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Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:01:57 -0800 (PST)
To: guestbook@ghosts.org
yourname Jennifer J
email jennlynnj@yahoo.com
story I have submitted two other stories, but apparently the site has not been updated yet. I am hopeful though because I saw it was last updated in SEPT so here's a third.
This story may end up kind of long because it requires some background. Well, my brother had a friend who rented a house from this old woman. A little further back in the woods there was this old shed which was full of cool stuff or so I am told, I never went in myself. Apparently, the shed belonged to an old man who had died.
Well my brother and his friend would go there sometimes, but the friend would never let me tag along. Eventually, my brother started taking things, old license plates, bottles, cans, etc. Well, his friend was very religious and did not approve so he stopped going.
One day my brother was talking about the place and we asked him to take us. It was me and my two friends(a brother and sister). I also should add that these two were SCAREDY cats. They couldn't even watch Unsolved Mysteries. Anyway, we started throught the woods. We passed these two open like spots in the woods. It was as if the trees had been cleared to put in a road, but it was never done. Well, we came to this BIG clearing, about a quarter of a mile away, we could see the shed. However, something better had caught my eye.
There was this ENORMOUS Oak tree, just beautiful. Its branches came out of the trunk and curved around and stretched down to the ground. One of the branches had even started to burrow underground. They were very very sturdy and thick so OF COURSE, the four of us started to climb.
Well, we were probably on that tree for half an hour when, at the same time, my brother and I looked in the direction of the shed. We looked back at each other knowing we had both seen the same thing. We started to run and the others followed. Once we got into the first clearing we stopped but the brother and sister kept running.
I can't be certain but I think it was the old man. All I saw was a sillohete(sp?) Of a man in a hat, kind of like a smushed top hat, like the kind they wear on Broadway shows. And there was a dog(also a shadow-like) at his side. it was a perfectly sunny day, and he was standing in the clear open space, there was nothing to shade him but he was completely black. I wasn't really scared, in fact I wanted to go back, but we decided to catch up to the other two, who by the way didn't see a thing. They did not even know why we had run until we got back and told them.