Stay Out!

It was dark when my daughter and I dropped in. Monica went around back to call for the dog and get her food for the evening, while I descended the stairs into the basement to take care of the plants. Making my way downstairs, a haphazard scene appeared before me. All the shoes and boots from the closet were inexplicably strewn across the floor. And two large men’s boots were placed, toe-to-toe, in front of the room where my sister kept her plants. It was an eerie sight, and I felt that someone wasn't happy with me going in there. 

I wasn’t long heading back upstairs, grabbing Monica and racing for home. On the way, we kept checking to make sure nothing was after us. I never realized how close we were pressed together as we raced home until later on, as I was telling my husband what we saw, when I noticed my shoulder was sore. 

My husband drove us back to my sister’s house and looked all around, but nothing was amiss - neither a shoe nor a boot out of place. The next day l told my sister what happened and she said, “Oh that’s just the mother-in-law. Since she passed, many strange things have happened. Sometimes, when we are just sitting around, the vacuum comes on - and we figure she’s just trying to tell us the house needs cleaning.” - By Fritz Young

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