I have written this forum before about a particular situation but just today someone close to me revealed something they hadn't before and I would like your thoughts on it.

To sum up, my friend once jokingly warned me that their house was "haunted" by something that liked to play practical jokes, turn lights off and on, rattle door handles, etc. Frankly I didn't believe any of it til I heard and experienced things for myself.

My friend grew up in the house and the parents eventually sold the house and moved out. For a time the house was a rental property and my friend's brother and wife lived there and experienced more haunting type incidents. Noises, voices, mysterious bloody footprints. They eventually moved out and my friend even bought the house back after he became an adult. Almost as if they all have a strange attachment despite the fact that no one claims to feel at ease there. He has been plagued with all sorts of things since. Feelings of something heavy laying on him, black shadows above his bed, loud heavy footsteps, etc. I personally have heard loud heavy footsteps, felt cold spots in certain rooms, heard voices and the like.

My friend has also had several runs of what appears to be bad luck and strife in various areas of his life. Just today he told me something else which really had my hair stand on end. I asked him what was the first spooky thing he can ever remember happening in that house as a kid. He said that when he was just 3 or 4 years old he saw the devil sitting on his parents bed and he said if he didn't follow him bad things would happen to his parents. I asked him what this "devil" looked like, for example, a red guy with a pitchfork and he said no, it was a "beast," hairy, like an animal with legs like a man, horrible glowing eyes but an extremely soothing voice. This is what I thought was very unsettling.

He said at that point he also saw a statue get up off of its display and walk across the room.

I know this sounds far fetched and he even told his parents but they dismissed it as a bad dream. However, since he is still having problems in his house his mother has had the house blessed by a priest. She is not Catholic but is Orthodox and very devout.

To make matters worse, they also have another family member who was supposedly mentally ill unmanagable and went to live at a monastary. However, he was sent home after the monks claimed that HE claimed he was speaking to Satan.

I have also prayed for him using the spiritual warfare prayers.

 Could there be a connection to these things? What more, besides prayers, can be done in this situation? The house overall has a very cold, sad feeling to it. And its not just a mood because I feel better when I go home. Can you offer any other suggestions? Thank you for your time.