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From netcom.com!bigbird Tue May 31 10:26:56 1994
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From: bigbird@netcom.com (Larry Burdick)
Subject: Ghost Children
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Summary: A haunting
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Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 15:21:23 GMT
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I heard this story from a friend, so I can't authenticate it:
Some years ago a man bought a 'fixer-upper' house and after several hours work,
decided to eat a cold supper, sleep there, and continue early the next day. As
he was lying in bed, thinking about what to do the next day he heard the
wailing of a small child. Sitting up in his sleeping-bag he looked across the
room towards the staircase and saw the figure of a small child, hardly more
than an infant, descending the stairs, crying. He called out to it, but it
ignored him, and passed in front of him and went into the living room.
As he rushed into the room he saw the figure, still crying, pass through the
wall next to the fireplace. The wailing sound continued, and then died away.
Severely shaken, the man (I don't have his name, sorry) nonetheless went to
sleep, but rose early the next morning and attack the wall where he had seen
the phantom leave the room. Imagine his surprise and horror when he found the
skeleton of a young child inside the wall!
He promptly called the sherriff's office, who removed the skeleton, and after
the necessary paper work he and the two officers held a token funeral service
at the local graveyard.
That night the man waiteed expectantly, but saw nothing. However, just as he
was beginning to fall asleep, he heard the faint sound of laughter. No
visions, just the sound of a child laughing. But that was all. And from that
time until today, he has heard nothing else.
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