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The original was posted on /r/ghosts by /u/Party-One-8712 on 2025-10-26 12:06:36+00:00.

I’ve been in law enforcement for over 16 years here in Texas and have seen more than my fair share of tragic, creepy, and downright unexplainable things on the job. From murder scenes to suicides to fatality accidents… sometimes, a place just feels different.

I’ve posted here before about a burglary in progress call I responded to, but here’s another encounter that still sticks with me. I may have shared it before, but I figure it’s worth repeating for everyone.

There was one call I went to “a death notification” that really freaked me out. I had to contact some family members of deceased woman that was involved in a fatal car accident a few miles away from her home. When I arrived a met a woman near the roadway just inside the property gate. She said she heard me coming from miles away. I asked her if she lived at the residence which she confirmed she did. After asking her to speak with me at the house she agreed but said she needed the walk as the house was about 75 yards from the road. After making it to the house, I approached the front door on a small wooden porch and began scanning the driveway for the woman (it was about 1 am and completely dark) While looking for the woman, the front door opened and a younger woman appeared. She was concerned about my presence and asked if everything was ok. I asked if I could speak with her and any other adults inside and she welcomed me in. I told her I would wait for the woman I met near the gate and she told me nobody else should be home. I then freaked out and began searching the property, nothing. After entering the residence, I told her and her husband the news about “Susan”, which ended up being her mother. She said her mother moved in a few months back after her father had passed and wasn’t handling it well. While she and her husband were comforting one another, I began looking at photos on the wall. There was this picture of a mid-aged woman that stuck out to me. She was a younger version of the woman I spoke with near the gate. While looking at the picture, the daughter confirmed that was her mother “the woman that passed in the wreck”. I spoke with the ghost of the individual that died in the crash just before telling her family what happened.

This experience (and many others) prompted me to start sharing stories like these from the job. If you’re interested, I’ve got a video about this and similar stories from fellow officers on my YT channel: “Policing the Shadows.”

So let’s hear your stories? What did you experience that you could not explain?