Wife has weird ex[perience

Last night my wife was working with the computer. She said that as she sat there at the computer she heard, coming from the floor to ceiling bookcase at her immediate right, a distinct creaking noise such as a door with rusty hinges would made upon opening. As we have had some really creepy issues with this bookcase my wife said aloud, "I don't know who you are, but I do not like people reading over my shoulder". "So cease the spying or I'll inform the DEA". My wife has the suspecian that tunnels in this town are being used by drug runners. Where she gets that notion, I do not know. We are not even certain there are tunnels under this house though several other houses in town definitely do have them. Anyway, she said she heard a short scrapping sound and a "thud" like a door closing. I simply cannot see how much could be going on behind this bookcase unless the walls are a lot thicker than they appear to be. Some of our exterior walls are 4 bricks thick, some may be thicker. Some of our walls appear to have interior metal sheets. As we have never made extensive modifications or repairs on the exterior walls I'm not certain about their interior make-up. But this bookcase has centered on several of our reports of things going ,"bump" that we cannot explain. The rear wall behind the library shelves extend to the basement where they encounter huge granite foundation blocks weighing hundreds of pounds. I'm not certain how a false wall might be constructed to hide a passageway; but there just doesn't seem to me to be enough room to do so. But those old builders could be very crafty; or so I'm told. Or maybe we really do have a spook loose here. Who knows?

46,000 gallons of water become half a million gallons of water

Referring back a couple of posts I wrote that a recent water-line break in my laundry room supposedly leaked 46,000 gallons of water before it was discovered. It seems that that 46,000 gallons of water has grown to a half million (over 500,000) gallons of water. Yet no escaped water is to be seen. The meter reads over 500,000 gallons of water lost yet there is no water damage nor any signs of where it went. If this isn't a paranormal event than I have to suspect a more sinister plan afoot. An $8000.00 water bill is nothing to sneeze at. Yet there is absolutely no sign of where this unbelievable flood of water went. But the meter says...... so you are responsible. I wonder how many whales could be kept in a half million gallons of water?

Dog in the mirror

Yesterday evening as I was finishing up shaving I distinctly saw a little black dog, in the bathroom mirror, enter the room and bounce over toward me. I turned around to scold what I thought was my little black schnauzer, for coming around or over the downstairs gate. But there was no dog there. I looked all around, certain she was somewhere in the bathroom. She wasn't anywhere upstairs because a minute or two later I heard my wife call both dogs and I heard the gate open and the sound of two stampeding schnauzers coming up the stairs. So what did I see? This was not a brief impression, what I saw must have been several seconds in duration. I was certain enough that I turned to chastise the offending dog. The bathroom is large, as bathrooms go and it is well lit. I definitely saw something. If not my younger black mutt, then what?

Missing: 46,000 gallons of water

Yesterday my wife and I came home from working at our store in a neighboring town at about 5:30 pm. On our front door was a note from the county water department stating they had shut off our water due to a leak on my side of the water meter. It was too late to call the water department so we went waterless; using water out of our cistern for toilet service. I called the water department early this am and made arrangements for someone at the water department to meet me o we could determine the exact location of the leak. I have insurance that covers the water line from the street to the house. The water department personnel arrived right on time and I was instructed top turn off the water going into the house in the basement and they would turn the water back on out at the street and we could determine whether or not the main feed line was leaking. It wasn't. So the leak had to be in the house. But I had followed the water line from where it enters the house all the way through the house and no leaking water was found. As the water department said the meter showed 46,000 gallons had been used; that is one heck of a lot of water for it to not show up anywhere. So the water inspector came into the house and followed the line through the house. He was shaking his head and saying "If the leak is in the house you should have a basement full of water". I agreed. No sign of extra water was evident. Finally we got to the very back of the house where the water line goes into the laundry room. The laundry room has a water shut-off valve. We closed off that valve and the noise of running water ended. The leak is in the laundry room. But the laundry room is attached to the basement but sits above the basement. Yet there is absolutely no evidence of water outflow. I have a crew coming in tomorrow to fix the pipe; but where in this crusty old brick is the house hiding 46,000 gallons of water? I've been all around the house and especially the laundry room searching for floods of water. Its been raining today, but even at that, wouldn't you think 46,000 gallons of water would have left some trace? I realize this is not anything paranormal, at least I don't think it is. Unless I have a very thirsty haunt. Or maybe I simply flooded a tunnel. There are tunnels in this town but I never found one under this house; but who knows?

House very quiet today

After all of the noises of yesterday one would think the clamor would leak over into today. It hasn't. We're pretty much snowed in. I did make it to church this morning but the snow became almost a whiteout and continued most of the morning and early afternoon. The roads are bad at present. Hopefully they will be cleared by tomorrow. So my wife and I and our two schnauzers have put in a very quiet day at home. None of the racket we experienced yesterday. We couldn't locate the creaks and groans yesterday and we can't explain the total quiet of today. Whatever makes the weird in this house seems to have no rhyme nor reason as to when or where it is to occur. Such is the fate of anyone who lives in large, old, historic, homes.

Strange noises

The wife and I are both home today for a change, I 've said before the house seems strangely quiet. But that isn't the case today. There has been many slams, bangs, whirring noises and what sounds like a porch swing chain clatter. We do not have a porch swing. I cannot locate other strange sounds; but the wind is blowing pretty good so I figure that must have something to do with it. There is snow and freezing rain predicted for later today (I hope they are wrong) but it is still quite cold outside with a rapid wind. One of the loud bangs occurred in the Library, just a few minutes ago. It sounded like it came from the book shelves that runs ceiling to the floor just immediately south of the computer. There is no evidence of anything having fallen nor any other such thing that could have resulted in a loud bang. Yes, I'm use to loud noises here; but I would really like to know what causes them. So I suppose the house is as active as it always has been. I guess I just thought it was quiet because I wasn't here to hear the noises. I'm here today and the noises are fairly frequent and, so far, without explanation.

Shadow people?

Today, at my wife's store, a strange happening. We hadn't been open very long; maybe an hour. My wife was working at the checkout counter and I was working on a clock in the backroom area. My wife came into the work area and said the strangest thing had just happened. As she was working on some papers at the counter she saw someone come in the door right beside the check-out. She gave her typical salutation and offered assistance if such were needed. When she looked up, no one was there. I heard her salutation where I was working and naturally assumed some one had come into the store. At this particular time there were no customers in the store. There is no way shadow or person could have crossed that threshold. She said that whatever it was passed through from the door well into the store. No shadows would be possible from that door. A person would not have been able to pass out of sight that quickly. The front display windows are well away from the check-out counter and are so well stocked that outside shadows or reflection would have been nonexistent in that area of the store. I said, "I heard you greet somebody, but I didn't hear the door bell ring (A rather loud brass bell sounds when someone comes in or leaves). "I saw someone or the shadow of someone come in so I greeted them. But nobody was there", my wife replied. "Then come to think of it, I didn't hear the bell either". We get weird things in this old building from time to time. I guess this was just another one.