This man’s tweets about a dead child haunting his apartment might ruin you
The existence of ghosts has been debated about since the first humans walked the earth. But one Twitter user has riveting proof that a dead child is haunting him. Specifically, illustrator Adam Ellis relayed to his Twitter followers that some strange happenings/hauntings are going on in his New York City apartment.
On August 7th, he bluntly introduced followers to his story, stating that heβs being haunted and the ghost child is trying to kill him. Ellis then dove into some backstory, filling us in on his experiences with the ghost child thus far.
Warning: If you have trouble sleeping at night after listening to scary stories, you may want to click away now.
So, my apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he's trying to kill me. (thread)
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
He started appearing in dreams, but I think he's crossed over into the real world now.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Ellis explains that heβs dealt with sleep paralysis in the past, and it was during a fit of sleep paralysis that he first saw the ghost child sitting in a rocking chair at the end of his bed.
He had a huge misshapen head that was dented on one side. I did my best to draw it: pic.twitter.com/AJizlw7qXe
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
For a while he just stared at me, but then he got out of the chair and started shambling toward the bed.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Anything thatβs βshamblingβ towards you is never good.
Right before he reached my bed, I woke up screaming.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
I had another dream a few nights later, where I was in a library and a girl came up to me and said, "You've seen Dear David, haven't you?"
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Ellis wrote that he didnβt know who the girl was talking about, but she insisted that he had seen Dear David before.
She continued, "He's dead. He only appears at midnight, and you can ask him two questions if you said 'Dear David' first."
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Then she added, "But never try to ask him a third question, or he'll kill you."
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
In a later dream, Dear David returned to the rocking chair at the end of Ellisβ bed.
In the dream, I say, "Dear David, how did you die?" He mumbles, "An accident in a store."
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
I say, "Dear David, what happened in the store?" He groans, "A shelf was pushed on my head."
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
And although he had been warned, Ellis continued β
I'm frozen with fear. I ask, "Who pushed the shelf?" David doesn't answer.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
After Ellis asked the third question, he woke up, terrified.
He spent the next few days researching deaths in the city, ones involving a child being killed by a falling store shelf. But his search turned up nothing and the dreams ceased for a while.
Sort of randomly, the apartment above mine is vacated, and I have the opportunity to move into it. It's a larger apartment, so I'm thrilled.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Another month or two goes by, and I sort of forget about Dear David. I think he lost track of me because I moved upstairs.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
But lately, something strange is happening.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Weβre stress-sweating already.
For the past 4 nights, my cats gather at the front door at exactly midnight & just stare at it, almost like something is on the other side. pic.twitter.com/Y8nnVLv6b4
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Last night I got a weird feeling and looked out the peephole, and I'm dead certain I saw movement on the other side.
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 7, 2017
Ellis opened the door to see who was out there, but lo and behold, he found nothing. He signed off on the story for a couple of days, although convinced that Dear David had found him.
On August 9th, Ellis picked the thread back up. For the sixth night in a row, at midnight, his cats stared at the door.
Update: for the sixth night in a row, my cat has walked over to the door promptly at midnight and stared at it. pic.twitter.com/97oSBLfOIw
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 9, 2017
What is going on? pic.twitter.com/30mLSqYhXo
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 9, 2017
He looked through the peephole again and thought he saw something. Too scared to open the door, he took a photo through the peephole.
Is it just me or is is there something in the first photo, right where the bannister meets the shelves? Hiding on the stairs. pic.twitter.com/s1g9bRzOPj
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 9, 2017
I wasn't sure if it was a smudge or something so I took a second photo from inside. There was something out there. pic.twitter.com/NnHepK90aC
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 9, 2017
Ellis decided the only thing he could do was lock the door and head to bed. His cats continued to meow at whatever was on the other side.
Honestly, weβre with Juan on this one.
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/895258661383282688
Last night was no different. At midnight, the cats started crying and hovering near the door again.
I'm heading to bed, but the cats are back at the door. They *only* do this in the middle of the night. It's routine now. pic.twitter.com/Ycb2JXpnFl
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 10, 2017
So Ellis pulled a fast one and sprinkled a line of salt in front of the door to keep the haunting at bay.
I don't even know if this is the right kind of salt. pic.twitter.com/aE7QapNarC
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 11, 2017
He then used a sleep-talk recording app to see if he could catch any odd sounds while he slept. Ghost hunters call these EVPs β Electronic Voice Phenomenons.
The app caught a strange snap noise, some electronic static, and then another snap after the static ended. All of these sounds were captured between 2 and 3 a.m.
This directly follows the electric static. Another snap, then I groan in my sleep. https://t.co/kWerHzrsEz
β Adam ElIis πΉππΉ (@adamtotscomix) August 11, 2017
Something fishy is happening in Ellisβs apartment, thatβs for sure. His last update was just three hours ago, so weβre extremely interested in what will happen tonight.
Stay strong, Adam. Please donβt hesitate to reach out if Dear David comes a-knockinβ.
