I was visiting family in Louisiana about a year ago, and I stayed in my aunt's home.
One evening, the family was gathered together and we were watching the children play with a puppy. I saw, what I thought was, my cousin walk past a doorway in the hallway, next to where we were seated.
I assumed my cousin was going to hide from the children and scare them by jumping out at them, when they least expected it.
After several minutes of me waiting for the surprise to happen, the children left to go home with their Mom. That left my aunt, my uncle, another cousin, my husband, and myself in the room.
After the children departed, I yelled to the cousin, who I assumed was still hiding, to come out. I casually mentioned to her mom (my aunt) that I had seen her walk by some time ago, and that she must have wanted to scare the kids.
My aunt, sat calmly and stated in her southern drawl, 'Honey, there's no one back there'. I was certain, and without a doubt, that my cousin had walked right past me in that hallway. I saw her! My aunt looked at me again, with a slight smile, and said, 'I'm tellin' you honey, nobody's there, go see'.
So adamant was I that she was wrong, I marched out with the remaining cousin and checked the guest room and bathroom. There was nowhere for anyone to go; it was a dead end hallway.
I walked back to the living room, with disbelief and a dropped jaw, and stuttered, 'But, I saw her, right there’.
In an attempt to calm me down, my aunt told us the history of the house and all the previous activity they have experienced over the last 20+ years. My aunt has never felt malice from the ghost, and in fact, welcomes his presence. She thinks he's there looking over her family. However, other family members think differently.
Upon retiring for the night, I walked into my guest room, announced that I knew the ghost was in there, and asked that he let me alone to get some sleep. He did leave me alone, but I didn't sleep well. How could I?
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