Tall Man

From: mario (aperfectcircle65@aol.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: AZ
Source: Form Submission

When I was 10 I used to spend my summers at my grandma's house. Well one summer me and my older sister Stella stayed with me and we used to stay up late with my cousin Maggie. We'd go to bed usually like around 2:00am on nights that we were playing tag or hide and seek. My sister and cousin were older than I was, of course, 12 or 13 at the time and they would take care of me.

Well one day my parents bought me this game and we would play it all the time. Anyways, one night we were playing this game on the hood of my uncle's car which was in the driveway between my uncle's house and my grandma's house. I had my back towards my nana's house from which you could see her door leading to the kitchen. It was probably around 60 yards away but you had a good view of the door. In front of the kitchen door was a ramada where my grandma would sit and relax and watch us play during the day.

It was probably around 12:30 am and we were talking and laughing at each other playing with my new game.I got up to stretch my legs and turned to the direction of my nana's door and noticed someone standing there really staring at us. I didn't think anything of it cause I thought it was my grandfather checking to see if we were ok. So I didn't mention it to Stella or Maggie at the time.

As we were playing I turned over my right shoulder and noticed that same figure at the door. I must have stared at it for about 4 seconds but it seemed a lot longer.That's when I got chills on the back of my neck. All I could see that it was a man,very tall, I would say around 6ft and trying to crouch down to see under the ramada to take a good look at us. He kept moving side to side to really trying to see who we were.

I told Stella and Maggie and they said it was my imagination and then I told them to get off the car and look. So they did and they both noticed him and we all got scared and ran into my uncle's house pretty much shakin up.

I remember having tears comming from my face and my sister and cousin trying to calm me down.We went to bed after awhile thinking about what we had seen. It seemed like a dream cause the figure looked fake. I couldn't see the lower half of his body , that's what made it creepy.

Later that morning we told everyone about what had happened. My nana told me that the same Tall Man has been seen by my grandfather a couple of times. I asked my nana who he was or what he wanted. She told me that he had died there and was just a wandering soul.