No, I am not going to claim I had a run in with the grim reaper. This story takes place later on in grade 4 when my parents decided to surprise me with a new pc. I was quite the gamer and still am to this day, I would always play on the xbox 360 growing up and also I would steal a seat at the family computer to play some web games. So, one day after a particularly average day at school I drop my bag off near the front and as if on autopilot I head upstairs to play the oh so classic minecraft with my friend on the homephone I had in my room. However, in front of my room was the bright neon yellow plastic wrap that read "caution" all over it. I was kinda scared to be honest, until I headed down two flights of stairs to where my mom was sitting. She explained happily that my dad is setting up a surprise and I need to wait for it. So I ran upstairs into the living room and sat on the couch, swinging my feet excitedly. I remember thinking "man I wonder what it is" is it a new bed? I didn't think I need one. Just as I let my mind wonder in excitement thats when I saw it. It just to say passed in the corner of my eye, the tall misty figure. I turned my head towards the archway, it flew. The stairs lead to a pretty tall archway onto the platform which was connected to three rooms and a bathroom. it flew from the wall to the bathroom in a horizontal path. it was a little under the archway in height. It was misty on the feet with a long cloak headed towards the washroom. In a sudden burst of adrenaline I ran to the stairs, checked around and saw nothing. My first thought was it resembled the grim reaper or at least the common notion of the grim reaper. I figured it was my dad trying to scare me, so I headed back downstairs and waiting but I remember never letting my eyes leave the archway. Sometime after the pc reveal, me and my parents were in the living room and I started to laugh and said "And wow dad, you really scared me." My parents looked at eachother and they asked what i meant. I explained what I saw and they looked at eachother again. "That wasn't me" said my dad and my mom shook her head, letting me know it wasn't her. I'm not sure if it's coincidence but a bit later on my grandmother came over and almost immediately had to go to the hospital. She later passed away that year, she stayed in those upstairs room.

Was it a bad omen? or was it just my mind tricking me. I hadn't seen it since that house. I then always refered to it as the Reaper when telling my friends about it.