Scared in Babylon, New York

by Sam
(Houston, Texas)

It began in 1964 when I was almost 11. The house I lived in was built in the late 1880s. I was told that, at one time it was a morgue.
There was the basement, then the 1st floor, then the 2nd floor, then the 3rd floor. I eventually moved up to the 3rd floor.
Going up to that part of the house, there are stairs that lead to the top, and there were 2 sections. One to the right & one to the left.
My brother moved into the one to the left. I was moved to the one on the right. The attic was up there, but covered the back and it reached both sides. it was covered by a wall.
Me being the youngest, I had to go to bed early. When I first moved up there, I didn't feel afraid or anything. Nothing really happened to me before I moved up there, so I wasn't afraid. I rather liked the quiet and peace.
After a number of days of being up there, there was the very first incident that something wasn't 'quite right', I suddenly became aware that I was alone. I KNEW I was alone, but, THIS particular time was different, because for the 1st time of being alone, I became 'AWARE' of Being 'ALONE', as in, 'vulnerable' to...SOMETHING!
Then, I heard a footstep, coming from inside the attic, behind the door, that covered the attic entrance! The head of the bed was up against the attic door. I was reading a comic and was laying on my stomach, reading by a low watt bulb. Hearing that creaky footstep made me afraid, so I listened closely to see what would happen next.
After a few moments, I could make out that it only walked a few steps outward, like it was walking TOWARDS the middle of the attic floor, but it turned around & walked back, to the back of the wall, where it started walking. THAT was just the BEGINNING!

The next night, as I lay on my bed, and was reading again, I wondered if 'IT' would 'walk' again! Sure enough! 'IT' came back, and walked again! But the night after The 2nd time, 'IT' walked FURTHER towards the part of the attic where the door opening was, that was just by the head of the bed I was in!
As time went on, 'IT' would manifest itself more and more! It began scratching at the door! It sounded like it had 30 inch steel nails! I could hear it breathing, and the footsteps' eeriness made me shake in total fear!
We FINALLY moved out of Babylon, and into Deland Florida! Wheeeeeew! Talk about being relieved! Well, I entered Junior High School, and I was feeling better, now that we moved into a newly built house! Not a house older than the hills! I'm talking about a house that was just built! Brand spanking new! Well, one morning, as I was getting dressed for school, suddenly and without warning, I began to have that same fear I had before, though I don't know wHY!
We're in Florida, NOT Babylon New York! So, I TRIED to calm down, but....SOMETHING caught the corner Of my eye, and I saw a movement! I FROZE!!!!!!!!!!!!! The mattress on a spring frame was being bent UPWARDS! The mattress was sandwiching from UNDERNEATH! Older and wiser, I looked UNDER the bed! There was NOBODY UNDER THERE! IT followed me! BUT!! After moving out of New York to Florida, as long as I lived there, it NEVER HAPPENED AGAIN! But as a kid, I was VERY AFRAID!!!