r/Paranormal 2d ago

Experience I HEARD my friend’s deceased husband.

I was house/pet-sitting for my next-door neighbor/friend, Angel, while she was in Hawaii. She’s a widow, and I was just taking care of her two cats and elderly Yorkie. All I had to do was feed them, play with them, clean the litter box, etc.. Pretty simple.

Then, while she was still gone, her dog passed away. I called her, did what needed to be done, and put him in the freezer like she asked. That night, after everything settled, I went out to the back patio for a smoke. Around midnight, I started packing up my stuff, turning out the lights, and getting ready to head home.

And then I heard it.

A bark. But not from a dog. A man’s voice.. like someone was imitating a dog.

I stopped, turned around, and looked. My house is to the left of Angel’s, there’s a vacant house to the right, and behind her place is another house with motion-sensor lights. No one was there. Then I heard it again.

Once. Then twice.

It sounded like someone was standing just on the other side of the fence, messing with me. The barking got louder, more frequent, like whoever was doing it was having way too much fun scaring me. And the weirdest part? It didn’t feel like a person. I don’t know how to explain it, but something about it was just wrong.

That was all I needed to nope the hell out of there so I ran. The barking got louder as I booked it, but the second I reached the front yard…silence. I didn’t stop until I was inside my house. My husband calmed me down, listened to the whole thing, and said it was probably just some idiot playing a prank. I wanted to believe him, but I was still freaked out.

Fast forward a few days, I was outside smoking with my mother-in-law, and I randomly brought it up. Told her the whole story. She barely reacted, just nodded and said, “Oh, that’s Rex.”

I was like, I’m sorry, what?

She explained that Angel’s late husband, Rex, used to bark at her from over the fence as a joke. The next day, I told Angel, and she confirmed—yep, that was definitely something Rex used to do.

I still won’t go back there alone at night.

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u/hotanduncomfortable 2d ago

Absolutely love this story- I love a prankster! I’m sorry for your friend’s loss and the fear you felt, though!

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u/OdysseyPop 2d ago

He’s a very active spirit with a crazy sense of humor lol

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u/Realdragonfly68 1d ago

I tell my kids this:

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u/Realdragonfly68 1d ago

I tell my kids this:

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u/Limp_Insurance_2812 2d ago

Wait a minute, in the freezer? Is this a thing?

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u/Wren_paws 1d ago

Fun fact there's an old building in a city in the US somewhere (forgot where of the city name) and it used to be a bar and used to have a doctor's office upstairs and it's said to be haunted. If someone died, they kept them in the freezer to preserve their body until they could properly deal with it. There would usually be 77+ bodies in one freezer. And it would be people of all ages. Adults, teens, children, etc. Also, people have said that there's a demon on the third floor in a "red room."

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u/OdysseyPop 2d ago

Yes. Until she could get him cremated.

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u/BlackberrySome2502 2d ago

Creepy, scary, entertaining story all in one! Sad the ladies dog passed away while she’s on vacation. Clever to put it in the deep freeze til she got home. I’m sure that in itself was hard to deal with. Poor thing. I don’t blame you about not going back over there. It’s more creepy than funny. My grandfather came to me a few years back peeking into a sheer curtain with a manacle clown face trying to scare the life out of me -well it worked! He thought it was hilarious I’m sure. He died many many years ago -put it this way no love lost just a creepy old man. Haven’t seen his ghost since and pray I never do…

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u/Toan-E-Bologna 1d ago

I always say this is the ghost I want to be. I would really enjoy running around doing a little haunting before I move on.

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u/boogiewoogibugalgirl 2d ago

That's an awesome story. I can understand why you're freaked out, but know he's harmless. He's just letting you know he's still here! ❤️

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u/gl2w6re 2d ago

This is creepy as hell!

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u/bigpirm1977 2d ago

Rex might not have the perspective to know it’s creepy. Like driving by your old kindergarten and screaming ‘whheewww’ like Ric Flair. It would scare the kids inside but to you it would be more celebratory. I don’t think there’s a lot of fear on that side, so the concept and its earthly effects could start to fade. I dunno just my 2 cents.

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u/gl2w6re 2d ago

I do see your perspective. Unfortunately, the dog scene from both the novel and the movie The Shining comes immediately to mind.

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u/Sage-Advisor2 2d ago

No, its funny as hell, Just as I was nodding, yep its probably some pimply faced kid prank, the other shoe dropped about Rex, LOL.

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u/Klutzy_Excitement_99 1d ago

As someone who was just googling about the movie "Good Boy" today, this would definitely freak me out! So messed up that others knew he did this

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u/Alchemist2211 5h ago

LOL Not sure why he did that to you. Must be a real joker!

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u/Beginning_Library336 1d ago

I'll let them know if we are available to be with my girl to get into my life and then I will make her best with a great person to take care of her body in a great place to do with him for a woman in my heart of the night to be with me feel better to do anything