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 This is a story about a mother who was willing to do everything for her daughter. She started to notice that there was something strange going on in her own home. There were noises at night, but the worst part was yet to come. She thought that her fiancé was behind it, but was this true?

She Blamed Her Fiancé For The Weird Scratches On Her Daughter’s Face, The Truth Was More Sinister

The Video From The Monitor

This woman finally had the evidence in her hand. The only thing left to do was to watch the footage. However, she was in for a shock. The baby monitor was located in the room of her daughter, but what it revealed had them reeling. She knew that her daughter was not scratching herself, but her fiancé said that he was not responsible for the scratches.

The Video From The Monitor

Scratches On Her Face

She hit play and assumed that she was going to catch Joshua. However, she started to realize that the truth was far stranger than that. If this was not her fiancé in the video, who could it possibly be? Heather Brough and Joshua Higgins had been living in a Michigan guesthouse owned by his mom.

Scratches On Her Face

Everything Changed

The couple had a lovely 1-year-old girl called Lily. The family had been the tenants of that place for over a year. However, they wanted to move out right away after they watched the footage. The story began when Heather brought her baby out of the crib. This mom was shocked to see scratches on her face!

Everything Changed

Things Began To Get Tense

Heather brushed it off after that first time. However, she started to get more worried when the scratches healed and returned again. It was time to talk to Joshua, she thought. In those days, the couple had a great relationship together.

Things Began To Get Tense

Had To Do Something

Heather and Joshua were a young couple living in a small town. All of their dreams were coming true, and all was well. They were in love with each other and had a lovely baby girl. They had a cozy home to call their own as well.

Had To Do Something

Getting Answers

Heather had been asleep when she was awakened by strange noises. She heard thuds on the floor, doors squealing, and the sounds of footsteps. You can chalk these things to the house settling, but this did not explain one mystery. What gave her daughter those scratches on her face?

Getting Answers

Finding Out The Truth

She talked to Joshua, her fiancé, about whether he had been getting up at night. She also asked him if he entered their daughter’s room last night. Heather also brought up the topic of the scratches with him. Was this going to mark the beginning of the end for them?

Finding Out The Truth

A Figure

Things started to get tense between the lovebirds when Joshua denied everything. Heather knew that the only way to get him to confess was to catch him. She did not know that the truth was even worse than what she had in mind. However, she could no longer live like this and had to do something about it.

A Figure

Someone Else

Her fiancé said that it was not him, which made Heather wonder if she was simply imagining things. She wondered if there was an animal that got inside the house. However, this did not seem plausible since she closed the doors and windows every night.

Someone Else

Spine-Chilling Realization

This meant that it was something or someone in the house. Heather was worried that this would mean the end for her and Joshua, but she needed to get to the bottom of things. The couple, at last, agreed to get a baby monitor so that they could see what was going on.

Spine-Chilling Realization

Need To Get Out

They made sure that the camera was focused on the crib in the room. Joshua said that Lily was probably just scratching herself. After all, it is not unheard of for babies to graze their faces while they are asleep. Heather made sure to cut Lily’s nails after that first incident for this very reason. This did not prevent it from happening again!

Need To Get Out

The Truth Revealed

Even though she was confused, Heather was unprepared to learn the truth. She wanted to figure out what was happening, which is the reason they arranged it all. The couple bought a state-of-the-art monitor known as Logitech Circle 2. This gadget has night vision, which is vital in solving this mystery.

The Truth Revealed

Calling The Authorities

After this, they found scratches on their daughter’s face once more. They decided to watch the video so that they could finally know what was causing this. After watching the video, Heather started to feel scared right in her own home!

Calling The Authorities

Getting The House Investigated

She saw the blurry figure of a man in the bedroom of her daughter. Heather thought that her theory was right. It looked like Joshua really had been going around the house while she was asleep. She wanted to know why he decided to keep something like this a secret.

Getting The House Investigated

Other Strange Occurrences

Was he pulling a prank on her? Could he be sleepwalking without knowing it? She did not know, but she decided to keep watching the footage to get a clue. However, Heather did not expect to see what happened next. As the grainy shadow walked past the crib, Lily sat upright after sensing someone there.

Other Strange Occurrences

Strange Sounds

She was holding the side of the crib and pulled herself into a standing position. Lily looked around. The man then turned towards the monitor. At this point, Heather was already aware that there was no way this could be Joshua. But who else could it be?

Strange Sounds

Set To Return

Her breath stopped, and her scalp prickled. She could feel her heart beating louder after realizing that he was a stranger. Still, this mom refused to take her eyes off the screen. She kept them locked on this intruder instead.

Set To Return

Previous Residents

The stranger kept roaming around the room. Heather watched in fear. She was, of course, wondering just who this man might be. This explained all the noises that Heather kept hearing at night, as well as the scratches on her daughter’s face.

Previous Residents

A Dark Past

Heather watched the video footage again and again. There was one moment in which the man became completely transparent while moving by Lily. After she took note of this, Heather realized that this might not be an actual human. The thought sent chills down her spine! This mom pulled Lily closer to her.

A Dark Past

Leaving As Soon As Possible

She had to talk to Joshua about it. More importantly, they had to move out right away! He watched the clip and said, “It was chilling… It was literally a chill down your spine, like that ‘what if’ factor — Is this what I just saw?” She admitted, “Seeing Lily’s face with the scratches was so bizarre and frightening.”

Leaving As Soon As Possible

Some Skeptics

The poor mother narrated, “I was crying, ‘What happened to you?’ I grabbed her jacket and ran over to my mother-in-law’s house. Nobody knew what happened. We wondered if she’d scratched herself, but when we put her hands up to the scratches it did not match up.”

Some Skeptics

An Observation

Joshua watched the footage. Like his partner, a chill went down his spine as well. He could feel a ball of terror in his stomach. Totally terrified, he decided that they had to leave as soon as they could. Gasping, he ran outside with the girls and made a call to the police.

An Observation

A Plausible Explanation

He got referred to the Scientific Paranormal Investigations of Michigan, but what they told him only made him panic some more. Mike Priest, the co-owner of the Scientific Paranormal Investigations of Michigan had a team go to the house for an investigation.

A Plausible Explanation

A Possibility

What did they find out? What the team said only made the couple more determined to move out. After reviewing the evidence, the experts claimed that the main house was haunted. Not only that, but the guest house was also filled with paranormal activity!

A Possibility

The Motivation

Apparently, there were more weird occurrences in the house. During one interview, Heather explained, “I woke up to get ready for work one morning and it felt like someone was choking me.” She followed it up by saying, “It shook me to the point where I decided to buy our camera.”

The Motivation

The Message

Heather could tell that Joshua would not believe her, which is why she did not tell him about it. “There have been times where I and my fiancé would wake up in the morning and I would hear an angry male voice — like someone had stubbed their toe,” she shared.

The Message

Waiting For A Response

“I definitely believe something is going on at this house,” shared Mike Priest. “We are looking forward to checking out this one as well.” According to this expert, he and his colleagues managed to record weird sounds in the house after the initial investigation they conducted.

Waiting For A Response

Hearing Something

“We heard something say, ‘Oh here we go. Oh yeah.’ I heard it as plain as day,” recounted Mike Priest. His team is due to come back to the house so that they can conduct a proper paranormal investigation.

Hearing Something

Logical Explanation

Mike said that they plan to see if the footage can be replicated. If not, maybe they can find a logical explanation for what happened. They need to do this before they call it paranormal activity. He wants to figure out what the camera actually recorded.

Logical Explanation

Homeowner

Kris is the mother of Joshua. She has been the owner of that house for 11 years. Does she know anything that could explain what the couple experienced? She said, “I was told when we bought the houses 11 years ago the lady who owned the property died in the main house.”

Homeowner

Old Farmhouse

“It’s an old farmhouse and according to her niece… she fell down the stairs, broke her hips, and laid there for a very long time before she passed away. She said that the guesthouse was built for the lady’s brother who was schizophrenic,” Kris said.

Old Farmhouse

Another Theory

Another theory was put forward by Jim, Joshua’s dad. He feels that the being haunting the guesthouse is an old tenant. Jim spoke to WXYZ-TV Detroit and shared his thoughts: “The gentleman that lived here originally… (jumped) out this window, which is one story down.”

Another Theory

No Closer

Even though Joshua and Heather have yet to find out what they actually caught on camera, they already know what they should do next. “It scares us that it could do something else,” she said. She went on, “It’s not physically just going after her, it feels like it’s going after myself too… This has made us want to leave as soon as possible. As soon as possible we’re out of here. This is a spirit. I don’t know what its intentions are, but at this point, it’s becoming physically harmful.”

No Closer

Going Viral

Heather and Joshua decided to post the video on social media. It went viral and scared a lot of viewers. However, some people decided to treat the story with a grain of salt. These people did not think that the video caught an apparition. Read on to find out what their theory about the footage was.

Going Viral

Skeptics

Kenny Biddle of the Skeptical Inquirer gave his two cents: “There’s something else I noticed right away – the ghost was casting a shadow, two actually. This tells me the figure is a solid, physical object able to reflect light. In the first milliseconds of the video, as the figure is moving to the left, you can see its shadow move across the ceiling right by the ceiling fan.”

Skeptics

The Reasoning

“I would surmise either (Heather) and/or (Joshua) had been watching television and had reason to get up out of bed, perhaps go down to the kitchen for a drink/food or a visit to the bathroom, paused the video and walked across the room not realizing they were being recorded,” he went on.

The Reasoning

Lack of Understanding

Kenny said, “At a later, unspecified time, they reviewed the footage, and due to a lack of understanding of video cameras, concluded the distorted figure was a ghost.” Let us see what he has to say about the scratches… “Aside from the technical issues, it is not uncommon for babies to scratch themselves.

Lack of Understanding

Scratches

“We know from her statements that (Heather) discovered the scratches after waking the baby up from a nap,” Kenny said, “… but there’s nothing to rule out the possibility Lily scratched herself while sleeping.” After doing more research into the story, the writer found out a relevant piece of news.

Scratches

GoFundMe

“I’m not sure exactly what the motivation behind these claims is, but I do have my suspicions,” he shared. “I went to Heather Brough’s Facebook page earlier today and noticed that she posted her first public post since November of 2018; it was a link to a GoFundMe account she had created that day (March 26, 2019) with a goal of $5,000.”

GoFundMe

Moving Out

“She was asking for this amount to help her move out of the guest house, citing her daughter’s safety from all the paranormal activity as the main reason for the fundraising,” he expounded. Kenny tried to reach out to the family by sending Heather a Facebook message.

Moving Out

Reaching Out

“Hello, my name is Kenny Biddle, and I’ve been investigating paranormal claims for the last 20+ years. Your video of what is believed to be a ghost walking in your house was brought to my attention by several paranormal groups,” he told her.

Reaching Out

Wondering

“After taking a look at it, I was wondering if there was a longer clip – perhaps footage showing the few minutes leading up to (and including) the clip that was shared on ABC Action News. The clip that has been shared starts with the figure already in motion, and I was hoping to see where it originates,” the message went on.

Wondering

Looking For Confirmation

Kenny added, “I noticed the TV was on, so being able to confirm it wasn’t someone (living) watching TV and perhaps got up to get something, would be beneficial. I’m not saying this was a hoax, I’m just trying to get as much information as possible to understand what the video is showing. I appreciate your time in reading this. I hope to hear back from you. Have a good day.” Kenny said that he has yet to hear back from Heather.

Looking For Confirmation

There’s More

It turns out that this is not the only story about a haunted kid! This time, the story took place in Illinois. A 32-year-old mother of two by the name of Maritza Elizabeth was convinced that she saw a ghost baby in the crib! After putting her 18-month-old child to sleep, she started to get ready for bed as well.

There’s More

Something Strange

When she checked in on her child via the baby monitor, she saw something weird. She saw that her son was curled up next to the face of a different baby! Of course, she started to panic. What was going on?

Something Strange

Helpless

She did not know what to do but stayed glued to the screen of the monitor. The entity seemed to be fixated on her son. She was frozen in place as she tried to figure out what steps to take in this situation.

Helpless

So Many Questions

Was her little boy in danger? Was the spirit going to hurt him? What could Maritza do to help him? She was unable to get any sleep. This mom decided to investigate on her own while her baby was asleep.

So Many Questions

Investigating

It makes a lot of sense that she wanted to learn more about this spirit that joined her sob in the crib. With a flashlight in hand, she got to work. When Maritza talked to the local news, she explained, “I even tried creeping in there with a flashlight while my son was sleeping.”

Investigating

Discoveries

But what happened when she went into the room? Was she able to find the ghostly being? This scared mom shared her experience with the internet. She showed a photo of what she saw on the monitor and added this caption to it: “So last night I was positive there was a ghost baby in the bed with my son. I was so freaked out, I barely slept.”

Discoveries

Nothing Unusual

This mom told Yahoo Lifestyle UK, “I didn’t see anything unusual in the crib at all. I was trying to feel around to see if there was any wetness – we thought there might be some drool on the sheet – but I didn’t feel any.”

Nothing Unusual

Reasoning

“I told myself maybe it was just a stain on the sheet and left the room. I probably went in there about three more times throughout the night,” she said. If that does not sound bad enough, it turned out that her husband had been working that night. It meant that she was the only adult in the house.

Reasoning

Watching

“I kept opening my eyes to check to make sure the ‘ghost’ wasn’t moving. Then when I would start to finally relax, my son would roll over and I’d be on high alert again. Every time I checked on him, though, he seemed completely fine,” Maritza explained to one of the news outlets.

Watching

Stay Asleep

Her son was not feeling very well at the time. She had to be careful to avoid waking him up as she tried to investigate. When she could not figure out what was going on, she decided to just return to bed.

Stay Asleep

Through The Night

In the morning, she went to the room to finally figure out what was going on. What did she really see on the monitor? She made her way to the room and then opened the blinds. What did she find over there?

Through The Night

Opening The Blinds

“As soon as I went into the room and opened the blinds, it was so obvious there was something under the sheet. I pulled down the sheet and see this giant baby face looking up at me,” she said. What?!

Opening The Blinds

Answers

She found out that the ghost baby was only a tag on the mattress! Whew. It turned out that her spouse just forgot to add a mattress topper on the bed when he took out the sheets. What a relief to hear that.

Answers

In Shock

Maritza was shocked. She had a hard time sleeping after seeing that, but it turned out to be such a small thing. She decided to vent on Facebook and posted the story in a mom’s group. She added the photo she took the previous night, as well as a photo of the baby mattress. What did others say about it?

In Shock

Reactions

It is not a surprise to hear that the other moms in the Facebook group thought it was hilarious. They told her to make it public so that they could share it with their other friends. Maritza obliged!

Reactions

Frustrations

When she talked about the entire ordeal, it was clear that she was not thrilled with her husband. Maritza even said, “I could kill him.” The post has since gone viral. Hundreds of thousands of people were amused to hear about the mistake!

Frustrations

In The Same Boat

A lot of users said that they would have been scared as hell as well. A user even said, “I’d be going in the room with a cross, some salt, and a gun…scooping up my baby and getting them right out of there,”

In The Same Boat

Telling The Story

When Maritza told her husband about it, “he just laughed.” To shed more light on the matter, Maritza explained that he changed the sheets after their little angel woke up “crying and wet.” However, his mistake was that he forgot to reinstall the mattress protector.

Telling The Story

Responses

In the end, the post got nearly 500k reactions. It fetched 300k comments as well. One user said, “I’m screaming.” Another said, “That looks so creepy.” Other folks kept it simply by simply saying, “lol.”

Responses

Wrapping Up

What else did she have to say about the mix-up? “I couldn’t even believe the response and couldn’t have imaged that it would spread so far beyond my friends.” She said that there was one more thing that other moms would understand: “It was my husband’s fault,” she shared, “I still blame my husband.”

Wrapping Up