Residents Surrounded by the
Supernatural
By Brendan Raleigh + Photography by Noel Kline
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| One night, DeAnna Simpson felt a strong presence that she could not see on her steps, followed by the sound of running footsteps toward her. Suddenly, she felt a thrust of hands on her shoulders, and was pushed off the steps to the bottom ledge. She suffered a hairline fractured coccyx. |
DeAnna Simpson’s house in Hanover is a far cry from the old,
dilapidated mansions of today’s horror movies. Its cozy front porch and colorful,
well-maintained garden make the small brick house the very image of your
typical suburban home. However, the stories that emanate from the house are
anything but ordinary.
Simpson, along with her husband Tom and their daughter, moved into the residence
in 2007 without the slightest idea of the terror and anguish that it would exert
on them over the next seven years. Though Tom was initially against buying the
house, DeAnna’s inexplicable fascination with it led him to overlook his doubts
and consent to the purchase.
While touring the house, DeAnna noticed that small, orb-like particles
would repeatedly show up in the pictures she took of the house’s interior. Attributing
these to dust particles from the curtains or hardwood floors, the Simpsons
thought nothing of it. But, the experiences became stranger immediately after
the purchase, first in the form of what DeAnna calls “the shadow man,” a dark,
towering figure that showed up in her pictures directly after the move-in, and has continued to emerge time and
time again since then.
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| While touring the Simpsons' home, photographer Noel Kline captured this flame, which was not visible when the photograph was taken, in the dark basement. |
“We had just signed for the house, and I was in
the home alone taking pictures to send to my family in Kentucky,” recalls DeAnna.
“Later, as my husband and I were looking through these pictures, I noticed this
man’s face looking through the kitchen door, looking at me. It started that
quickly.”
