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Do You Believe?

A few months ago I was at a friend's house and she told me there was a ghost in the house.  I rolled my eyes and probably said something sarcastic.  A month went by and no boogie men, no weird sounds or bumps in the night.  Then one day, she was away and I was at her house feeding her cats.  I also had asked if I could do some laundry while she was away.  She said yes and one night, while going to check the cats, I brought over some laundry. 

So I'm watching TV and doing laundry and I walk down to put some stuff in the dryer.  It was hot out that night, so the basement was rather balmy.  As I headed back upstairs I noticed a large box and some papers leaning against a wall.  I walked by them, turned around the wall and headed upstairs.  I turned the light out and went back to watching TV.  About an hour later I headed back to get the clothes out of the dryer.  I opened the door and flicked on the light.  At the bottom of the stairs there was a mess.  The box and the papers were on the floor.  It immediately dawned on me that this was weird.  How did they not only fall, but make their way around the wall.  I shrugged my shoulders and headed down.  I picked up the box and papers and put them against the wall.  I then took one step and the balmy atmosphere suddenly became cold.  Not cold like a breeze, but the near 80 degree basement felt like an icebox.  I was shivering.  I took one more step and it was back into the warmth.  I folded the clothes and put them in my laundry bag.  I walked back through the cold spot and it was gone.  Complete warmth was now there.  I walked back up the stairs and that was it.

I went back the next morning and checked the basement.  It was warm.  No cold spots.  No boxes or papers on the ground.  Whatever was there that caused the cold was gone.  I won't say I believe in ghosts.  I won't ever believe in ghosts or the supernatural, but that was quite possibly the oddest, most unexplainable moment of my life.  I told my friend and of course she knew what it was.  Who it was.  I'm still not convinced, but who am I, after this, to say it wasn't.

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