I find it very interesting that many stories like this show considerable overlap in the progression of events. I've never posted my complete haunting account here on AD, but my son, who was four at the time, was the first to hear footsteps coming up the stairs in the middle in the night. Rather than flies trying to get in the house, we had birds. Birds would dive bomb our place daily. They came in through the chimney, outside air vents, anywhere they could. I was guiding live birds out of the house almost daily, and picking up dead birds in the basement often as well. In the movie The Conjuring (based on true story) there's mention of similar activity. Who knows?

What I do know is that the malevolent spirit that made life very difficult for months was clearly intent on taking me over. And it's with a lot of humility and thanks I can say it did not succeed.

Soul