Fellow posters,
Have you ever had an experience with the supernatural?
If so, please post it here.
At the risk of being ridiculed, I will start things off with my own tale. I ask that all stories be true, as mine is.

When I was 8, we moved from a small frame house into a huge old Victorian place in the same small town in northwest Indiana.
At first sight, we fell in love with the house--the fireplaces, the stained glass windows in the dining room, the curving staircase, the balconies, the floor to ceiling windows, the diamond doorknobs. The house was located on a shady street of similarly aged homes. It seemed a treasure land to us kids after years of living in a small house, and my parents were thrilled to have purchased it for a song. The old couple selling it claimed they wished to move to a smaller place, and the reason it was so cheap was because the lady was a distant relative of my Dad's.

Even before we moved in, the local neighborhood kids had regaled us with stories of the mean old lady who had lived there previously. She had hated all kids and made their lives miserable if a ball had gone into her precious roses. Her name was Mary and the kids said she haunted the house.

Needless to say, we were thrilled. The idea of seeing a ghastly spectre beconing us to our doom seemed very exciting. However, what actually went on there was more uninteresting, yet still disturbing.
We'd only been living there for a few weeks when odd things began to manifest themselves. Lights would go on and off, the washer started by itself at all hours. We were locked out more times than I can count and poor Dad spent a fortune on locksmiths--even after the front door had been left wide open. A few rooms in particular seemed especially sinister--the basement, dark and shadowy, filled with random sounds of footsteps, the upstairs apartment where Mary had lived in her old age. This room was so disturbing that no one could stay in there for very long as the feeling of being watched was overwhelming.
My big sis claimed to have seen a figure in white in a window in that room--there were times I wet the bed rather than use the bathroom at night because to get to that room, you first had to traverse the apartment. A visiting cousin was locked in a cabinet in there during a game of hide and seek and no amount of wrenching could get the door open. Yet it had shut easily enough--when Dad finally broke it down, the poor kid was white with fear. Something had been in the cabinet with him, he said.

One night when Dad was out of town on a business trip we heard the sounds of heavy furniture being dragged across the wooden floors of the dining room. This event lasted for several hours. The noise was so intense that neighbors commented on it the next day. Yet, when we investigated early the next morning (God knows we sure didn't go down there that NIGHT), nothing had been disturbed.

Apart from hands clapping you on the shoulder or someone/something calling your name, we never felt as if we were in any danger. Whatever was there seemed playful, not malicious. O so we told ourselves.
We lived there for 3 years until Dad was transferred to another city. The house still stands and I have often felt like going up to the door and asking the inhabitants if anything untoward has ever happened to them.

In any event, we spoke of Mary almost as if she were a family memeber. Maybe in time she grew to accept us. Because we showed no fear or disrespect for her house, maybe she decided to let us be. I will never know.

Because of this experience, I have never looked askance at others who have had similar tales to tell. What these visitations or "hauntings" are, I will not presume to say. But they are odd, very odd, and apparently without rational explanation.

Thanks for sharing the interesting story, rendova.

I would stop and ask the present owners.

Ren, you should get a hold of some of Dion Fortune's books concerning the occult. Her book, Psychic Self Defense, is particularly notable in the clear and lucid detailing of all manner of supernatural attacks and phenomena and manners of dealing with them, replete with many illuminating anecdotes. I found it very readable and informative.

My limited experience concerns a ghost that supposedly lived in the house I was staying in for a few months recently. All it did when I was around was flicker lights and make the microwave act funny. But it did 'stab' my roommate in the back once. The stabbing pain lasted for a few weeks and his girlfriend at the time who was living a few states away complained of the same problem. He was also blamed for tripping one of them down the stairs.

We're planning a trip up there this summer, Dan, and we might very well stop at the house. If I get laughed at or thrown off the property, well, at least I tried.

Nap, thanks for the info on the Fortune books. I'll look into them. I do have a strong interest in such things and try to keep an open mind. The possibility for hoaxes are endless and this MUST be taken into consideration, as are wierd electrical occurences that have a likely explanation, etc. Still, tho---makes a person think....not all can be explained by such.

A theory of mine, and one based on personal experience, is that there are some folks more "in tune" to "odd" things than others. Don't know why this is so. This ability also seems to carry down in families--for example, my Dad, his mom, and her parents all had a lifetime of "odd" experiences. My Dad's own cousin, a man by the name of Bob Bradley, was a part time ameteur medium. He stumbled onto this vocation by accident ( and he never charged for his services ) after a terrifying event that occured at his own house that literally drove him and his family out of the house, never to return. Maybe I will tell his story on this thread---hopefully more stories will be forthcoming here... I promise not to laugh, sit in judgement, or try to "explain away"!

Sometimes the gods just decide to fuck with you. I heard this story from a friend of mine.

He and his buddies were all in the woods running around, tripping on acid, when, a few of them found this Diet Dr. Pepper vending machine sitting right out there in the middle of nowhere, lit and everything. They're like. "No way..." and call all of their buddies over. Guys are falling all over themselves laughing. One guy was like, "It can't be real!" but nobody wanted to touch it. My friend gets his balls together and approaches the machine, which sits there patiently, like, well, a vending machine. He fishes in his pocket for some change, puts it in, and out pops a Dr. Pepper. A few guys faint. He then proceeds to open the can and take a sip. The guys still standing are like, "well?" "Taste's like Dr. Pepper to me!" They all run away and trip the rest of the night.

Next morning, they all go back out in the woods to look for the machine, but nobody could find it. But my friend still has the can.

I'd keep the can too!

That kinda reminds me of a story I heard from an old boyfriend from high-school days.

One night he and 3 buddies were cruising around town in one of the guy's brand new Camaro. They were just cruising--no one was drinking or high, tho they'd all had a beer or 2 earlier in the day. It was a summer night and during several points during that night, they all saw an identical Camaro, with 4 guys inside, always going in the opposite direction. After seeing this mirror car several times it began to worry them all and they drove on further, almost to another state. They saw the other Camaro 3 more times that night, always heading towards them, always with 4 guys inside, staring straight ahead, not moving. It really freaked them out and they headed back home.

The next day 2 of my boyfriends' buddies were killed in a car wreck--in the Camaro.

What does this mean?

Maybe nothing. Odd tho.

Originally posted by Napsterbater
He and his buddies were all in the woods running around, tripping on acid,


You didn't have to go any further then this :)

Rendova, I will share a story that was shared with me this evening.

This evening a young friend of mine, age 19, took me to the side to get my thoughts of an occurance that happened to him last night.
He said that he stayed overnight with his girl friend(of three months) and her mother, sleeping in a spare bedroom. During the night he was awakened by being grasped on both arms. When he became awake he realized he was alone in the bedroom and went back to sleep believing that he had only been dreaming.

He had a dream of being in the front yard of a house that he had never seen. A man was lying on the grass and was shot. He heard, then saw, an ambulance pass the house unable to get into the driveway and come back another route to reach the front yard.

Upon awakening this morning he related the dream to his girl friend and her mother going into greater detail than I am encluding here. These details encluded locations of things and people and a full description of occurances and the house and yard.

Turns out that he had completely described the death of the girl friends father 10 years earlier, in another city.

He had no previous information concerning this matter.

Dan these things happen all of the time the problem is there is no proof to back them up except for the he said she said. I have had many dreams come true or should I say happen. Sometimes it scares the crap out of me while other times it fills a missing gap. I wonder if everyone has this type of power but refuses to let it happen? Kind of like well I'll feel stupid if others know what I know so instead of crasping onto what they feel they push it away until it is no longer part of them.

Thank you for that very interesting story, Dan. Very odd.

I've heard tell of such things tho--a person being contacted by someone who has died a violent or otherwise "unnatural" death. It appears that the spirit of the dead man is trying to tell him something.

The young man might be a sensitive and not know it. I'd say he is either picking up on his girlfriend's strong but inarticulated feelings on this subject of her Dad's death, or he has been contacted by the dead man himself.

Would it be possible to try to contact the dead man again?It strongly appears that this man is not at rest.

I wouldn't recommend using a Ouija board. This is a dangerous practice and leaves one wide open to anything, including malevolent entities. Perhaps they can just try to talk with the dead man in a quiet, nonthreatening setting, using an experienced medium. Beware of those who charge for their services or claim to be able to "conjure" spirits! I don't believe the dead answer to such, and they appear in their own good time to those who understand and are nonthreatening. The dead man does appear as if he wishes to tell him something.

Originally posted by rendova
I wouldn't recommend using a Ouija board. This is a dangerous practice and leaves one wide open to anything, including malevolent entities. Perhaps they can just try to talk with the dead man in a quiet, nonthreatening setting, using an experienced medium. Beware of those who charge for their services or claim to be able to "conjure" spirits! I don't believe the dead answer to such, and they appear in their own good time to those who understand and are nonthreatening. The dead man does appear as if he wishes to tell him something. [/B]

I would not recommend a ouija board for the simple reason that it can be very false{if it works at all}. If this person allready contacted this man once chances are he could do it again if he doesn't let fear stand in the way.

Not all entities are nonthreatening. A few are quite malevolent.
I would recommend a person steer clear of such. Make no attempt to conjure them or even talk with them.
I would like to tell the story of my Dad's cousin, and I'll use his full name--Bob Bradley. His experience with a malevolent entity has haunted my family for years and has never been rationally explained.
Bob was a no-nonsense, hard headed steelworker who had little time or interest in paranormal experiences and tended to scoff at those who did. He was a big guy, well over 6 feet, and was married with 2 teenage kids.

These events occured when I was a toddler. They were related to me by my father who Bob had taken into confidence. There were few others who he could speak to about this for fear of being ridiiculed or called a drunk/crazy man, which he was not. He was a teetotaler in fact.

Bob had saved his money and had a new ranch house built on undeveloped land in the outlaying areas of a northern Indiana county--Porter. His family was one of the first to move into this new subdivision.

Disturbing things manifested themselves even as the house was being built. Tools disappeared, workmen became suddenly ill, terrible odors were emitted from the ground, which was high and dry. But the house was completed.

After the family moved in, random fires started in all areas of the house. The plumbing backed up continously. Moisture ran from the walls. The family dog refused to enter the dwelling and cringed in fear at the doorstep.

More events occured and escalated--objects thrown through the air, the family being attacked or assaulted by pinching hands. Night after night, the sounds of marching and huge crashing noises manifested themselves.

After 2 weeks of this the family was frazzled. The young son refused to sleep in his bedroom. The daughter had her hair pulled on a number of occasions. Being nonreligious, Bob was reluctant to call in a priest for an exorcism. He said he could handle the problem himself and nothing was going to drive him from his home.

He spoke too soon. One late evening after returning from his shift at the steel mill, he crawled into bed exhausted. He felt something get into bed with him. Thinking it was his wife, he rolled over to give her a kiss. What he saw, or didn't see, drove him from the house, never to return. It was a fgure under the bedcovers, yet it had no substance. Bob could clearly see its outline under the blankets and see an indentation of its head on the pillow.

He yelled at his family to leave and they did, wearing just what they had on and taking nothing. Bob went to his cousin, my Dad, who put him up for the night and next day helped round up some burly workmen to remove all items from the house. Bob put the property up for sale within days.

The house is till there and is picture perfect-- a real showplace.

This terrifying experience turned Bob from a nonbeliever and scoffer into an ameteur medium who has frequently helped others with odd things. But he always said to steer clear of those who obviously do not wish to talk, but rather only to harm.

Originally posted by mad dog
I would not recommend a ouija board for the simple reason that it can be very false{if it works at all}. If this person allready contacted this man once chances are he could do it again if he doesn't let fear stand in the way.

That's right, mad dog. Too easy too, to manipulate them and use people.

Rendova that is an interesting post about Bob. I have to ask though was this ghost{if it that is what it was} trying to make contact? I'm sure there is alot more to the story but I didn't notice if Bob ever tried to find out why the spirit was bugging the family. I feel that sometimes spirits will go over board because we on the other side ignore them. I also feel that sometimes instead of trying to understand we make assumptions. I noticed you said he would handle this on his own, what did he do{if you don't mind me asking}?

Originally posted by rendova
That's right, mad dog. Too easy too, to manipulate them and use people.

Alot of these boards are made for the sake of making money and alot of people that buy them make up the answers in their unconsciousness.

Originally posted by mad dog
Rendova that is an interesting post about Bob. I have to ask though was this ghost{if it that is what it was} trying to make contact? I'm sure there is alot more to the story but I didn't notice if Bob ever tried to find out why the spirit was bugging the family. I feel that sometimes spirits will go over board because we on the other side ignore them. I also feel that sometimes instead of trying to understand we make assumptions. I noticed you said he would handle this on his own, what did he do{if you don't mind me asking}?

Mad dog, according to my Dad, who told me this story years ago, Bob never made "contact" with the entity and, on the advice of my Dad, who studied such things for most of his life, never did.
Bob's way of handling it was to get out--which is obviously what the entity wanted them to do.
Also a footnote--the property stood vacant for years, unsold. Needless to say, Bob Bradley took a huge loss on it. The last I heard, and this was several years ago, the property had sold.
2 summers ago, we drove past it. It looks wonderful--very well kept.

Thanks, maybe the spirit had a good reason for them to leave, something we may not understand. The reason I asked is because sometimes spirits can get a bad rap just because we don't understand. I'm not saying I don't believe in mischievious spirits, but I do believe they are very few and even farther apart. Someone like the real Dracula may hang around to cause more trouble, but for the most part those spirits that are stuck are here for a reason. This Is JMO opinion and something I have been looking into when the chance arises. I don't fear ghost, but I do respect their space. Who knows maybe some day we will find the answers.

Originally posted by mad dog
Thanks, maybe the spirit had a good reason for them to leave, something we may not understand. The reason I asked is because sometimes spirits can get a bad rap just because we don't understand. I'm not saying I don't believe in mischievious spirits, but I do believe they are very few and even farther apart. Someone like the real Dracula may hang around to cause more trouble, but for the most part those spirits that are stuck are here for a reason. This Is JMO opinion and something I have been looking into when the chance arises. I don't fear ghost, but I do respect their space. Who knows maybe some day we will find the answers.

That's a good thought and one I hadn't considered--that maybe the entity WAS trying to communicate in some way.

But, its actions seemed malicious and harmful. No wonder the family fled but perhaps the entity had its reasons.

I agree, whatever these hauntings are, they're here for a reason. There is a method to their madness. More study needs done on this topic by respected and serious researchers. It's too bad that so many hoaxers, cranks, and people looking to make a buck have all but ruined the field for the serious researchers.

Originally posted by rendova
That's a good thought and one I hadn't considered--that maybe the entity WAS trying to communicate in some way.

Maybe it had tried a more pleasent way and was not getting a reaction??

But, its actions seemed malicious and harmful. No wonder the family fled but perhaps the entity had its reasons.

You explained Bob to be a proud man that didn't really buy into the ghost stuff. It sounds like he had a strong will and didn't like to put up with bull. The spirit may have figured this out and found Bob's weakness and tried to make him a believer? Maybe because Bob didn't understand he let his own fear blow things in the wrong direction? Of course I don't know if this is what happened but it could be another way to look at things. Modern human has decided to get rid of their 6th sense{the gut feeling}. This doesn't mean that things have disappeared it just means we have become more ignorant of our surroundings.

I agree, whatever these hauntings are, they're here for a reason. There is a method to their madness. More study needs done on this topic by respected and serious researchers.

I agree with this 100% and have seen some interesting things on this field. I believe almost everyone has{or will have} an experience with ghost/spirits/the other side, but we choose to either ignore it or forget it. Of course we can allways explain it off as being the wind or something.

It's too bad that so many hoaxers, cranks, and people looking to make a buck have all but ruined the field for the serious researchers.

Once again I agree with you, everyone wants their 15min. of fame and they don't care what the cost is.

Good points, mad dog. I agree with this 100%.

There's a great show on the Sci-fi channel about ghost hunters and researchers into the paranormal. It's called "Ghost Hunters" and it's on Wednesday nights. These folks have picked up some very bizarre things on video and audio tapes. They also have a website --just go to google and type in TAPS--it's the abbreviation for their organization--the Atlantic Paranormal Society. They research cases of hauntings in New England.

I'm considering joining a local society of ghost hunters and paranormal researchers. I'm glad this topic is getting serious attention from people who wish to study it in a scientific and methodical way under strict conditions.

In the situation that I spoke about the first question the mother and daughter had was why the father had not contacted one of them.
When I spoke to the young man that experienced it I told him that if this was a spirit it might have tried to contact the family, but was unable.

Another thing that I brought up was the fact that if one of them had been shown these things they would have only thought it a memory relived because they were there originally.

Originally posted by Dan Fussell


Another thing that I brought up was the fact that if one of them had been shown these things they would have only thought it a memory relived because they were there originally.

This is something that happens frequently, I've found. Folks who've had an odd or paranormal experience tend to blame it sometimes on repressed memories, half-remembered events, dreams, or just the subconscious, which is a catch-all term for anything that's not understood--the 21st century god.

As usual, many stories but (except for the first) none is told by its direct witness. This is exactly the way urban legends spread.

Originally posted by astrapol2
As usual, many stories but (except for the first) none is told by its direct witness. This is exactly the way urban legends spread.

Would you feel different if it were told straight from the horses mouth? What if you saw something {ghost} would you right it off or would you believe what you saw? I have seen ghosts and even figured I was just seeing things {because that's what society teaches}, now I go with what I see and what I feel. Society as proven one thing to me over the years, it don't know squat :) Some will believe some won't even if it slaps them in the face, but all in all it does make life interesting.

Dan; That is the way I have learned to look at things, leave all possibilitys open.

Originally posted by astrapol2
As usual, many stories but (except for the first) none is told by its direct witness. This is exactly the way urban legends spread.

I have no reason to believe that the parties involved in these stories were telling a lie.
If anything, people who tell of such things are more often than not set up for scorn and ridicule. which makes me wonder why they'd do such a thing to themselves to begin with.

Originally posted by astrapol2
As usual, many stories but (except for the first) none is told by its direct witness. This is exactly the way urban legends spread.
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As with most written and oral history.

Originally posted by rendova
I have no reason to believe that the parties involved in these stories were telling a lie.
If anything, people who tell of such things are more often than not set up for scorn and ridicule. which makes me wonder why they'd do such a thing to themselves to begin with.

I know that, and I have no doubt about the sincerity of all the people posting here, and not even in the sincerity of the people who told them these stories.
I was just pointing out the fact that when asked about supernatural tales, most people know a lot... that did not actually happen to them, but to friends or most often "friends of a friend".

I like theses stories, I don't say they are bullshit, I just think it's good to be aware of the fact that this is the way rumors spread.

That's a good point, and I agree.
To me, it's interesting to see evidence which has been forthcoming using modern-day techniques and methods by researchers, captured on video tape and audio, EVPs and the like. This is primary source documentation--finally!--and difficult to refute.

Great thread Rendover..........:eek:

I work in a nursing home and i have heard lots of spooky goings on......

#1 The home was built on an old childrens home,,,,,1 bedroom in particular has had several sighting of children,,new people to the home paitents or staff have talked about hearing a bell like a school bell....

#2 Ive been there since it opened,,,,so i can remember most patients we have had...
One room had a lady with leg braces on,,she never left her room to socialise just sat and looked out of the window,,,ive had people ask me if i can remember a lady with leg braces from that room,,,,,,cus the think they saw her,,,,,sittin by the window.....

#3 We had a young downs girl in once,,,,she was facinated by Disney,,,,posters and pictures ornaments all the videos....
After she died we got an old man in her room,,,,,,he was very ill ,,,one day he asked a member of staff if the little girl had ever been to Disney land,,,she didnt know what he meant at the time,,,but later on it clicked ....:eek:

#4 I nursed a 99 year old lady once,,,,she was fantastic for her age,,,she walked about and had all her faculties,,,her only problem was her hip,,,I asked her about a week before her 100th birthday if she was excited about her birthday and her card from the Queen,,,,,,she told me she would never see her 100th as she wouldnt be here,,,,,,,,i laughed cus she was so fit and healthy.........

Low and Behold,,,,,,,she died 2 days later,,,,,,in her sleep,,,, 3 days before her 100th........Natural Causes said the death cert......

I have sooo many more,,,,but my hands sore now...:D

Those are odd tales, red. And sad too, in their way.

I've often thought that some older folks, because they're so close to the other side, sometimes are aware of things that younger folk can't or don't see.

Red those are interesting tails, thanks for sharing. I have also met people that new when their time was up. Kind of like something, or someone told them.

I believe there are many many more tails like this out there, but people are afraid what others will think. It's funny how people don't mind talking about their religion but if they bring up the ghost{or spiritual} world they get classified as being alittle off the wall.

LOL, yep, off the wall is a NICE way of putting it!

Still tho, some of the most educated and intelligent people I've ever known have had an interest in this subject. I think they're just looking for truth and answers, like most of us.

Harry Houdini had a lifelong interest in this, so did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Houdini spent many years exposing frauds and hoaxers for the rip -off artists that they were. He made a pact tho, to contact his wife if he should die before her. Don't know if he ever did..and Doyle was very interested in spiritualism.

Hey mad dog, when are you going to post a story about your own experiences with the paranormal?:)

I have before, nothing too interesting.
Here's a few, I had a dream about being stuck in a snow storm, it happened. I have seen a ghost in my mothers house, before we re-did a back room. I have also been out walking in the woods {at night} and had something grab my shoulder, of course when I turned to see what it was nothing was there. I don't use flash lights at night unless it is absolutely needed{drives my family nutz}. I can see much better without the light{most of the time}. There are many things that have happened to me since I opened my mind and stopped trying to put everything into a neat little package. We live in a place now that use to have an old settlement in the area. Alot of old stone fences, foundations, cemetarys etc.... The story goes that they all died from some sort of a plague, sometimes I have a strong feeling that I'm not alone.

I don't mind folks trying to find the answers to strange happenings what bugs me is how some go about it. Alot have their minds made up before they even look, they ethier believe or they don't. I think there are enough tails about the other side or a force that it is worth taking a look at, but it should be done seriously. The other thing that bugs me are these so called pros that say well I didn't pick it up on my little gadget so it can't be real. Who is to say we have or are even using the right gadget?

Have any of you witnessed an animal acting wierd? example a dog barking like a stranger is in front of it but when you look nothing is there. I have had a couple of dogs freak out and act like there upset about something.

Originally posted by mad dog
Have any of you witnessed an animal acting wierd? example a dog barking like a stranger is in front of it but when you look nothing is there. I have had a couple of dogs freak out and act like there upset about something.
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I think that most of us have seen animals looking at what seems to be empty space and having strange reactions.
Makes one wonder.

I've noticed this too with dogs--they seem to be just barking at air, but they act like there's really something there. Never with cats tho--maybe because dogs have a better sense of smell?
Could be dogs can actually scent a presence.

Also, mad dog--can you describe what the spirit looked like, that you saw at your mom's house?

Was it like a mist, or a full fledged apparition?
Did it seem to have purpose, or was it some kind of residual haunting--that is, a spirit that replays an event over and over. Did it seem to try to make contact?

Sorry if this seems nosy--just curious.

And Dan, has the young man you spoke of earlier had any further visitations from the dead man who he had some kind of contact with?

Originally posted by rendova
Was it like a mist, or a full fledged apparition?
Did it seem to have purpose, or was it some kind of residual haunting--that is, a spirit that replays an event over and over. Did it seem to try to make contact?

I quess I would say it was more like a mist, allthough all of the folks that saw it believe it was male. I'm not sure if it was trying to make contact, it would stand in front of who ever saw it{at the doorway}. When the room was redone it seemed to go away, I don't spend enough time there anymore to know what happened. I never looked into the history of the house either it is an old house{probably 100+ yrs.} The spirit also visited me a few times when I had an engine shop in the basement. Made my hair stand up on the back of my neck but never scared me, I'd just go on about my business and try to give it its space.

Sorry if this seems nosy--just curious.

not a problem I find this topic interesting.

And Dan, has the young man you spoke of earlier had any further visitations from the dead man who he had some kind of contact with?

Yeh Dan, don't leave us hangin :)

Originally posted by rendova
And Dan, has the young man you spoke of earlier had any further visitations from the dead man who he had some kind of contact with? [/B]
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He has not mentioned the subject again.
I will see him in the next day or two and I will ask.

I thought this the opportunity to ask if anything similar has happened to anyone here.

My wife and I, occasionally, will be using some object and after placing it somewhere within our reach it will not be there when we reach for it again. Then later, usually within a day or two, it is found just lying there in open view, after we have both searched for it.

I do not mean in the sense that you forget were you put something, just gone off a coffee table, lamp table, etc.

I casually mentioned this to a young neighbor the other day and she said that she and her husband were occasionally experiencing the same thing, but had been hesitant to bring it up.

We've never had anything go missing like that where we live now, but once, at the old Victorian house I lived in as a youngster( that I talked about earlier), a large photograph album disappeared from the bookcase.

We spent most of the weekend looking for it--it was special to my Dad because it held many old family photos. Knowing my Dad's temper, none of us kids had tried to play some kind of joke with this....Sunday evening it was found laying in plain view on the staircase, where someone could have easily tripped over it...we attributed it to Mary and Dad jokingly threatened her with an exorcism if she pulled a stunt like that again!

Originally posted by mad dog
I quess I would say it was more like a mist, allthough all of the folks that saw it believe it was male. I'm not sure if it was trying to make contact, it would stand in front of who ever saw it{at the doorway}. When the room was redone it seemed to go away, I don't spend enough time there anymore to know what happened. I never looked into the history of the house either it is an old house{probably 100+ yrs.} The spirit also visited me a few times when I had an engine shop in the basement. Made my hair stand up on the back of my neck but never scared me, I'd just go on about my business and try to give it its space.





I wonder if it's possible to look into the history of this old house, mad dog?
you might find something interesting that would explain why this ha'nt is fond of the old place.

Spoke to the young man again for a minute, did not have much time.
He stated that he has not spent the night again, is nervous about it.

The girlfriend says that strange things are happening in the house.

The girlfriend says that all this seems to have started about the time the mom started using drugs again. I did not ask any further questions after she stated this. I will at a later date.

I hope you'll be able to talk with the young man again soon, Dan. Sounds like he really needs spmeone to talk with at length about this.