We live across the street from a cemetery. We have strange occurrences from time to time. The most recent happened to me just this morning.

It is not unusual to be alone in the house and to hear strange sounds like someone walking across the floor or going up the stairs. And when it does happen, a quick check of the house confirms the fact that you are indeed alone. Or should I say, you are the only living being in the house.

I was down in the basement checking my email when I heard a clattery bang. I assumed that one of the cats had knocked something off of the table and on to the floor. They are notorious for such antics. And since it wasn’t a real loud noise, I didn’t bother to investigate it at the time.

However, after I got through with my emails, I came up stairs to find a muppet like string puppet laying at the bottom of the stairs to the next landing. It wasn’t there when I went down to check my email as I would had to have stepped over it in order to go down the stairs. So, I could only conclude that it was the source of the noise that I heard.

Now, this puppet is no small thing. It stands about 3 feet high and weighs several pounds. It is clearly too big and bulky for the cats to bat around on the floor. And, we have had other experiences with this puppet in the past. In fact, it once stood up by itself which absolutely terrified my youngest daughter several years ago.

But, regardless of its past history, I am hard pressed to explain just how the puppet got to its present location at the bottom of the stairs. I didn’t put it there and I seriously doubt that the cats could have moved it.

Whats more, I don’t even know where it was prior to its present location. For that answer, I will have to wait until Kathy comes home from work. So for now, it is just another chapter in the X Files.