Devil in the Delta by Rich Newman Read Free Book Online

John was a malevolent spirit, but did not rule out the possibility that it could also be a demon. This was witnessed once by the Mississippi and Florida paranormal groups and by the other tenants on another occasion.
John was not the only spirit thought to be in the home. They believed there were three ghosts total within the trailer: John, Joanne’s ex-husband, and the spirit of a young girl.
    But perhaps the most interesting thing I was told about the haunting involved the evening that all the paranormal activity came to a head. This is the story I was told:
    Joanne, Julie, Tim, and Sarah were all congregated in the living room, settled in for the night and watching television, when they noticed there was an audible scratching sound coming from the wall that separates that room from the master bedroom. Tim got up to check out the sounds, but they immediately ceased when he approached the wall. This event happened a couple of times before they decided to just ignore the sounds, writing them off as possibly being the product of a rodent.
    It was then that a fork suddenly flew into the living room from the direction of the kitchen. The utensil bounced off one of the living room walls and fell in the middle of the carpeted floor before the astonished eyes of all of them. Apparently, whatever was in the trailer didn’t like to be ignored!
    Fearing that something was “about to happen,” they discussed leaving the trailer for a while when a loud commotion suddenly began in the adjoining master bedroom. They listened as the loud sounds of bangs and knocks came from that room. It sounded as if someone was violently moving pieces of furniture back and forth across the floor.
    Joanne stood and cautiously approached the doorway to the bedroom; it was then that she witnessed drawers sliding out of the bedroom’s dresser and chest of drawers all by themselves. And they didn’t just fall on the floor. They flew out of furniture, tumbling end over end, dumping out their contents in a heap onto the bedroom floor.
    At this point, the strong scent of rotten eggs filled the air and smoke began to visibly emanate from a small television set in the bedroom. The television then exploded and smoke rolled out in a heavy cloud. Fearing a fire was imminent, Tim ran into the bedroom and grabbed the TV, pitching it right through one of the trailer’s front windows into the yard. But the activity wasn’t over yet …
    According to all those present, the bed mattress then began to violently shake and eventually flipped into the air to land against a wall. The box springs then followed suit. That was when Tim went into hysterics and claimed that he saw a shadowy shape shoot by him. Moments later, he would begin clawing at himself and yelling that something was trying to get into him.
    He lashed out at those around him, frightening them all even more, but eventually calmed down when he felt the danger had passed. After that, the activity seemed to come to a sudden halt and life went back to normal in the Martin household. However, because of this evening’s events, the family decided to call in the Mississippi paranormal group. The activity was simply too frightening for them to tolerate any more.
    Now, fearing that the master bedroom was the habitat of the entity, the family hung a heavy blanket over the doorway that separated that area from the living room and they all decided to only enter that space if it was absolutely necessary. But since that night, they had heard regular “rumbles” come from that empty room. Rumbles that would, literally, shake the entire trailer.
    Breaking Down the Phenomena
    Several aspects of this case intrigued me right off the bat—the first being the throwing of stones. While much of the reported activity at the Martin home is quite common in paranormal cases, most people do not know about mysterious stone-throwing. This is, however, a phenomenon that is known to