Since They Passed Away

July 6, 2026

by Avis

3 min read

Story Premise 3 min read (529 words)

"My granny and granddad died around April 2010 within 3 weeks of each other. My granddad died around the end of March and my granny died 20 days later. 2 weeks after my granddad died (a week before my granny died); I woke up to footsteps beside my bed. Thinking it was my mum in […]"

My granny and granddad died around April 2010 within 3 weeks of each other. My granddad died around the end of March and my granny died 20 days later.

2 weeks after my granddad died (a week before my granny died); I woke up to footsteps beside my bed. Thinking it was my mum in my room I asked what she was doing and got no answer. I tried calling her a bit louder and still got no answer then froze with fright as I could still hear the footsteps slowly shuffling up and down beside my bed. When I eventually got the courage I half rolled over and couldn’t see anything but could still hear the footsteps beside my bed. Then the footsteps stopped near my head as if someone was standing beside the bed to look at me. I didn’t feel threatened but got a fright. The feeling that someone was there went away a minute or two after the footsteps stopped and I went back to sleep. Later on I realized the footsteps sounded exactly like how my granddad used to shuffle around on the carpet in his slippers.

A lot of the time I feel like someone’s watching me.

A few weeks ago I felt like that again then felt someone poking my leg a few times. I just brushed it off thinking it was probably my phone or something on the bed but couldn’t see anything around that could poke my leg like that. A few minutes later I felt someone blow on the back of my neck blowing my hair off my neck and over my shoulders. There was no draft in the room or anything that could have caused my hair to blow off my neck like that.

Lately I keep seeing shadows everywhere like a figure or something moving out of the corner of my eye. Last week I was going to the fridge when I saw something small and black or white (not sure which, might have been both) move behind the press beside the fridge. It wasn’t a rodent or anything we don’t get anything like that here (We live in a 3rd floor apartment) it looked like a small cloud or something on the floor and moved far too quickly to be a rat or anything like it.

A couple nights ago I was in the bathroom washing my hands. I turned around feeling like I should look in the corner where the towel rack is for some reason and saw a pitch black shadow between the towel rack and press. It was almost to the ceiling about 7ft or 8ft tall and looked like a hooded cloaked figure. I looked away for a second thinking it was nothing then looked back and it was gone. Whatever way the light is in our bathroom you can’t cast shadows and there’s no windows in there.

If you have any idea what this is please let me know. I’ve no idea what to think of it. Could it be my granny or granddad or could it be something else? Is it more than one entity and is it good or bad? My other story

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