Fun Campfire Ghost Stories by John Bradshaw Page B

the
bushes? Bob explained that eating all those beans, hotdogs and
marshmallows the night before had upset his stomach and he was
finally able to use the bathroom
     
     
    *****
     
     

Chapter 3 - The little ghost that was
afraid
     

     
    I n an old rundown
deserted house on the edge of town lived a family of ghosts. The
Mommy and Daddy ghosts would go out every night and haunt and scare
the people in town and those passing through town. You know, that
most ghosts have jobs similar to this one.
    The little ghost did not like to go out at
night, even with the Mommy and Daddy ghosts, because he was afraid
of the dark and all the screaming that people did when he was
around.
    Anyway, one day the people in town came and
tore down the old house they lived in so the ghost family had to
find a new place to live. There was the old factory that had shut
down the year before on the other side of town and there was the
old five and dime store that had been vacant for some time
downtown. They thought about it and decided that the old five and
dime store was the place to call home since it was the oldest
building and already had a lot of cobwebs, dust and squeaky doors
and floors. This meant that they could move right in and the Mommy
ghost would not have to do a lot of decorating.
    The very first night in their new home, the
Mommy and Daddy ghosts went to work while the little ghost stayed
home. The little ghost decided he would look around his new home
and do some exploring. He went down the halls at the back of the
store and peaked into this old room and that old room. He
eventually came to a door that had a sign on it which said MENS
ROOM.
    The little ghost though, if there are any men
in there, I need to scare them out of our new house! So the little
ghost floated through the door into the room. When the little
ghost’s eyes focused, he saw the most horrifying sight. He turned
and, frightened past death, rushed out of the room, up the hallway
and hid in a corner until the Mommy and Daddy ghosts got home from
work around dawn.
    The little ghost told the Mommy and Daddy
ghosts what had happened to him and said that they must move
somewhere else since this place was evidently the home of the most
terrifying thing he had ever seen.
    The Daddy ghost said, “Show me,” so the
little ghost started down the hall while pleading with the Daddy
ghost not to make him go back into that room. When they arrived at
the room with the sign on it the Daddy ghost told the little ghost
to wait there while he went in. The Daddy ghost looked around the
room and found nothing but a couple of old boxes, a broken sink and
toilet, some old newspaper and an old mirror on the wall. Nothing
creepy in here, he though to himself.
    The Daddy ghost floated out of the room back
into the hallway where the little ghost was waiting. “Did you see
it?” asked the little ghost, “Did you see it?” “NO,” came the
response. “Now tell me exactly what you saw when you went into that
room,” the Daddy ghost said to the little ghost. Shivering at
having to relive that terrifying event, the little ghost, holding
back tears, said, “When I went into the room, I looked around and
went up to the mirror. As I looked into the mirror, I SAW IT! It …
(the little ghost was sobbing now)… it was a Ghost!”
     
     
    *****
     
     

Chapter 4 - The ride
     

     
    B en had a rule not to
hitchhike because he knew that it could be dangerous, but his car
was in the repair shop and a terrible thunderstorm was bearing down
on him. Ben had just finished working the night shift at the sock
factory. It was a very dark night and although he planned on
walking home, the lightning bolts streaking through the night sky
and the thunder getting louder made him think again. The wind
picked up and sheets of blowing rain starting to descend.
    Ben decided that, just for tonight, he would
break his own rule and try to get a ride home. After several
minutes the storm was almost on top of him