To be really freaked out about seeing someone that wasn’t there??

[freakedoutseeingthings]

My partners mum, step-dad, brother and 2 nieces are on holiday at the seaside so to we took our little one for the a day trip to have a beach day with his cousins today.

As we were driving into where they are staying and my partner was packing I said to him ‘I didn’t know your whole family was here’ when I saw his grandma standing next to his mum. He must have assumed that I was talking about his stepdad as he didn’t respond to it in a weird way/ask what I meant.

Then when we were inside I asked where his grandma had gone and where she was sleeping as they only have 2 bedrooms. Well it turns out that she isn’t there and is at home and I couldn’t have seen her because she’s not there??

What on earth happened?? What/who did I see?? Am I crazy now? 🙈

So the twin of the woman you thought you saw?? An identical twin?

Your latest update makes for a very strange coincidence

Whoa this is an interesting development

Oh my goodness , that is interesting! Yes I think she was making herself known to you . That's sad - sorry to hear that .

Coincidence.

Why would someone you don't know and have never met, want to make themselves known to you?

Was she dying when you saw her? You thought that you saw his GM when actually it could have been her spirit.

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Blimey - you saw a person of a grandmother's age and assumed it was the grandma - identical or not -you saw someone. She had maybe come to say goodbye to her family - strange you were the one to see her and not one of them.

Just because they have a snappy acronym doesn’t mean they aren’t explicable.

But the implication (to me anyway) is that there was no person there at all. I.e the op didn't mistake some random woman for the gran - there was no random woman.
@freakedoutseeingthings could you clarify? Could it have been a random woman, or were they staying in a private property which wouldn't have others in the grounds?

This is so strange OP, so so strange. I'm not a big believer in the woo stuff, but this is... well, strange! How do you feel about it?

Yes this happened to my nan when I was a kid... she saw her mother in law sat on her bed and asked my grandad when had his mother arrived as it was late for her to be out and about... my grandad said she wasn't there and had no idea what she was talking about. The next day they had a call to say she had passed the night before!

Seriously? I’m embarrassed for you that you think his mass-market ‘Elvis, past-life regression and Oprah’ ‘research’ has any credibility whatsoever.

It’s not ‘closed-minded’ to point out that his ‘research’ consists of him believing he had a supernatural near-death experience himself in his youth after he attempted suicide, interviewing other people who believe similarly, often about experiences that happened years or decades earlier, collating similarities in these anecdotes, and deciding this is ‘evidence’ of life after death. Anecdotes are not data. It’s also not closed-minded to point out he has a strong belief in the supernatural, believes he had multiple past lives, and think you can summon the spirits of the dead in a special mirror room he built. For $300 an hour.

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I have macular disease and I found this on that website. It might be wise to have an eye test.

Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS)
Up to half of all people with sight loss caused by macular degeneration may see the visual hallucinations known as Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS).

What is a visual hallucination?
A visual hallucination is the same experience as really seeing something, but the ‘something’ is not actually there.
Charles Bonnet hallucinations appear to exist in the real world rather than in the mind’s eye. They come and go unannounced and can last for just a few seconds or as long as a day or more.
CBS itself can last from days to many years. For most people the hallucinations improve with time so that they only occur very occasionally.
What do these hallucinations look like?
Charles Bonnet hallucinations can be simple unformed flashes of light, colours or shapes.
However, many people see more elaborate forms such as geometrical grids and lattices.
Some people with CBS report seeing landscaped gardens or vistas, animals, people, or processions of miniature costumed figures wearing hats, or even disembodied faces with staring eyes. The hallucinations are often seen in more vivid detail than real life.
Some people enjoy their hallucinations. However, they are more often an unwanted distraction, and can be frightening.
They can get in the way of normal vision too.