I was about 11 years old when this happened to me. I went to my mom's room in the middle of the night because I got scared because of a ghost story I had previously read (I was very interested in ghosts at this time). At about 6:00 AM, my alarm clock went off because I had to get up for school, and I'm sure what happened just then was not my imagination or a dream. I turned around and it was completely dark, and I saw a lady lying next to me. I thought she was my mom, but I realized she wasn't when she ran out of the room right after I saw her. I only got to see her for a second and I knew she was there. It was kind of weird when I went downstairs because I asked my babysitter where my mom went, and she said that she wasn't at home and had gone to work about three hours before I woke up. This is completely true, but I do not think much of it.

Rachel Wilder, San Antonio, Texas