OK - here's one for Halloween. My niece asked for some sage to smudge her house - I didn't think any thing of it. Anyhow - during conversation I asked how my nephew is doing, he's 4. She said he won't sleep in his room for the last week. I said 'oh? is that bad?'.

Apparently she heard someone upstairs walking around then all of sudden he started screaming hysterically. She said it took her 10-15 min to bring him awake, into full consciousness. He said someone was in his room - on the ceiling. I'm like "Uhh...hmm that's weird".

She goes on to tell me he's had an imaginary friend - Maria. He's seen him talking to her, playing with her etc... I said "when did this all happen?". She said after her mother-in-law gave her an old chair that belong to a great grandmother or something.

Then she goes on to tell me that her mother-in-law came over to drop off old picture for her husband. One of them my nephew points out "Maria!"...his imaginary friend, the lady who the chair belonged to...

Needless to say - she doesn't think Maria is bad - but perhaps someone else is there or got invited in.

After smudging the house - which she said was very odd because the house started creaking like crazy, everything has subsided - and they got rid of the chair.

Anyhow - I considered getting the chair to play a prank on some friends - see if anything happens to them.

Always hear of ghost stories but kind of cool when you bump into one so close.