My sister's kid asked if our old dog ever came back after he died, and I swear the house got cold for a second.

Robert Murray · 2026-04-03T04:35:05.604712+00:00

We were at my place in Tacoma last Tuesday, and my niece, who's six, just looked up from her coloring book and asked that out of the blue. I told her no, but later that night, I heard his specific collar jingle from the empty hallway. Has anyone had a weird moment like that, where a kid's question seemed to trigger something?

emmamason5mo ago

Old houses in Tacoma make all sorts of noises.

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thomasgonzalez5mo ago

Check for loose floorboards and pipes, @emmamason, that fixed most of our weird house sounds lol.

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charles7205mo ago

Man, I was a total skeptic about this stuff for years. Then my little cousin asked where her grandma went after the funeral, and that same afternoon her grandma's favorite song came on three different radios. No explanation for it. Changed my whole view. Kids seem to poke holes in reality sometimes, and things slip through. Your story about the collar jingle gives me chills.

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danielm803mo ago

Man, the kid's question triggering something really hit home for me. We had a similar thing with my own daughter asking about our cat Mittens after she passed, and I swear the rocking chair in the corner started creaking on its own that same night. What worked for us was just acknowledging it out loud. I said something like "Mittens, we miss you too" and my daughter smiled, then the room felt warm again. I'm not saying it's ghosts or anything, but sometimes it feels like kids just know how to open a door we forgot was there. Did your niece notice anything else that night when you heard the jingle?

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