 My long story
I have many too, but I think my most interesting one concerns Sarah Winchester of the famous Winchester Mystery House.
My husband and I went down there for the tour, since we live in the Bay Area and its such a historical place. To see the house you have to pay for the tour, no problem= it was interesting. I didn't think I would have gotten too lost in the house,, as it didn't feel as "crazy" as the tourguide made it out to be, but the house didn't feel right to me either. I think because there was no furniture it it save for a couple of decorated and roped off rooms.
In the bedroom of Sarah which did have furniture, I noticed her wallpaper. It had classic triple goddess symbols on it, and I just blurted out loud-"Sarah Winchester wasn't crazy, she was PAGAN!!!" Well you would have thought I had mooned the group the way they all looked at me! The tour guide quickly shooed us all off to the next part of the tour.
We finished the tour, and then you are allowed to roam the grounds around the house. All the buildings are completely vacant=basically nothing in this giant house or out buildings-no tools, no machines, nothing-except for the few rooms in the mansion that are roped off so you can touch anything. At one building in the back, I saw a man in overalls and a hat....but he had no feet! I told my hubby but he couldn't see him and then he faded. (I have later found out, that that spirit still carries on his work there and is seen quite frequently in that building) So, we strolled around=and went to the gift shop, bought some postcards and whatnots, stopped in their food court and bought a soda as they were closing for the drive home.
Got to the car, got in, and my husband says "Whats that you have on your sweater, is that a piece of tape?" I looked down and said "I don't know". I went to fling it off, and it was metal..... I pulled off my sweater and turned it over. It is an antique piece of metal, that looks like gold, it has an engraved monogram on it, initials of JFP
There is NOTHING this could have come off on, at the mansion and stuck to my sweater. I couldn't have leaned on anything that WAS original to the mansion because you weren't allowed anywhere more than 5 ft form them. WE both sat there stunned as to what this is!!! I pondered for a good half hour if I SHOULD go back and try to find someone in charge to return it....but, it was closing time, and Saturday and we thought they'd just throw it in a drawer and forget about it. I really agonized over it...then decided that=it was placed on me by Sarah herself.
So I thanked her for her gift and came home....I don't know who JFP is, I tried to research her and found out that Sarah's maiden name is Pardee, so perhaps its a relative?? I don't know. but I still look at it and marvel.
This happened about 7 yrs ago, and I still have that piece. I'm sitting her now looking at it and marveling about how it came to me.
Thank you again Sarah,
Barbe
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