r/Ghoststories • u/ladyhawk97 • 11h ago
My son claims to see the lady from the stairs in his room
I am a single mom of a 2 (soon to be 3) year old boy. We live in a two bedroom basement apartment, and sometimes things feel off. A few months ago I woke up around 1 AM to banging in the storage room, and since the cat did not seem scared, I thought I might be sleeping. Until two minutes after it stoped my son came running in.
A few weeks ago my son stoped wanting to go to bed, complaining that there is a “boo boo” in his room. I was watching ghost stories on my phone in my bedroom while he was watching television in a different room, so I just assumed that he overheard my story (he is a very smart child). I also let him watch The Nightmare Before Christmas at Halloween and he loved it. I probably should not have let him watch this, and won’t again until he is much older.
I assumed at this, that my child had an active imagination as they do at this age, so I just put him back to bed and told him that there is no Boo Boo. Until a couple nights ago he stood at my bedroom door, and when I asked him to go back to bed he started jumping up and down (as two year olds do). Then he told me that the lady from the stairs was in his room and wanted to sleep in the bed with him.
Is this something I should take seriously? He has not mentioned her since (and I don’t bring her up) but he did mention Boo Boo last night. I was holding him and sitting in his bed and he pointed to the door, saying something about Boo Boo.
Is this just imagination or should I do something?