Haunted Beach House

For some context, this experience happened to me during a vacation in Myrtle Beach, SC. My extended family and I had rented a beach house for several days which unfortunately coincided with Hurricane Debby. While there, we spent our time trying to get some fun in as the storm got closer and the weather turned worse each day. This house was a dated, cream-colored, two-story beach house on stilts in the middle of a large complex of similar beach houses.

Everyone in the house had left to go about their own activities before the storm hit, leaving my husband and I by ourselves. We decided to spend this rainy afternoon by watching Jeepers Creepers 3 (it was bad!) in the living room on the first floor. So we’re watching this movie and making fun of it for various reasons, when I hear the distinct sound of the wood floor creaking above us near the landing at the top of the stairs. I paused the movie and asked my husband if he heard that. He said he didn’t. I thought nothing of it and continued the movie.

A few seconds later the noise continued, but this time, it sounded like multiple footsteps above us. It sounded like someone large was very slowly walking down the hallway, rounding the corner into the landing at the top of the stairs, and then stopping. I could hear the floor creak like someone was shifting their weight while standing still. Then a few seconds later, they would continue as if walking in a circle by the top of the stairs, and moving down the hallway towards the other side of the house.

Freaked out, I asked my husband “did you hear that?” He was still somehow oblivious and didn’t hear anything. We sat in silence for a second to see if the footsteps began again and they did at the top of the stairs. It sounded like someone wanted to come downstairs, but just wouldn’t take that first step.

I knew that everyone else was outside the home, as I had seen them all leave since they have to pass through the living room to do so. I checked the house just to make sure, and no one else was there besides us. By the time I did so, the noises stopped and didn’t happen again.

This entire fiasco happened over maybe 3-4 minutes or so, but it felt like a lifetime. No other occurrences happened during our stay, but I was sooo glad to get out of there! It’s my second paranormal encounter in my life and it was the icing on top of an otherwise awful time.

**Edit: meant to say Jeepers Creepers 3. Don’t watch it sober! 😆