Every weekend, Emily Carter, a 22-year-old college student, spends her free time doing something most people would never imagine — cleaning old, forgotten graves.
It started as a quiet act of kindness. She wanted to honor people who had no one left to visit them — scrubbing moss off headstones, placing fresh flowers, and whispering short prayers for souls long gone.
But lately… something has changed.
Emily noticed strange things beginning to happen.
At first, it was small — her cleaning supplies would go missing, only to reappear in a different spot moments later. Then she started hearing soft footsteps behind her, even when she was completely alone in the cemetery.
One day, as she wiped the dust from a weathered tombstone, she realized it had her own last name on it. The date of death was faded, but the initials matched hers exactly — E. Carter.
That night, her phone kept ringing, showing “Unknown Caller”. When she finally answered, there was nothing but whispering… and then a voice that said,
“Thank you for remembering me.”
The next morning, she returned to the same grave — and found a fresh bouquet of flowers already there. But no one else had been to that section of the cemetery.
Since then, Emily has continued to clean graves, even though the eerie experiences haven’t stopped.
Sometimes she says she feels a gentle hand on her shoulder while she works — as if someone unseen is thanking her for what she does.
And though it frightens her, Emily refuses to stop.
“If they’re reaching out to me,” she said quietly, “then maybe they just don’t want to be forgotten again.”