Grim reaper at Wedding rehearsal
My first marriage. We chose a church that I had been in the choir as a boy.

Chetwynd church was beautiful. Set amongst woodland, with a tall spire.. the kind you see an artist paint..so idylic it had to be someones imagination.. I always heard tales of it being haunted as a kid, but what I experienced as a man truly shit me up, and I will never forget it as long as I live.

I was in a loveless relationship, and I got badgered by my wife to be and the mother in law to tie the knot.. I didn't want to upset anyone so I went along with it.

How bad is that ! Anyway.. we got married in November, and a week or so prior we had a rehearsal at the church..about 6pm so it was really dusky.

As we left the church I was at the back of the queue of parents, bridesmaids etc etc. stood chatting to my best man. My wife to be was having problems opening the church gate and we waited, looking out onto the side road that ran along side the church.

A figure was stood on the road looking straight at me.

I can only explain it as a "shadow in the dark" which is bizarre in itself. It had a hooded cloak on and looked just like the Grim Reaper.

I stood transfixed.

Then a cars lights peeped over the brow of the hill.. and I watched as this thing, turned its head towards the light, and then shot off in the opposite direction. I turned to my best man and said "Please tell me you saw that" !? His face was as white as a sheet. Then amazingly, the wife managed to open the gate.

It was a sign.. who it was, I'm not sure.

We were married for 5 years before I had enough and we divorced. Now, 4 years on, I am ready to get married again..but this time, I can't wait !! =)

I do know this.. call it hell or whatever.. there is something, lets say "unsavoury", running parallel to our existence.. but it just isn't worth worrying about, we'll all find out in time.
(TheRiddler Hmmmmm... I concur., Fri 4 Jul 2008, 10:22, Reply)