Ghosts -- Have You Ever Encountered One?

[IanSaysHi]

I generally am sceptical about ghosts. I like going on spooky walks in the dark with friends or ghost walk type things (this sounds like I do it all the time, but it happens like once every couple of years)... For me it's the scariness of something living possibly jumping out or someone pranking us.

However one thing has happened to me which was a bit spooky and remains unexplained.

When I was about 13 we lived in this house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by fields. My bedroom was directly opposite the top of the stairs, and in my room was a small dip in the floor where apparently the stairs used to continue on up into the attic.

One night I'd gone to bed whilst my Mum and Dad were watching TV downstairs. I heard one of them walking up the stairs. It wasn't a muffled sound like something downstairs on their TV; it was a clear sound of someone walking up the stairs getting to the top. After about 30 seconds I realised I couldn't hear whoever it was actually doing anything or making any sound. I walked onto the landing and into my parent's room. There was no-one there at all. I went downstairs and asked my parents if they'd come upstairs but both denied it and they'd not made any knocking sounds or anything... They both looked at me like they had no idea what I was on about. I don't think I slept well for a few nights after that.