Actress Meryl Streep is convinced that her Connecticut home is haunted, according to this Times of India article. The actress claims that loud crashing sounds have been heard in her house. Sounds like that of a grand piano crashing to the floor. When she investigated, she noted that nothing was out of place or out of the ordinary. Streep’s recent house guests have also had a run-in with something paranormal:

“They had taken the 22-hour flight and had dinner and fallen asleep… They were so tired… We put them all in the house and the next morning (husband) Don went up to collect them… and there they all were in the living room, dressed, wide awake… They said, ‘Spirit, spirit!”

 

Full source: Times of India

“Everybody was down at the pool… and I was gathering all the stuff. We were doing some work on the house and we were living in the guesthouse and I was downstairs sitting at a desk and I heard what sounded like a grand piano fall… in the room above my head,” the Daily Express quoted Streep as saying.

“My first thought was that it was one of the kids… I screamed upstairs and halfway up the stairs the hairs stood up… and I realised no one was home. I searched (the rooms)… and there was nothing out of place, there was nothing in the attic, there was nothing on the roof,” she said.

She had a similar experience again after a few years, when her sculptor husband invited some clients from Japan to stay in the guesthouse.

“They had taken the 22-hour flight and had dinner and fallen asleep… They were so tired… We put them all in the house and the next morning (husband) Don went up to collect them… and there they all were in the living room, dressed, wide awake… They said, ‘Spirit, spirit!” she said

What’s odd is that in many reported cases of paranormal activity, there is always a description of a loud bang or “crashing sound” that is heard throughout the home or building. Although stories like these should be taken with a grain of salt, it’s interesting to note the similarities between these types of personal experiences.

What if this mysterious crashing noise that has been reported for ages is not something paranormal? What if this is just something abnormal?