Forever Haunted

Name:            Rachel 
Email:           res02cn6@gte.net
Location:        unknown place in the woods,KY
Type:            Ghost
Date:            Saturday, January 29, 2000
Time:            05:56 PM

I have several true stories that I could share with you, but this one really sticks out in my mind right now. 

It all began one night while I was sleeping, I heard a sound like someone calling for me, believing that my mom wanted me I got up. When I first opened my eyes and checked my surroundings I realized that there was no one else awake in the house. I laid back down and tried to go back to sleep. I again heard the voice, it was a sweet voice, it did not frighten me. I sat up in bed and seen a white, normal sized, blurred figure standing beside my bed. It was obviously female. This did not scare me. She kept calling my name and with one finger gestured for me to follow her. I did this willingly. She had me follow her outside and down through our very large yard. At the end of the yard was the woods. I had explored these woods many times over, and knew them quite well. I felt no threat and no harm from this ghostly lady. I suppose I should have explained earlier on that I have seen her several times before, but had never actually had any direct contact with her. I always knew she was there observing me, this never bothered me. 

There is a lot to this story that I am afraid I won't be able to share, due to the limited space provided, so please just bear with me. Anyway we got to the woods and I followed her in. She lead me to a place that I had never seen before, even though I had been near there many times. We went Down a long path past three fallen trees. Then she stopped, there was complete silence, then from above in a tree atop her, came another smaller figure. It landed on top of her and tore her to shreds, I could only watch in terror as her death was reenacted. When it was finished nothing disappeared, as you would expect, it was all still there. Then it looked at me. I totally froze because reenactments are supposed to end when their done.

The thing had razor sharp teeth and large red eyes, it was definitely not human. I ran, and it gave chase, I stayed ahead until I tripped, I looked to see what had stopped me, a large bone, maybe the size of a leg bone. I got up and ran as fast as I could until I fell again after I had gotten out of the woods. I turned to the woods hoping the thing was gone, but it wasn't it was at the edge of the woods looking at me. I was afraid to move fearing that my movement would set it off, so I stared back for a minute, until I finally got up the courage to run and made it home.

After I got in I sat down and gathered myself back together wondering if maybe I had imagined it, but I concluded that I truly had experienced the whole thing. Mostly because I was awake, dirty and not in my room. After the whole incident I started seeing her again, a lot more than before. I had my mother, sister Jana and my cousin Bridgett, go out into the woods with me to prove my story. I had no trouble getting them to believe me since I have had quite a few paranormal experiences throughout my life, and they have open minds. Sure enough where I took them was the same as it had been that night. The three trees were there, this really creeped them out because I had told them the exact way this place looked before I took them. I found the tree where it had all taken place and we all got a very eerie feeling, like a strange cloud had fallen on us. There was a dog and a cat with us. During the eerie feeling the dog growled and then let out this belching noise and took off, the cat was riding on my shoulder, she scratched me hard and flew off of my arm, they both took off together. My mom and Bridgett decided that it was a bit too creepy and begin to leave as well, I stayed and recalled the events of the other evening, my sister startled me saying that she believed me, and that she was ready to go. As my younger sister and I started toward the other two, everything seemed to take on an even worse turn, there was like this loud, but somehow mute sound that rumbled throughout the woods, we picked pace then. I noticed that Jana had fallen behind me so I turned to find her. She was standing facing a tree, a little ways off of the path. She was staring at something hanging on the tree, so we both went in for a closer look. To both of our horrors, it was a skinless hand, cut off at the wrist. I yelled for the others, we all seen it. Then we ran. I don't know if that was supposed to be a hallucination or if it was really there. We had only lived there for a few years and my step-father had been there his entire life.

Throughout the years we lived there we all seen the woman many times, up close and far away, but only I seen the other one, I figured it was because I seen the reenactment. I felt that maybe I had a special bond with her and became obsessed with finding answers, and helping her to rest. The more I found out the freakier things got. The "thing" kept showing up more and more, watching me from the woods and always aware. I remember nothing of the events I am about to tell. Jana and friend of mine named Kandi said that I was sitting in the living room floor and my eyes rolled back and I started telling Jana that I was the ghost of the woman. From her perspective she said that her name was the same as mine, Rachel, and for Jana to stay out of the woods.

She told of her murder and ask for my help. Then it was over. I found out later from the people that later bought our property that there were two unmarked graves in the woods. We have since moved and I am now married and not very far from where it all happened. I still dream about her a lot. I feel like I was getting close to something, but then we moved. I don't know if having the same name made her choose me, or if maybe I have a strong paranormal link, but for some reason she did choose me, and I couldn't finish my work. I still try to find out more and actually have learned a great deal since we moved, but I have no idea what can be done now. Since we moved the woods have cut down and a house has been built there. I do not know whether the new owners have seen anything or not.

Thanks for bearing with me through my story. I am sorry it took so long, but I didn't know how else to explain it.

If you have had an experience similar to mine, please email me and tell me about it.