The missing twins

I've never been one to have a "real" encounter of an unexplainable event, except for maybe a little ESP, and dreams telling me what the future holds (Which happened only twice, once warning me about a fire, and the death of someone close to me...needless to say, my neighbour's house caught on fire after the dream, and my grandmother passed away.) But this story has to do with a friend of mine, twin babies, and a ghost.

Nearly a year ago, a friend of mine, Julie, went to visit her aunt and uncle for a month or so while her parents fought out a messy divorce. Her relatives house was an older farm house which had survived at least a hundred years. While visiting, her aunt and uncle decide to go out, and invited Julie along. Having had along tiring day, Julie declined and offered to watch the twins.Her aunt an uncle agreed, happy to be going out alone.

Julie had a great few hours with the twins, who where nice quiet babies (So she says:) As it grew later, she placed the children in their crib and tucked them in for the night placing a small teddy bear in the crib with them. She headed down the steps into the kitchen to clean up after dinner and bake some cookies. As she waited for the cookies to be done, she sat at the table and decided to read a book. A few minuets later, she heard the kitchen door, which lead to the back yard open. Looking up from the book,she expected it to be her aunt and uncle. no one was there, so figuring it was the wind, she got up and shut it. Nearly ten minutes later, the same thing happened, though this time she latched the door.

It was around this time that she had a strange, feeling.... She thought she heard some strange noises from upstairs...The baby intercom she had with her ringed out the sound of the baby crying...Then it suddenly stopped. She swore she heard footsteps as well, and afar away voice talking to the kids. Thinking at once about the babies and their safety she went to go check on them....When she entered the room, she heard nothing at all which scared her the most. She looked into the children's crib, and both babies were gone. Neither or them could walk yet, being only six months old.

Being only 16 at the time, she had no idea what to do and was in a panic. She ran as fast as she could over to one of the neighbour's houses, and from the called the police. Before the police came, her neighbour walked over to the house with her. Together they went into the babies room, and both children were there. Terrified, she scooped up both babies and stood outside and waited for the police and her aunt and uncle (which she also called) While waiting outside, she saw one of the kid's toys....It was exactly like the teddy bear she had placed in their crib.

She asked one of the neighbours to go inside with her, and as she thought, the bear was no longer in the crib either. To be on the safe side, once her aunt and uncle had come back, she asked if the kids had two bears, they said no. They also confessed about hearing soothe gentle voices talking to their kids on the baby intercom, from time to time.