Something strange was occurring in her house in Michigan. A mother who was involved in this unusual event wanted to get the cause of this nightmare. It was nighttime when she heard strange noises, then after, something drove her crazy. She even started blaming her partner about this strange happening, but he denied and stated that he did not know anything.
Baby Keeps Waking Up With Scratches, Then Mom Spots Ghostly Figure On Camera
The Video From The Monitor
She had enough and wanted to know what was happening, so she planned to see the footage that captured the incident. She could not believe what she would discover in the record. In her daughter’s room, she set up a baby monitor to see what was happening inside the room. She could not imagine when she discovered that her daughter scratched her skin at night. Joshua, her fiancé, refused and stated that he did not know anything and could not answer anything, no matter how many times she asked him.
The Video From The Monitor
Scratches On Her Face
She was prepared to catch her fiancé on the spot when she started watching the recording in her house. But, as she saw the recording that captured the incident, she felt that her skin began to crawl because of what she observed in the video. It was not her fiancé who was in the tape. This couple lived in the guesthouse under Joshua’s mother in Michigan.
Scratches On Her Face
Everything Changed
Together with their one-year-old daughter, Heather and Joshua were living together in Michigan for a year. Then, one day, something made the family want to leave as quickly as possible because of the event that happened there. It was when the mother noticed something terrifying. It was a scratch on her little daughter’s face.
Everything Changed
Things Began To Get Tense
At the start, Heather Brough did not bother about it. But, at the time passed, she noticed more marks had appeared on her daughter’s skin after the previous scratches healed. All she knew is she wanted to discuss her partner about this. The couple had a steady relationship and lived together in the same house.
Things Began To Get Tense
Had To Do Something
They lived the life of a young couple in a quiet town with all their dreams coming true, and at that moment, everything was perfect – they were in love, had a beautiful baby girl, and lived in a cozy little home. One day, however, everything changed.
Had To Do Something
Getting Answers
Heather Brough was taking a nap when she heard strange noises within her home. There was a floor bump, a door shrieking, and even a footstep inside their kitchen. After all these incidents, she found markings and scratches on her daughter’s face. She then decided that she had enough.
Getting Answers
Finding Out The Truth
She asked her partner Joshua Higgins about the occurrence that was happening inside their daughter’s room. She asked him if he was waking up by night, and she even asked him when he came into the room of his daughter. She finally asked him about the scratches on the face of her daughter. Was that the end of their happy relationship?
Finding Out The Truth
A Figure
Because of what was happening, things got tense for them. Joshua denied everything, and Heather was determined to catch him on the spot. But she did not anticipate that she would discover something more serious than she was believing. All she knew is she needed to do something to protect her family and could not live inside this house anymore.
A Figure
Someone Else
Joshua denied all accusations, and because of what happened, Heather thought that she was already out of her mind. She was considering all possible scenarios like there could be an animal kept going inside the room. After some time, she knew that she always make sure that all windows and doors are closed before going into bed.
Someone Else
Spine-Chilling Realization
All she knew is there could be someone already inside their house, or it had to be something. Heather also thinks that it will be the reason why she will end her relationship with her partner. Because of this terrifying event, Heather was very determined to find some answer. Then they have decided to buy a baby monitor to watch their daughter inside the room.
Spine-Chilling Realization
Need To Get Out
The partner put the monitor on the side that focused on their daughter’s crib. Joshua was confident that it could be their daughter Lily that was scratching her face while sleeping. Joshua states that babies sometimes acquire some scratches because of their nails. Heather knew that she was cautious and careful that she always trimmed Lily’s nail to keep her from scratching herself after the first incident.
Need To Get Out
The Truth Revealed
She was not prepared for the revelation. She wanted to discover everything that causes the marks on her daughter’s face. The couple even bought the lastest and advanced baby monitor that has night vision to capture everything even without any lights. They were confident that the baby monitor could help them solve the mystery.
The Truth Revealed
Calling The Authorities
On the following day, they noticed marks and scratches on the face of their daughter. It was the time when Heather decided to view the recorded video to see who or what was the cause of the scratches. After watching the recording, she was terrified of what was she saw. She discovered that their own home became her nightmare.
Calling The Authorities
Getting The House Investigated
She saw a blurry figure appeared in the recording. She thought that her partner Joshua was liable for this while she was sleeping. There are a lot of questions running in her mind. The first is why he did not tell her what was inside their home and why he kept it as a secret.
Getting The House Investigated
Other Strange Occurrences
She thought it was just a prank, or it could be her partner was sleepwalking. She needed to watch the whole recording to know what was this nightmare. She was shocked at what she saw as she continues to watch the video. The grainy shadow of a man walked pass by the crib, and it looked like her daughter knew that there was someone inside the room and sat upright.
Other Strange Occurrences
Strange Sounds
Lily grabbed the side of the crib slowly and pulled herself to stand. She curiously looked around when she was standing inside her crib if someone were there. The man turned to the monitor at some point. Heather realized that the man she wasn’t thinking was. It was not expected to see this man on the screen.
Strange Sounds
Set To Return
After what she saw, Heather’s breath was postponed for a second and her scalp started to prickle. Her heart started to beat louder than the normal because she saw that the man on the monitor she never knew. He was a totally unfamiliar. She continued to watch the recording as this mysterious intruder couldn’t take her eyes away.
Set To Return
Previous Residents
When Heather saw the stranger roaming around her daughter’s room, she felt awkward that her stomach was knotted by the scene. She asked herself who was the man in the room of her daughter. Heather realized that at night she heard odd sounds and noises and that was the time Lily had her scratches on her face.
Previous Residents
A Dark Past
She continued to play the video many times when she saw the recording. After watching a few more times, she realized that the man became transparent as he passed the place where Lily was. Then it hit Heather that it wasn’t a person and wasn’t a human that she saw on the monitor. She felt chills running over her body, pulling her daughter closer to her.
A Dark Past
Leaving As Soon As Possible
She knew her fiancé Joshua needed to know what was going on inside the house. She knew they needed to get immediately out of their home. As Joshua looked over the film, he said, “It was chilling… It was literally a chill down your spine, like that ‘what if’ factor is this what I just saw?” Heather also said that “Seeing Lily’s face with the scratches was so bizarre and frightening.”
Leaving As Soon As Possible
Some Skeptics
Heather said, “I was crying, ‘What happened to you?’ I took her jacket and went over to my mother-in-law’s house. Nobody knew what happened. We wondered if she’d scratched herself, but when we put her hands up to her scratches, it did not match up.” She was saying this while she was still shocked about the event that happened inside her house.
Some Skeptics
An Observation
After her fiancé Joshua watched the video, it sent chills to his spine, and his stomach cramped because of the fear that he felt. He was terrified because of what he just saw in the footage. He knew that he needs to take his family out of the house as soon as possible. He ran outside with Heather and Lily and called the police immediately.
An Observation
A Plausible Explanation
Joshua was suggested to go to the Scientific Paranormal Investigations of Michigan. It was a group focusing on paranormal events occurring in different areas. The group found something that got him more scared than before. Mike Priest was the co-owner of the Scientific Paranormal Investigations of Michigan and assigned a team to examine what was happening inside their house.
A Plausible Explanation
A Possibility
After the investigation, Joshua and Heather found out something scary, and they decided to abandon the house for safety. They suspected that the main house and the guest house that was attached to it might be haunted after they watched the proof that occurred inside their home.
A Possibility
The Motivation
They knew that there were strange events inside their house that made them horrified. In an interview with the family, Heather stated, “I woke up to get ready for work one morning, and it felt like someone was choking me,” she added, “It shook me to the point where I decided to buy our camera.” She planned to reveal the truth of what was happening inside their house.
The Motivation
The Message
Heather realized that Joshua would not believe her if she told him that something spooky was happening inside their house. She decided not to say to him about the event that was occurring. She mentions, “There have been times where my fiancé and I would wake up in the morning and hear an angry, male voice. Like someone had stubbed their toe.”
The Message
Waiting For A Response
Mike Priest assured that this was a paranormal activity. He said, “I definitely believe there is something going on at this house. We are looking forward to checking out this one as well.” He even declared that others were able to record strange noises inside the house after they got in at Joshua’s request.
Waiting For A Response
Hearing Something
Mike Priest described that he heard something upon going inside the house. He remembered, “We heard something say, ‘Oh here we go. Oh yeah.’ I heard it as plain as day.” And because of this, Mike Priest, with his team, decided to return to the residence to perform a paranormal investigation.
Hearing Something
Logical Explanation
Mike Priest demonstrated that their main objective was to determine whether they could replicate the footage. After that, their next move was to check whether they could find some logical explanation before concluding that it was paranormal activity. Mike had wished to find out what specifically the camera had captured in Lily’s room.
Logical Explanation
Homeowner
Joshua’s mother named Kris and previously the owner of the house for more than a decade. There was a likelihood that she was the most suitable person to speak about what could be disturbing the family. Kris explained, “I was told when we bought the houses 11 years ago the lady who owned the property died in the main house.”
Homeowner
Old Farmhouse
Kris had made additional information from her previous comment, “It’s an old farmhouse and according to her niece… she fell down the stairs, broke her hips, and laid there for a very long time before she passed away. She said that the guesthouse was built for the lady’s brother, who had schizophrenia.”
Old Farmhouse
Another Theory
Yet, somehow, another speculation came into in, and it was from Jim, Joshua’s father. Jim was profoundly convinced that the one who was threatening Joshua and Heather was the former guesthouse tenant. In his interview with WXYZ-TV Detroit, Jim even stated, “The gentleman that lived here originally… (jumped) out this window, which is one story down.”
Another Theory
No Closer
The couples were not anywhere near the truth of the matter, and still had no idea who was hunting around Lily’s room at night. But, they both know what they need to do about the issue. Heather described, “It scares us that it could do something else. It’s not physically just going after her, and it feels like it’s going after myself too… This has made us want to leave as soon as possible. As soon as possible we’re out of here. This is a spirit. I don’t know what its intentions are, but at this point, it’s becoming physically harmful.”
No Closer
Going Viral
It went viral when the couple posted it on social media. The recording chilled a lot of its viewers, but not all of them. Some of those were skeptical and did not believe that there was a ghost. Some of that states that there must be some explanation or trick that happened in the video.
Going Viral
Skeptics
Kenny Biddle, who worked for the Skeptical Inquirer, wrote the following, “There’s something else I noticed right away – the ghost was casting a shadow, two actually. This tells me the figure is a solid, physical object able to reflect light. In the first milliseconds of the video, as the figure is moving to the left, you can see its shadow move across the ceiling right by the ceiling fan.”
Skeptics
The Reasoning
He also added more observations from his previous statement. He said, “I would surmise either (Heather) and/or (Joshua) had been watching television and had reason to get up out of bed, perhaps go down to the kitchen for a drink/food or a visit to the bathroom, paused the video and walked across the room not realizing they were being recorded.”
The Reasoning
Lack of Understanding
They all decided to review the footage again, and meticulously examined the footage from the video cameras. But, even though they looked on footage numerous times, there was still a lack of explanation of what they saw from the feed. In the end, they assumed that the distorted figure was a ghost.
Lack of Understanding
Scratches
Also, Kenny proceeded, “We know from her statements that (Heather) discovered the scratches after waking the baby up from a nap, but there’s nothing to rule out the possibility Lily scratched herself while sleeping.” Because of his suspicions, he chose to dig further into the story. And as he had investigated and discovered deeper, he was able to find something unusual.
Scratches
GoFundMe
Kenny had further told, “I’m not sure exactly what the motivation behind these claims is, but I do have my suspicions. I went to Heather Brough’s Facebook page earlier today and noticed that she posted her first public post since November of 2018; it was a link to a GoFundMe account she had created that day (March 26, 2019) with a goal of $5,000.”
GoFundMe
Moving Out
It appeared that the reason Heather was requesting for money via a fundraiser on GoFundMe was so that they can move out of their house. She indicated that the main reason for the fundraising was that she wanted to guarantee her daughter’s safety from all the paranormal activity.
Moving Out
Reaching Out
Kenny Biddle reached out to the owner of the viral video that he watched and tried to interact with Heather and said, “Hello, my name is Kenny Biddle, and I’ve been investigating paranormal claims for the last 20+ years. Your video of what is believed to be a ghost walking in your house was brought to my attention by several paranormal groups.”
Reaching Out
Wondering
Kenny wrote a message, “After taking a look at it, I was wondering if there was a longer clip – perhaps footage showing the few minutes leading up to (and including) the clip that was shared on ABC Action News. The clip that has been shared starts with the figure already in motion, and I was hoping to see where it originates.”
Wondering
Looking For Confirmation
In an interview, Kenny stated that he was still expecting a response from Heather. His last note was, “I noticed the TV was on, so being able to confirm it wasn’t someone (living) watching TV and perhaps got up to get something, would be beneficial. I’m not saying this was a hoax, I’m just trying to get as much information as possible to understand what the video is showing. I appreciate your time in reading this. I hope to hear back from you. Have a good day.”
Looking For Confirmation
There’s More
Stories about children being haunted are not that uncommon. This was not the only story out there that reported about a haunted child. There was also a popular case in Illinois. A 32-year-old mother, Maritza Elizabeth, was convinced that she had witnessed a baby ghost inside her child’s crib. One time, she began preparing for bed after putting her baby in the crib to sleep.
There’s More
Something Strange
Maritza checked her son inside the room. As she went in, she noticed something different when she looked on the baby monitor. In the video recording, it was like her baby was next to another baby’s face. Maritza panicked and didn’t know what to do from what she saw in the baby monitor.
Something Strange
Helpless
Maritza was lost and don’t know what to do. She feels helpless because the only thing she can do was to watch at that moment. The spirit looks to be focused beside her son, and she can’t even move. She panicked about what to do, and she was going to see what was going on.
Helpless
So Many Questions
There were a lot of feelings and questions that kept her awake and thought that her baby could be in danger, hoping that the spirit is not harmful to her child. Most importantly, she kept thinking what she can do to ensure the safety of her son. Then she decided that it was time to investigate.
So Many Questions
Investigating
The mother was strong-minded and set out to learn more about the spirit that accompanied his son inside the crib. Without any hesitation, she took a flashlight and went on with her investigation. During an interview with the local news, she admitted, “I even tried creeping in there with a flashlight while my son was sleeping.”
Investigating
Discoveries
Maritza could not help but wonder what she can see inside the room. She decided to document it and posted the photo of the baby monitor scene online and added a caption, “So last night I was positive there was a ghost baby in the bed with my son. I was so freaked out, I barely slept.”
Discoveries
Nothing Unusual
She did not see anything wrong with the crib. In her most recent conversation with the Yahoo Lifestyle UK, she states, “I didn’t see anything unusual in the crib at all. I was trying to feel around to see if there was any wetness – we thought there might be some drool on the sheet – but I didn’t feel any.”
Nothing Unusual
Reasoning
In one of Maritza’s interviews, “I told myself maybe it was just a stain on the sheet and left the room. I probably went in there about three more times throughout the night.” What did things even worse by the fact that her partner was working overtime, and she was the only one with the kids throughout the night.
Reasoning
Watching
The story even reached the media. In one of her interviews, she states, “I kept opening my eyes to check to make sure the ‘ghost’ wasn’t moving. Then when I would start to finally relax, my son would roll over and I’d be on high alert again. Every time I checked on him, though, he seemed completely fine.”
Watching
Stay Asleep
Her son was feeling under the weather that night and the reason why she decided to be careful and quiet to avoid bothering her son. She carefully sneaked into the room to investigate. But in the end, she was not able to see what the figure was and gave up.
Stay Asleep
Through The Night
As soon as the sun had finally risen, Maritza immediately goes back to the room. She wanted to settle what she saw last night. She took a deep breath and went into the room. She slowly opens the blinds and encourages herself to whatever she would find.
Through The Night
Opening The Blinds
After opening the blinds and what she witnessed deeply shocked her to the core. Maritza stated, “As soon as I went into the room and opened the blinds, it was so obvious there was something under the sheet. I pulled down the sheet and see this giant baby face looking up at me.”
Opening The Blinds
Answers
Finally, it was nothing. It turned out that there was no ghost in the crib, and it was just a tag on the baby’s mattress—her partner forgotten to put the mattress topper after changing the sheets. This was a product of an illusion.
Answers
In Shock
She could not describe her emotions and could not believe what had happened. After all, what she had gone through some terror, she could not think that was it. She could no longer overcome her feelings and decided to post what had happened to Facebook. She created a post in one of the mothers’ groups she was in. She added the image that she took the night before and posted it with another photo of the mattress.
In Shock
Reactions
It was not very surprising that the members who were in the Facebook group considered what had happened as extremely funny. These women even asked Maritza to share the story publicly. This was because they wanted to share what had happened to all their other friends. Maritza didn’t think much about it and gladly obliged.
Reactions
Frustrations
A lot of times, when the whole situation had been brought to life, and every time she talked about it, she would always remember how frustrated she was with her husband to the point that she even said, “I could kill him.” The post had gone viral, and parents from all around the globe could not help but laugh over it.
Frustrations
In The Same Boat
Most parents could relate to what happened and safely say that all parents were on the same boat with her. It was expected for parents to be scared like her if they were in the same situation. There was even one parent commented, “I’d be going in the room with a cross, some salt, and a gun…scooping up my baby and getting them right out of there.”
In The Same Boat
Telling The Story
Maritza had decided to tell her husband. After narrating what was happened, his reaction was slightly underwhelming. According to her, “he just laughed.” However, it did not escape noticing that her husband helped with the house chore because he even changed the sheets after their son had woken up “crying and wet” and had overlooked to put the mattress protector back on.
Telling The Story
Responses
The story received an estimate of 500,000 reactions and had around 300,000 comments. Someone commented and said, “I’m screaming.” another one states, “That looks so creepy.” There were also comments with only three-letters “LOL.”
Responses
Wrapping Up
The mother made a sharp but funny comment, “I couldn’t even believe the response and couldn’t have imagined that it would spread so far beyond my friends.” Also, she even joked and said something to which many parents could relate. “It was my husband’s fault. I still blame my husband.”
Wrapping Up