19. Reporting in a Ghost
“My dad used to work as a 911 call operator.
He says the best (or at least the strangest) was an old woman who regularly used to call in saying her house was either being haunted or broken into – she was never quite clear. Apparently, nearly every day she would go up into the attic and find a new half-finished canvas painting (before it mysteriously vanished a few days later).
It turns out it was her husband, who had been secretly painting at night all through their marriage (and running a business selling some of these paintings). He had always kept it a secret from her, fearing she would see it as ‘unmanly’ – but in his senility was forgetting to hide away the paintings in the day.
I think she helped running his business and when he died, she took up painting herself as a way to remember him.” – Reddit user wanderingpixelhead
This is quite an unique story, and what makes it really strange is that the man hid his hobby for so many years, not knowing his wife would actually support him. We must all agree that seeing paintings in the attic and then seeing them vanish is quite unsettling…