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Family History - Superstitious Stories

When a family member passes away, the eventual topic will always come up:  Ghosts.  Many may laugh, but this terrifies even the most machismo men in the family.  For example, my dad always went about in a matter of fact way, soon after immediately someone passed away, and something random moved or flickered in the day or night and say, "Oh, that must be your grandma.  She is probably reminding us that we forgot her birthday" or "The garage door keeps opening by itself, that must be your Tito who just passed." I remember, "Your Auntie said on the fortieth day of your uncle's passing, all the lights in the house flickered."   Another recent statement from dad was, "Before we buried him, I felt a tickle on my ear." Also growing up, my dad would say, "Your great grandpa was moving his tools during the prayers at his funeral.  I heard him walk down the stairs.  He wanted to make sure we did not touch his tools."  He also mentioned oth