As told to Jelou Galang
For a good chunk of her life, Audrey lived in an apartment in a Manila neighborhood where vehicles often pass. I visited her place often too and was intrigued with how oddly and intensely comforting it is inside as if it doesn't sit on that street.
One night, Audrey and her family decided to watch Paranormal Activity 1 in their living room on the first floor. During the paranormal encounter scene, the center light of their stairway started to flicker. It stopped after a minute. Almost half an hour later, the rosary from the altar-located at the center of the stairs-suddenly fell. Lights flickered again, and they decided to stop the movie and pray the Apostles' Creed.
Audrey said they often had episodes of sleep paralysis and seeing shadows of people they don't know in that house. Quite strange, but we both couldn't deny the ironically comforting feeling in the place. "Sobrang comfy talaga to the point na parang the house won't let you go. Parang very needy, kailangan may tumao lang talaga." Does this explain why there's also a mysterious unclaimed wedding gown below their stairs?