Haunted Ohio House-Hocking
Hills Homestead
A
Haunted House-A
story as told by the owner of Hocking Hills Homestead. . .
"After my father-in-law
passed away in 1979, my dear mother-in-law never got over losing her beloved
husband of 66 years and she would set in the living room with the lights off
and cry for hours. One night she was sitting in his chair crying when she
looked up at the blank TV screen and saw the face of her beloved husband
smiling at her. Though she never got over losing him, she was better able to
bear living without him. When my mother-in-law could no longer stay by
herself, my husband and I took over the farm. After trying renting the
"Homestead" by the month we decided that we would rent to guest visiting the
Hocking Hills. "
"While working to
restore the "Homestead", I spent many, many hours in the house by myself
with total silence except for the sounds that I was making while I
worked. One day as I was working in the living room, I heard someone
walking in the bedroom upstairs. I went up the stairs and without even
thinking of what I was saying, I called out and ask my father-in-law what
he was doing. Finding no one, I went back to what I was doing and it
wasn't until a few minutes later that I realized what had just happened.
It dawned on me, my father-in-law had been gone for 7 years. Why did I
think it was him that was walking around upstairs? Did I really hear someone
walking up there? I know I heard someone up there and I was convinced that it
was him. I even had some guests years later who told me that they heard
someone walking around in the upstairs and they were so enthralled by the
spirits that they felt in the "Homestead" and in the surrounding woods that
they asked to stay for 3 more days. That was 27 years ago and to this day I
still listen for the for those footsteps. No one will ever convince
me that I didn't hear my beloved father-in-law walking around."
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