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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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LoganberryWay · 10/02/2025 11:39

TheWombatleague · 10/02/2025 11:28

Yeah, priests deal in supernatural, fabricated, mystical nonsense for the gullible, what a surprise.

OK, have it your own way 😄

TheWombatleague · 10/02/2025 11:31

Of course, it may be one of the many thousands of ghosts that, despite being able to physically manipulate objects, decides to throw things to get its message across, rather than typing on your phone or keyboard.

TheWombatleague · 10/02/2025 11:28

LoganberryWay · 10/02/2025 10:05

Now that's interesting, because whenever someone experiences something that they think is "supernatural", they are yelling for a Priest !

Yeah, priests deal in supernatural, fabricated, mystical nonsense for the gullible, what a surprise.

ThePoshUns · 10/02/2025 10:27

Gosh the chains. That was so weird.

Elphame · 10/02/2025 10:21

Christwosheds · 10/02/2025 09:05

This has reminded me of the thread about the missing clock chains - did they ever return, does anyone know?

Oh that was me!

No they haven’t appeared (yet).

LoganberryWay · 10/02/2025 10:19

DevilledEgg · 10/02/2025 10:11

Is there a massive magnet pointing at your house

That isn't as daft as it sounds.

Having a pylon in your garden isn't very healthy and neither is being close to a substation. Some experts recommend being 300+ feet away from one.

justkeepswimmng · 10/02/2025 10:18

Something very similar happened to me OP, however it was in front of 3 other woman.

3 of the woman saw the can of juice lift up slightly ( i didn't see this) and then a few mind later we then all watched ( in sheer fucking horror i may add) a can twist and turn and drag over to the other side of the table, it wasn't a split second moment, it lasted about 5 seconds of us watching in silence.

Anyways there was no explanation, thankfully it wasnt in my house and i noped the fuck out of there immediately.

CarliLove35 · 10/02/2025 10:15

I’m also in North Wales and there are frequent tremors due to old quarries and mines. There’s no such thing as ghosts.

However, the previous owner of our house died here, and she was a very heavy smoker. When we first moved in, we frequently got a whiff of fresh cigarette smoke, like her spirit was still lingering. Or more likely, someone walked past the house, smoking and the smell wafted in through an open window.

DevilledEgg · 10/02/2025 10:11

Is there a massive magnet pointing at your house

LoganberryWay · 10/02/2025 10:05

TheWombatleague · 10/02/2025 09:44

if I'd experienced the same levels of abuse by an Islamic sect as many, many Catholics have by their church I would. Just in our extended family we've had SA, baby sold to Americans, beatings at school etc. I despise the Catholic Church and the damage it does on both a personal and global scale.

Now that's interesting, because whenever someone experiences something that they think is "supernatural", they are yelling for a Priest !

BuntyFayreweather · 10/02/2025 10:00

Hello OP.
I bet if you live in a Welsh village you'll have a Mystic Meg (Im half Welsh). Perhaps you can talk to her.
Burning sage leaves is very cleansing. You can get the fresh at supermarkets.
If you're not scared I always say hello when I come home.
I live in a modern house now but I've had some creepy feckers as abodes.

Iwishiwasapolarbear · 10/02/2025 09:58

Maybe you’re just really not meant to send that text message you were trying to write

Whylurkwhenicanjoinin · 10/02/2025 09:57

brassandswitch · 09/02/2025 23:45

My mum has experienced a lot of strange things in her life. Shes an atheist and definitely wouldnt lie about it as she's as straight as an arrow

When my parents bought their first house in 1992, it was already around 80 years old. Dad was away for work a lot, so Mum was often alone with me and my brother, who were only two years and six months old at the time. At night, she would hear footsteps coming up the stairs and knew exactly which step was being stood on because they all creaked in a certain way.

One night, she left the landing light on for us and saw a shadow pass under her bedroom door. She immediately opened it, thinking one of us was up, but there was no one there. In my brothers room, she would pull the curtains open every morning, only to find them shut again in the afternoon.

She also smelled her mums perfume constantly, not just in that house but in every house shes lived in.

Back in lockdown, we both experienced something that absolutely terrified us. I wont go into it, but it completely changed the way I see things.

I'd love to hear what happened during lockdown brass!

DollyTubb · 10/02/2025 09:50

Many many years ago my aunt used to belong to a group who investigated so-called 'paranormal' events such as this. 99% of the time there was a rational explanation for the occurrences, such as a house being above underground train lines, blasting from distant quarries, all manner of events which created vibrations or slight movements in the house that a 'normal' person wouldn't detect but which could manifest itself in slamming doors, furniture moving across the floor etc. Minor earth tremors can also do the same thing but not be felt by yourself. I'm guessing you were upstairs when these things happened so more likely to be amplified here rather than on the ground floor.

KimberleyClark · 10/02/2025 09:49

HowamImiddleaged · 10/02/2025 08:41

I'm atheist too but I do believe in spirits and their energy remaining.

I lost my DB two years ago and I am struggling with it. One day I turned around to the kitchen worktop and there was a large white shadow/light there, then it disappeared. I thought it was salt or flour that was falling down but nothing. It wasn't the sun either. I honestly believe it was something. Nothing before or since.

That sounds like some kind of temporary visual disturbance to me.

EdithBond · 10/02/2025 09:48

The only logical explanation is some sort of strong vibration, burst of air or magnetic phenomenon.

Given your location, possible explanations I can think of:

  • Earth tremor, including from active mining blast, disused mining subsidence (including ancient mines)
  • Blast of air, including from super fast/stealth planes, natural gases or possible collision of different types of air (coastal/mountain air), sudden gust of wind (down a chimney in your room?)
  • Something to do with magnetic fields, including someone you live (teenage kids) has rigged up an elaborate prank with super magnets

Most explanations are likely to have affected other objects in your home, rather than solely items around your bed/in your hand.

Or you’re hallucinating without realising or having us on.

TheWombatleague · 10/02/2025 09:44

Newfoundzestforlife · 10/02/2025 07:44

Because you wouldn't dare to say you're anti Muslim.

if I'd experienced the same levels of abuse by an Islamic sect as many, many Catholics have by their church I would. Just in our extended family we've had SA, baby sold to Americans, beatings at school etc. I despise the Catholic Church and the damage it does on both a personal and global scale.

LoganberryWay · 10/02/2025 09:43

Not at all.

The Catholic Church will not entertain the idea of demonic activity until a full Mental Health screening is done.

Mummyratbag · 10/02/2025 09:42

http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html

No recordings of anything since last Wednesday. We have featured on here for micro activity. Local blasting for lithium - I think it measured less than 1 and I had thought it was someone loudly slamming a garage door. Nothing fell/flew off anywhere.

Don't know what you experienced, but have had many weird experiences in my life. I'm usually freaked out for about 5 mins then shrug them off. I have never felt the need to go to the GP about it and yes we have a CD monitor. Do I think it's woo? Sometimes when I miss loved ones I like to think it is, but then I think "there is probably a non woo explanation".

Earthquakes in and around the British Isles in the last 60 days

The British Geological Survey provides up-to-date information on recent and historical earthquakes, educational resources, and seismic hazard services

http://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_uk_events.html

HowamImiddleaged · 10/02/2025 09:38

CarrieMoonbeams · 10/02/2025 09:26

@HowamImiddleaged , sorry about the loss of your DB.

I'm interested in how you describe what you saw though. I've mentioned on previous woo threads that I once saw something that I described as sort of twinkling/sparkling tiny lights, about the height of a person. I'd also lost a family member and this was the culmination of quite a number of strange things that had happened. I was really scared! (My dogs didn't react at all though.)

When I told my brother about it, he thought it was funny because I'm well known for my love of Christmas, so he said it was appropriate for me to have a ghost made out of fairy lights!

Your description of falling salt or flour kind of made me think about the sparkly lights that I saw, it could be similar.

It was like a shimmering puff of flour, about 3ft, it was moving slightly and then it disappeared.

I believe in energy never dying and so I believe the spirits and souls of those who have died remain. Not in our realm but in another one but at times they try and come through.

It really stopped me in my tracks. I've never experienced anything like it.

Thank you for your condolences, it's his birthday this week which I know I'm going to struggle with.

Hulahooplaa · 10/02/2025 09:35

I think it happens. Once I was sitting in my room and a can of deodorant or something just started rocking like someone has pushed it with a bit of force. I just say watching it like ok thats weird. Complete one off weird moment. Also had a TV turn on by itself once or twice when I was in bed. It was a family members tv who had passed away.

Christwosheds · 10/02/2025 09:33

CarrieMoonbeams · 10/02/2025 09:17

The OP commented on another "woo" thread fairly recently to say that no, they didn't turn up. Weird eh?!

So weird, I find myself mulling over the missing chains every now and again.

CarrieMoonbeams · 10/02/2025 09:26

@HowamImiddleaged , sorry about the loss of your DB.

I'm interested in how you describe what you saw though. I've mentioned on previous woo threads that I once saw something that I described as sort of twinkling/sparkling tiny lights, about the height of a person. I'd also lost a family member and this was the culmination of quite a number of strange things that had happened. I was really scared! (My dogs didn't react at all though.)

When I told my brother about it, he thought it was funny because I'm well known for my love of Christmas, so he said it was appropriate for me to have a ghost made out of fairy lights!

Your description of falling salt or flour kind of made me think about the sparkly lights that I saw, it could be similar.

ColourBlueColourPurple · 10/02/2025 09:26

Tacsi · 10/02/2025 06:54

not really as there will be (somewhere) a logical explanation.

Nah - poltergeist! Run!

CarrieMoonbeams · 10/02/2025 09:17

Christwosheds · 10/02/2025 09:05

This has reminded me of the thread about the missing clock chains - did they ever return, does anyone know?

The OP commented on another "woo" thread fairly recently to say that no, they didn't turn up. Weird eh?!