Sue Darroch and Matthew Didier's Paranormal Blog

Each Friday we will have a look at the stories and experiences that have been related to us over the years that are amongst our personal favourites. These will include Crypto, Ghosts, UFO's and other strange events that may be considered Fortean from in around the Toronto, Canada area .... and since they are from our own personal files will likely not be found elsewhere on the web .... enjoy!

Private Home - Newmarket

The following was submitted by one of our readers...

"I thought I'd write and tell you about my experience.

I live in Newmarket in a 92 year old house. We purchased this house from a women I'll call Gertrude. Her parents had owned the house since 1939. When her Mother passed away she inherited it. She lived here from 1967-1997. I called her several times to find out some of the history of her family so I could pass it along to my children.

After a time, I found myself reading the local newspaper and noticed Gertrude had passed away. She was 90. After her death I noticed several times over about an 8 month period that when I was upstairs folding laundry (I have several small children) something would pass by the bedroom door.

I would just catch it out of the corner of my eye. But it was definitely a large shape. I always felt it was Gertrude checking up on her place. I had invited her to see the renovations when she was still alive, but her health kept her from visiting. Possibly she was visiting now?

Every now and then I feel her presence. Earlier this year I was sitting on the front porch late at night. I felt someone looking at me from the bushes. The bushes back on to a town flood plain so it's basically and open field past the trees. So I took a photo at 10 pm. When I developed the film there is a single globe over the corner of the old garage. I can't explain what it is? And this summer I took a photo of my youngest who is 4 . She was sitting in the most perfect August light late in the afternoon. Holding a tulip from the garden. When I developed these there is a fog over her as she sits on the porch. I took two almost identical photos in the same spot the first has no fog, and the second has this smokey fog over her? Your guess is as good as mine as what this fog is."

Our thanks to the witness for sharing her experiences with us.

Do you have a real life ghost story, an encounter with a UFO, or other paranormal experience/s you'd like to share? If so, we'd love to hear from you! Post your own experiences in our comments section or send us an email. Please post only true life experiences ... we love good fiction, but there are other fantastic blogs out there to post fictional accounts to.