I've lived at my current address of Astoria, New York for 4 years now. Over the years I have experienced strange occurrences. Things that can't quite be explained but if explained it just might sound far fetched. Possibly insane to some, but never the less they did happen, I'll swear by it. As I have mentioned over the years strange things have woken me up in the dead of night. In the most peaceful sleep I have been yanked out of a deep dream state. The air in my bedroom becomes thin and almost empty, as if it's being sucked out of the room. The temperature changes from cold to hot, heaters are not on. The pipes are ice cold. As I wake up, I feel confused and unsure where I am. It takes me a while to reassure myself that I am home and it is still night time. This usually happens at 3:30 am give or take. I kind of pace around the living room and kitchen and eventually head to the bathroom. I take a seat and rub my eyes trying to feel myself again. Then the knocking starts, to the right of the toilet. The wall a jarred to the door opening. Its a 1 2 3 type of knock but it travels from middle to top and then bottom, sort of and up and down rhythm. You can hear it traveling yet it isn't coming from upstairs. I live on the 1st floor, underneath is the basement, so what can it be, who can it be and where is it originating from. You can literally hear it coming from the inside. This has been going on and off since my wife and I and son moved in. Keep in mind my son's room is creepy and ire also but that is another story yet to be explained. Several times I have knocked back and received a knock back response. It knocked first then I knocked, it knocked back. I waited and did it again, same response. When I don't interact it just knocks slowly, knock!, knock!, knock! This can continue for 10 to 15 minutes at a time with several break intervals. I can't say this happens every night but it comes an goes. Sometimes it stops for days and suddenly returns. This is a small building, very quiet and private. The tenants here are basically to themselves. We have four floors, no elevator and two apartments per floor. An old staircase that must of been repaired and repainted to many times since its existence.
The basement is quite small but there is a room that is closed off with locks. I know the landlord personally but he has never explained what that room is and what's inside. I tried picking the lock out of curiosity but I was not successful. All I know there was a cold draft coming from that room. Vey very cold sensation emanating from it. Majority of the time the lights downstairs go out a lot and walking into the pitch dark blackness with a flash light doesn't make you feel any safer. Chills usually begin to crawl down my spine and depending on the weather, rain or summer other things begin to to crawl. We have cameras installed downstairs and outside where the entrance of the garbage area is as well as the front entrance. Everything is locked always, yet there have been things moved around and missing as well as puddles of urine left in the basement. Yet nothing is captured on the tapes from what my landlord has told me. He has become concerned more and more, which enforced him to install additional cameras. The super keeps the place clean and locks all the doors and entrances. There shouldn't be a away for anyone to get in or out if they perhaps got locked in. What creeps me out is my apartment door is right at the stair case that leads down stairs to the basement. You can hear everything happening outside my door and hallway. Sometimes I would just stand at the door to the basement or open it and listen. You can hear more than the boiler starting up or shutting down. This feeling of close the door and leave quickly comes over you. The hairs on the back of your neck stiffen and a queasy feeling takes over your stomach. Anxiety takes over as well of an unsafe feeling of danger is approaching. I do believe in a lot of things. Forces and spirits of all sorts. The universe runs on energy, we all are a form of energy. I just am curious to what energy is brewing in this building. Where did it come from or how did it begin to generate. Its enticing like an adventure so to speak, not so scary. The science behind it, we are all composed of science, chemistry, biology, physics. The story to all of it is what makes it special. A birth of existence no matter how scary or ugly or pretty it may be. It all has an existence to where and how. It's origin is what's fascinating. This is just a tiny bit of the fascinations of this particular building. I am looking into the origin of when it was built and by whom. I do know an old Greek man owned it for over 30 yrs. prior. When he became ill, his daughter's sold it very cheaply. That was exactly when I moved in and met the new landlord, he just bought it and was new to the business of owning a building.
As I mentioned this is just one story of my mysteries. I am still unraveling new bumps in the night through out the building. Its not the people who live here causing it, they know also but wont speak much of it. This means I am on my own, investigating the ere unexplainable events. I know there are explanations for it, no matter what the outcome is. It will be an energy that has been brewing many many years. The problem is, it has no where to go but call this place home.
Stay tuned for more events.....
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