What's That Smell?

 Gotta love those weird experiences that happen that you can't really explain.

So there I was, sitting in our living room, hanging out on my computer doing this and that.

When I suddenly began smelling...kerosene. 

Which was...well odd. 

Because we don't have anything kerosene oil scented in the house.

And it had been a couple of hours since we'd cooked in the house...and like our stove doesn't use any sort of gas at all.

No candles burning.

No heater running.

Sure the AC was going...but the AC shouldn't trigger a kerosene smell. 

I even went outside to see if it was just a smell coming into the house.

Yet I could find nothing.

Nothing from the AC. Nothing from the garage. Nothing whatsoever to indicate a source of the smell.

Which like...apparently diesel fuel smells like kerosene? 

In any case, after getting my roomie and having her investigate with me....

We concluded that the smell was only found in a specific spot in the living room. A little hallways between the living room and the garage.

Yet...the only thing there was an intake vent for the AC and a chimney....a chimney that while it uses gas, we've never used because there are parts missing and therefore it's been turned off the entire time we've lived here.

My random thought was that this 'kerosene spot' could be the sign of the presence of a ghost.

As ghosts can carry scents with them on occasion.

But more than likely....it could be that something drove by that used diesel fuel and air containing the scent may have encountered a downdraft outside that sent it shooting down the chimney and into the living room. 

A weird set of circumstances that aligned in such a way to send the smell down into our house. 

As we aired out the house. Turned the AC back on and such to check and make sure that wasn't the cause as that was the only thing running when the scent hit...

But nothing.

The smell hasn't come back. Which is good as that means it's nothing in the house.

But I do wish I had a firm answer on just why our living room suddenly smelt of kerosene....

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi