Ghost Story

London Free Press ^ | 30 Apr 04 | Ian Gillespie

[radiohead]

This is not a ghost story, but I guess it is kinda paranormal.

When I am thinking about my son, he routinely responds with "Yes?" or "Did you call me?" as if I had just called his name. I have thought about him at work and rec'd phone calls, "Did you just call here? Did I miss a message?" I notice that this seems to happen when I have strong thoughts about him, like stumbling over his shoes in the living room. : )

This used to happen when my husband was alive as well, He would come where I was and ask what I wanted.

I think it odd that they would stop what they're doing and come into other rooms. Obviously they must be hearing something very clearly to think that I've called them. Any other mothers/wives have this kind of connection?

I am pretty good at telling who's on the phone, whether it's a friend, family, the doctor's office, whatever. (I don't have caller ID)

And, often I will have strong, unbidden, thoughts of someone completely off the wall - old bosses, classmates, etc. people I haven't seen in years and who aren't part of my life, and that person will either appear in person, or I'll see something in the media or the Internet about them. Something just pops up; I'm not searching for them.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to use these gifts to play the lottery or increase my GPA.

[TightyRighty]

Nah, I'm better looking ;)

[AnAmericanMother]

W&G sold the Cahaba to Madison Coal Co. and it was renamed Capt. Ed Harris. It is still working as of a year or so ago, and you can still see the damage to the wheelhouse . . . < ouch! >

By the way, the Mauvilla was the towboat that picked up the Cahaba's tow and carried it on to Mobile.

[bigcheese]

With everything that I have read, you would be more suspectible to ghostly sightings. My mom and I share a certain amount of what you describe here, as well all of our family to one degree or another.

Which reminds me, did you ever see the post here on FR about the computer 'eggs' a university here in the States (MIT?) had placed around the world and linked back to a central server on campus? If I remember correctly, there were basically shielded headless computers generating random numbers. The central server then tried to find synchronous patterns among the random numbers generated from these geogrpahically separated eggs. Anyway, they showed a strong peak of 'collusion' on 9-11. And the eggs located on the east coast showed the strongest. What really got me is that they started to 'sync' app. an hour before the first plane hit.

Anyway, I have no trouble believing in 'shared consciousness' or even a 'soul tree' which enables thoughts to transcend one individual to another family member. Too much we simply do not understand at present.

[radiohead]

did you ever see the post here on FR about the computer 'eggs' a university here in the States (MIT?)

No. I haven't seen this. I searched and found some info about it (the study is out of Princeton, btw). More info at: http://noosphere.princeton.edu/

It's kinda interesting stuff. I don't put a lot of weight on what people who call Art Bell/George Noory say, but apparently a lot of them have had dreams or visions in which '11' is quite prominent.

[CurlyBill]

I think it was supposed to be based on a true story, but I don't know much about it.

[bigcheese]

Hmm... what would that be about "11"?

Believe it or not, I tend to be extremely skeptical about anything paranormal, and usually mutter 'koo-koo' when someone else starts up about something in such a vein. However, I enjoy studying and reading about such events, especially when there is some hard data behind it (such as the noosphere project).

Of course, I fully realize my story here is prolly causing the same reaction ("koo-koo") among many, and I would prolly be sitting in front of a shrink if it had not happened to my mom first, but hey, 'Net anonymity gives me cover. And as a band of prominent philosphers of the late 20th century pontificated, "Anonymity is a virute in this day and age".

[Barnacle]

Well, being a Catholic, I'd ask my priest to bless my house with holy water. Although I don't think your "visitor" is malevolent, it's not normal to have a spirit reside in your house. Perhaps something could be done to help him rest in peace.

[aberaussie]

A snake made me levitate once.

A snake made my husband walk on water once.

[Badeye]

Thanks for the ping!

[DollyCali]

Now, here's a REALLY scary one....

Compliments of MeekOneGOP.

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[MeekOneGOP]

Would you please post the ping list for us (if you don't mind).

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[BSunday]

I enjoy a good ghost story. Please add me to your ping list.

[Dead Dog]

We just bought a new house in Sept. On Oct 17, I was alone for the night when about 12:15 am I heard steps coming up the front entrance. I wasn't expecting the wife back until about 2:00am, so I though this was a bit strange. Also, the dog was barking. Dog's have a certain tone in their bark when they are hostile..and this was a definite hostile bark. At that point, I was very awake, and starting to get alarmed.

I then heard the deadbolt unlock, the doorknob rattle, and the magnetic gasket on the door break it's seal as the door opend. Now, I'm very awake, and thinking it is the wife...but the dog has gone ballistic and is in a full blown rage. He's 85 lb Malamute/Sheppard and looks like a wolf. ANYONE entering a house and night with that reception is up to no good.

The footsteps continue, once on wood outside, then on the tile entry, then muffled comming up the carpeted steps into the living room.

I'm up and flying by this point. I grab the 10mm, roll out of bed and chamber a round at the same time. Dog is still in a frenzy. All I can think of as I'm walking down the hall is that this is real, and this will be to the death. Once I get half way down the hall, the dog goes silent. I find him in the living room munching a milkbone, we have them in the pantry, don't think we left the pantry open that night..although that is possible. The front door is closed and locked, I check all of the rooms, doors, windows. Everything is closed and locked. The strangest part about it, is that I was able to go back to bed and go to sleep.

When the wifey got home, I told her "Hey Hun, we've got a ghost". She just rolled her eyes.

So, then in December, I was out walking the dog. Beautiful night, just incredibly still and silent. The dog and I get about half way around my usually route and I get a weird feeling. So we head back. My wife greats me at the door and urging me to get inside. She was so shaken, it took her a couple of minutes to settle back down and tell me what was wrong...other than "It was here".

Apparently she had heard two footsteps on the front porch, like someone had skipped the steps and simply landed. The porch is 6ft above ground level (the house is a split level). She thought it was me until she got a chill, and what she described a "wrong" feeling. She then heard two hard impacts on the wall of the house next to the door. She spun around just in time to see the porch light dim as a shadow slowly moved off the the side of the porch (again, 6 feet off the ground, and through a guard rail).

My sister urged us to tell our pastor about it. His explanation is that there are no ghosts, and that hauntings are real, but demonic. That made me feel real comfy. In short, we declared the property under the name of Christ. We haven't noticed anything obviously strange since then.

Psalm 91 is your friend.

[weave09]

I have had a few encounters in my life. The most frightening one was about 10 years ago. It was about 4 AM and I was awoken by my oldest stepdaughter's scream. I ran down the hallway and into her room to find every piece of furniture in her room stacked together. There were two endtables, lamps, a small TV and a stereo all nicely stacked in one pile. If that wasn't frightening enough all the eletrical items were still plugged in the sockets. The wires were about as taught as they could be without coming out. Weird.

One time I could not locate my wallet before going to work in the morning. I leave pretty early, 5AM, so I was getting frustrated as hell trying to locate it. I tore the house apart lookin for it, moving and toppling chairs, the whole nine yards. I went down to the basement for something and when I came back up and turned the corner I saw the wallet resting on one of the arms of the dining room chairs. There was no way it was there before.

Another one involved Pots and pans. My wife and I had a set of pots and pans literally vanish. We couldn't find them anywhere. About a year later they showed up in the sink, clean.

The last one involved a pair of socks. Yeah I know, socks always disappear. Not like these, I tore my house apart looking for these damn things, it became a quest. About a year later out of nowhere they turned up on top of the dryer.

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[tiamat]

Thank you for the story!

Sounds like a REALLY good dog! And smart!

And what a story to tell your grand-kids!

Glad you are clear of it now.

I will keep Psalm 91 in mind!

Thanks!

[lilylangtree]

Saw something similar on History Channel about lighthouses, particularly one in OR. Supposedly a woman is searching for her dead child's grave which no one can find. As a result, she's haunting the caretaker's residence that is now a B&B.

[Dead Dog]

Heceta Head. Beautiful place, definitely worth the stop if you get a chance to visit the central Oregon Coast.

[lilylangtree]

Thank you. I was wondering about the spelling. Unfortunately, I turned on the channel about 8 minutes into the program. The narrator did pronounce the name but I never saw the spelling so I would be hard pressed to find it on the map considering I was dropping the "H". However, after watching the program, I definitely would enjoy taking a trip there.

[highlandbreeze]

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