I'm not calling bs to any of the stories, but I'll believe it when I see it
Wait until you have kids, watching your 18 month old **** themselves laughing at something in the corner of a room which you cannot see will soon have you believing.
I wasn't going to worry about posting the stories, but hey I will.
My sister bought a old house in York (WA), this house had servants quarters and all, so it was quite old (located on Inkpen Rd for those playing at home). Not long after she moved in my 4 yr old niece ran into my sisters room at about 2am saying "Mum there is a man in my room" well my sister absolutely ****ting herself went and checked it out...no one. Anyway my niece said "He went out there" pointing to the crack in the original lead light window. So my sister just thought it was her imagination running wild or she had just had a dream.
The next day my sister asked her about it, she told my sister his name is George, he was here looking for his mummy and he has bright blue eyes. Well after a week my sister forgot about it and my nephew (aged 7 came running in from his room (the original servants quarters) and said there is a police man in his room, so my sister went to check it out... no one. So she asked my nephew about it, his name is George, he is looking for his mum and he said he didn't want to frighten me..... So my sister assumed that the two were playing tricks on her.
Anyway she thought she would find out a bit of history on the house before adding on and extension and starting renovations and guess what!!! A old lady called Elizabeth Inkpen (Inkpen Rd, York) and her son George lived there for years (the house was owned by the Inkpen family for over 100yrs), George was the local police officer and died on his way home (unknown causes) anyway after he died Elizabeth went a bit loopy and went into aged care home and later died in 1983. The last people who lived in the house were renting on a 6 mths lease but left after 3 weeks, that was when the owners put it on the market and my sister purchased it......So my sister rang me and was like WTF....3 days later she moved back into her old house in Cloverdale which luckily hadnt had any luck being sold, and then put the house in York on the market.
2 yrs later both my nephew & niece still remember it and can still tell you exactly what he looks like & what he was talking to them about. My sister has all the information she got from the library & the Information Center about the house, she loves old houses but has now decided before she buys them she is going to do some research lol.
Also my cousin Cory died from cancer when he was 4 years old, after he passed away me and my BF at the time moved in with his dad in Lara (again for those playing at home lol) and he showed up, long winded and rather touchy subject, my BF at the time went white as..... packed his stuff in about 12 minutes and moved back in with his mum. My BF at the time was rather violent and often hit me, so I think he showed up for a reason, not just me but also to help my cousin (Cory's dad) get through his days after he passed.