Episode 116: Someone Else Showed Up

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[00:03:03] Everything was white, and there sensed that there was pressure for me to hurry up. I was eventually recommended by some spiritual guides or entities to go to the planet Earth. Then I was to decide which family I wanted, what year I wanted

[00:04:21] to incarnate to, and what kind of life I't going to be easy, but it was the easiest from the other options. I told the spiritual guides that I want to remember this moment, and there were now three of them discussing this in front of me. I couldn't comprehend exactly what they were communicating though.

[00:05:43] The next thing I remember is floating over the third person perspective, and I shifted into my body back into the first person. I was excited and ran to the mirror to see.

[00:07:01] As I looked, I realized that it wasn't me, be dumb teenagers in. To get to the cave you had to walk roughly a mile through dense woods and cross a big field. We had yet to find the end, and then our flashlights began to flicker and die. We had one dim light left to get the rest of the way back home. We were all thoroughly freaked out, prank

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[00:13:41] in the supernatural, but my great grandmother was quite infection, and suffered a stroke in the hospital as well. Not only that, but she was too old to undergo surgery under those conditions. The surgeons we approached were reluctant to risk the procedure, despite the high pay. The moment she passed away. I didn't share the experience with any of my relatives, and only chose to do so here, because I'll have the advantage of anonymity, and consequently shouldn't have to fear judgment. You can call me crazy, but I think I felt the moment she passed away.

[00:16:22] This could very well be completely devoid of any spiritual meaning, but I like to think up every month or so. My dad is very old school, and he deals with people he likes even if they overcharge him. He's been using the same plumber for years, the same electrician, the same gardener, etc. This happened back in my home country, Jordan. The country is

[00:17:40] mostly Muslim, but my family is Christian. So went to the roof to look at the water tanks. He took pictures of them. He came back down and sat in the kitchen with my mom telling her what he thinks the issue is, the tanks needed replacing. He told us how much he thought they would cost and all that.

[00:19:03] So my mom calls my dad and passes the phone thing. We talked to my dad and my dad's guy and the nurse that was there that day and my brother who opened the door. And none of us could figure out

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[00:23:05] It wasn't just the calm I'd ever seen or heard of. This thing was pale, almost white, and it had really long arms and legs that looked too thin and weirdly shaped. Its eyes were the scariest part. They were big and kind of glowed in the dark.

[00:24:23] This creature seemed just as surprised to see us as we were to see yet, because it let knows everything there is to know about the area, shared with us that there have always been stories and rumors about strange creatures in Michigan. Not just at our lake, but deep in the woods and hidden in the caves, there were tales of things that no one could quite explain. He figured that, with the lake being so deep and mostly unexplored, it wasn't too far Our childhood bush house by Black Cat 1206. On selecting a perfect one, Grand Delegated Tasks to the older boys to clear out the area of the bush and to make it hollow inside with pieces of spare wood from the ground to serve as a basic floor so that my wheelchair could run safely and easily but we thought it was beautiful. It was slap-bang in the middle of the summer holidays, probably in early July when all of this happened. Loretta and I were seven, and Greta was eleven. Our older cousin and Greta't come from the same bird. Those weird sounds were joined by a stealthy rustling coming from the back of the bush house. It was near where Greta was sitting. She jumped up, stifling a scream by covering her mouth with her hands.

[00:31:01] We also saw a dark dog-like shape the wheelchair and pulled me back out of the bush house. We did not take our eyes off of this translucent figure as we left. When we were free from mind trying to summon the words to explain what she witnessed. But there was a man. I saw the back of him walking away, towards the iron fence. My seven-year-old mind found it hard to comprehend what Greta was saying,

[00:33:45] and one look at Loretta told me that she was up. We told them everything and they ran back to have a look around. They were gone for about 45 minutes. When they returned, they said that they didn't see anything. No strange man, no animals, nothing unusual or dodgy at all.

[00:35:03] We spent the rest of the day hanging out with the music. Yeah, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I agree. Yeah, and that's totally fair. We don't want to lose any of you, so we're back to doing business, the old-fashioned way. If you still want background sounds, you can always look up ethereal landscapes on YouTube or turn on the microwave. Yeah, well, it's fun while it lasted.

[00:36:22] Yep. Well, I guess the moral of Brooks' and stuff. I just have somebody who could find memories. He was the first adult to talk to me as an equal. I remember this moment. He was so cool and it was neat to not be talked down to as a child for once. Yeah. He's still a weirdo and he's proud of it though.

[00:37:42] What about you?

[00:37:43] Oh man, so many uncles.

[00:37:45] That's a really weird ago, and he randomly thanked me and my brother and sister for being nice to him. Yeah, he said he was the black sheep of the family, and he was on the verge of tears. It was really sad and also in exchange for his services. Yeah, they refer to the sky as possibly being a demon, but I don't know, with the way everything played out, he seemed like more of an angel than me. I've got to say. Yeah, and the author did say that the husband is about 90% recovered and still healing in

[00:40:22] a note.

[00:40:23] Yeah, maybe it really wasn't that job. You're not that guy, pal. Trust me, you're not that guy. Yeah, totally. I'll be thinking about this story for a while. It was just so weird and interesting. Same. Well, thanks everybody so much for listening. If you have a story to share, make sure you send it into stories at oddtrails.com so we can take a look and include it on the show.

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