I've been lurking here for the past few weeks, and thought I would finally get around to sending my own little story in. Ever since I could read, I have been interested in ghosts and the paranormal and have felt presences, heard noises/voices, and some other things as well. I'm currently living in Europe with my (European) boyfriend, although I was born and raised in the States (kinda pertinent to the story I think, setting wise at least) This took place a couple of months ago. Anyhoo, here goes....

My boyfriend had already gone to bed, but I couldn't sleep as I was having my insomnia again. I should describe the apartment a little bit first. It's an attic apartment on the 4th (they call it the 3rd) floor. When you walk in the door, you walk into a small entrance room. The fridge is there also (bit of a pain, but the place isn't that big). There is a set of swinging wood doors that are the length from floor to ceiling. Once you're there, if you go left, you're in the kitchen then on to the living room. Straight is the bedroom and right is the bathroom. The bathroom doesn't have a regular door, it's a shower curtain (it used to have the swinging type, but one broke). I had gone to use the bathroom, but I didn't bother to close it. We have a new cat, Gizmo (8 months old) who was sitting in the "doorway" of the bathroom. All of a sudden she starts acting a bit weird... arching her back, poofing up, and blocking the "doorway". I ask her what's wrong, then look past her into the kitchen. The light is off, but there's a little light coming from the living room. What I see is this foot walking slowly towards me along the cabinets on the right side. It was probably a little bigger than my own foot, kind of a pale gray or bluish color (I could see through it too). It wasn't wearing anything, just one bare foot, I couldn't see anything above about the ankle. It was only visible for a few seconds, it disappeared when it was even with the doorway to the bedroom. I didn't feel too threatened by it, (I think Gizmo was more than I) I just felt freaked by it. I went to write it down on the computer, and saw a shadow on the screen. I thought maybe it was my boyfriend, but I turned around and he wasn't there.

Another night more recently I was lying in bed, reading I think or something, and I looked at the closet (the doors open outward) and the doors were moving, like someone was gently pushing on them. I felt a presence, but I was in a kind of a bad mood and just said go away, I'm not at all in the mood right now. The movement stopped and the feeling of not being alone left. It felt like the same person. I thought it might be my boyfriend's grandma, but I think she stays in her own place that's above his parents' shop. You get to the apartment by going through the shop then up some stairs. I went up there once to help move the TV for his sister. I really felt that she was still there, maybe just looking after things or something.

As for our apartment, I think for now it's just a spirit that wants some attention now that there's someone around who will notice it. (The boyfriend thinks I'm silly) I will feel cold spots or a draft occasionally or a slight touch on the arm or something, and just generally feel as though I'm not alone even when I am. I've had other experiences that have left me terrified, so it's kind of nice to have a few that are the opposite.

I'm sorry this ended up being so long, and maybe not as interesting as some, but I'm glad to have a place to share it!