I was thirteen at the time when my parents decided to take a holiday to Lakes Entrance. We were staying at a friend of my father’s holiday house and we were very excited. My brother was to sleep in the bedroom with my parents and my two sisters and I had the other bedroom, as there were only two beds in the room, I was to sleep on a camp bed between the two.

　　The house looked very old and we thought it strange that there were pictures of Jesus, Mary and many crosses on the walls.

　　Nothing strange happened for the first couple of days except that my father started to become ill. At first it started as a cough but as each day passed my father seemed to have more difficulty breathing. I feel it is important to state that my father had never suffered from any problems of this sort in the past.

　　Eventually it was decided that my father was too sick to continue the holiday and it was agreed that we would leave the next morning.

　　我父母决定去湖区度假的时候，我13岁。我们住在父亲朋友的度假小屋里，都非常兴奋。我哥哥和我的父母住一个房间，而我和两个姐妹住另一个房间。因为那房间只有两张床，所以我就在她们俩中间架了个行军床。

　　那屋子很旧，墙上还挂着耶稣，圣母玛利亚的画像和许多的十字架，我们都觉得很奇怪。

　　开头几天没什么怪事发生，只是我父亲生病了。刚开始只是咳嗽，但随着日子一天天过去，他的呼吸越来越困难。需要说明的是，我父亲以前从没有类似的毛病。

　　最后，全家一致认为父亲的病实在是太严重了，我们决定不再度假，第二天早晨就离开那儿回家。

　　We all went to bed and all seemed normal. All at once I awoke from my sleep to hear sounds coming from the kitchen. I thought that someone had gotten up to go to the toilet and perhaps needed a drink. Feeling a bit thirsty myself, I got out of bed. I knew that it wasn't one of my sisters in the kitchen, as they were both sound asleep in the other two beds. Not concerned, I proceeded into the hallway and on passing my parents bedroom (which was on my right) I peered in to see who wasn't in bed. To my surprise I could clearly see that both my parents and my brother were also sound asleep! Feeling more curious than afraid I continued down the hallway towards the kitchen. By this time there were clear sounds of kitchen crockery and utensils moving around. By now I was feeling slightly afraid but inexplicably kept moving towards the sounds.

　　Suddenly, I noticed one of the large crosses on the hallway wall and a feeling of immense dread swept over me. It should also be pointed out that we were not a religious family but I could not shake this feeling.

　　I stood there motionless for I don't know how long and continued to hear things moving around in the kitchen. Eventually I turned around and went back to bed.

　　那晚我们都上床睡觉，一切正常。突然我从梦中醒来，听到厨房里有声音。我想肯定是有人去上厕所觉得口渴了，到厨房喝水。我自己也有点口渴，就起床打算去厨房。我知道厨房里的人肯定不是我的两个姐妹，因为她俩在床上睡得正香。我毫不担心得走到走廊上，经过父母的房间时（他们的房间在我们房间的右侧），我向里边看看，想弄清是谁没在睡觉。

　　让我惊讶的是，我清楚得看见父母和我哥哥都在床上睡得正香！我感到惊讶而非害怕，就继续沿着走廊来到厨房。此时，我听到了厨房厨具和陶罐移动的声音。直到这时，我才稍微有点害怕，但还是继续向发出声音的地方走过去。

　　突然我看到走廊墙上的一个大十字架，我顿时感到强烈的恐惧。还要说明的是，我们家人都不信教，但我就是无法摆脱那种感觉。

　　我一动不动得站在那，不知过了多长时间，还能听到厨房里东西移动的声音。最后，我转身回到了卧室。

　　I was lying on my back when I felt a great pressure on my body and I found myself unable to move. I was able to turn my head but was too afraid to look at what could be causing it. I started to whisper my older sister’s name in the hope that she would wake up. It seemed to take forever but eventually she opened her eyes. The look that came over her face is still to this day one that I cannot describe. I guess the closest would be that it showed terror and awe all at once. I whispered to her that something was on top of me. She said nothing at first but kept this strange look on her face. Then she simply told me to close my eyes and go to sleep. I closed my eyes without looking around and stayed there like that until I eventually did fall asleep.

　　The next day my father was extremely ill and we considered taking him to the hospital. As we were getting in the car, I asked my sister if she had seen anything last night. Once again this strange look came over her face and she told me that she had seen a ghost floating above my body and that it was female! She would not go into any further detail and to this day still refuses to talk about it.

　　My father made a miraculous recovery once we were on the road and we can’t explain what could have made him so sick in such a short space of time and which disappeared almost as soon as we left the premises.

　　我躺在床上，突然感觉身上有什么重物压着，压得我都无法动弹。我的头还是可以转动的，但我不敢看究竟是什么东西压着我。我开始轻声地唤我姐姐的名字，希望她能醒过来。隔了好长时间以后，姐姐终于醒了。当时她脸上的那种表情到今天我都无法描述清楚，我猜最贴切的说法便是那表情就有恐惧又有敬畏。我悄悄地对她说有什么东西压着我。她说什么也没有，但脸上还是那副奇怪的表情。然后就叫我赶快闭上眼睛睡觉。我不敢四处看，就闭上眼睛，一直静静的呆着不动直到最后睡着。

　　第二天我父亲的病变得非常严重，我们考虑要送他去医院。我们上车的时候，我问姐姐头天晚上有没有看到什么东西。她脸上再次出现了那种奇怪的表情，她告诉我前一天晚上她看见一个男人的鬼魂在我身体上方飘荡！说完她就不愿再透露任何细节，直到今天她还是不愿再谈起这事。

　　在我们回去的路上，我父亲奇迹般的康复了。我们无法解释是什么原因让父亲在那么短的时间内病得那么严重，又是为什么我们一离开那所房子他的病马上就好了。