I grew up living in a fairly rural area about 4 miles from a mid-size town. There was a lot of open land and farm land, and small ranch houses dotted the area. The road I lived on was about a mile long and connected two rural 2-lane roads. There were about five houses on it at the time.
My best friend lived in one of the houses,and we rode bikes up and down the roads constantly. We were about 12 yrs old at the time.
At the end of the road, there was an old wooden shack with a tin roof. It hadn't been lived in for years and was in poor shape. The grass was pretty high, and there were no trees in the yard.
On a couple of occasions just before it got dark, we saw what looked like a faint white glow that moved along the porch. I've always been the cautious one, and there was no way I was going into that old house close to dark.
One day my buddy and I went into the house to see what was in there. The front door windows were broken and the door wasn't locked, so we went in. Some old furniture had been left there, but it was mostly empty. In the back bedroom, there was roll of what looked like carpet wrapped in plastic and taped up. I kicked it, and it seemed heavy. It really stunk in there, and our parents had told us to stay out of the old house because it wasn't safe, so we left quickly.
Some time later, I don't remember if it was weeks or months, but we were coming home from school and there were cops crawling all over the place. Our parents told us that some older boys had gone into the house, and found a body wrapped in carpet and plastic.
I'm not clear on the whole story, but I believe the house and land belonged to a lady who inherited it. She lived out of state, and she had been telling everyone her husband had left her. It was her husband who was wrapped in the plastic.
My buddy and I were convinced we saw a ghost, and after that we would not go by the house anywhere near dark. We went by very quickly during daylight. The house was either burnt or demolished a few months later, and we never saw anything after the body was found.
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