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I am Not "Woo" at all but this just happened

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:05

so I'm in no way, shape or form "woo" buuutttt just been sitting on side of my bed texting on my phone and my soundbar for TV (which I've had for 4 years with no issues) just decided to launch itself onto the floor, has hit my foot and cut it, picked it back up thinking how weird 🤷🤷 went back to my phone and a bottle of water, tube of face cream and a lip balm on top of my chest of drawers then launched themselves across the room, pretty freaked out by this point but still being rational in my head, picked phone back up carried on messaging back a friend, looked up to think what I was trying to type and felt a big tap /slap and literally saw my phone fly in the air and land other side of room, trying hard to think rationally but feeling pretty spooked right now
😭there's a rational reason for all this, yes???

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SapphireSeptember · 25/02/2025 13:50

jellyfishperiwinkle · 10/02/2025 08:29

What I notice with ghost stories and potentially supernatural stuff, is that on almost every occasion the person in question is going through some kind of stressful change in life even when they are feeling no obvious stress symptoms day to day.

There is often a bereavement or someone is very ill, they have just moved in somewhere, they have started university, there has been a marriage break-up, there is a teenager going through adolescence, or they are having problems in their job or career.

I guess a believer would say there are spirits trying to help or show you something in a difficult situation. A sceptic (and I fall on that side of the fence in spite of what I've seen myself) would say it is all coming from our own minds.

Isn't that one of the theories for poltergeist activity? That it's caused by strong emotions/puberty/possibly menopause and it's manifesting into you moving things around without realising you're doing it?

LoganberryWay · 18/02/2025 16:11

Rummly · 16/02/2025 11:22

I find that interesting only in the sense that it’s comical.

You'll laugh on the other side of your face if it happens to you.😨

A friend of mine had a similar experience when a small ornament of a bird launched itself off her mantlepiece and landed on the rug in front of the fire. She was alone at the time watching TV.

It never happened again.

Mumlifebalance · 18/02/2025 08:19

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:05

so I'm in no way, shape or form "woo" buuutttt just been sitting on side of my bed texting on my phone and my soundbar for TV (which I've had for 4 years with no issues) just decided to launch itself onto the floor, has hit my foot and cut it, picked it back up thinking how weird 🤷🤷 went back to my phone and a bottle of water, tube of face cream and a lip balm on top of my chest of drawers then launched themselves across the room, pretty freaked out by this point but still being rational in my head, picked phone back up carried on messaging back a friend, looked up to think what I was trying to type and felt a big tap /slap and literally saw my phone fly in the air and land other side of room, trying hard to think rationally but feeling pretty spooked right now
😭there's a rational reason for all this, yes???

Maybe it's some you know who's passed on.

Nopedontsweatit · 18/02/2025 02:43

As a teenager, I talked my parents into buying me a Ouija Board.First time I used it was with my best friend during a slumber party. It got weird fast and, afterward, creepy stuff happened. I ended up burning it and didn't have anymore weirdness. My dil was into watching haunted house shows on TV, and weird stuff always went on in their house. She finally stopped doing anything spiritistic and the weirdness stopped too. If u have anything that's been used for contacting the spirit realm, even if u weren't the one using it, u should get rid of it. Don't give it to somebody else, destroy it. Sometimes u can bring something supernatural into ur home unintentionally when u buy an item from a thrift store or yard sale that was used in a supernatural activity. When u bring these things into ur home, it's like u're sending an invitation to the spirit realm. If u have more than one such item, u need to get rid of all of them. I'm sure this all sounds stupid to an atheist, but if u keep having unexplainable things happening in ur home, maybe give it some thought?

Starling7 · 17/02/2025 17:29

Who were you messaging? What about? Perhaps someone who has passed over us trying to protect you from someone / something?

Zatapec · 17/02/2025 17:18

Burn sage, it's supposed to cleanse the house, x

MrsGrimble · 17/02/2025 12:46

I'm a sceptic who once would have loved to find evidence of ghosts, the afterlife etc. In the early 1980s, I spent two years touring spiritualist churches and booking private readings from mediums, trying to find out if a missing relative was alive or dead. None of them could give me any solid information of any kind - they couldn't even give me a name without me telling them. A "psychic artist" even drew a portrait supposedly of my relative, which didn't remotely resemble them, while assuring me that they could see my relative looking over me. Another medium told me that I shouldn't be asking such questions of her because my relative, if dead, would contact me in their own way.
About ten years ago, I discoveredt that my relative had died in 1978 - before I had started consulting mediums. How did I find out? By searching an online database of death certificates.
Yes, I still like to find evidence of truly supernatural acivities. But eyewitness accounts of things "flying" off surfaces (what exactly does that mean - actually flying and if so what distance - or just falling?) that have so many mundane possible causes simply don't convince me.

CRCGran · 17/02/2025 10:17

I used to work with a guy who was a registered paranormal investigator for many years. He has spent a lot of time in the most supposed haunted buildings in the UK. His findings are that there's always a rational explanation to these things, mostly strong magnetic activity coming from the earth. He's seen doors open and things move along shelves, and heard strange noises, always accompanied by a surge in natural magnetic activity. He was never a sceptic, and would love to have found evidence of a ghost, but never did.

LillyPJ · 16/02/2025 19:02

WhoamI2say · 16/02/2025 11:45

A strange but unexplained event does not sound like a rational explanation to me, if it's unexplained???

A strange event will have a rational explanation but that doesn't mean we know what the explanation is. It's fine to say 'We don't know how that happened.' It's not fine (or rational) to jump to the conclusion that it's something paranormal. People used to explain lightning and eclipses etc by resorting to paranormal causes; we have now discovered the real, rational causes.

WhoamI2say · 16/02/2025 11:45

LillyPJ · 09/02/2025 20:29

Yes - there is a rational explanation for it and it's nothing 'supernatural' or 'paranormal'. It's just a strange but unexplained event - and you might never get to the bottom of it. It does sound very weird though, and slightly unsettling!

A strange but unexplained event does not sound like a rational explanation to me, if it's unexplained???

BBW53 · 16/02/2025 11:35

When I lived in Conwy we had an earthquake- so they definitely happen. However I think ghosts are real too (even though I don’t want to believe it!) According to my mum when I was a child I asked who the old woman was that sat in our ‘story chair’. When asked to describe the woman I described my mum’s nan to a T. I had never met or even saw a picture of her and it was her chair!!
My cousin also had an issue with things unexpectedly moving - bolts coming undone; toys being moved; similar things to what you described. She spoke to a friend who was a spiritualist, she recommended talking to the ghost at telling it that it was scaring her kids and herself …. It worked!!
I totally trust my mum and my cousin, so I have to accept that there must be ‘spirits’ of some kind!

Rummly · 16/02/2025 11:22

LoganberryWay · 16/02/2025 11:14

This is interesting, another exorcist talking about demonic attacks

I find that interesting only in the sense that it’s comical.

LoganberryWay · 16/02/2025 11:14

This is interesting, another exorcist talking about demonic attacks

Kamia · 16/02/2025 08:59

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:05

so I'm in no way, shape or form "woo" buuutttt just been sitting on side of my bed texting on my phone and my soundbar for TV (which I've had for 4 years with no issues) just decided to launch itself onto the floor, has hit my foot and cut it, picked it back up thinking how weird 🤷🤷 went back to my phone and a bottle of water, tube of face cream and a lip balm on top of my chest of drawers then launched themselves across the room, pretty freaked out by this point but still being rational in my head, picked phone back up carried on messaging back a friend, looked up to think what I was trying to type and felt a big tap /slap and literally saw my phone fly in the air and land other side of room, trying hard to think rationally but feeling pretty spooked right now
😭there's a rational reason for all this, yes???

Just say "stop it I'm trying to relax here!" in a really firm voice. You need your mum voice. They shall leave you alone.

Roz185 · 15/02/2025 20:49

I don't know where you live but have you checked your local news to see if there have been any earth tremors in the vicinity or heavy plant building machinery nearby. Only suggesting this as I thought I had been dreaming or hallucinating once when I was woken in the middle of the night, bed jolted me out and onto the floor. No one else noticed and thought I was either drunk or barmy. Following days lunchtime news reported a sizable earth tremor a good way off from my home but said some people in my area may have felt it depending on the geographical terrain their homes were built on.

Marydoll5 · 15/02/2025 20:25

I would get local spiritualists in. You saw it and know there is no rational explanation. Also the person who posted the link to the Brecon Beacons house thanks, it is a fascinating read!

Mumsy2380 · 15/02/2025 19:58

How long did it take you to make that up 😂😂

MrsGrimble · 15/02/2025 19:19

My first thought was a minor earthquake. According to this site, there were a couple of small earthquakes in Britain on the 9th, but nothing in Wales. earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html
The other possibility is traffic vibration,perhaps a couple of big lorries or cattle trucks passing. A third possbility is, unfortunately, subsidence - do you live anywhere near an old mine?

ForRealShaker · 15/02/2025 19:13

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:05

so I'm in no way, shape or form "woo" buuutttt just been sitting on side of my bed texting on my phone and my soundbar for TV (which I've had for 4 years with no issues) just decided to launch itself onto the floor, has hit my foot and cut it, picked it back up thinking how weird 🤷🤷 went back to my phone and a bottle of water, tube of face cream and a lip balm on top of my chest of drawers then launched themselves across the room, pretty freaked out by this point but still being rational in my head, picked phone back up carried on messaging back a friend, looked up to think what I was trying to type and felt a big tap /slap and literally saw my phone fly in the air and land other side of room, trying hard to think rationally but feeling pretty spooked right now
😭there's a rational reason for all this, yes???

This didn't happen. These things don't happen. They never did happen and they never will happen.

TheBerry · 15/02/2025 18:18

I’d guess subsidence or maybe a small localised tremor?? 😬

If something moved under the house and put the room on a bit of a slant, that could cause the items to shoot off the flat surfaces.

Then there could have been another tremor or movement that you felt and interpreted as a “tap” which caused your hand to jerk and throw your phone.

That’s all I can think of, anyway.

sapphicy · 15/02/2025 18:05

I'm sure someone's said this but please check your carbon monoxide alarm is working, strange things like this happening can be a sign of co poisoning

Ariadneslostthread · 12/02/2025 23:01

Start sageing your home. Keep a diary, check for any local seismic activity, rule out passing traffic, house subsidence, anything making vibrations. Old house or new house ?

rockchic65 · 12/02/2025 17:57

Have you been drinking or are you taking meds 😁 maybe have a crucifix on wall and say a prayer and hope for the best

lost11cause · 11/02/2025 22:54

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:05

so I'm in no way, shape or form "woo" buuutttt just been sitting on side of my bed texting on my phone and my soundbar for TV (which I've had for 4 years with no issues) just decided to launch itself onto the floor, has hit my foot and cut it, picked it back up thinking how weird 🤷🤷 went back to my phone and a bottle of water, tube of face cream and a lip balm on top of my chest of drawers then launched themselves across the room, pretty freaked out by this point but still being rational in my head, picked phone back up carried on messaging back a friend, looked up to think what I was trying to type and felt a big tap /slap and literally saw my phone fly in the air and land other side of room, trying hard to think rationally but feeling pretty spooked right now
😭there's a rational reason for all this, yes???

You are being haunted. Someone is trying to get your attention. They probably don't realise they have died and are stuck. You need to get a reputable medium to come and communicate with this spirit. Try your local spiritualist church. Once the spirit understands they have died they will go into the light and you will have peace.

BeCyanSloth · 11/02/2025 21:34

Op I believe you I once had a glass vase jump off a table and land about a meter away on to a wooden floor and not smash
I was the only one in the house at the time it really freaked me out
Had nothing since and that was about 15 years ago