Do you believe in ghosts/spirits? Share your experiences!!

rml_16

OK. Explain this:

My mom's best friend lives in a very, very old house. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad. When they bought it, they converted the attic into their bedroom, so they sleep on the third floor. On the first floor just off the kitchen is a small half bathroom. One night, they woke up freezing because all their sheets and blankets had been stripped off of them and they saw the blankets and sheets were in a line stretching toward the bedroom door and down the stairs. The trail led all the way down to the first floor and into the half bath where they'd left a candle burning and it was thisclose to catching the curtain on fire.

I'd say that's more than a strange noise or "something out of the corner of the eye." But keep up the condescension. You are smarter and better than the rest of us, for sure.

This is an awesome story!

It really, is. When my parents were splitting up, my mom and I stayed in that house for a few months and there was definitely something there. The house I lived in from 10-17 (built in 1874) had spirits, too.

Like I said, I have a few stories and most of them cannot be explained away as wind or a settling foundation. They're far more tangible.

Honestly, I don't feel the need to prove anything to anyone who doesn't believe, though. That's their business. They will one day find out the truth. They just won't have an easy time letting others know they know.

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Escarda

I think its safe to say there is no such thing as ghosts.

With out getting overly defensive... can you prove it?

The burden of proof is on the one making the claim that they exist.

I hope you meet a spirit one day.
So that you can **** yourself too.

bathsheba_c

Loving the stories!

That said, will people stop comparing ghosts to Santa Claus? Saint Nicholas actually existed. He lived in Turkey. And my dad is the tooth fairy, so clearly the tooth fairy exists, too.

As for the ghost hunting shows, I just want to know why these guys think it's appropriate to call a woman who is 100 years older than them AND was tortured to death by her first name. Some manners, ghost hunter people!

TeenaMarina

As for the ghost hunting shows, I just want to know why these guys think it's appropriate to call a woman who is 100 years older than them AND was tortured to death by her first name. Some manners, ghost hunter people!

Huh?! What should a woman like this be called?

leopard_barbie

My fiance told his mum that he'd seen his grandad who lived in Australia (we live in the UK) in his bedroom when he was a little boy, it turns out his grandad had died that night.

We also went on a ghosthunting experience at an old mansion overnight, it was generally pretty spooky and whilst a lot of stuff was people doing things for attention (this one girl blatantly moved the tables and glasses on the ouija boards etc) which spoiled it a little bit there were some bits that I can't explain. My fiance almost tripped over a little boy in the hall and there was nobody there and I heard somebody say "get out of the room" really clearly when we were listening to radio static, also when we were on the other side of the room and had latched a door behind us it somehow opened, very spooky as it was closed from the inside and there was no way to open it from outside. There were loads more bits and pieces that happened but they were the spookiest ones as I couldn't explain them away.

Loving this thread, you guys have some great stories!

emmiexjay

Yes and i have had 5 experiences...

i'm naturally sensitive to it all.. always have been always will be but most times it's family who visit

my first visit was when i was a baby don't ask me how i remember this but i do.. my great uncle billy passed as i was still a young baby.. i dreamt he was trying to carry me up to heaven..

second.. my nana passed when i was 9.. she died in hospital alone and on a ward with strangers.. and it scared the hell out of me.. she came to me that night in a dream and told me she was okay.. that she was well and that grandaddy would soon be joining her..
two nights later they both come to say good bye...

now they just stop by with lingering tobacco smoke.. no one in this house.. or the house next door smokes.. the doors are shut and there's no real vents in my room for the smell to float in. i've had many experiences .. but i find peace in each and everyone of them.

i was 9 when i first lost a loved one that i was old enough to remember.. that my nana few weeks later it was my grandpa.. then at 11 my great uncle jack passed, we then had the tragic 9/11 it was the 2nd or 3rd anniversary of 9/11 when we returned to school to find my best guy pal/also my crush had been sadly killed.. i was 13/14 then at 19 my great nana passed from cancer she kept staring at the ceiling and i reckon my great grand-daddy was sitting in the corner waiting for her then sadly my other great uncle lost his life in a accident.

bathsheba_c

As for the ghost hunting shows, I just want to know why these guys think it's appropriate to call a woman who is 100 years older than them AND was tortured to death by her first name. Some manners, ghost hunter people!

Huh?! What should a woman like this be called?

Miss [Surname].

YummyTpn

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EmCarroll1990

I totally believe in ghosts.

In fact, me and a few others believe my house is haunted. My ghost, named Sandro, moves my bed, locks me in my bathroom, turns on lights, locks doors... all that fun stuff.

I'm actually in the middle of trying to get an exorcist that works for a Church nearby to come on over to my place.

kelleybelly35

i definitely believe in ghost and spirits....my son who is now 13 still to this day will not go into our master bath when he was about 5 he saw a young girl with long dark hair in there. at night you can hear little kids laughing then heavy footsteps and then running through the house. the activity has gotten worse since we have started remodeling we are taking pictures as we go and our guest bath pictures are full of orbs in one picture and then none in the next. we also can hear an old radio broadcast then a woman screaming and then all you smell is cigarette smoke in the house and no one smokes in our family....yeah just a few to name but our house is a very active place when it comes to ghost and spirits

rml_16

As for the ghost hunting shows, I just want to know why these guys think it's appropriate to call a woman who is 100 years older than them AND was tortured to death by her first name. Some manners, ghost hunter people!

Huh?! What should a woman like this be called?

Miss [Surname].

My only complaint about those shows is the TERRIBLE acting of the "ghost hunters." I believe in this stuff, but even I think the shows are total BS. They need acting lessons and then maybe they'll convince me.

I wouldn't watch at all, but the boyfriend loves Ghost Adventures, so I get stuck with it sometimes.

chrishgt4

I wouldn't like to hazard a guess at how it works, but I believe that there is something.

There have been things happen to me and people I know, some of which I can think of explanations, some where I can think of explanations that are a little out of the ordinary but not impossible, then there are some that I cannot possibly explain.

Eg, in my house both I and another person who has been there have had a door bounce off of nothing as we were opening it. I can't give 100% story on what happened to her as I was downstairs at the time, but I know when it happened to me I was coming in through the front door, it opened around half way and hit something...hard...as if I had opened it right into a wall or something and it bounced back at me. Obviously behind the door was clear, and it wasn't the door jamming or anything - it actually hit something and bounced back. Only happened that time and as I was swinging it open and closed to see what it was, it swung freely.

With the friend it happened to, she was in the bathroom and experienced the same thing. Now you have to go up a step to the bathroom so there is no way there was something behind the door. When I went up to investigate I noticed my cat was sat staring past us at the door growling really loudly. I picked him up and he was very edgy and bolted for the door to be let out.

I have no explanation for those things.

There are other things that have happened including a couple of times where there has been a smell but only in a very particular place where I could move above, below and all around a small football sized area and not smell it at all which was strange, but I wouldn't put that down strictly as paranormal, that can be explained away.

I know when my grandma died, and her 7 daughters were at her house tidying, one of my aunties was stood in the hall and said out loud "mum if you're ok just let me know" and immediately the light above her popped. Again, explainable as coincidence.

At the same time they had a break for some tea and a chat, after around 10 or 15 minutes the vacuum cleaner turned itself on - as if my grandma was telling them they had enough of a break now and it was time to get back to work lol. Again explainable but it just is something to think about...

coppercat25

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Tuffjourney

I have had many experiences. But, I usually dont share them . So I keep them to my self and perhaps to those I trust. But, it is one of those things that I treasure. To those that tell me they dont beleive, I just smile. I do tell people tho, that I am not afraid of ghost, its people that truly scare me. :huh:

catshark209

Yeah I hear wind, doors/floors creaking, and things outta the corner of my eye too. It must be GHOSTS... no wait it's not. DERP. Save the paranormal for the movies people. Coincidences and unexplained activity leave the weak minded with thoughts of ghosts and spirits. I could go on and on and on but I guess some people's minds just don't mature.

OK. Explain this:

My mom's best friend lives in a very, very old house. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad. When they bought it, they converted the attic into their bedroom, so they sleep on the third floor. On the first floor just off the kitchen is a small half bathroom. One night, they woke up freezing because all their sheets and blankets had been stripped off of them and they saw the blankets and sheets were in a line stretching toward the bedroom door and down the stairs. The trail led all the way down to the first floor and into the half bath where they'd left a candle burning and it was thisclose to catching the curtain on fire.

I'd say that's more than a strange noise or "something out of the corner of the eye." But keep up the condescension. You are smarter and better than the rest of us, for sure.

No wait, they haven't started with the big fifty cent words yet....then it really gets funny.

Anyway, let me start off by saying I'm one of those horrendously sinful lapsed Catholics. I call myself agnostic and I've always been skeptical of ghost stories.
Anyway, it was a typical weekday with a typical routine. I forget what day exactly it was but I'm thinking Wednesday. I put my son to bed and I go to bed and it's just a normal nighttime routine, right? So the weird thing of this is, that I had a dream about a blue man (no not the Blue Man Group kinda man) telling me to go check on my son, that he needed me and I felt someone shake me awake. So I went to check on him and my mother was already outside my door telling me that my son had a fever of 102. She was staying with me that night and got up to check on him and noticed he was tossing and turning. I asked my mother if she had touched me or been in my room and she said no, that she was just on the way down to wake me up....it wasn't creepy or frightening at all...just weird.

VoodooLuLu

Sam Wheat and his fiancée Molly Jensen live in Manhattan. Sam has a high powered job at a local bank, and Molly works on ceramic art. Sam's friend Carl Bruner also works at the bank. Sam holds the passwords to some of the bank's major accounts. While returning home from a movie theater, Sam and Molly are attacked by a mugger named Willie Lopez. As Sam and Willie struggle over Willie's gun, a shot rings out, and Willie runs off. Sam chases Willie, but Willie escapes. Sam then runs back to Molly to see if she's alright -- but Sam finds himself dead in a devastated Molly's arms, and Sam realizes that he is now a ghost. Later, Willie finds Sam and Molly's home, and breaks in while Molly is busy in the bedroom. Sam scares Willie off before Willie can do anything. Molly didn't even know Willie and Sam were in the place. Sam follows Willie to his home, and wants to have Molly turn Willie in, but Sam can't communicate with Molly because Molly can't see him or hear him. Sam visits spiritualist Ona May Brown, who can hear him, but not see him. When Sam convinces Ona May to talk to Molly, Molly refuses to believe what Ona May says, and Carl tells Molly to have nothing to do with Ona May. Sam follows Carl to Willie's apartment, thinking that Carl is about to confront Willie, but instead, Sam watches in shock as Carl chews Willie out for killing Sam. Willie was not supposed to kill Sam -- Willie was supposed to steal the account passwords from Sam's wallet for Carl, so Carl could carry out a drug money laundering operation. Now Sam and Ona May must protect Molly from both Willie and Carl, who thinks the account passwords are in Molly's home.

Whats sad is that you actually took the time to do this..... :huh:

What's REALLY sad is that you took the time to read it. And so did I. :laugh:

It reminds me of the movie ghost... with whopie goldburg and some other people I can't remember

patrick swayze, demi moore...

XxYeaIrocxX

I never used to before I moved into the house where I am now.
I've experienced everything from things being thrown around, things moving, my husband and I both being pushed down the stairs, seeing people, hearing full on conversations, feeling cold spots in random areas, my daughters toys turning on and off and more I'm probably forgetting.

I used to get freaked when this stuff would happen but for the most part I'm used to it by now. If things get moved or the lights start going on and off I'll just say 'I'm not in the mood right now" and it'll stop. At one point we were looking into have some investigators come in and see if they get anything on camera but we decided not to.


It used to be really bad but it's calmed down alot to the point where no one is getting hurt anymore so I just look at it as if they leave me alone I'll leave them alone.

Basia_and4345

If this had a Like button I would push it :-)

Helenatrandom

The only spirit I want contact with is The Holy Spirit.

I do believe in a spirit world, and I trust in God to protect me from it.

IndyInk

My brother says that when he was about six years old he woke up and an angel was standing on the foot of his bed. He told the angel to stop it because Mom said we're not supposed to stand or jump on the bed.

He reported the incident to my mother--a devout Christian and Sunday School teacher--and she was both horrified and thought it was hilarious.

IndyInk

We have somthing living in my house.

Here is one of the 'happenings'

When we first moved in we turned the basement into the kids toy room. When the boys were old enough to play without adult supervision, one of my sons refused to go down stairs.
This went on for weeks. Drove me freaking crazy! I kept asking him why and he wouldn't tell me.

Anyway a few weeks went by and I was in the basement with both boys doing laundry (this is the unfinished part with my laundry room) My son stopped what he was doing and said. "There's the monster Mommy."

Not wanting to squash his imagination I replied "Where's the monster Gabe."
He pointed to the dead center of the room, well lit, and said "There's the monster Mommy."
I stared at nothing and a little worried then asked "What's the Monster look like Gabe."
"He used to be a boy mommy."

It took me a month to start doing laundry at night by myself again.

Anyway that's just one of the events. Feel free to friend me if you want to read more.

Freakin' creepy.

Flab2fitfi

I have had various experiences but the worst was my dad house. Most spirits dont bother me but there was something evil in one of the rooms and no-one could sleep there.

My dad would not believe us but in the end got the vicar in to bless the house but did not work. I have moved away but since then my dad has had to get the church to exorcise the house after his girl friend saw something and refused to go back into the house.

LunaPhaedra

A couple years ago I was at a get-together at my friend's place. we spent the day watching movies and playing board games in the basement, just relaxing and having fun. Eventually, one of us suggested that since Earth Hour was happening that night we should do it aswell. While considering what to do when the time came to turn off all the lights I suggested that we should borrow my other friend's ouija board at play with that for fun. We got the board and when Earth Hour arrived we lit some candles and started to use it. But before we did I asked that everyone using the board should do so with their eyes closed and that the person writing down our answers shouldn't tell us what letters we were going on (i'm a skeptic by nature, so I prefer to try to avoid human influence on what the answers are... since the owner of the board does that all the bloody time -_-''). So we went about asking questions and going through the motions without ever opening our eyes (with the exception of the time one person asked 'do you wish to harm us?' and then the note taker screamed and made us all jump. ...apparently the triangle was moving towards 'yes' and she got scared).

When we were done we went to take a look at our answers. While it was [for the most part] gibberish, the strange thing was that about half of our answers were 'TV'. we laughed and joked about how silly the whole thing is and did some other stuff while waiting for Earth Hour to end. Once the hour was up we decided to go watch another movie. We sat on the couch and turned the TV on, only to be greeted by the movie with a big brown line half the width of the TV running through the middle. My friend claims that that had never happened before, and after that day it remained like that for about 3-4 months.

So, my question to you is: Was this an incidence of other-worldly possession, or the most hilarious co-incidence of all time? xD You decide.

d0gma

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ADM1979

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This is going to freak me out so much I won't sleep at night! :embarassed:

ObviousIndigo

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Tristis

I believe - and I've had too many experiences to share them all here.

One of the weirdest was when I was still living with my parents. I was a teenager and needed to use the telephone. We only had two phones in the house, both corded. I picked up the phone in the living room and heard an elderly women on the other end. I assumed my mother was on the phone in her bedroom talking to my great aunt.

A few minutes later, as I was walking down the hallway to my mother's room, I asked, "Are you still on the phone?" When I entered her room, I saw she wasn't on the phone. She looked at me puzzled and told me she wasn't on the phone and hadn't been on the phone all day. I started to argue with her, because I heard a woman on the phone. She said she'd been in her room alone, and hadn't talked to my great aunt in several days. When she asked me what the woman said...I was taken aback...She didn't say any words...it sounds like muffled talking...strangely, it never occurred to me I had heard no words at all.

Later that day, my mom and day left. My sister and I were the only ones home. We shared a bedroom, but had divided it into two rooms with back to back identical chest of drawers sticking out into the room from one of the walls. My sister had been on my side of the room, and I was on her side, for some reason. We were talking to each other, so the chest of drawers/room divider was between us. Suddenly, a hairbrush laying on one of the chest of drawers slowly leviated in the air about a foot, did a very slow and deliberate loop de loop, and softly landed in a box resting at the edge of the chest of drawers.

"Did you see that? Did you see that? You see I did not do that! I'm way over here! Oh my GOD," I shouted excitedly at my sister. I found the event to be a wonderful thing - proof we aren't alone. Proof that there WAS an elderly woman on the phone earlier, or more truly, a former elderly woman.

My sister did not share my view on the event. She burst into tears, screamed several times, and ran out of the house. She screamed she wasn't going back into the house without my parents home. I ran outside after her...laughing all the while. As we reached the bottom of the steps outsides, I saw my mom and dadcoming down our driveway. I'm sure it must have looked like I was chasing after my sister to harm her...since she was crying and screaming.

We both tried to explain what we had witness -- her, through her fearful tears, and I through my hysterical laughter.

wlddove

I love these stories! Just wasted a couple hours at work reading this whole thing.

The one about the white blob with red eyes... holy freaky!

The one about the sheets leading to the burning candle... so awesome!

Those are just a couple that I remember right now, but seriously, these are some great stories.

I definitely believe in ghosts/spirits, but haven't had any of my own incidents to talk about. When I worked in Maryland, I worked on the grounds of an old state hospital. It used to be the "Hospital for the Negro Insane". Nice. Some nights, I would work until 10 or 11 at night catching up on cases. I never "saw" anything, but sometimes I would just start hearing more noises than usual, and there would just be a "feeling" that I was not alone. I usually booked it out of there when that happened.

One of the detectives I worked with told me that, one night, when he was working the 3-11pm shift, he was the last one to leave the building. He said he knew he was the last one out. He said that he unplugged the Christmas tree, turned the lights off, and set the alarm before he walked out. As he got into his car, he could see into the office from the parking lot, and the Christmas tree lights were back on. He decided to leave them on for the night.

Okay, one other story... my best friend in high school moved into a house that my adult cousin had previously lived in. The man who owned the house had died in the room that became my friend's. My cousin had told me stories about waking up in the middle of the night to their Simon game playing by itself.... with no batteries in it. When my friend moved in, she started noticing things right away. My favorite story she tells is about this one time that she was home alone. She was taking a shower, and left the bathroom door open. All of the sudden, she heard their smoke detector going off. She ran out to the dining room, naked, holding her towel to fan the detector and make it go off. This happened about 3 times total during her shower... and each time she ran out naked to fan the detector. She said that she noticed a battery sitting next to the detector, but just figured someone replaced it and forgot to get rid of the old one. When her family got home, she told them her story... and they informed her that there was no battery in the smoke detector. She made them get it down and open it to prove it to her. :laugh:

On a more serious note though.... If you are experiencing a ghost right now, it's always nice to tell them to "go toward the light". Whether you believe in "the light" or not, what can it hurt? If anything, you'll probably just get rid of your ghost. I don't know, just something in me hates to think of someone "stuck" here when they could move on to other things.

Please don't respond with any hate to the above paragraph. I got my beliefs and you have yours. If you don't agree, carry on. Thanks.

Tristis

IOn a more serious note though.... If you are experiencing a ghost right now, it's always nice to tell them to "go toward the light". Whether you believe in "the light" or not, what can it hurt? If anything, you'll probably just get rid of your ghost. I don't know, just something in me hates to think of someone "stuck" here when they could move on to other things.

The same thing upsets me, too.