Your Paranormal Experience

[Frequen-Z]

I have seen a shadow person at the corner of my house when I was mowing the lawn. They are NOT fictional beings.

I can't believe people have atheist discussions all the time when ghosts have been proven to exist, just not on a level that science can keep and grasp.

I'm sorry, you could be a wonderful person, but I really really hate that post. It displays a complete barricade of stubbornness that renders any form of paranormal discussion with you useless. However, I will endeavour as to share why I think as such.

I harbour a completely opposite view, ghosts and the likes do not exist and most likely cannot. It would take a very strong experience to even budge my views on it, I need to be shown to believe, and as I have not yet been shown, I do not believe. Something possibly worth noting is that the only people who have experiences are the ones who believe. I've never heard someone claim to have been a total non-believer and 'converted' as it were, by an experience.

I suspect it may be awkward to believe in such beings when faced with so startlingly little evidence. Science unquestionably holds magisterium over what the universe is, what it's made of, and how it (and we) work/s. There is nothing in our knowledge to suggest there is any form of afterlife. Ruling out an afterlife rules out ghosts too. That's a bit of an assumption perhaps, I do not know all the varying beliefs of ghost-fans, but I do know there's no smoke without fire, fire being the afterlife, and smoke being what it gives off and gives credence to (ghosts).

I recall a vaguely similar thread a while back, in it, I stated that to me, 'experiences' can either be hallucinations/visual confusion, or lies. I still believe this is the case.

On topic, I've had no experiences, not surprisingly.

 

[Azure-Supernova]

It sounds like bullshit, but I talk to dead people in my dreams... I think...

The story was a couple years back. I was sleeping at my aunt's house after I babysat and I had this dream where some guy started talking to me. Told me to tell Shaun (my uncle) that "He's sorry he didn't believe him about Mickey Mouse". Now I thought I was just a bit touched, as that made little to no sense to me at all, so I spoke about it to my aunt the next day. Well apparently when my uncle was a kid he used to draw Disney characters and he was pretty good at it too. Then I learned the reason that he never took up art. He was discouraged after an event where Shaun showed his pictures to him and he tore them up, called him a liar and accused him of tracing them.

So after that the dream made, sense. I was a little freaked out.

 

[SturmDolch]

This one time, I was like 8, I looked outside of my room and I saw a Poliwhirl peeking at me! He disapeared into my bathroom. I ran in and looked around, but couldn't find him anymore. He was gone! I have never seen him again, but I remember this day whenever I am confronted by Pokemon deniers. They're out there!

 

[Arsen]

I have seen a shadow person at the corner of my house when I was mowing the lawn. They are NOT fictional beings.

I can't believe people have atheist discussions all the time when ghosts have been proven to exist, just not on a level that science can keep and grasp.

I'm sorry, you could be a wonderful person, but I really really hate that post. It displays a complete barricade of stubbornness that renders any form of paranormal discussion with you useless. However, I will endeavour as to share why I think as such.

I harbour a completely opposite view, ghosts and the likes do not exist and most likely cannot. It would take a very strong experience to even budge my views on it, I need to be shown to believe, and as I have not yet been shown, I do not believe. Something possibly worth noting is that the only people who have experiences are the ones who believe. I've never heard someone claim to have been a total non-believer and 'converted' as it were, by an experience.

I suspect it may be awkward to believe in such beings when faced with so startlingly little evidence. Science unquestionably holds magisterium over what the universe is, what it's made of, and how it (and we) work/s. There is nothing in our knowledge to suggest there is any form of afterlife. Ruling out an afterlife rules out ghosts too. That's a bit of an assumption perhaps, I do not know all the varying beliefs of ghost-fans, but I do know there's no smoke without fire, fire being the afterlife, and smoke being what it gives off and gives credence to (ghosts).

I recall a vaguely similar thread a while back, in it, I stated that to me, 'experiences' can either be hallucinations/visual confusion, or lies. I still believe this is the case.

On topic, I've had no experiences, not surprisingly.

These things lay outside the spectrum of science. It doesn't have to be within the justification and knowledge of the physical to be proven. Youtube video's, look at EVP's...just because it's ignored by the majority of the scientific world does not mean it is not proof of some sort.

Not trying to start an argument, but if it's there it's there. It's there to be acknowledged, regardless of whether you've had an experience or not. The whole "mental image" thing regarding hallucinations is such outstanding bullshit it makes me borderline indignant.

 

[Truehare]

I have seen a shadow person at the corner of my house when I was mowing the lawn. They are NOT fictional beings.

I can't believe people have atheist discussions all the time when ghosts have been proven to exist, just not on a level that science can keep and grasp.

I'm sorry, you could be a wonderful person, but I really really hate that post. It displays a complete barricade of stubbornness that renders any form of paranormal discussion with you useless. However, I will endeavour as to share why I think as such.

I harbour a completely opposite view, ghosts and the likes do not exist and most likely cannot. It would take a very strong experience to even budge my views on it, I need to be shown to believe, and as I have not yet been shown, I do not believe. Something possibly worth noting is that the only people who have experiences are the ones who believe. I've never heard someone claim to have been a total non-believer and 'converted' as it were, by an experience.

I suspect it may be awkward to believe in such beings when faced with so startlingly little evidence. Science unquestionably holds magisterium over what the universe is, what it's made of, and how it (and we) work/s. There is nothing in our knowledge to suggest there is any form of afterlife. Ruling out an afterlife rules out ghosts too. That's a bit of an assumption perhaps, I do not know all the varying beliefs of ghost-fans, but I do know there's no smoke without fire, fire being the afterlife, and smoke being what it gives off and gives credence to (ghosts).

I recall a vaguely similar thread a while back, in it, I stated that to me, 'experiences' can either be hallucinations/visual confusion, or lies. I still believe this is the case.

On topic, I've had no experiences, not surprisingly.

These things lay outside the spectrum of science. It doesn't have to be within the justification and knowledge of the physical to be proven. Youtube video's, look at EVP's...just because it's ignored by the majority of the scientific world does not mean it is not proof of some sort.

Not trying to start an argument, but if it's there it's there. It's there to be acknowledged, regardless of whether you've had an experience or not. The whole "mental image" thing regarding hallucinations is such outstanding bullshit it makes me borderline indignant.

Well, I don't want to start an argument either, but why is it always "Ghosts exist!" vs "It's all in your mind!" when people talk about this subject? As I said in my previous post, most "ghosts" can be rationally explained without recurring to the afterlife OR to hallucinations. Why is it that people find it so easy to believe in spirits and so hard to believe in telekinesis or pyrokinesis, for example? It's a simple question of using Occam's Razor, the brain exists, it's right there inside everyone's head, why do we have to bring ghosts into the equation?

So, yes, I believe that "it's all in your mind!", but in a different way. I believe people can create ghostly images or sounds with their minds, and those can be captured on film or audio recording, and that would be the likeliest explanation for all the "ghost" images or videos we see everywhere. Is that stranger than believing in dead people coming back and showing themselves or making noise?

As I said, I don't want to start any arguments here, it's just what I believe.

 

[sky14kemea]

Last year while I was washing dishes and singing in the kitchen, I turned round pretty fast and saw a man standing in the doorway. He disappeared when I blinked though.

I know what you're gonna say, "It was probably a trick of the eye." but It's happened 3 times so far.

And what's more weird is he looks exactly like my uncle, who passed away like 7 years ago in a car crash. His ashed were scattered pretty close nearby too, so I was a little freaked out. :/

Anyways, he only stood there when I sang and the house (or at least the downstairs) was empty. I actually think he was encouraging me to be more confident with my voice, 'cause after I sang in the school play, he didn't visit anymore.

Also whenever I'm feeling kinda lonely, sometimes I see the outline of a black cat, and I think it's my first cat that's just visiting to keep me company. Feel free to dismiss that one, I can believe what I want xD

 

[delet]

I was sitting on my couch while my buddy was cooking up dinner and we were talking about something inconsequential. While we're talking, I hear this loud, but far away sounding scream. Soon after I hear that, I see my friend look startled and looking around. I ask him what's up and he asks, "Did you just see something blue fly by the window?" I said I didn't, but I heard what sounded like screaming. He hadn't heard the screaming. After some silence, he said, "OK, we're just going to forget this happened and never talk about it again."

My friend is a firm believer in the Supernatural and he's experienced several incidents to back up his believe in it. He believes that the further you delve into the subject, the more you'll experience it. All I know is that the moment I described was damned creepy.

 

[TheNumber1Zero]

I stayed in a haunted Motel room twice. Whenever I tried to take a shower maniacal laughter would start and the water pressure would go mental. It would raise, lower, and flat out stop rapidly, all while this crazed laugh was going on. It would even change temperature.

Happened on 2 different visits, now I refuse to bathe in motels.

 

[Grescheks]

Well, I don't want to start an argument either, but why is it always "Ghosts exist!" vs "It's all in your mind!" when people talk about this subject? As I said in my previous post, most "ghosts" can be rationally explained without recurring to the afterlife OR to hallucinations. Why is it that people find it so easy to believe in spirits and so hard to believe in telekinesis or pyrokinesis, for example? It's a simple question of using Occam's Razor, the brain exists, it's right there inside everyone's head, why do we have to bring ghosts into the equation?

So, yes, I believe that "it's all in your mind!", but in a different way. I believe people can create ghostly images or sounds with their minds, and those can be captured on film or audio recording, and that would be the likeliest explanation for all the "ghost" images or videos we see everywhere. Is that stranger than believing in dead people coming back and showing themselves or making noise?

As I said, I don't want to start any arguments here, it's just what I believe.

Hmmm, I'm not sure you're using Occam's Razor right here...this could only be right if those were the only two possible choices, and telekinesis and the like were simpler explanations than spirits and the afterlife. By Occam's Razor, it's much simpler to say that "paranormal" experiences are the product of self-delusion and mass hysteria, which are known to happen, rather than trying to explain forces and energies which have no apparant source.

Personally, I'm not a fan of Occam's Razor, since the "simplest" explanation really depends on who is thinking about a problem. Some people think Quantum Mechanics is convoluted and confusing, and that an explanation using particles is simpler, but so far as we know Quantum Mechanics is correct.

Finally, to the OT: My personal thoughts, as far as ghosts go, is that, if they exist, then they may be the "recording" (for lack of a better, but still easily understood, term) of a person's mind in the magnetic field of the area. This would be similar to the "hysteresis" effect seen in some magnetic materials where exposure to a strong magnetic field alters the magnetic field of the material, leaving an "imprint" of what was there (to use a very, very simplistic explanation). If this effect were possible on the Earth's magnetic field (which I admit, it probably isn't), then either an intense exposure (like an intensely emotional event, causing extreme brain activity prior to death) or a long, continuous exposure (like if someone were locked in the same room for fifty years) could possibly leave an imprint of the individual in a location.

That, or people are deluding themselves, and experiencing what they want or expect to experience. The brain is funny like that.

 

[Kamaitachi]

Walked up to my mother, told her she was going to find money and it had something to do with the number two.

she found £20 pounds

I used to be a wiccan, I was performing some sort of energy drain spell on a lamp-post, the thing whent out for 20 seconds...

other than that, I dunno.

 

[lasherman]

I have seen a shadow person at the corner of my house when I was mowing the lawn. They are NOT fictional beings.

I can't believe people have atheist discussions all the time when ghosts have been proven to exist, just not on a level that science can keep and grasp.

When has anyone ever proved ghosts exist, or at least provided a shred of credible evidence that they exist? I believed in ghosts when I was alot younger, but when I grew learned not believe things without cause.

 

[Frequen-Z]

I have seen a shadow person at the corner of my house when I was mowing the lawn. They are NOT fictional beings.

I can't believe people have atheist discussions all the time when ghosts have been proven to exist, just not on a level that science can keep and grasp.

I'm sorry, you could be a wonderful person, but I really really hate that post. It displays a complete barricade of stubbornness that renders any form of paranormal discussion with you useless. However, I will endeavour as to share why I think as such.

I harbour a completely opposite view, ghosts and the likes do not exist and most likely cannot. It would take a very strong experience to even budge my views on it, I need to be shown to believe, and as I have not yet been shown, I do not believe. Something possibly worth noting is that the only people who have experiences are the ones who believe. I've never heard someone claim to have been a total non-believer and 'converted' as it were, by an experience.

I suspect it may be awkward to believe in such beings when faced with so startlingly little evidence. Science unquestionably holds magisterium over what the universe is, what it's made of, and how it (and we) work/s. There is nothing in our knowledge to suggest there is any form of afterlife. Ruling out an afterlife rules out ghosts too. That's a bit of an assumption perhaps, I do not know all the varying beliefs of ghost-fans, but I do know there's no smoke without fire, fire being the afterlife, and smoke being what it gives off and gives credence to (ghosts).

I recall a vaguely similar thread a while back, in it, I stated that to me, 'experiences' can either be hallucinations/visual confusion, or lies. I still believe this is the case.

On topic, I've had no experiences, not surprisingly.

These things lay outside the spectrum of science. It doesn't have to be within the justification and knowledge of the physical to be proven. Youtube video's, look at EVP's...just because it's ignored by the majority of the scientific world does not mean it is not proof of some sort.

Not trying to start an argument, but if it's there it's there. It's there to be acknowledged, regardless of whether you've had an experience or not. The whole "mental image" thing regarding hallucinations is such outstanding bullshit it makes me borderline indignant.

And this is why the discussion ends here. Immovable object, unstoppable force. You're not going to concede even a shred of possibility that ghosts aren't real, nor will I do the opposite.

 

[Jaythulhu]

About 3 years ago I was heading to bed when a tv that I knew to be unplugged switched on and started channel cycling. Switched off again when I got close to the set. Freaked me the hell out.

 

[Rockatansky]

When I was a student I got a agency job working at a factory that made car parts. I had to work between 3pm and 11pm, the day shift all knocked off around 5pm so I was pretty much on my own for the 6 hours after. Sometimes other agency workers would come in depending on the workload but this one night I was on my own, this wasn't unusual. It was a massive, production line factory, conveyor belts and machine tools. I was sat alone in the middle of the factory, just a box of plastic car parts and a little Stanley knife to trim them with.

It was about 10pm when the silence and sense of isolation struck me, it was a good three minute walk in either direction to the nearest exit and the factory lights were dimmed, all apart from the strip of fluorescents above my station. I'd zoned out, doing my mindless bit of piece rate work, whittling away at the plastic car parts, the only noise being when I dropped them into the cardboard box next to me. I hadn't seen another person for about three hours. I snapped out of it when I realised how cold I felt, the temperature had suddenly dropped and I could just see my breath. I was grabbed around the neck in a headlock from behind, I never heard a thing, my head was snapped back and I was helpless. The grip was solid, I couldn't breath, I couldn't see, the lights had blinked out. I panicked, legs thrashing, hands clawing at the grip at my neck. I couldn't get free, I blacked out.

When I came to, I was alone, the lights were on and it was the mild, late summers night temperature again. The box of car parts was knocked over, scattering them over the factory floor. I don't know how long I'd been out, it was nearly 11pm but I left, made my excuses with the agency the next day and never came back.

I told my girlfriend what happened, she could see I was freaked out but said I'd probably just fallen asleep and dreamed the whole thing. Whatever happened, it scared the piss out of me.

 

[Mozza444]

Sleeping round a mates house, i was on the floor inbetween the door and his bed. I woke up in the middle of the night to hear him talking to me, he then got up walked out of the door (it was actually shut and it opend..) so i thought he was going for a piss or something. I turned round to go to sleep and he was still in his bed..

Also in my bed, i woke up to my Dad staring at me. So i started to ask him what he wanted.. no reply.. and as i reached out to touch him.. the image faded..

 

[Prized Cup]

My old girlfriend would not let me take her for a walk through a particular park because she was adamant that she saw a man hanging from a tree a la gallow. She was fairly level headed but I could definitely see the fear in those eyes. Or she was trying to split us up with an insanity plea

 

[Hellz_Barz]

i got two instances of paranormal.the first one i dont think is paranormal now that ive grown up, seems more like my imagination giving into my fears.

when i was younger i used to have nightmares of a particular kinda creepy man with rediculously long limbs and walked like a spider coming after me. so one night i have a particualrly bad nightmare that hes right outside my bedroom window. i wake up to hear tapping on the wall beneath my window.i tapped back and then the tapping turned to banging. i started swearing and yelling and nothing happened. so thats my general method with dealing with anything unexplained these days. just swear, yell and pretend i aint scared.

second instance im not really sure if it was paranormal. i was doing push ups in my backyard when all of a sudden something grabs my hair(which is pretty long for a guy) and pulls my face straight into the ground. no one else was around cept my dogs and im not real sure how they could have done it.

 

[Queen Michael]

Hmm... You should really try to define "paranormal". After all, otherwise we could just take any hallucination induced by whatever and call it paranormal.

 

[Monkfish Acc.]

Well, shit used to move around a lot in my last house. More often than not whenever my mother and sister were fighting.
In fact, I used to be able to tell when my mum and sister were screaming at each other in the car on the way home by listening out for dragging sounds upstairs.
It was pretty cool.

Also, in that same house, I woke up to see a young boy standing over me.
I just sort of looked at him for a few seconds before sitting up, at which point he vanished.

Same house again, people would often mention feelings of being poked or prodded.
I myself was jabbed in the spine once or twice, and one time even felt someone stroking my head. For a full five or ten minutes.
Pretty nuts, huh.

And just to mix things up, one time my family saw a bunch of weird lights from nowhere above our house (different house this time).
A friend of ours, who had been riding her horse about a kilometre away at the time, also claimed she saw some bizarre lights off in the distance.
I don't remember it at all, but my mum claims I saw the whole thing.

These are not the only experiences I've had, but they're the ones that spring most readily to mind.