Alangrua.

Alangrua= haunted

Our apartment= Alangrua

Now this is a rather touchy subject for my roommate but it's time that I share this experience with everyone else. Hey, it's one that I will want to share in the years to come so I better put it in writing. 

I can't remember when it exactly started happening but it was sure during the Winter time right before Christmas break. The highschoolers had been teasing us (like usual) that we were going to be Alangrua. We use to laugh it off. Mary would yell at them that it wasn't funny at all but it wasn't something that we ever really took seriously. 

Until it all began. Mary started hearing noises in the wall that was like an alarm clock, with a very distinct tone. After realizing that it wasn't my alarm she started to freak out. I laughed because at the time to me it was pretty funny. Mary would also wake up in the middle of the night and her lamp would be on. She couldn't remember if she had turned it on in the middle of the night or if it was turning on by itself. 

One morning I woke up and was getting ready for school. While I was going to the bathroom I heard these little voices singing (it almost sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks) so I opened at the door thinking that I had left my ipod on (I don't even have Alvin and the Chipmunk music) and heard nothing. When I closed the door the voices started laughing. Well that got me, I went to school that day and told me aide about what was going on. 

After school, I was sitting in the office and some of the staff heard about what was going on at our apartment and they said that we were being Alangrua by Irrcinraq (little people). We learned that we are living on Irrcinraq land and sometimes they come and bother the people living there. We were assured that they meant no harm. We were even told that if we ever caught one, we could have three wished granted. 

That night she came over and saged our house while telling the spirits to leave. She also saged Mary and myself and told us that we need to pray everyday, buy sage and sage our house and ourselves everyday and if we hear them that we need to confront them (yeah right) She also hung a crucifix outside my bedroom door. 

We left for Christmas break...thankful that we would have a 2 week break from alangruaqing. 

So last week, I started to hear tapping noises at the top of my wall during the night. The tapping always sounds different (I still hear it everynight) so I know that it's not wind or anything doing it. I have even confronted those noises and told them to quit bothering me. They still do. 

Monday night really did it for me though. I don't even know if I'll be able to explain it and it make sense. I was sleeping (I think) and I was dreaming that I was sleeping (I'm not sure if I was sleeping or if I was awake) and all of a sudden something was holding me down. I couldn't see it but I could feel it. And there was something at the end of my bed pacing back and forth saying something (I couldn't understand). At this point, I think that I tried to wake up but it didn't work...so it was back to being held down, etc. When I finally woke up, my entire body felt so weird. Needless to say I couldn't go back to sleep. 

Mary also thought that she saw something in her room while she was sleeping and she began to have really weird dreams and wasn't able to sleep through the night. 

So maybe this is all in our heads, but if you were us you'd be freaked out too.

Finally, on Wednesday I broke down and told my aide again about everything that was happening. She started telling me everything that she was going to do. That night she came over and blessed our house. First, she saged our house again (she even left some with us so that we could do it until the stuff we ordered gets here) then she went around with sacred oil and placed crosses around the house. Finally, she sprinkled everything with Holy Water. 

We've been able to sleep the past few days without any problems. I still hear the tapping noises constantly during the night but I try not to let them bother me. I'll be sure to let you know if we end up being Alangruaquing agian!