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Rockford, IL
01/1998
When I was a child in the late 90's I would frequently seen ghosts in my house. A few times I would wake up and see kids in my room that I didn't know and they always seems freaked out by me and would run away when I would try to talk to them. Around '98/'99 I moved to an upstairs bedroom and never saw kids up there but there was a new ghost I never saw on the main level. He was a tall man that wore a long, tan trench coat and a fedora style hat. He wouldn't bother me or anything. I would just catch him walking in the hallway. Well, one night I was woken up by a weird voice telling me I had to come with him because a baby was drowning and he needed help. I sat up in bed and he was there just saying over and over again "The baby. You have to help me. The baby is drowning, hurry" so I followed him. I remember so vividly leaving my house and walking for a very long time until we got to the woods. There wasn't any woods within walking distance from my house but it was so real to me. I was scared to go into the woods with him when we got there but he just kept repeating himself "the baby. you have to help me. The baby is drowning, hurry" so I follow him into the woods until we get to a river and by the edge is a baby drowning. I watch the man walk into the river and disappear so I started screaming for help. My parents wake me up screaming on the landing by our back door looking into the dark basement. I don't really know whats going on because I thought I was in the woods and scream the baby is drowning and they have to help. My parents turn on the basement lights and our basement is flooding with water and my playroom is closest to the stairs and one of my baby dolls was right by the stairs next to a hat. The man never spoke to me again and I only saw him a couple more times before we moved.
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Dove