[mkirkpatrick]

About 2o years ago,I worked in a hostel for drug and alcohol addicts,it was a
very old large farmhouse,set in 5 acres of land,which aptly enough used to
belong to one of the Guiness family!!!There were 12 residents,and the dog
Nelly!hence the title.One chap there,came to see me one day,as i returned from weelend leave.He went on to descibe to me about an "appearance in his
room,he said that first it appeared like blue smoke rising from the end of his bed,he said that at first he thought that maybe he had thrown a still lit
cigerette into his bin,and that was causing the blue smoke.But no,this "haze"
then began to take form,and show its self a a female,who was dressed in
clothes of the last century.Now this is where Nelly comes into the picture,she
was very fond of this chap,and would at every opportunity run into his room
and leap on his bed,but the very day that this "ghost" spirit appeared,Nelly was scared to go anywhere near his room,her hair would stand on end she would dig her heels in if you tried to coax her close to the room,and she would wimper in fear,ears down,tail between her legs.This woman remained in the house for several months more,she began to follow the chap around the house,the dog would look in her direction and run.I sensed her presence several times,and often felt that i was being observed by an unseen presence.The chap in question,was not in any way afraid of this,i offered him a change of rooms but he refused.We sought advice about what to do,it was decided to pray for her to be lead away to somewhere better than whewre she was,in a state of limbo.after about a week of doing this,she stopped appearing.this upset the man in question,who had grown quite used to her by now.nothing more was heard of her again,except one night about 3 months
later,she briefly appeared in his room.with a beaming smile.and just said thank you so very much!!!She never ever returned.
regards michael.