THOMAS I was born and raised in Pennsylvania just 30 minutes outside of Valley Forge. Over my childhood, I have had experiences with a spirit that would visit my room at night to check up on me, and later in life, had personal experiences in Valley Forge.Protective SpiritWhen I was growing up in my parents’ home, which was built for my parents, every night I would lie in my bed. I would hear footsteps start at my bed, go through my closet into our back bedroom, into the hallway, and down the hall. It would then enter my room, and stop at my bed. Then repeat the loop over and over never stopping anywhere else but at my bed. Then one night I was in my parents’ room watching TV. I decided to fall asleep in their bed until they came up to sleep. The footsteps started in my room, entered the back room, down the hall, and then entered my parents’ room, (which it had never done before) stopped at the foot of their bed, then back in my room, and continued to make the loop entering my parents room while I was in there. This only happened upstairs. If I slept downstairs, there were no footsteps. I never felt threatened. I just felt like someone was watching over me.Valley Forge Experience Then as a teenager, my friends and I were in Valley Forge around 2:00-2:30 am on a cold October night. My Ex and I were in between the cabins to stay out of the wind. After hearing a lot of noises I was able to figure out what they were from. At one point we heard what sounded like a man with a walking stick, so staying hidden we noticed a guy (real person) walking through the park. Considering the time and weather and no houses around made it seem really off. So when he went off out of sight we went back to sit out of the wind. That is when we saw a soldier from the knees up walk right to left at the end of the cabins. I was able to convince my ex to go and check it out. There were three cabins to our left. The first two cabins were empty. When we got to the third, just inside on the left, was the soldier squatted down with his rifle over his left shoulder. The face showed hollow, black eyes with sagging bags under them. I wanted to go inside because heck, Disney can put a hologram in between you on rides, so this can’t be real. I wanted to figure this out. As I took a step down into the cabin, I tried saying, “I mean you no harm,” but when I got to “I mean you no…..” my ex pulled me out and said we are out of here! So I know what I saw was the residual of a soldier.These experiences sparked an interest in finding out more about the paranormal ever since. And I look forward to having more experiences and sharing them with you.