I stayed with friends six years ago in the village of Stradbroke,in the English countryside. They live in an 800 year old house (technically a castle) complete with a moat.

I didn't see the ghost, but they swear that they have one. They have a staircase that leads from the kitchen to the upstairs bedrooms. There is a door at the bottom that they lock every night with a latch. On many occasions, they will come down in morning to find the latch unlocked and the door wide open.

Another time, they were out in the garden when they heard a loud crash from the house. They ran in and found that all the plates had fallen off the kitchen table. Strange thing was, the table was perfectly level, and the plates had fallen in two directions: half on one side of the table, and the other half on the other side of the table.

At least they have a relatively harmless ghost!!


The other experience is from my step-sister. She's a perfectly level headed lawyer with no reason to make this up:

One night after she and her husband moved into their 150 year old house in Old Towne Alexandria (accross the river from DC), she awoke to see an old man leaning over and looking into the face of her husband. The man was dressed in the type of clothing worn last century. She was completely awake when she saw this. The "man" stared at her husband for a minute or so, then walked out of the room.

She learned from some neighbors later that the home had once been owned by an elderly couple. We figure he was just making sure that a good couple was taking good care of their home. He's never returned...

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.