i tell you this, life just keeps getting stranger and stranger!  yes, this is a new installment of my life experiences.  this particular phenomenon has been going on since fall of last year.  it has never occurred before with my husband and i during our twelve years of marriage so i don't quite know what to think of it.  it all began when i woke up one morning hearing my sister's voice calling our dog by name.  the only problem with that is the fact that this sister lives three states away from us.  she had not left home as far as we knew.  even so i sat there thinking i must be imagining it all when i felt the dog stir next to me.  her tail was making the unmistakable swishing sound as it twirled like a helicopter blade when she was excited.  i knew from the feeling on the bed that she was also standing just beside me.  she's one of those dogs that will wake you up early by tapping you on the shoulder or breathing on your face.  you don't dare open even one eye and look or she pounces on you.  i waited for her to move from that spot to do one of her other tasks.  when she did i opened my eyes slightly to see that she'd gone and laid back down at the foot of the bed.  i layed there listening knowing i was now fully awake.  suddenly i heard it again.  it sounded just like this one sister of mine.  even so it sounded like when a person talks when they're breathing in.  the sound was coming from my husband's head.  he lay there with his mouth gaping open as if he was snoring.  even so it wasn't a snore coming out his mouth but my sister's voice saying, "molly!"  it was in the same tempo as her voice and the same pitches she uses.  i remember thinking she must be involved in some black magic to pass the time of day.  even so this was early in the am and she's certainly not a morning person.  take three or four hours off our time and it would be about 4 or 5 am her time.  i knew that wasn't happening, lol.  so, i lay there listening to her voice coming right out of my husband's mouth for what seemed like at least a couple of minutes, over and over again.  the dog got up and came to the voice calling her name and again was excited that someone was awake.  she gets this look on her face like the rca dog, you know tilted to the side.  so, there she sat, with her head cocked to one side as if she herself was having trouble understanding how this was happening.  her tail was going round and round in anticipation.  by this time i had sat up and our dog kept her gaze intently upon my husband's face waiting for his eyes to open.  when they did she just watched him not even attempting to go up to him further.  it no doubt bothered her that my sister's voice was coming our of his mouth.  she was confused to put it mildly.  my husband saw her just sitting looking at him and then looked at me watching him and asked what in the world was going on.  i told him right up front that he wasn't going to believe me.  he said, awww, it couldn't be that bad could it?!  i told him it was bad and i was seriously considering learning how to do an exorcism, lol.  i laughed but he told me to go ahead and tell him what was going on.  i urged him to look at our dog to see that she was not coming up to him as she usually did when he opened even one eye.  she seemed somewhat afraid.  i told him that she'd been standing there looking at him for some minutes while waiting for him to move.  i told him how she'd held her head, confused.  now, i urged him to see her response which was by no means normal for her.  he called her to him but she wasn't having any of it.  she again cocked her head to one side while looking at him strangely.  she refused to go to him.  he asked me what had happened again and i told him.  he let out a hmmmph!  then he sat up and said that couldn't possibly happen.  i told him that if i had a digital audio recorder i could record it for him.  he just blew it off.  i was so weirded out by it all that as soon as i could call this sister and tell her what happened i did it.  she laughed her you know what off and kept right on laughing hysterically for some time.  she said that was tooooo funny.  i told her that at the time i didn't think so.  i mean, your sister's voice just does not come out of your husband's mouth while he's deep in sleep.  she agreed and said i must be mistaken.  i said the dog certainly wasn't mistaken and told her what she'd done in response to it.  she wouldn't quit laughing and said it was beginning to hurt and she couldn't quit.  she said her face was all wet from crying she was laughing so hard.  as soon as she quit finally, i asked her what she'd been up to that this might occur.  she said nothing that she could think of.  days later it happened again.  again i didn't have an audio recorder or believe me when i say it would've been caught on it.  the dog reacted the same way and my husband said he thought i was making it up.  he couldn't explain why the dog was doing what he saw her doing.  over a month later i urged him to buy me that digital audio recorder.  the next time i heard something strange coming out his mouth i reached for it.  problem was the dang batteries were dead.  i've no idea how this happened.  even so i changed the batteries and made up my mind to check often to make sure they were still good.  days and days passed and one morning i awoke to the sound of an old woman's voice.  what is it with him and womens' voices!!!  lol  as soon as i rolled over to push the button the voice stopped.  he stirred and turned over.  i lay there a long time waiting but it never happened again.  it hasn't happened since.  so, frustrating!!! lol

well, this kept nagging at me for some time.  one morning i awoke from one of the memories that've laid hidden in the back of my mind since it happened to me as a teenager.  i'm 48 years old now.  the memory came back as many of them have, like a bucket of water is dumped on you.  i was right back there at the scene of this incident all over again though to me this was the first time.  i'll explain. 

at about 2 am my oldest brother awakened me to come see something.  he said no one would ever believe it so he needed a witness.  our oldest sisters had their door locked.  i envied them.  i told him this was no time to wake up dad because he'd really be nasty at this hour.  even so he begged and pleaded with me to come have a look.  i told him not to try anything or there'd be hell to pay for it.  he said not to mind that because he wasn't fooling around or anything.  he seemed sincere enough.  so, i told him to lead the way.  i pulled him back and asked what i was going to be seeing, a spider, a snake or something like that.  he looked at me like i was nuts and assurred me that he wished it was.  i gave him a look but he said nothing bad would happen to me.  he told me to watch our other two brothers when i went into the room.  he had his flashlight on as we entered the room.  everything was quiet and both of them were snoring in their bunkbeds.  the beds were unstacked and positioned side by side in the large room.  he swore they'd been doing something and i suggested that they'd been having some fun at his expense.  he assurred me that this was not the case.  he said this was serious.  i asked what they'd done anyway!  he said i'd never believe it unless i saw it.  he had his light pointed down towards the floor when we began hearing the voices of two old men.  one was named al and the other was herb or something like that.  they called each other by name.  my oldest brother shined his light on their faces.  sure enough their mouths were moving as the voices were heard.  one was coming out of one brother and the other was coming out of the remaining one.  my instinct was to look for mechanical devices and i went to work.  i finally went over and switched on the light.  it was very bright but they didn't in the least flinch from it being right in their eyes.  they kept right on talking to one another in those voices of old men.  my oldest brother said it got worse.  i asked if they'd gotten up and attacked him or something.  he began to shake and said he hoped to god not!  he looked very frightened and i'd never seen him like this before. he said to wait a minute for him to get some needles.  he snuck downstairs and came back quickly with them.  he told me to get down close to watch this.  he poked one of their legs with it.  there was no response.  i said maybe he wasn't hitting the right spot.  i felt my own ankle for the most tender spot and poked this on one of them then the other.  nothing happened.  before i could think of what to do next this oldest brother took the needle and shoved it all the way into one of the boys legs.  just a small tip stuck out.  the brother lay there snoozing away with no response whatsoever.  i pulled it out as i couldn't stand to look at this anymore.  it had to be hurting.  he told me to try pinching their cheeks to see what happened.  i did and pinched them very hard at the last.  still they'd didn't register anything.  the voices started up again and the boys heads turned to face each other as their mouths moved in making the words being spoken.  their lips and tongues worked as if it were them talking and not just disembodied voices talking through them.  i looked at my oldest brother and waited for him to look the other way.  i took off like a shot and told him good luck but he wasn't coming in my room.  i locked that door and put the chair in front of it.  he begged and pleaded and said he was scared to death.  he said they might hurt him.  i told him he'd just been sleeping in there with them and for all i knew he also might have one in him too.  he said he probably didn't but i said i couldn't take the chance.  i told him i'd stay away but urged him to get a rope and tie it to their doorknob and close the door with the end of the rope in his hand.  that way if they tried getting out he could tighten it and get a head start at going down the stairs before they could get him.  i stayed up the rest of the night and even heard him snoring in the hallway.  even so i kept watch and listened to see if they were stirring in that room. who knew what they might do while i was sleeping.  they might get into my room too.  or they could do awful things to the rest of the family.  i had to be able to sound a loud alarm if this happened.  even so the rest of the night was uneventful.  when we got up dad said he'd heard a couple of us walking in the upstairs and wanted to know what we'd been up to.  he said he could hear someone sleeping in the hallway because they were snoring loudly.  we told the boys they needed to go to the preacher next time we went to church and ask him to pray for them. we told them what had happened.  they said we were making it all up.  the oldest brother looked at me and said, "see!  i told you that no one would believe me! the problem is that you saw it too!"  they looked at me for an answer and i told them i saw this going on.  the youngest laughed but not in a funny ha ha way.  it was a nervous laugh to try and get us to laugh and give it up like it'd been a joke on him.  when we didn't he looked concerned.  later he told me to let him know if this ever happened to him again.  i asked if he believed us and he said he believed me in what i'd said.  he asked me again if i actually saw this and i said yes, i did.  he trembled all over and said he hoped it never happened again.  i agreed heartily. 

anyone got any ideas what this might have been all about?  could it be that ghosts of long dead people could be having a blast while we're asleep?  these two guys were catching up with one another like they were long lost friends.  even so one was talking about going to a town down in the hills and the other was talking about his car.  it was as if they were in their own bodies and didn't know any differently. 

if you've got any ideas about this one or why my husband is channeling my sister's and an unknown older woman's voice please do let me know what you think.  it always helps to have new and fresh ideas. 

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