June 2, 2006
The Woman in the Wardrobe
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Cameron, Castleford, West Yorkshire, England,
1976
Going back some thirty years now, I can still remember my encounter
with what can only be described as a ghost, but an usual one at that.
When I was three I lived with my parents in a simple two-up two-down
mid-terrace house.
One day after going to the bathroom I went into my parents' room to
bounce on there bed -- they had a very springy bed. While playing in
their room, what I can only describe as a woman that looked exactly like
a shop dummy, came at me out of the wardrobe. She was bald, had blue eye
shadow on with red lipstick and a red dress with yellow flowers on it.
The thing looked at me and made an awful gasping sound. I remember
screaming and running for my mother. She took me back to the room and I
started to panic telling her not to go near the wardrobe or the thing
would get her -- obviously it didn't. Then a few weeks later I was in
bed when I suddenly found myself laying on the floor looking at the
thing I saw in my parents' room standing at the opposite side of the bed
which was pushed against the wall while it stared back at me. As a
result of the fall, a trip to the hospital was needed to see the extent
of the damage done to my leg, though I don't recall any real damage
being done. Even now typing the story, the hairs on my neck stand on end
as I recall what happened.
