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When we think of hauntings there are two images that usually come to mind. The first is of a semi-transparent Bill Cosby from Ghost Dad trying to convince you yet again that Pudding Pops are delicious. Terrifying, right?
The second, from now on, is of a spectre picking up a 13-year-old boy and dragging him physically through his house – like what happened in this case…
Hecklerspray thought it saw a ghost once. It ended up though it was just a very dense toot our college roommate let slide after eating his weight in Taco Bell. Still, it was both ominous and frightening – especially when the cloud seemed to point at us after we mentioned Christmas in a negative light.
It’s nothing compared to what happened to this kid though – that’s because his encounter included getting dragged across the floor by something he couldn’t see, feel or, and we’re only assuming here, taste. Here’s a snippet as found on the Daily Mail:
“The 13-year-old was alone in their home in Hartlepool, when he claims he was suddenly pulled upright, dragged across the living room, and thrown out into the street. The incident, which happened on Monday, lasted five minutes before the startled teenager fled to a neighbour’s house.”
Well that sounds pretty scary – its not where it ends though. Here’s an elaborating quote from the boys mother Beverley Wilkins:
“Daniel told me he had been sitting on the sofa listening to music when he felt someone grab him and pick him up. His feet came off the floor and then someone started pushing him towards the living room door. Whatever it was then tried to push him into the kitchen. He said that the front door then flew open and he was grabbed by the arms again and pushed into the street. He did not see anyone throughout the whole thing but said it sounded like a man because of the heavy breathing.”
When the family regrouped they went back in to see if the coast was clear – it wasn’t. They heard a bunch of banging and foot steps coming from upstairs so they turned tail and ran. That night, with grandmotherly reinforcements, they went back in. Everybody stayed in the same room – three kids, a mother and a grandmother. The only oddity mentioned is that the smoke alarm mysteriously bleeped at some point.
Call us crazy, but a bleeping smoke alarm would have been enough reason for us to vacate again. Albeit more for us trying to avoid ever being labeled as ‘crispy’ than for fear of the transparent dead.
Ghost stories aren’t really rare at all. After all – Michael Jackson‘s already got some of his own. What is a little more rare are these stories of ghosts physically attacking people. And what’s with the heavy breathing? Do ghost breathe? Maybe it wasn’t a ghost – maybe it was more something like this. Or a tankless version of this.
We’ll only really know for sure once Hollywood buys this kid’s ‘based on a true story’ movie rights and eventually CGI a ghost snake floating out of his mouth.
Hollywood, please get your best people on this.
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Tom J says
Forgive me for remaining sceptical but all we actually have here is the word of 13 year old boy and the writings of the Daily Mail. I find it very hard to trust either of those.