Staircase Ghost

From: Arpita Chakrawarti (achakrawarti@yahoo.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: My Dad's home 
Source: Form Submission

My father told me about these repeated hauntings which happened when he was a school-goer each evening without fail at his house which was an apartment with a flat each level.

Every evening at seven he would hear distinct footsteps coming up the staircase. At each landing of the staircase there were these sliding iron gates or collapsible gates to guard against thieves. There would be a sound of the gate opening ( the gate was already open ) and then closing and the sound of the footsteps would carry on to the next level. On several occasions my father had rushed out to see who was climbing up but he never saw anyone go up or open and close the gates. A little later , maybe in an hour or so , the sound of the footsteps would be heard again climbing down and open and close the gates once again. This happened repeatedly every evening. My father had once even asked a friend over to be witness to this happening. The friend was so scared that he never ever visited my father's place again.