One Hell Of A Ghost Story

Shadowlands ^ | May 2002

[johnny7]

No. But my ex-wife had a run in with a spook.

Footsteps, cold-spots and whisperings in the dark.

I myself do not believe in such nonsense...

I just take night shots at cemeteries... before the gates close.

[fatima]

John,what the heck don't post if you don't beleive and get out of the cems before the zigzag lights,you know John it would be fun if you justed posted the full story., Betty

[Quix]

Taking a break just home from a last class . . . quick reply . . .

Guess I hesitate to describe this as a ghost story.

God seems--and certainly did in at least one Scriptural story--to set some rather clear limits on what can and cannot communicate from "beyond the grave" with us in this time/space dimension. Nevertheless, He Himself is want at times to cut clear across even His own little boxes. He certainly allowed David to with the shewbread etc.

The situation you described appears to me to be a clear message that God allowed from a beloved uncle to you. It also was a message to your whole family and perhaps to us hereon that THERE IS life beyond this one. . . .and that we needs be loving while we have the chance in this one.

I think the detail of his death was an added sort of "God thing" wherein He seems to love to toss in very telling or key details of a very literal nature just to clue us in how much attention HE IS paying to us and life here in general.

It could also have served as a point of comfort to the rest of your family as well as you--if God cared enough to communicate so personally and touchingly to you, perhaps He really did care for all of you, including the uncle--and had everything under control regardless of emotions and appearances--and would invite all of you and us to trust Him with all the details of all our lives.

I believe that most ghost stories that have the flavor of ghost stories are not very edifying or comforting. I believe that they involve demons pure and simple and/or demons masquerading as a dead loved one. Given that they have all the details of history at their observant disposal, it's not a great matter for them to pretend to be a deceased person rather convincingly.

One needs to ask what is the purpose as well as the source of the phenomenon. If it seems entirely "nice," is there some sort of seduction going on trying to strengthen a demonic grip on an individual, family, situation, place or habitation. If it seems primarily fear engendering, the source is rather obvious.

The Bible is full of "fear not!'s" and Jesus, the conqueror of the world, the flesh, the devil, hell and the grave has demonstrated with His Resurrection, we really have nothing to fear other than displeasing someone we love and would hate to displease because we Love Him.

[Destructor]

My mother still keeps her grandparents home. The family will sometimes meet over there for the weekend, and do repair work on the house to keep it up. We've all felt a presence in the house. Nothing disturbing or threatening just a feeling that someone is there. We all thing it's my great-grandfather.

[Ahban]

cool thread

[Ditter]

Last I heard there were 2 possible destinations. I don't presume to know where anyone (other than myself) is going.

[2sheep]

A man who ministered in deliverance was presented with a situation wherein a young man manifested demons far in excess of anything all of the people present could handle.  The young man was kicking, punching and acting out some of his martial arts moves and was totally out of control.  The man in charge just prayed and asked the Lord to send two angels to restrain the subject.  Instantly the young man was totally restrained by something invisible.  God is greater than all of one's enemies.

[SerpentDove]

A G-G-G-G-G-G-GHOST!

[AmusedBystander]

Not a ghost story, but a weird incident nonetheless...

We were visiting the Washington memorial back in 1964 on a family vacation. My mother, who was extremely overweight, was wearing a somewhat formal black dress, as many ladies wore in such dignified places back then. She had already been complaining about being out of breath that morning since we had already done so much walking. But as my sister and me kept begging her to walk up to the top with us, some young girl about 9 or so came out of the crowd, grabbed my mother's hand and begged her not to go inside. She then ran off into the crowd.

This scared my mother so much, that she sat down on a bench to gather her wits. Needless to say, she didn't leave that bench until we headed back to the hotel. Mother has always speculated that this was her guardian angel. It sure was a strange thing though.

[trussell]

Bump, ready for your stories.

[AppyPappy]

In the mid 70's, when I was just an 8 year old boy, my family witnessed an extremely bizarre happening

Was the bizzare happening named "Gerald Ford"? If so, I had the same one.

[2sheep]

Although it may have been to protect her because of weight and health, it could have been because of the spiritual nature of the obelisk which is satanic.  Drop "Washington monument" and "satanic" into Google Advanced Search and see.

Heb 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

[fatima]

I worked for 12 years with a beautiful priest,when he turned 80 he began to plan for our ministry after he died.He died suddenly to most but I knew that he was dying.He was given 6 weeks to live.After his death it was devastating,we worked with hundreds of volunteers and had a ministry that reached 20 million souls and I was alone in making all the decisions.We were given everything that Father owned even down to his shoes but I noticed a few things missing.That night I had a dream,in the dream I was tortured with indecision I was in the place where we all worked,all of a sudden I was lifted up in the air and Father was next to me and I could hear his voice.He said,Do you see all this,meaning his possessions,I said yes Father.He said do not be sentimental,get rid of it.He then showed me a building that I had bought right before he died.I was not going to move in and was just going to sell.The building was all lit up and was glowing,he said move in,wonderful things are going to happen there.Then he took me to his room and it was packed up after his death.He brought me to his desk and showed me the items I was looking for and told me who had them.He said it was my fault that they were gone and told me why.He said he would stay with us and help us and come when ever we needed him.I woke up and remembered everything.I made a call and sure enough that was what happened to some of Father's things.I gave most of his things away and moved into the new place.We have been there 2 years and we have even more help and all that he said in the dream happened.

[Hank Rearden]

I saw Sen Patty Murray once. The image of the stupid woman is seared into my retinas and it burns, years later.

Scary, huh?

[trussell]

Too cool.

I would love to have a visit from someone I have lost, I.E. my grandfather. My mom had a visit from him, he was sitting on the edge of her bed one night, right before my grandmother died. He told her that everything would be ok, and not to worry.

I miss him sooooo much. Wish he would come and see me.

[maui_hawaii]

Has anyone here had experience with the shadow people Art Bell talks about?

No, but I heard a few people had experiences with those underwear gnomes that Cartman talks about...

[1rudeboy]

I have a ghost in my apartment. He drinks my beer. No matter how much is in the fridge, when I wake up it is all gone.

[rwfromkansas]

I have never witnessed it myself, but I have no doubt it is real.

[rwfromkansas]

Perhaps you could keep an open mind instead of being a jerk.

[rwfromkansas]

Darth....you can tell us if you wish. I promise I take you very seriously. And if anyone makes fun of you, we will stick up for you.