Did you ever have a paranormal experience during a house showing?

Reader Q&A 

Question: Your Halloween newsletter was a fun read. Did you ever have a paranormal experience during a house showing?

Answer: I think so — I’ve felt uneasy in homes before, but one tour stands out.

The home was a short sale with a lot of deferred maintenance and the lockbox was on a side door. Inside the side entrance was a small dog barking persistently into the house, paying us no attention.

Inside, a shattered glass door led us through the dining room and into the kitchen, where the dog still stood by the side door, keeping his distance and barking into the empty rooms. That’s when I noticed a cross over each doorway, a bottle of holy water on the counter, and above it, a picture of the Last Supper.

The place felt strange, but the unsettling part came after we left. My client asked about the woman lying in bed who hadn’t moved or acknowledged us the entire time. I hadn’t seen anyone in the house — not during the tour, not when I turned off the lights, and not as I locked up. Could my client have encountered a spirit? ????

We decided against a second visit.