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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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DoBeGoodDontBeBad · 09/02/2025 21:19

Plggybacker · 09/02/2025 21:18

Possible explanations (in approximate order of likelihood)...

  1. OP is making it up for entertainment purposes.
  2. OP is having a mental health episode.
  3. OP is hallucinating due to a medical condition.
  4. OP is suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
  5. There's a scientific explanation nobody has thought of yet.
  6. It's something paranormal.

Yet so many people jump straight to 6 and start shouting for sage and priests.

I vote for option 1

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:19

Datgal · 09/02/2025 20:48

Exactly this. Things don't launch themselves. They might fall if they're on the edge.
And if you believe they launched themselves there's got to be 'something' doing it.
Get anybody willing to come in and ask it to leave.
My auntie did with me once when I went through something strange (also an atheist none believer btw!), and never had it had it again. I now have an open mind about what could be out there whatever it is. Not necessarily the dead is it. Nobody knows!

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honestly I absolutely do not believe in all this stuff but it definitely launched, to other side of room, believe me I'm thinking nothing but rational but launch it did!!

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Plggybacker · 09/02/2025 21:18

Possible explanations (in approximate order of likelihood)...

  1. OP is making it up for entertainment purposes.
  2. OP is having a mental health episode.
  3. OP is hallucinating due to a medical condition.
  4. OP is suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
  5. There's a scientific explanation nobody has thought of yet.
  6. It's something paranormal.

Yet so many people jump straight to 6 and start shouting for sage and priests.

raspberrieswithchocolate · 09/02/2025 21:16

A sinkhole wouldn't explain the OP's phone being slapped out of her hand though.

Hwi · 09/02/2025 21:16

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:26

I'm an atheist, sooooo😕😕

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So if you are an atheist, then it is not happening, right?

Amaranthasweetandfair · 09/02/2025 21:15

@StMarie4me I'm not being aggressive but your post sort of was.

TheFatCatsWhiskers1 · 09/02/2025 21:15

BuoyBoyBy · 09/02/2025 20:43

Have you seen the episode of breaking bad where they destroyed a laptop with incriminating evidence by driving by the police station in a truck with a ginormous magnet in the back.
Do you live near a police station?

Oh I'd forgotten about this episode! I don't know how a series can be so good.

OP, is your house sinking?

StMarie4me · 09/02/2025 21:15

Amaranthasweetandfair · 09/02/2025 21:12

@StMarie4me have you just asked someone for their evidence that something isn't paranormal? How about you give us the evidence it is and we'll go from there?

Why so aggressive? Why do I not get to state what I have seen but the PP can absolutely state what they have NOT seen? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Shera12 · 09/02/2025 21:14

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

StMarie4me · 09/02/2025 21:14

Love that people say these things are not real because they've never seen them.

I am a perfectly rational 62 year old. I don't watch ghost crap on tv and I don't follow conspiracy theories.

I saw this kind of thing in my brother's room in 1977.
I saw the sane kind of thing in a house where I was babysitting in 1980.
I saw a walking ghost in 1994 in the shop that I managed.

Don't tell me they're not real.

TemporaryPosition · 09/02/2025 21:13

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 20:16

I'm anti catholic/anti priest tho(don't open that box) so can't do this 😂

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Well.......

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 09/02/2025 21:13

Im not woo at all either but since DP brought the wrong ashes home so we have a Maureen instead of a Jane weird shit keeps happening in our house too. Had bathroom lights switch off when no one is outside the bathroom and doors open that are pretty stiff and the washing machine keeps being paused when it's running.

Amaranthasweetandfair · 09/02/2025 21:12

@StMarie4me have you just asked someone for their evidence that something isn't paranormal? How about you give us the evidence it is and we'll go from there?

Chuchoter · 09/02/2025 21:11

Wales?

Most likely a giant sinkhole under your house that is starting to give way.

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:10

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?

have 2 carbon manoxide alarms in house which are replaced regularly, no earthquakes here as far as I'm aware, but definitely will keep a look out in news now.
no mine workings where I actually am, 16 miles from nearest

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Bellyblueboy · 09/02/2025 21:10

Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:07

haha nope totally sane honest, I actually don't believe in all this but I know what I saw which makes it weirder!!

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Having an hallucination doesn’t make you insane - it can be a symptom of a number of medical conditions.

what you saw is impossible. It’s not a ghost or magic.

if you truly believe you saw things fly across your room then you need to see a doctor.

Thereislightattheendofthetunnel · 09/02/2025 21:09

There are some smudging sage kits in TK maxx at the moment.

I also heard that black tourmaline is a stone for protection. You might want to have one close.

I would be freaking out by this event to be fair.

Apillthatmakesyousayalltherightstuff · 09/02/2025 21:09

Anything in your local FB groups?

Amaranthasweetandfair · 09/02/2025 21:09

It must be some sort of earth tremor or similar that's caused a vibration in your home I guess. Not sure what other explanation there could be.

Elphame · 09/02/2025 21:09

Are you in the Conwy valley? If so - then I'm sorry, That might have been my fault!

jacksonlambsregulardisorder · 09/02/2025 21:09

PearlClutzsche · 09/02/2025 21:01

Can the sage wafters please explain to me how this works? Are poltergeists allergic to sage?
Would rosemary or thyme work if you have no sage?

No idea, not a scooby, I'm on the 'what harm could it do?' (barring setting off your smoke alarm), side of things. I'd be fine lighting up an entire bouquet of herbes de provence if I thought there was a poltergeist about.

justasking111 · 09/02/2025 21:08

Can't find anything odd on flight radar.

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:07

Bellyblueboy · 09/02/2025 21:03

Have you experienced hallucinations before?

Good idea to make an appointment with your doctor.

haha nope totally sane honest, I actually don't believe in all this but I know what I saw which makes it weirder!!

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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?

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Tacsi · 09/02/2025 21:06

Hairyfairy01 · 09/02/2025 21:04

Are you thinking of selling / moving / renting / big changes in anyway at all OP? Anything in particular you were texting your friend about?

I wasn't no, I am now!!!! 😂😂

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