The house I live in was built in the 1800's in Chillicothe, Ohio. There have been lots of experiences by plenty of people in this house. Things like hearing your name called by a family member but that family member isn't there. Or seeing a family member run up the stairs only to run into her again 1 minute later as she's just coming in the door and nobody was upstairs. The kids (12 and under) have made claims of something dark pushing them, growling, messing with their electronics, giving them nightmares, yanking the pillow out from under their head etc.

We don't know what to make of what the kids are saying. None of the adults have experienced anything dark but we have had other experiences. I'm starting to wonder if something dark is here and it's only messing with the kids in a negative way bc it knows the adults may not believe the kids' stories bc the kids are very much known for their storytelling and for fibbing. I believed them that something was going on, I just wasn't sure if they were exaggerating.

Yesterday my niece (5yo) freaked me the fuck out. There's a missing ceiling tile in one of the rooms (my dad is working on a light) so you can see between the first floor and second floor. It's about a ten inch tall space. Well, I watched as my niece followed something with her eyes and got an excited look on her face. "We have green balloons?!" she squealed. I was confused af. I looked up at the ceiling and noticed the missing tile and asked what she was talking about. She told me she saw a green balloon go theatrical hand movement towards the back of the room and a swooshing(-ish?) kind of sound. There was absolutely NOTHING up there though. Not a thing.

My niece was so adamant that she saw that balloon and now she believes we hide them up there. I watched her "see" whatever she saw. I watched her follow its movements. She was focused on something else entirely until whatever that was caught her eye. We hadn't talked about balloons at all while she was here. There have been no parties here in a long while. What did my niece see?! In my mind I'm thinking a balloon resembles a head so there's gotta be something strange living between my floors or aliens have decided to spy on us.