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BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

by BARomero

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“I have to go out,” My uncle told me. “You’re welcome to wait around if you want.”

I had stopped by to hang out with my cousin that afternoon, but he hadn’t yet gotten home from his job at the bagel shop. After my uncle left, I was alone in the house with nothing to do but wait. After flipping through forty cable channels (this was the 80’s), I decided there was nothing on TV. Then I remembered my cousin kept his comic books in the basement. I went down for some reading material.

The basement was musty and damp and contained some junk left by the previous owner. The comics were at the end of a long hallway that mysteriously ended in a blank wall. The whole situation creeped me out, but I needed something to do so I went in. Halfway down the hall, I heard it.

“What are you doing here?”

It was a small child’s voice. It wasn’t angry, only curious. Still, I froze in my tracks, then backed out of the hall and up the stairs. Twenty years later, I still don’t go into that basement by myself.

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  1. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    BARomero's Buddy Icon BARomero

    Posted about 1 month ago

    No sourcing on this one, just my recollection of my personal experience at my cousin’s house.

  2. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    thebetweenspace's Buddy Icon thebetweenspace

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I definitely relate to this one because I’ve had a few similar moments in my life. Although, the soundtrack of my life would’ve been much scarier if it involved the voices of children in such scary moments.

  3. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted about 1 month ago

    wow! creepy! I wouldn’t go back either!

  4. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    g2 (la pianista irlandesa)'s Buddy Icon g2 (la pianista irlandesa)

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Definitely creepy, but I would’ve gone back down for curiosity’s sake. (My curiosity can become vicious if not satisfied…)

  5. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    BARomero's Buddy Icon BARomero

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I think what I wound up doing was I went back upstairs and played MTV loudly until someone came home…

  6. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    ♠Ana Cristina♥'s Buddy Icon ♠Ana Cristina♥

    Posted about 1 month ago

    I would’ve done the same as you, BARomero!

  7. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    BARomero's Buddy Icon BARomero

    Posted about 1 month ago

    There was another incident in the same house, where my brother (who was three at the time) saw a man in a fedora, and asked my grandmother, “Who is that?” When she looked, nobody was there.

  8. BARomero's Experience (Haunted House Challenge)

    Jenunique's Buddy Icon Jenunique

    Posted about 1 month ago

    Glad to see that we aren’t alone in our experiences. Would be interesting to know what might have taken place on the land before the house was built or with the folks who lived there before. Either way, great recollection!

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