The second and last paranormal encounter I have ever had was only a few years ago. It was less outright aggressive but no less scary.

The day was much like this one. Getting dark early in the evenings. I was sitting at my computer playing Minecraft. Content and at peace. Very relaxed day up until everything changed.

In the middle of an activity, I hear footsteps running past my doorway into my parents room and see a blur in the corner of my eye. To be very honest, I thought my mom had to urgently run to the bathroom. I paused what I was doing and called out.

“Everything ok?”

Silence in response. A few seconds later I heard the garage door open on the opposite side of the house. A chill shot through me and I had two nauseating realizations.

Mom had been in the garage the entire time and nobody else was in the house.

I freaked out completely. I called her in and she checked her bedroom with a flashlight. She insisted that perhaps an animal got inside but found absolutely nothing. Thinking back on that blur, it had been slightly too short to be my mom.

I hope to never see or hear it again. I know it still lurks but it knows it cannot harm me. That I am too protected. It had tried instead to bother me indirectly and unfortunately succeed. A taunt I pray I will never fall for again.

Happy Halloween everyone.