We lived in an old two story home out in the country in Hector Minnesota actually it was closer to Cosmos Minnesota when I saw a
"ghost". I was about 15 years old. One night, about a little over midnight , I had an argument with my older sister and decided I
would sleep in the living room with my younger sister. For some reason my younger sister always liked sleeping on the couch.
The only light in the living room was from a clock light (which was located on the wall between the couch and the wall with the window)
and a little illumination from an outside light that came in through a window.
When I walked in the living room I wondered what time it was and while I looked at the clock I heard a grown. I turned to my left
toward the illuminated window and saw a figure of a big dog with red eyes sitting at the corner. I blinked and rub my eyes thinking
I was half asleep and looked again, sure enough the grown came again. Needless to say, I ran back to my bedroom and slept with my
older sister even thought I had just had a rough night with her. I know I was not half asleep because my older sister and I talked
the night away before the incident. It was customary for us to do this every night until 1 or 2 in the morning. I also know if it was
really a dog it would have followed me. The only pets we had at the time was a rabbit. My younger sister continued to sleep on the couch but never heard or saw anything.
Another separate but similar event happened to me when I was about 17 years old. This time we lived in Grove City Minnesota but
still closer to Cosmos Minnesota. We lived in a house that use to be a popular restaurant. My older sister and I had just gotten
home from night school and were getting ready for bed. It was about 11:30 pm or so and my sister walked into the bathroom which was
right next to our bedroom and I jumped into bed. The only light came from the hallway that led to the bathroom. The hallway opposite
to that went into the huge kitchen.
As soon as I climbed into bed and pulled the covers over my shoulders I noticed a figure of a tall man wearing a dark cape.
I could not see his face since the light was coming from the other side of the room toward me, he was standing closer to the hall
that led to the dark kitchen. I called my sister and she walked out of the bathroom into the bedroom and also saw the figure of the
man. She turned on the lights a few seconds later and it was gone. This is the only time we saw anything in this house, but it was
customary for us to hear foot sleeps in the middle of the night that came from the kitchen and into our bedroom and stop close to
our bed. I always had the feeling someone was watching me sleep. Needless to say, I always slept with the covers over my head.
My parents are energy efficient freaks, so we could not sleep with the lights on.
