Was That You Dad?

From: Lyndsay McFadzean (lem20@freeuk.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: At hy home in Scotland
Source: Form Submission

Just a few months ago, February to be exact, I decided to get a few of the girls round and have a medium come to see us. I was so excited about having a girly night in that I was up to all hours cleaning the house from top to bottom (as you do!)the night before.

As I cleaned my kitchen window I could smell the strangest thing. Coal. Yes, the smell of coal or the dust from coal was extremely strong. This is not a ghost story I hear you all say. My only explanation for this is the fact that it was my dead dad.

As you all probably know, Scotland is famous for it's old mining villages. My dad was a coal miner and he died on the 4th of July, 1990. I think that this was my Dad's way of saying hello! It disappeared as quick as it came.

When the medium did my reading the next night, she sensed that I was capable of clairessence. This is the ability to smell things connecting with the 'other side'. I told her about my experience the night before and she smiled and told me that it was my Dad letting me know that he is with me. This is the 2nd time that has happened to me.

Last year sometime, I was on the couch watching T.V ,relaxing after my bath. My partner was in the shower. As I sat with my bath robe on and a towel on my head, I saw someone outside reach out as if to ring the door bell. The reason I saw it is because my front door has a narrow frosted glass panel on it. The street light was shining in aswell and I saw the silhouette of their arm.

The door bell rang and I went straight to the window to see who it was. Nobody. I sat down on the couch rather confused and then all I could smell was ciggarette smoke. Strong ciggarette smoke. My Dad died of lung cancer due to smoking and I think that may just have been him.....