Dear Ghostbusters, First off, I am not a superstitious man. I am only slightly stitious. (Though I will not watch The Exorcist when I am home alone—why tempt fate?). Nonetheless I want tell you a tale about our 100+-year-old house. For many years now we have had a phantom smell which has traveled from room to room, appearing irregularly. It is a cross between human flatus and dead fish, an unpleasant combo, as you can imagine. We’ve looked everywhere we can think of for dead animals, moldy things, and rotting food, to no avail. We’ve joked that we have a poltergeist with gas, just the kind of crap ghost we deserve. Last night, to underscore the weirdness of this, I was home alone with our border collie, Saskia. She was asleep in the chair next to me when suddenly she jerked awake, swung her head around in 3 directions, sniffed the air and then ran toward the front door. She began to bark and growl and then turned and ran away from the door, her back hair standing straight up, growling the entire time. Three to five minutes later the smell made itself present—right near the front door. Cheryl came home right then and said, ‘Is the smell back?’ Cheryl, who believes in the spirit realm more than I do, did some internet research about ghost smells and found that 90% of them can be explained rationally. What about the other 10%? Does our house belong in that minority? Bosh, I say. Poppycock. Nonsense. Nevertheless, we will make a trip to Maggie’s Pharm for some sage to burn. Why take any chances? Especially with a manifestation that farts. Cheryl Hodges Mesler
Posted on: Sat, 25 Oct 2014 14:48:10 +0000
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