FLORIDA HAUNTING

by Pamela

I have a rather interesting story to relate. While living on the east coast of Florida, I met a man, who became a close friend. We dated for five years, so I came to know him very well.

This gentleman, Tom, had developed a nice townhouse complex in Melbourne, Florida. I seem to be somewhat perceptive to spirits that still roam this earth. I think that my mother was, also.

The first night that he took me to his townhouse (he owned one there), he left me in the car while he went inside to get something. I became increasing uncomfortable, as I felt two very strong presences, glaring at me, out of the second floor windows, under the stucco arches. I saw in my minds eye two men, tan skins, one was short, one was tall. They were wearing black hats. They also made me extremely aware that they did not like my presence on that ground.

Well, Tom was taking his time. I came very close to leaving the canard walking to the main road, just to get away. They seemed to not like my blonde hair, and the fact that I was a woman. They bounced back and forth, from three different windows. When Tom FINALLY came back to the car, I told him what I had experienced.

He then relayed to me, over a period of time, the story of the townhouse complex. You see, when he bought this land, it was in the shape of a triangle. Don't know if that has any significance. During excavation, the equipment operators unearthed human bones. Tom gave the go ahead, anyway. At the time, he had allot invested, and I guess he wanted to cover it up.

Before we met he dated a girl, her name was Noel. She was from the Holy Land, and very spiritual. Tom had gone upstairs and prepared a nice, romantic bath for them. It was in the oval-shaped Jacuzzi. He carefully placed five candles, the larger in the center, on the edge of the tub and lit them. Then he proudly went downstairs and asked Noel to go up and see the beautiful bath he had created for them.

She went and looked, came flying down the stairs, white as a sheet, screaming "Tommie, Tommie, you have to go put the candles out, now!" She was hysterical. He proceeded to investigate, and upon entering the bathroom, discovered that the large candle in the middle had literally exploded. The walls of the entire room were covered with blackened ash. The candle, or, I should say, former candle had scorched a hole in the marble tub.

After that strange things started happening in that house. He had visitors from out of town, gave them the key, and told them to make themselves at home. They opened the front door and refused to enter. They slid their suitcases inside and left.

Later that evening, when Tom arrived back with them, they got settled in the guest room. For some reason the male friend got up, compelled to check on Tom, who was sleeping. He panicked . . . what he saw was something evil floating above Tom. He screamed and woke him up. Was terrified. The spirit vanished. The very next morning, the friend's eyelids were burned, as if he had been in the sun too long. He hadn't been.

Another adjoining piece of property was purchased from Tom from another developer. He also built townhouse on that land. The residents ended up filing a class action suit against that developer because they were having strange occurrences in their homes, too. This story was published in The Florida Today Newspaper.

Tom had since sold his properties there, and decided to move. He asked me to clean the empty home. I only agreed to if not left alone. Well, I was left alone there. When I went into the bath where the incident occurred, I could not leave fast enough. I saw the burn hole in the marble. The spirits were upstairs, with me . . . alone . . . and did not want me there.

I finally worked my way downstairs, and was cleaning the kitchen floor. I felt the two presences coming down the stairs. They stood at the bottom of the stairs and watched me. They liked the little closet under the stairs, they were going from the closet, and back to foot of the stairs. I started singing, Jesus Loves Me, over and over. These were angry spirits. But they stayed back.

After investigation into county records by the paper and attorneys, it was discovered that the whole development was built on the top of ancient Indian burial grounds. He unloosed those spirits, according to what I have researched, by placing the five candles in a certain order. Also, the shape of the tub had something to do with it.

I NEVER WENT BACK, AND I STILL HAVE MY HAIR!