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

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  • runnercheryl
    runnercheryl Posts: 1,314 Member
    after my dad passed away I had the stuffed cat that he brought me come flying down the steps... my sister found her shoes in the freezer.. we kinda put 2 and 2 together "don't get cold feet about flying" since we were getting on a plane for the first time in a few weeks.. 32 years old and STILL sleep with that sutffed animal...

    Totally thought you meant a REAL stuffed cat. Then got a bit freaked out when you said you sleep with it...
  • oOoMicheleoOo
    oOoMicheleoOo Posts: 139 Member
    Every now and again my bathroom tap goes on full force on it's own *gulp*
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    Also, I am not so arrogant as to believe that we know everything there is to know about the universe, life, death or anything else.
  • rklein71
    rklein71 Posts: 112 Member
    When I was a kid, my grandpa was still living on his own in a small town about 20 miles from the city in which we live. He was "not quite right" there at the end and would eat boxes of Ex-Lax and then when my mom and my aunt went to see him they would, um, have a large mess to clean up. So, my mom and my aunt started having us kids hide the Ex-Lax so he could not have them. After my Grandpa died, there were many instances where we could not find something and we would always blame it on Grandpa. I know everyone misplaces things, but these were weird situations... like my mom was going to make us PB&J sandwiches before we were going to a wedding and we could not find the peanut butter anywhere. When we got home, the peanut but was sitting in the middle of our otherwise empty kitchen table. Another time we were out camping over Memorial Day and had gotten mud in the camper. My mom told us to grab the broom and sweep up the mud, but we couldn't find it. We went to the cemetery without cleaning up the mud. When we got back to the camper and opened the door, the broom fell out of the camper so it had to be leaning against the door, which would be impossible to do and still shut the door. Fast forward... my mom died last June. Two weeks ago, I was looking for my broom to sweep my kitchen and could not find it anywhere. I asked my husband and my kids, but no one had seen the broom. My kids went home and my husband and I went out to dinner. When we got home, there was not one, but two brooms leaned up against my kitchen table. The two brooms were exactly alike but we only own one broom. My husband is a complete non-believer and has harrassed me many times over the years when I make my "It was Grandpa" comments when I can't find something, but he had nothing to say when those two brooms were sitting in my kitchen. Now I will be saying "It was Mom" when I can't find what I'm looking for!
  • Jenerferzzz
    Jenerferzzz Posts: 148 Member
    Bump Must come back later when I have more time to read.
  • dobarber
    dobarber Posts: 611 Member
    I completely believe in the spirit world and ghosts. After several times that my relatives have died I could hear and feel them come to me and whisper things in my ear to tell me goodbye and to take care of my children. Also when my son was little we lived in my wife's grandparents house after both grandparents had past. Brandon(my son) always had trouble sleeping at that time. One night I got up to go to the bathroom and saw him sitting upright in bed looking at the ceiling and giggling. I went into the room and all he could do was point past me to the ceiling and smile. He was about a year and a half at the time. I do believe in spirits.
  • opus649
    opus649 Posts: 633 Member
    I think God is the most ridiculous concept imaginable...

    This doesn't say very much for your imagination :flowerforyou:
  • markymarrkk
    markymarrkk Posts: 495 Member
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.

    And two people, one an avowed atheist, experienced this at the same time, but it was a trick of the mind?

    Interesting. Arrogant thought, but interesting.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    I've actually had an experience with a spirit, I won't go into details about it right now, but I will say I wasn't the only one who saw it. Pretty much everyone who drove by our car saw it sitting on our car roof.

    Now this makes me endlessly curious.
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.

    Yeah no doubt. One time I woke up in the middle of the night and was convinced my infant son was on the other side of the bed and about to fall off. I dove across the bed to catch him and landed on my wife and started panicking that he was about to fall on the floor. Then another time I woke up in the middle of the night and cradling my arms and was convinced I was holding my son, and my wife had to repeatedly tell me I wasn't and that he was in his bedroom sleeping. In both of these two cases was it a ghost that was pretending to be a baby, NO it was my brain overly stressed about raising a child and causing hallucinations.
  • grrrlface
    grrrlface Posts: 1,204 Member
    Love this thread! So many interesting stories.

    I think me and a friend may have seen something in the local park walking home one night. It was like a white figure that walked across our path a few yards in front of us and my friend said "did you see that", we looked round the corner as we passed but we saw nothing even though the path went on for a long while so unless a person dived in a bush, they just disappeared.

    That's the closest experience I have had.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.

    Yeah no doubt. One time I woke up in the middle of the night and was convinced my infant son was on the other side of the bed and about to fall off. I dove across the bed to catch him and landed on my wife and started panicking that he was about to fall on the floor. Then another time I woke up in the middle of the night and cradling my arms and was convinced I was holding my son, and my wife had to repeatedly tell me I wasn't and that he was in his bedroom sleeping. In both of these two cases was it a ghost that was pretending to be a baby, NO it was my brain overly stressed about raising a child and causing hallucinations.

    Did your wife also see the baby? And was the baby ACTUALLY THERE? Because in the case I'm talking about, two people saw it and the blankets and sheets were actually off the bed and leading down the stairs. It wasn't an illusion and therefore your little example up there is apples to my oranges. But nice try.
  • fakeplastictree
    fakeplastictree Posts: 836 Member
    Oh, I have plenty. Actually have a Paranormal Investigation team. :)
  • Bevigal
    Bevigal Posts: 66 Member
    I inherited my Aunt and Uncles old home. I have had friends over and its not unusual to see the shadow of an old man and a tiny little woman holding hands as they head for the bedroom they once shared together years ago. I have witnesses. Am I afraid? Nah...the dead can't hurt you....its the live ones you gotta watch.
  • paigemarie93
    paigemarie93 Posts: 778 Member
    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.

    omg :heart:
  • I have had Ghost experiences since i was 18 years old... I have came face to face with one about 4 months ago ... It scared me badly... I just saw his face , he had blonde hair, black eyes ..

    I have had the ghost to smack me on my butt..lol.. not really funny. I have had them to move things around.. Called my name out..
    And so much more... So yes i believe in Ghost..
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    I love watching Gun Show -- er, I mean, Zak -- on Ghost Hunters. Er. I mean. I love Ghost Hunters.

    :love:
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.

    Yeah no doubt. One time I woke up in the middle of the night and was convinced my infant son was on the other side of the bed and about to fall off. I dove across the bed to catch him and landed on my wife and started panicking that he was about to fall on the floor. Then another time I woke up in the middle of the night and cradling my arms and was convinced I was holding my son, and my wife had to repeatedly tell me I wasn't and that he was in his bedroom sleeping. In both of these two cases was it a ghost that was pretending to be a baby, NO it was my brain overly stressed about raising a child and causing hallucinations.

    Did your wife also see the baby? And was the baby ACTUALLY THERE? Because in the case I'm talking about, two people saw it and the blankets and sheets were actually off the bed and leading down the stairs. It wasn't an illusion and therefore your little example up there is apples to my oranges. But nice try.

    So are you 100% convinced that you had a supernatural experience with this blanket and sheets incident? Should I take your word as evidence given that I haven't observed any activity that could even remotely be paranormal in my entire life?
  • vness286
    vness286 Posts: 7 Member
    We recently used the Ouiji board and talked to my dead grandpas! One of them told me I would have a baby boy in 8 years!
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    Oh, I have plenty. Actually have a Paranormal Investigation team. :)

    Oooh, can I come too? :D:D
  • markymarrkk
    markymarrkk Posts: 495 Member
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.

    And two people, one an avowed atheist, experienced this at the same time, but it was a trick of the mind?

    Interesting. Arrogant thought, but interesting.

    I won't apologize for sounding arrogant, I'm not trying to honestly but I can see how it may come across this way and Fcck it, it's my own opinion and I totally respect your beliefs in this stuff, but for me I just don't think any of it is real, why YOU, why Only certain people!! WHY ISN'T THIS a WORLD WIDE UNIVERSALLY WIDE REACHING PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE? IF GHOST ARE CAPABLE OF APPEARING OR AFFECTING OUR PHYSICAL WORLD THAN WHY NOT REACH OUT TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE.
  • rossi02
    rossi02 Posts: 549 Member
    I love reading these.. I'v had a couple of things happen that I couldn't explain, but not really sure I could call it spirits.

    The first happened when I was 19 (15 years ago) and working for a dental office in my hometown. The building we were located out of had originally been a morge, but over the years (50 or so) it had been remodled and sectioned off into retail stores and other type of offices. The building was so old, that the elavtor in it (not for customers, just tennats to go to storage areas), was operated by pulling a rope. The office was closed every Friday, but I still went in to deep clean the rooms and finish up other work that wasn't completed during the week as far as billing and confirming appointments for the next week. Never bothered me being there by myself, I actually enjoyed it. One Friday, it just felt off when I walked into the office.. as if someone else was there. I called out and no one answered so I did a walk through and checked all the doors to make sure they were locked and they all were. I just couldn't shake the feeling. My deep cleaning was almost done, all I had left to do was vacuum... so I had started at the back and would finish at the front of the building. As I came out of one of the rooms I caught someone out of the corner of my eye. I jumped at least 5 feet off the ground. There was this little old man standing there, wearing a bow tie, hat and sport coat. He said he was sorry, that he didn't mean to scare me.. he just had a couple of questions about the building. I'm just stunned and just try and answer as best I can (don't even remember what the questions were). After a couple of minutes he smiled and thanked me and said he would leave now. He walked over the side door (which isn't how people off the street enter the building) opened it and walked off. I stood there for a minute or so trying to compose myself, then walked over to lock the door back that he just walked out of (I had the keys in my pocket for the deadbolt) and the door was locked. I finish vacuuming and try to get the rest of my stuff done. About that time, a lady with her two kids are knocking on the front door. I walked up to the door and told her the office was closed and she asked if she could just come in and make her kids appointment. After what had just happened I thought, "Yes, please come in so I'm not here by myself". I went over to the computer and tried pulling her two son's names up in the computer to schedule their appointment and couldn't find them anywhere. I told her I was sorry and asked her again if they had been here before and she looked at me and said. "Well, to tell you the truth.. my boys don't see the dentist here.. I just felt I needed to come in here and talk to you. You've had a strange day haven't you". I just look at her and my mouth drops open and start to ask her what she was talking about.. Before I could she looked at me and smiled and said "Happy birthday, I can sense that your birthday is soon (it was the next day). I just want you to know, that everything is going to be okay. You are a good person, and even though you aren't where you want to be right now.. it will work out". I must have looked terrifed because she then told me that she was sorry and didn't mean to scare me and that she would leave now. After she left I called the office manager and told her all that had happened and she told me to leave for the day. That was the last Friday that I ever worked by myself.

    The other was when my youngest was only a few weeks old. I was home on maternity leave and about to take a shower. My newborn was in his bouncer seat in the bathroom, so I could pull the shower curtain back and check on him if needed. Before getting into the shower I took the blanket out of the baby's bouncer (because I'm paranoid and was worried he would pull it over his head). I stepped into the shower and relaized I needed a new bottle of shampoo, so I stepped back out to get the new bottle from under the sink. As I walk back to the shower, I see the banklet tucked over my son. I didn't think much of it and assumed I had meant to take the blanket off and forgot. So I took it back off and placed it beside him on the floor. Shower, then pull the curtain back to get my towel and notice the blanket not only tucked around my newborn, but a toy is placed beside him as well. No one else is home with us, it's just me and my youngest. I immediatly start tearing up, because this feeling just came over me and I could almost smell the cigar brand that my grandfather used to smoke. He passed when I was really young.. I just felt it was his way of acknowledging my sons.
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
    Im not usually afraid of ghost. But one day I took a picture in my bathroom and this appeared

    iNa8w.jpg


    I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP FOR DAYS
  • grinch031
    grinch031 Posts: 1,679
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.

    And two people, one an avowed atheist, experienced this at the same time, but it was a trick of the mind?

    Interesting. Arrogant thought, but interesting.

    I won't apologize for sounding arrogant, I'm not trying to honestly but I can see how it may come across this way and Fcck it, it's my own opinion and I totally respect your beliefs in this stuff, but for me I just don't think any of it is real, why YOU, why Only certain people!! WHY ISN'T THIS a WORLD WIDE UNIVERSALLY WIDE REACHING PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE? IF GHOST ARE CAPABLE OF APPEARING OR AFFECTING OUR PHYSICAL WORLD THAN WHY NOT REACH OUT TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE.

    It seems maybe it only happens to people who already believe in ghosts. I had a childhood friend who lived in an old house try to claim his house was haunted. Yet nothing ever happened when I would visit. How convenient.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    My son is 2.5 and I’ve always felt he was spiritual. He’s just never felt alone to me. I realize that children stare of randomly and what not, but from the time he recognized faces and started to smile at them until he was about 18 months old my son would stop in the middle of whatever he was doing and stare off with the same look he would give when he was focusing on us and smile the biggest smile. Usually it was accompanied by a giggle. I’ve had people tell me that my grandmother looks out for him, but either way I feel like he’s never alone.
    I haven’t had my own experiences and I probably would pee myself if I did. When my husband (who was always a skeptic) was in college he and his buddies rented a house and M got the basement room. He told me once that the *kitten* that went on down there was so scary he wouldn’t repeat the stories because he didn’t want to relive it. He’d rather sleep on the beer and whatnot stained couch than in his room, and would only sleep in his room when he was too f’ed up for anything to wake him.
    Seeing as I know more people who are believers than who are not, and a belief in a spirit world has been consistent across most cultures, I don’t think twice about acknowledging this as a part of things. Maybe it’s a person’s actual spirit, maybe it the energy left behind related to a person/thing, maybe it’s our overactive imaginations. What I know is what I believe, and I believe it because there are occurrences for which any other explanation is more absurd than simply believing.
  • dobarber
    dobarber Posts: 611 Member
    Im not usually afraid of ghost. But one day I took a picture in my bathroom and this appeared

    iNa8w.jpg


    I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP FOR DAYS
    Now THAT'S SCARY! Time to get the Anti-ghpst spray out of my Batman utility belt.
  • vade43113
    vade43113 Posts: 836 Member
    It seems maybe it only happens to people who already believe in ghosts. I had a childhood friend who lived in an old house try to claim his house was haunted. Yet nothing ever happened when I would visit. How convenient.

    accually no... I believe in them, but I go to the so called haunted places... and nothing.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    ghost exist.... in your mind. It is the individual person's neurological wiring that allows them to interpret unexplained external stimuli or random neural mis-firing as mystical, religious, UFO, spiritual or any other metaphysical supernatural phenomenon.

    psychics, horoscopes, mystics, miracle healers and other pseudoscience practices in my opinion take advantage of peoples' hopes and lack of scientific awareness.

    Explain how people's minds, while they are sound asleep, use blankets and sheets to make a trail to lead the wakeful minds to a fire danger.

    Please and thank you. :flowerforyou:

    The Human brain is a remarkable organ capable of the extraordinary... the sleep state even more mysterious, there is plenty of natural biological phenomenon that goes on neurologically that can be attributed to a given experience, no need to call it paranormal, psychic or supernatural. I'm not a PhD on this *kitten* and I won't pretend I can break it down to you, but all I know is, the easiest explanation is usually the best. I'm not saying this is how it went down but check it: you have a neurological condition similar to sleep walking, or are taking Ambien which many people have been known to make phone calls, cook or even have sex while asleep and appear to be awake. a danger of some kind is detected by your brain via smell/odor receptors and your brain activates the necessary motor mechanisms to create an escape.

    And two people, one an avowed atheist, experienced this at the same time, but it was a trick of the mind?

    Interesting. Arrogant thought, but interesting.

    I won't apologize for sounding arrogant, I'm not trying to honestly but I can see how it may come across this way and Fcck it, it's my own opinion and I totally respect your beliefs in this stuff, but for me I just don't think any of it is real, why YOU, why Only certain people!! WHY ISN'T THIS a WORLD WIDE UNIVERSALLY WIDE REACHING PHENOMENON THAT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE? IF GHOST ARE CAPABLE OF APPEARING OR AFFECTING OUR PHYSICAL WORLD THAN WHY NOT REACH OUT TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE.

    It seems maybe it only happens to people who already believe in ghosts. I had a childhood friend who lived in an old house try to claim his house was haunted. Yet nothing ever happened when I would visit. How convenient.

    Well, in my husband's case he wasn't a beliver until he lived with something pretty nasty in his college home . . . and no, it wasn't a woman.
  • mrmoustache
    mrmoustache Posts: 17
    My mom died in August of last year in our home. At about 3 AM one night, I woke up to the sound of the vigorous shaking of my locked bedroom door. I went to open it and there was no one there. I even checked around the house to see if any windows were open, just in case it was the wind. None of them were open, but I closed the door and never heard the shaking again that night.

    Another time, I went into my dad's bedroom to get something. The only light he has in his room is a lamp on the desk, so I turned that on to find a framed picture of his new girlfriend. I laughed and said, "Wow, I bet you don't like that, Mom." Immediately, the lamp started flickering.

    Another thing I find interesting is that she and my dog died around the same time, so we threw their ashes out to sea together. He was a white chihuahua that never left her side, and I've frequently seen two butterflies: a monarch and a small white one. Mostly, they're in the backyard, and I have seen the same pair once at a family dinner at my grandma's house, but amazingly, I once saw them encircling our boat while we were out at sea.

    These experiences have forever changed my religious beliefs and my beliefs concerning spirits. Believe if you want to.