Yahoo readers share their spookiest ghost stories

Do you believe in ghosts? These Yahoo readers certainly do.

According to a recent YouGov poll, a whopping 45 percent of Americans say they believe in ghosts, with 35 percent saying that they’ve personally had a paranormal experience.

One of our very own editors, a self-described “skeptic,” spent a night in a supposedly haunted bed and breakfast in Provincetown, Mass. She recorded her stay and discovered an unexplained, ghostly voice after she checked out, leading her to write that her “perspective on ghosts is forever shifted.”

This story and others prompted Yahoo readers to share their very own tales of things that go “bump” in the night.

One reader told of a mysterious, musical encounter at their grandparents’ house:

Yahoo readers share their ghost stories.
Yahoo readers share their ghost stories.

Marcia shared her story of running into someone in her new home, who may have been a resident from another dimension:

Yahoo readers share their ghost stories.
Yahoo readers share their ghost stories.

Another talked of a disembodied voice that may have helped them avoid a life-threatening catastrophe:

Yahoo readers share their ghost stories.
Yahoo readers share their ghost stories.

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