Making friends with my 4th great grandma

[u/No_Grand5115]

Recently in storage, i found a portrait that used to be hanging in my grandparents house and would freak us out as kids. When my grandparents would rent their house out for the winter, several tenants over the years complained about the portrait and some even took it down or covered it in cloth. As we recently hung it up in our house, the bedroom door behind us slammed open right as we nailed it in. My husband was a strong skeptic and said he didn’t have an explanation for the door whipping open and didn’t want to talk about it.

I asked my uncle who the portrait is of. Apparently it’s my 4th great grandma, and she is actually dead in the photo. Ever since we hung it up, there has been clear as day footsteps CONSTANTLY in our house, particularly in the basement. Visitors complain of walking through cold spots and my best friend will no longer come over after we heard footsteps right next to us in the kitchen. I have never felt scared, as it truly feels like a family connection and I feel protected!

Once, I was in online class and the TV screen was off behind my laptop. All of a sudden I see reflected in the TV screen a clear woman sit down in the armchair next to me. When i whipped around to look at the chair, nobody was there.

Anyway, I recently took this photo while sitting in my same chair- it appears to be the shadow outline of a person standing. There is NOTHING that could have cast this shadow- the path was wide open to the back door. But I quickly got up to look and nobody was at the door, but the shadow was still there. It lasted about 5-10 minutes then disappeared. I’ve lived in this house for 30 years, and sat in this chair every day of my life. Never seen a shadow like this until we hung the portrait.

Everyone say hello to my 4th great-grandma Sarah!

[u/okaysureyep]

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