Don't be afraid. Lock the doors. Turn out the lights. Inclimb into bed. It's time for

real Billy. Dead time. Stories.

Poltergeist cases may be some of the hardest cases to comprehend in the paranormal world.

Just imagine being a family going about your normal life. Then all the sudden strange,

unexplainable experiences start up seemingly out of nowhere. These experiences cause massive

chaos for several days, weeks or even months. Only the stop is suddenly as they started.

A most accounts there is no logical explanation for the events that have taken place. Most

research has shown that Poltergeist activity is not the antics of a ghost, but that of someone

who is going through a heavy emotional period. This could be a child during puberty or any

age adult that may be going through some type of trauma or abuse. It's very possible

that young Ernest Rivers may fit into the puberty category.

May 6, 1961, was Ernest Rivers 13th birthday.

On the evening of this festive day, Ernest was sitting at his kitchen table quietly doing

homework. That's when a pepper shaker flew through the air and crash landed right next

to him. Confused he picked up the shaker, stared at it for a second before canvassing

the entire kitchen, only to find that he was indeed alone. He felt his stomach not

up as he realized that he had not imagined what had just happened. But how did it happen?

How do you tell your teacher that you didn't complete your homework because you have a ghost

in your kitchen?

The pepper shaker was the first of many incidents that would follow in the four room apartment

that Ernest shared with his grandmother, Maybell Clark, at 125 Rose Street in Newark, New

Jersey.

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