Ghost in house

[zodiackelly]

Okay so I've been feeling like there's something in my house lately, get the feeling I'm being watched and mentioned this to a friend who goes ghost hunting, who told me to try and communicate with it. I've got this week off work and home alone, so thought it was the best time to try as don't want to scare anyone.

I called out to it and a few moments later the delivery driver knocks on the door, pure coincidence or is this thing using real events to respond to me? Oh also I woke up this morning and tap was running?? I'm a light sleeper so would know if it was dh or dd in middle of the night. I feel quite uncomfortable sat here am I being paranoid?

[liz70]

"Honestly the only thing that would worry me is the scratches."

Yes, me too. Reading the rest of your (Alexa) post, I've had much of that happen too, apart from the cold spots and dog growling. I really do think it could be frustration as the person is trying to communicate or get your attention. In my case I know who it is - I asked, and was given the answer in several ways. I had lights switching on and off, taps turning on, radios, CD players, DVD players etc. switching on - I once watched as our Blu-ray player switched on and off in rapid succession, while the disc tray slid in and out rapidly, even continuing to do so after I'd unplugged it. Things have moved around in locked rooms, also objects have flown several feet across a room, not actually in front of me, but behind me when I was in the room.

I never felt afraid apart from the initial fearful, not knowing what the fuck was going on when it first started. I didn't really have anyone to ask IRL but I got a lot of invaluable advice online.

I think a turning point came when I finally found myself able to address Name Withheld directly one day. I said, "Look, NW, I know it's you doing all this; you don't have to keep doing it." And since then it - as in any activity - has just settled down to definite, pointed examples to acknowledge something I've said to NW, iyswim.

To give an example of such - this is going to be long, but it's the best way to explain it, I think -

It was the day before NW's birthday anniversary and as usual I was preparing to travel to visit NW's grave on the day. DM was staying for a few days, and looking after DD3 on the day.

I'd thought I'd put my phone in my rucksack, but couldn't find it. Emptied it out but no sign, nor was it anywhere else I looked. I reasoned I must have mislaid it so got a spare phone ready charging.

A little later my mum called me from the living room to say that she'd found my phone in the bottom of my rucksack. Now, it was definitely not in there when I looked earlier - I'm not so bloody blind or stupid that I can't find a blackberry style phone in a pink zip pouch, in a small rucksack ffs. But I couldn't be arsed arguing with DM's claim that I didn't look properly before. Some things aren't worth it.

I knew it was NW, and I didn't really need mind, as I knew it was just a little joke, and also a kind of heads up, like "Hey Liz; on your way tomorrow, I see."

Anyway, I went along to NW's grave the next day, my phone safe with me. Took card and flowers up as usual, then after lunch in town I headed down to the river as I like to walk along the front before I catch my bus back (it's about two and a half hours away from my home).

While I was looking out over the river I (after checking nobody was nearby) spoke to NW again. This time I said, "Hiya, NW, it's Liz here, as always. Now, I know it was you that hid my phone yesterday. I could do without that when I'm getting ready to come here to bring you flowers, so bloody pack it in. Don't do it again. Anyway, Happy Birthday - git."

I said all that with a smirk on my face, and my tongue firmly in my cheek, as I wasn't really cross, as explained earlier.

Back home on bus and lift from DH as local trains were down. At this point I had my phone in my coat pocket. Coat has only two large outer patch pockets on either side.
Get back in and hang coat up at bottom of stairs. Go to get phone from pocket, but no sign of it in either of them. Not in my rucksack, either. I thought, "ah, not again NW!" Eye roll to ceiling.

All this time DH and DM were in the living room, door shut. All three DDs upstairs in their bedrooms, again, doors closed. So I quietly said, in mock annoyed tones, "Okay, NW, this isn't funny anymore. I want my bloody phone back - NOW!"

I then went into the kitchen, which is at the end of our short hallway, opposite the front door, for a couple of minutes. Came back out and checked my coat pockets again. Of course NW had done a "oh, okay, Liz; here you go" and my phone was back again. I called NW a few choice names but only in jest.

That was a right bloody essay! But as I said, I think it was the best way to explain.

I've compared notes with three friends of NW who also get visits. I'm sure more people as well as us must get them, including NW's family. They're just the three people that I'm aware of, and have shared my experiences with.

Just as a disclaimer, I do not give a flying fuck if some people do not believe what I have typed above. Really, I don't. I'm just relating a few things that have happened. I know that there are others out there who've had similar experiences. I just smile and shake my head at anybody who has the arrogance to dismiss me as a liar, or deluded. Hey ho - so be it.

[movingonup2015]

I like to keep an open mind but at the same time I cant help thinking its nothing supernatural and that I actually am slowly going mad...

First experience I had was about 10 years ago in my mums house I was in the living room and saw a reflection in the corner of my eye from the living room door, looked like a little girl running down my hallway... it could have plausibly been a trick of the light but for some reason my brain likes to think something else is going on...

then when I bought my first house with my ex we knew a man had died in the house and didn't bother me in the slightest - he used to get lots of junk mail so we knew his name.

Anyway, my ex was obsessed with scented candles and every single time we had an argument I would come down the next morning and some of the candles were lit.. I know I put them out the night before because I was frightened to death that he was going to burn the house down by forgetting to put them out so I always did it, I would wet my fingers after blowing them out and hold it on the wick just to make doubly sure. When I would come downstairs the next morning, the ones that were lit had not been lit all night because they hadn't burned down enough so probably only half hour or so before I came down. Definitely wasn't the ex he could barely drag himself out of bed to go to work let alone bother to tip toe down the stairs without waking me in order to light a few candles then tip toe back to bed...

Im sure theres a perfectly reasonable explanation just don't know what it is...

I am now in another house and whilst I was doing it up one of the kids on the street used to ask me why I kept leaving my daughter on her own in the house because she was always stood at the window when I left... erm.... again probably childs over active imagination.

stuff disappears all the time and turns up in the most obscure places - I lost a screwdriver 2 weeks ago, couldn't find it anywhere, found it in the freezer when I was putting shopping away - wtf? again, probably was me and I am actually going mad...

Then last night I had the worst nights sleep ever - I was awoken at 1am by what sounded like someone hammering on my front door - so I lept up to the window and there was no one at the front door.

Then about half hour later it sounded like someone was walking around downstairs and being rather clumsy in the process! I have motion sensors everywhere connected to an alarm which then connects to my phone so I checked my phone and none of the sensors had been activated so definitely wasn't a person and I have no animals. Then for the remainder of the night I was woken up by more loud bangs just don't know where it was coming from but was definitely in my house but as my alarm hadn't gone off I knew it wasn't a burglar so I just hid under my duvet until I eventually fell asleep...

very weird...

[Ohsotired123]

Ghosts aren't real. I honestly feel anyone who has told me (2 people so far) that they used to have a ghost at their house and they used to talk to them are mentally ill.

[munchkin2902]

It was indeed pure coincidence that the delivery driver knocked. I mean, think about it. Ghost got delivery driver to knock? That's some power. The tap - someone probably left it on. But that would worry me more. I have had an experience myself but the more o think about it sure it has a rational explanation.

[Cerseilannisterinthesnow]

I don't know if they do or not but a few things happened in childhood which I still think of, nothing in adulthood but I work in a community hospital and it gives me goosebumps when I'm on nights

[LifeofI]

I dont know if ghost exist or not, I am 50/50 on it but i have seen a curtain move before like someone pulled in, it was in a house I said it which was a women's refuge so i suspect there was a load of sadness and negative energy in the house. Me and another woman who lived there were watching a dvd and randomly the curtain moved, we both looked at it and were like wtf! No windows open and were it was "pulled" it couldnt of been a rat or anything.
I always felt as well i was being watched in that house and felt like I heard people on the stairs.

Also in my old house I had a whisper in my ear when i was half asleep saying "there is a spider on you" i jumped up and there was a spider in my bed. Same with that house I felt like being watched and heard banging around upstairs when nobody was in.

Even though I have experienced them things I am still 50/50 i suppose i would actually have to see a figure to believe .

[herecomethepotatoes]

Not sure if it was a ghost, perhaps the last of his energy

No need to take the piss quite so much out of the OP!

[Laidupwithabrokenleg]

I've had quite a few odd experiences over the years and posted about some on a thread in Mumsnet Classics the other week. I have just remembered something that happened after my favourite cat died a couple of years back. He died on the Tuesday, and Saturday evening I was sat in the living room and a grey shadow of a cat walked across the floor and jumped on the armchair and disappeared. Not sure if it was a ghost, perhaps the last of his energy, I have no idea. Some time later I was lying in bed (I had flu) and I could hear a cat purring and opened my eyes expecting to see our other cat on the bed, but nothing there. I accept I was probably delirious as had a temp, but I like the idea that Freddy was looking after me. He was the most adorable little cat, and would always snuggle up to me when I was under the weather. The ones we have now couldn't care less!

[Chocolatefudgecake100]

I believe in ghosts ive experienced things myself however zodiackelly ur post seems like ur taking the absolute piss? Could be wrong but it seems like you are

[Alexa444]

Honestly the only thing that would worry me is the scratches. My nans house was haunted, was actually on a register of known hauntings and that place could make a believer out of anyone. Things would fly about right in front of you. Cold spots and empty bits of air the dog would snarl at. Voices when there was no one there and no neighbours for half a mile. Things turning on and off. My nan used to threaten to get a priest in whenever stuff went missing and it would turn up thd same day in the secret passageway. Well we called it a secret passageway. It was actually a hallway and staircase that was derelict and ran through the whole house. We think it was for servants once. It came out in the garden, the upstairs landing and the entrance hall but the inside doors were boarded up so if you wanted to get in you had to go outside and practically climb through a shrub to get to the door. Us kids went in a few times but it was rotten and unsafe so no one used it. But stuff used to turn up in there all the time. Nan used to check it once a month for things she lost. She was never afraid though. Used to curse at them for upsetting the dog.

[Panadbois]

Post in the Unexplained in future Op. Might get more sympathy there!

[ShebaShimmyShake]

Herecomethepotatoes :)

Ouija boards work by ideomotor movement. Penn and Teller blindfolded board users and then placed the board upside down. Gibberish ensued. Look up the video. Derren Brown also famously held a séance with people apparently successfully using the board to contact a woman he later brought in alive and well.

I don't think there's no chance of paranormal existence, as we know so little of how the universe really works, but as long as there's absolutely no scientifically reliable evidence, I'm going with Occam's razor. It's more likely your tap needs a new washer or someone used the loo without waking you than that ghosts are fucking with your plumbing.

[SabineUndine]

I'll be honest, I do believe in ghosts, or rather, phenomena. However I think the OP is a silly attention-seeker inventing things to get herself attention.

[herecomethepotatoes]

Only one way to find out for sure. Use a ouija board.

I believe you OP. Has no one here seen with their own eyes nearly headless Nick on that documentary about wizards?

[Kyyria]

Also need to check for typos. Bloody autocorrect! I am definitely NOT septic

[Kyyria]

I am a septic. I have had one all experience but would say I am still a skeptic.

2000/2001 we lived in a shared rented terraced house. House of 'young professionals' - everyone at work except me (I was visiting BF (now DH) for the week - I was still at uni). I know house was empty as had seen everyone leave during the morning and had been home all day.

Lunchtime - I'm standing in the rather long kitchen making sandwiches when I see something out of the corner of my eye. It disappears as I turn my head fully but from what I could make out it was a floor length hooded robe that glided (not walked) across the back room from what would have been the window to somewhere into the wall with the understands cupboard. I was a good 4 metres away - definitely a 'person' in shape and I don't recall any limbs.

Didn't particularly want to walk back through the back room to get to our bedroom, but it didn't feel uncomfortable. I never mentioned anything to bDH.

Fast forward about 6 months - Friday night, me and DH somehow get ontona convoluted supernatural discussion whereupon DH lets slip that be had seen something whilst standing in the kitchen and goes on to describe my hooded figure in detail - same movement, same direction, same lack of limbs, same hooded robe. Hadn't said anything previously as didn't.want to freak me.out.

As a side note I was in my last year of a psychology degree and one of the modules we could take was about parapsychology. Lecturer was keen and had done lots of work - described situation in a factory where workers felt uneasy, items moving etc. They narrowed it down to some sort of low frequency soundwaves from air con unit - they calculated length of wace and every point they calculated a peak/trough would in wave would be where tools/equipment vibrated, staff felt uneasy etc. Got rid of air con unit and got rid of problem.

I think my hooded figure must have been similar - both of us were standing in same place which was about metre away from fridge. Presume it was low frequency soundwaves messing with our heads.

Still skeptical - brains/bodies are mostly water and smallest vibrations are going to alter senses/cause hallucinations etc. Also think that if a 'ghostly entity' why did it look exactly the same/do exactly the same thing each time? Why not be a bit more autonomous.

No idea what it was but pretty much convinced it has an explanation - no matter how strange.

[SoleBizzz]

I saw a ghost once. A T Rex.

[Oakley02]

Hi ZKelly, not sure if you are still watching this thread, but I believe you. Both myself and my DS have been deeply scratched in the shower, dog barks and runs backwards away from chair in living room, my belongings are constantly moving themselves to odd places and the other day I felt someone sigh loudly in my ear - I was home alone! I know this may be unbelievable to many of you but this sort of thing has happened to me for the past twenty-odd years. My husband, who is a complete non-believer, was amazed one evening when large, dark see-through orbs floated across the room - he admits to seeing them but says there must be a scientific reason for them!
Not currently worried but will be home alone (with faithful, ghost-sensing dog) for several days.

[Gottagetmoving]

We've got a cat flap, but it's not our first choice when it comes to fresh air

[Petal02]

We've got a cat flap, but it's not our first choice when it comes to fresh air .....

[TooOldForGlitter]

I would really like to hear about the daughter using the cat flap for fresh air OP? It was a few pages back and sadly I think most people missed it.

[shovetheholly]

Personally, I'd be looking for a rather more, ahem, physical cause of those scratches.

[WaitrosePigeon]

Woke up Monday morning to find hubby had deep, long red scratches down his back that weren't there when we went to bed

What, from the ghost? Have a day off..

[lorelei9]

But I want updates!

[2rebecca]

I have got a clue. Ghosts, santa, fairies at the bottom of the garden, UFOs full of aliens who abduct you during the night and do experiments on you; all nonsense. Keeping woo believers together in their own fora for suggestible people sounds like a good idea.