I live in a carriage house on an old, historic estate back in a mountain. In addition to my house, which was converted to a regular house some 50 years ago, there is a big old mansion, completely renovated and now in beautiful condition. The mansion has two ghosts--domestic help from some time when they were employed there.
One is a tall, thin man who wears black. The other is a mousy, small, very shy woman who wears a traditional maid's dress. She often hides in the folds of the draperies and peaks out.
I've seen the tall, thin man. One time I saw him in a snowstorm and he was carrying a shovel. The shovel was bent and wavy on the edges.
The plumbers who worked on the mansion reported numerous incidents of the ghosts playing tricks on them and saying, "Go away!" For example, a door slammed one in the butt while he was working. This door had previously been unable to be moved because of the way the basement floor had settled. The plumbers, who work regularly on the plumbing of the old mansions in this area, say they see ghosts all the time and it doesn't even phase them. There's something about the ghosts and the connection to water.
Not long ago, DU-ers here helped me see my cat, who was showing up as a ghost in pictures I took on my digital camera. My cat, who passed away of a heart attack on August 10 of this year, showed up for about 10 days in almost every photo I took--even ones when I was at school, photographing work going on in the classroom. Having her around as a ghost taught me that ghosts are not necessarily malicious.
Cher