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Good one, meryl. Thinking that that laptop is just lying around somewhere, uncleansed, makes chills run down my spine.

I would have thought that by having the case solved and the killer punished, her soul would be content, though. It seemed to me that that was what she wanted--to have her killer found and punished for her death. I guess that's not all, though.

Anyway, I have one. This is one my parents told me a while ago, and it still makes me get all creeped out even today. This, they say, happened to my mom and her brother quite some years ago...

Many years ago, my mom lived in a small house with my grandma and uncle in a small suburb of another country. This was way back before I was even born. Anyway, in this place, it would rain a lot during the winter and the lights would almost always go out because of the storms, leaving them without electricity for a good portion of the day and/or night. One night of December, my grandma got really sick because the rain just wouldn't cease, making the town unbearably cold. My mom and uncle took her to a hostpital in another city and the doctor said it was best if they left her there for a couple of days, and they did. Both of them returned home. One the first night, my mom says she clearly heard my grandmas voice calling her. She got up in a panick and woke up my uncle to ask whether he had heard anything, and he said he hadn't. On the second night, my mom heard her voice again, pick up a lantern, and got up to investigate. No one was there--not even my uncle. She got worried and looked for him. She went to the back of the house and saw a HUGE black dog just standing there starring right at her. The dog then charged to her and she yelled, but then my uncle appeared out of nowhere and wrestled with the dog.

Then...

Both of them heard my grandma's voice. Upon hearing it, the dog just stopped and slowly started walking back until he turned around and ran off. They were both really scared. Then, the third night came. After this night, my mom and uncle were going to go pick up my grandma, but...

On this night my mom heard the voice again. She woke up only to see the dog just standing there besides her bed. My mom yelled and the dog jumped on the bed but my uncle came, and instead the dog then plunged at him. My mom began to pray and as soon as she did, the door of the room just began openning and closing like crazy. The dog then began howling like mad. Seeing this, my mom felt this was an "evil spirit," so she threw olive oil, which I guess is supposed to have good powers or something, on it and the dog got even crazier. Just then they heard my grandmas voice one more time, and they think they heard her say:"Evil be gone" or something. As soon as they heard that, the dog ran out of the house. My mom hurried to tend my uncle, who was pretty beaten up. For some reason, though, she decided to chase the dog. She ran outside and sure enough, it was waiting there. By this time the rain was getting heavier, and it was really dark. All she could see was provided my the momentary lighting strikes. She says she was really scared, but that she stood there and finally threw a crucifix at it. The dog ran off and somewhere in the distance, a gun shot when off--the dog fell and my mom followed no more.

The next day they both got up and left to go get my grandma. My mom was still curious though, and since it was daylight , decided to go over there to see the dead dog. In its stead, though, she found a bundle of dead snakes on top of some money along with one of grandmas rings. She picked up the money and ring and ran to check her purse--the money was gone. She was totally startled and confused. She counted the money and it was exactly the same amount she had in her purse. She had no idea what had happened, so she instead decided to not think more of it, put the money and ring in her purse, and hurried off to the hospital.

When they got there, my grandma was waiting for them all ready to go. They hugged each other and my mom said to my grandma, "You won't believe what just happened!" My grandma just smiled and said, "Oh, I know..." My mom gave her a puzzled look... but then... she noticed her hand. On it was the same ring my mom had put in the purse. She immediately checked and it wasn't there anymore! Seeing this, my grandma simply said, "I thought you weren't going to have enough money to come get me."

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That's it! When they went back the snakes and everything was gone. It was like a nightmare. I don't know about your or them, but I would have just died. I'm such a chicken. Oh, and my grandma scares me.