Hanging barn

Hanging barn
18 June 2026 J.W.H

Tthis happened to me about 3-4 years ago. My friend Andy and I were in an elderly abandoned barn taking photos and videos of the place just because we were bored. When we were there it was probably between 2 and 3 in the afternoon. Andy decided to go into the barn to check it out and see what photos we could take inside. I stayed to the side to set up the cameras on tripods. I was getting a good focus when I saw a hawk flying over the same barn that Andy had just entered. I followed it with my 35mm camera and as it flew over the barn I noticed a figure standing on the roof of the barn (remember I can see it through the camera lens). I moved the camera away from my face and looked up, but there was nothing there. I put the camera back to my face and the figure was still there. I started taking photos as I called for Andy to come out of the barn. He got out and I told him to grab the camera and start recording where my camera was pointing. He did so and we both watched through our lenses as the figure came down from the edge of the barn, saw the shadow of the rope learning, and then nothing. We were pretty scared so we went back to him. We took the video off the camera and went to develop the film. While we waited a full hour, we went to the public library and checked out the location of the barn. Apparently a girl hanged herself on the roof of this barn in the 1910s. We looked at her photo and it turned out that she was the same girl we saw. Quite terrifying, and what's even more terrifying is that I have to pass this place every day on my way to school and I still think of it as a hanging barn.

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  • J.W.H

    John Williams is a blogger and independent writer focused on consciousness, perception, and human awareness, exploring topics such as dreams, intuition, and non-ordinary states of experience. Driven by a lifelong curiosity about the nature of reality and subjective experience, his perspective was shaped in part by structured study, including the Gateway Voyage program at the Monroe Institute. His writing avoids dogma and sensationalism, instead emphasizing critical thinking, personal insight, and grounded exploration. Through his work, John examines complex and often misunderstood subjects with clarity, openness, and an emphasis on awareness, choice, and personal responsibility.