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The Hanging Man
Stoney Creek Mountain, Ontario
1967
by May

I have had many experiences. This one in particular stands out. I was staying overnight at a girlfriends house on #20 Hwy., as I did quite often. This particular night I woke up wanting a drink of water. The house was dark, so I didn't turn on a light as I went downstairs to get to the kitchen so as not to wake anyone. When I got there, I stood on the other side of a large room next to the kitchen and turned on the big light. As I did so, looking straight to the kitchen off that room (which was open concept) there hanging from the ceiling by a rope was a man who appeared to be dead. I could also see right through him.

Because I had had many different experiences I did not jump of fright. I just said to myself "ok, I'll get some water in the morning", and went back to bed. When I came down in the morning, I told my friends parents what I had seen. They turned a ghostly white colour and told me that the original owner of the house had hung himself in the kitchen. My only reply was "So why did he show me". And that was the end of it.

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