This ongoing Twitter ghost story just got a whole lot weirder
Fair warning: if (like me) you're the type of person who gets spooked easily, you may want to look away now. The following Twitter thread is genuinely creepy.
New York-based illustrator and author Adam Ellis has been tweeting about his apparently haunted apartment for awhile now.
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It started with a series of dreams about a dead child, and it has quickly escalated to strange noises, unexplained animal behaviour and a series of events that are like something straight out of Paranormal Activity.
You can get fully caught up here:
I made a Storify of all my Dear David threads for easier viewing. I'll keep it up to date. https://t.co/NcZm0ZXXTJ
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 16, 2017
Anyway, there have been some further developments.
Over the past few days, Elllis shared two more threads — complete with some very creepy video footage — to update his followers on the "Dear David" situation.
Here's the full update, in order...
There have been a few small developments in my apartment, but I'm not really sure what to make of them. I just know I'm scared. (thread)
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
If you recall, my cats usually gather at the door at midnight, but lately it's been getting earlier and earlier every night.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
I was almost used to routine, so when they started to cry at the door closer to 10 pm, I was confused.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
They began a new routine: hover around the door at 10 pm, cry for about 15 minutes, then wander off as if nothing's wrong.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
But this week, something else has been happening.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
Shortly after the usual cat stuff, around 10:30 or so, I start getting phone calls from an unmarked number.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
My entire call history for the past week looks like this. You'll notice that I answered once, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/nozoMffWHs
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
Since this has been happening for days on end, I thought it might be an automated telemarketer or something.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
Usually if it's an automated thing, if you answer once, they quit calling. So I picked up.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
I didn't say anything. I just listened, waiting for some automated message to chime in.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
Instead, what I heard on the other end was a peculiar electrical static sound, very similar the the static my sleep app picks up at night.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
After about a minute, the static stopped, and there was silence.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
I kept listening. I heard what I thought was breathing, but it was so faint I can't be sure. My heart was racing, so it was hard to hear.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
Then, just as I was about to hang up, I heard a very small voice whisper, "hello."
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
Something about the way they said hello freaked me out. It wasn't a question, or a greeting.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
Just, "hello." A flat statement. So quiet I could barely hear it.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
I panicked and hung up. I didn't know what else to do. I closed all the curtains in my apartment and turned on every single light.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
I watched TV until dawn because I was too scared to go to sleep. I sort of feel like I'm losing my mind.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
If I look at each individual incident on its own, there are perfectly logical explanations for everything.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
But after three weeks of weird shit happening, I don't know how to make sense of it all.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
The only thing I feel like I can do right now is write everything down. So that's what I'm doing. And that's what I'll keep doing.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 26, 2017
In the second thread, things got even weirder:
So, I moved the green chair out of the bedroom weeks ago. It's been in various parts of the living room ever since. (thread) pic.twitter.com/aqq5RTjiRj
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
I should probably get rid of it, but I'm not sure that would have any effect.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Also, I'm going on vacation to Japan in 3 weeks, & I keep thinking if I can make it to my trip, this will all end, as dumb as that sounds.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
David lost track of me once when I moved, so maybe if he believes I've left the apartment again, he'll leave me alone.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Anyway, last week I bough a pet monitoring camera so I can keep an eye on the cats while I'm overseas.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
It's basically a nanny cam that connects to the wifi, so you can check in whenever you want. It runs 24/7.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
It also alerts you to sound and movement via an app. (I blacked out the company, since I doubt they want to be associated with ghosts) pic.twitter.com/sp4ZwFHDp6
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
In any event, I decided to test it out this weekend. I was away from home one night, so I set up the camera before I left.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
My phone pinged periodically through the evening, alerting me to the cats running around and playing. Normal stuff.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Then, around 11, it alerted me again that it detected motion, but when I checked the feed of my apartment, I didn't see anything.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
So I watched the feed again. Still nothing. I watched it a third time, and finally noticed something.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Watch the chair. pic.twitter.com/jXtIxpkVxD
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
I knew it couldn't be the wind, because I haven't had the windows open at all this summer (I have AC and like to keep it chilly).
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
It was unnerving, but there wasn't anything I could do about it right then, so I flipped my phone off and tried not to panic.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
About half an hour later, I got another motion alert.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Here's the feed of that alert. pic.twitter.com/6FHmUyIRBx
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
If you missed it the first time (like me) look above the shelf. It's a little turtle shell that I hung on the wall.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Yes, I know it's weird to own a turtle shell, but my family lives in Montana and I picked it up last year at a native trading post. pic.twitter.com/9rECEv7iYh
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Since I've been back home, I've been too nervous to turn the camera back on, and today has been pretty quiet.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
That said, I feel really uneasy. I put the chair in the hall.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
I hope nothing else happens tonight.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Wait, wtf. Someone just pointed out that one of the blue chair in the background disappears in the second video. pic.twitter.com/mhlslwwzlV
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
I just went and checked and the blue chair is back where it's supposed to be? pic.twitter.com/8Z1R14ipiG
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Fuck this, I'm not staying here tonight.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
Wait, now people are pointing out the chair is still there, it's just the lighting. This is too much. I'm taking a xanax and going to bed.
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 29, 2017
At the time of writing, this is Ellis' latest tweet:
For everyone asking—yes, I'm alive! I'm just not home much during the week. I promise I'll keep you all updated should anything happen!
— Adam Ellis (@moby_dickhead) August 31, 2017
Okay, so Ellis could be making all of this up for Twitter points. It would be impressively elaborate, but it is of course possible.
He's a storyteller, after all, and the "Dear David" saga could be nothing more than a very well-told Twitter tale.
Either way, though, it's compulsive reading.
It's also surely not the last we'll hear about David...
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