Old Key West

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Story type: Ghost
Location: Key West, FL-  Late 1800's b&B
Source: Form Submission

I can see spirits on a different level (or vibration) . However this one specific spirit really surprised me on how interactive he was. I was staying at a beautiful victorian house, bed & breakfast. A beautiful late 1800's home in the heart of old Key West. My father was getting remarried there, so we all had separate rooms. He stayed on the 2nd floor, I was at the top (3rd floor). Being alone in a old house like this was kind of fun.

When I first entered my room I felt a presence. On a spiritual level, I saw a older man seated on the sofa in the far right corner of my room. He glanced at me and nodded, I immediately began chatting away with him. I introduced myself and asked that he doesn't do anything too wacky while I was visiting, I was having enough aches & pains from travel. I usually build some type of rapport with a spirit, especially since we would be roomies. He nodded and smiled occasionally. However he seemed very preoccupied with the other tenants staying at the home. But he was good company. I kept the space on the couch open for him to sit. It was only polite. So I stored my luggage and other belongs on the opposite side, acknowledging him.

Since my severe jet lag was overwhelming, I was up to the wee hours of the east coast night. I chattered away with him about my son, and missing the ocean in Florida since my move. He asked about Arizona occasionally, but sometimes would leave abruptly to walk the halls. Physically you could hear him walk, and even enter a room. The two rooms across the hall were empty. It was hard to sleep with him wandering in and out. So I had a difficult time sleeping.

The next day, I came back to the B & B and took a power nap. An hour passes by and Im in a deep sleep, All of sudden I felt someone on the bed shaking me and moving the bed side to side. I had my head covered so I thought it was my father messing with me, then I remembered in a flash i padlocked the door to my room. I shot up to see no one there. I left shortly after, it surprised me.

Later that night I came home from partying and was feeling ill. I shed my clothes, throwing them on the floor in a heap & headed to the shower.

So I sat in the shower half awake and half asleep sick out of mind. In came the older man, he looked at me and said " Turn the water on Cold. You'll feel better that way." I looked at him and thought, "why not?" So I did, and got sick. But I felt much much better right away. I got out of the shower to find my clothes neatly laying on the end of the couch, off of the floor where I dropped them en route to the shower.I feel that he kept watch over me since I was alone.

I asked the owner of the bed & breakfast about the old man, and who he was. The owner smiled and said Oh that was either the house keeper or Mr. Nobsby the old caretaker of this home. He took after it for years until his death. He still does caretake" I smiled, It made sense.

Before I left I thanked him for being a great roomie with me & i hoped to see him again. He seemed to acknowlege me in appreciation of being polite to him. I really enjoyed my visit to Key West, I am from Florida originally. However the energy in Key West is amazing. You can feel the spirits so much more than the typical.