I was a 21 year-old mother of a beautiful three year-old daughter living in a trailer my Mom owned and was renting out to me. My daughter’s father and I were in the process of a divorce so it was just the two of us girls living there.
The trailer had been manufactured sometime in the 1950’s and had its fair share of squeaks, creaks and pops any time of the year. However, not all of the noises I would hear and things that I would see could be attributed to the age of the trailer.
One night a friend of mine wanted to stay at my place as he and his parents were a little at odds. I told him that there wouldn’t be a problem with that and offered him the couch in the living room for the night. He and I had discussed the topics of ghosts and goblins in the past and he didn’t believe in them at all. I wasn’t one to try to convince people that ghosts are real and I never tried to convince him.That night I made dinner and all three of us ate. We relaxed afterward in front of my small 13-inch, black and what television set. I put my daughter to bed about 8:00 p.m. then my friend and I listened to music, played cards and chatted for a couple of hours. It was a little past my bedtime so I retrieved a couple of blankets from the closet and handed them to my friend. We said our goodnights and I went to the far end of the trailer where the bedroom was. Snuggled into my bed I drifted peacefully into sleep.
Sometime in the night my friend woke me up. He had heard me coughing in my sleep and had gotten me a glass of water. The light from the living room directly down the hall was shining through the doorway of my bedroom. My friend stood just out of the direct light leaving him in dark shadows as he stood next to my bed.
I had been sleeping with my back to the doorway and, as I rolled over and cleared my vision, saw my friend holding the glass of water. Little to my surprise there was a large figure behind my friend. The figure was about 7 inches taller than my friend and appeared to be quite muscular. Though the figure was no more than a very dark shape I knew that there was someone else in the room.
I looked back at my friend and thanked him for the water. I told him that I hadn’t realized that I had been coughing and that I was sorry to have disturbed him. He said that it was ok and that it didn’t bother him. I drank a few drinks of water and put the glass next to my bed. He asked if I was going to be alright and I told him that I would be. The whole time the figure behind my friend never moved.
My friend went back to his place on the couch never aware of the presence behind him in my room. I knew that, despite the darkness of the figure, someone was watching over me. I never did tell my friend about the figure that night. He did spend one more night on my couch. However, after hearing a female voice call his name through his headphones several times he refused to set one foot into my house again.
