Is This a Ghost or a Dream?

From: Emily Stanson (Mandmgulr4eva@aol.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: My house (living area and stairs to the bedrooms)
Source: Form Submission

I don't want to bore you with a stupid dream or something that felt real. I personally believe it really happened.

I live in a old duplex. It was built in the late 1930's. And owned by a woman. She might have had children I don't know.As a child I was told I had a over imagination.I had invisible friends ect. well anyways Every night I would wait up for my father(came home around 4am) as long as I could before I fell asleep. But one night when I was 4 heard children laughing it was already pretty late and thought it could not be my neighbors. So I decide to go see what it was. I did not tell my mom.

I went down stairs and went to turn the cornor to see what it was and to my suprise there stooda girl and a boy standing there the girl was wearing a nice lacey white dress it looked very out of date and something that was not worn around this time and the bot trousers and knee socks witha white button down shirt. And they spoke not a word and just started playing with me. we ran around for a few minutes and then stopped and the boy said very softly "I have to go now but I will be around soon again Emily" and I nodded when he said this then the girl spoke up and said "Emily we will play with you very soon but now you have to go to sleep."

I said okay adn went to go up my stairs and it got very cold and heard a man yell it felt very harsh and I got scared and by then I was in my room and i was hiding under my covers and heard some one run up my stairs and stop at the door to my room and it too got very cold in my room. By then I was beyond scared but heard the children laugh once again. when I finally took the covers off my head I saw the little girl standing there and she said "Emily don't worry it only hurt for a little while and pretty soon we will be back for you too" adn then she laugh

IT WAS SO SCARY to hear that but it was funny I didn't understand what she meant and was just scared that the man would come back I quickly fell asleep. after that I was woken by my father I had mysteriously been laid on the floor like I had been hit in the head and fell . But the funny thing was I never sleep walk ever not even today.

When I woke I had a mark on my forhead (like I had been hit in the head) and I then heard the laughing again. I started to cry and I told my father what had happened he told me I just imagined it. But it got very cold in the room when i heard the laghing I believe my fathe heard the laughing too but was believeing to mainly to admit it.

To this day i beleive it truly happened. That my house is haunted because on numours amount of times I have seen the children, heard the father and, heard the laughing. I have been with my decideand friends and only the women have admitted to hearing. I truly beleive my house is haunted maybe these voices are just in my head maybe they are real you deciede