THE HAUNTED HOUSE ON THE HILL IN WARWE SHOALS , S.C.

by GAILALLEN GAMBRELL
(WARE SHOALS S.C.)

I WAS 27 YEARS OLD AND JUST REMARRIED AND MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT A HOUSE ON COCHRAN ROAD IN WARE SHOALS . A SMALL TOWN WHERE EVERY ONE KNOW'S EVERY THING , AND EVERY BOBY AS WELL AS THEIR BUSSINESS . WE HAD JUST MOVED INTO THIS HOUSE WITH OUR FIVE KIDS , THE HOUSE WAS 50 YEARS OLD . I DID NOT KNOW VERY MUCH HISTORY BEHIND THE HOUSE OR THE LAND . I HAD ALWAYS HAD A SIXTH SENCE ABOUT ME , THIS HOUSE BROUGHT IT OUT EVEN MORE . THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPEN I WAS IN THE KITCHEN COOKING IN THE DAY TIME I HEARD A MALE VOICE CALL OUT MY NAME A FRIEND WAS IN THERE WITH ME AND HEARD IT AT HE SAME TIME . WE KNEW WE WERE THERE ALONE . THE SOUND WAS IF IT WERE COMING FROM THE ROOM RIGHT BESIDE US IT WAS AS CLEAR AS CLEAR COULD BE . THIS WOULD COME TO HAPPEN DAILY IN THE HOUSE IN THE YARD . I WILL HAVE TO ADMIT I WAS UNEASY TO BE SINGLED OUT HAVING THIS GHOST CALL MY NAME AND 7 PEOPLE LIVING THERE. LATER ON ABOUT A FEW MONTH LATER WHILE SITTING ON THE SOFA WATCHING TV FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE I COULD SEE A TALL DARK FIGURE WALKING DOWN THE HALL THIS WAS MANY TIMES A DAY THE ENTIRE FAMILY SAW HIM, AND EVEN OUR HOUSE GUEST . IT WAS LIKE A RERUN OF AN OLD MOVIE HE WOULD TAKE THE SAME PATH DOWN THE HALL NEVER SEEING HIM COME BACK UP THE HALL THIS CONTINUED THE 20 YEARS WE LIVED HERE. MANY OTHER THINGS HAPPENED IN THE TWENTY YEARS WE LIVED THEIR AFTER ALL WE HAD 5 TEENAGERS GROWING UP IN THAT HOUSE . THERE WAS JUST TO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THAT 20 YEARS , TO MUCH TO TELL I WOULD HAVE TO WRITE A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES . VERY INTETRESTING . COME TO FIND OUT WHERE MY HOUSE STOOD WAS A LARGE PLANTATION HOUSE YEARS AGO AND SLAVE HUTS ALL IN THE WOODED AREA . I WOULD LOVE TO DO SOME MORE REACH BEFORE I GET TO OLD AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LAND AND ITS HISTORY .