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A Walk in Haunted Woods

September 2, 2026 /

A Walk in Haunted Woods

Spooky moon through trees

While walking in woods in rural, northern Connecticut, it was dark but I could see the moon above. With each step I took I knew I was not alone.

“I had an eerie feeling…”

I had an eerie feeling that something was following me. I heard tree branches moving, even though there was no wind, then I felt a cold chill behind my back.

“My flashlight was going low.”

At that moment I heard a whisper and something tried to touch my hand.

I froze and I couldn’t move. I had do something, so I suddenly ran through the woods. I looked back and saw a face of woman. When I looked back again, she was gone.

This is not my first paranormal experience.

— Author Jean Marie Rusin in Connecticut

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Her Spirit Visits Old Friends

May 8, 2026 /

Her Spirit Visits Old Friends

Bobbie and I had not been lifelong friends, but in her late years our paths connected through common interests: world travel and a local writer’s group. She passed more than ten years ago. I attended her memorial where her adult children gifted each visitor a paperback book Bobbie had written that included photographs from her life. I hadn’t seen the book in years.

This month while sorting and purging paperwork, I came across Bobbie’s book, a small book, seventy pages. I read a few stories and missed her all over again. I felt her spirit near.

I was telling a friend from the same writer’s group about finding and reading Bobbie’s book. The friend had recently moved to a new home and had been unpacking boxes to fill her bookcase. She, too, had come upon Bobbie’s book—the same day.

I believe that after ten years, that we both had connected with Bobbie in the same way, on the same day, is beyond coincidence. I believe her spirit was visiting two old friends to say hello, I’m still here.

Spirit Presence of Loved Ones Passed

November 8, 2017 /

The Spirit Presence of Loved Ones Passed

Loved ones passed: A few years back when I would shut the lights out with only my TV on I could feel a presence watching me. My hairs on my arms would stick up and my heart would start beating fast. This went on for about two years. I never saw anything. To this day I can feel a presence from time to time.

Sometimes I feel like someone touches me or sits next to me when my back is turned. I also hear my name from time to time, too. Could it be love ones passed checking up on me?

— Jessica in Massachusetts

I believe the spirits of loved ones passed make their presence known. I’ve had the same experience, often accompanied by the smell of flowers, pipe tobacco, or cologne. — Kat

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