STORY NUMBER ONE: THE GHOST IN THE ATTIC
Little George and Carter grew up in Washington, in a small neighborhood. They had both heard rumors about a man hanging himself in Carter's attic several years ago, but that didn't stop them from keeping warm there.
It was a cold winter day, and after hours of playing in the snow, the seven-year-olds huddled together in a fort they had built in the attic.
Out of the corner of his eye, Billy saw a man. A tall, bald-headed man, pacing back and forth by the wall of one of the sides of the attic.
He looked at Carter. Carter looked at him. Neither said a word.
Billy looked again. Sure enough, there was the man, pacing back and forth.
Finally, Billy yelled, "What are you doing here!"
Suddenly, the man ran straight at him. Billy gasped in horror. All he could think was, I'm so dead!
He didn't hear Carter's brothers walking up the stairs to the attic. He didn't see the door open. All he saw was the man disappear into thin air.
"What happened in here?" "I heard screaming." "Is everything okay?" Carter's brothers asked.
Then, at the same time, Billy and Carter told them the exact same story.
"Yeah, right. The ghost of the attic was here!" they said, sarcastically.
"B-but it's true!" Billy stammered, still shocked.
Carter walked over to where the man was standing. "He was right here!" he cried, pointing.
"That's impossible. Look." Carter's brother ran his hand along the floor. "Dust. And no footprints."
A little bit later, Billy was at the library, looking at newspapers from ten years ago. Sure enough, there was a column in the obituaries about a man hanging himself in Carter's house. And the man in the picture looked exactly like the bald-headed ghost.
What happened here? Did Billy and Carter really see the ghost of the man who hanged himself in the attic, or was their imaginations simply carrying them away? After all, they were only seven. But then, how can you possibly explain the fact that the man in the obituaries looked exactly like the ghost?
Do you believe this story about the bald-headed man, or do you think it's all a bald-faced lie?