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‘My younger sister and I were playing in the woods behind our grandparents’ house with our family dog. Our grandparents’ property was fairly large so we liked to go exploring. On the backside of the property was a hilly area with a good-sized creek running along the low areas. I had always enjoyed taking long walks there. That day, my sister who was around six years old at the time ran ahead of me and then off to the right over the top of the hill and down to the creek. The dog stayed with me. As I went to follow my sister, the dog became very still and started leaning against me with his hackles raised though he didn’t bark or growl. He was focusing intently on something off to our left. It wasn’t my sister because she had gone off to our right. When I looked up to see what had the dog so worked up, I saw a woman. She was wearing a long, white dress and was walking toward us but there was no noise of crunching leaves or anything. It was completely silent and still. The birds and wind didn’t even make a sound. She was beautiful and seemed to glow a little like she was a little brighter than everything else around her. She looked at me smiled and waved. I was feeling kind of shocked and just stood there staring back at her. My dog made some kind of noise and pushed against me some more and I looked down at him. When I looked up again, the woman was gone. My sister hadn’t seen anything.’ ‘Her hair was dark blonde and was long and loose. She was wearing a long white dress and seemed to be brighter than her surroundings like she maybe glowed a little.’