My cousin has lived in a 150 year-old farmhouse near Port Perry, Ontario for nearly 25 years. The house belonged to her now-deceased first husband, and she moved in when they were married. She has had countless experiences in the house ranging from classic poltergeist phenomena (stomping upstairs when she is alone, sounds of balls bouncing), to the appearance of full-body apparitions. Many of these things have been seen by multiple witnesses (including myself). The house seems to be haunted by two entities (a child and a woman), however other weird things have been seen and heard that would not be attributed to human entities. Some of the phenomena experienced include:
Sounds of balls bouncing on the floor around a bed where the witness was sleeping. The bouncing continued after they awoke, yet no one else was in the room.
Muffled human voices coming from out of the floor in a bedroom. I have heard this myself, and the voices vary in volume and intensity.
Two witnesses drove up to the house and saw a woman gesture to them from an upstairs window. There was no one in the house at the time.
A human figure appeared in the living room. The witness described the apparition as looking like "a black-and-white TV picture that was fading in and out". The face was indistinct and it vanished in front of the witness.
Stomping and other kinds of banging on floors and walls when only the witnesses are in the house.
Four witnesses saw verticle hanging blinds held at a 90 degree angle to the floor by an invisible hand, as if someone was looking out the window. The blinds then slowly moved to their proper position.
Phantom voices can often be heard calling the witness's name.
Phantom hooves were heard on two occasions by myself and my cousin's current husband when were in the pasture at the back of the house, near the woods. The hooves sounded like they were crossing a wooden bridge. There is the remains of a wooden bridge that was once used near where the hooves were heard.
Radios and televiosions change channels randomly when no one is in the room. The radio sounded like someone was slowly turning the dial but when the room was entered, the station would stay where it was. Once vacated, the radio would start changing channels again.
Lights come on and off by themselves.
A fireplace tool set (shovel, poker and brush) started rocking back and forth at a rapid pace, yet the tools all stayed paralell to the holder, as if someone was holding them in place.
Dogs would suddenly look up into vacant rooms and wag their tails as if they were greeting someone they knew.
An old phone would suddenly start ringing, even though it had not been hooked up in years.
A door slammed shut upstairs one night while my cousin and her husband were watching TV. Their daughter woke up and started screaming. My cousin and her husband ran upstairs and when they calmed down their daughter, she said she saw "a monster with two tails" coming to get her. She would not sleep in her own bed for weeks after that incident.
My cousin once heard the sound of a ball hitting the wall of the attic and the dog running to fetch itm while no one else was in the house. The ball continused to be "thrown" for the dog for some time. My cousin later found the ball shoved in between the couch cusion and the side of the couch.
I have a personal story of an experience in the house I will post later. Does anyone have any thoughts on these experiences?
Sounds of balls bouncing on the floor around a bed where the witness was sleeping. The bouncing continued after they awoke, yet no one else was in the room.
Muffled human voices coming from out of the floor in a bedroom. I have heard this myself, and the voices vary in volume and intensity.
Two witnesses drove up to the house and saw a woman gesture to them from an upstairs window. There was no one in the house at the time.
A human figure appeared in the living room. The witness described the apparition as looking like "a black-and-white TV picture that was fading in and out". The face was indistinct and it vanished in front of the witness.
Stomping and other kinds of banging on floors and walls when only the witnesses are in the house.
Four witnesses saw verticle hanging blinds held at a 90 degree angle to the floor by an invisible hand, as if someone was looking out the window. The blinds then slowly moved to their proper position.
Phantom voices can often be heard calling the witness's name.
Phantom hooves were heard on two occasions by myself and my cousin's current husband when were in the pasture at the back of the house, near the woods. The hooves sounded like they were crossing a wooden bridge. There is the remains of a wooden bridge that was once used near where the hooves were heard.
Radios and televiosions change channels randomly when no one is in the room. The radio sounded like someone was slowly turning the dial but when the room was entered, the station would stay where it was. Once vacated, the radio would start changing channels again.
Lights come on and off by themselves.
A fireplace tool set (shovel, poker and brush) started rocking back and forth at a rapid pace, yet the tools all stayed paralell to the holder, as if someone was holding them in place.
Dogs would suddenly look up into vacant rooms and wag their tails as if they were greeting someone they knew.
An old phone would suddenly start ringing, even though it had not been hooked up in years.
A door slammed shut upstairs one night while my cousin and her husband were watching TV. Their daughter woke up and started screaming. My cousin and her husband ran upstairs and when they calmed down their daughter, she said she saw "a monster with two tails" coming to get her. She would not sleep in her own bed for weeks after that incident.
My cousin once heard the sound of a ball hitting the wall of the attic and the dog running to fetch itm while no one else was in the house. The ball continused to be "thrown" for the dog for some time. My cousin later found the ball shoved in between the couch cusion and the side of the couch.
I have a personal story of an experience in the house I will post later. Does anyone have any thoughts on these experiences?
