EDITED after talking to my source, who clarified the details. Edits in blue
For a change, I'd like to post a completely natural, in-the-field, spontaneous report of a ghost sighting. The purpose is to put on the record what they look like for the sake of conversation.
I was at my local comic book store last week, on December 13, to buy some comics. I went again on the 19th, to buy some more. On the second visit, the owner of the store, Anthony, told me, "I don't believe in ghosts, but I saw a ghost after your last visit." The ghost was of a woman named Diane who died August 18th of this year at 80 years old. The woman was the mother of a friend of his. He hadn't seen her for a couple of years.
Diane did not live nearby. The store is in Hyde Park, NY. Diane lived about two hours away, in Oneonta, NY.
Anthony thought she might have been connected to me, though I did not know her. He knew her as an artist but hadn't seen her in a long time. He did not know she had died until she appeared in his store. There was something about that appearance that made him think, a) she has died, and b) this is a ghost. She had never visited his store before.
He said that after I had left the store on the earlier visit, he had locked the door to the store and started closing down for the evening. It was about 9pm. Then, Diane walked in the front door, though it was closed and locked. The bell attached to the door did not ring. Diane walked in, said, "There is a right way to do things and a wrong way," and then walked out, again, through the closed and locked front door. "I saw her walk straight through the door." He checked the door to be sure it was locked, and it was.
I asked Anthony if she looked "normal" to him. "No, she didn't. She looked younger and healthier than I've ever seen her. I'm used to seeing her as a seventy-plus year old woman. When she came to the store, she appeared to be in her fifties and had plenty of strength or energy." I clarified that I wanted to know what tipped him off that she was a ghost, and if that was related to her appearance. "What tipped me off is that she looked like Diane but twenty or thirty years younger. it was weird. Other than that, she looked like a normal person. She cast shadows, and was not transparent or blurry."
So that's my ghost report for the year, coming from a person, Anthony, who says he "doesn't believe in ghosts."
For a change, I'd like to post a completely natural, in-the-field, spontaneous report of a ghost sighting. The purpose is to put on the record what they look like for the sake of conversation.
I was at my local comic book store last week, on December 13, to buy some comics. I went again on the 19th, to buy some more. On the second visit, the owner of the store, Anthony, told me, "I don't believe in ghosts, but I saw a ghost after your last visit." The ghost was of a woman named Diane who died August 18th of this year at 80 years old. The woman was the mother of a friend of his. He hadn't seen her for a couple of years.
Diane did not live nearby. The store is in Hyde Park, NY. Diane lived about two hours away, in Oneonta, NY.
Anthony thought she might have been connected to me, though I did not know her. He knew her as an artist but hadn't seen her in a long time. He did not know she had died until she appeared in his store. There was something about that appearance that made him think, a) she has died, and b) this is a ghost. She had never visited his store before.
He said that after I had left the store on the earlier visit, he had locked the door to the store and started closing down for the evening. It was about 9pm. Then, Diane walked in the front door, though it was closed and locked. The bell attached to the door did not ring. Diane walked in, said, "There is a right way to do things and a wrong way," and then walked out, again, through the closed and locked front door. "I saw her walk straight through the door." He checked the door to be sure it was locked, and it was.
I asked Anthony if she looked "normal" to him. "No, she didn't. She looked younger and healthier than I've ever seen her. I'm used to seeing her as a seventy-plus year old woman. When she came to the store, she appeared to be in her fifties and had plenty of strength or energy." I clarified that I wanted to know what tipped him off that she was a ghost, and if that was related to her appearance. "What tipped me off is that she looked like Diane but twenty or thirty years younger. it was weird. Other than that, she looked like a normal person. She cast shadows, and was not transparent or blurry."
So that's my ghost report for the year, coming from a person, Anthony, who says he "doesn't believe in ghosts."
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