Imagine being a young, pregnant newlywed excited to move into your first home, only to discover you're not alone there. This true, eerie story happened to a young couple who had moved from the Midwest to a historic home in Southwestern Washington State. The names have been changed, but the events are true.
A New Life Together - Alyson and Mike were newlyweds expecting their first baby in about six months when Mike got a job in a small town in Southwestern Washington in 2003. A registered nurse, Alyson quickly found a job working in the local jail, and the couple bought a century old home in the heart of the historic town. The couple eagerly moved in and began renovating their home, preparing it for the upcoming birth of their first baby.
Strange Symbols on the Floor - The first sign that something wasn't quite right happened when Mike was pulling up carpet in a basement bedroom. Underneath the bedroom, he found strange markings on the floor including pentagrams and several strange glyph. While the couple thought it was odd, they had more on their mind than some weird markings on the floor, so they recovered it with new carpet and went about their lives.
Eerie and Unexplained Paranormal Activity - Things started slowly after the markings on the floor were discovered. When she was alone in the house, Alyson often saw shadows darting out of the corner of her eye but chalked it up to imagination. She also heard strange sounds, such as rapping, knocking, and what sounded like the distant mumble of voices.
Neighborhood Cats Overrun the Garage - It wasn't until after their baby daughter was born, however, that things really amped up. The first thing Alyson noticed was that the yard and garage were suddenly overrun by neighborhood cats. Every time she looked outside, there were at least a dozen cats hanging out near her garage, something she'd never noticed before. She also noticed that the family den had a distinct smell of sulfur, and the garage, which had never bothered her before, felt dark and foreboding. She soon grew fearful of entering the garage at all.
A Spirit Takes Aim at the Baby - There was also terrifying activity surrounding the baby. One day when Alyson was home alone with her daughter, the baby was sitting in a car seat firmly in the middle of the large kitchen island when Alyson said it looked as if an unseen hand gave the car seat a shove, and it flew off the counter with the sleeping baby still on board. Luckily, the little girl was startled but not hurt. These things all seemed to occur when Mike wasn't home; when he did come home, all activity seemed to stop abruptly.
The Consequences of Summoning Spirits - After the incident with the baby seat, Alyson sat Mike down and asked if he knew why this was happening. Grudgingly, Mike admitted that once he had discovered the glyph on the floor in the basement, he had felt compelled to hold rituals there, such as playing with a Ouija board and holding seances. It appeared Mike had opened some long-closed door to invite something scary into the house. Worse, Mike didn't seem at all bothered by the activity and how it was affecting Alyson or the baby. He refused to stop with his basement activity. Fearing for the safety of her baby, Alyson moved out and initiated divorce proceedings. Unfortunately, a few months later Mike was found dead in the basement room of an apparent suicide. Packing up the house after his death, Alyson discovered he had pulled up the new carpet in the basement and added new symbols to the floor. She left, never returning to the house.
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