In November last year, my partner and I were dog- and apartment-sitting in Hayes Valley in San Francisco for a few weeks.
The apartment was nice and new in a modern complex of two or three buildings aimed at young professionals. It was also very small. The bedroom was a cubicle next to the living room and kitchen area. It was well insulated and there were no sounds from neighbors.
When we were in bed at night – me, my partner, and the dog sleeping at the bottom of the bed – and before falling asleep, there would sometimes be sounds from the kitchen area. These sounds seem to repeat sounds from earlier in the day: water running from the faucet, the dog’s rubber ball bouncing on the floor, the dog lapping up water. I would hear the drinking and ball bouncing and think the dog was out there, and then realize she was in bed right next to me. The dog would sit up with standing fur and bark loudly at the kitchen when she heard these sounds. Whenever I decided to get up to see what was happening in the kitchen, the sounds would immediately stop.
She was scared, as were we. We also got a sense of a strong presence in the kitchen area.
I would normally discount the sense of presence as imagination, or at least not evidence of anything. The sounds are different. They came from the kitchen, were not from neighbors, and they were just as clear and loud as when someone was there during the day opening the faucet, or Sheila (the dog) played with her ball or drank water. Sheila hardly ever barks at anything so her barking at the kitchen was very unusual.
I am a novice with Vortex Healing, so I asked VH colleagues if anyone had experience with clearing spaces or ghosts. I received assistance, and it apparently took a lot of channeling to remove or clear whatever was there. Eventually, the place quieted down. Since then, it has been quiet here, both in terms of sensing a presence and in terms of sounds, and the dog has not sat up and barked at anything invisible. (I have been house/dog-sitting here off and on since.)
I thought I would write a few words about it since it was a bit unusual and I still don’t quite know what it was. It seemed playful more than anything. I read up on the history of the block and it turns out there was a large orphanage here in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I don’t know if there is a connection.
I titled this post “real life ghost story” but don’t really know if this is connected to any forms of ghosts. Ghosts typically seem more like imprints from someone’s life a long time ago – either visual or auditory. In this case, it was different. It was a repeating of the sounds from earlier in the day.
The image is from the small kitchen area. The living room is behind and to the right, and the bedroom is on the other side of the wall on the right side of the photo.
My posting from November 28, 2016, in a Vortex Healing FaceBook forum:
What can be done to remove ghosts – or whatever this is – at the different levels of VH?
I am dog/house-sitting in an apartment in SF and we may have visitors now and then. (At times a strong presence in the kitchen area, sounds from the kitchen area at night, the dog bolting up barking at something in the kitchen area.)
I have used Vortex and the grid for the apartment but still seem to have visitors. I may use the grid more for the whole building and the ground below. I did some research last night and it turns out there was a large orphanage on the site in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Also, if anyone would like to take a look I would be interested in hearing what you find 🙂 If there is anything, it seems a bit playful since the sounds repeat the sounds from the day (running water, doing dishes, the dog lapping up water from her bowl, her rubber ball bouncing on the floor).