One fall day, I was riding my bike home from school with my friends. We were riding across an old part of town when it started to rain. It was pouring so hard that we were soaked instantly. Then it began lightning. We knew we had to seek shelter, but, the only place close was the old Tjaden Mansion. Rumor has it that it is haunted. As I pedaled closer, I noticed a pumpkin patch growing in the back I also saw a dog on a leash. It stated barking at us and we jumped off are bikes and ran to the porch. We knocked on the door. Nobody answered. Then the door creaked opened. "Do you think we should go in" I said. "We should" Bob said. We went in and went to the living room after we locked the door. Then the TV turns on and somebody knocks at the door and the person won't stop. We looked through the window and we didn't know who it was, it looked like a little kid trick-or-treating. We closed the blinds and hid behind the couch. When we heard a scratching upstairs I went up to see what it was so I opened the door, but there was nothing to be afraid of it was just a dog. When it stopped raining at 9:00pm. We decided to stay over night so we watched a movie and we fell asleep. When we knew it was morning we left but are bikes were missing. We looked around the house they weren't there and the dog wasn't either. Things were getting creepy. We saw a man walking on the sidewalk with a dog that looked just like the one we saw. We all went home. I had nightmares for the rest of my life.