Ben's Friend Camilla

In a previous story, I wrote about my baby brother seeing and feeling things of the paranormal! The story titled, the woman's voice, and my step dad's brother Henry.

Just to recap my baby Brother, Benjamin saw a figure in my doorway at my old house when he was 2 years old. Mistaking the figure for my step dad Joe. Ben later told us that the figure was not his father my step dad but was a man who looked like my step dad! The day after Ben (2) saw this figure, Joe, my step dad had gotten a call from his sister Mary. She had said that there sibling Henry had died the night before. Asking Joe to go through any photo albums, to take out pictures of Henry that she could use in a slideshow. Well when Joe, my mom Laura, My older Brother Robert, Ben and I started going through the photo albums, Joe came across a picture of Henry, and Ben without taking a second glimpse, pointed out to all of us, that was the man he saw in my bedroom doorway the night before. Again, for the full story, please go and read my story entitled, A woman's voice, and My step dad's brother Henry!

In the summer of 2007, my grandma, older brother Robert, aunt carol and I went on a little summer trip to West Virginia to see my father and my other family. We packed up on a Bright June Florida morning and left in an instant. My mother had to work, and my baby Brother Ben had summer camp, so they stayed behind. Now mind you, in the summer of 2007, Benjamin was 7 years old.

My mother and Ben went to my grandma's house to stay for the week we were gone to West Virginia, to take care of my grandma's animals, 3 dogs, 1 cat and 2 birds. Ben Loves animals, and he loves my grandma's dogs.

That weekend, during the time we were gone, Ben was outside in my grandma's backyard playing with the three dogs. My mom was inside making dinner for her and Benjamin. My mom said that it was about 6:45-7:00 in the evening when she went out into the backyard to let Benjamin know that dinner was ready. When she got out there, she saw all 3 dogs barking at the fence in the back of the backyard with Benjamin standing about 10-12 feet away from the fence. My mom said she hollered out Benjamin's name 4 times before Benjamin paid any attention to the fact that my mom was yelling for him. When he finally came around, my mom said it looked like he shook his body, and turned around and made a jet for the backdoor. When he got inside, my mom told him to wash up, and sit at the table. So he did. When he sat down, he started to cry. My mom asked him why he was crying. To her surprise this is what he said.

There was a little girl about his age standing around the back fence floating back and fourth in front of him. She was wearing a white, holey [tattered] dress that went down to the knees. But she did not have any legs; her legs and feet were not there. She had short blonde hair, and her eyes weren't there. The only thing he saw for her eyes was dark black circles. That he could see through her, to the fence, which she stood in front of.

My mom asked him, do you know what she was? He said to her without any hesitation, YES! She is a Ghost! My mom was a little baffled by this. And kept it in the back of her head not bringing it up.

When my family and I returned back from West Virginia to my grandma's house. We all went inside to tell my mom about our trip. Then out of NO WHERE, Benjamin grabbed my hand and said, c'mon sissy, come out side with me. So I got up and I went into the back yard where he took me. He told me to stand in a certain spot about I'd say 10-12 feet away from the back fence in the back yard. He then looked up to my face and asked me, "DO YOU SEE HER?" I glanced at him and I was kind of in shock by this, and I asked my baby brother "Ben what do you mean? Do I see who?"

He started laughing at me, and said "HER" as he pointed his finger up toward this fence. I was just so confused. A lot of thoughts processed through my head as I stood there with my little brother's hand in my mine, as he stood by my side. He then went on to proceed to me, "sissy, her name is Camilla!"

By this point I was too freaked out. I bent down to my little brother's level and I asked him, "Ben Who is Camilla?" He just said to me, it was his friend.

A few weeks later, my grandma sits down with her co-workers on their break. And she proceeds to tell them, what my mom had told her. About Ben seeing this little girl in her back yard of her house. One of the older ladies, about in her 70's told my grandma that there was a tragic accident in Ocoee, Florida in 1969.

A man abducted a little 8 year old girl, while she was walking to school one day in early June 1969. The abduction happened about 1 block from the little girls school, Spring Lake Elementary on Wurst Rd. Ocoee, Florida. The man had lured her in with her own puppy. Saying, I found your puppy. Don't you want him back? So the little girl loving the dog, ignorant to what would happen, went over to the man who held her puppy and reached out to get her dog; only then the man grabbed her and threw her into his car.

That was all the lady knew about that. So the following weekend, my grandma picked Ben and me up for lunch. After we had eaten, she took us to the Orange county Library in Downtown Orlando, Florida. We went in to look at the film reels of Old newspapers from the 1960-70's. What we found did not only shock us but made more sense.

We came across the Evening star in June 1969. We came across the story of a little girl being abducted, and found molested, raped, and tortured to death. June 1969, police and investigators found a little brown dog dead by stark lake in Ocoee, Florida. And not even 3 hours later, the police found a small girl that had been tortured and raped, in a small wetland area not to far off from Hiawassee road. In Ocoee Florida.

The little girl was that of remains of Camilla Jo. Hand. An 8 year old Spring Lake Elementary second grader. Oddly enough, Benjamin, at the time of seeing Camilla went to spring lake elementary school.

After we had found this information out, we saw that the evening star in 1969 printed a picture of Camilla in that newspaper. So we printed the picture out and we asked Benjamin if that was the girl that he had seen in my grandma's back yard. Without any hesitation, He had said YES.

Now somebody wrote a book on Camilla Jo. Hand. As one of the most famous Central Florida Child Abductions in a very long time. Sources said that Casey Anthony's case was much like the case of Camilla Jo. Hand. Only difference is they found Camilla not even a week after her abduction.

I believe the book is called, A little girl is murdered.

To this day, Ben fixing to be 9 years old on 2-2-2009, he still says that almost every time he goes outside into my grandma's back yard he still sees little Camilla. He says sometimes he and she play together there in the back yard.

We think nothing of it anymore, besides the fact that my baby brother could be and probably is a "SENSITIVE"!

On a later report, I just got off the phone with my Mother who lives in Florida, whilst I am up here in Michigan. She told me that last night after dinner Ben wanted some cake. So she cut him a piece of cake, and handed it to him. After he was done, my mom told him to throw the paper plate away and put the fork in the dishwasher. Now note this is at night, around 8:30. So according to my mom, Ben went into the kitchen, threw his plate away and put his fork into the dishwasher. But he said that before he closed the dishwasher, he felt like someone was looking at him. So he turned around and saw Phillip standing with his arms down by his side, and a red t-shirt on.

Phillip is my mom's late boyfriend. He had just died the day after thanksgiving in 2008. He died November 28, 2008. Unexpectedly and suddenly, he died of a massive heart attack. Took a shock to everyone who knew and loved him. To this day, I still don't want to believe that Phillip is dead!

But after Ben had seen Phillip standing by the kitchen table, my mom said that he ran to the living room and sat in the chair with my mom.

He started to cry, and my mom asked him why he was crying. He did not say.

When my mom was going to drop him off at school today, Ben looked to my mom and said Mommy, I am ready to tell you about last night. Okay!

According to my mom, Ben had said that he saw Phillip standing by the dining room table and had said all the details that I had listed above.

What do you all think this is?

Ever since Ben has been 2 years old and he will be 9 this year, he has witnessed and heard and felt weird things, and strange encounters. Could he possibly be a "SENSITIVE?'

Please, I know that all these things that are happening to my baby brother are neat. Sometimes a good family laugh. But my brother has been experiencing these things all his life. Is he prone to be like this for forever?

The three examples I listed above are the most defined, and most detailed that my baby brother can remember. There have been at least 10 cases like this coming from Ben. At least 10 times in his short 9 years he has witnessed a "SPIRIT" sometimes, he says that he dreams about dead people, and in his dreams, those people say that they love him and care for him.

Ben tells me all the time that he doesn't know what to make of this. But they keep coming in his dreams. I know that at least 25 times he has come to me about his dreams and nightmares. But only at least 10 times has he told me that he has seen these things while he was awake and aware of what he was doing and what was going on!

Its not that I am scared for Ben, I don't understand why things are prone to him.

Thank you again for reading my story I appreciate it! Look up that book about Camilla. My grandma and I drove past Camilla's house about a year ago. The house that her, her mom and dad and dog had shared. It's on 16th St. In Ocoee, Florida.

Please tell me what you think is with my baby brother?