New Orleans is widely considered one of the most supernatural places in America. The gothic architecture, rich history that weaves French, Native American, and African diasporas, and legends of ghosts and other creatures all contribute to a distinct feeling of being at an inflection point between worlds.
One woman may have gotten a much closer look at one of New Orleans’ paranormal creatures than she bargained for when she stayed at an Airbnb near the French Quarter.
TikToker Tiff (@tiffsghosttalk) recently shared the woman’s story on her page. It’s not clear where Tiff found the story about the woman she calls Kate. But Kate’s tale will send a shiver up the spine of believers and nonbelievers alike.
Tiff believes that the woman encountered a vampire. She survived with no blood lost, fortunately.
But to this day, she has unexplained experiences that Tiff believes are the vampire continuing to haunt her.
Kate could’ve avoided it entirely if she’d only paid heed to the host’s handwritten warning.
A business trip to New Orleans
Kate traveled to New Orleans on business at some point. Tiff says that Kate doesn’t particularly care for hotels because they give her “the ick” and feel less than safe, so she opted for an Airbnb.
Upon checking in, she received a strange note from the host. It had the usual platitudes about relaxing and taking care of the place, then ended with an unsettling point.
“It also said, ‘Do not open the door after midnight,'” Tiff shares.
Kate brushed it off, thinking the host was trying to be funny and maybe lean into New Orleans’ reputation.
Then one night during her stay, she heard a knock at the door at 12:45am. She looked out the peephole and found herself staring at an attractive man. Tiff says he had dark hair, pale skin, and “the most gorgeous eyes.”
The man said he’d left his phone in the Airbnb. Kate hadn’t had any guests, nor had she heard or seen a phone, but thought perhaps he’d stayed there before her.
“He tells her, ‘I can tell you where it’s at, you can go get it, you don’t have to let me in,'” Tiff says. “Then he mumbled something that she didn’t really hear.”
Without thinking, Kate opened the door a crack. The man smiled.
“That’s when he winked and said, ‘Thank you. That’s all I needed,'” Tiff says.
Then he left, the supposedly missing phone seemingly forgotten.
Kate wasn’t particularly alarmed, however, Tiff says.
From strange to scary
After her shower the following morning, Kate noticed something strange in the bathroom.
“The mirror had fogged up and someone had wrote just one word with their finger: ‘invited,'” Tiff says.
That’s when Kate called the host and they asked her if she’d opened the door. When she said she had but didn’t let anyone in, Tiff says the host hung up.
After midnight that night, Kate heard three little knocks on the window. Shadows seemed to be moving across the floor. She thought she saw the man outside.
“He never did anything, he never came in,” Tiff says.
Kate may not have been frightened before, but this was a bridge too far.
She packed her stuff up and got out of dodge the next morning.
“To this day at the same time at that occurrence she’ll randomly hear three soft knocks but nobody’s there. He’s there,” Tiff says.
“Have you ever met a vampire? Because clearly that’s what she has met,” Tiff says.
Believe it or not?
Believers flocked to the comments on Tiff’s post.
One person suggested that Kate hadn’t just invited the man/vampire in for herself, but for everyone else who stays there.
“That’s why the host was mad because now they probably have to do extra stuff whenever she leave so that he’s not invited anymore,” they added.
Others took note of New Orleans’ reputation as a headquarters for ghosts and supernatural creatures.
“In New Orleans – ESPECIALLY the French Quarter – if you hear a knock, your name, someone whistling… NO. YOU. DIDN’T,” one opined.
Tiff didn’t immediately respond to an emailed inquiry.
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