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Did I see a ghost?

Posted: Jun 18, 08 1:06pm

What a great discussion topic! When I was a child I had some strange experiences. Now that I am an adult, I question the reliability of those experiences.

I feel I must first explain what growing up was like for me. I have one sister and a brother. I am the oldest. My father was not a kind man. My mother worked two jobs to support us all. We moved a lot. My father was chemically dependent. After breaking his back when I was 5 and being a veteran, he became addicted to pain pills as they were readily available from the VA. At very young ages he would tell us "monster" stories, ghostly stories, and even stories of demons. I believe I was 5 when it started.

In one of the many houses we lived, we would all hear footsteps almost nightly. One time, we were so scared that we screamed, ran to the bedroom door to hold the door shut and "something" tried busting in. As we all screamed louder and louder, our father ran upstairs to see what was going on. We tried telling him that something was trying to get in and he yelled at us and told us to go back to bed. This house was strange. I had dreams of it having secret rooms and a huge dark basement. In my dreams I was very afraid to explore it. It felt evil.

My cousin lived in Otter Lake Michigan in an old farm house. I would go and visit her during the summer months. She had told me her house was haunted. One night I was woke up by her dog growling (the dog slept at the foot of the bed), it was dark and I could barely see anything. However, as my eyes adjusted, I looked over to a corner where I heard a noise. As I stared into the dark, I seen a friendly looking woman who was wearing a blue dress with collar and a bonnet. She was rocking back and forth in an old rocking chair knitting something. My heart sunk into my chest and I elbowed my cousin who was lying next to me to ask her if she was seeing what I was seeing. She woke up and told me she did and that was something she seen a lot. She did not appear to be scared, however, I went to sleep on the couch with the lamp on. Other strange things happened when I was there. The washing machine and dryer were down in the basement. We would hear the dryer turn on in the middle of the night. Other members of the house would tell their ghost stories as well.

As an adult, nothing like the above has happened to me. I have however, felt the presence of spirits shortly after someone I knew had died. Just recently my mom's best friend committed suicide and both my mother and I felt her presence. My mom shared that she felt a brushing against her face and it did not frighten her. It was more a comforting "touch" if touch is the correct word.

I would very much like others to share their experiences. Share your opinions on my experience, was it ghosts? Or over active imagination of a child whose life was full of fear?

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Posted: Jun 19, 08 8:43am

To Delynhod,

Very interesting story!

I believe that yes, you did see and experience a full bodied apparition( the lady dressed in blue, rocking in the rocking chair) and probably poltergiest, the banging on the door when you were a child.

I have gotten (and my daugter too, because we are the only two in our house that have had experiences in this house, so far...)very interested in learning more about the paranormal and hearing from others about their experiences. We are huge fans of one particular TV show called Ghost Hunters. They are two very nice guys, that actually are plumbers by day, and started a national team of ghost investigators called TAPS. I hope you will try to catch one of their shows. I think you would find it not only interesting but perhaps it would help answer your questions about your childhood experieces. Both team founders had experiences growing up. They too, especially the team founder named Jason Hawes are "sensitives", which it sounds to me, you probably are.

Sensitives tend to drawn spirits good and sometimes bad to them, becuase they sense an "open heart, and mind". They are "energies" and therefore can be picked up by investigators by heat, sensitive sound equipment, etc. If you watch the show, you will see all the neat eqiptment they use. They try to de-bunk anything they see or hear, and if they can not they carefully tell the clients that call for them to investigate their property, they may indeed have a haunting. It is a really great show because they show the actual investigations and nothing is dramatized. The team is made up of really nice, normal people. Some are in training, and therefore you won't see them on each show. Some are regular team members.

I have a group on TDB called Paramormal Encounters. I hope you will join! My story of some of our "happenings" are on the group page.

I have also been doing some reading on the subject, in order to try to get a grip on all the things that have started happening in the last 2-3yrs in a house that I grew up in (which is a firs in all my 50+yrs living in this house.)I have learned from TAPS a very good explanation of the upsurge of activity. They are doing major construction on the street behind us. Any renovating, or building stirs up area electromagnetic energy. That is the type of energy that "spirits" use to "show" themselves. The reason a room can get suddenly cold when a spirit is present is because they literally "draw" up the heat energy in the room to use! Isn't that cool?! Let's talk more!!If you want to, that is!!

To Delynhod, Very interesting story! I believe that yes, you did see and experience a full bodied apparition( the lady dressed in blue, rocking in the rocking chair) and probably poltergiest, the banging on the door when you were a child. I have gotten (and my daugter too, because we are the only two in our house that have had experiences in this house, so far...)very interested in learning more about the paranormal and hearing from others about their experiences. We are huge fans of one particular TV show called Ghost Hunters. They are two very nice guys, that actually are plumbers by day, and started a national team of ghost investigators called TAPS. I hope you will try to catch one of their shows. I think you would find it not only interesting but perhaps it would help answer your questions about your childhood experieces. Both team founders had experiences growing up. They too, especially the team founder named Jason Hawes are "sensitives", which it sounds to me, you probably are. Sensitives tend to drawn spirits good and sometimes bad to them, becuase they sense an "open heart, and mind". They are "energies" and therefore can be picked up by investigators by heat, sensitive sound equipment, etc. If you watch the show, you will see all the neat eqiptment they use. They try to de-bunk anything they see or hear, and if they can not they carefully tell the clients that call for them to investigate their property, they may indeed have a haunting. It is a really great show because they show the actual investigations and nothing is dramatized. The team is made up of really nice, normal people. Some are in training, and therefore you won't see them on each show. Some are regular team members. I have a group on TDB called Paramormal Encounters. I hope you will join! My story of some of our "happenings" are on the group page. I have also been doing some reading on the subject, in order to try to get a grip on all the things that have started happening in the last 2-3yrs in a house that I grew up in (which is a firs in all my 50+yrs living in this house.)I have learned from TAPS a very good explanation of the upsurge of activity. They are doing major construction on the street behind us. Any renovating, or building stirs up area electromagnetic energy. That is the type of energy that "spirits" use to "show" themselves. The reason a room can get suddenly cold when a spirit is present is because they literally "draw" up the heat energy in the room to use! Isn't that cool?! Let's talk more!!If you want to, that is!!

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To Delynhod,

Very interesting story! 
    I believe that yes, you did see and experience a full bodied apparition( the lady dressed in blue, rocking in the rocking chair) and probably poltergiest, the banging on the door when you were a child. 
    I have gotten (and my daugter too, because we are the only two in our house that have had experiences in this house, so far...)very interested in learning more about the paranormal and hearing from others about their experiences. We are huge fans of one particular TV show called Ghost Hunters. They are two very nice guys, that actually are plumbers by day, and started a national team of ghost investigators called TAPS. I hope you will try to catch one of their shows. I think you would find it not only interesting but perhaps it would help answer your questions about your childhood experieces. Both team founders had experiences growing up. They too, especially the team founder named Jason Hawes are "sensitives", which it sounds to me, you probably are.
    Sensitives tend to drawn spirits good and sometimes bad to them, becuase they sense an "open heart, and mind". They are "energies" and therefore can be picked up by investigators by heat, sensitive sound equipment, etc. If you watch the show, you will see all the neat eqiptment they use. They try to de-bunk anything they see or hear, and if they can not they carefully tell the clients that call for them to investigate their property, they may indeed have a haunting. It is a really great show because they show the actual investigations and nothing is dramatized. The team is made up of really nice, normal people. Some are in training, and therefore you won't see them on each show. Some are regular team members. 
     I have a group on TDB called Paramormal Encounters. I hope you will join! My story of some of our "happenings" are on the group page. 
     I have also been doing some reading on the subject, in order to try to get a grip on all the things that have started happening in the last 2-3yrs in a house that I grew up in (which is a firs in all my 50+yrs living in this house.)I have learned from TAPS a very good explanation of the upsurge of activity. They are doing major construction on the street behind us. Any renovating, or building stirs up area electromagnetic energy. That is the type of energy that "spirits" use to "show" themselves. The reason a room can get suddenly cold when a spirit is present is because they literally "draw" up the heat energy in the room to use! Isn't that cool?! Let's talk more!!If you want to, that is!!

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