After spending three hours meticulously chilling the air in the upstairs hallway, the restless spirit of a 19th-century mill worker ultimately aborted his planned haunting of the property’s new owners Thursday night to avoid being a bother.
Whitcomb, who died of consumption in the home in 1887, reportedly materialized outside the master bedroom at exactly 3:15 a.m. with the intention of dragging heavy iron chains across the floorboards. However, upon hearing the couple quietly discussing their upcoming kitchen renovation, the phantom immediately retreated through the drywall, citing a sudden fear that a guttural, blood-curdling shriek might come across as desperate or overly familiar.
Following the aborted manifestation, the entity spent the remainder of the evening pacing the unfinished attic, mentally reviewing everything he could have done differently while staring blankly at a rafter.
Whitcomb has a documented history of drafting elaborate, terrifying manifestations in his head and then just faintly whistling in the ductwork because he is completely terrified of being perceived.
Records from the local historical society indicate the poltergeist has struggled with spectral intimacy for over a century, frequently waiting for living residents to leave the room entirely before knocking a single hardcover book off a shelf. Earlier this week, Whitcomb successfully manifested in the bathroom mirror behind 34-year-old resident Greg Miller, but panicked when Miller reached for his dental floss, choosing instead to rapidly dematerialize and pretend he was just humidity from the shower.
Sources close to the property's crawlspace report the entity has repeatedly expressed frustration with his own inability to just "get out there and bleed the walls," noting that his ghostly peers at neighboring historic homes regularly levitate kitchen furniture without overthinking the social dynamics.
At press time, Whitcomb was sitting invisibly on the edge of the guest bed, silently mouthing his centuries-old curse into a decorative throw pillow so he wouldn't accidentally wake the couple's golden retriever.