Ventura

The Ghost of Ventura County


Location: Ventura County, California

While I was growing up, my family and I would visit my grandmother at her ranch in Ventura County in So. California. My uncle had been killed in a drag racing accident just after my parents were married and I always slept in his old room when we would visit.

This room was always unusually cold and damp compared to the rest of the house. The house always had a strange feeling to it and there had been several times when I would be exploring around the ranch when I would get a sudden feeling of terror and run back to the house so that I wouldn't be alone.

Once I was at my grandmother's house alone just before dusk. I was watching T.V. in the den and went to my room to get something. As I walked down the hall the temperature seemed to drop as I got closer to the bedroom door (it was during the middle of the summer).

When I got to the door I suddenly had that same feeling of terror that I had experienced before at the ranch. I tried to convince myself that it was only my imagination and went ahead and opened the door and turned on the light. It was a large room with a writing desk at the other side of the room with a photograph of my dead uncle on top of it. It was in one of those frames that have a flap on the back that the frame leans back on.

Anyway, when I turned on the light, I saw something move near the desk and the picture of my uncle fell forward. Overcome with fear I ran outside and stayed there until my family got home about half an hour later. I never told my family about that or any other experience that I had at that house because I was certain that they wouldn't believe me.

My grandmother has since passed away and the house has been rented for several years. Last Thanksgiving we were at my aunt's house and we started talking about the old ranch and my grandmother's house. My mother said how the house always gave her the creeps and that she has had a few strange experiences herself.

Then, as it turned out, the whole family was scared of that house and had their own experiences to share. I couldn't believe it when even my father didn't like being alone at the house.

We haven't had any reports of anything unusual happening from the renters but just the thought of that house sends a chill up my spine.


Contributed by Scott
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