Horrible Experience

From: kayla (m_k7983@yahoo.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: graveyard in texas
Source: Form Submission

This story still scares me to this day, and I still have nightmares about it. I am a bit of an adrenaline junky and have done some pretty stupid things to catch a hightime, usually involving daring, paranormal events. This by far was one of the scariest things I encountered. I definately believe in ghosts, spirits, demons and all that coincides. I lived in several haunted houses in my life so I am used to the normal activity of ghosts, but this was unbelievable. And no i do not use nor was on drugs.

One night a few years back, some friends and I were sitting around in my apartment. We didn't want to do the norm and go out to yet another bar so we started telling stories of encounters that we've had. Then a friend(named Bob)of one of my girl-friends(Audrey) spoke for the first time since saying hello and meeting all of us when they showed up. He told us about the time he went to San Antonio and did the car thing on the railroad tracks and the children push you over. He told us a few more stories about haunted places, and then about one that he had been wanting to go to, but no one would go with him. We found this the perfect thing to occupy our early October saturday night with.

We left the apartment about 11:30pm and drove about an hour across town...somewhere near Stafford, out in the country. Now the story about this place is that there was a town many years ago that housed satan worshipers. They had a church in the middle of town that still stands there, unused of course...to our knowledge. We showed up and first went to the church. There were 5 of us(Bob, Audrey, Justin, Crystal and me)and we all walked up to the double doors in the front. There was a heavy duty chain wrapped around the handles of the door, but it still allowed the doors to be pulled open about 5-8 inches. Of course, I had to be the first to look in.

The smell is what hit me first. It was a musty, cold stench that I smelled. I could turn my head either way and see pews, but it was dark and I couldn't see anyone. I stepped back and let the next curious person(Crystal) look. Then my stomach did a flip flop and I looked over at Bob. I could see his breath like he was in 20 degree weather and for those of you that don't know, Octobers in Houston are NOT cold. Then he looked up at me with widened eyes and I don't know if Crystal screamed first or the door slammed shut first, but the double doors slammed shut and the girl was screaming.

We all ran back to the car and regrouped. Crystal sat down on the grass and started rocking back and forth. We consoled her just a bit and looked around at each other and with out saying anything, left her on the grass and started walking back to the building. Stupid mistake I guess.

We walked around the side of the church and the windows were high up on the side. I, only being 5' tall, couldn't see through them with out getting a boost. The two guys of the group (Justin and Bob) bent their legs so I, again, could be the first to look. I looked down and noticed that there was no grass. I looked around the ground and the grass didn't grow at all around the church. For about 6' around in a perfect circle the ground was bare. I stepped up and hesitated before popping my head up to look. I felt as though I was doing something really wrong.

I lifted my head up and through the dusty window I ACTUALLY SAW PEOPLE. There were candles everywhere and there was a circle with an upsidedown T looking thing in the middle in the front of the church. It kind of looked like an upside- down, capital T, in the same effect that it had the little pieces that came down from the sides and the bottom. "serifs" I guess is what it's called. The congregation looked as though they were chanting. All of their mouths were moving the same and they were staring blankly foward. I saw a man (if that is what he was) walk from the back, down the aisle between the rows of pews and he turned his head so slow that it looked fake, then I noticed he had turned his head to look at me. I ducked quickly and lost my balance and stumbled backwards a few steps. I think I had been holding my breath the whole time because I gasped and it felt like I couldn't get enough air. Justin stood on his tip toes and looked through the window. I looked up to watch him and I saw a shadow fill the window. Justin froze, then in one motion turned and hauled it back to the car.

We followed and barely got the last person in before the car took off. We didn't go the same way we came, but down a road perpendicular to the church. Bob was driving and Justin, in a shrill voice asked where he was going. Bob said that he didn't come down here just be be scared by a bunch of satanist in a church, but the story of this place was that the people that lived here and worshiped satan way back when committed a mass suicide because they were to sacrifice themselves so satan would have the power to take souls from God. These people were all buried at the end of the street opposite the church.

While we were listening to his story, we were driving down this road with houses on either side. All of them having that same circular symbol somewhere on their house or in their yard. I thought in my head that we should turn around and go home, but I really couldn't bring myself to even whisper at that moment. I looked to see what time it was and right as I looked at the clock it shorted out, along with the headlights. All the odometers fell to 0. My heart was pounding. We could barely see, only having moonlight to guide us. There were no more houses on the road at this point. We dead ended at a gate that ,again, had that satanic symbol on it. Justin and Crystal decided to stay in the car. They turned it around just for a fast get away. Justin got in the driver seat. Audrey, Bob, and I walked over to the gate.

We looked around. We didn't see any gravestones. It was silent, no wind or anything. We climbed over the gate and took a few steps. There on the ground we saw that same circle symbol. It looked as if it were burned, or branded into the ground. Then about 3 feet next to it was another. They littered the ground. I assumed this is what they used to mark the graves. We kept walking stepping lightly and trying not to breath too loud or step on the graves. Bob was in front and we were a few feet behind him.

All of the sudden, he stopped and motioned for us to stop. He was staring off to the side of the field where the woods were. We stood there and watched as one by one the trees started shaking. Not like wind blowing. It wasn't smooth like wind and it only happened through a small strip of the trees. It was like someone was going up to each tree in a line and shaking each one separately. It was coming from the back of the woods to the front. As it got to the last couple of trees until it reached the field we saw it. It was a huge clouded, but translucent shadow. Kind of shaped like a man, but no one could make a shadow that big. We stood there. I wanted to run so bad, but I couldn't move my legs. I started shaking and I think I heard myself whimper and finally we were able to turn and run. I could hear the ghost roaring behind us as if it were really mad and the ground felt like it was crumbling under my feet, but I wasn't even about to look down. I kept watching the shadow gaining on us which probably made me run slower because I was looking back. Bob made sure to stay behind us; I am sure he could have out run us easily, but maybe he thought that he got us into this then he will get us out.

We approached the the gate and started climbing over. Audrey flew over and I lost my footing on one of the rails. I felt Bob push my butt. I tumbled over the fence and landed on the ground; I just laid there watching Bob climb over. As he was at the top of the gate and in the motion of jumping to the ground I saw the shadow levitate off the ground, continuing at the same speed and slammed though Bob. It went right through him. I heard him gasp like he was just shot and the force knocked him foward and he literally did a front flip and hit the ground. The graves on the other side of the fence were glowing, making an orange, glazed fog that covered the field. I watched what ever was chasing us recede back into the woods, like it couldn't pass the gate and was startled by Audrey screaming out Bob's name. He came to and we helped him into the car, cautiously glancing over our shoulder every second.

Crystal emerged from the floor board with her mouth wide open. She told us she watched the whole thing and Justin, with a grim look on his face started the car and fiddled with the lights. They still wouldn't work so he just put the car in drive and started driving quickly down the road leaning forward trying to make out where the curves in the road were. As we drove down the road, the people that resided in the houses there were all outside and glaring at us like we just robbed their fortune. Every last person was out on his/her lawn staring. We came out to where the church was and drove as fast as we could out of where ever we were.

We said not a word the whole way home. When we got home, I rushed to make sure everyone was in and headed for the shower. My phone rang and I stopped dead in my tracks. I looked over at the phone and on the lighted caller i/d bar it read 6666666666. I didn't dare pick it up. It stopped ringing after the 3rd ring and I shivered and walked into my bedroom. I looked at my alarm clock and it said 12:00pm. Like we had only been gone for 30 minutes. I couldn't believe it. It took us an hour to get to that side of town. I looked at my watch on my dresser; it too said 12:00pm. I ran in the living room and asked Audrey what time she had. She looked at her cell phone and her jaw dropped. She said it was 12:00pm.