When dealing with the UFO phenomenon and related appearances, and searching for witnesses by placing advertisements, it is inevitable that people get in touch whose experiences have nothing to do with the core ufological topic.
In this case, a lady from Grünwald (Munich, Bavaria) contacted us in February 2012, who had a rather bizarre experience in 1998. Usually, there is only one witness for such appearances, but in this case, there were three in total.
In 1998, she moved from Cologne to Munich for professional reasons and rented a house in the posh suburb. About four months passed during which nothing special happened in her new domicile.
Then, thanks to a diary entry, we know the exact date, on May 4, 1998, at around 2 a.m. at night, while the woman was sleeping in her bedroom, she was awakened.
The first impression she had was described by her as a "laundry room". It was incredibly hot, the air was stuffy and impossible to breathe.
She stood up to check the radiator, but only found that it was turned off. She then wanted to go to the other end of the room to the window to open it, when she noticed a figure standing in a corner by the window.
Since enough stray light fell into the room from the nearby street lighting, she could recognize the dark intruder quite well. He was about 180 cm tall and wore a robe or a monk's habit. An overly long beak protruded from his face. [For this reason, she also referred to the entity to us as the "birdman"].
Panicked, she ran out of the house because she thought she was dealing with a burglar, woke the neighbors, and called the police. The officers searched the house but could not find anything unusual.
When she described to the police officers what the "burglar" looked like, the two men looked at each other rather strangely. It was not clear to the witness whether they now took her for a crazy person or if the story somehow sounded familiar to them.
Around two weeks later, the scenario repeated itself, but this time the intruder vanished into thin air. The witness explained the incident to herself as a bizarre dream, but avoided the bedroom and from then on spent the night in the guest room, where she was not bothered.
Just under three months later, her mother came to visit from the Rhineland. Since the episode with the "birdman" was "explained" as a dream, she accommodated her in the comfortable bedroom. However, the sleep did not last long. The witness was awakened in the night by a piercing scream that came from her mother.
The two women ran into each other on the stairs, and the mother reported in a panic about a ghost with a long nose that had been in the room and then dissolved. In addition, she also mentioned the "laundry room atmosphere". From then on, both women stayed overnight in the guest room.
The witness had now had enough, terminated the lease, and moved out. One of the movers was her brother. On the day in question, he was the last one left in the house to collect his tools.
He rested, drank a beer, and wanted to leave the building. Packed with all his gear, he left the first floor and noticed a cloaked figure with a long nose looking in his direction at the top of the stairs.
At first, he thought it was a joke by his sister [she had not mentioned the real reasons for the move to him because he is quite down-to-earth and would have laughed at her].
However, after the stranger dissolved like "fog" [original quote], he had to rethink his views. He reported it to his sister, and only from that point on did the family members share their experiences with each other.
While researching the case, it struck me quite quickly that the "birdman" looked like a plague doctor with a beak mask. In past times, it was assumed that the plague was transmitted by vapors and fumes in the air, and for that reason, doctors put on such masks. Tinctures, such as vinegar, were then usually placed in the front part to "kill" the plague pathogen.
On site, I noticed the spatial proximity to Grünwald Castle. There I inquired whether there had been any outbreaks of disease in the vicinity of the castle, which was affirmed. The dead were then buried in "wild" cemeteries. Although these can no longer be precisely located today, it was clear that the various new buildings now stand on top of them.
I also contacted the landlord of the property, who, however, did not show himself to be very cooperative. He also expressly forbade me to publish pictures of the house in connection with the "ghost experience" because he otherwise feared a reduction in value.
The witnesses [I spoke to the main witness personally and talked to her mother and brother on the phone] made a normal and credible impression on me. I am sure that they did not lie to me or allow themselves a "joke".
As I gathered from the phone call with the owner, the house is vacant once again and has always caused him "trouble"…!
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