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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: David13 on October 25, 2008, 03:26:31 PM
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I was just wondering, given that it is nearing Halloween, if anyone has any true life ghost stories to share. . .
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I saw a ghost once!!! Or I really thought I had. I was only about 12 and was staying with my oldest sister for a few days. She had 4 kids just a little younger than me. They lived in an old 2 storey house and the bathroom was upstairs. I was really brave and going to go to the bathroom without turning on the light in the hallway. Well when I got to the top of the stairs I saw this headless "thing". I ran back down the steps with goosebums all over me and felt like my hair was standing on end!!! I wouldn't let anybody know that I had gotten a fright so I waiting a few minutes until I calmed down a little and turned on the light in the hallway to try again. My sis had hung a one piece skidoo suit on a line in the upstairs hall to dry. I was years before I told anybody what had happened and the fright I ad gotten!!
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In Jamaica people are very superstitious and they call ghosts, "duppies". We lived on a dairy/sugar cane estate and our house was at one time one of Jamaica's "Great Houses" and was where the governor of Jamaica used to spend the summers, since it was a little cooler than Kingston. The beautiful home had burned to the ground many years before we got there but the three foot thick stone foundation walls were left and the place was basically a ruin. It had been inhabited at the time of the fire by a Dr. White and the superstition was that he haunted the ruins and sometimes would appear to people in dreams at night in the form of a white snake. So along come my parents and my Dad decided to rebuild using the same foundations and all stone walls. The original house had been very large and grand with ballrooms and such on the ground floor and a wooden upper storey but we left off the top part.
The servants were all really nervous about this place and had many stories to tell about the ghost of Dr. White, especially since our family name is a compound of the name White. We often had relatives visit from the US or England and they were always curious about the history of the house so quite often the servants would fill them in with grave warnings about not catching any "night air" and about not going out after dark. We always just laughed and ignored it all. I wish I could remember all the "real-life" sightings and encounters that our cook and others would try to scare us kids with.
My grandmother's sister who lived in Miami, was staying with us one night when we woke up to blood-curdling screams (she was always a touch dramatic, if not downright nutty). We ran into her room, where she was absolutely petrified. Hyperventilating all the while. She had dreamt that the great ghost snake had tried to strangle her in her sleep (she looked as if it had half succeeded) and she told us of a weird noise like a small train dragging chains. Suddenly, the pump which supplied the house with water started up as it did regularly and she went crazy all over again. That was the noise she'd been hearing and all the stories of the day before had settled in her head causing the "duppy" nightmare.
I was all for dressing up and trying to set her off again the following night but oddly enough, my parents thought it was a terrible idea and threatened me with my own death by strangulation if I dared.
A real missed opportunity.
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Im the old house we used to live in, my housekeeper said that one day she was leaning over the bathtub and something came up behind her and patted her on the butt. She whirled around expecting one of us, but no one was there.
I had a pot thrown across the room one evening while I was sitting in the living room. Things would get moved around. Keys would disappear and reappear in another place. We learned to live with it. I called it Twinkie after the line in the movie Ghostbusters about the twenty thousand pound Twinkle.
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yes
there was a young boy killed in my aunt's house before they moved it, it was a grocery store and a boy came into rob it and was shot to death
and his mom would come and call out for him and look for him
after she died she still came around
the house was haunted and we used to see her
now the property is the Woodlands Hospital and people have reported seeing a ghostly lady looking creature
when I was having open heart surgery at the age of real young - 6 or something
I was alone in the room and a man came in dressed in old clothes , old from a long time ago
he asked me how I was and I said ok
and he said give them hell, kid
years later I saw a picture of my grandfather who was a hell and damnation Baptist preacher and I said I know that man
he came to see me in the hospital
I was known to run away from nurses with needles
and now look at me
one nurse in IC unit had to give me a shot in my leg b/c I was fighting her so much
that was not recently----- it was during heart surgery
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My old house was built in 1882 and full of ghosts. They really don't bother me that much. Cujo does bark at them sometimes and they get into my vodka late at night.
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I love that wrap around porch!
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recently at dialysis,when the 1st patients still had about an hour before they were to come off the scales(printer) started as it was printing someones weight,but there was no one anywhere near the scales
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At the RAI center in San Berdoo I was told about machines going off when they were not even on and lights going on and off at odd hours. The early early techs that came in will swear they have seen and heard things there.
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My first husband lives with oldest son and his family. The evening after he was murdered videos kept flying out of the vcr and the stereo kept turning on and off in an unused room. This now happens periodically in my son's home, always with the electronic items and when they say hi dad or hi grandpa it stops. There is more..but I think he just wants to be with his granddaughters.
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Flipbob
that house is the house of my dreams
I always wanted a house with a wrap around porch, an older country house
that is what Conroe looked like before the Woodlands came to live with us
now we are over developed and we look like Houston
share your vodka
have you ever seen a tipsy ghost
Cujo is one smart dog, are you sure he is not drinking the vodka
have you seen that commerical where a man gives his dog a nugget and the dog waits for the dip to dip it in :o
I would love to have a picture just like that one and then I would frame it
pictures of barns and places like your home are my passion
( there is a little passion left over for my husband but omG that house is a beauty)
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I work in a state facility for adults with developemental disabilities. One evening I was working night shift and saw someone go past the chart room where I was sitting. The person had on very wild printed flower pj's. I flew out of the chart station and did a bed check to see who was up. Everyone was fast asleep. I had worked the shift before and bathed and dressed our individuals for bed. I know we didn't have any pj's that looked like the ones I had saw.
Flip, I love your house!
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Great stories. . .
Keep them coming!
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Years ago I worked as a bouncer in a bar in Milwaukee and after closing time, it was my job to help the bartenders go to the storage warehouse next door to get the 1/2 barrels of beer and liquor to restock the bar before we could go home for the night and then help move chairs up etc, to help the waitresses get out as early as possible and offer a sense of security. One particular night or very early morning the lights switch wasn't working in the warehouse, so we went to get a flashlight. Upon entering the warehouse and finding our way around I thought I saw a person in the corner and it scared the hell out of us until we realized it was a mannequin of a scary old man that we used as a prop for the Halloween decorations that the owner was going through to get ready for Halloween. We laughed about that for years because it looked so real. :rofl;
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We have a mantle clock that belonged to my great grandfather, and was passed to my grandmother, then on to my father. In 1965 my father died very suddenly and a month later my
grandmother died, too. The mantle clock was put on a buffet in the dining room because we had
no mantle. The old clock had not run in years, but when it had it was a striking clock every hour on the hour. One night a few weeks after the deaths we decided to eat in the dining room instead of at the table in the kitchen. We were all still grieving and nervous. About half way through the meal the old clock started striking. My mother said it is PaPa and Mama Smith, my children got up and ran out of the room and I jumped up and tried to stop the striking. I finally got it to hush but
we didn't eat in the dining room again for a looooooooonng time.
Mimi
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A couple years ago, a friend who lived upstairs of me, was killed in a car accident. He is in this picture, standing by the tree.
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holy hell JP you just gave me the willies
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Wow, Joe Paul.
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It reminds me of the time I picked up a witch who was hitchhiking. She sprinkled some magic dust on me and I turned into a motel. :rofl; :clap; :rofl; :rofl;
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:rofl;
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OK now Flip, now I am going to have nightmares :sir ken;
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Kimmie - nightmares about flipbob in a motel doing his laundry ???
Joe Paul - that pic is amazing , I can see your neighbor , beautiful houses too - no wonder your hair stands straight up in you avatar
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Oh these are great :2thumbsup;.
When we lived on Guam we went to a wedding. Ghosts in Guam are called Totomonos.
Well i was in a basement by myslef playing pool. And i looked up towards the stairs leading up to the main house and i saw a lady. IN clothes dating back to around the 1700's i am guessing. HAt and all. She as was everything on her was all white. Full deatails looked like a real person only all white. She came walking down the stairs towards me. I wasnt scared at all more in shock. I must have blinked or looked away for a second. Casue next thing i knew she was gone.
I went upstairs to tell my mom what happened and the owner of the house said oh you saw Anna.
Like it was just another day. I found out she is alwasy around and this was just my turn to see her.!!
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Once when i went home to Newfoundland me and my brother were sitting in our room and the station needle that shows what station you are on. Started going from one side of the stero to the other. Volume went way loud, and my mom busted into the room to see what was up. Me and my brother were on opposite side of room sitting on the bed. Once mom opened the door the stereo went off.
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I grew up in the middle of a civil war camp and my girlfriend and I saw many things we could never explain. A few scared the crap out of us.
Every year Point Lookout holds a ghost walk near Halloween.
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/naturalresource/fall2001/ghosts.html
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the Civil War was my favorite subject to teach
wow, to grow up in a civil war site
what a life
I grew up in a haunted house where the Woodlands Hopsital is not located
but the war camp beats the hell out of that
wow
hardtack anyone?
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paul.karen, your story gave me goosebumps!
I don't think I personally could ever be that comfortable with a "ghost" in the house. . .
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Honest to goodness guys this is for real. The Moll Dyer rock is by be old county courthouse and the handprint its so clear. This county has lots of unexplained things.
http://molldyer.homestead.com/
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I walk under this bridge almost every day. There are nice trails and many people bring their dogs out for exercise. I have been bringing my camera along and have taken many pictures of it. I took this photo last week.
Here's more info about the bridge:
The Colorado Street Bridge is a historic concrete arch bridge in Pasadena, California, USA. It was built in 1913 and crosses over the Arroyo Seco. It spans 1,486 feet (453 m).
The majestic 1913 bridge not only wowed early travelers crossing the causeway, but soon took on a more sinister note when people began to leap from the 150 foot bridge to their death. Within a decade of its construction, locals had begun to call it the “Suicide Bridge,” and as you can imagine, legends began to abound that the bridge was haunted be those unfortunate souls. Over the years, it is estimated that more than 100 people took their lives leaping the 150 feet into the arroyo below. One of the more notable suicides was when a despondent mother threw her baby girl over the railing on May 1, 1937. She then followed her into the depths of the canyon. Though the mother died, her child miraculously survived. Evidently, her mother had inadvertently tossed her into some nearby trees, and she was later recovered from the thick branches.
According to the tales, a number of spirits are said to wander the bridge itself as well as the arroyo below. Others have heard unexplained cries coming from the canyon. One report tells of spectral man that is often seen wandering the bridge who wears wire rimmed glasses. Other people have claimed to see a woman in a long flowing robe, who stands atop one of the parapets, before vanishing as she throws herself off the side.
In the arroyo below, phantom forms have been seen walking the river bed, a number of unexplainable sounds are often heard, and the atmosphere is often described as “thick.”
I haven't see any spirits, but I know others who have!
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What a beautiful spot and so well captured in this photo.
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disregard this post...............I tried to delete my last post and it won't let me...........it says I have to put "something" in the body.......... :urcrazy;
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This is a beautiful picture, Karol, but I wouldn't walk there after dark after hearing those reports. . . :o
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Honest to goodness guys this is for real. The Moll Dyer rock is by be old county courthouse and the handprint its so clear. This county has lots of unexplained things.
http://molldyer.homestead.com/
You got me! I will check that out the next time I drive through Leonardtown.
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Linda, You have to see that rock and Moll Dyer Road is just south of Leonardtown High School on the left. My son said he will NEVER travel down that road at night because he's hair stands up. Almost as good as Point Lookout. :waving;
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okarol, that is a beautiful picture (but then again I'm not surprised). :waving;
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Loved the Moll Dyer story! :2thumbsup;
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This is a beautiful picture, Karol, but I wouldn't walk there after dark after hearing those reports. . . :o
Monrovia woman dead after jumping from Colorado Street bridge
Posted: 02/23/2009 06:33:36 PM PST
PASADENA - A 51-year old Monrovian woman died Monday after jumping off the Colorado Street bridge, authorities said.
Paramedics responding to a call found the woman in "extremely critical condition" and transported her to a local hospital where she died, Fire Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said.
The call was placed shortly at 8:07 a.m., Pasadena Police spokeswoman Janet Pope Givens said.
"Some people who were taking a walk on the bridge had noted some sandals and a purse in one of the sitting areas," Pope Givens said. "They thought it was suspicious and called the police department, and on further investigation they found the victim."
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We were walking nearby this morning when they took her away, poor soul. All we could do was say a prayer for her. RIP.
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I always wonder what could have happened in their life to have brought that person to take such drastic measures, ya know? To us, their reasons may have been "petty" but apparently to them, it was enough of a reason to give up............sad.............
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That is creepy. I hope there are no "hauntings" at that site in the future. . . :o
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On December 17, 1975 our home burned. At that time our family consisted of my father, step mother, 14 kids between the ages of 1 and 17 and an assortment of dogs, cats, gerbils and other such pets. I was the 17 yr old of that bunch and as we stood there in the winter cold we were all asking each other...where are we gonna live? My father, infinately calm in any situation, said to us...don't worry something will come...
We were still at the fire site trying to rummage through and find anything worth saving when this older gent pulls up and walks over to my father. He said he had a big old farmhouse sitting empty, but it had power and heat...we could go right then and move in...he would make arrangements for rent and whatever at a later date with Dad.
We moved into the house...it was huge, as it needed to be! Time passed and we got furniture, clothes and the like. One of the items donated to us was this big wooden rocking chair..which we placed in the livingroom. Now a chair in our house wasn't often empty...but hey...anything can happen, ya know? The younger kids started saying it would rock by itself. We told em they were silly and that someone was playing a trick on them. Until my step mother came out of the livingroom one night and said...uhhh...the damn chair is rocking!
Whoever was rocking the chair became part of the family....you'd hear someone say "He's rocking again." A few years later ( I had long since moved out on my own) after we had rented the house for a fair amount of time, the owner came by to make a deal with Dad to buy the house. Dad was giving him the tour of some remodelling he had done and when they got to the livingroom the man stopped, stared at the chair and said.....wow, my mother had a chair just like that and it sat right in that spot...she would rock every evening.
Well, we knew who our "rocker" was. As long as that chair was there whenever it rocked..someone would say "Granny's rockin". Funny how we were never scared by it. It was just something that was.
I for one, believe in ghosts and find the thought interesting and somehow comforting at times. That our "people" could give us signs that they are still there watching over our lives.
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The restaurant my parents owned in Mackinaw City was supposed to be haunted. Back in the early 1900's, the owner's son hung himself in the basement. Supposedly, he wandered around the building, moving things. The people my parents bought it from said he would relight all the candles on the dining room tables at about 3 in the morning. The cops had called them several times to come back and blow them out. I never saw him do that, but I did have a weird thing happen one night while I was in the basement. It was Labor Day, which is the busiest day of the year in our town. It's the only day of the year that the public is allowed to walk across the Mackinac Bridge. The town's year-round residents only number about 1000. On Labor Day, we've had up to 100,000 walk the Bridge. It's crazy, and we start serving breakfast at 6 am to the ravaging hordes. At the end of one Labor Day, when I'd been up and moving since 4 am, I was finishing clean-up by hauling a final load of aprons down to the basement to the washers and dryers. It was after 2 am, so you can imagine I wasn't very coherent. I had just finished tossing a load from a washer into one of the dryers, when I stopped to yawn. The dryer door was still open when I leaned over to look back into the washer to make sure it was empty. While I was looking, the dryer door closed by itself and the button on the dryer depressed and the dryer started. I kind of froze. I knew I was tired, but I didn't think I was tired enough to start hallucinating! After a minute, my brain kicked into gear, and I said out loud, "Okay, you can finish the next load. Thanks!"
Then I scooted back upstairs as fast as I could go!
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My husband and I were talking about this thread the other day- (before he died and took my heart with him :'( )
I asked him if we could promise each other if whoever goes first would come back if it was possible and comfort the other, and he liked that idea- right now I would give everything to feel him one more time. maybe I will, maybe if I want to bad enough.....our power kept lickering last night- I just pretended it was him, I keep pretending he is just asleep behind me on the couch and this is just a bad fricken dream :'(
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This just breaks my heart Glitter. Why do the good ones have to go. Why wasn't it my ex-husband! (Bastard)
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I guess God only takes the very best. I hope you get a visit to tell you that he is alright!
:grouphug;
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http://www.realhaunts.com/
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That is an interesting website, Kit! Thanks for sharing! :2thumbsup;
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Wenchie and jbeany, those are some great experiences. :thx;
I, too, think it is somewhat comforting to contemplate that our loved ones can remain in contact in some manner.
It can be frightening, because it is the "unknown", but ghosts and ghost stories are always an interesting topic.
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I agree David, Wenchie and Jbeany's stories are great :thumbup;
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Ever spotted the tv show "Paranormal State"? I love it!!!
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Ever spotted the tv show "Paranormal State"? I love it!!!
Sure have! I enjoy it, too, when I can catch it. :2thumbsup;
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Any more stories out there?
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They say we have a ghost in our auditorium at school. The band teacher says she has smelled cigar smoke and heard noises when she has been by herself.
They also say a studnet who shot himself on Rialto High campus haunts the campus at night and in the daytime. One of my friends who went to school there has seen the ghost.
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My husband and I were talking about this thread the other day- (before he died and took my heart with him :'( )
I asked him if we could promise each other if whoever goes first would come back if it was possible and comfort the other, and he liked that idea- right now I would give everything to feel him one more time. maybe I will, maybe if I want to bad enough.....our power kept lickering last night- I just pretended it was him, I keep pretending he is just asleep behind me on the couch and this is just a bad fricken dream :'(
Dear Glitter, I hope you get the chance to feel his presence around you. I am so sad for you. :'( :cuddle;
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you know-last friday was a really sad day- all day- I went to bed and dreamed of him for the first time-He even said to me "just because I am dead,doesn't mean you can't still get hugs!" and in my dream I knelt down and laid my head in his lap like we used to do. It felt so real- I know it was a dream, but I hope to have many more- it really picked my spirits up.
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glitter :grouphug; so happy he was with you
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Glitter,
That must have been a very lovely dream. Maybe he does visit.