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THE GHOST WHO HAUNTED ME!

AS A CHILD HE WOULD SEE A MAN WHO HAD DIED YEARS AGO. ALVIN WAS
ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD AND EACH DAY AT THE DOOR THE MAN WOULD STAND.
ALVIN WOULD RUN IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS AND CRY. ALVIN WOULD DESCRIBE
THE MAN TO HIS MOTHER WHO SHE KNEW HAD DIED SOME YEARS AGO. ALVIN
WAS FRANTIC AND HIS MOTHER SCREAMED AND CURSED AND TOLD THE MAN
NEVER TO HARM HER SON AGAIN AND HE NEVER DID.

Where learned: ALVINS HOME

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 02-28-1984

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THE MONEY UNDER THE TREE.

ALVIN AND HIS FAMILY MOVED INTO A HOUSE ON 3853 MOURFIELD ST.
LOCATED IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. EVERYDAY A MAN WOULD PASS THE
WINDOW AND EACH TIME ALVIN'S PARENTS WOULD LOOK OUT HE WOULD
DISAPPEAR. THE NEIGHBORS TOLD ALVIN'S PARENTS THAT A OLD MAN
DIED THERE AND LEFT HIS BURIED SAVING UNDER THE OLD COTTONWOOD
TREE. THE TREE STILL STANDS AND NO ONE EVER DUG UP THE MONEY TO
SEE IF IT WAS THERE.

Where learned: ALVINS HOME

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: 02-28-1984

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BURIAL OF YOUR LOVED ONES

IN THE OLD DAYS THEY WOULD BURY THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS IN THEIR
BACKYARDS, OR WHEREVER THE COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID FOR THEM TO BURY
THEM. THE FAMILY WOULD DIG THE GRAVE AND COVER THE GRAVE.

Where learned: ALVINS HOME

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 02-28-1984

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