The Haunted Pool

                              I live in a ‘Retirement Community’, in other 

                  words, the median age is about 70 years old. 

         So needless to say, the life expectancy of

          tenants  isn’t the same as it would be in

          a ‘college complex’ or ‘family

          neighbourhood’. 

 

The amenities include a pool, Jacuzzi,

small private gym, computer room,

library, and a dining hall for get

-togethers and the ubiquitous

Bingo game once a week.

 

Being the age that they are, the tenants

rarelyuse the pool on the evening or

the night.  That is when we young folks

can laze in the pool or Jacuzzi and visit

in almost complete privacy, except for

 the regular walk-throughs  by on-site

security.

 

I tell you this everyday minutiae so you

understand how a pool for about 400

people can be empty at 8 p.m. or so.

 

Not too long ago, my brother Matt,

his ex-wife Doreen, and I went down

to the pool area and availed ourselves

of both the Jacuzzi and pool.  Being

 the only ones there we sat in

companionable silence in the Jacuzzi. 

I try to take my cameras everywhere

I go, because you never know when a

picture will be there.

 

I took some night shots of the

landscaping, Jacuzzi, and pool

before we returned to the house

and showered prior to sleeping

like a trio of logs.

 

When I downloaded the pictures

 and went through them, I wasn’t

terribly surprised at some of the

shots being too dark, but one of the

photos held a  startling scene:

I counted no less than 10 orbs

floating over the pool in this shot!

 

I am sure that were I to listen at

night when the wind is right, I could

hear voices chatting and laughter

 between people that are no

 longer there.