DeKalb, Illinois Experience

We lived in a house built on the crest of a hill in DeKalb, IL on Ridge Road. Just after moving in my wife and I both experienced several sightings of a little girl, in the house, wearing what we assumed was a costume dress of some sort. The dress was very Victorian - lacy, with layers and so long it came down to her feet. She was seen standing just inside the front door (which was open when we saw her but was closed when we moved forward and she disappeared), walking up or down our stairs, and playing on the floors in several of the main sitting rooms of the house.

When we would vacuum the Living Room floor, a few minutes later one of us would walk by and see little foot prints across the carpet. On two occasions, she spoke to us. Her voice was not associated with seeing her the first time, and she said something that didn't make any sense at first, but when I asked what her name was, we both clearly heard the name "Abigail". When we asked what she wanted, she said that we were in her house - not hostile, just a quiet statement. The next time we actually saw her, too. She was sitting on the stairs when we came in from outside. She smiled at us and we smiled back and said hello. She then faded out, still smiling. After that, every now and then, we would notice furniture that had moved, more footprints of a little girl in our carpets, and one wall in an upstairs bedroom where a certain picture would fall down no matter how we tried to fasten it to the wall. We never had any problems with Abigail, and she never seemed to wish us trouble, so we all just kind of lived together.

By: jbryan@LSIJAX.COM