tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33989614.post3011377343599061634..comments2023-11-05T05:45:45.277-06:00Comments on From the Shadows: Ghosts, flies and scratchesJason Offutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536260451364743010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33989614.post-28994601604653116482011-08-30T00:57:45.805-05:002011-08-30T00:57:45.805-05:00I can explain the flies... simpe all it took was o...I can explain the flies... simpe all it took was one fly getting into the drains...in old houses after time you get a lot of build up in darins, especially if not cleaned, as in scrubbed with a pipecleaner... what was happening is they were swarming, mating, laying eggs, wash rinse and repeat...for big flies it takes lots of build up, smaller filth flies not so much.<br /> You may think running stuff down a drain would stop it, it doesn't, even i bathrooms where "food" doesn't go... you have a build up of oils and dead skin they feed off of and in many old places, wastewater lines are all inteconnected, so when you flush that water sits in the pipes also and helps. (Modern codes have means of stopping this). To prevent this one should open drains and using a pipe cleaner and cleansers scrub at least a foot down...enough can build up that maggots are safe from the water rushing down.<br /> In better ran restaraunts and all food producton facilities, this is done regularly. My first job outside of high school was sanitation at a meat plant and we did it nightly, at restraunts we did it weekly, and the seafood plant I worked as a QA tech it was also done nightly. In homes, I'd say if you have a mystery flie problem and no other obvious answer do this at least weekly... the when you notice no more flies or etc...(the swarm is they all mature, mate, lay eggs, and etc at once..wo it's regular)... it can actually be a seasonal thing because home do not see the same amounts as busineses do..even onlydoing it during spring cleaning... but you have to make sure you get a foot in..that's as far as they will gousually (plants was two feet just to be safe).<br /> The scratches..coud have just been caused by a stray animal that came into the house...and in your sleep you kickedit or etc...a note here. Feet have a lot of dead skin and some animals may assume this was a free meal, they took a nip, you moved and they attacked, maybe getting entangled in the blankets and disappearing before being seen.<br /> The ghosts could have just been your cousins who originally lived there playing tricks on you because they had the keys or copies still...along with their friends... and they probablyknew the ins and outs of thehouse to do it..like where to stand unnoticed so their reflections were seen in a mirror...or etc. My guess is friends, who may og also had keys and didn't realise when it started their parties were no longer happening...especially since it ended when ya'll moved out and you said you got used to the ghosts or maybe rather it was ended.<br /> My dad thoughtit'd be cool to play like our house was haunted in high school and trick my step brother and me.. until he decided one night when we were in our room watching a movie he'd put some shimmer powder onhis arm after painting it with white and put it through the door and wave it around..My bed was closest to the door and when I saw the arm..I kicked the door closed hard..breaking his arm. End of the great haunting at our house.graeylin13https://www.blogger.com/profile/16045357586594438150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33989614.post-61618165576320198752011-07-03T19:25:55.302-05:002011-07-03T19:25:55.302-05:00this is my story, and i dont know who the blonde m...this is my story, and i dont know who the blonde man was. a girl i went to elementary school with moved into the house a few years after we left and i asked her if she ever saw the man, and she didn't. nothing that i know of was under the house. the flies would randomly swarm the bathroom every couple of weeks; it wasn't like a couple flies daily. it was a black swarm that covered absolutely everything. we did eventually move, but not because of the ghosts. i guess we just learned to live with them.Caitiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14944395904297841451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33989614.post-29709244233729186312011-06-27T10:19:00.675-05:002011-06-27T10:19:00.675-05:00I just don't get it! I read so many of these s...I just don't get it! I read so many of these stories. Why don't people just move? If my kid wakes up bleeding from ghostly scratches, we're leaving...period! I would live in a motel or something.Concutiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06582354361190229503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33989614.post-91709302373505835022011-06-24T17:08:52.631-05:002011-06-24T17:08:52.631-05:00Now this is a good story! Very intriguing question...Now this is a good story! Very intriguing questions remain...who is the blond man? What was under the bathroom floorboards that attracted or housed the flies?Gather and Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292542959901954773noreply@blogger.com