Cool with the Haunts – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny.
Do you think your house is haunted? Yes? You’re not alone. Over 65% of homeowners in a recent survey believed that their house was haunted, having experience “unexplained phenomena,” according to a survey put out by Angi. Surprisingly, 58% would consider buying a house that might be haunted. 77% reported hearing spooky sounds, 12% more people than those who think their houses are haunted. So I’m guessing they don’t think it’s ghosts, but aliens. And this one is truly scary: 12% had reported hearing the toilet flush on its own. And no one heard the toilet flush twice, which means that ghosts don’t believe in courtesy flushes.
Maybe everybody thinks it’s cool to have a haunted house. Until the television takes Carol Anne, then it’s a problem. I’ve lived in haunted houses before. If you’ve lived in apartments in the northeast, you’ve lived with ghosts. In fact, a man was killed in the second floor of my current abode, and died on the front steps. It was a sordid tale, and I’ll not tell it because I don’t want midnight flushes, courtesy or otherwise. But I have definitely heard stuff that I can’t explain. In fact, the ghost screws with me. So I buy sage and screw with it.
A ghost soaked my television once. And before you say it was an upstairs leak, not even close. Nothing on the second floor, kitchen and bathroom on the bottom floor along with the TV, which was nestled in the corner, beyond the sense of putting a drink on the cable box. Woke up on the couch and saw a puddle over there.
Does ectoplasm turn to water? Did my television get doused in ectoplasm?
If you buy a haunted house, make sure you invite it to coffee. Grab a spirit box and find out why it’s there. Join it in its quest for vengeance and help it go into the light. Then pick out your drapes and buy a snarky front door mat.