When I first started this
blog I put a general post on about protective spirits. I also shared several
posts about protective spirits that remain in a store where I have done investigations
in the past. This kind of haunting happens a lot more often than the “evil”
spirits that are glamourized on television. I find this kind of haunting very
intriguing.
One early episode on the TV
show Ghost Hunters actually was
interesting in that this team were able to alleviate a families’ fears by
pointing out to them the ghost that was haunting them was actually a protective
spirit that helped prevent one of their children from being burned by
hot liquid. This completely changed how this family viewed the spirit who shared
their home. To my knowledge they haven’t done another show like this, which is
too bad.
One of my all time favorite
“firsthand experience” ghost stories is about a protective spirit. * It centers on
a female ghost who stays with one family who lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.
This ghost literally saved the life of the husband in this family. One
afternoon this man who was not feeling well fell asleep watching television in
the back family room. His wife and daughter left to go shopping. He awoke when
he heard his name being called.
Coming out of a deep sleep,
it took him awhile to realize there was a female figure in the hall staring
down at him. He did not recognize her. Again he heard his name called out this time very loudly. The female
then turned and headed down the hall. Now wondering whom this woman was the man
rushed to the open door and looked into the hall. He could just see the form of
the woman for she appeared to be fading away. He realized that a thick fog of
smoke was floating down from the ceiling between them.
He ran through the smoke and
headed out the front door. He coughed and gasped the fresh air in as he left
the house. Within moments he heard a fire truck's sirens as it headed down his
street. Once recovered the father in a panic looked around for his wife and
daughter. When he didn’t spot them he rushed back toward the home worried his
wife and daughter were inside. As he reached the porch a fireman physically
prevented him from entering his home.
He pleaded with the man to
let him look for his family. The fireman reassured him that they would save his
relatives. This story had a happy ending for the man turned and saw his wife
and daughter get out their car--returned from their shopping. He sobbed with
relief when he realized they were safe.
Afterwards the man sat down
with his wife and told her about the strange woman who had woken him up. He
admitted that this woman had saved his life. The wife told him that it was her
family’s ghost. It seems this spirit had stayed near various family members for at
least five generations. She told her husband that she had seen this ghost
herself just before family births and deaths. She stated the ghost would often
make her presence known by walking loudly on the wooden floorboards or knocking
on walls or doors.
The wife confided that this
ghost who was her family’s harbinger was actually used to sooth the younger
generations. As a child her grandparents had told her that she was lucky for
she should never fear the dark because she had a very special guardian who would protect her always. In this instance
this protective spirit had saved her husband’s life. This wife does consider herself very lucky.
* One source for this story
is Victor Klein’s book, New Orleans
Ghosts.
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