The Man on My Patio

From: Benji (winniegolds25@hotmail.com)
Story type: Ghost
Location: my old apartment
Source: Form Submission

When i was 19 i moved out of home for the first time. i lived with my older female cousin and it was a blast. we stayed in a pretty new apartment complex, all mod cons and its defining feature was a walk around patio.

anyway, my cousin was a student nurse and on the weekends and she would do home stays at old peoples homes. this left me basically home most of the time. i usaully went out and partied on the weekends, but this one particular weekend i stayed home with another friend for a video night. at about 10pm the lights in the apartments started flickering on and off. it didnt really rattle me as im one of those kind of people who thinks rationally. once i fixed the lights, the bedroom doors kept opening by themselves. i thought nothing of it as doors open unexpectadly sometimes. by 1am, i was starting to feel on edge and my friend lara was on edge as well. we noticed there was one problem after another and it was getting to a stage where we were getting freaked out.

as we sat in silence in the lounge room contemplating on what to do, a slow thumping noise started to come from outside. being both scared we decided to sit it thru but it only got louder and worse! what sounded like thumps eventually turned into heavy, dragging footsteps outside on the patio. what really put the cherry on top of the cake was that we could see an old mans reflection on the patio. as i opened the window to tell him to go away he just slowly dissipated into thin air. as soon as that happened, lara and i ran out of the house and jumped into her car. no way were we going to stay the night here with a ghost. as we put the metal to the pedal, lara screamed and pointed to the back. there outside the drive way was the old man.......walking around like a crazy person. he dissapeared only to reappear on my patio.

i only stayed there for another month as things eventually started getting too creepy. ive heard of hauntings in old buildings, but in modern apartments that is a rarity. i never did find out who the old man was, but i dont want to as well. if anyone has similar stories feel free to contact me. bye!