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Poltergeist Activity
A family tale
There was a period in my childhood when things got a little weird and spooky. To this day I am unsure what happened. There are a number of possible explanations. It depends on your personal beliefs. It can be explained psychologically but it may also be give as evidence for the paranormal, in particular, poltergeist activity. Or perhaps the reasons lie somewhere between the two, a mixture of the psychological as well as the currently inexplicable.
Our family had recently moved to a new council estate, following my dad’s bankruptcy. Family finances were tight. Worse than this, but not wholly unrelated, my parents’ marriage was heading for the rocks. Its final wreckage was wrought over a few years.
My three older sisters and I became witness to many rows, including a few physical fights. It was not a happy household. During such moments I would sit on the stairs while my parents raged at each other. I would turn in on myself, becoming very quiet and white faced, as in shock. At that age, when your parents fight with such hatred for one another your whole world starts to collapse, the foundations of your life begin to crumble. At least, that is what it felt like for me. I guess, it was a type of trauma. One of my sisters and I were both approaching adolescence, which is an age that is often associated with paranormal activity explained…
