Be Careful What You Say

From: Anonymous
Story type: Ghost
Location: Knoxville,Kn.
Source: Form Submission

It was in the summer of 1978 thatI was staying with my mother after a break up with my husband.I have all ways been open to new things.but I was not ready nor have been since then for the experince of a life time.

On a sunday night we were watching a movie on t.v.(not sure what it was)but it gendered a large conversation.My sisters and I were talking about one thing and then another.Some how we ended up talk- ing about meating oneself and what would you do.Joking we told what each would do,speaking from past movies we had seen.Mom sat back laughing at some of our answers.

it was growing late everyone began to turn in for the night. As was my habit to lay aside my clothes for the next day .I took out some blue jeans and a white tee-shirt and some sports shoes along with a red bow for my hair;set them in a chair next to my bed.Streching and reaching for my gown I changed and climbed in to bed.

The alarm started everyones day bright and early.I rose to get my son ready day care,soon the house was empty.With every one gone and I still had time before going to school(I was attending Job Corps here in Knoxville) jumping back into bed I soon dozeing off to sleep.My mom stoped back in she had forgotten something."Wake me up when you come back in for lunch" I shouted at her as she left.

I dont know how long I had been sleeping but I was suddendly awakened with a feeling that I was not alone.I lay there wating to hear anoise or something.Nothing.But in my door to my bed room I saw myself staring back at me.Frozen my heart began to race. Closing my eyes I thought this cant be. No way. I opened my eyes and watched as this enity that looked like my walked into the room;wearing exactly what I had laid out the night before.The pants,shirt,shoes and hair bow.I looked in the chair next to the bed and the clothes were still there.I closed my eyes as tight as I could and thought this is not funny my heart was racing like wild horses before a brush fire.Taling to myself in side my head I said when I open my eyes this thing will be gone.Not so!

While watching this enity that looked like me I said within mysely if this is me come closer.It Did. With tears in my eyes I snatched the covers over my head trimbling from fear and horror not knowing what to to this enity was blocking the only way out.I thought I must be dreaming,if this is real then when I take this cover down from my face it (the enity)will be staring me eye to eye slowly I took cover down.With a scream I almost riped the bed cover.Snatching them up so quickly.It was looking me stright in the eye.I did not let the covers down until I heard my mothers voice call out to me. Shaking out of control.I started to tell her what happened.She stoped me and said "I know get your clothes on get out of here". It was not her lunch time.My mom told me she had this feeling that I was in trouble and came to help me.