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I say your brother made it up to convince himself. A teenage boy is among the most unreliable witnesses around.

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This sounds like fun! Looking forward to reading more. Funnily, ghosts must be on our collective minds because I write about ghosts today too in my post! 😀

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I'm really looking forward to this exchange, Wil -- what a great idea! I do not believe in disembodied spirits, but I do believe in the concept of ghosts. In my belief system, they represent something much more sinister and malevolent than people with unfinished business. I don't have any personal experiences... only things I read online.

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My best friend from 1st-5th grade was at her grandma's house after her grandpa passed away. And she saw a ghostly hand reach around the staircase. She told us this story at a slumber party to celebrate her birthday. We stayed up all night drinking "pep juice." Which was really just pop with a piece of paper with the words "pep juice" written on marker taped over the brand. The party was in July and at one point there was lighting in the sky, and we all swear we saw a skeleton in the clouds.

Me, I've never seen a ghost, but I do have a UFO story. A guy took me on a date to the beach on Lake Michigan. We were down there way past when you were allowed to. And they have these round concrete things out in the middle of the water. I don't even know what it is. It's just this giant concrete thing that sometimes is in the middle of the lake, sometimes on the sand, depending on how high the water is. We were out there on the beach when we look out and we see this light shooting straight up next to he concrete thing, like coming from the water and shooting all the way into the sky. We were freaking out, both of us, for five minutes AT LEAST. And then the light just went straight back up into the sky. Yes, we got the hell outta there.

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We also have a tub ghost that I routinely need flush out by opening the shower curtain every time I go into the bathroom. I'm convinced if I don't let him out, he'll attack me at my most vulnerable. 😂😂

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What about the ghost who eats the last bite of my dessert when I'm not looking? He/she has also been known to finish my coffee before I can enjoy the final sip.

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