Stall #1

From: kelly jones (freckles19_99@yahoo.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: home
Source: Form Submission

i just recently moved to oklahoma city from new york to be with my parents. they are truck drivers and when they go on the road i usually stay home by myself. but this time i had this urge to go with them. we stopped at a rest area one night in illinois. i believe the town that we were near was alton one of the most haunted small towns in america. gee what a coincidence. so of course i'm really fascinated by the paranormal and just to be near the town got me really excited. now i was riding up front with my dad while my mom was asleep in the back. we had to walk the dog and go to the bathrooms ourselves so we stopped in a rest area. there were many people there. we decided to leave mom asleep and just go. now our method for going to the bathroom is normal but it's also for safety reasons. you never know who you'll run into let's put it that way. boy was i right about that that night. we took tasha (our black female pom) for a walk. i walked her first while my dad went to the bathroom and then he came out took the dog and i went to the bathroom. now i usually have him stand outside right by the entrance as safety precautions because anything can happen. so he was standing there and i went in. the first stall was open so i took it. that is also a safety precaution. that way if someone does enter they have to walk past you and you know somebody is there with you. now the main door made a really loud creak as i went in so more than likely i would hear someone else come in. so i got done and opened the stall door. i freaked because there was a woman there staring at me with a blank expression on her face. i told her i was sorry and that she had startled me because i didn't know she was in there. i washed my hands and still she said nothing. then i left and my dad was right outside and i said did you see anybody go in there? and he replied no you were the only one in there. and i said oh no i wasn't. so i told him the story and he stood there with me for twenty minutes to see if anyone came out and nobody ever did. so we went in right before we left and there was nobody there. the best explanation i could come up with was that someone was killed in the rest area and they just reach out to certain people i guess looking for help. but from now on i just wake my mom up and we go to the bathroom together whether she has to go or not. i never go to the bathroom alone. but if you ever pass by the rest area on I-80 through alton,ill. and you have to go remember enter at your own risk. the next rest area is only 40 miles down the road. pray you can hold it.