Ghosts/paranormal

[Ablemaybel]

Just that really, do you believe, have you ever experienced anything.
I'll start with mine, didn't actually happen to me but to my son.
My father died several years ago, he had been ill and house bound for the last few years of his life.
At the time my son who had a very special relationship with his grandfather was traveling, and was in Argentina.
At around the time my father died my son said he woke with the feeling he wasn't alone. At the end of his bed (he was living with an Argentinean family) there was a bright light that hovered. He said he felt very warm and safe, and at that moment said he knew his grandfather had died.
The only time I've experienced anything was when I was pregnant with my son. We lived in a flat at the time. It happened during the day when I was alone. We had a large walk in cupboard, more like a small room which we used as a wardrobe. My husband plays guitar which was stored in this room.
I was in the bathroom (next to said room) when I clearly heard the guitar strumming different notes. Remember feeling very uneasy, but turned on light and looked in room. The guitar was propped against the wall in its sealed case. This happened years ago, can't think of any reason why, but I didn't imagine and it really shook me up at the time.

[HerRoyalFattyness]

But even if we were able to show the video as proof, there are people out there (I'm guessing you'd be one of them) who would claim it is faked. So it seems pretty pointless to be honest.
You either believe or you don't. The only thing that will change a skeptics mind is experiencing something that they absolutely cannot explain. No video, audio photographic or other proof others have will convince them.

[TooManyPuppies]

If you say so :)

[Lookingforhappiness]

I think I remember seeing video footage from years ago of a ghost in a nursery or maybe a care home. It was CCTV footage of a door opening or something. I do genuinely think most things can be explained but it's fun to hear stories.

[TooManyPuppies]

I do genuinely think most things can be explained but it's fun to hear stories.

This is me. Absolutely love the stories, the more detailed the better, but usually explainable.

I have had a few of my own experiences but easily explained when thinking clearly.

[Lookingforhappiness]

I've had quite a lot of experiences and a few I've been told by others have stuck in my head to retell to others. I love the ones like the woodland one on here and ones that make you feel a bit uneasy. rather than "I saw a Victorian maid walk through a wall"

[StarStruckStarGazer]

My first experience I was really young, I wasn't bothered by it, I don't think I understood that what I was seeing. I'd wander around with this old man, I'm sure my parents thought, aww cute she's got an imaginary friend.

We moved, I remember having this feeling, a bit like dread. You never felt alone, whatever it was didn't feel good. I remember screaming for my parents a few times, proclaiming something was in my room, but there was nothing visible, so I'd be told to go to sleep. I don't know what my parents thought then, or think now. When I visit, it's almost like there's a lingering sadness about the place, it's really hard to describe, it certainly doesn't feel like a home.

I spoke with a friend who was house hunting years back, I'd mentioned how I'd gone to a different friends, they were always unwell, it felt like I was being drained. The house hunting friend said they walked into this one house, then left right away, it really didn't have a good feeling about it.

I know there's sceptics, I guess you have to experience it, to really believe.

[RJonezy]

Just read the whole thread, I love these. @Happiness I just read your post and I’m at work- it sent chills down my spine even at 8am in the morning!!! That is one heck of a scary story, thank you for sharing with us.

Personally I don’t have a lot of experiences with ghosts as such, never come across anything like some of these stories (thank God!!). I don’t know how I would deal with them…
I have had experiences with otherworldly spiritual experiences such as below:

• I can pick up on atmospheres in rooms or houses I have first visited.
• I can pick up a vibe on someone by meeting them for the first time and it’s been true.
• I have had a few experiences and still get these today, where I am either asleep or just falling asleep and the room I am in feels suddenly smaller or ‘collapsing’ on me. I know it sounds ridiculous, I can’t describe it. The atmosphere just feels heavy and I am either getting bigger or smaller…. I have googled this and have not found a lot of information on it, other than it could just be ‘energy’ ?! I also think it could be vibrational energy, it comes on when I use to mediate.
• The day my Boyfriend’s cousin died (very tragically at only 21) that evening I felt a presence at the end of our bed, it was in the dark so I couldn’t see anything luckily. I also didn’t dare peak out from under the covers! But I could feel something was there. I always thought it was him just saying his last goodbyes to his loved ones. It makes me sad still thinking about it. Just a quiet, ‘I’m gone now’ sort of presence… it is so difficult to describe unless you have felt it.
• I have felt impending doom very randomly… I cannot describe the feeling. It comes on suddenly, like a presence is around me. I have only felt this twice, both times whilst driving on my own at night. It is very odd..

Anyone else have any stories to share? I would love to keep this thread going x

[JediJim]

I posted this on another thread but anyway!..In a different life I used to be in the Army. For four years I was based in Germany, it was an ex WW2 camp for the German SS if I remember rightly. Although the place has since been handed back to the Germans.
Anyway, I didn’t exactly see anything as such but the camp had a malevolent feel to it. Especially during a time when I was doing Xmas guard duties there and the place was pretty much deserted ( obviously most people were on Xmas leave). Patrolling the camp at night was pretty spooky, particularly with hardly anyone else around. It had a statue of an SS eagle in one part of the camp next to a tunnel ( which was blocked up). Lots of rumours went around about the tunnel, apparently they went miles away underground to another base but never knew if this was true. Presumably to avoid detection by the allied forces.
Whilst there, lots of marriages failed, some guys ended up in a psychiatric ward, some went AWOL and many people just resigned and left. I always felt quite depressed there and probably would have stayed in the army had I not been based there.
I’ve also seen the place mentioned on other chat forums so know it wasn’t just me who felt this!