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Oh yes, we have had loads of things happen. My husband dosnt belive, and thought it was all a load of rubbish until something happend to him. He was having a bath when he said it felt like someone was stroking his arm, all the hairs on it stood up, then the towel which was on the towel rail flew across the room. He shot out of the bath, grabbed the 1st thing he could and ran downstairs. I found him dripping wet, in the middle of the living room, holding a hand towel over his bits. Another time he was watching tv when a pot plant near him suddenly started shaking that much, he thought all the leaves would come off. We also used to smell a very strong perfum, which has now followed us to 3 different houses. All the above things happend in the 1st house. When we moved into it I told Dave there was something in the kitchen that I didnt like . The dog used to bark and howl with all his fur standing up at something in the corner. Another time Dave was looking for some electrical tape, and I was looking for some asprin as I had a wicked headache. We looked high and low for both these things as we knew they where there in the house somewhere. I walked into the living room and there, on the coffee table, side by side, was a roll of electric tape and a packet of asprin.

Blimey Margaret,looks like yours had a sense of humour anyway lol

o h has a restaurant, i have reported on here several things that have happened in the past. the latest has been, when the staff have all gone, o h has locked up and the in the morning the tables which were all set correctly, the cutlery have all been turned sideways! the other day they were all sat having a tea break(no one in the kitchen) when trays on the otherside of the room flew across into the fat fryers knockng the batter all over the floor. tina x

Sooner or later it will be generally accepted throughout the scientific world that consciousness, although associated with the brain (not necessarily only the human brain), is not a brain function and can exist independently. It may leave the body and return. Published studies from Rinjstate Hospital in Holland and Freiberg University in Germany indicate that consciousness is able to operate independently of the body. Other studies from all over the world support the hypothesis The extent and power of the mind, (another word for consciousness - as is 'soul' or 'spirit'). These findings have been published in the British Psychological Journal and the Lancet. A sceptic is a person who has never had personal experience of an unembodied mind and who does not wish to do so as it means revising a life's philosophy. Or it can be a person unendowed with lateral thinking ability. There is no reason why, under the laws of physics, consciousness should not separately exist. The existence of ghosts (derived from archaic English for 'spirit') is both feasible and probable. The negative opinion voiced by some is called 'pathological disbelief'. There are those capable of saying 'Even if it was true, I wouldn't believe it'. It's almost like a religious creed where you have to conform on pain of being consigned to the flames of hell (a medieval myth). With some scientists, to admit to the paranormal would be an admission of error - which is very difficult for scientists and politicians. However, with the advent of quantum mechanics and ongoing research, they are already practicing their U-turns. There is also the matter, for many scientists, of a life's work (and income) radically changing - which is reason enough to resist a change in philosophy. The paranormal is not hard to prove; it is becoming increasingly more difficult to disprove. It is just hard to get it accepted in Western culture. However, slowly but surely physicists are getting there. There are a lot of strange things being discovered in the cosmos. Len

MY SPOOK IS HERE NOW HAS JUST DRAWN ON MY DRAWING

One incident that sticks in my mind. In our first house (there had only ever been one previous owner) Well one night my little boy about 2 at the time was crying. I went up to him. He said the man said you would come Mummy . I questioned him further all he would say I was crying for you and the old man said. Shush your mummy is coming. His room was the back one which when we moved in was full of shelves and bit and bobs as though it had been used as a hobbies room. He never saw anything else, we used to hear footsteps walking above us when down stairs though never saw anything. But the house had a lovely homely feeling. Germaine x

another one. A few weeks before my sister was killed she took home a little kitten which was dying. My Mum nursed it but it died so she took it and buried it. A few weeks after Pat was killed my Mum and Dad sat in their kitchen.A kitten came running in and up the stairs so my dad went after it. No sign and no way it could have got out. My Mum always said the kitten came to let them know Pat was alright. Germaine x

Wow, thank you for all your replies, I didn't expect this thread to last this long. Dizzy D, did you get a drawing? What was it? Len, that's really interesting. The belief in hauntings, ghosts, spirits, enities or whatever you want to call them has been around for thousands of years, and stories have alway been similar, in the ways people have felt, sensed or seen them. There must be something in it, and just because it is not of solid matter, science has always had a tendency to dismiss it. It's good to see that science is not quite as sceptical now.

sorry to disappoint but i dont think they exist...

Not a disappointment Andy, we all have our own opinions and beliefs. I know I have experienced some things that can't be explained. There isn't always a logical explaination for everything that happens, nor is it always a coincidence.

I am not sure about ghosts - but a freind of mine had a Medium around one night and we all had a reading - everyone was really stunned even the non believers with her accuracy. I was last to go in and was rather bolstered by the views of my freinds as they came down and was expecting great things.... ...unfortuantly I couldnt connect at all - she was telling me about things that didnt ring true in any shape or form an elderly woman she described quite clearly - animals (I have rescued all my life) that I could make no connection with and she was adamant I had a brown leather sofa I should not move as I was going to hurt my back and she was really worried about it (I have long dreamed of a leather suit but have made do with an old green fabric one and new I couldnt afford a new one). As I say non of it connected with me and I can be quite a closed person. After about 15 mins she said the reading wasnt working and insisted I did not pay her a penny. I was rather dissapointed but fair do's she didnt take my money. About six months later I mentioned this to an eldest sister who was convinced the woman I described was my Grandmother in middleage. Being younger I only remember her in old age or pictures of her in her youth but my sister showed me a photo where the woman had a similar appearance to the woman desribed that I had never seen before. My sister also then told me about a pet she kept before I was born that also tallied up. Finally I had at last saved enough money to redecorate my from and get new carpets at the begining of this year, but alas not enough money for a modern suit. Out of the Blue a freind in the next rd called me one night - Do you want my brown leather suite (It was only 2 years old)...I need to get rid of it by tomorrow as I have a new one coming. The offer was too good to refuse and I still dont know what to make of the Medium... but my freind and I sat down with a glass of wine each while the Husbands sorted out getting out my old suit and bringing hers in - we warned them the Medium said I would seriously hurt my back if I moved my brown leather Sofa!

The negative opinion voiced by some is called 'pathological disbelief'. There are those capable of saying 'Even if it was true, I wouldn't believe it'. They wouldn't believe in neutrinos, either. Len

We are so conditioned by our science-based education of the Western World, and the handed-down philosophy of our predecessors (the two often at odds) that that we regard the universe as more simple and material than it is. A different concept in the face of such brain-conditioning is very difficult to entertain. It is an interesting fact that those having the necessary intellect, learning and open-mindedness are not psychiatrists or theologians but engineers, astro-physicists and the like. It has to be acknowledged that the driving motive behind such minds is not always so much as to support, but more often to investigate in order to disprove. Then they find 'there is more to heaven and earth than meets the eye'. Investigation and experiment invariably lead to mind-boggling conclusions resulting in them being won over. There are too many to quote here. A.J.Ellison, Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Head of Department at the City University London was in no doubt that not only does the paranormal exist but that it can be demonstrated and observed by the strict protocols of modern science. For those interested there are many published scientific papers available online, detailing and endorsing paranormal activity, but these are often couched in scientific language which can be hard for the layman to comprehend. The emerging science of quantum mechanics itself verges on the paranormal.

Nudge for Jet

hi tw i am glad you bought this back up tw i love reading the stories :))))

jetxx

This is one on the most interesting things I have read in a very long time.
I am a great beleiver, and I have seen quite a few, will tell you the best one I think.
Had not long known OH and he had asked me to marry him, well having to young children did not knowq what to do, so said I would think about it. to cut long story short son woke up crying so up the stairs and sitting on the bed was a teenager with blonde hair and blue print shirt. He faded away as I entered the room, all my son said was brother.
Went down stairs and asked if OH had a son he said that he had died as a teenager in Australia. he discribed him to me and it was his son looking over my family and he had done to this day 22 years later.

Wow thats lovely Bell, I have a feeling that most sightings are our loved ones watching over us. I know it was with my Grandfather and his writing desk.

Hi TW have many more stories .
You may like this one, before moving to Scotland we lived in Cornwall for a short time, adn I stayed on a farm with the children until hubby joined me, we stayed with friends that had just brought this farm near Falmouth oh it was a lovely old house around about 16 hundreds I think, it had lot of hiddy holes and things, any way one night I woke up to see a young girl about 3 or 4 walking into the bedroom, then she walked passed the bed and trought the wall.
Next morning I spoke to the ady next door and she said that there had been a outbreak of chicken pox and a little girl had died there. A little while later they took down the wall and found this childs bedroom just as it was when she died. I think she died approx 1800s

When I lived in the flat upstairs, my OH and I often saw shadows out of the corners of our eyes, my OH more than me, but one day he was just staring at the wall, and laughing nervously. When I asked him what was the matter, he said he could see a woman standing there, wearing a long dress and a hat, but he couldnt see her feet. Then she apparently turned and walked right through the wall.

Now this building was a purpose built block of flats built in the 1930's to house medical staff from the small hospital at the back of us, but before then,somewhere on the site, was a lodge, and the woods next to us was part of the grounds. There is a dog called patch buried there in 1885, with a little headstone marking the spot. I think the floor might have been lower then, and that might be why he couldnt see her feet.

Since moving downstairs, directly under our old flat, we have never see a shadow or anything else eerie or odd, although this flat does not use the communal entrance that the other 6 do, we have our own door at the side of the building, it has always felt a separate place altogether. I have a feeling that this part of the building may have been on the 'outside' of the previous lodge.

I have enjoyed my afternoon on here, keep nudged for later.