My husband and I have been living in our current apartment for almost 2 years. I am skeptical if these occurrences are even paranormal but would love some feedback.
Upon moving in, the maintenance man who was fixing the place up for us told us an old veteran man lived in this apartment for many, many years. He said this man would never clean and his apartment had a thick layer of dust on almost everything. He did not tell us why this man no longer lived here and we didn't pry as it's not our business. So, I don't know if he is alive or if he has passed or where he passed if that's the case.
But, everybody knows what their home smells like. It's a smell that becomes familiar to you, one that you are so used to that any change is noticeable immediately. Upon occasion I will be at home just doing my thing, cleaning or relaxing, whatever. As I move from room to room in our small apartment, I sometimes get hit with this smell that is definitely out of place in our home and is very distinct and noticeable. The smell is like going to my great grandparents' house when I was a kid. Sort of a dusty and musty smell that makes me think of old things and elderly people. I will only smell this scent in one small area of the home, taking a few steps away it goes back to normal. By small area I don't mean only one particular spot in the apartment but rather, just a small area of whatever room in, the scent doesn't permeate the entire room more like I'm walking through it for a few steps then it's gone. This never has felt negative or threatening, just strange.
I'm debating with myself if it's just random lingering dust smell or if it's something paranormal like the past tenant visiting his home and his scent is the only thing manifested. The majority of me says no way it's just dust but a small part of me can't help but wonder because it's really odd to just walk into this odd smell in my clean home out of nowhere and only for a moment and only in one small area.
If you have an opinion I'd love to hear back!
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Haha yeah it can get pretty annoying when neighbors do stuff like that. I'm glad I'm not alone in it! My husband hasn't smelled it that he can recall, but I have twice and the smell was so familiar like going into my great grandparents house when I was still in school. It just made me think of the elderly... That sort of sounds bad lol but in my mind my great grandparents were elderly and that was their scent.
-by the way... I find it so funny that you commented on my story and I've actually been slowly going through and reading your posts for the last couple nights before bed. I literally just finished the lost girl one then checked my comments!