The Whistling Old Man

From: Guardian (KrabAppleMatt@hotmail.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: Home (as awlez)
Source: Form Submission

OK, this happened to me just a lil while ago, but i figured I might as well share. I don't know if i've mentioned this before, but I am 14 years old, and supposedly have a "gift", bc I have been able to see ghosts and other weird things when no one else can.

FOr example, one time i was on the computer with my bro, playing a videogame, when i heard this weird bouncing noise. I stopped, and my bro asked what was goin on? I asked if he could hear it, but he said no. I looked out the window and saw an old man, walking down the street, bouncing a tennis ball. I thought it was kinda weird, and asked my bro if he could see him. No. Well, we got back to the game, and i got this overwhelming feeling that I was being watched.

I looked out the window to my right and screamed very loudly which made my bro yell too. Peering in through the window was the old man, he was pressed right up against it, smiling in this sickly sort of way. I ran up the stairs and into my room, which prolly isnt a good idea bc thats the most haunted place in my house, besides the bathroom. My brother tried asking me what was going on, but i was too scared to even talk at the time, bc the old man gave me this very bad feeling, unlike Jon (my other ghost).

Finally, I calmed down and told my brother what happened, and he got pretty spooked. We sat there for a second, and i heard footsteps. No biggie, I thought, but then I heard the old man humming (he duz this from time to time, sounds kinda like She'll be coming 'round the mountain). I got the bad feeling again, and looked out the window. There was the old man, walking through my yard, and back into the road, bouncing his tennis ball... I have seen the old man on several other occasions, but i will not divulge into them now.

I would like to ask you people a question. I often see very strange things like ghosts, but i see something else that i dont really know what. I think it may be other spirits, but im not too sure. They look like strange squiggly little lines that are see-through, and they distort whatever they pass through. If I look at them, they seem to go away, but some of them dont. I try to keep relaxed, and when I do this they seem to stay put. This is really strange and the squiggly lines sometimes bend into a different shape, and no two are the same. I would just like to know if anyone else has this experience, or any speculation.

If so, email me KrabAppleMatt@hotmail.com thanx and more stories as they happen