Last time I posted anything of substance here it was to recall possibly the strangest "paranormal" experience of my life, from 25 years ago. Mostly, since then, the spirit world has been massively disinterested in me.
However, nine months ago me and my new wife moved into a little old row of terraced houses that were, depending on who you believe, either built for workmen or nurses sometime at the end of the nineteenth century.
Since then, we've had:
An enormous bang from somewhere in the house that shook the walls and sent us scurrying around like bloody Ghostbusters, armed with bits of wood.
The sound of my stepdaughter's bed being bounced on in the middle of the night when she wasn't home.
My stepdaughter's room being tidied up when none of us were home.
The toilet flushing when no one is in there.
The smell of strong cigarette smoke in the bathroom and between it and the spare room, when no one has had a fag.
The sound of drawers being opened and closed in the kitchen at night, resulting in naked me running downstairs to confront whoever.
Various items go missing or moving. A Buddha statue in the lounge that seems to want to only face the fishtank, for instance.
And most alarming, a pair of blue trousers walking across the kitchen, having come from out of the understairs cupboard. I absolutely saw this, I am sure.
Now I come to think of it, Im sure I posted about something strange happening in our kitchen here a few months ago, when a glass transported itself to the sink. Hmm. I may be living in a very low level haunting. None of it is terrifying- although my stepdaughter is a little alarmed. It's more like The Amityville Annoyance than anything horrorish.
