Well, in a story from 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark', a family moved into an old, haunted house. At first, they just thought it was a bit drafty and creaky. But then, things started to move on their own. The family's portraits on the wall would turn upside down. One night, the mother saw a figure at the end of the hall. It was a pale woman in a white dress. She tried to approach it, but it vanished into thin air, leaving a chill in the air that made her shiver uncontrollably.
There was once a girl in a small town from one of the stories in 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'. One night, she heard strange scratching at her window. When she looked out, she saw a shadowy figure with long, bony fingers. She quickly hid under her covers, but the scratching continued all night long. In the morning, she found deep scratches on her window sill, as if something had been desperately trying to get in.