To shit my pants because my house is haunted

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Baby daughter asleep in her cot, DH asleep in bed. I'm wide awake (insomnia strikes again), so thought I'd curl up on the couch and read 50 shades of grey a very interesting book.

All of a sudden there was a loud knock on the window. It was about 3 knocks and definitely sounded like a knock and not something hitting it. I immediately went to the front door and no one was there. Neighbours car is gone from the shared drive so they're out meaning it wasn't them, and the whole street was deserted. Not a soul in sight.

Go back into the living room to find the Christmas tree lights on. They were definitely off before. AIBU to call a priest after changing my clothes from shitting myself?

Lighthearted! I'm not gunna call the priest and I didn't literally have a poo 😂. Also don't think it's a genuine haunting - I'm not a believer in ghosts! Just find it weird and want to share my experience! Has anyone ever had something freaky like this happen to them?

Three knocks is a demonic presence mocking the holy trinity; the father, the son and the holy spirit; according to paranormal investigators

I occasionally hear banging or knocking sounds when I'm drifting off to sleep. Apparently it's quite common. I think it's called Exploding Head syndrome, not that that is the most reassuring name! I've heard knocks at the door and incredibly loud bangs that sound like someone dropped a piano upstairs.

The change in temperature in our house makes boards and frames and stuff crack which sounds like DS mucking about in his bedroom after lights out.

I don't believe in the paranormal, and am all about evidence in normal life. I have a mild interest in the occult and stuff like Alestair Crowley, et al, but from an interest not a believer standpoint. However, I really really don't believe in christianity, and so much "paranormal" in couched in those terms that I just glaze over.

But, I do believe there are more things under the sun than we currently have the imagination to grasp.

My grandmother always had an interesting tale. Her own grandmother had a son who was MIA in WW1. Years later, she was in the cinema watching a film set in France. At one point, she suddenly turned hysterical, pointing at the screen saying "He's there, he's there" and had to be escorted out by the accompanying family. She wouldn't let it lie, however, and eventually a relative went there. And she was only bloody right! He'd been in a hospital there with brain injuries and problems communicating who he was - and they had no clue, so he joined the pile of unknowns there.
How the fuck my GGGM knew something from a movie we'll never know; she never had any explanation.

Talk to it. Tell it they don't live there anymore and that their time has gone. If it still hangs around then ask it to do the cleaning from time to time.

I've had knocks on the door 3 times in the last 5 years. My dad has had it more than me. We don't know why. Once my dad was next to the door so instantly opened it and nothing/no one. . I have looked down at the door from my upstairs window straight after knocks and nothing.. so strange

One of my friends childhood home was haunted and she was used to things moving, odd noises, etc. If it all got a bit much she used to call out “oi, knock it off” and things would go quiet For a while.

Not sure how this helps you at 11.00am the next day tho.

Hope you got some sleep op.

We had one that switched on the CD player when you went out the room. Never felt bothered by her though and it didn't just happen to me either. Happened to my mum one day too so it wasn't just me losing the plot.

@TheRealJoseph I can get stuck in a "It Happened to Me" black hole on the FTMB for hours. I'm not sure I believe in ghosts although my last job, which involved patrolling an 1870s asylum in the middle of the night, did make me more open to the idea

Our doorbell kept going one day; each time we went to the door there was nobody there. Turned out the bell needed new batteries. This might not be as helpful as I thought when I started writing it.

The day my dad died, we got home in the evening, it was dark and snowing (November). We'd been up since the phone call from hospital at 5am, so my husband said he'd go the chippy for tea. l went into the kitchen to feed the dogs and l saw the car headlights back off the drive and turn to leave the estate.
There was a sharp rhythmic knock on the window next to the door. l went to the door thinking my husband had forgotten the money for the food, but there was nobody there, the car was gone. The dog was going daft, not barking, but jumping up, excited, at the window. We lived in a double cul de sac, nobody could have left in the time it took me to go to the door. And there were no footprints in the snow by the window, only ours going into the house on the drive and my husband's leaving the house.
When my husband came back, l asked why he had come back and knocked, and he said he hadn't. When he went out there was nobody about at all. He said "l bet it was your dad letting us know he's ok"....
My dogs loved my dad. And he never knocked on the door, only on the window next to it. Whatever it was, l found it comforting.

So there was a banging and then the lights on the tree were on? I don't know if I believe in ghosts but I'd be a wee bit concerned about my electrics.

I don't believe in ghosts but definitely think there is more going on in the world than we can understand.

My Grandparents were given matching clocks for their wedding present (gold little ones that had a little spinning pendulum type thing at the bottom). My Grandad was in a Nursing Home, and my Grandmother was still living in their family home. She was sat having a cup of tea when she rang my Aunt and asked her to ring the Nursing Home as she thought something had happened to my Grandad. She was right, he'd just died and they were getting ready to ring her. The next day when we went round I was looking at one of the clocks and realised it had stopped. Exactly at the time he had died the night before.

Still got one of the clocks, she left it to me in her will

Just because you don't believe in ghosts doesn't make them any less real.

We stayed in an old country house hotel in Wales and had a few odd things. Knocking was one of them. But also - the TV would keep turning itself on, and i would keep gettin the strange sensation of being watched at night. From the other side of the room. One night i sat up and saw a figure - short and slim - standing by the door of the ensuite staring at me. I watched it fade. It took about 3 or 4 minutes. I was trying to wake DH by digging him in the ribs ect but i didn't want to make a noise and he wouldn't rouse. I had no sense of fear. Just - another person in the room feeling.

The knocking was probably a teenager messing around then hiding. Probably drunk/high or just fooling around!

The lights I'd put down to a one off electricity blip or accidentally setting them on timer

Katsyes what a lovely story x

Your house is haunted, three knocks on the window, Christmas tree lights.....Your house is haunted. It's Poltergeist all over again👻 Run...... get out now and never, ever go back.....

Some of these are really lovely ❤️

I've had no other ghosty experiences again so they've probably gone on to haunt the next house already

We got up the other day and found our front door double locked. We never do this at night in case of fire. It’s an old stiff lock so not something you’d do without noticing. We were both baffled. Not sure it’s a ghost though.

RabbityMcRabbit l found it very comforting! l felt like it was my dad letting us know he was ok. x