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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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MounjaroOnMyMind · 09/02/2025 21:54

When I was pregnant years ago I was napping on my bed and suddenly found myself on the floor. I thought I must have just been lying too close to the edge and went back to sleep but found out later there'd been an earthquake here. Have you checked the local news?

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:51

OhMyGollyGoshGosh · 09/02/2025 21:44

Except the OP mentioned 'posting for a laugh'.

So make of that what you will 🙄

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seriously 🤦🤦🤦it happened, posted for rational explanation and a laugh but you've chosen to just take "the for a laugh" aspect!!!I know how MN is with this stuff, most ppl laugh so that's why I said for a laugh too, get a grip love

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Fromage · 09/02/2025 21:51

I had something needlessly launch itself off a shelf in the middle of the night last night. At the time I thought meh, and went back to sleep.

This morning I thought OH SHIT IT'S MICE

No sign of mice.
Sometimes it's a shift in temperature in the night which makes things creak.
Then I thought it's a mega spider, it's the season and I live in an old building.
Then I thought fun! A poltergeist!

So I am none the wiser. Currently my best guess is an undead voodoo anarchist spider with a drunken feng shui fettish. Which is obviously entirely reasonable.

Yours sounds bigger than spider. Perhaps a spectral giraffe? A phantom gorilla? The spirit of a catapult?

PearlClutzsche · 09/02/2025 21:50

Shera12 · 09/02/2025 21:14

…how is it ok to just say you’re anti-catholic?!

How is it not?

oakleaffy · 09/02/2025 21:46

OhMyGollyGoshGosh · 09/02/2025 21:44

Except the OP mentioned 'posting for a laugh'.

So make of that what you will 🙄

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Oh that could just be a tease then ''Posting for a laugh''...

oakleaffy · 09/02/2025 21:46

LostittoBostik · 09/02/2025 20:53

It's much more likely to be an earthquake, minor tremor or sink hole thing.

I experienced a minor earthquake in Manchester once (around 2003ish) and it felt like being pushed

I too felt my heavy Victorian brass and Iron bed that I had at that era shake and vibrate one night- like heavy lorry lumbering past - but it was middle of night- I thought someone was under my bed shaking it.. Leapt out, and felt the floor vibrate.

Didn't have internet then, but next day at work others mentioned it, it was an earthquake {SW England 2004 ish}

MedusaAndHerFavourites · 09/02/2025 21:45

Contact Danny Robins.

deathofadiscodancer888 · 09/02/2025 21:44

Cool story

OhMyGollyGoshGosh · 09/02/2025 21:44

Toddlerhelpplease123 · 09/02/2025 21:42

If this is real then it’s terrifying. There is no explanation for that.

Except the OP mentioned 'posting for a laugh'.

So make of that what you will 🙄

WildFlowerBees · 09/02/2025 21:43

You don't need a priest, just tell it to politely bugger off that you don't appreciate having your stuff moved it's your house so sod off. Or you could do what all good ghost hunters do and shout into the void 'hello?' 😆

RubyRobin1 · 09/02/2025 21:42

Hopefully it’s not a sink hole OP

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:42

Shera12 · 09/02/2025 21:14

…how is it ok to just say you’re anti-catholic?!

ermm cos I am!!! with good reason too, being brought up catholic, catholic schooling and ohhhhhhh yes catholic SA and sexual abuse and rape too by actual fkin catholics in all lines of authority in a Catholic school when I was child, said don't open that box didn't I??

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Toddlerhelpplease123 · 09/02/2025 21:42

If this is real then it’s terrifying. There is no explanation for that.

aloris · 09/02/2025 21:42

I'm going to go with very small rupture in the spacetime continuum. Any mad scientists trying to do extreme physics in your area?

OhMyGollyGoshGosh · 09/02/2025 21:41

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:20

I'm not Woo tho, in any way shape or form, is why I'm asking for any rational thoughts!!

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So you've checked your local FB groups and the local news?

TyrannasaurusJex · 09/02/2025 21:41

It's weird but there absolutely is an explanation for it. You do not need to call a priest or any other kind of quack. As Tim Minchin says "these people aren't plying a skill, they're either lying or mentally ill"

SereneCapybara · 09/02/2025 21:40

I am a bit woo, but honestly, if that happened, I'd be more worried about an earth tremor or sink hole or some electrical disturbance - something physical rather than spiritual.

Chuchoter · 09/02/2025 21:39

I'd get a suitcase ready by the front door if I were you.

www.dailypost.co.uk/news/massive-50ft-sink-hole-welsh-30492567

MyrtleLion · 09/02/2025 21:39
  • Most likely to be that the house has settled slightly and your chest of drawers is no longer level, hence things falling off.
  • Perhaps get a spirit level and check. Your chest of drawers might have woodworm and settled slightly.
  • Or a floorboard is damp/rotten and the furniture has settled.
RubyRobin1 · 09/02/2025 21:38

Hello OP. I had similar activity in my house a few years ago.
if you don’t want to get a priest, you can command it to go in the name of Jesus, but you must hold faith that it will eventually go.
I feel for you because I have experienced this sort of activity a few times in my life (starting at a young age) and I always turn to science for a logical explanation. If I can’t find it, I always turn to prayer.
I hope your house is peaceful tonight.

LochKatrine · 09/02/2025 21:38

Matronic6 · 09/02/2025 21:30

One of my friends was and is an atheist but they got a priest in to bless a house after weird shit happened. The weird stuff stopped but they now consider themselves agnostic.

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What?! They should surely be fervent believers! That's a bit disappointing.

Feelingathomenow · 09/02/2025 21:37

ImAChangeling · 09/02/2025 21:07

Do get a carbon monoxide alarm if you haven’t got one. Ovens, fires, central healing, can be a source. Exposure can cause these type of experiences.

A minor earthquake could cause this, but nothing has been reported for Wales. Are you near any mine workings?

What carbon monoxide can cause things to fly off shelves lol / who knew?

Doggymummar · 09/02/2025 21:37

Invisible cat. Standard

TheWombatleague · 09/02/2025 21:36

It'll be some mad frequencies given off or amplified, by the soundbar.

LochKatrine · 09/02/2025 21:36

It was all a dream.