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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 08:47:32 AM
Spirits, other world, the here after...whatever and however you want to lable it. I must admit, strange things have happened to me and I have had people come into my life in very weird ways. Example...I'll spare the long story but the short story is I met someone who was a friend of a friend. We started talking and found out that we are actually related from way back in our family histories. Also, everything is my life has worked out in some whacky way that happened in what seems to be a certain succession of events. I have also seen or heard things that are just hard to explain. No matter what, at the end of the day, I find it interesting. How about you???
Heather
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| Tammy Claxton |
Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 10:14:57 AM
I definitely believe in spirits and ghosts. We have a few in our home, but hubby and I know who they are (his great-grandmother and his grandfather). My daughter, Samantha has seen Charlie's grandfather and has had an experience with his great-grandmother and a bottle of nail polish..lol
When I became pregnant with my 4th child, Noah, Charlie woke up in the middle of the night only to see his great-grandmother sitting beside me on the bed rubbing my belly. The next day he told me that I was pregnant! I didn't believe him and then he went and got me a pregnancy test and he was right! She visits him from time to time and has also been seen visiting his other family who lives a few doors away.
I have personally never seen anyone, but I have heard things, felt their presence and sometimes someone calls my name at night while I'm in bed, but Charlie doesn't hear it. So yup, I believe!
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| babysmama |
Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 07:45:57 AM
I've never seen a ghost that I can remember but when I was four years old my Grandpa died and a few days after his funeral my mom says that I woke up in the morning and told her that Grandpa had come to visit me in the night and was patting my head (he used to always pat my head). I said it like it was the most normal thing in the world to say and she could tell I wasn't lying.
Now for me I have the strangest dreams and they often seem to come true. One time I had a dream that my husband was being chased by a big bear and then I found him dead in the woods with his head gone (I know, gross!). A few days later he comes home from work and says that he wants to go hunting with "Beefy", who was a guy from his work that is as big as a bear. All of a sudden I got a horrible feeling that if he went something bad would happen to him, such as he would accidently get shot. To this day I feel that if he had gone he wouldn't be here with us.
Another dream I had was someone saying "I wouldn't mind dying, on August 26th". I had no idea what that meant. Then a few weeks later my Godparents got in a horrible car accident and my Godmother died instantly. My Godfather was in a coma and he was the one person who had always said that he never wanted to live if his wife died. I knew he was going to die then, and several weeks later he did pass away - and his funeral was August 26th.
I had a dream about one of my cousins who I hadn't seen in years. He was driving a motorcycle and was so happy. I told my mom about it when I woke up and the next day we heard that he had a brain tumor. It was a long battle and the doctors even gave up hope once. I kept saying that he was going to be fine, everything would be okay because in my dream he was happy and okay. After a year or two it was gone and he is okay now.
There are a lot of examples like that. My dreams never make complete sense but there is often a meaning there. Even stupid things like I had a dream about the movie "Beethoven" (the St. Bernard dog movie) when I was 14. I walk down the steps after waking up and my siblings are watching that exact movie, which we didn't own but they had just checked out at the library. Strange.
Or a few years back I was taking a nap and had a strange dream about my Mother-in-law and how her boyfriend was chasing her and yelling at her. I woke up shacking because it was so real. The next night she calls us to tell us that her boyfriend is in jail because he got in a physical fight with her and her 28 year old daughter, and it had happened the day before in the afternoon - right when I was taking my nap!!
So I believe that strange things can happen. I am a Christian and believe that dreams can be a blessing or curse, really. I also believe that spirits can walk the earth, especially if they need some time to repent in order to get to heaven or are very unhappy souls with nowhere to go yet.
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| clux64 |
Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 07:30:04 AM
Sarah,
I LOVE your fairy encounter and appreciate you sharing your story. There are so many experiences like this in the world, but we just dismiss them thinking, 'Surely not." I think the fact that you see auras is a sign that you're a bit sensitive--something I'm kind of jealous of! Most living creatures in this world are given a second sight called instinct that we just take for granted, and yet animal instincts work as if by magic. Humans have that same instinct, but we've mechanized and desensitized ourselves away from those instincts to the point that we're surprised when they still occur. It's interesting how often we have these supernatural experiences with and about people we love and care about. What a powerful thing love is. Ghosts or fairies, I'm thrilled that there is still so much magic in this world.
Celeste
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| Sarahpauline |
Posted - Jul 13 2008 : 10:06:48 PM
I suppose you are all going to think Ive lost my marbles but I saw a fairy when I was eleven years old. It didnt look exactly like a person. It had green skin, and long transparent wings, three on each side. It had short hair on its head and didnt wear any clothes. It also had pure black eyes which were somewhat insect like but on the front of its face. It was larger than a dragonfly which is what I thought it was at first. It flew past me about 6 feet away in a wooded area, slowed down, and then sped up and flew away very quickly. Ive always hoped to see one again, but never have. Obviously I dont tell people this very often. They would think I had gone around the twist... But I am sure this is why I draw and paint fairies. I dont draw them like the one I saw though... I just cant do it. I dont believe in evil spirits or anything like that. I do believe much like Celeste that there are echoes of past people, or occurences that can leave an impression on a place and that some people are more sensitive to this. I have never had an experience like that though. I also see auras on some people. I am not schooled in what it means and I cant read them on everyone or anything like that but I do see them, especially on people I care about like friends and family.
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| clux64 |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 2:28:44 PM
I've never had an encounter, but I sure do believe. They say sometimes there is 'energy' from previous periods left places and don't constitute true hauntings--just like a film being rewound and replayed. Certain people, I believe, are more sensitve to this energy and energies of persons from the world which is why some people have had experiences and some haven't and some experiences are different from other experiences. Some of my family members have had things happen that just can't be explained as anything normal and that I would consider supernatural--not scary, just odd. I always tell my daughter that there is more 'magic' in this world than most of us are aware of or acknowledge. We were discussing the possibility of fairies at the time, but I think it applies here as well  .
Celeste
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| CarharttQueen |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 1:56:41 PM
Well, I have never believed in ghosts. However, my husband, who is a nurse and works in Long Term Care facilities, (and who would tend NOT to believe in ghosts either) is now convinced that they do exist! He's never had an encounter, but just about all nurses in that line of work have a ghost story of some kind. For example, in one hall of elderly people, about a week before someone passes away, several of the residents complain of "children" being noisy in the halls, or "the boys" bothering them. These are residents that are totally "with it" mentally. Apparently, years before, that hall housed mentally disabled children, so perhaps their ghosts really haunt the halls! One nurse heard noises in the basement of the facility one night, and when she went down to investigate saw several boys messing around in the storage rooms. She called the police, but when they came, they found no sign of intruders. Anyway, I find it very interesting that normally non-ghost-believing people DO believe in them once they're in the nursing profession. |
| emsmommy5 |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 10:20:29 AM
Totally believe. There have been so many times spirits have come to members of my family. DH's dad would come by every now and again, didn't "see" him, but DH could sense him and "smell" him.
My daughter has had spirits visit her on several occasions. I got mad one day and told them to leave and not come back until she was older because she was too little and they were scaring her. They haven't been back as far as I know to this point.
When I was a little girl, my great grandmother was sitting the rocking chair talking to me, I went into the other room and told my mom the lady wanted to talk to her, when we went back into the room, GGma was still sittin' there rocking the chair. Mom couldn't see her, but I described her to a tee (had never met her) and mom says it was obvious the chair was being rocked even though she couldn't see her.
Several friends who have had visitors and my m-i-l had (he may still be there) a spirit man in her house for ages who would walk up and down the hallway.
My personal belief on "past lives" is that people are connecting with relatives and seeing through that person's eyes. I don't believe in past lives. I believe we get one shot at this earth.
I would love to see a fairy though. =)
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| lisamarie508 |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 05:10:09 AM
I'm still not sure, but it seems that we have one in our house. Our house was built in 1867, the kitchen was the original house and every other room had been added on withing a few years after that but, other than that, I have not done any research on it. One night, a few years ago, dh got up during the night and said that he saw a man's hand petting Pal (Felicia's dog) in the kitchen and that Pal was just sitting there facing where the hand was coming from. When he was telling me about it in the morning, Felicia said that she had seen the same thing when she had gotten up that night and in her sleepy daze just assumed it was her dad. I said well, if Pal likes him, then he must be ok and brushed it off. We had to put Pal down last year so it's just Cody (young border collie) and Girl (our old, old pit bull) now. This next part has happened several times over this past winter:
Cody started barking into the kitchen while we were all watching a movie one night. He was really excited and seemed scared. I got up to see what he was barking about and could see nothing. I thought maybe he saw the neighbor through the kitchen window or something, but no one was outside. DH and I both went into the kitchen to show him it was ok, because he just wouldn't stop barking. At first he wouldn't even come into the kitchen and continued barking. Finally, he cautiously came into the kitchen, still barking. Suddenly, he stopped barking and started looking up at the ceiling and went all over the kitchen and into the living room and back into the kitchen, looking at the ceiling the whole time, like he was looking for something. This happened a couple more times. Then a couple other times, Cody would head out to the kitchen with me (he leads the way everywhere I go) and he would suddenly stop at the doorway and wait for me and then just sort of cling to my leg while I was in the kitchen.
DH want to tear the kitchen down and build new someday because the house was built without a foundation and just sits on very large timbers on the ground and they are rotting. I told dh that if we have a spirit in the house, it appears that he is very attached to the kitchen and I didn't think we should do something as drastic as tearing it down and that we should just make the necessary repairs no matter how difficult. He finally agreed on that. I still have not seen this spirit, but then, I really don't want to. He doesn't appear to be a bother and I'd just as soon leave him be.
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| TabithaLenox |
Posted - Jul 09 2008 : 04:31:21 AM
I believe in ghosts, angels, fairies and all sorts of otherwordly things. I've had lots of personal experiences that I can't ignore. I'm also into most anything metaphysical/paranormal but I'm not sure how I feel about past lives....and although I believe in the possibility of aliens from outer space, I won't say I absolutely believe they exist until I see one standing in my front yard! LOL
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 2:59:59 PM
I don't know. My mom and dad live in a very old house with an interesting past.(they run a B&B) They were told by the previous owners that there is a ghost but they don't believe in it. They have never had an experience. However there is one room in particular that many people mention "strange things" happening - even without the knowledge of the supposed ghost. When I stayed in that room the lights came on in the room about 2 am one night. Another night the Alarm clock that had not gone off any of the previous nights started going off in the middle of the night. The ghosts name is "Bessie" I talked to her and said I wasn't afraid and she never bothered me again. I would like to believe but I'm not sure.
My husband watches ghost hunters and swears it is real but it just feels fake and scripted to me. He always says "that was a good show" and I always say "yeah thoer acting was better this week".
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| a rose |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 2:05:49 PM
There are definitely spirits out there. We lived in an old house years ago and my girls would tell me that my son kept going in their room during the night and pulling off their covers. I knew it was the spirit of the old man who had owned the house because I would hear him come down the stairs and he would pass my bed each night go into the bathroom and flush the toilet and open and close the door to the cellar. My husband thought I was nuts until one night he was all alone in the house. Our mischievous old man was upstairs in the girls room opening and closing the dresser drawers and the the closet doors. He stomped up and down the stairs. Needless to say by the time I got home he was a total wreck. First words out of his mouth was don't ever leave me alone in the house at night! I said "Oh he won't hurt you,he just wanted you to know I wasn't nuts".
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 1:33:17 PM
YES I saw that Oprah episode. It was soooo interesting! It was so fascinating to watch that guy regress. I can't remember what he was talking about though, I remember he was afraid. I saw a movie one time and it was a book too, called "Audrey Rose" and she was regressed like that. It was really good.
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| sweetproserpina |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 12:36:35 PM
Wow! Great stories so far ladies.
I'm a real rational girl, but I've worked and spent so much time around old houses and places that you just have to believe "that there are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio". At every place I've worked at there have always been staff/visitor stories. One story you can explain away, but when different people with no connection see similar things, it makes it really hard to discount.
I, myself, have not seen any apparitions, but I have heard things (and bravely questioned back!) and have felt decidedly uncomfortable in certain areas at different sites.
I even organized a Ghost Walk last year around my site and village that was wildly successful!
Something I'm become more interested in recently is Past Lives. I would love to be regressed one day to see what I could see. Did anyone see the Oprah episode earlier this year with Dr.Weiss? Fascinating stuff.
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 12:16:56 PM
Wow Tracy, OMG I would have jumped out of that shaking bed and ran out the door. You were brave to stay there. What did your sister suggest for you to do to get rid of it??? I would have totally freaked.....
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| mommatracy |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 11:07:38 AM
I didn't believe until one early morning wake up.............
In 89 we bought a 100yr old house on some land my family owned. An elderly couple had lived in it for many many years until the man,Mr. Jake died, in the house. His first wife died in the house way back in the 20's and he was left with a daughter and soon remarried Miss Lizzy. After his death she moved and the house was rented our for years,remodeled,and we bought it. Stories circulated about strange happenings in the house. Our children told us of strange things,doors opening,footsteps,we brushed it off. Children off to college. Until.... My husband was home, middle of night,I was out of town,he heard a woman laughing behind our headboard! Several months later,I'm home alone, middle of night. My bed started shaking and it woke me up.I mean it was bouncing! I could not move,paralyzed. I was wide awake and I could not move. It felt like someone was blowing back and forth across my face. Finally I broke loose and started screaming and jumped out of bed. I told the ghost to leave me alone and get out of my house. I was hysterical. Turned on every light in house and opened every Bible and surrounded myself with them and prayed. Morning came, thank God. I called my sister and she told me what to do to rid the house of the spirit. Did it and no more problems. Yeah, I believe. Tracy
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| carolbrigid |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 11:01:13 AM
I totally do. I haven't seen one yet, but I have FELT the presence of some being when I was at the Farnsworth (I think it's a hotel) in Gettysburg, PA. I was standing in front of a guestroom, and all of a sudden I felt extremely frightened. The hair stood up on the back of my neck and whatever was there definitely did NOT want me there with it. I turned and RAN, and I mean flew, down the stairs, I was so afraid. I've never felt that kind of fear before, not to that extent. My aunt, on the other hand, can and has seen spirits. She is afraid to tell other people because she's afraid they will think she is nutty or something. But the way she describes the spirits and all, well I believe her and so does my cousin, her daughter, who has seen a few of the same spirits that her mom has seen. Spooky.......
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| elphie0503 |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 10:51:52 AM
I believe in the fact that anything is possible!
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| melanie47601 |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 10:36:57 AM
I guess I do. I've never really had an encounter with a ghost or spirit. When I was pregnant with my 1st child, my mom told me she heard grandma's voice. Grandma, mom's mom, has been gone now 21 years. Mom was standing in the kitchen when she heard Grandma's voice say, "Oh Jonelle, she's so beautiful." I had refused to let the ultrasound tech tell me what I was having. I wanted it to be a surprise. My mom and I were so convinced I was going to have a boy, she didn't bother to tell me what grandma said until after Caitie was born. When Cat was born she had the darkest red hair, just like my grandma's.
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| catscharm74 |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 10:33:44 AM
Well my friend I mentioned that I happen to be related to is a clairvoyant or whatever you want to call her. She was doing a reading for my friend and I went because I thought it would be fun. She doesn't charge- she is a writer and artist to pay the bills. She didn't give me a reading that day, just hung out and chatted. She was talking about how she was doing her families lineage and mentioned her families last name..which was my Nanna maiden name. Then we realized we had done the same research in the same places on the same people in our family. She did eventually give me a reading and I told her I was open to trying it. She held my right hand and a piece of my Nanna's jewelry (which she didn't know who it belonged too or the story behind it)She told me so really spot on things about my life and the person who owned the necklace. It was cool and a little freaky. I find it fascinating.
Heather
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| italianchildhood |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 10:33:24 AM
I don't believe in ghosts exactly, but I always have odd coincidences happen, things happening for a reason, working themselves out, strange stuff......... Which I kind of like...
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| Huckelberrywine |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 10:24:25 AM
I didn't believe in ghosts. I'm still skeptical, but I saw one just after my mother moved into her house. I thought it was a realtor coming up the stairs behind me, then in a blink he wasn't there. I was calm, it wasn't scary. I described him, and when we found a picture of the man who lived there before, it was him, right down to the clothes he was wearing. I don't go around telling that to many people (oops) because I don't want folks to think I'm nuts or making it up. Since then I haven't been afraid "in case", and I haven't ruled them out anymore either. I found it interesting.
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| Marcy |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 10:15:16 AM
Absolutely. I am so into the metaphysical and paranormal side of our world. I always look at things with an open mind and an open heart. I read tons of books on the subject, heck, I have tons of books on the subject. I do tarot cards, different boards, that kind of thing. I love Doreen Virtue and Sylvia Browne. I've tried scrying, crystals...now I am sounding a bit weird, lol. Seriously, I do believe that there are so many subjects out there that we have barely scratched the surface on.
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| RachelLeigh |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 10:00:46 AM
I ABSOLUTELY believe in ghosts. I've had too many experiences, from the time I was very young, to not believe in them. In 2005, a few weeks before our wedding, I saw my father-in-law standing by the bed. (He died in 1980 - I was 2 and we had obviously never met!) I described him in detail to my husband and he freaked out because what I described him wearing was the uniform that he wore to work. We then called my MIL who said that she had seen him once in the backyard, walking towards the now-defunct pig pen to slop the hogs and he was wearing the same thing I saw him in. I had only seen one tiny picture of him beforehand but I wasn't scared. I woke up, saw a middle-aged African-American man standing by our bed (he had a green aura around him) and thought, "Oh, that's Louis." And then I fell back to sleep!
I seem to "sense" things at times, too...
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| Patsy |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 09:53:30 AM
I have seen some relative that have passed and even my cousin's dog! I used to take care of Duchess when they were on vacation and she comes to visit with me ever so often even though she crossed a couple of years ago. Sounds strange I know but others have seen her too.
As far as fairies are concerned, being of Irish decent (both grandfathers) I suppose I believe in them too. Even though I have never seen one. It is like the old saying..."Have you ever seen a million dollars? No? Well it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."
Diane,
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| laluna |
Posted - Jul 08 2008 : 09:26:27 AM
Oh definitely! My grandfather, who passed away 10 years ago, has visited me in my dreams a handful of times since his death. And it wasn't that I was dreaming *about* him, rather, he always shows up to either comfort me (I could even feel his smooth-shaven cheek) or tell me something important, and then he's gone.
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