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To ask if anyone has seen ufo, ghost, fae?

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Morecoombe · 26/07/2025 22:07

I am curious if anybody here has seen any of these things , such as UFO or a ghost or what can be known as “fae”? I have once seen lights in the sky which could have been the Chinese lanterns, but I am open minded and interested in this subject

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Cattery · 29/07/2025 18:52

CurlewKate · 29/07/2025 18:44

I see no anger! Personally, I hate seeing people being taken in by supposedly paranormal phenomena which have been rationally explained repeatedly. And I have seen people being duped and financially fleeced by mediums and psychics and so on- the less questioning happens the more people become vulnerable and likely to be taken in by pseudo science.

They’re adults. Leave them to decide

CurlewKate · 29/07/2025 18:59

Cattery · 29/07/2025 18:52

They’re adults. Leave them to decide

Of course the can decide. But to make a proper decision you need information.

Morecoombe · 29/07/2025 19:01

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menopausalfart · 29/07/2025 19:08

I don't see anyone on here saying they're giving money to a bunch of crooks. This is just a thread about UFOs and ghosts. A bit of fun.

Gobacktotheworld · 29/07/2025 19:10

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Zov · 29/07/2025 19:12

ginasevern · 29/07/2025 13:59

I saw Sandy, my neighbour of 25 years in a cash & carry store 10 years ago. Nothing strange about that. I knew she had a membership card for the store and I'd often bump into her there. She was standing very still, without a trolly and unusually without her husband. They literally went everywhere together. I assumed he'd gone off to get something in the store and she was just hanging around waiting for him. She was just the other side of the freezers from me (about 5ft away) and I looked at her for a while waiting for her to see me. At that moment something slid off my very full trolly and I stooped to pick it up. When I got back up, she was gone - absolutely nowhere to be seen. I continued shopping and was very surprised not to encounter either her or her husband. When I got home, another of my neighbours knocked on my front door to tell me that tragically Sandy had been found dead by her husband that morning. I know it was Sandy I saw. I'd known her for years and she was very distinctive looking - being only 4ft 7in tall and with slightly balding hair.

Wow. Shock That's spooky!

menopausalfart · 29/07/2025 19:15

Strange how we like to put everyone into little boxes. I'm definitely pro-science. I have a degree in Archaeology and shockingly believe that the pyramids were human-built. I also love horror and all things that go bump in the night. It's my way to escape.

Zov · 29/07/2025 19:16

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@Morecoombe I think people should stop engaging with this poster, and any others who are here purely to flame and goad, and tell us we're all bonkers to believe in the paranormal. Or plain silly to believe such things (with links to 'sources' telling us how 'wrong' we all are. 🙄)

Don't give them any oxygen. They'll soon get bored of talking to themselves.

CurlewKate · 29/07/2025 19:27

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🤣🤣🤣🤣Shan’t!!!!!

ILostMySharkPants · 29/07/2025 19:27

CurlewKate · 29/07/2025 18:59

Of course the can decide. But to make a proper decision you need information.

But the information available is wide and varied. Most of it that critically explores various phenomena remains open to possibilities and is clear that whilst for example ghosts cannot be proved, they cannot be disproved either, and there are many events that as yet cannot be satisfactorily explained.

In spiritual practices it’s very common to experience things which I assume some would say were paranormal, but in those circles it’s very normal, so much that most have had similar experiences, so as much as I could read sceptical books that would just say “no, don’t be silly”, because of very real experiences I have had that would feel as wrong to me as you would presumably feel reading a book saying “look at all this woooo, it’s all real”.

Some humans are more open to there being more to the world than we know. Some seem very closed off to that idea. It’s a pity that those closed off seem offended that some of us are happy to be open to it, are not being taken advantage of it, and have some quite magical experiences.

I believe there are studies that show that people who have faith in something (in my case it would be something spiritual but not necessarily religious) tend to be happier than those who don’t. I’m very happy with my beliefs, and would rather not be talked down to by those who don’t share them.

There’s a book called Why Woowoo Works which goes into all sorts of interesting topics and sharing research papers of evidence that these things work, even when it’s not clear why they work. It says there is evidence that telepathy is real, and goes so far as to say that those ignoring the evidence (of which there is lots) is pseudoscience because they’re not believing the recorded evidence. Materialism in science has closed off so many avenues of research. It now sits comfortably providing evidence to the biggest purse-holders.

Zov · 29/07/2025 19:28

Seriously, we need to stop engaging with the negative mood hoovers. Smile

Brendahollowayreconsider · 29/07/2025 19:33

Agreed zov ..we need to hear more woo n spooky experiences 👻👻

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Mermaidsarereal · 29/07/2025 19:37

My mum and I both saw a ghost at the same time, we were driving along a road in the dark and came to a zebra crossing and she slammed the brakes on and we both saw what looked like a green glowing figure dragging something across the road. It was then gone in seconds, it was so weird! My mum claims to see ghosts and guardian angels regularly, I've never seen another since.

menopausalfart · 29/07/2025 19:38

@Gobacktotheworld They had burial practices and used pigment and ornaments in those. So you could say this was a sign of proto-religion.

findmeaunicorn · 29/07/2025 19:43

No….. I always say I don’t believe in such things but have also laid awake at night and been on old wards as a nurse anytime of day and been scared stiff of seeing something - make that make sense 🤣😫

menopausalfart · 29/07/2025 19:46

@findmeaunicorn My sister was a nurse at a really old hospital. She has loads of ghost stories from her time there.

MasterBeth · 29/07/2025 19:54

Cattery · 29/07/2025 18:52

They’re adults. Leave them to decide

Why are you concerned that people with a different point of view are talking to you.

MasterBeth · 29/07/2025 19:56

Cattery · 29/07/2025 18:52

Generally I don’t. You however are coming across as an extremely angry person.

Can you share some examples of why you think I'm angry? (I'm not angry.)

Zov · 29/07/2025 19:59

menopausalfart · 29/07/2025 19:46

@findmeaunicorn My sister was a nurse at a really old hospital. She has loads of ghost stories from her time there.

I bet she does! I love 'really old building' stories and experiences. Smile

Zov · 29/07/2025 20:01

Mermaidsarereal · 29/07/2025 19:37

My mum and I both saw a ghost at the same time, we were driving along a road in the dark and came to a zebra crossing and she slammed the brakes on and we both saw what looked like a green glowing figure dragging something across the road. It was then gone in seconds, it was so weird! My mum claims to see ghosts and guardian angels regularly, I've never seen another since.

Oooooooooh! Shock Sounds like that was a bit scary.

IAmQuiteNiceActually · 29/07/2025 20:05

@MasterBeth I don't think you're angry but I do think you're very arrogant. You think you're better than everyone on this thread and must educate us. I was a little bit like you in my younger years so I recognise the behaviour. I am diagnosed with Asperger's. I think Einstein was quite 'woo' wasn't he? As was Carl Jung. And you must agree that they were probably more intelligent than you or I.

Zov · 29/07/2025 20:06

IAmQuiteNiceActually · 29/07/2025 20:05

@MasterBeth I don't think you're angry but I do think you're very arrogant. You think you're better than everyone on this thread and must educate us. I was a little bit like you in my younger years so I recognise the behaviour. I am diagnosed with Asperger's. I think Einstein was quite 'woo' wasn't he? As was Carl Jung. And you must agree that they were probably more intelligent than you or I.

Best to not engage @IAmQuiteNiceActually Smile Let's just enjoy the thread. Stop giving oxygen to the haters.

(I do agree 100% with your post though!) Grin

User16042025 · 29/07/2025 20:08

I used to work on ITU and have a few stories. A nurse once came on break and asked why there were so many visitors around a patient during the quiet period (no visitors allowed) . Everyone stated there weren't any. Patient passed away shortly after.
I worked there for 8 years and there was a particular side room where patients always used to talk about a very tall man in a hat they could see. Always the same description, over an eight year period. Very unnerving being told there is a very tall man standing behiend you at 2am in the morning 😂

Zov · 29/07/2025 20:10

User16042025 · 29/07/2025 20:08

I used to work on ITU and have a few stories. A nurse once came on break and asked why there were so many visitors around a patient during the quiet period (no visitors allowed) . Everyone stated there weren't any. Patient passed away shortly after.
I worked there for 8 years and there was a particular side room where patients always used to talk about a very tall man in a hat they could see. Always the same description, over an eight year period. Very unnerving being told there is a very tall man standing behiend you at 2am in the morning 😂

😱 Oooooh, that must have been scary!

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