died in 1907 and was brought back from the dead through a voodoo ritual…