This is definitely not my first experience with things that can be described as "paranormal" or "unexplainable". However, this is probably one of my scariest experiences regarding "paranormal" activity.
I had recently started dating my boyfriend, although we've been friends since we were children. We were talking about some of the scariest things that had happened to us as of late. He began to explain about his house's hauntings, saying how he hears things running on his roof at night. I believed him, he had no reason to lie to me. His sister had also mentioned how she hears the running and stomping, however, their mom said she heard nothing, or dismissed it as a cat.
Months had gone by and I had spent a lot of time at his house. One night in particular, I went over around 8pm and got comfortable in his bed while he picked up his room a bit. We talked about little nothings and were relaxing. Then I heard it. A casual sounding "tap tap tap" of walking on the roof, turning into a full-fledged heavy "STOMP STOMP STOMP" of running. And then, it abruptly stopped above where I sat. Wide eyed, I looked at my boyfriend in shock. We listened carefully for any sounds, possibly a person jumping off the roof, but there was nothing. He simply shrugged it off and said, "This happens all the time. Although, you were the first person over here to hear it."
A few months had passed and I had heard nothing out of the ordinary. One of our mutual friends was over at his house one night, playing Magic the Gathering, no doubt, before getting ready to go home around 2am. As he was opening their sliding glass door, he looked upward toward their roof. (Note: My boyfriend's house is somewhat "U" shaped with no defined front door. When you walk out of their house, you can see the other side of their house almost right in front of you.) As he looked up, there was a huge shadow person, roughly 8-10 feet tall standing on the roof. Without hesitating, he ran back inside and announced he was spending the night.
The last time I heard the stomping was around the same time as our friend seeing the shadow person, except this time, it was during the day. We had just come back from lunch and were laying on his bed. I don't recall exactly what we were talking about, but it probably wasn't important. Again, the stomping had started from his mom's room, across the hallway, and eventually stopping right above where we were sitting. We glanced at each other nervously, this being the ONLY time we had ever heard it during the day. As I inhaled, preparing to speak, there was a strong tapping on his window. At this time, because I'm not exactly the bravest, I began crying from fear as the tapping turned into knocking, almost banging. My boyfriend got up and opened the blinds, revealing there to be nothing. He went outside and searched his house (while I stayed and hid under the covers) and couldn't even find one footprint. We haven't heard the stomping since.
I would love to hear any feedback or answer any questions that anyone may have. I have no idea what it may have been and would like to hear everyone else's opinion on it.
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I'm also no stranger to the paranormal, I've seen all kinds of weird stuff since I was born like glowing lights, which has always kind of driven my curiosity to know what all this stuff means. I do my best to debunk because truth is important, but right from a young age I knew the spirit realm was real.
We built our house and have lived in it for over 15 years now and my bedroom is on the 2nd floor. There's just the attic above us and that's it, which you need a ladder to access because it's just a hatch in the ceiling at the top of the stairs. We never store anything or go up there because it's high up and we simply use the basement instead. I've been up there and it's sealed up tight, no rot or any signs of real rodents have ever been found. We've only had mice a few times, and it was very minor, just a few, and I know what they sound like. Our house is a decent size too with a high roof. If you stand at the very top and look down its like a 30-35 foot drop into the yard below. I've been up there on occasions and there are no trees even close to touching the house. Each Bedroom on the 2nd floor has a "doghouse" facing the street and you can open the front window and walk onto the roof of the front porch.
Well basically about 3 1/2 years ago I was on my computer late one night being a night owl as usual, and eventually shut off all my lights and went to bed around 3 AM. As I was laying there in pitch darkness for no more than a few minutes, I started hearing thumping on the roof right above my bed. It started getting louder and louder to the point where it sounded like someone was stomping around in boots right above where I was sleeping! I got so scared I started praying and I swear on my life the moment I said "Jesus" I heard one last loud BANG and it went away. It never came back.
I haven't slept with the lights off since though, that's how much it freaked me out. I have lived in this house for over 15 years, and I have never heard anything close to that. When it's brutally cold here in winter, the only life forms stirring are turkeys, squirrels, birds, and coyotes. Our house is surrounded by nature sanctuaries, we are kind of isolated in our own little area, and we've always been respected in the community. Nobody has ever bothered us or tried to mess with our home, and we've lived here since 2001.
My roof is also very tall and there's no real reason for anything to be up there, especially in the dead of night when it's 10 degrees out.
There might be something about the land here cause I've seen a bright light in my neighbors yard at 4 AM plain as day, and I've talked to my other neighbor next to us who said they've had all kinds of experiences over the years. I once saw a shadow in my room as it darted out the window.
Ever since the footsteps experience however I always have this feeling "entities" like to hang out up there, cause it seems they've always been curious about me anyway, and I got this impression that's like their zone where they can safely observe us or something. I seem to be having more experiences as I get older.
Fast forward until about 3 months ago. I was up late at night and started hearing this tapping on my window. Like someone with one finger just tapping repeatedly with their finger nail. I've experienced this once before but it was in a car late at night. Anyway It would not stop and I could not find an explanation for it. At first I shined a bright light out the window and nothing was there yet this tapping was still going on. I was brave enough to thrust open the window and nothing was there and the tapping stopped. I shut the window and sat back down, and within a few seconds it started again and went on for several minutes. This freaked me out quite a bit actually, it was very unusual.
Fast forward to this morning, the day before Christmas Eve. It was just after sunrise but the sun wasn't out yet as it was still cloudy. Around 7 AM I was awoken to sounds on the roof, and I sat there listening very intently. All of a sudden it sounded exactly like a child running across the roof, and then it stopped. I've grown up around my little brother and cousins my whole life and the sound of a kid running is pretty recognizable. I don't think it was a squirrel which is literally the only thing it could have been because it was distinct thuds one after another that formed a pace. It wasn't an animal mindlessly wandering about, It sounded like someone took off running. Perhaps they were like hanging out up there as I was sleeping during the night, and as I awoke they left? I don't know. I didn't get the scared feeling like before though, It actually felt peaceful, like maybe my angels were hanging out up there or something, cause I've been trying to be closer with God lately.
When you spend enough time in your own home for many years, you become pretty keen on every little sound, and for these sounds in particular to remain unexplained combined with everything else I've experienced, combined with knowing others have experienced something similar, makes me highly curious.
This latest experience is why I googled "Footsteps on roof" and here I am. It's rather interesting to know other people have similar experiences. I do not believe we are alone in the universe, and I believe consciousness exists beyond the "physical."