While talking with my parents, I suddenly remembered this, so I wanted to write it down. It might not be "mysterious" exactly, but...
I think it was during summer vacation when I was around the fifth grade. I was watching a TV show called "The World You Don't Know" at my grandma's house, which was close to mine. My grandma and my mother had gone out shopping, so I was all alone watching TV.
Then, the phone suddenly rang. It was a commercial break, and since nobody else was home, I had no choice but to answer it. When I picked up and said, "Hello," what I heard from the other end was the cute voice of a little girl. Probably around kindergarten age. "Mom, is she there?"
Thinking she might be asking for my mother, I answered, "She's not here. She's out right now." "Mom, is she there?" She kept asking the exact same thing over and over. Getting a little annoyed, I just kept repeating, "She's not here."
"Mom, is she there?" Thinking she might be looking for her own mother, I asked, "Are you looking for your mom?" In halting, childish words, she replied: "Mom isn't here. My big brother died. My daddy died, too."
Even as an elementary school student, I thought this might be a serious problem, and I didn't know how to respond. While I was struggling for words, she kept repeating, "Where is Mom?"
Then, growing increasingly irritated, I shouted, "Your mom isn't here!!" Suddenly, the girl said, "It's you," in a low, man-like voice (like the slow-motion voices you often hear on TV). At that exact moment, I felt the blood drain from my whole body, and I slammed the phone down.
I changed the channel on the TV and went outside, staying there until my grandma and mom came back from shopping. When I told them about it after they returned, they said, "Wasn't it just a creepy prank call?" I certainly hope it was. But even now, just remembering this story gives me goosebumps. Who on earth was that little girl? I feel like towards the end, she might have been crying.
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