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Friends Poltergeist kept me awake

Friend's Poltergeist Kept Me Awake

By EDDIE V.

It was the summer of 1993 in Manila, Philippines. I was a teenager back then and and having the time of my life... until this incident happened and my whole belief in the paranormal changed.

I had a friend whose parents where going on a vacation for a week. Since my friend was going to be alone that whole time, he begged me to sleep over. The first night was fun. We had other friends over, did crazy teenager stuff and had a blast. Some others slept over, too.

Second and third night was the same... until the fourth night. There was no party. Just me and my friend. We spent the night watching TV. At around 11- 11.30 p.m., my friend was asleep and I thought, Great! Nothing good on TV and my host is on to dreamland. I was far from being sleepy. (Even back then I was an insomniac.)

At around 12.30 a.m., the TV just increased its volume by itself and I was cursing at it. I couldn't get it to stop, so I unplugged it. I plugged it back in and turned it back on... and nothing. I checked to make sure it was plugged okay, and still nothing.

Right about this time, I heard noises coming from the kitchen. I tried waking my friend to no avail. The noise in the kitchen was getting louder, like somebody was cooking. So I went toward the kitchen thinking there must be an explanation -- and I almost passed out from what I saw!

There by the sink was a bluish smoke, like thick bluish smoke shaped almost like a person. It was just floating there. Suddenly, I heard loud knocks starting from the front of the house and going around. It was so loud I was sure my friend would awaken. I have never been that frightened in my whole life. I can't explain it.

I just stood there not knowing what to do. Then I felt like something hit me behind my head. That's when I ran back to where my friend was sleeping and frantically tried to wake him up. He opened his eyes and I was just screaming words at him. He just listened and went back to sleep. I was so pissed, but my fear overtook my anger and I just tried to sleep.

I noticed it was very cold. I was shivering. I grabbed a blanket and covered my body from head to toe. I kept thinking, How am I going to sleep now? Then 15 to 20 minutes later, my blanket was being tugged away from me. I pulled back and I felt a force tugging it from me. I couldn't take it any more. I just started screaming at it to leave me alone. I just kept screaming.

Suddenly my blanket was just pulled completely away from me. Whatever this thing was, it was strong. I was shaking with fear. I have never known fear like that before. I kept thinking, Is this thing going to kill me? I was just frozen; I couldn't speak or do anything. That's how I was for 10 to 15 minutes. I was about to bolt out of the house and run as fast as I could toward my house, which is just four houses away.

My friend then woke up and didn't have a clue as to what happened and asked me if I had trouble sleeping. I didn't know how to tell him. He saw the look on my face and was puzzled at my expression. Halfway in telling him what happened, there was suddenly a very loud bang in his parents' bedroom. We just looked at each other. We slowly walked toward the bedroom and the door was wide open and on the floor was the TV. This was 1993 and flat screen TVs were nonexistent; this was a big old heavy style TV. It took the two of us to lift it back to its place.

How could he explain this to his parents? How could we explain it to ourselves? I couldn't take it anymore. I just walked out of there, went to my house, and lay in bed, all the lights on. I just kept asking myself, What in the world just happened?

It took me awhile to put that memory aside. I'm now 36 years old and living in the US. I'm still afraid of the dark. Still afraid at sleeping in an unfamiliar place, may it be a friend's house or hotel. It may be a long time back, but my memories keep it from fading away.

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