I am Not "Woo" at all but this just happened

[Tacsi]

so I'm in no way, shape or form "woo" buuutttt just been sitting on side of my bed texting on my phone and my soundbar for TV (which I've had for 4 years with no issues) just decided to launch itself onto the floor, has hit my foot and cut it, picked it back up thinking how weird 🤷🤷 went back to my phone and a bottle of water, tube of face cream and a lip balm on top of my chest of drawers then launched themselves across the room, pretty freaked out by this point but still being rational in my head, picked phone back up carried on messaging back a friend, looked up to think what I was trying to type and felt a big tap /slap and literally saw my phone fly in the air and land other side of room, trying hard to think rationally but feeling pretty spooked right now
😭there's a rational reason for all this, yes???

im an ex-atheist who had a haunting. It was terrifying.

Ask a church if they will perform an exorcism. If they won't then try another. I would go to an independent Bible-believing church.

Could it be wind in the house?

If you've rationalised yourself out of believing in any God, simply do the same to this. If you can't, that might be because there are more things in heaven and earth etc. etc. etc. I'm not being mean, but for any person to be utterly convinced that their view of the world is the correct one, just because it is what they believe, quite simply is unscientific. Perhaps you can just shift yourself to the position of dispassionate observer. The position would be that these things aren't happening to you - you are merely watching them occur. And then just observe without freaking out again. That's your coolest, calmest route. Experience whatever you experience as an observer, not a participant. I once saw a very rational family describe repeated hauntings - they were scientists and probably just as coldly rational as you see yourself - and they were able to believe in the movements and in fact in the haunting without a fundamental shift in how they thought of themselves. They simply accepted that they could not know everything.

Is your house located on an old Native American burial site? 😆

I believe in the paranormal.

you need to firmly (and really really believe) to stop, tell it it’s not wanted and to leave immediately.

I had a naughty ghost who once turned on the stove. I was fuming and told it that it wasn’t funny and to leave immediately. Never happened again.

Actually it was a little earlier than that maybe 2001 or 2002? My old friend (he died in November 2002) thought a wardrobe had fallen over upstairs…I was confused by my metallic room divider (lots of teeny ‘glitter’ balls)…shimmery and clattering and shaking about (in my own house, we were both in Chorlton, S. Manchester), and things just felt scary, ‘electric’ and unstable. Things ‘hurtling across the room’ though? No. No clue (the house moving comes to mind though).

Sounds like your furniture and belongings have decided to join a rebellion against gravity, either that or you’ve got the world’s most aggressive poltergeist who really hates texting! On the rational side, maybe there’s a logical explanation, earth tremors, a wonky floor, or a very mischievous draught? But on the slightly spookier side, if your TV remote starts changing channels by itself, I’d consider negotiating peace terms with them. Maybe offer it a biscuit? In all seriousness, I hope your foot’s okay! And if your phone starts levitating again, maybe just politely ask whatever it is to chill out.

That's the very thing though -

The vast majority of the "it isn't ghosts" crowd are being derided for being closed-minded, when in reality all they are saying is "I don't know what it is, it could be absolutely anything, but not ghosts". They are not offering implausible explanations, that's what believers do, all the "not ghosts" crowd are doing is ruling out one highly implausible cause but leaving every other explanation open.

It's the "It's definitely ghosts" crowd who are "closed-minded".

Surely the logical reason WOULD be - its some spooky shit.

I dont understand why anyone would doubt something they've literally seen with their own eyes, several times (let alone been smacked by it on the foot).

Not saying is old morag who used to live there but spooky shit in general has been happening to people for centuries so why wouldn't there be something in it?

Anyone in the house being messing about with a board or spells or something? Kids maybe?
Or have you brought any second hand furniture into the home? Or are you doing any renovations? All possible sources.

You gotta be clear and tell it to leave as it's not welcome or invited in your home.

Although, curve ball might be it's trying to warm you of a danger. Seems weird that you've had nothing for 15 years.

No, it really isn't difficult. You've got it entirely the wrong way around. The Catholic Church as an organisation is monstrous, but a lot of the individuals in it aren't. Leaving aside the systematic covering up of sexual abuse its entire history is littered with examples of horrific behaviour, from the burning of Joan of Arc, the burning of witches after Pope Innocent VIII declared, by papal bull, that witches were real and a threat (due to their involvement with Satan), the list is almost endless.

That's simply historical fact.

Weird stuff like this happened when I was growing up in my mum's house - like a flurry of this type of thing 3-4 times in a couple of weeks. Not long after my dad died suddenly aged 41. A clairvoyant (yes I do believe in that stuff) told me years later than it was an indication of the door being opened between the living and the dead.

Happened again in my mum's house last month (turns out at the time she was worried her cancer had come back). No, the bloody cat only went and died.

Sorry if that's freaked you out even more!!!

Why would a "haunting" have any bearing on whether you believe in the existence of the Divine or not? I really don't see how the two bear any relevance.

Did anything specific happen at that time? I know stories from trusted people about objects moving when a certain event happened to someone close. They said it was strange. Xx

The most haunted place in the UK is supposed to be Bodmin Jail. I hate the atmosphere there. I live in a 17thC cottage so if there are ghosts they're friendly ones

Danny Robins, where are you? This looks perfect for Uncanny

I know you don’t believe in spirits etc, I was sceptical until I actually saw something on my sons’ video monitor and heard a voice on an earlier occasion. It’s not a WiFi one either that can be hacked by weirdos. We got two mediums in eventually and it was the most bizarre experience ever, but couldn’t be denied! Since then, my children sleep through and don’t complain of anything touching them! They weren’t aware of the mediums or what they found, so not as if they were “playing along”. Just a thought! Good luck ☺️

And no-one mentioned Liverpool’s Bold Street time slip.
Many many tales in Liverpool of unexplained sightings.
I think keep an open mind. After all if you showed a computer to someone who lived in medieval times they would believe it to be the devil
incarnated.

Anything else since, OP? I am also a non-believer but love a good spooky story!

Confused as to what being an atheist has to do with anything. Ghosts/poltergeist don't check religious preferences.

That could be behind your troubles?

Earthquake?

That makes perfect sense to us who believe in God, because it follows that there’s a spiritual realm beyond what we can see. The Bible speaks often of both good and bad spiritual beings: angels, who serve God and carry out His will, and fallen angels (or demons), who oppose Him. Hebrews 1:14 describes angels as “ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation,” showing that they’re actively involved in helping and protecting people. On the other hand, Ephesians 6:12 reminds us that our struggles aren’t just against the physical world but against “spiritual forces of evil.” This suggests that unseen forces, both good and bad, are at work in the world, even if we don’t see or believe in them. From a Christian perspective, supernatural events don’t mean "ghosts" in the way people describe them. Instead, they could be interactions with the unseen spiritual world. The Bible discourages making contact with spirits (Deuteronomy 18:10-12) but acknowledges their reality. So, in a situation like yours, where things are moving on their own, a Christian would respond by praying for protection and asking God to bring peace into your home

Yea, cos demons are fuckin terrified of sage 🙄

If someone doesn’t believe in God or any kind of spiritual realm, then believing in ghosts or supernatural experiences becomes quite inconsistent. After all, if the material world is all there is with no God, no soul, no life after death, then how do spirits or ghostly phenomena fit into that? Many people who don't believe in God still believe in ghosts, thinking of them as the lingering energy or consciousness of the dead. But if humans are just biological machines, as strict materialism suggests, then consciousness should end at death. There would be no “ghost” left to haunt places or interact with the living. Belief in ghosts without belief in God raises other questions: If ghosts exist, where do they come from, and what are they made of? If people’s spirits live on after death, why would they be trapped in a house rather than moving on to an afterlife? If spirits can interact with the physical world (moving objects, making noises), what law of physics allows that, and why doesn’t it apply all the time? Our Christian perspective provides a more structured explanation. There is an unseen spiritual world, but it’s made up of angels (both good and fallen). What some people experience as ghosts may actually be demonic activity meant to deceive or disturb. The Bible never describes dead humans lingering as spirits on earth but it speaks of immediate judgment and an afterlife (Hebrews 9:27). So, in a way, belief in ghosts without belief in God is like believing in shadows without a light source. If the supernatural exists, then it makes more sense to explore its origin, and that ultimately leads to God.