Friday, November 30, 2007

My Grandfather's Ghost

Mariela from Illinois send me this creepy encounter with a ghost.

Hey Jason,

Well I read your book which i loved since I love Paranormal Phenomena, and the first time I saw it I knew I had to read it like the rest of the Paranormal books at my local Library. I live in Ilinois in a small boring town, nothing happens around here, so one day during summer break, just after I got back from my vacation to Mexico, I decide to sleep over at my cousin's house in Chicago. That's where I saw the ghost.

My dad drove me out to my cousin's house. I thought it was going to be fun and all since I usually have lots of fun going places with my cousins. My cousin Maria and I were outside looking out for the rest of my cousins, who are three and one. Then we went in for dinner and after we watched tv. When we got tired, it was about ten o' clock and we headed toward my cousin's bedroom and went to sleep.

Well in the middle of the night I woke up because I felt like something was tapping at my shoulder. I thought that it was my cousin trying to wake me up to tell me something. I looked around the room and saw that my cousin was asleep, so I figured that it must have been part of my imagination and went back to sleep. After about twenty minutes passed I felt something again. I woke up and there next to me was an elderly man. He looked really nice and caring. I didn't dare go back under the covers. I knew this was a ghost. His image was faded and a little transparent. I love the paranormal so I just stood watching him. He looked very peaceful to me so I didn't feel scared.

Seconds later he walked out the door(it was already open). Amazed at this I quickly got up and looked at the spot were he had been. I found nothing--no trace that he had ever been there. I was more excited than terrified, so I went back to sleep.

The next morning I woke up and told my cousin what I had seen. She looked at me surprised and she asked me "Mariela, are you serious? You saw the ghost of my Grandfather. He died two months ago in this room. He loved us very much and sometimes came in our room to say goodnight."

I was surprised. I had been in Mexico and had known nothing of this. "Are you serious?" I asked.

"Yes!" my cousin replied.

I hope that you liked my encounter with a ghost, a good one that is. Thanks for listening, I love your book.


Thank you, Mariela, for sharing this amazing tale with all of us.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Giant Bug Discovered!

Okay, so I've come across lots of bizarre and scary creatures during my travels, research, and collecting of stories. But this one is a doozy!

Scientists have just found the fossil of the biggest bug that ever lived.

How big?

Try EIGHT FEET LONG!!

That's right, a bug that's bigger than a really tall human!

This is one bug that you couldn't squish or knock out with a can of Raid. You'd need a tanker truck of Raid to get rid of this guy.

But don't worry. He's been dead for 390 million years. But that doesn't stop him from creeping me out.

Check out this story. Creeeeeeeeepy!!

I gotta go. The exterminator is here!

Jason

Monday, November 12, 2007

The Beast in the Snow

Paul from Pennsylvania sent me this tale of a terrifying encounter on a snowy winter day:

Jason,

I have several freaky stories I can share with you but just wanted to say I thoroughly enjoyed your "The Scary States of America" book. Here's one of the strange things that has happened to me.

In 1997 my wife, four sons, and I were renting a house on a 200 hundred acre farm in Pennsylvania. It was beautiful, with rolling hills outlining a forest and a creek that ran through the property. Even though the house was fantastic and property a dream it was still creepy. We would always feel as if we were being watched.

The winter of 1997 was a horrible winter. Snow piled up with drifts of over 7 feet. It would snow 10 to 12 inches a day, no one was going anywhere. A state of emergency was called as roads were impassable.

I woke up early, and heard on the news the roads were all closed and decided to go see if I could clear away snow from the cars. Three feet of fresh snow had fallen the night before so I put my boots on and headed out. A winter wonderland lay before me with 6 foot snow drifts on the farm road. I trenched out into yard and that's when I first saw them. Huge footprints twice the size of my boots in the fresh snow. The prints had no shoe tracks were at least seven feet apart. I had to run and jump to get from one track to the other. What was freaky was the tracks came from the woods across the field and stopped near a clump of trees that were close to the house then just disappeared.

I tried to put it out of my mind. I trudged through the snow. As I walked toward the cars off to my left about a hundred yards along the tree line I thought at first a tree was following me. This massive black thing walked parallel with me as I headed toward the main road. The wind shifted and I got wiff of a smell that would knock a buzzard off a dung pile. Like the Philalelphia Zoo in the hot summer sun. Nasty!

As I came to the open field I could see the cars in front of me. The wind whipped snow in my face as I had to crawl the last hundred feet. That's when it happened. I heard a growling and heavy breathing. This dark shape off to my left started crossing the field coming toward me. Whatever it was was massive and heavy enough to crack through the ice and snow as it lumbered toward me. Its upper body was at least 6 feet above the snow which was easily four feet deep. At first I thought it was a bear, but this thing was no bear! It walked like an ape, and I couldn't see much of it's face because it was covered with hair. With it's huge strides it was gaining on me. It's massive arms dragged through the snow as it came closer. I reached the cars, barely squeezed into my mini-van, and slammed the door. I cranked the car on and could see the dark shape through the glass. The next thing I know the van start shaking back and forth violently. It almost tilted over. All along I could hear screaming and growling. I was able to start the car, and honk the horn. It must have scared the creature because the car stopped rocking. After a minute I put car into gear and rolled forward. I got about ten feet when I slammed into something. Thinking I rammed into my other car I instictively hopped out. My other car was behind me--not in front, and whatever that thing was that attacked my car was standing right in front of me. It stood about nine feet tall. It growled and screamed at me. It stepped toward me. I laid on the horn and put it in gear and floored it. I just sat and spun in the snow. The creature backed away and growled. I continued to honk on the horn. It continued to back away. A strong gust of wind blew a spray of snow between me and it. I shielded my eyes. When I looked up it was gone!

No wonder the former tenants wanted to move out!

Thanks for listening. You are doing great and admirable work, listening! Take care.

Paul

Wow! I usually like playing in the snow, but not with a nine-foot-tall monster!!

Monday, November 5, 2007

New Jersey Bookstore Appearance

Hey paranormal fans, I want to let all of you in the New York/New Jersey area know that Michael Teitelbaum, the children's book author who helped get my book, THE SCARY STATES OF AMERICA, published will be appearing at a great bookstore in Montclair, NJ. It called Watchung Booksellers. Check out their website.

The event is on Saturday, November 10 from 2-3 pm.

Michael will be speaking about the book, reading from the book, and then signing copies.

He hopes to see you all there!!

Your friend,

Jason

ps All are welcome, except, of course, for the Jersey Devil!