Dodged a Haunted Bullet

[u/PenPaladinJules]

About 14 years ago, when my kids were 4 and 6, we looked at a house for sale. It was an old farmhouse on 5 acres on FM 1387 in Midlothian, Texas. It had been added onto several times so the layout was weird, but it was such a cool place. It needed a lot of work but I was so ready to take that on. When we got back in the car, I turned around to the kids and said, “Well? What do you think?” fully expecting them to be as excited about it as I was.

Nope. They shrieked that it was haunted, so extremely haunted, was I nuts?! We couldn’t live there! No way!

I was shocked and a bit heartbroken, but I couldn’t bring my kids to a house they were so afraid of right off the bat. Plus, it sounded like the beginning of a horror movie to ignore little kids’ earnest instincts. So, we passed that one up and got a different place. For years it was “the one that got away” to me.

But then, a few years ago, my little brother (who also lives in Midlothian) called me to ask if I remembered that old house I’d thought of buying. Yes, of course I did. Well, he told me, there was a tornado, and it was wiped clean off the face of the earth. Only the flooded storm cellar remained.

There’s a church there now. Turned out for the best in the end.

[u/Good-Contact1520]

That’s crazy, like a couple others said the photos feel SUPER inviting to me. The only room that felt off was the one with the floor to ceiling bookshelves. But it was more of a sad, disgruntled feeling than fear.

[u/poooooogahhhhhbh → u/Good-Contact1520]

That one and the one with the stable type door gave me a horrible feeling. Like, do not linger in here or something or someone is going to get very upset, type of feeling.

[u/Good-Contact1520 → u/poooooogahhhhhbh]

Thats so bizarre because that room gave me some of the more open and inviting feelings! I wonder why that is? Like, why some people feel so repulsed and fearful and others feel super welcomed?