The Old Vestor Manor

[snopes]

Comment: This is a True Story.


About 10 years ago, my father's friend was near Boston,
visiting friends in late October. He took his daughter out
trick-or-treating. About half hour into it, they went up to a
big house. The sign above the door read,
"Vesto Manor - 1906".
There was no one else around this house, which although
he found to be odd. The knocked on the door, but no one
answered. They were about to go to the next house when
he heard an eerie voice call out. He thought it was saying,
"around the back...come to the back."

He told his daughter to wait on the front porch while he
checked out who was talking. There was nothing around
the back, so he went back to get his daughter, but she
wasn't there. He called out her name, but no one answered.
The he saw it. With horror stretched across his face
as he read the words,
"She's Home Now"
written in what looked to be fresh blood.

He rapped on the door, but it was locked shut. He called out,
but no one heard. He rushed home, trying to figure out what
to tell his wife when he got home. He bust in the door and to
his shock and amazement, there was his daughter and wife
sitting on the couch watching tv. He asked what happened
to her, but she looked confused. She said,
"But daddy, I never went trick-or-treating with you.
You left about 30 minutes ago by yourself!"

He was trying to figure out what was going on when he
noticed the newspaper sitting on the mantle. The articled on
the cover read, "This Halloween is the 50th anniversary of
the dissappearance of 10-year-old Rita Vester, who lived in
the old Vestor Manor." Then he saw the picture...
it looked just like his own daughter."

Oy... the only thing horrific about that story is the lack of proofreading skills the submitter possesses.

[Lancastrian]

Most families pick one spelling of their name and use it exclusively instead of mixing it up with three choices, even "near Boston".

[kitap]

Originally Posted by Lancastrian

Most families pick one spelling of their name and use it exclusively instead of mixing it up with three choices, even "near Boston".

With a lat name like Vestor, I was sure hoping that someone's first name would be In.

So dad wanders blankly out the door and no one says anything?

[Lancastrian]

Originally Posted by kitap

With a lat name like Vestor, I was sure hoping that someone's first name would be In.

So dad wanders blankly out the door and no one says anything?

I also like his sister Di.

Well, these are the same people who seem to prop up the day's paper on the mantel like a piece of fancy art so Dad can read it later. They're a little off.

[Dr. Winston O'Boogie]

Originally Posted by Lancastrian

I also like his sister Di.

And their cat, Syl. Thufferin' Thucatath!

[lynnejanet]

My verdict: Grade seven girl's attempt at writing a Halloween narrative.

I've read far, far too many of these.

[Ezri]

That story was fantacrap (A fantastic piece of crap)

[zephyra]

It's craptastic. Craptacular, even!

[Jelly Bean Queen]

Frankly your skepticism stuns me. It's real I tells ya, as real as the signals my tin foil hat keeps away....

PS As a teacher I've read an awful lot of tales just like that one with spelling just as special as the spelling in that story.

[finkles2000]

Yeah, it kind of smacks of junior high-ness. Like, "Ooh, no one was there! Oh, wait, and there's a voice! And then his daughter's gone! And there's a creepy message in blood, add that too! And THEN, it turns out that his daughter is at home! Sweet..." Ugh, too much. I googled "vestor manor" and the story is on a site called funbun in the Halloween section, and you can email it to all your friends. Provided they're 13 and would believe it.

[bthyb]

You gotta love a plot twist that makes the story less serious instead of more...

No, your daughter's not dead! It's just a ghost, silly.

[Izzy Quigley]

Originally Posted by kitap

With a lat name like Vestor, I was sure hoping that someone's first name would be In.

After In was convicted of sexual crimes in 1895, he became known as "The Vestor Molestor."

[Enchanting_eyes]

Where is Scooby and the Gang when you need them.

This so could be an episode of Scooby Doo, wait it may have already been.

E* Watches Scooby with her boy* E

[PallasAthena]

I read this through a couple of times and I just plain don't get it. So he took her trick-or-treating, but he really just wandered off by himself, but she wasn't even at home either? Craptacular indeed.

[fictionallie]

Originally Posted by Lancastrian

Well, these are the same people who seem to prop up the day's paper on the mantel like a piece of fancy art so Dad can read it later. They're a little off.

And they must also live in a very small, "off" town, because why would any newspaper waste the whole front page headline on the death and disappearance of a girl from 50 years prior? Plus, the headline is ridiculously long. Must be a wide-set newspaper.

Slow news day?