Spirits, good and bad, have a role in superstition. Two local women, with no claims to superstitious beliefs, freely admit to seeing playful spirits.

Ashleigh Parrish, a college sophomore, spent six years living in a home at 903 W. Grand River Ave. in downtown Howell. From day one, she told her parents, "I see a girl.'' Time passed for the family, including a dog and two cats (one named Max,) and she kept saying, "I see a girl.''

Research unveiled the story of 12-year-old Maxine Boyd, who had been struck and killed by lighting in front of Parrish's home in 1916. "She was waiting for her father to return home from the war,'' said Parrish. She ran into the street during a storm, and was struck by lighting.

Parrish, who believes the little girl's spirit was "roused by me calling my cat,'' was never afraid. She has since moved, but believes the spirit was friendly and looking to play. She often had items vanish from her bedroom, only to reappear elsewhere in the house.

Cindy Murphy, co-owner of D-19 Dollar Store in Putnam Township, also claims to have spirits, though at first she didn't believe it.

"Seeing is believing,'' she said, pointing to photos showing portions of her property with white orbs. "These pictures are from three separate rolls of film.''

Murphy, who lives on the property her family has owned for 54 years, never suspected anything unusual until last fall when a group of people were setting up for the annual Terrified Forest attraction. "Props would be moved,'' she said.

Photos, which were taken to record the new display, picked up shadowy white images hovering around the pond. Murphy, who said nothing has been harmed, jokes that her deceased dad refuses to leave the property. "He loved it here.''

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