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in bulgaria which is where i'm from, believing and taking care of spirits of dead ones is common thing.
after someone dies, 10 days after and 40 days after the burial food is given out to neighbors and friends, usually food the dead person liked and while haded it's they say something like "in so and so's name god bless him".

i was 10-11 years old when my great grandfather died. he got sick suddenly and just died one morning. i remember couple days before he died i saw him and he was telling my dad how he had dreams of his brothers saying that's it's time to come home already and they were calling him. about 3-4 days later he died. my grandma and her sister spent the night with my great grandma and also helped her clean the body, we didn't have funeral homes back then and usually the body isn't taken away and tinkered with beyond being washed. so they washed him dressed the body put it in a casket, locked too. locked all doors and went downstairs.

their house had a long yard and right at the end where the entrance to it is was the street light but the yard itself didn't have any lights. so that night before the funeral my grandma her sister and their mom were sleeping, when my grandma wakes up hearing someone walking with galoshes dragging their feet. my great grandfather walked that way. she went outside and kept hearing the same thing, the dog which is chained right near the walk started barking. she said she looked around and then down towards the street light and she saw his sillouette in the distance walking away.

after the funeral. they spent couple days at home and my grandma's sister had a dream. dark tunnel and suddenly very bright light. as she emerges from the tunel she's on a small boat with an old guy. and he tells her - i'm taking you to see your dad is fine, but you have to know this. you're going to see a lot of your relatives here now so don't be scared. they're all here and want to welcome you but it's not your time yet, don't touch any of them or you'll stay here forever." she said it was this serene peacefull place with lots of trees and green grass. very green, she sais she's never seen such rich colors.
so they pulled the boat, and got off on a big lawn with kids running and playing, and people having a piknick, and the old man pointed with a finger towards a big building that looked like a church and told her her dad lives there and that he's fine. she said then dead relatives started to show up, all wanting to hug her, she forgot she wasn't supposed to touch them and just as she was about to kiss her aunt the old guy yelled no and took her away. she woke up.

then once
i was upstairs where my great grandfather died. on his bed. it was winter and I was out the whole day playing in the snow, so my grandma said to get inside 'cause my feet were wet and i was coughing already.
it was past 5pm and just getting dark outside. i was laying on his bed and suddenly i hear this heavy breathing, and i look around there's nobody. TV wasn't on, radio either. the more i listen the louder the breathing got. i looked at the chair right next to me at my clothes, then the shoes and thought to myself - now how long is it going to take me to get my clothes and shoes and run out. took me less than 5 seconds. i ran out in my socks. my great grandma was outside and i told her what i just heard. and she was like - oh yeah, he's around, i hear him all the time and i talk to him. needless to say i never went back all by myself

i'll save the way i got outed to my mom for another time that post is already tooooo long