There was one house in particular where a lot of weirdness happened. The house was actually two structures that were relocated from a nearby mining town and joined together. That town was mostly abandoned and had a weird vibe.

When I was on one side of the house, I sometimes heard a voice calling my name from the other side. Electronics turned themselves on. This was back in the 90s and the appliances were already old, so there was no remote control that could be malfunctioning, it was all mechanical controls.

One time I was staying at a friend’s place, and the phone at home rang. When Mum answered she heard the conversation in the room I was in at this friend’s house, but nobody had called from there.

A lightbulb that wasn’t even turned on spontaneously exploded above me when I was in the toilet.

We later moved to another house, and I don’t know if it had its own haunting or whatever it was followed us, but that place had some weirdness too. I often heard breathing sounds from the walls. That could have been possums, so I didn’t think much of it until I saw a pile of clothes breathing like there was an animal under it. I watched Mum slowly remove every item, and there was nothing under there.

Years later I passed through that town and drove by those old homes. The first place was demolished, and the other had burnt down. I can’t help wondering if later residents decided it was the best way to deal with them.