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Date:         Sat, 8 Apr 1995 19:13:32 GMT
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From:         Greg_Sutherland@learnnet.nt.ca (Greg Sutherland)
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I have a story that was, at the time, somewhat disturbing. About three years ago I was staying with my parents while on holiday in rural Nova Scotia. My brother lived about 45 minutes away from my parents on the top of a small mountain. His house was rather "off the beaten path" as his nearest neighbor was about a kilometre away. My brother had a detached garage from his home and he did a lot of backyard mechanicing (he owned a really old VW Beetle). Anyway, he was away for the weekend with his wife and kids, but he had told me where the key to the garage was if I ever needed to get in to use his tools and whatnot. It was a cool, overcast July night and the wind was blowing. His house was nestled at the end of a long driveway and was surrounded by large elm and maple trees. I arrived at his house at around 10:00 pm in my little VW Beetle which I had wanted to park in his garage and do a little work on. I opened the garage, parked the car and got down to work. About twenty minutes later, I happened to walk by one of the garage windows and I noticed a light came on in my brother's house. I immediately stopped what I was doing and headed toward the house. As I got closer, another light came on in an upstairs window...by this time I was starting to freak! I crept up to a living room window and peered inside to see that the tv was on as well as a light on a end table beside the couch, but there were no signs of anyone about. I went around to the front door and then the back and both were locked. I figured my brother and his family must have postponed their trip, but both of their vehicles were not in the driveway! I rang the doorbell, but no one answered. By this time the wind was starting to pick up and I was strting to get just a little nervous. I went back to the garage and put my little Beetle back together as I didn't want to hang around anymore. The whole time I would occasionally stick my head outside the garage door to have a look around. Man that place was eerie with no moon and those big old trees swaying in the wind! I finally got back in my Beetle and backed out of the garage., I noticed that the lights in the house were off as well as the glare from the tv was gone. I quickly left and headed bact down the mountain. The next day I told my parents of my unsettling evening and they told me that my brother had a timer which he always turned on when he was on vacation. The timer controlled a number of lights in the house as well as the tv. Well, I felt a little stupid after that, but at the time it was extremely unsettling. All the right "spooky" elememts were there to scare the pants off me.


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