scooter1369
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Muck;644535; said:
I don't think so. She never mentioned which room it was though.
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I don't think so. She never mentioned which room it was though.
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theres a cool place here in columbus.. over in clintonville on Walahalla street.
I've been there and it was nuts, too long of a story but it resulted in the star basketball player of watterson, entering his senior year, pulling his hamstring falling down the hill and missing the first month of his senior season lol
I've been there and it was nuts, too long of a story but it resulted in the star basketball player of watterson, entering his senior year, pulling his hamstring falling down the hill and missing the first month of his senior season lol
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No I have never had a paranormal experience before.
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I've never experienced anything abnormal, but my wife has several different incidents from when she was working alone (late at night) in a theater. Radio comes on by itself. Paint brushes hanging on a peg on a wall start to inexplicably swing. Voices from the stage when nobody is there. Noises from the props cage when nobody has gone up there in hours. All that type of crap. (Not all at the same time. Usually isolated incidents of one or another of that stuff.) Supposedly, this is the work of "Stella" the ghost of a former student who hanged herself after failing to get cast in a play. Eh, color me skeptical.
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I do not believe in ghosts but a few buddies and I saw something one night in high school that none of us to this day can explain. Believers have told me about Shadow People but it doesn't exactly meet the criteria.
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scooter1369
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I've heard of the shadow people thing before. Kooks on "coast to coast am" talk about that stuff all the time.
While there might be shadow people or there might not, until I experience one, call me skeptical.
Ghosts, on the other hand, I sincerely believe exist. I think there are spirits who linger here long after they should. I don't believe they are capable of causing harm to the living, nor do they want to. In fact I'm not sure they see us much more than we see them or have rational thought anymore. Maybe stuck in the last few minutes or days of their former life.
While there might be shadow people or there might not, until I experience one, call me skeptical.
Ghosts, on the other hand, I sincerely believe exist. I think there are spirits who linger here long after they should. I don't believe they are capable of causing harm to the living, nor do they want to. In fact I'm not sure they see us much more than we see them or have rational thought anymore. Maybe stuck in the last few minutes or days of their former life.
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Muck
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I am nominally a skeptic on most things paranormal even though that is that part of me that wants there to be truth to them just because of the wonder factor.
That being said I grew up in a house that more than a few people swear is haunted.
The house was built in the 1880s although it was extensively enlarged & remodeled by my great grandfather (no my father's side) in the 20s-30s. He died right after I was born in 71, my great grandmother moved out shortly afterwards into a smaller house and my dad bought the old house off of her.
It was a typical old house with creaks & groans. It was literally impossible to walk in the house without everyone downstairs hearing you moving around (which sucked when you're trying to sneak out as a teen!). However there were many times when you could hear someone walking around when no one else was home. Quite a few times I would have friends over, we would be playing in the basement and I would hear someone upstairs...I'd run up to see who was home and both front & back doors would still be locked. Or even better you would hear someone walking upstairs while you were on the first floor and they would ask who was home and I'd have to say "no one". Spooked a few friends that way. lol
My mom swears up and down that it was my great grandfather keeping watch over the house. I talked to my grandmother once about it before she died and she said "Dad put his entire life into that house, do you really think he'd leave it?". So who knows... *shrug*
Since my great grandfather died before I was walking I have no actual memories of him. However when I was very small I used to talk to my parents about Grandpa Fred (I was named after him). My mother says that I used to tell her that he would come and check on me every night at bedtime. I don't actually remember any of that so I have no idea how true it is.
Now I DO remember waking up one night with my grandfather on my mom's side (we were tight) sitting on the edge of the bed. We talked for awhile and I remember him saying that he had to go but that it was OK because there was someone else there to watch over me. I can remember being so sad when I went back to sleep. The next morning my parents told me that he had died during the night (he had been living in a nursing home with terminal lung cancer).
Now of course that last memory could have been something I dreamed later and just reordered it in my mind, I dunno. Either way I always felt safe in that house (except in the creepy attic lol) and was heartbroken when my dad sold it. The house itself always felt like family...so if it was haunted I have no complaints. :)
(I have one creepy story to add about the house later when I have time)
Regardless it is a cool story. :)
I'm not so sure I believe in ghosts in the sense of actual "spirits" that would fit most religious definitions (despite my story above). However I do believe it might be possible for energy to somehow be stored or transferred to an area. Since everything is energy at its most basic level I have no problems accepting that an energy pattern caused by a living being could be recorded or imprinted.
Our views are probably pretty close just a matter of semantics.
Now I also firmly believe that the vast majority of "paranormal" experiences can be attributed to physiological or psychological causes. Electromagnetic fields have been shown to create mental states similar to those reported by alien "abductees" or other phenomena. Low frequency sound waves can cause nausea and feeling similar to those typical of "hauntings" (thus my reply of "infrasonics" above...do a search on Vic Tandy & his research). Sleep Paralysis can also cause experiences that closely match those of various claimed experiences.
So while I acknowledge the possibility of phenomena that we can't quite explain at this time....I have no doubts that most experiences in the category can be explained.
That being said I grew up in a house that more than a few people swear is haunted.
The house was built in the 1880s although it was extensively enlarged & remodeled by my great grandfather (no my father's side) in the 20s-30s. He died right after I was born in 71, my great grandmother moved out shortly afterwards into a smaller house and my dad bought the old house off of her.
It was a typical old house with creaks & groans. It was literally impossible to walk in the house without everyone downstairs hearing you moving around (which sucked when you're trying to sneak out as a teen!). However there were many times when you could hear someone walking around when no one else was home. Quite a few times I would have friends over, we would be playing in the basement and I would hear someone upstairs...I'd run up to see who was home and both front & back doors would still be locked. Or even better you would hear someone walking upstairs while you were on the first floor and they would ask who was home and I'd have to say "no one". Spooked a few friends that way. lol
My mom swears up and down that it was my great grandfather keeping watch over the house. I talked to my grandmother once about it before she died and she said "Dad put his entire life into that house, do you really think he'd leave it?". So who knows... *shrug*
Since my great grandfather died before I was walking I have no actual memories of him. However when I was very small I used to talk to my parents about Grandpa Fred (I was named after him). My mother says that I used to tell her that he would come and check on me every night at bedtime. I don't actually remember any of that so I have no idea how true it is.
Now I DO remember waking up one night with my grandfather on my mom's side (we were tight) sitting on the edge of the bed. We talked for awhile and I remember him saying that he had to go but that it was OK because there was someone else there to watch over me. I can remember being so sad when I went back to sleep. The next morning my parents told me that he had died during the night (he had been living in a nursing home with terminal lung cancer).
Now of course that last memory could have been something I dreamed later and just reordered it in my mind, I dunno. Either way I always felt safe in that house (except in the creepy attic lol) and was heartbroken when my dad sold it. The house itself always felt like family...so if it was haunted I have no complaints. :)
(I have one creepy story to add about the house later when I have time)
scooter1369;644536; said:
Regardless it is a cool story. :)
scooter1369;644997; said:
I'm not so sure I believe in ghosts in the sense of actual "spirits" that would fit most religious definitions (despite my story above). However I do believe it might be possible for energy to somehow be stored or transferred to an area. Since everything is energy at its most basic level I have no problems accepting that an energy pattern caused by a living being could be recorded or imprinted.
Our views are probably pretty close just a matter of semantics.
Now I also firmly believe that the vast majority of "paranormal" experiences can be attributed to physiological or psychological causes. Electromagnetic fields have been shown to create mental states similar to those reported by alien "abductees" or other phenomena. Low frequency sound waves can cause nausea and feeling similar to those typical of "hauntings" (thus my reply of "infrasonics" above...do a search on Vic Tandy & his research). Sleep Paralysis can also cause experiences that closely match those of various claimed experiences.
So while I acknowledge the possibility of phenomena that we can't quite explain at this time....I have no doubts that most experiences in the category can be explained.
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scooter1369;644997; said:
Shadow people don't creep me out nearly as much as BEK (Black Eyed Kids)!
The first "documented" report of them can be found HERE.
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scooter1369
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The Iceland thing I mentioned earlier...
I was stationed in Keflavik for a year. Oddly, it was my favorite duty station out of all of the places I served. The history, the landscape, the people were all fascinating.
Most of you are old enough to remember the Reykjavik Summit between Reagen and Gorbachev. It was held in the building that was the original seat of the AllThing, (just outside Reykjavik) believed by many to be the seat of the first true parliament in Europe. I visited this building and grounds while I was there.
This building is long believed by locals to be haunted by the original members of the Allthing and others. While outside walking around, we could here footsteps inside and we asked about going in. We were told no one goes into it anymore. We mentioned hearing someone inside and we were told everyone hears it, most don't want to go in there with them. "Them" meaning the ghosts.
Another quick story closer to home. My grandfather died in 94. The night he died, my mom was staying at my grandparents' house with my grandmother. She slept that night in his old room, my grandmother on the couch. She couldn't bear to be in the room anymore.
Early morning (about 3:30 or so she said) she woke up to a smell like my grandfather. She looked at the foot of the bed and he was standing there. He said "Babe, I'm all right" and then he was gone. Every tells my mom she dreamt it. But she says that's not possible as she never went back to sleep. She got right up and made coffee and sat in the kitchen until my grandmother woke up.
Also, my step dad was sitting at home alone one day watching a race (as usual) and he saw a shadow go by in the living room. He got to see who it was but no one else was in the house. About an hour later, he got a call from his brother letting him know his sister Deidre had died that afternoon. One of the last things she had said was something about wanting to see Rick (my step dad)
I was stationed in Keflavik for a year. Oddly, it was my favorite duty station out of all of the places I served. The history, the landscape, the people were all fascinating.
Most of you are old enough to remember the Reykjavik Summit between Reagen and Gorbachev. It was held in the building that was the original seat of the AllThing, (just outside Reykjavik) believed by many to be the seat of the first true parliament in Europe. I visited this building and grounds while I was there.
This building is long believed by locals to be haunted by the original members of the Allthing and others. While outside walking around, we could here footsteps inside and we asked about going in. We were told no one goes into it anymore. We mentioned hearing someone inside and we were told everyone hears it, most don't want to go in there with them. "Them" meaning the ghosts.
Another quick story closer to home. My grandfather died in 94. The night he died, my mom was staying at my grandparents' house with my grandmother. She slept that night in his old room, my grandmother on the couch. She couldn't bear to be in the room anymore.
Early morning (about 3:30 or so she said) she woke up to a smell like my grandfather. She looked at the foot of the bed and he was standing there. He said "Babe, I'm all right" and then he was gone. Every tells my mom she dreamt it. But she says that's not possible as she never went back to sleep. She got right up and made coffee and sat in the kitchen until my grandmother woke up.
Also, my step dad was sitting at home alone one day watching a race (as usual) and he saw a shadow go by in the living room. He got to see who it was but no one else was in the house. About an hour later, he got a call from his brother letting him know his sister Deidre had died that afternoon. One of the last things she had said was something about wanting to see Rick (my step dad)
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BuckeyeMike80;644133; said:
He's trying to find a point in time where his mullet is in style.
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Im a pretty scientific type, but there have been two things that happened to me in my life that I cannot explain that would likely fall under the catagory of paranormal. Further, I know of three separate stories from three different friends - friends who I otherwise believe to be among the most level headed people I know. They all swear their stories are true, and I'll tell you they are pretty freaky. Dunno - might be something to it.
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