Atherton House - Real San Francisco Haunted Place

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  I lived there for 3 months in1979.

  On the day that I moved in to my second floor suite, and while unpacking, I tried ignoring the sense of being observed. I placed my radio on the night table and turned on a station with music to distract me from my anxiety. But when I journeyed into the bathroom or else the tiny kitchen area, the music became static. I had to fine tune the knob to its original place; yet it continued like this every time I left the room, the static returned. Luckily, after that initial testing on the first day, the radio returned to normal. Another unusual incident was that houseflies would fly in a tight spiral circle, nonstop, in the center of the living room, as if caught in a tornado. I could not understand any logical reason why these flies preferred this spot in the living room, and not simply hang out in the nearby kitchen, where at least they might locate food particles and the garbage pail. Another occasional happening was ascending the long flight of stairs to my second floor studio and distinctly hearing the sound of wood creaking, as if someone walked behind me. When I'd stop to check, the creaking would continue a bit longer than expected for the wood to simply settle. This happened one time when I was with my boyfriend, and as we begin climbing the staircase, the creaking behind us started up. I whispered to him, “When I count to three, stop climbing.” I count quietly to three about three-quarters of the way up, and we stand quietly still as the creaking continued for a few seconds longer. One day I met one of the other residents -- a single woman who said she has lived here for about three years. She knew all about the history and had plenty of experiences with the ghost who she found to be rather playful and wasn’t bothered or afraid. She had witnessed doors opening, chandeliers moving, her parrots squawking whenever he was present, and had been touched as well. She said that she even seen him on one occasion. Well, the day that I was moving out and started packing, the radio began the initial pattern all over again, and that time I knew who to blame. As I left the suite with my suitcases in hand, I noticed a new resident who had just moved in down the hall. As her door was ajar, I started chatting casually, and it became clear that she didn’t know about the haunted aspect of the place. Out of curiosity I asked if anything unusual had occurred since she moved in and her eyes widened. “Yes”, she exclaimed, and told her story. She was unpacking in the room, and the hair blower, which she had left plugged in on the bed, suddenly turned itself on. That final day I decided to take parting shots of this unique and beautiful mansion with my camera. I took three pictures of the inside, using the built-in flash, and two more of the exterior. I didn’t think any further about those pictures until after completing the roll several weeks later and picking it up at a local photo developing shop, in the days before digital. Those five pictures were completely black on the negative, as if someone had his hand over my lens.

  Posted 1/28/26

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  i got push down by somthing

  I got pushed

  Posted 10/31/24

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