We never really learned a lot in that class....
This is not first-hand, but there you go...

Years ago, back in secondary school, my German-language teacher told the class a story from her past.

At 13 years old, she and her class were taken on a school trip, where they stayed in an old hotel/guesthouse - formerly an old, large farmhouse, or something similar. One morning the teachers and the owners quizzed her at breakfast to find out if she remembered any of the events of that night. She had apparently been sleepwalking and was found banging on a wall, downstairs whilst demanding to "let the children out".

She admitted she had little memory of this - only that she had experienced some bad dreams - but couldn't quite remember what they were.

A few years later she received word that the owners of the hotel had decided on renovating the property. Upon taking down some old plaster from some of the walls, they discovered an old door that had been blocked in by previous residents – she believed it was roughly where she had been found in the middle of that night. The doorway led down to a small basement room, which contained - the now very old - remains of two children...
( theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Mon 17 Sep 2012, 12:20, Reply)