The Black in the Night

Hello all :) I have been away for quite some time and I do apologize for not posting an update this summer. With three teenagers all home for summer and a full time job, life has been hopping and extremely busy to say the least! So, I had to put aside many projects and focus on work and family.

That being said, I do still have my ghost although this summer there hasn't been a lot of activity, which is usual for this time of year. It has been very quiet though so there hasn't been much to report until now.

We did have one incident approximately one month ago that was strange. My daughter was unloading the dishwasher and a plate just shattered into a million pieces where the shards of the plate flew into the air and hit myself and my son in the head. No one was injured even though it made us very nervous. It happened so quickly that you couldn't even see the movement of the plate or how it shattered! We had been arguing at the time, as I had asked her to unload the dishwasher and when I arrived home from work, she hadn't. So we were arguing over this and this is when the plate shattered. I have noticed a few common themes with the ghost in my house and one is, that it does not like arguing. That being said, activity doesn't happen every single time there is an argument in the house, but it does happen and has happened consistently enough over the years that you can see it not happy about it.
It also used to react if the children were in trouble or sent to their rooms for a time out when they were younger. It has smashed dishes in the past when this has happened, slammed door or made loud banging noises. Making it quite clear of it's dislike of the situation, I imagine! At one point years ago, I had to walk through my house and yell to the air "A good parent has to discipline their children! I am not hitting them or hurting them, I am helping them understand expectations and limitations!" It seemed to subside a little and then the activity did continue.

Other than the dish incident and my alarm being set by an unknown person mostly every night for me, for most of the summer, things in the house were quiet until 2 weeks ago. My two daughters currently share a room. We are in the process of moving them each into their own room while their older brother can use the finished family room in the basement as his room. So, being that it's summer, they do not have school and are night hawk teenagers, they were up late sorting through clothes and things in their room. An interesting fact to add is they are both teenager girls only 2 years apart in age and so I imagine there was probably some arguing going on as well. It's pretty much a given. :)
As they were sorting and cleaning, my youngest daughter noticed something strange. She said it was like black smoke moving in the air, by their closed door. She said she just stood, stared at it and then watched it move around and then it disappeared. She didn't say anything at first and then her sister saw it. Then as they worked they would see it again and again and again. They were increasingly becoming upset and scared and explained that at this point it was no longer black smoke, but became a shadow that appeared here and there in their room, usually near the door. My youngest daughter explained to me that they were so scared that they did not go to sleep until the sun came up, which was when they didn't see it anymore. When I asked why they didn't come and get me, she said they were afraid to leave the room, as it usually appeared by their doorway. Quite a problem I imagine, if you have to go to the bathroom!!

So, the appearance of black smoke moving through the air is something that has been witnessed in my house over the years. Sometimes moving faster than actual smoke and sometimes moving and rolling as smoke would in the air. The difference being though, that although it looks and usually moves like smoke, it is actually solid black in colour and not very transparent as smoke would be. I have laid in bed and watch this "black smoke" curl around my bedroom doorway and begin to move into my room. I have seen it flash by like a black streak, only to find it later on curling and twisting in the air somewhere else in the house. It is something that does not always happen, but over the years there have been consistent sightings of this type of phenomenon. Another point would be that I have rarely seen this type of activity in the daytime. Usually it is something that happens at night. If anyone reading this has any clue what it may be, send your information my way! I would be glad to hear it! As it gets colder there will be more and more activity in the house and I am going to try my hardest to get the "black smoke" on camera. If I do, I'll gladly post it here for you all to see!

Another good indicator that we are moving towards a higher activity time was last night. Last night, I abruptly woke up from sleeping. I am a heavy sleeper and this is not the norm for me. Still, when I do wake up at night there is always a common denominator. That's right folks, you guessed it! When I woke up, I sat up and looked at my clock which read 3:00 am. This hasn't happened all summer, but it seems broken sleep will be beginning again!