New Study Says Texans See More Ghosts Than Anyone — And I Believe It

Here’s a spooky statistic right in time for Halloween. It might even be enough to give you nightmares. Ok, maybe that’s a bit drastic, but you never know. 

I’ll go ahead and admit it right here in front of God and everybody – I absolutely believe in ghosts. It wasn’t always like that, though. I doubted their existence for many years.

And then I moved into a house in Vernon, Texas, that convinced me otherwise.

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From Skeptic to True Believer

That house (which also happens to be an old church, for what it’s worth) is as haunted as it gets. My roommates and I heard the same things, but usually at different times, since I worked nights and they worked the day shift. 

We all heard hammering, a little girl talking, and soulful gospel singing. It got to the point where we could complete each other’s sentences when telling a story about something we heard. There was also a time when a picture on the end table next to the couch I was lying on fell over, with no explanation. 

One of my roommates said they were fine with it, as long as they didn’t see a ghost. At that point, it would be time to get the hell out of there.

Texas Tops the List for Ghost Sightings

I guess we should consider ourselves lucky, because Texas is the state in which you are most likely to see a ghost, according to a study by The Action Network. There have been 7,641 reported ghost sightings in the Lone Star State. After doing the math, researchers determined 1 in 4,168 Texans will see a ghost. 

Good luck not thinking about that when you crawl into bed tonight.