October 14, 2010
The Ghost Cat
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Jake - Belleville, Illinois - July 20, 2010
First of all, the house I bought about a year ago was renovated shortly
before I bought it. It was built in the forties, and without checking
records I know that the woman who lived here before me was here for most of
that time until she passed. My neighbor across the alley estimated she was
here about 35 years. I noticed upon moving in that there were too many
noises in this house for it to just be settling. Some could be from the new
ducts and HVAC system expanding and contracting with the temperature, but
that didn't explain the abundance of thumping sounds like something was
dropped on the hardwood floors. I never felt a real presence and definitely
no threat, but I knew something was odd.
One morning while stretching, I saw a cat in my bedroom door way, but on my
double take, there was nothing. I don't own a cat, but I most definitely saw
one. That did explain the thump sounds I heard, like a cat jumping off a
counter. It was not there, but I saw it. Now when I hear certain bumps while
it is quiet, I can tell where my spectral friend is hidden. But I have yet
to see him again.
