TEXT:

Informant- “I have seen a ghost before. I remember when I was moving out of my second home that I ever lived in to move into the home that we currently live now. I was, I got into an argument with my sister and I was sleeping by her feet and my feet were by her head and I was looking at the hallway because the door was right in front of where our feet should be, but by my head because I was mad at her. And I was on my phone and I looked up and I remember, it happened for two nights, the first night, it was these two white girls and they were like from the shining and they were like laughing like “hee hee hee” it was almost at like slow-mo and they rushed past me and it was like instant. I screamed and then I turned around and I went to bed. Second night, same thing, I had my head where (my sister’s) feet was. And I was looking up the stairs that’s like right in front of, um, right on the side of the doorframe. And I see this little black boy and I’m thinking it’s my younger cousin, J. And I’m like,” J, like, what are you doing here? Like, how did you get here?” And same thing, he just starts laughing, “ha ha ha ha.” And he skips down the stairs and runs past me. And that was the first and last time I ever seen ghosts. It was the most craziest thing I ever, like, whoa, I never experienced anything like that in my life. Even now, like, it feels surreal because it’s like, did that really happen? But it did.”

CONTEXT:

These ghost stories happened to the informant herself and in her adolescence in her home in Detroit, MI. The informant later shared with me that the previous owner of the house that these occurrences happened in, had gotten very sick and passed away, but had not died at the house, which I feel like is helpful to add to the story.

ANALYSIS:

Because these occurrences only happened once it is hard to say if they are true, but because my informant believe so deeply in the validity, of them, so do I. Ghost tales and legends traditionally are spread throughout time and repetition, but because the informant still lives in the house where these occurrences took place one could say there is still time for repetition.