From: "Lester L. Lijewski" (hamlet@chartermi.net)
To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Subject: Welcome home grandpa
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:34 PM
Location: Lake Huron, Michigan, USA
I have always been pretty open-minded about ghosts and supernatural things, but when this happened, I can say it turned me into a FIRM believer...
My Grandpa was 84 when he died in March of 1998. He had been a Probate Judge in a small town for most of his life. He and my Grandma moved to my town a couple of years before he died. They lived in a nice house on Lake Huron.
(Continuing on- ) The first Christmas after he passed, our whole family went out to my Grandma's house on the lake to celebrate together. After the meal, my mom sat down at the dining room table with my brother who was 17, and two of my cousins, one was 10, the other 13. They were going to play poker, because one of my cousins got some poker chips as a Christmas present.Well, they played their game, a few snapshots were taken, and the night continued on with nothing abnormal or exciting happening.
At least that's what we thought until a few weeks later. The snapshots that my aunt had taken got developed and she sent one over to our house because she thought it was a very peculiar photo. In the picture, my mom and brother and 2 cousins were playing poker. All of their hands looked like they were holding a "fan of cards", but there were no cards in their hands. It looked like they were reaching for chips, but the chips were nowhere on the table. There was also a big mirror on the wall next to the table in my grandma's house. Well in the picture, there was what looked like a man in a white suit looking at the table as if he were watching the game.
I took this picture with me to school and showed it to some friends and they were all amazed.Everyone saw it but no one could explain it. I don't know what eventually happened to the picture, I've looked for it numerous times(being the pack-rat that I am) but I was never able to find it again.
Nothing strange or scary ever happened in that house, other than the "ghostly picture". My grandmother moved out shortly after that to a smaller house in town. Now, I can't prove it, but I truly believe my Grandpa wanted to make his presence known on Christmas. I don't know how he could make it look like there were no cards or chips, and I cant explain how he made himself visible in the mirror, but I know he was there with all of us for our Christmas dinner. I knew he wouldn't miss it for the world.
If you have any questions or comments you can contact me at rquaine_18@hotmail.com