Scary Ghost Stories

Police Call

I should start thisaccount by telling you a little about me. At the time of thisincident, I was twenty-five years old and in excellent physicalhealth. I am college educated and have a four year degree inPolice Science with a minor in education. I had been a PoliceOfficer with a major southwestern police department for fouryears. I had spent the last eighteen months working Shift 3 from9:00 pm to 7:00 am.

The incident occurred at 2:00 am on a Monday night in July of1990. I was riding in a one man patrol unit and was assigned tothe north central area of the city. This is a mixed business andresidential area but is primarily older residential. The housesare fairly expensive and are well kept for the most part.

I responded as the back-up officer for a call of "unknowntrouble." Unknown trouble covers just about anything from aneighbor dispute to a homicide. The details of the call indicatedthat a vacant house had an open door and that a light had beenseen inside. The call was annonymous but very un-common for thisarea.

We both arrived at about the same time and parked about twohouses north of the call. The other officer and I approached fromthe same direction and found the side door standing open. Itappeared that the house had been vacant for a couple of monthsjudging by the yard. I asked for an additional unit to respond tocover the outside while the initial officer and I searched thehouse. Summertime here is very hot and there isn't much reliefeven at night. We waited for about ten minutes for the thirdofficer to arrive. When he got there, we briefed him about whatwe had and what we planned to do. He was going to cover theopposite side of the house while we made our search. All of uswere figuring that we either had some kids or a transcient in thehouse.

We started our search in the sweltering house. It was completelyempty except for the carpeting and the curtains. This was atactical search meaning slow, methodical, guns drawn and verycautious. The house was a single story five bedroom structuretthat had been built in the late '40s to early '50s. Theelectricity was turned off and it was very quiet. As weproceeded, we both felt the tension starting to increase. I am afirm beliver in "cop intuition" and I was sure someonewas inside the house. The other officer felt it too because wehad slowed down and were moving very cautiously.

After we had cleared the family room, kitchen, living and diningroom, we started down the hall to the bedrooms. As we starteddown the hall it started getting noticeably cooler. As we clearedthe bedrooms and moved down the hall it was getting cold. Theother officer and I looked at each other and continured down thehall towards the master bedroom. It was now cold enough to seeour breath and we were both getting spooked.

We hestitated at the door to the master bedroom. We both knewthat there was someone in that room. We looked at each otheragain, nodded and then opened the door. It was cold andoppressive. It felt like there was a weight on me. I also had thedistinct feeling that I was being watched and that I was NOTwelcome in that room. We made a quick search and got the Hell out.We gave the all clear and left the house as fast as we could.

We have not talked about the house since that night. The househas been bought and sold numerous times since then. It has beenremodeled and the yard has been re-landscaped several times.People don't stay there for long. Today, I drove by the house forthe first time in several years. It is up for sale.