Woman in one color seen at a childhood bedroom window on Long Island
A caller named [name withheld], phoning from Orlando, describes a ghost they say they saw as a six- or seven-year-old child at the window of their bedroom on Long Island. It was a woman in her thirties, all greenish-gray, whose face they recall as compassionate. They say they ran out of the room screaming and told no one until about age 25. Their sister then told them she had seen the same thing in the house. They mention that their family moved out about a year later and that the buyers left about two months after that, without claiming a link.
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The story as told
[name withheld], calling from Orlando and listening on the internet, tells Art Bell about something that happened when they were [quote withheld] while living on Long Island. They say they saw [quote withheld] in their bedroom window, which they remember [quote withheld] Asked what it looked like, they describe [quote withheld] generally all one color, [quote withheld] The caller says they could see emotion on her face and that she [quote withheld] The caller adds that if they saw it today they would not be frightened, but at the time they ran out of their room screaming; they say they never told anyone until they were about 25, when they mentioned it to their sister. She told them she had also seen the same thing in the house, and they agree with Art’s suggestion that it was in the area of the house rather than visiting them specifically (“I would imagine”), and say it was [quote withheld] Their parents never mentioned anything, they say. The family moved out about a year later, and the people who bought the house moved out about two months afterward: [quote withheld] The caller says they were too young at the time to have passed the information on to the buyers. Asked whether they told their parents, they say their grandmother was babysitting that evening and [quote withheld] Art thanks them and ends the call, then remarks, “An entity.”
Reported events, in order
- 0:04
[name withheld] identifies themself as calling from Orlando and says they are listening on the internet.
- 0:12
They say that quite a few years ago, when they were about six or seven, they lived on Long Island.
- 0:20
They report seeing a ghost of some kind in their bedroom window.
- 0:38
They say it was a definite female, a woman who appeared to be in her thirties.
- 0:44
They describe her as generally all one color, greenish or grayish.
- 0:54
They say they could see emotion on her face and that she looked at them with compassion. They say they would not be frightened today, but that they ran out of their room screaming.
- 1:10
They say they never told anyone about it until they were about 25, when they mentioned it to their sister.
- 1:16
Their sister told them she had also seen the same thing in their house.
- 1:32
They agree it seems to have been in the area of the house rather than visiting them specifically, and say it was a one-time event.
- 1:38
They say their parents never mentioned anything, and that the family moved out about a year afterward.
- 1:45
They say the people who bought the house moved out about two months afterward, adding that they do not know whether that is related.
- 2:20
They say their grandmother, who was babysitting that evening, remembers them running out of their room screaming.
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 0:20
The caller says they saw a ghost in their bedroom window as a child.
- observation· 0:38
The caller describes the figure as a woman who appeared to be in her thirties.
- observation· 0:44
The caller says the figure was generally all one color, greenish or grayish.
- observation· 0:54
The caller says they could see emotion on her face and that she appeared to look at them with compassion.
- hearsay· 1:16
The caller’s sister reportedly told them she had also seen the same thing in the house.
- hearsay· 2:20
The caller’s grandmother, who was babysitting that evening, reportedly remembers them running out of their room screaming.
- observation· 1:45
The caller says the people who bought the house moved out about two months afterward. They explicitly do not claim this is related.
- host statement· 1:54
The host describes the reported presence as an entity that tended to appear by the caller’s bed at night.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
This is a coherent, consistent first-person story with several concrete details and no self-contradictions. But it rests on a childhood memory of a single brief event, and the obvious ordinary readings of a child seeing something at a window are not addressed.
Evidence for and against
- Direct firsthand witness: [quote withheld]
- Concrete details: age six or seven, Long Island, the figure’s apparent age and color, the flight from the room, the family’s later move.
- Consistent answers to the host’s questions, including agreeing that it seemed tied to the house rather than to them: “I would imagine.”
- The memory is of a single event at age six or seven, recalled as an adult.
- No town, date, or other detail that can be checked independently is supplied.
- No one else backs it up on air. The sister’s and grandmother’s stories are reported, not heard.
- The labels showing who is speaking are unreliable in places (for example, [quote withheld]), though the sense is clear.
- The caller does not give the time of day.
- 0:12
- 1:37
- 1:38
What the model inferred (not said on air): The 60 is a judgment call: solid firsthand closeness and consistency, marked down for a childhood memory recalled decades later, few specifics that can be checked, and an ordinary reading that goes unaddressed.
Only the caller’s own word is offered on air, plus two claimed witnesses who do not speak. A few details that could be checked (first name, Orlando, Long Island) are given, but nothing is checked or examined.
Evidence for and against
- The caller gives a first name and two places: [quote withheld] and [quote withheld]
- A second witness is claimed: their sister reportedly saw the same thing.
- A third claimed witness: their grandmother reportedly remembers the screaming.
- No physical evidence of any kind is claimed.
- No second witness speaks on air.
- No date, town, address, or record is given.
- No town, address, date, or document is given, so nothing could be checked even in principle without more information.
- The labels showing who is speaking are wrong in several places, so the exact wording of a few lines is uncertain.
- 1:16
- 2:20
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is placed at a score of 11 to 25 rather than 0 to 10 because a first name, two places, and two claimed additional witnesses are given, even though none can be checked or was examined.
A ghost seen by a six- or seven-year-old at their bedroom window, which drove them to run out of the room screaming, is moderately unsettling. But the reported expression is gentle, and the story ends without threat or escalation.
Evidence for and against
- An intrusion into a child’s bedroom: “my bedroom window.”
- The child reportedly fled screaming: [quote withheld] and “screaming and.”
- The ominous aside that the next occupants left about two months later.
- The figure is described as looking at them “with compassion.”
- The caller says they would not be frightened if they saw it today.
- A single, brief event that did not recur.
- The caller does not state the time of day. The night setting comes from the host’s framing.
- 0:25
- 0:54
What the model inferred (not said on air): The child-in-bedroom setting and the flight from the room supply the unease. The reported compassionate expression and the calm tone of the telling keep it from rising higher.
The frame is familiar: a figure seen by a child at a window. It is combined with a few distinctive details (the greenish-gray color all over, a compassionate expression, and the later departure of the buyers).
Evidence for and against
- An uncommon color description: [quote withheld]
- An unusual emotional tone for a ghost: [quote withheld]
- The later aside that the buyers left after about two months.
- The core motif, a figure at a bedroom window, is a stock ghost-story element.
- A single, brief sighting that did not recur.
- The score compared with the rest of the archive is provisional for this pilot and may shift as more stories are added.
- 0:44
- 0:54
What the model inferred (not said on air): The ghost at a window and the compassionate female figure are familiar. The single color all over, the compassion detail, and the later departure of the buyers are the distinctive elements.
Scoring confidence 0.70 · analysis confidence 0.75 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand childhood memory; A claimed second witness (their sister) who does not speak on air; A claimed third party (their grandmother), said to remember the screaming, who does not speak on air. The originality score blends the model's score (48) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- A childhood dream, waking images, or imagination centered on a familiar place (the bedroom window). · The caller gives their age as [quote withheld] and describes a single event: [quote withheld]
- A living person seen outside through the window, whose appearance was changed by glass, lighting, or darkness. · The sighting is placed at “my bedroom window” and is described as all one color, [quote withheld]
What stands out
The figure is described as all one color, “greenish or grayish,” and as showing “compassion” rather than menace. The caller mentions the later departure of the house’s buyers as an unexplained aside rather than as evidence.
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