Lady In The Hallway
When I was 4 years old (1985) my parents bought a house that was built in the early 1950's
Being as young as I was I didn't know the history of the house or who owned it before we moved there. My bed room was the middle room located along the long hallway in our house
My sister's room was at the front end of the hallway near the living room and my parent's room was at the back end of the hallway, near the kitchen
We lived in a suburban neighborhood so our next door neighbor's house was situated very close ours
He had installed a security light on the side of his house, that faced my bedroom window
This light was very bright and made it hard for me to fall sleep some nights
Needless to say, I never needed a nightlight and was able to see quite well in the "dark". When I was about 10 or 11 years old I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom
The house was dark and everyone else was asleep
As I stepped into the hallway I noticed someone in a long nightgown with long hair standing there looking at me, in the dark it looked like my sister
My sister was notorious for sleep walking so I told her to go back to bed
The person didn't move
I reached out to touch her to guide her back to her room and my hand went through the person and hit the wall behind her
I got a little scared and went to my sisters room to see if she was there
Sure enough she was lying in bed asleep, I even touched her face to make sure it was her. So I head back down the hall, because I still had to use the restroom
The person in the long nightgown had turned to face me coming down the hall from my sister's room and watched me walk past her to the bathroom
When I was done in the bathroom I went back to my room with my eyes closed and felt my way along the hall so I didn't see the lady/girl in the nightgown again
It wasn't easy to go back to sleep after that, but for once I was glad to have the security light streaming in my window. The next morning I mentioned to my mom about the lady/girl in the nightgown I saw in the hallway
