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GHOST STORY

ONE NIGHT ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AFTER MY GRANDFATHER HAD
DIED, MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ALONE AND ASLEEP AT HOME.
SHE WAS AWAKEN{ED} BY THE SLAMMING OF HER CAR DOOR.
AS SHE WAS GETTING UP TO SEE WHO IT WAS, HER BEDROOM
WINDOW OPENED AND A COLD WIND RUSHED IN ON HER.
THE CEDAR CHEST THAT IS IN THE CORNER OF HER ROOM BEGAN
TO RATTLE, AS IF A HUMAN BEING WAS DOING IT.
THIS CONTINUED FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, THEN STOPPED.
THE WINDOW CLOSED BY ITSELF AND EVERYTHING WAS ALL
RIGHT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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