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Jeffco woman chronicles 'hauntings' in new book By Sarah AuBuchon Monday, July 2, 2007 1:16 PM CDT Once haunted, twice shy. Former Arnold resident Lisa Lindley claims to have lived in not one haunted house, but two, and has published a book on her experiences with the paranormal. The book, "Never Alone: One Family's Hope of Finding Peace While Living with the Paranormal," chronicles alleged ghost sightings, strange noises and other eerie happenings. When Lindley and her family bought a farmhouse with a few acres in Arnold they thought they had found a bargain; but what they didn't bargain for was the extra "roommates" allegedly dwelling in the home. "A couple of months after we moved in my daughter, who was 9 years old at the time, said she saw a little girl she called 'Linda' who wanted to play dolls with her," Lindley said. "My little boy, who was 3 at the time, claimed to see a 'dark man' standing over his bed." The Lindleys later found out through speaking with neighbors that a little girl was allegedly killed on railroad tracks that used to run behind the property. Lindley's daughter also claimed she saw an old woman in a blue dress, who would sit on her bed at night and sew. "When my grandmother died, we buried her in a turquoise blue dress," Lindley said. "My daughter didn't go to the funeral so there's no way she could have known that. My grandmother was also a seamstress who made her own clothes." Lindley said when they first went into the Arnold farmhouse with a Realtor, she got a spooky feeling, but her husband assured her the place just looked scary because it was old and in need of a lot of repairs. "I started up the stairs then stopped and out of the blue, I asked the Realtor if someone had died there," she said. "The real estate agent looked startled, but in a disclosure notice I found out a lady had committed suicide in our bedroom." Lindley also later found out that there were three or four unmarked cemeteries behind the farmhouse on the property. Her daughter had claimed she saw a military man on the stairs, which Lindley thinks could have been someone buried behind the house. "My daughter drew a picture of the man," she said. "She said he was wearing a U.S. military belt buckle, a helmet, and he had a stern face." The Lindleys decided they had had enough of the spirit world and moved to another part of the county, a location Lindley didn't wish to disclose. However, the move was futile because not long after they settled there, Lindley said they were faced with more alleged hauntings in the old two-story house they were renovating. "The kids have seen various entities here, like children playing upstairs," she said. "They are afraid to sleep up there in their rooms. My daughter was home alone for a little while one night and heard some noises coming from her brother's room. She looked up the stairs and saw the door swing back and forth a few times, then it slammed shut. She went up to her brother's room and saw it was trashed. His room was clean when we left." Lindley's book features photos from both houses of "apparitions" she calls "orbs." She said the pictures were taken with different cameras at different locations and times throughout the homes. "They can't be dust particles because they have a unique shape and they're all the same," she said. After five years of hauntings, Lindley said she and her family are bouncing around the idea of moving again, but this time, perhaps they will buy some land and build a house. Lindley offers some advice in her book to prospective homebuyers on what to look for to make sure the house isn't haunted before buying it. She said pets acting strange or barking at things that aren't there, pentagrams or other witchcraft symbols on the wall, or if there are strange sounds such as footsteps in a room where no one is found could indicate a haunted home. To purchase Lindley's book, go to www.lulu.com.