Ghost Updates, Face in the TV

Posted by scarygeek on February 1, 2010 at 23:29 pm

I love getting to be early once in a while, but it seems that lately whenever I do get a chance to do it, I am rudely awakened.  Well, last night we had the kids pajamas on, protection spell done, and all in bed by 9pm.  I was actually in my bed and talking to my husband by 9:06pm.  I was feeling pretty good. 

I fell asleep pretty quickly and about 35 minutes after I fell asleep, I woke up to a text from my 13-year-old daughter.  The first text I missed, and it just said, “Mommy,” the next one that I woke up to said, “Mommy Help.”  So once again I ran down stairs to find my daughter lying in bed and very scared.  I asked her what was wrong and she said that there is a face in the television.  I looked, but I could not see anything.  She refused to look in the direction of the screen, and said that it was the scariest thing she had ever seen.  She just described it as a white face with no eyes, but “very scary.”  When I touched her she was trembling.  I really hate that she is going through this, and I know that she tries to make them go away, and isn’t really afraid.  She just does not like it when they are persistent and won’t just leave her alone. 

I sat with her for a while so that she could go to sleep, and of course I could hear the footsteps in the attic again. I have heard rodents and know what those sound like, but these are not rodents.  They are the sound of the footsteps of a large person. 

The other night we went up stairs to get bins from the attic.  I had a funny feeling in my gut and my daughter looked towards the back of the attic, and claims she saw a full apparition.  She said it was as if it were a real person standing there.  I decided we would come back up later when my husband got home, just in case it were a real person.  I have heard crazier stories. 

Well, that is all that has happened during the last week.  I do keep hearing them in the stairway, attic, and in my room, but have not seen what my daughter sees.  I only have that feeling that something else is present.  I try to speak to them, but no response so far.  We will let you know though.

Ghost Updates – Wolf Moon

Posted by scarygeek on January 29, 2010 at 22:11 pm

Tonight is the night of the very first full moon of the year, it is also known as Wolf Moon.  On this night the moon will be it’s biggest and brightest of any other full moon of the year.  Go ahead, take a look, it is very bright and beautiful tonight!

I wanted to give everyone an update on the activity in our home, that has been occurring since about the middle of August of 2009.  We live in New Braunfels, Texas at the moment, with four of our five children.  Our oldest daughter is 13, and she seems to be the conduit that attracts these spirits to our home.  They are generally seen in or around the stairway, and are seen as shadow figures, orbs, bright figures, and now we are seeing actual full apparitions. 

Since August, my husband and I moved into the bedrooms upstairs, and all of the kids sleep together in the master bedroom downstairs.  This way they are as far away from the stairway as possible.  Anyway, after we put the kids to bed last night my daughter called me down to the bedroom because she was hearing footsteps in the attic.  Then she said she was also hearing voices, but she could not make out what they were saying.  I stayed with her in the bedroom for a while and then she began to get frustrated because she does not know why they won’t just leave her alone.  She said that all she wants to do is to be able to sleep.  I feel so bad for her.  We sat there and listened with her, but she said that they soon stopped.  I decided to just let her come up stairs and sleep with me, so that the both of us could get some sleep.

Well, she seemed to fall asleep pretty quickly, but I stayed awake for a bit, because I was feeling like something followed us up stairs.  I was trying to get comfortable when I heard footsteps and something in the attic.  I turned to the sound and heard it a couple more times, and then it settled down.  I didn’t tell my daughter this, but earlier before I went down to her bedroom, I was lying in the bed trying to get comfortable when I felt something grab my exposed leg, and it happened just as she called me down. 

We really are not afraid of these spirits anymore, we have gotten quite used to them.  The only problem is that they do not let us rest.  A good nights seep would be wonderful.  We will be moving soon, and I know that it will not solve our problem, but I am going to do my best to make these spirits stay right here in this house.

Haunted Places – Leonis Adobe House

Posted by scarygeek on January 14, 2010 at 23:59 pm

One of the most haunted houses in the Los Angeles County, is the Leonis Adobe House.  This house is not like any other haunted place I have written about.  This house is haunted by a woman named Espiritu Chujilla, who just so happens to be my great-great-grandmother.   

The Leonis Adobe House was built in 1844, and is one of the oldest surviving homes in the area.  It is located in what is now Calabasas, California.  It was registered with the The National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and now serves as a museum. 

Leonis Adobe, acquired the house in the mid 1800’s.  He purchased half of the property from its dying owner, but the second half he acquired by marrying a widowed mission Indian named Espiritu Chujilla.  She lived with Leonis in the house for 30 years, until 1889 when he was killed after suffering from injuries received when he was run over by his own wagon.  His Will was read soon after his death, and in it, he denied Espiritu as his wife, and referred to her as his “Faithful Housekeeper.”  The property was worth $1,000,000.00 at the time of his death, he left Espiritu $10,000.00, and left the remaining property to his siblings.  There was a 15 year legal battle over the estate, and Espiritu suffered greatly.  Having no money, she was forced to eat what she could find or hunt down, sometimes eating the acorns that she picked off of the ground.  Even though several witnesses testified that Leonis acknowledged Espiritu as his wife, his siblings wanted the estate.  She even showed them the grave of their only daughter who died before adulthood.  His name was on the grave, identifying him as her father.  Anyway, she ended up being awarded half of the estate, but was taken advantage of by lawyers, and lost all of the property by bogus lawsuits. Espiritu lived in the Leonis Adobe house until her death in 1906, at which time her son, by her first marriage, moved his family into the home. 

The house was named one of the most haunted places in Los Angeles, and was featured on the British television show “Most Haunted” in 2005.  Many of the people that work and visit the house have reported having paranormal experiences.  There have been reports of very clearly heard voices on both levels of the home, but when checked, there is never anyone to be found.  A shadow figure of a woman on the upstairs balcony has been reported seen by passers by.  There was even a report of a woman who was standing on the balcony, who was pulled back by an invisible set of hands, at the exact time that the balcony collapsed.  Leonis himself, has been seen walking his dog, and even on his deathbed.  Footsteps on the upper floor and stairways, and a strong smell of soap, are always a commonly reported experience. 

I honestly can’t wait to take my family to the house.  I am looking forward to taking some good pictures and maybe even asking Espiritu to take one with me.  If you have any stories to share, please email me at lisa@scarygeek.com.  I would love to read them, and with permission, post them to my site.

Protective Spirit in My Bedroom

Posted by scarygeek on January 2, 2010 at 16:13 pm

My family and I have gone through some pretty scary experiences over the past several months, and we are now learning how to live with our gift.  We are constantly surrounded by spirits, ghosts, spirit guides, or whatever you want to call them, pretty much all of the time.  I believe they have become more frequent, and we have become stronger, because my daughter and I are very open to them at this time.  My daughter because she is now a teenager, and her energy is strong.  I think they really love to be around her her right now.  As for myself, while I have been on a spiritual journey for most of my life, I am just now starting to understand myself and the gifts that I possess.  As I become more aware of these gifts and those energies around me, I have noticed a few things that I had not before.  I have been aware that I am constantly being watched over, sometimes to the point where I can actually feel them following me, hear their footsteps behind me, and even hear their voices.  It isn’t anything that scares me or makes me feel uncomfortable, it is just a good feeling.  I have seen more and more activity in my upstairs hallway and bedrooms, and over the past week I have been hearing someone walking in the hallway, through my bedroom door, into my bedroom, around my room, and then just stand there on my side of the bed.  I have had this experience three times in the last week, and last night was the most recent.  I was lying in bed when I heard the footsteps. I opened my eyes and followed the sounds from the bedroom door to my side of the bed.  I looked in the direction that I heard it stop, I smiled, said, “good night”, and acknowledged his presence.  I am not sure who this spirit is, but I have a very strong feeling that it is a man.  I did not feel like I had anything to fear from this energy so I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

Sharing our Home with a Ghost #2

Posted by scarygeek on October 21, 2009 at 00:56 am

10/06/09

Okay, so we have now formally acknowledged the presence of a male spirit in the house who is watching over our family. We have offered him an apple and a comic book in the upstairs loft area as I said we would. The kids seemed a bit more comfortable and they were able to sleep better last night. There were no screaming or waking episodes and no footsteps, but my daughter continues to feel like something is watching her. She understands that “he” is here to protect us but she is still very uncomfortable about the whole situation. It’s all new to her but I think she is handling it quite well. I did not hear or see anything on the stairs last night either so maybe “he” really just wanted us to know he was here for us. We all have an idea about who “he” is, but I am hoping that “he” will let one of us know soon. I really do want to know.