A brief monthly excursion into the world of things which can't be
explained by 'scientific' means. Your own TRUE stories are most welcome.
David Hardy starts us off with
GRANDMA SAID 'GOODBYE'
I've had several unusual and some unsettling experiences over the
years in my native England, also here in Thailand. The first, curious more
than scary, happened when I was 12 years old and my grandmother came to
my room one night at about 10.00pm.
A tall, angular widow aged 72, my maternal grandmother Grace had lived
with my parents and I for some 5 years. Rather stern, full of proverbs
and precepts, she was nevertheless quite close to me and, as I learned
much later, by paying the heavy private doctor's bills incurred by my chronic
asthma - she had probably saved my life.
Having finished a stiff homework schedule, I would be packed off to
bed about 9.00pm, leaving Grace and parents enjoying our newly acquired
TV set (only the third in our street in 1958!). Grace would usually follow
an hour or so later, popping her head round my open door to say "Goodnight"
if I was still awake.
On this particular night I was indeed still awake, gazing idly at the
patch of light thrown on to the nearby wall from the corridor outside.
The familiar silhouette of Grandma's head and shoulders appeared, bending
into my room, then stopped, hesitated, and drew back again without the
old lady herself actually appearing round the edge of the door.
'Odd' I thought, and said out loud "Goodnight, Grandma."
No reply. 'Silly old bat' I thought rudely, slightly annoyed that she
had neither looked into my room properly or said anything. Out of bed,
on with the slippers, and a quick glance into the bathroom. No-one. A peek
into her bedroom. Empty. Hmmm!
Taking a risk with family etiquette I marched downstairs, opened the
lounge door and there she sat, sipping tea with my parents. "Goodnight,
Grandma!" I said again. Three bemused faces looked up. Brief conversation
revealed that she had never left the room and I had better get to sleep
- immediately!
I did so, totally convinced, as I am today, that I had seen her shadow
bending into my room as I've described. She died peacefully in her sleep
three nights later.
David
Hardy
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