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‘I’M FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW’

Adam Ellis’ live Twitter updates of a GHOST named ‘Dear David’ haunting his home are the scariest things you’ll read this week

The illustrator claims he sees a child with a huge misshapen head dented on one side who sits in a green rocking chair at the end of his bed

AN illustrator who fears his home is being haunted by a ghost named Dear David has shared live updates throughout the night of strange goings-on.

Adam Ellis claims the ghost of a dead child is haunting his New York apartment - and that it's trying to kill him - in a series of late-night tweets.

 Adam Ellis pictured with his two cats who he claims stand staring at the door at midnight because of a ghost
Adam Ellis pictured with his two cats who he claims stand staring at the door at midnight because of a ghostCredit: Adam Ellis/Twitter
 Terrified Adam Ellis drew this picture of the child ghost he claims is haunting his New York home
Terrified Adam Ellis drew this picture of the child ghost he claims is haunting his New York homeCredit: Adam Ellis/Twitter

The supernatural saga began when Ellis drew a picture of the child ghost, with a "huge misshapen head which was dented on one side" who was sat in a green rocking chair at the end of his bed in a dream he had.

Then suddenly months later, Ellis' two cats stood staring at his front door at midnight for six nights running.

He told his 162,000 followers: "Something strange is happening".

He added: "So, my apartment is currently being haunted by the ghost of a dead child and he's trying to kill me.

"He started appearing in dreams, but I think he's crossed over into the real world now.

"For a while he just stared at me, but then he got out of the chair and started shambling toward the bed.

"I couldn't move because I was paralysed. (I have sleep paralysis fairly often. It sucks.)

"Right before he reached my bed, I woke up screaming."

 The illustrator said he got a 'strange feeling' of a presence in his New York apartment
The illustrator said he got a 'strange feeling' of a presence in his New York apartmentCredit: Adam Ellis/Twitter

A few nights later Ellis had another dream in which he asked "David" the ghost how he died.

He replied it was an accident in a store when a shelf was "pushed on my head".

Ellis spent time researching newspaper archives to discover if a child named David had been killed in a store, but found nothing.


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Now, Ellis is having to re-live his terror after getting a "weird feeling" when his cats gathered at his front door at midnight.

He said: "I looked out the peephole, and I'm dead certain I saw movement on the other side.

"When I opened the door and turned on the hall light, nothing was there, but my cats seemed unnerved. Bushy tails, etc.

"And that's where I am right now. Dear David found me, I think. I don't know what to do."

 Ellis' cat eerily sits looking up at the door just after midnight
Ellis' cat eerily sits looking up at the door just after midnightCredit: Adam Ellis/Twitter

On the sixth night, Ellis shared a picture he had taken through the peephole - and another one when he had the courage to open the front door.

The photos have now seemingly confirmed his suspicions of supernatural activity in his flat - after spotting a strange smudge.

He added: "Is it just me or is is there something in the first photo, right where the bannister meets the shelves? Hiding on the stairs.

"I wasn't sure if it was a smudge or something so I took a second photo from inside. There was something out there.

 The artist is convinced he captured a shot of the 'ghost-like figure' in a photo through the peephole of his apartment door
The artist is convinced he captured a shot of the 'ghost-like figure' in a photo through the peephole of his apartment doorCredit: Adam Ellis/Twitter

"I deadbolted the lock and got in bed because I don't know what else to do. I can still hear my cat meowing at the door.

"I am pretty scared.

"I would be too if my cat was a demon and probably responsible for this whole thing."

In his latest update, Ellis said: "I haven't dreamed about David in a few months, but he appeared again last night."

You can follow his updates, .



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