Atlanta house, dog avoiding the bedroom, and a black dog seen during an out-of-body experience
A caller who gives their first name as [name withheld] describes a house they bought in downtown Atlanta in the early 1990s. Their Jack Russell Terrier refused to sleep in the bedroom. They say that after practicing out-of-body experiences for several months, they saw a small black dog during one of them. It was lapping at the floor beside the wall where the dog’s mouse blood was regularly splattered. The dog and any liquid were gone when they returned to their body. Years later, as they sold the house, a next-door neighbor told them of a couple who lived there in the 1950s and of a suicide in that bedroom. She said the couple had owned a small black dog.
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The story as told
The caller, who gives their first name as [name withheld], says the story begins in the early 1990s, when they bought a roughly 60-year-old house in downtown Atlanta. Soon after moving in, they say, their Jack Russell Terrier refused to sleep in the bedroom. They call this unlike her, since she normally liked to be on the bed. She would go in for about a second and come straight back out. The only exception, they say, was when she caught a mouse and took it into the bedroom to kill and shake it, splattering blood on one particular wall. After a few years in the house they began practicing out-of-body experiences. They had listened to the show and read books they name as Albert Taylor’s and “Bill Buhlman's.” After about three or four months they report their first one. They say they floated above their body and could see in every direction at once, and that it [quote withheld] The caller then saw a shape against the wall where the mouse blood was splattered and made it out as a small black dog, [quote withheld] lapping at the ground as if at a pool of liquid. Startled, they say they shot back into their body, turned on the light, and found no dog and no liquid. They say they did not know what to make of it. A few years later, when they sold the house, their next-door neighbor told them the house’s history. She was a woman of about 80 who they say had lived there for about 50 years, and she had not wanted to tell them while they lived there. She said that in the 1950s a young newlywed couple had bought the house. The husband was killed in a car accident a few blocks away and was decapitated. The distraught wife returned to the bedroom and shot herself in the head. The neighbor said she heard the shot and saw blood splattered on the far bedroom wall, the same wall the caller’s dog had stained. Asked whether the couple had owned pets, she said they had owned a small black dog. The caller says they never again had an out-of-body experience in that bedroom.
Reported events, in order
- 0:16
In the early 1990s the caller buys a roughly 60-year-old house in downtown Atlanta.
- 0:27
Their Jack Russell Terrier starts refusing to sleep in the bedroom, which they describe as unusual for the dog.
- 0:56
The one exception is when the dog kills a mouse in the bedroom and shakes it, splattering blood on one particular wall.
- 1:27
After a few years in the house they begin practicing out-of-body experiences using methods from books they name.
- 1:51
After about three or four months of practice they report their first out-of-body experience.
- 2:14
They report floating above their body and seeing in all directions at once.
- 2:24
They see a shape against the wall where the mouse blood was splattered.
- 2:32
They see the shape as a small black dog, like a black poodle, lapping at the ground as if at a pool of liquid.
- 2:58
Startled, they return to their body, switch on the light, and find no dog and no liquid.
- 3:12
A few years later, when selling the house, their elderly next-door neighbor tells them the house’s history.
- 3:30
The neighbor says a young newlywed couple bought the house in the 1950s and the husband was killed in a car accident a few blocks away.
- 4:04
The neighbor says the wife returned to the house and shot herself in the bedroom.
- 4:23
The neighbor says she saw blood splattered on the wall, the same wall the caller’s dog had stained.
- 4:42
The neighbor says the couple owned a small black dog.
- 4:54
The caller says they never again had an out-of-body experience in that bedroom.
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· 0:27
The caller’s Jack Russell Terrier refused to sleep in the bedroom after they moved in, which they call unlike her.
- observation· 1:27
After several years in the house the caller began practicing out-of-body experiences.
- observation· 2:32
During an out-of-body experience the caller saw a small black dog against the wall where the mouse blood was splattered.
- observation· 2:38
The dog seemed to be lapping at the ground as if at a pool of liquid.
- observation· 2:58
When the caller returned to their body and switched on the light, no dog was there.
- observation· 3:03
No liquid was on the floor either, the caller says.
- hearsay· 3:30
A neighbor told the caller a young newlywed couple had bought the house in the 1950s.
- hearsay· 4:04
The neighbor said the wife returned to the house after her husband’s fatal accident and shot herself in the bedroom.
- hearsay· 4:23
The neighbor said she saw blood splattered on the same bedroom wall the caller’s dog had stained with mouse blood.
- hearsay· 4:42
The neighbor said the couple had owned a small black dog.
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 clear, specific first-person story. But its central claim rests on a subjective altered state that an ordinary explanation fits readily, and the matching history is secondhand and arrives years later. It is scored in the upper-middle range, held back by those weaknesses.
Evidence for and against
- Firsthand story of events the caller says they experienced.
- Concrete details: downtown Atlanta, a roughly 60-year-old house bought in the early 1990s, a named breed, named authors on out-of-body experiences, a specific wall.
- A coherent sequence with no self-contradiction and direct answers to the host’s questions.
- The central sighting happens during a deliberately induced altered state ([quote withheld] [quote withheld]), when ordinary imagery can fit easily.
- The match with the house history comes from an unnamed neighbor years afterward, and the caller themselves offers no settled explanation.
- Time of day is never stated.
- The neighbor’s story cannot be examined, and the neighbor is not on air.
- 0:27
- 2:32
- 3:07
What the model inferred (not said on air): The split in the scoring (high for closeness to the source, low for alternative explanations) is my own judgment. The details cited come from the transcript.
Nothing outside the story is checked, and no physical evidence is produced. It sits in the low range, with checkable details named but unverified and one claimed witness who does not appear on air.
Evidence for and against
- Details that could in principle be checked are given: downtown Atlanta, a house about 60 years old bought in the early 1990s, a couple in the 1950s.
- A second witness (the neighbor) is claimed for the earlier history, though not for the strange sighting itself.
- No photograph, recording, document, address, or physical trace is offered or examined.
- The only backing comes from a neighbor who does not speak on air.
- The neighbor’s existence, statements, and timeframe are unverified.
- 3:22
What the model inferred (not said on air): The placement follows the scoring guide. The lack of documentation is a fact about the transcript.
The death, suicide, and blood in a bedroom give the story real unease. But the reported encounter itself is brief and not threatening, which keeps this in the middle range.
Evidence for and against
- Something intrudes into a private bedroom ([quote withheld] beside the bed).
- A death history that includes a decapitation and a suicide in the same bedroom.
- The match with the blood on the wall, and an unresolved ending.
- The caller tells it in a matter-of-fact, conversational way and expresses bafflement rather than a sense of threat.
- The dog the caller saw behaves passively, licking rather than menacing.
- 4:04
- 4:23
What the model inferred (not said on air): The creepiness score is my own judgment, from a listener’s point of view, applied to the reported content.
The frame is a familiar ghost story, with an unusual combination of an out-of-body sighting, an animal ghost, and a specific stain that matches the history. That puts provisional originality above the stock level.
Evidence for and against
- The ghost is seen during a self-induced out-of-body experience rather than in ordinary waking life.
- A distinctive link: a dog that bloodies one wall, a ghost lapping at that same floor, and a reported suicide against that same wall, with the couple said to have owned a small black dog.
- Familiar building blocks: an old house, a pet that avoids a room, a ghost in the bedroom, a death in the house’s past.
- Comparison with the rest of the archive has not yet been done for this pilot story.
- 4:33
- 4:42
What the model inferred (not said on air): This is a provisional estimate. Comparison with the rest of the archive is calculated separately and may shift the score.
Scoring confidence 0.72 · analysis confidence 0.80 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: The caller’s firsthand story of the out-of-body experience and the dog’s behavior; Secondhand house history from a neighbor who does not speak on air; No photograph, recording, document, or address, and no examination of evidence. The originality score blends the model's score (62) 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 self-induced trance or relaxed state, with images seen while falling asleep, could produce a vivid but unreal image, including the small black dog. · The caller says it [quote withheld] and [quote withheld] It was a self-induced altered state, experienced in the bedroom.
- The dog’s reluctance to enter the bedroom could have ordinary causes, such as an odor, a noise, or an established dislike of the room, unrelated to anything strange. · The caller says [quote withheld] so the bedroom had recurring mouse activity.
- The matching detail may reflect the caller connecting two separately reported facts after hearing the neighbor’s history, rather than a verified coincidence at the time. · The match between the wall stain and the neighbor’s story is reported years later, after the fact ([quote withheld]).
What stands out
The ghost is reported during a self-induced out-of-body experience rather than in ordinary waking life. It is tied to a very specific place: the bedroom wall and floor where the caller’s dog regularly splattered mouse blood, which the neighbor later linked to a reported suicide in the same room.
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