Cousin Says Goodbye

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Story type: Ghost
Location: Masury, Ohio
Source: Form Submission

In 1977 I had a very sick cousin who died from a blood disease. Every summer my brothers and my sister would visit my grandmother. My aunt lived across the backyard from my grandmother. She had a very sick son named Joey. Joey lived a short life dying from a blood disease at the tender age of 14. He lived like any normal little boy and experiencing cigarettes etc. One year after his death my sister and I while visiting our grandparents were preparing ourselves for bed. As little girls do they sit up and talk about whatever it is that we talk about. My grandmother popped her head in the door to say good night and she closed the door. I told my sister to get up and close the closet door and she refused she said you close it you are closer and besides it wasn't bothering her. I closed the door and as I settled back down in the bed we both were silent. We were facing each other and from the corner of our eyes we could see a figure standing at the foot of the bed we ! both turned to lay on our backs and there Joey stood he put his finger up to his mouth and said Don't be afraid I just wanted to say goodbye. And as we both turned to turn on our lights he was gone we both dashed from the room and told our grandmother about the ordeal and she said that he came to say good bye to her not 15 minutes ago.