The ghosts and the dogs...
Someone asked about our bassets, and the things that they've encountered in our house. Our basset Lilly has probably been the focums of most of the activity. The first incident when she joined our family in Spring of 2005 was a Sunday afternoon, and things were very quite at the house. We were in the den, and we saw Lilly trotting up toward the center stairwell. Suddenly, she bolted down the side gallery at lightning speed, like something was running after her. She burst through the doggie-door and ran into the back yard, where she turned around and started barking non-stop. It was so weird that we ran outside and looked to see what was wrong - whatever had spooked her initially really did a number on her. It took us a good five minutes to get her to calm down and come back inside the house. When she did, she stayed huddled at our feet, as if she was a little unsure as to what might be going on. Lilly finally relaxed, and everything went back to normal.
A few months later something happened that we still can't explain. We were in the den watching TV, and the dogs were in their beds asleep. Suddenly Lilly jumped up and ran over to the French doors that look out into the side gallery. Her tail was wagging at half-mast, as if she was looking at something that she wasn't sure about. After a few minutes, I got up to investigate, but I didn't detect anything at all out there. She was riveted to the spot, though, and finally I opened one of the doors and asked if she wanted to go check it out. She cautiously went out into the hall, then dashed back into the den. For the rest of the evening, she sat right beside Tami or I like she was terrified of something. For the next several days, Lilly would not go into that part of the hall, which of course she has to do to go outside. Instead, she began having accidents in the house - she's never done that before, since she was pretty much housebroken from day 1. We tried everything, but the poor little puppy was extremely scared. I even put her on a leash and led her back that way and out the back door, and I've never seen her so frightened. In desperation, I went back there and said, "I don't know who or what has scared my basset hound, but you are not allowed to mess with our dogs. If you keep that up, you are not welcome to visit here - so cut it out!" Soon after that, everything returned to normal. Whether it was my words, or Lilly just getting acclimated to living in a place where spirits walk the halls, we'll probably never know.
A few months later something happened that we still can't explain. We were in the den watching TV, and the dogs were in their beds asleep. Suddenly Lilly jumped up and ran over to the French doors that look out into the side gallery. Her tail was wagging at half-mast, as if she was looking at something that she wasn't sure about. After a few minutes, I got up to investigate, but I didn't detect anything at all out there. She was riveted to the spot, though, and finally I opened one of the doors and asked if she wanted to go check it out. She cautiously went out into the hall, then dashed back into the den. For the rest of the evening, she sat right beside Tami or I like she was terrified of something. For the next several days, Lilly would not go into that part of the hall, which of course she has to do to go outside. Instead, she began having accidents in the house - she's never done that before, since she was pretty much housebroken from day 1. We tried everything, but the poor little puppy was extremely scared. I even put her on a leash and led her back that way and out the back door, and I've never seen her so frightened. In desperation, I went back there and said, "I don't know who or what has scared my basset hound, but you are not allowed to mess with our dogs. If you keep that up, you are not welcome to visit here - so cut it out!" Soon after that, everything returned to normal. Whether it was my words, or Lilly just getting acclimated to living in a place where spirits walk the halls, we'll probably never know.
posted by mitchel at 11:58 PM - 
2 Comments:
Dogs are very intuned to the supernatural, and even when the spirits are kind and peaceful, dogs may act as though they are enemies, and will show every intention of wanting to destroy every spirit of the house. In my experience, that is...
I completely agree - just like they would feel the need to protect the house from any percieved intruder.
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