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Things disappearing then reappearing

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Chocomelon · 03/02/2022 10:31

I was just looking for two pens that were on the sofa with my diary when I went to bed last night. Today I couldn't find them. I took everything off of the sofa, looked under the sofa, around it, checked the study, my bedroom, kitchen... even called DH to ask if he knew where they were.

After searching the house I have sat down on the sofa and the three pens are on the arm of the sofa where I left them yesterday. The pencil case (yes I have a pencil case) that I searched is right next to them.

This isn't the first time something like this has happened but it's one where I KNOW they were not there half an hour ago.

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vesperlindor · 05/02/2022 08:26

I used to live alone in a flat where this happened a lot. I lost my favourite lipstick which was always in my make up box in the bathroom, or in my bag if I'd taken it out somewhere. One day it completely disappeared, looked everywhere for it and came to the conclusion I must have taken it out of the house and lost it (although I didn't think I had). Bought a replacement and forgot about it.

A few weeks later I came home from work and it was just sat in the middle of the kitchen table. I lived alone. Freaked me right out.

There was also the morning I woke up and found a soaking wet man's jumper in the flat. I'd been out and had a few drinks the night before and my date had walked me home and come in for a few mins, and it had been raining so I assumed it was his. Messaged him to say your jumper is in my flat and he replied he hadn't been wearing one, just a tshirt and jacket. I asked him if maybe one of us had picked up someone's jumper in the pub or something and he said definitely not. Never solved that one either!

I was convinced the creepy landlord or one of his handymen used to let themselves in when I wasn't there and mess about with my stuff. I didn't stay there long!

ShowOfHands · 05/02/2022 18:15

@StormBaby

The ‘glitch in the matrix’ and the ‘man look’ are two very very different things.
True. One of them is an observable phenomenon. The other is not.
LostMyLastHatfulOfWords · 05/02/2022 18:26

'Open your eyes, then look' gets chanted here when anyone has lost anything :).

Annoyingly, whatever was missing almost always turns up at once.

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Chocomelon · 05/02/2022 18:33

@phishy

Looks like your DH is playing tricks on you.

Watch Gaslight.

He wasn't here when I started looking it when I found them. RTT
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Chocomelon · 05/02/2022 18:37

I do find it interesting but it can be spooky too! not getting too into that before bed

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BambooWhoosh · 05/02/2022 18:47

Anyone remember if that person in a flat found their ironing board?

Chichimcgee · 05/02/2022 18:55

How do you lose an ironing board?!

BambooWhoosh · 05/02/2022 19:01

Just found the thread - didn't realise it was 2019.

AIBU-to-ask-you-to-explain-missing-ironing-board?

I don't think the OP came back.

Chichimcgee · 05/02/2022 19:04

How strange!

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Chocomelon · 06/02/2022 09:43

I do believe in ghosts BTW (kind of)

This "glitch in the matrix" thing is new to me. I hadn't heard the term / idea until the recent MN thread.

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lifesabitchandthenyoudie · 06/02/2022 12:00

Please can someone explain the cat/saucer reference? I fear I'm being a bit dim...

I've had a few of these; often the only way to 'find' them is to buy a new one... but once, many years ago, a part of a toy had gone missing. It was a favourite toy and we spent ages looking. One night - I was actually asleep - I heard a noise and went to look; the toy was right in the middle of the floor.

I agree with the matrix / parallel universe theory. Terry Pratchett wrote a very good book about quantum, and often made reference to it in his novels.

Stillfunny · 06/02/2022 12:04

I hope this happens to me and my expensive sunglasses show up where I thought I left them .

lifesabitchandthenyoudie · 06/02/2022 12:17

@BambooWhoosh thank you! That is hilarious.

stripeyflowers · 06/02/2022 12:52

Here is your answer! See 37:15 - 37:60

Wink
SomethingSuss · 06/02/2022 13:18

My mum used to come to my house to feed and walk my dog when I was working away at weekends. She ended up having to drive and pick my sister up to go with her because she was refusing to go alone again. She would walk in, put her keys down on the table and they'd be gone when she went back to the table (anything from 5 mins to an hour). They'd be found in places like on the toilet cistern, in the kitchen on the fridge or by the sink or even in the middle of the living room floor once or twice. She took DSis with her for two reasons. She was spooked AF and she also needed a witness (DSis can't explain it either but agrees it happened almost every visit)
The same thing happened with other items like the window lock (placed on the windowsill while they fed the dog but it was never seen again)

I was already used to my house's shenanigans. I'd get home to find my VCR (yes I'm old) had randomly stopped recording for 20 minutes then resumed, or I'd find the video sitting on top of the vcr, with whatever I recorded on it either fully or partially.
I once came home to find my oil burner still on its coaster, still full of oil and water and the tea light candle but in the centre of my living room carpet instead of my mantelpiece. Various small possessions would constantly be moved around. Luckily it was my first house so 'sparsely furnished' was an understatement. I didn't even have enough crap for a junk drawer yet so finding lost items was easier.

One day some spooky bastard who came to chat about my overdue tv license politely asked in conversation if I was aware that I wasn't alone and that there was a presence in the house. I told him yeah I knew and he said he sensed his name was John and he was drowned in the canal out back in the 1800's. So I got a tv license caution that day and a bloody psychic reading for free with it!

I do miss that house and Casper John,

AmazingBouncingFerret · 06/02/2022 13:49

They briefly visited A Place Called Here.

boatyardblues · 06/02/2022 16:58

[quote stripeyflowers]Here is your answer! See 37:15 - 37:60

Wink [/quote] Fairies are also the cause of cat zoomies too, circa 37 mins. 😂
onemorecupofcoffeefortheroad · 08/02/2022 13:32

I've just remembered the time I took my dogs for a walk on the beach - put a roll of poo bags in my coat pocket. When the moment came I reached into my pocket but there was nothing there.
Checked both pockets - nothing. Pulled the lining out of both pockets - still nothing. Thought I must have dropped them on my walk so retraced my steps while continually searching my pockets.
Found nothing, tide was coming in - I headed home.
Next day put my coat on - the same coat - went to put some loose poo bags I'd found in the cupboard into my coat pocket and immediately found the roll of poo bags I'd lost the previous day.
Completely baffled - they definitely weren't there the day before.

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