"Alarming" Events

Following on the heels of my friend's experience with the strange footsteps on the old staircase (I have two staircases, one modern and one old), I thought that things would quiet down for a spell. Hah!

The other morning, I was woken suddenly because all 3 of my smoke detectors were going off. I jumped out of bed and started sniffing to see if I could smell smoke. I knew that I didn't have anything turned on so wasn't really alarmed that a fire had broken out.

Living in Roselane has almost conditioned me to on-going events; however, what surprised me was the shortened time-span this time around the block. My company had just left. I'd spent a night or two, sub-consciously listening for those footsteps on the stairs, but nothing seemed overly amiss (I say "overly" because the house always makes noises) and I started to relax.

Now, the alarms were screaming for no apparent reason. I went to my electrical panel and flicked the main shut-off, but still they continued to sound. The noise was deafening! I thought that the neighbors would be wondering what the heck was going on. I unscrewed the cap on one detector and tried to see inside, which was difficult because the ceiling was so high. I was tempted to just rip the thing from the ceiling--anything to stop the deafening noise, which had being going on now for quite some time.

Next, I called my electrician. It was early in the morning so I got no response. I left a message and tried again later and finally got him. He knew or rather heard what was happening and instructed me to remove the batteries.

I went down to the dining room and did so with the detector that had been installed there. It was easier to reach. I pressed the button to shut the smoke detector off. Each time I left the room, it turned on again. Hmm . . . It was definitely the culprit and was setting the others off. I guess removing the battery had caused it to revert back and draw current. Finally, I was instructed to disconnect the darn thing.

Now, readers of this blog will be aware that before we ever moved into Roselane, we saw an orb with an apparent face in it, in one of the real estate photos in the dining room/laundry room area. We sensed a death presence in that room and a neighbor confirmed that a fellow had died in the dining room 6 years before.

Shortly after this, my daughter's friend came and tried to take pictures--but her new camera kept malfunctioning in the dining room, while working perfectly anywhere else in the house.

Next, a stroller simply tipped over. I had it leaning back against a pipe and it somehow went against the force of gravity and tipped itself over, as if blocking the doorway from the dining room into the laundry room.

In recent weeks, I've had the curtain on the dining room window fling itself off the window. I rehung it, tightening the rod, but two nights later, I heard a strange sound downstairs and when I went to investigate the curtain was back on the floor!

Now, just days later, the smoke detector in the dining room was malfunctioning, stubbornly tuning itself on repeatedly. The smoke detectors were new but my electrician tells me that the battery back-up models sometimes do this.

I have no problem with that, what I find curious is that out of three new detectors, why was it the smoke detector in the dining room that went haywire?