I had a grand idea to
research the property where I grew up.
There had to be some kind of documented murder or suicide to explain the
spirits in our house. I hate to admit
it but it was not as easy as it looks in the movies. I love Google but, no matter what keywords I used, I could not
get any information. Next, I went to
the County website to look up the records on the property. I entered the exact address and the township
name. Again, I yielded zero
results. Literally, it said “your
search yielded 0 results”. Folks, it
seems the entire address has been obliterated.
Rather than accept that the county’s
website has drastic flaws, I decided to let my imagination run wild. After all, that’s what I do best. What if the house was a portal to another
dimension? For over a century, that
house served as a gateway between the world we know and the spirit realm. My bedroom was the toll bridge that
monitored the traffic passing through.
While the house stood, both dimensions were on a parallel
trajectory. About eight years ago, when
the house was torn down, the portal was destroyed. Because both dimensions splintered from the parallel timeline, it
caused a tear in the space-time continuum.
In this world, house number 1565 no longer exists but now there is no
trace-not a single record. Instead of
the house being the portal, I became the portal. Only a
connection with me allows a glimpse into the once stately, old home and the
spirits who were able to cross over. I
checked my old photographs and not a single picture of the house itself
remains. Sure, I have pictures of
friends and family in different rooms but pictures of us outside, that showed
the house, are all gone. I’m feeling a
little like Marty McFly in Back to the Future. The pictures completely faded because the
timeline shifted and the reality that once was, is no longer. When I am gone, the last connection between
that house and this world will disappear.
Only time will tell if a new portal will be opened. Until then, sleep well.
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