Pretty sure that I have a ghost!

[awakeandasleep]

Awake and changed my username for this one and sounds crazy.

Ok so couple of odd things happening lately in my house. At home alone until the weekend and it will be a long few nights.

I'm sorry I'm not interested.

I don't believe in ghosts and regard belief in them as superstitious nonsense.

Besides why would I want to believe in ghosts? Real life is scary and worrying enough without inventing supernatural explanations.

The growth in interest in the supernatural has grown in tandem with the decline in religious beliefs. A lot of people just don't want to be grounded in reality.

Every culture and society since time began has had a belief in ghosts, with literally millions of accumulated reports of sightings and experiences. Personally I think most of them can be explained rationally, but that it defies belief that every single report over the centuries is from someone lying or mistaken or insane. I've had a few experiences myself that made me realise science doesn't currently have an answer for everything.

Pop to your local church today and ask the Vicar/Rector/Curate to bless your home with holy water

Rational response- if your phone has been linked to the Alexa speaker, watching videos or social media can play through them too.

DS came up from the kitchen to tell me my phone was still linked and he could hear the adverts and videos on FB that I was scrolling through. My phone was on silent, I had no idea.

Less rational response- we don’t know what the source of some stuff we perceive is. We can’t measure it if we don’t know where or what it is. There’s loads of science that’s unexplored still. Our bodies give off energy. Dogs can sense their owner’s well being from different buildings.

What some people sense could be that type of phenomenon- like an epilepsy or diabetes assistance dog alerting despite being at a distance from their person.

There will be rational explanations for phenomena- we just don’t know what they are yet.

Don't apologise, you were very clear.
When people want to be *icks, they will find any reason to.

Uncanny is a shockingly bad pseudo documentary series that bears no close inspection at all. It is a scripted, acted entertainment programme.

There's plenty of evidence indicating paranormal activity - check out the University of Virginia Division of Perceptual Studies, for one. Look into their work with an open mind and I daresay you'll be surprised by what you find.

I live in a 30 year old estate house. I’m rarely alone in it, but when I am, boy, is it noisy! If you sit watching TV, it sounds exactly like someone is walking across the carpeted floor of our bedroom above. The creak starts at one end, and advances across the length of the room. Usually just once of an evening. Because it happens so often, we take no notice, and we know it’s just the house cooling but it’s unnerving if you’re alone! Also, something goes ‘clunk’ in the attic about once a week.

However, I can’t explain the large silver-coloured ring that appeared in the middle of the dining table overnight, about 10 years ago!

Is it really? The contributors seemed so plausible. I really believed they were genuine!

The contributions may have interesting tales to tell, but Robins starting point is always to sensationalise and his bias towards "believer" is a joke. He uses "professional" believers and sceptics who get about two sentences each and add nothing, then he will pick up on some crazy point that has been postulated and represent it as a solid fact rather than exploring it. Then why does every contributor sound like they are perfectly rehearsed? But the decider for me was one of his podcasts which happened to be about a property not far from us. The facts as presented about the property ( age, location) were just wrong. All made up to sound good, in other words.

Others may not agree! I know he's popular but I hate misrepresentation.

A couple of years ago I was playing Spotify on my speaker at work... Mum was listening to Julio Iglaseas at home. I managed to shoot the volume up and down and switch Julio off from work... Scared Mum half to death!! 🤣

Don’t be obtuse.

The C of E actually have clergy who deal specifically with these matters. When I had a lot of disturbances in a house I was told (by the vicar who dealt with such things) that there are three things that are always noted during a disturbance. Building work which alters the original layout of the house. Discourse. Children. 1 of them is enough apparently. People poo poo the idea until they experience something dramatic .

I am sleeping downstairs until the weekend.

Although I feel better, I did say last night in the rooms I feel uneasy in, that they are welcome to stay but not to frighten me making noises or moving things around! This has really helped me!

Basis of most religions, isn’t it?! 🤣 Only half joking, I was brought up in a religion, the doctrine sticks!

The following do not exist and never have:

• ghosts
• vampires
• werewolves
• fairies
• pixies
• leprechauns
• witches
• wizards
• poltergeists
• people who can talk to the dead
• people who can see into the future
• the Loch Ness monster
• honest car dealers

Hope that puts your mind at rest.

goblins and spectres ok then

The list isn’t exhaustive.

There is also no such thing as good own-brand baked beans.

Certain things are still beyond our ken.

when people say there’s never been any proof of paranormal stuff existing I always wonder what type of proof they mean because there are literally thousands of videos of ‘ghost caught on camera’ type things now that we all have smart phones. Not saying I can personally vouch for the veracity of all of them but they are absolutely a thing.

I very much doubt there is a photograph or video of a ghost that can’t be explained as something quite normal.

It’s the absence of good sharp footage of a ghost that’s so striking. There are CCTV cameras, ring doorbells, dashcams and, as you say, phones everywhere - many billions of them around the world. But not one solitary headless monk or Victorian widow has ever shown up. Not one.

Awakeandasleep

if you’re still uneasy, can I suggest getting hold of a copy of Paranormality by Professor Richard Wiseman?

He debunks with science an awful of lot of the experiences that people put down to paranormal phenomena. I was like you - hated being alone in the house overnight, used to sleep with all the lights on, etc. Probably the result of liking ghost stories as a kid, but I couldn’t get it out of my head at night time.

I read his book and it gave me such a huge sense of relief. Understanding the scientific reason for a lot of ‘phenomena’ really helped me recognise that I was creating my own fear by assuming the worst and then letting it spiral.

https://amzn.eu/d/cy5PdsY