(Decatur, IL):
Although 45% of Americans believe in ghosts, the majority of the
population remains skeptical. Still
there are a few instances that turn skeptics into believers, such as the case of
the Harriston family. Tucked in a quiet
cul-de-sac in Decatur Illinois, the Harriston family lives in a typical ranch
home complete with two-car garage, patio and above-ground pool. Ronald Harriston, his wife of twenty-two
years Becky, and their adult children Dana and Robert have lived in the home
for over a decade. However, another
resident in the home doesn’t live there, because they are deceased. A ghost has
haunted the Harriston residence for as long as the family has lived there and has
caused years turmoil in the family.
The haunting probably began around September 2006 as the Harristons
were moving in. “It started almost immediately.” Ronald Harriston recalled. “I
took a job opportunity here in Decatur, and we had to move from our country
home outside of Arthur to the ‘big city’ (Mr. Harriston gestured quotes with
his fingers). It was a hard move for the kids because they had to leave their
friends behind, but I couldn’t miss out on this opportunity. We were in the house for less than a week when
Becky and I started finding things out of place. Like silverware was still in the dish drainer
that was supposedly put up hours ago.
And it seemed to like the kids’ toys. We’d have the kids clean their
rooms, then come back a couple hours later and find the toys all over the floor
again after the children said they’d already cleaned their rooms. If Becky and
I went in there and cleaned their rooms, it would stay that way for a couple of
days, so eventually we realized that the ghost didn’t like adults.”
Becky further described the haunting as the years went on.
“Clothes. It likes to mess with the kid’s clothes. When I would take the
clothes into Robert’s room and tell him to put them up, I would go back in
later that evening and the clothes I just folded were on the floor. At first I
would scold him but he kept saying it was a ghost. I was skeptical at first,
but Dana’s room seemed to be another favorite place the ghost would go. I would put her clothes on the bed and return
to find them still folded, but moved to the foot of the bed. It was like the
ghost made a point of taking the clothes out of the dresser after the children
put them up. It was crazy! Those poor kids got messed with so bad. Like Robert said, when we had anything to do
with putting things up, the ghost would leave it be.” ... [READ MORE]
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