LA Xpress Newspaper Column
Archived copy of LA X…Press Newspaper Column “About the Paranormal” by Sydney Silver, 8/2/13
I’ve noticed there are very few people anymore who don’t have at least one paranormal story. Here is the story of Michael Markauskas, whom I interviewed about his deceased aunt and what I am calling a “ghost kitty”.
Michael told me that while living in Vermont, he felt as if he had a “ghost cat.” Perhaps the little ghost critter would entwine around his legs as he walked, then jump on the bed with him; because he would be on his bed and he would feel something get on it with him. The bed would subtly move and he sensed a presense, but nothing was there. This happened so often that he joked to me about missing his “ghost” kitty. When he felt the bed move, it did not feel like a large thing, it felt small, so he never connected it with his dead Aunt, he figured it was a kitten. However, this does not mean it was small. A ghostly movement may be small regardless of the size of the ghost. As well, if a ghost has no (or very little) physical substance, whatever got on the bed might have had to be very large indeed to create a physical sensation, or very powerful.
Recently, Michael, who now lives in Massachusetts, said that he signed up for a big race that he is a bit nervous about. He had the thought to find something that his deceased Aunt had owned, to help encourage him through the race. It was at that moment, as he held her item, that he suddenly wondered if the anonymous “ghost kitty” had actually been his Aunt.
He says that his Aunt passed away in 2006. He told me that his Aunt’s sister mentions that she feels visited often. She “senses” her deceased sister’s presence around.
The very next day, after finding something of his Aunt’s, Michael was sitting on his bed watching TV. The very same thing happened that would occur in Vermont! He felt the bed move slightly and someone or something got on the bed with him, in that same subtle movement as if whatever it was, wasn’t very large. He was startled, turned around, and nothing was there.
It’s very odd that this happened to him again, in a different state, and a different house, right after he was thinking about his Aunt, wondering if it was her, and had found something of hers to help him through the race. Michael stated he was not scared when this event occurred; he said that it just seemed much more possible now, that it was his Aunt that was visiting him, just like his Aunt’s sister claims.
Both of the houses where Michael received this bed visitor/ghost kitty were old houses; however, because of the similarity of the experiences, I feel that whatever is sitting on the bed with him, or jumping on the bed with him, is connected to Michael, not the location. It’s followed him from one state to an entirely different state and house. I asked him if he had ever felt this before his Aunt died, and he says he does not recall this event ever occurring while she was alive.
I asked how many times she had visited him, and he said that looking back, it could have been numerous times. He wasn’t sure, but it could have been a lot more than he had realized, due to the fact that he had never connected this odd occurrence with her before. However, now that this has happened again in this way, he has opened up his mind to the possibility that it could indeed be his Aunt visiting him.
So, what or who is visiting Michael?
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