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SurpriseItsMeHorseyNeighNeigh · 2023-10-02T20:57:10+00:00

Of course I'm not, it's Halloween, let's get scared. So what is the spookiest/most unexplainable experience you had? We're talking paranormal here.

Whylurkwhenicanjoinin · 04/10/2023 07:05

The floating demon thing in the alcove terrified me but i've never found it again…there was also a post in an old thread where the poster lived in a modern house with her family and her two lads had seen a reflection in the mirror a few times and she thought they were winding her up…until the day she saw him!
I only have a cat story but my sister’s house has a resident old lady but ive shared that on here before

Whylurkwhenicanjoinin · 04/10/2023 07:06

Sorry was replying to @DamnUserName21 but it didnt copy 😳

CarrieMoonbeams · 04/10/2023 07:22

OriginalFloorboards · 03/10/2023 23:19

Loving the stories, however, I do get easily spooked so I’ve taken my two cats to bed with me and my dog is in her bed next to me.

I’ve also pulled the covers right up to my chin because nothing can get me if I’m under the covers, right? 😱

Yup, that's true. Absolutely. 100%

Unless they're already under the covers with you of course.

JudyGemstone · 04/10/2023 07:41

OriginalFloorboards · 03/10/2023 23:19

Loving the stories, however, I do get easily spooked so I’ve taken my two cats to bed with me and my dog is in her bed next to me.

I’ve also pulled the covers right up to my chin because nothing can get me if I’m under the covers, right? 😱

You obviously haven’t seen the film Ju On (The Grudge) 😱

slobro · 04/10/2023 07:49

@Whatafustercluck the daisy daisy singing from 2001 a space odyssey is an actual thing Alexa does, Google it 😀

HughCanoe · 04/10/2023 07:53

Whylurkwhenicanjoinin · 04/10/2023 07:05

The floating demon thing in the alcove terrified me but i've never found it again…there was also a post in an old thread where the poster lived in a modern house with her family and her two lads had seen a reflection in the mirror a few times and she thought they were winding her up…until the day she saw him!
I only have a cat story but my sister’s house has a resident old lady but ive shared that on here before

I think that was Throughthickandthin01 although I don't think her house was that modern. Great story - apparition was looking out the patio doors into the garden but could be seen via mirror in the room, not directly. Previous owners later confirmed that the place was haunted.

Whylurkwhenicanjoinin · 04/10/2023 08:17

Ahh yes thats the one Hugh…it was a while ago so couldnt remember the finer details, it was so freaky! We need her to come back and share the story again

OnGoldenPond · 04/10/2023 08:33

WhileMyDishwasherGentlyWeeps · 02/10/2023 22:57

Some years ago we were on holiday in Romania. We’d booked an AirBnB in Transylvania. It turned out to be a charming little inn in the foothills of the Carpathians.

The first night we were there I awoke to the noise of a knocking at the window. I was strangely drawn to the sound, as if in a trance. In this mindless state I was compelled to draw back the curtains.

I was shocked. Outside was a man who looked like our old plumber - before he went home after Brexit - but floating in the air and displaying very sharp-looking teeth. He drifted away, muttering something.

Later I repeated to a local what I thought he’d said and apparently it meant, “You still owe me for the price of the more expensive taps you insisted on.”

I still shiver when I think about it.

Nice one!

Feelingfree2023 · 04/10/2023 08:58

It was Christmas Day, about 3am. I was still awake wrapping the children's gifts and there was a really long episode of knocking loudly on the front door. I probably shouldn't have answered it, but I did and there was the strangest looking man there.

He was about 60 and despite it being bitterly cold, he was only wearing a thin checked shirt and he was really dishevelled. He was speaking English, but he was completely incoherent and he looked as though something had happened to him. He was pale, moving jerkily and it seemed like he was trying to tell me something. He was insistent but not aggressive in any way.

Eventually, I became scared because it was so strange. There were no reports of anyone dying or being found dead locally, but nothing like that has ever happened before or since. I have had other odd experiences, but that was really very discombobulating.

OriginalFloorboards · 04/10/2023 09:09

No, I haven’t seen it and definitely won’t now @JudyGemstone my duvet is my safe place! 😄🤞🏻

dextersontopofhiskennel · 04/10/2023 09:16

LunaNorth · 03/10/2023 20:31

Uncanny’s coming onto the telly soon.

I know, can't wait!! Set to record so I don't miss it!

dextersontopofhiskennel · 04/10/2023 09:28

Feelingfree2023 · 04/10/2023 08:58

It was Christmas Day, about 3am. I was still awake wrapping the children's gifts and there was a really long episode of knocking loudly on the front door. I probably shouldn't have answered it, but I did and there was the strangest looking man there.

He was about 60 and despite it being bitterly cold, he was only wearing a thin checked shirt and he was really dishevelled. He was speaking English, but he was completely incoherent and he looked as though something had happened to him. He was pale, moving jerkily and it seemed like he was trying to tell me something. He was insistent but not aggressive in any way.

Eventually, I became scared because it was so strange. There were no reports of anyone dying or being found dead locally, but nothing like that has ever happened before or since. I have had other odd experiences, but that was really very discombobulating.

What happened to him? Did you shut the door on him? Did he disappear?

Giggorata · 04/10/2023 09:36

MrsNBK · 03/10/2023 15:49

Once, I woke up in the middle of the night to use the toilet. The house was in darkness. As I walked out of my bedroom, I could see what looked like glow in the dark writing on the walls but it wasn’t English. (I don’t speak or read any other languages). It looked like some sort of hieroglyphics. I blinked a couple of times and it was still there. I turned the light on and off, still there. It faded after about 5 minutes. I tried explaining what I saw to my family and they just looked at me like I was crazy. I googled it and several others have had this experience. I still can’t explain it several years later but remember it vividly.

This happened to me too!
I posted about it in a previous spooky thread, but can't find it now.

I woke up in the middle of the night to find the ceiling, walls, everywhere covered with cursive writing in a script I didn't recognise. It was dull silvery grey against the black.
I did the blinking; it was still there. I turned the light on and off several times; it was still there.
In the end, I said out loud that it was getting weird now and turned over and went back to sleep.
I haven’t been able to find any other incidences of this online, so would be grateful to hear more.

NaughtyBoyGeorgeMichaelJacksonBrown · 04/10/2023 09:45

coxesorangepippin · 04/10/2023 01:41

The one about York reminded me if one time I was there.

We went into a pub: the ground level was packed full of people, only tables available were downstairs in the cellar type area that had been converted and had tables available.

There was no-one sat down there at all. We walked down the stairs and I got the most awful feeling ever - I just couldn't for the life of me stay down there, would have preferred a pasty on a bench! Awful suffocating feeling, god knows why. Can't remember the name of the pub.

Liverpool, where I lived when at uni. Loved the Anglican cathedral, used to go there all the time. We were parked on the street in front of the cathedral and were driving away when I saw an oddly dressed girl on the corner in 60s style clothing, with red hair. Staring straight at us. I remember thinking, this is odd. We drove past her, I turned to look at her and she was gone. She'd disappeared. A sadness around her for sure.

Was it Lendal Cellars? Lendal Cellars Pub in York (greeneking.co.uk)

Lendal Cellars Pub in York

The Lendal Cellars is a vibrant pub located in the hustle and bustle of York combining friendly service with an inviting atmosphere.

https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/north-yorkshire/lendal-cellars

NaughtyBoyGeorgeMichaelJacksonBrown · 04/10/2023 09:46

Twoshoesnewshoes · 03/10/2023 22:22

@NaughtyBoyGeorgeMichaelJacksonBrown
where did the farmer trousers apparition happen?
my family had some sort of similar experiences in our farm house in Norfolk…

It was Ryedale, North Yorkshire.

CornishClott · 04/10/2023 09:46

My friend is a nurse and she told me about an old lady on her ward who wasn't expected to last the night , she died peacefully in her sleep . One of the patients remarked how sweet it was that the old lady's husband had sat holding her hand all night . The old lady had been a widow . My friend often remarked that toward the end of life people would often say someone was at the foot of the bed and would often speak to someone that wasn't there .

UnctuousUnicorns · 04/10/2023 10:02

I have also twice, when awake, felt the weight and pressure of "something" or "someone" on me. The first time I was sitting in bed reading something on my tablet, as I usually do at night. I felt what seemed like either an animal walking over my feet, or a person "dancing" their hands on them iyswim. Something like that.

Anyway, I thought it must be our dog, but then looked to my side, and he was fast asleep on his bed, nearby, not on our bed at all.

The other time I was on holiday, again, sitting up in bed, reading. We were staying in a static caravan, so no building with any history or anything like that. I distinctly felt, to my right, on i.e. not next to DH, who was to my left, the weight and sensation as if someone had sat down on the edge of the bed and was leaning into me, on my side and right hip. It lasted a few seconds, I definitely felt it, but there was nothing there.

Back home I was once (alone) in one our DC's bedrooms, clearing something up. There was one of those over door hanging rails, with multiple hooks, on the inside of the door, which at the time held various costumes, karate suit etc. So it would have been fair fairly weighty.

Anyway, it suddenly started to shake from side to side, for several seconds. I looked at it, puzzled, took a step forward, the shaking stopped, for one second, then began again, but just for another second or two, then stopped completely.

At first I wondered if we'd had a tremor, but nobody came out of the other rooms to remark on anything (adult DC2 was in the room opposite), DH downstairs, DC3 in the bathroom. Also, I hadn't actually felt any movement underfoot. To be absolutely sure, I later checked for tremors in the area at the time, as there's a site that keeps up to date records. Nothing. Plus we don't live close to a road that carries HGVs; in over 20 years living here I've never felt anything that could be put down to vibrations from heavy vehicle traffic, nor a train going by, we're just not close enough. And like I say, I felt nothing, just saw all the costumes etc. shaking from side to side. Oh well, like I've said, I'm used to odd stuff like that by now!

eandz13 · 04/10/2023 10:05

I lived in a 'haunted house' briefly (I don't actually believe in ghosts, I can get on board with the trapped energy theory I suppose. I do believe there are logical scientific explanations for everything)

• Cousin rented a house for 2 months, I took over the tenancy as she decided to leave early, I just assumed she preferred living with her parents
• My first night there I was on loudspeaker to a friend whilst faffing and unpacking and she asked me who I was with as she, clear as day, heard a gruff man's voice say hello you to her through my phone
• I woke at 1am one night to my bedroom door closing and heavy footsteps going down the stairs, thought it was my mum as she'd been round that evening to help with DD and i'd fallen asleep, however the next day she'd told me she'd left mine at 9pm. Heard footsteps in different areas of the (otherwise empty) house at other times too
• DDs wardrobe doors in her room decided to open (caught on baby monitor) many times on their own
• Loads of minor things which can be explained away by the place having a general eerie feeling and my brain imagining things - such as feeling breathing on my neck at night, hearing scratching in the walls, shadows, feeling watched, particularly when I was in the shower. I've never had faster showers than I did in that house
• My final night was a few weeks in (I left and found somewhere else immediately after this night as by that point I'd convinced myself there was hidden black mould or carbon monoxide or something that was giving me hallucinations) - one of DDs toys in her room kept going off making noises on it's own, I got out of bed to investigate and it was switched off so I assumed the batteries were goosed, so I took the batteries out and went back to bed. As soon as my head hit the pillow ALL of the toys in DDs room erupted into noise, sirens, jingles, giggling, music etc, so I just grabbed DD and legged it to my mums which was only down the road.
My sister was there having a brew with my mum, and they both laughed at me and said "ah don't worry, there'll be an explanation" and my sister offered to come back up to the house with me to check it out. I calmed down, realised I probably massively overreacted and we went back up to the house about an hour later, probably about 10pm at this point. My sister and I went into DDs bedroom, my sister found the whole thing entertaining and was doing her best Derek Akorah impression, jokingly saying "if anybody's there... gis a sign". One of those plastic iPad toys did that automated thing when it hasn't been played with for a few minutes and it replied in that robotic child's voice "are you there?"
Never seen somebody bolt so fast in my life!

Turns out my cousin left the house earlier than the tenancy agreement because she'd experienced freaky shit too and couldn't sleep there alone.

MrsDanversChickenSandwich · 04/10/2023 10:44

DawnBeauty · 03/10/2023 23:47

When I was a child an elderly family friend lived in a beautiful waterfront sprawling house built by a Scottish sea captain who had been lost at sea many many years before. I was far too young to appreciate the history of the house but I vividly remember on various occasions when visiting seeing a man at the top of the open staircase dressed in a uniform and he would smile and wave to me. I must have been about five or six years old and strangely I never asked my parents who he was, just accepted his presence and would just quietly smile back at him. I found out years later that our friend would frequently see the same person dressed in full naval regalia stand in exactly the same place but he wasn't quite so friendly towards him and would repeatedly tell him to get out of his house before disappearing into thin air.

Did he look like Rex Harrison and was your family name Muir?

Feelingfree2023 · 04/10/2023 10:59

I was frightened so I closed the door and called the police because I was both intimidated and worried for him. The police said they would look out for him, but it was just so strange. I never heard anything more about him.

Chocpot1986 · 04/10/2023 11:17

CarrieMoonbeams · 03/10/2023 01:02

My mum died last April at about 1am, my brother and I were with her at the end.

Later that morning, about 9am, I noticed the voicemail symbol on my phone. My phone was always switched on and fully charged because I'd been expecting "that" phone call from the hospital for a couple of weeks, so I was confused that I'd missed a call. I tried to listen to it but after the usual voicemail header ("you have one new message" etc) thing there was nothing to hear, no background noise, static sounds, nothing at all. I checked the call log and it didn't show any calls other than the ones I'd made/received.

The same thing happened at about 1pm that day, and the following morning at about 8am. Each time, I was wide awake and my phone was beside me and switched on.

My brother has a weird sense of humour, so he suggested that it was our mum giving me "3 rings" to let me know she'd arrived!

It's never happened before or since.

Oh this one is so sad but so quirky at the same time. I love it as my family also did the “3 rings”. gave me a lump in my throat this one x

Poppyseed14 · 04/10/2023 11:27

Prescottdanni123 · 03/10/2023 20:12

And a one that isn't creepy but strange all the same. My grandparents were truly in love. My grandfather would bring her a bunch of her favourite flowers, red roses, once a week 60 years. She was heartbroken when he died. When she herself was dying, receiving end of life care at home, she kept saying "He is coming for me soon".

An important detail in this story is my grandparents had a boring back garden. A small square of grass surrounded by privet fences. They didn't have any flowers. My grandmother died during the morning. In the afternoon, when we went outside, there was a single red rose in bloom. I absolutely couldn't have failed to notice this on an earlier day. There were no flowers growing the day before and never had been. I genuinely believe they both wanted me to know that they were back together again.

I love this and I 100% believe it was a message from your grandparents. Thank you for sharing your lovely story ❤️❤️

DawnBeauty · 04/10/2023 11:59

@MrsDanversChickenSandwich nope and I wasn't a child in 1947 either!

Graciebobcat · 04/10/2023 12:08

Giggorata · 04/10/2023 09:36

This happened to me too!
I posted about it in a previous spooky thread, but can't find it now.

I woke up in the middle of the night to find the ceiling, walls, everywhere covered with cursive writing in a script I didn't recognise. It was dull silvery grey against the black.
I did the blinking; it was still there. I turned the light on and off several times; it was still there.
In the end, I said out loud that it was getting weird now and turned over and went back to sleep.
I haven’t been able to find any other incidences of this online, so would be grateful to hear more.

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https://www.dreamsopedia.com/dream-about-seeing-writing-on-the-wall.html

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Graciebobcat · 04/10/2023 12:19

I've had bits of some of the things reported on Uncanny happen in an old house, but not as intensely as some people's stories on there and spread out over five years or so.

I woke one night to hear crashing around downstairs. It sounded like people having a fight and banging into furniture and knocking things over. DH and I went downstairs and there was nothing there nor anything disturbed. DH said it was likely foxes in the garden but it really had sounded like it came from the kitchen or dining room.

In the same house the radio suddenly wouldn't work but then come on, on its own. I heard and felt my cat after she died, on several occasions. I was tapped on the shoulder while washing up in the kitchen. I heard a name called out from the television set that seemed totally unrelated to the programme. One time I was sure DH had come home and there was no-one there. I had more frequent nightmares, sleep paralysis, and dreams with supernatural elements. All explainable stuff but it did feel slightly odd there in a way that it doesn't in our current house.