= Mom Notices Odd Scratches On Baby, Breaks Down When She Sees Strange Figure On Monitor

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A Michigan mother name Heather Borough began to notice a series of strange events going on in her home, so she decided to investigate the situation. She kept hearing strange noises at night, and she was determined to figure out what was going on. She began to grow paranoid, and began to suspect that her fiance was somehow involved, despite the fact that he denied any involvement. What was the source of the bizarre occurrences?

Strange Figure

Heather was starting to get really concerned. What was going on? Was she, along with her baby and husband to be, in danger? Could she be overreacting? It was time to find out…

Strange Figure

Baby Monitor Footage

Heather decided to take charge of the matter herself, so she set up a baby monitor to try to see what was going on. She became even more concerned when she noticed strange scratches on her baby’s face. What was causing these scratches?

Baby Monitor Footage

Strange Marks On Baby

Heather and her fiance Joshua Higgins lived with their baby Lily at Joshua’s mother’s guest house in Michigan. They were living there for about a year when suddenly they announced that they wanted to leave. This started when Heather noticed the strange marks on Lily’s face. More scratches began to appear, and she grew even more concerned.

Strange Marks On Baby

Concerning Reality

Before Heather started to notice these strange things, she and Joshua had a wonderful life. They were in love and raising their young daughter in a small, picturesque town. However, things took a sinister turn when she started to notice these strange things. She started to hear the door hinges screeching, thumping sounds on the floor, and footsteps in the kitchen. After she noticed the scratches on Lily’s face, she knew she had to do something.

Concerning Reality

Rising Tensions

Heather asked Joshua whether he was getting up at night and if he had gone into Lily’s room. Joshua vehemently denied that he had done any of these things, but Heather couldn’t help but stay suspicious. This led to tension between the two young parents. Heather knew she had to take the matter very seriously.

Rising Tensions

Looking For A Solution

Heather felt completely trapped in the situation. She didn’t want her fairytale life to come to an end, but she knew that if the father of her child was hurting the baby, she had to do something about it. In her heart, she knew something bizarre was going on, and she was determined to find a solution.

Looking For A Solution

Making Attempts

For this reason, Heather set up the baby monitor. Joshua came with her to buy it and helped her set it all up. He suggested that they place the monitor in a way that would show them whether Lily was scratching herself or not. While Heather agreed, she decided that she would keep Lily’s nails trimmed constantly.

Making Attempts

The Video

The parents purchased the Logitech Circle 2 monitor, which had a night vision option that would hopefully help illuminate what was going on. They didn’t sleep well and they were eager to check the monitor once the morning came. They were stunned when they saw more scratches on Lily’s face. It was time to check out the video footage.

The Video

A Strange Figure

In the video, a figure of a man showed up in Lily’s room, and Heather immediately thought that this meant Joshua was sleepwalking. But that still didn’t explain the strange scratches on Lily’s face. With a growing sense of dread, Heather realized that she would have to continue to monitor the situation.

A Strange Figure

Bizarre Stranger

After watching the video a second time, Heather noticed that once the man entered the room, it looked like Lily noticed his presence and pulled herself up using the side rails of the crib. The shadowy figure then turned towards the camera, and Heather realized that it was not Joshua after all.

Bizarre Stranger

A Chilling Reality

Heather’s heart began to race as though she had been running a marathon. She was out of breath and the room began to spin. She could not understand who this absolute stranger was in her daughter’s room. She was so afraid of the idea that someone was breaking into their home and targeting her baby.

A Chilling Reality

Time To Go

She realized that this had to explain the strange noises as well. The man must have been traipsing around the house. She watched the footage over and over and then realized that once the figure passed Lily’s crib, it became transparent. Heather could not believe what she was seeing. She immediately showed Joshua and told him that they had to get out of this house as soon as possible.

Time To Go

The Truth

On the matter, Joshua said: “It was chilling… It was literally a chill down my spine, like that ‘what if’ factor — Is this what I just saw?” Heather shared her thoughts as well: “Seeing the scratches on Lily’s face was so bizarre and frightening. I was crying, ‘What happened to my baby?’ I grabbed her jacket and ran over to my mother-in-law’s house. Nobody knew what happened. We wondered if she’d scratched herself, but her little hands did not match up to the scratches on her face.”

The Truth

Getting Help

Joshua was just as shaken up by the matter as Heather was. He was absolutely terrified and was immediately on board with the idea of moving out. They called the police and were also in contact with the Scientific Paranormal Investigations of Michigan.

Getting Help

A Home Investigation

Co-owner of the Scientific Paranormal Investigations of Michigan Mike Priest brought his team over to check out their home. The team looked at the footage and investigated the whole house. Their final report did not bring any comfort to Heather, Joshua, and Joshua’s mother. They were informed that the house may be haunted.

A Home Investigation

Quite Odd

Heather shared that this was not the only strange situation of this kind she had encountered. She said: “I woke up to get ready for work one morning and it felt like someone was choking me, then it shook me, and at that point, I decided to buy our camera. There have been times where my fiancé and I would wake up in the morning and hear an angry male voice — like someone had stubbed their toe.”

Quite Odd

Strange Sounds

Mike Priest shared: “I definitely believe there is something going on at this house. We are looking forward to checking out this one as well.” Priest and his team decided to put recording equipment in the house, which led them to find even more strange noises. He said: “We heard something say, ‘Oh here we go. Oh yeah.’ I heard it as plain as day.”

Strange Sounds

Looking Back

Priest’s next move was to figure out the source of the strange noises. The team promised to check the footage and try to figure out if there was a logical answer to what was going on before determining that it was some paranormal activity. They interviewed Joshua’s mother Kris about the house and the people who had previously lived in it.

Looking Back

The Family Before

Kris told them: “I was told when we bought the house, a little more than eleven years ago, that the lady who owned the property died in the main house. It’s an old farmhouse and according to the niece, she had fallen down the stairs, broken both hips and laid there for a very long time before she passed away. She said that the guest house was built for the lady’s brother who was schizophrenic.”

The Family Before

A Dark Past

Kris’s husband Jim was not convinced of this. He told WXYZ-TV Detroit that: “The gentleman that lived here originally… then jumped out this window, which is one story down.” None of these stories or theories were helpful to Joshua and Heather, however. They still didn’t understand what was going on.

A Dark Past

Not Wasting Any Time

Heather shared: “It scares us that it could do something else. It’s not physically just going after her, it feels like it’s going after myself, too…This has made us want to leave as soon as possible. As soon as possible we are out of here. This is a spirit. I don’t know what its intentions are, but at this point, it’s becoming physically harmful.”

Not Wasting Any Time

Viral Video

Heather decided to share her story and her video immediately went viral once she shared it on her social media. Many people responded by saying they were completely freaked out. Others, meanwhile, expressed skepticism and were sure that there had to be a logical answer to the strange occurrences.

Viral Video

Ghost Shadow?

A writer for the Skeptical Inquierer, Kenny Biddle, said: “There’s something else I noticed right away – the ghost was casting a shadow, two actually. This tells me the figure is a solid, physical object able to reflect light. In the first milliseconds of the video, as the figure is moving to the left, you can see its shadow move across the ceiling right by the ceiling fan.”

Ghost Shadow?

The Skeptical Inquirer

The Skeptical Inquierer is a magazine that describes itself as: “The magazine for science and reason,” with a mission statement of: “The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry promotes science and scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues. It encourages the critical investigation of controversial or extraordinary claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community, the media, and the public.”

The Skeptical Inquirer

So What Does That Mean?

Like any story that deals with paranormal activity, there are bound to be many skeptics. Publications that are like the Skeptical Inquierer aim to prove the scientific explanations before these strange and unnatural occurrences.

So What Does That Mean?

Logical Reasoning

Biddle continued to explain: “I would surmise either Heather and/or Joshua had been watching television and had a reason to get up out of bed, perhaps go down to the kitchen for a drink/food or a visit to the bathroom, paused the video and walked across the room not realizing they were being recorded. At a later, unspecified time, they reviewed the footage and due to a lack of understanding of video cameras, concluded the distorted figure was a ghost.”

Logical Reasoning

Digging Deeper

Regarding the scratches on Lily’s face, Biddle explained: “Aside from the technical issues, it is not uncommon for babies to scratch themselves. We know from her statements that Heather discovered the scratches after waking the baby up from a nap,” he continued, “… but there’s nothing to rule out the possibility Lily scratched herself while sleeping.” After further investigating, he found something interesting.

Digging Deeper

Potential Theories

Biddle shared: “I’m not sure exactly what the motivation behind these claims is, but I do have my suspicions. I went to Heather Brough’s Facebook page earlier today and noticed that she posted her first public post since November of 2018; it was a link to a GoFundMe account she had created that day (March 26, 2019) with a goal of $5,000. She was asking for this amount to help her move out of the guest house, citing her daughter’s safety from all the paranormal activity as the main reason for the fundraising.”

Potential Theories

Facebook Message

Biddle decided to reach out to Heather by sending her a Facebook message that read: “Hello, my name is Kenny Biddle, and I’ve been investigating paranormal claims for the last 20+ years. Your recorded video of what is believed to be a walking ghost in your home was brought to my attention by several paranormal groups. After taking a look at it, I was wondering if there was a longer clip than that – perhaps footage showing some min leading up to (and including) the clip that was shared on ABC Action News. The clip that has been shared starts with the figure already in motion, and I was hoping to see where it originates.”

Facebook Message

More Information Needed

He continued: “I noticed the TV was on, so being able to confirm it wasn’t someone (living) watching TV and perhaps got up to get something, would be beneficial. I’m not saying this was a hoax, I’m just trying to get as much information as possible to understand what the video is showing. I appreciate your time in reading this. I hope to hear back from you. Have a good day.” However, Heather did not reply to his message, so the mystery continues…

More Information Needed

A Similar Case

Another bizarre story happened to Maritza Elizabeth from Naperville, Illinois. She shared her strange story on social media, which was equally as baffling and horrifying. One again, she had a baby monitor to help her figure out what was going on.

A Similar Case

Nightly Routine

The young mother was following her usual nighttime routine of putting her baby to bed and turning on the monitor to make sure everything was okay. One night, she noticed something unusual that absolutely freaked her out.

Nightly Routine

She Explained

She wrote in her Facebook post: “So last night I was positive there was a ghost baby in the bed with my son. I was so freaked out, I barely slept. I even tried creeping in there with a flashlight while my son was sleeping.”

She Explained

What Was Going On?

When she took a look at the baby monitor, she saw a strange ghostly apparition of a baby that was lying right next to her baby boy. She was so scared so she immediately went in to investigate. When she took a look at the crib, there was nothing there. What was happening?

What Was Going On?

Absolutely Terrifying

Maritza was sure that she saw a strange, ghost-like image in the baby monitor, but there was nothing there in the crib. She barely slept that night, tossing and turning and trying to understand what on earth was going on. In the morning, she returned to her son’s crib to investigate.

Absolutely Terrifying

The Explanation

In the end, there was a big misunderstanding. Maritza said: “Well, this morning I go to investigate a bit further. It turns out my husband just forgot to put the mattress protector on when he changed the sheets. I could kill him.” The “ghost” that she was seeing was just the printed photo of the baby on the mattress.

The Explanation

Viral Story

The picture of the baby is usually not visible when it is covered by a mattress protector, but her husband forgot to put one on. Maritza’s story went viral, with 158,000 shares and 260,000 likes. The story really resonated with a lot of other people.

Viral Story

The Responses

Maritza enjoyed reading the comments on the post. One person said: “That looks terrifying on the monitor, no wonder you were freaking out.” Another user commented: “Omg I would’ve lost my s*** and ran in there! Or let’s be honest, I’d make my husband run in there!”

The Responses

The Psychology Behind It

To this day, many people still truly believe in paranormal activity and that seeing ghosts is a real possibility. Psychologists explain that a lot of these “paranormal sightings” can be explained by brain behavior. They explain that many times our brains can trick us into thinking that there is something there when it is not.

The Psychology Behind It

Out Of Body Experiences

According to an article in the BBC: “Out-of-body experiences, meanwhile, are now accepted neurological phenomena, while certain visual illusions could confound the healthy brain and create mythical beings.” That means that our brains can literally trick us into thinking that we’re seeing ghosts or going through out of body experiences.

Out Of Body Experiences