[dwndrgn]

Nobody has any ghost stories? Goodness. Ok, rule change. You may make them up (this is the aspiring authors board after all) if you like.

I'll throw in a possible ghost story of my own to get y'all started:

My hubby and I lived in this very old apartment building that was located right on the Potomac river. We had one cat originally and when hubby complained that the cat liked me better than him, I went off and got him one. The former owners (or perhaps their kids) must have frightened this cat to death. When I got him home (deaf by now from the screams) he hid behind the couch for two weeks (we assume he came out to eat at night, but we never saw him once other than to check that he was still alive). Once he got used to us and our other cat, he would wander around and find cool places to sleep (clean laundry, table tops, drawers). One day I walked into the apartment and in the foyer sat the cat, staring at a space about six feet in the air. He never looked at me as I came in (cats will usually at least, look to see that our clumsy bodies can make it through the door okay, and if not rush to provide propulsion assistance to our shins). I really didn't think much of it and wandered off, checking the mail and whatnot. About a half an hour later, I had settled on the couch with a book. I saw a shadow out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and could see that the cat had moved into the living room but was still staring at a space about six feet off the ground. I saw, what looked to me, to be the shadow of a black man wearing a tan leather suit with a matching hat. I said 'hi' he nodded and faded out. As that happened, the cat stopped looking and came to see me. Who knows if I was just overworked or not, but that's what I thought I saw.