In my whole 13 years of life I have experienced two paranormal encounters
The first story of mine takes place when I was around 8 years old. This was the night after my dog had passed away. Me and my brother used to take turns sleeping in her bed (at the time there was just 3 of us sharing one small room so idek why we took turns since we all were so close to eachother anyways) and that night I was laying in bed sleeping when I woke up all of a sudden. I felt the urge to drink water for some reason, so before I got up I checked behind me and my cat was sleeping right next to my back and my mom was sleeping there right in front of me. My brother was also asleep in his crib which was right next to my mom's bed. The door was closed, so instead of opening the door to go to the kitchen to get water (which is pretty loud because it's an old house and the doors creak all the time), I just drank from one of the water bottles on the nightstand. Just then I heard the sound of an animal walking down the hallway, stop at our door, SNIFF THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR, and walk back down the hallway. The floors were hardwood and the room was dead silent so I could hear everything clear as day. There were no other animals in the house, because my other cat had died before my dog and the cat i had that was alive back then was still sleeping on the bed. I still wonder what was on the outside of my door that night.
The second story of mine was when I was around 5-6 years old. Back then, my mom worked at a dog kennel on weekends where she would do night time lock-ins and sometimes I would tag along. My grandpa would usually go with my mom since he was always paranoid of her and the not-so-nice area the kennel was located in. The kennel wasn't only a dog kennel, but it had an area where cats would be at too. The building was very interesting to say the least. The cat section used to be a house, so at the entryway there was a kitchen and a table with chairs. I always liked coming here because I loved cats and there would sometimes be some store-bought cupcakes on the table that I would snack on. This particular night, we had just finished the lock-in and we were getting ready to leave. Keep in mind that there were no other people at this place, just me, my mom, and my grandpa. They were talking kinda loudly and i was sitting on the chair eating a cupcake when all of a sudden we hear a very loud "SHHHH". It really sounded like somebody said "Shh" to urge my mom and my grandpa to talk a bit more quietly. Surprisingly, I remember it all so well to the point where I get a shiver down my back every time i replay the memory in my head.
i also have a lot of stories from my Granpa lol, he has experienced a lot of paranormal things since he's really into that stuff and is part of a paranormal investigation team lol