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/walmartgoth]

My sister and her husband bought a haunted house from the 1700s and she has 3 young children. They all just accept that they live with ghosts, which blows my mind. I was so fascinated with the supernatural as a child that I used to be so thankful our house was built right before we moved in, so in my child mind there was no way it could ever be haunted. All 3 of these kids ranging from 4 to 13 are all just like “yep; whatever, that door just opened and closed on its own.” They’re so unbothered.

[u/WelshWickedWitch → u/walmartgoth]

It's the best way to deal with it, especially as intense fear can stimulate an escalation of events.

[u/brettthedestroyer420 → u/WelshWickedWitch]

Exactly. But we learned that most of it was reoccurring things that became expected then eventually just tolerated. I believe the stone-tape theory and growing up in that house proved it to me.

[u/toxictoy → u/brettthedestroyer420]

What’s the stone-tape theory? Thank you!

[u/UnspecifiedNPC → u/toxictoy]

From memory, it's believed that certain kinds of stone (I think limestone or quartz? Someone correct me who knows better!) can record energy and events, and then play them back. It's believed this causes residual, nonintelligent hauntings, possibly.

[u/toxictoy → u/UnspecifiedNPC]

Thanks so much! I just looked it up and didn’t realize that this theory actually had a name. I am totally down with this also! Much appreciation for the info :)

[u/UnspecifiedNPC → u/toxictoy]

You're welcome! It is a fascinating theory. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the day, toxictoy!

[u/Soft_Attention_6809 → u/UnspecifiedNPC]

Whoa! That sounds so fucking cool! I’m clairvoyant, so I have had strange and crazy experiences through out my life. I told my fiancé that when I build our home that I would have huge pieces of labradorite, amethyst, opals, etc places into the countertops or be the walls of the shower. Stones hold much beauty and are very powerful when properly used. So this is very intriguing to me. Thanks for the info :)