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Hello and welcome to many episode 173 of Real Life Ghost Stories.

And I have four spooky stories for you today, and the last story comes from March 10th, 2022,

and story number one comes from Haley. I've always believed in ghosts,

but I've only ever had a few real life experiences. This experience happened last year during the

summer of 2021. My family and I were celebrating my eldest brother's birthday. We had all the

extended family over. Everyone was outside on the patio having a small fire, drinking, and having

a good time. I've always had extremely bad panic attacks, but last summer had to be one of my

worst years with it. When I'm having a panic attack, I usually leave the group and take time to

collect myself. This particular night, I had a panic attack, I left my family and came inside.

It was about 10pm. The inside of my house was dark. No lights on, but the glow of the fire coming

through the window. One of my cats was sitting at the top of the stairs just laying down calmly.

I went to sit and pet her, which is something I do to ground myself. As I sat petting her,

I felt a chill. I thought maybe it was because I was sitting at the top of a pitch black staircase,

because I am so much scared of the dark. As I was sitting there, I felt as if everything went quiet.

I couldn't hear my cat purring anymore. The air conditioner blowing out, and the voices of my family

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