Believe in ghosts? (4443 hits)
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Submitted by Corn Nugget (View user info) at 2006-02-27 20:51:51 EST
About a month ago we moved into a new house.
The owner was seemingly desperate to rid herself of this house, willing to take pretty much anything we offered.
The first few weeks we lived here I kept thinking I heard a woman calling for "Chris", which was the previous owners dog.
Being highly Non-Superstitious, I wrote it off as "the wind" or "you're finally going crazy". One night I woke to hear a knocking on the floor, beneath the bed.
Everything started happening on Saturday.
Now, I'll tell you two things:
1. this is not fiction
2. I am not superstitious
My boyfriend and I were in the kitchen Saturday evening, fixing dinner. I thought I heard a womans voice, saying "Hi". I quickly turned my head to see who was in my house.
Nobody was there.
I thought, "I'm nuts..." and tried to ignore the prickle that ran down my spine.
"Baby? Who was that?" my boyfriend asked.
"What?"
"Did you hear that?" he asked.
I turned toward him, and said, "What did you hear?"
"It sounded like some lady said 'Hi'" he said.
Weird, right?
A little while later we were watching TV and our egg timer went off. I looked at him and asked, "What were you timing?".
He said, "I didn't set that timer".
Hmmm...
I got up, did the dishes and thought about how weird the evening was.
This is the order in which I have always washed dishes:
1. wash all the silverware and put that out to dry first.
2. wash all plates and lay them on top of the silverware.
3. wash all bowls and lay them on the plates.
4. wash all glasses and line them along the back of the counter.
5. let everything dry.
After I was done with the dishes, we watched some more tv. We heard a "CLANG" in the kitchen. One of the spoons was in the sink.
Weird.
At this point I was beginning to think, "Is it possible?".
We have a one floor house. The living room has a cathedral ceiling, and there is a loft above the kitchen. To access the loft, you pull down a little ladder that is tied up along the wall. There is a hole at the back of the loft that leads into the attic.
When you are in the living room, you can see the loft, and at the rear of the loft, you can see the attic hole.
We had a problem with heat leaking out through this hole, so we "winterized" it with clear plastic.
A few friends came over, and we all stood in the living room, talking about the weird things that have happened.
BAAAAAAAAAAAANG Wsshhhh
We all froze.
"What was that?" I asked, looking at my boyfriend.
"It came from the attic" he said.
Being the skeptic that I am, I figured something must have fallen on the roof. I went outside to investigate.
Nothing.
At this point I'm on "overload". 27 years of "not believing" and scoffing at everyone who DID believe, I was faced with something that contradicted something deep inside of me.
We had applied that same plastic winterizing wrap on our windows. When my boyfriend put it up, he had left about 3 inches of excess around the taped seal.
As we were all milling about our house, laughing and joking about our paranoia, the curtain rod on our front window clattered down, and the excess plastic around the window began rattling.
It stopped as suddenly as it started.
"Is the seal broke? Did a gush of wind come through?"
Nope.
We don't smoke in the house... yet we have a picture with a weird thing going on...
Hmmm...
Do I believe?
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Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-06-07 16:31:10 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-04-03 08:00:31 EDT (#)
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Jesus, that sounds pretty damn horrifying.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-03-16 10:17:18 EST (#)
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estoy aqui!
Man, the other day I had some falafel, and now I have "The Barfs". Those arabs posioned me! I've been sick for three days straight!
And yesterday, while I was laying around the house in my sicken squallor, I heard some running water. LOTS OF IT.
Lo and Behold, both of the toilets backed up AT THE SAME TIME, spilling sewage all over. There was a good two inches of shit on the bathroom floors.
So I started crying and running around trying to figure out what to do, throwing towels and sheets down on the floors.
Then the smell/sight made me barf to the point of dry heaves.
GOD DAMN IT!
So I ended up spending the day cleaning bathrooms of SHIT for the entire day.
When I called the landlord, she said, "Well, don't flush tampons!".
COME ON!
Christ. Maybe the ghost did it.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-03-15 07:32:56 EST (#)
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Donde esta corn??
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Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-03-14 10:58:52 EST (#)
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This morning my hairdryer went from the counter to the floor and miraculously turned on!
I realize that it might of just fallen and somehow jarred itself to turn on, but... that never happens! WHO HAS THAT HAPPENED TO!??
NOBODY, That's WHO!
Submitted by monkey_fish (user info) at 2006-03-05 16:35:16 EST (#)
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fuck ghosts.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-03-03 20:16:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:28:17 (#)
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All I can say, Is I do believe. I also would like to add the following: The comments on this post are more entertaining than anything I've read here in a while. My favorite being by JonnyX
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-28 03:21:12 (#)
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<pulls off mask>
Fred: Why, it's Old Man Callaway!
Velma: Yes, it seems that there were some jewels beneath the floorboards of this hose, and he thought to scare Mrs. McCreedy off the property!
Daphne: Fuck me now, I'm hot!
Shaggy: Anybody got any roastbeef, this Thai-stick gives me the mad munchies, dude!
Scooby: <humps Daphne> RUT-ROOOOH!
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I was totally drunk when i wrote this - I even forgot the 'meddling kids' part too!
Submitted by MyTeeOne (user info) at 2006-03-03 17:55:15 EST (#)
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Corn Nugget - drop me an e-mail. My_tee_one.at.hotmail.com. I have some info for you.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-03-03 14:33:27 EST (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:42:30 (#)
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It's good I amuse SOMEONE!
GOD DAMN IT INION LAUGH WHEN I TELL YOU JOKES!
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har *cough* har
good nuff.
Submitted by Berty (user info) at 2006-03-03 07:17:38 EST (#)
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Ok. Here's the thing.
All that has happened is that you have moved into a new house and as you have not entirely gotten used to the dimensions when you leave stuff where it would normally be fine if falls over.
The curtain rail was either fucked or you hung to heavy a curtain on it.
The woman shouting 'Hi!' was probably some kids shouting in the street.
Crack cocaine has blown your brain away Corn Nugget. You freak.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-03-02 21:53:13 EST (#)
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Of course, I'll update everyone on the "findings". I have the feeling it'll be a bunch of pictures of "orbs" or some other boring thing.
I don't know how to research the history of my house.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-03-02 21:47:51 EST (#)
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Submitted by hollygolitely (user info) at 2006-03-02 15:29:23 (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:42:30 (#)
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People who wake up in the morning and say "Oh my god! GHOSTS SCRATCHED ME!" Make me pause. Do you know what you're doing while you sleep? I know I don't. Fuck I've woken up with horrible nose bleeds before, it doesn't mean I am sparring with my dead sister in my sleep.
Objects flying and stuff, if I get hit by a backpack I may be alarmed, but realistically that won't hurt me. It takes a lot more to hurt me than that.
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Those two paragraphs had me laughing like an idiot all day. The first time that I read it, it took 10 minutes because I had to keep stopping and attempting to control my hysteria.
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It's good I amuse SOMEONE!
GOD DAMN IT INION LAUGH WHEN I TELL YOU JOKES!
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-03-02 21:46:56 EST (#)
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That's really fucking cool. I go ghost hunting every now and then and I've seen some weird stuff, heard wierder stuff, and I love it.
I havent read any of the reviews but the two or three below mine, so I dont know what kind of research you have done, if any, but try to find out some of the history of your house. I would love to hear more about this.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2006-03-02 21:46:48 EST (#)
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That's really fucking cool. I go ghost hunting every now and then and I've seen some weird stuff, heard wierder stuff, and I love it.
I havent read any of the reviews but the two or three below mine, so I dont know what kind of research you have done, if any, but try to find out some of the history of your house. I would love to hear more about that.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-03-02 21:33:30 EST (#)
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www.ghosm.com people are coming to my house sometime this month to stake the place out!!
haha, seems kinda stupid, but it'll be something to talk about for years.
Submitted by hollygolitely (user info) at 2006-03-02 15:29:23 EST (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:42:30 (#)
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People who wake up in the morning and say "Oh my god! GHOSTS SCRATCHED ME!" Make me pause. Do you know what you're doing while you sleep? I know I don't. Fuck I've woken up with horrible nose bleeds before, it doesn't mean I am sparring with my dead sister in my sleep.
Objects flying and stuff, if I get hit by a backpack I may be alarmed, but realistically that won't hurt me. It takes a lot more to hurt me than that.
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Those two paragraphs had me laughing like an idiot all day. The first time that I read it, it took 10 minutes because I had to keep stopping and attempting to control my hysteria.
Submitted by maiorano84 (user info) at 2006-03-02 14:50:36 EST (#)
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All throughout my life, and continuing to this very day, I've had an unnatural fear of looking into my mirror at night, or leaving my closet door open. From when I was 5 until I was about 8, I would wake up screaming regularly, telling my parents that there was something in my closet.
It stopped for no reason when I was 8.
But then when I was in middle school (and considerably tougher) I had possibly the most frightening dream I've ever had in my entire life. To this day it still scares me:
I was dreaming that I was laying in bed and then my closet door opened. Paralyzed by fear, I stared inside of it to see what was inside. Suddenly, a black figure, darker than the blackest shadow, emerged from my closet and stood on the foot of my bed and stared at me. There were no discernable features, even though its shape was human. Even the way it moved looked evil.
The dream was so frightening for me that it literally wrenched me awake with a shriek that caused my parents to wake up and come running into my room, only to find me shivering and sobbing in bed.
There were many more strange events in my house that makes me believe that there are lost spirits that wander in places they feel tied to. I've never felt at ease in my room because I do believe that there is an evil presence there (and my friends will agree that not one of them had a good night's sleep in my room).
However, there are spirits that I do believe are essentially harmless. No, I don't think that we can communicate with them on any meaningful level, but I'm sure that they will make their intentions known one way or another.
Maybe after you figure out whether or not your spirit is good or evil, you can determine whether or not you need to get the fuck out of there.
Submitted by malkavian (user info) at 2006-03-02 14:21:47 EST (#)
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For the picture, I'd say it's only the movement of the blue-shirt guy. It moved faster than the camera so it left a little smudge, happens all the time.
But I ted to believe those stories. ONe aftenoon, I was in my father's basment watching TV and suddenly the door leading to the washing machine room opened by itself. Then shut itself. Then opened itself. Then shut itself. It wouldn't stop for at least an hour. Creepy.
I'd leave that house in that very second.
Submitted by Kidmc (user info) at 2006-03-02 07:14:08 EST (#)
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Good Story
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-03-02 06:26:25 EST (#)
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Submitted by ThatOneGirl (user info) at 2006-03-01 19:38:10 (#)
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could be just the film...
Sorry, just hard for me to really believe w/o experiencing it firsthand... but hey, interesting story at least.
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It was a digital camera, and no other picture had anything in it. There was no smudge on the lense.
I do understand all of the skepticism surrounding this topic. I never believed in these stories before this past week. I always thought there was a resonable explanation for everything... I also know that people are prone to exaggerations.
Even with our house, now... people come over and hear our stories, and then every noise they hear they go "Oh god, did you hear that??? It was a ghost!!" and I'm like "no, that's the wind...".
Or they will say "I heard a voice!!" and I'm like, "I didn't hear anything", they say "LISTEN!!", and I still don't hear it, and I write it off as paranoia.
Submitted by ThatOneGirl (user info) at 2006-03-01 19:38:10 EST (#)
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could be just the film...
Sorry, just hard for me to really believe w/o experiencing it firsthand... but hey, interesting story at least.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2006-03-01 19:12:21 EST (#)
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you sure the person with the dot over their head wasnt just passing gas?
Submitted by Astropath (user info) at 2006-03-01 14:06:46 EST (#)
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<pulls off mask>
Fred: Why, it's Old Man Callaway!
Velma: Yes, it seems that there were some jewels beneath the floorboards of this hose, and he thought to scare Mrs. McCreedy off the property!
Daphne: Fuck me now, I'm hot!
Shaggy: Anybody got any roastbeef, this Thai-stick gives me the mad munchies, dude!
Scooby: <humps Daphne> RUT-ROOOOH!
AWESOME!!!!
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-03-01 13:49:21 EST (#)
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Interesting.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-03-01 12:35:16 EST (#)
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well i think it has alot to do with her situation i mean the last line is do i believe so belief systems come into play. but yeah if it's gettin in the way of your reality, or at least your drinking, ya probably should lay off.
tangents are great though.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-03-01 11:40:45 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-03-01 11:03:54 (#)
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the christian god and many things considered are not a far cry apart. be careful when basing an opinion on a religion on its followers. it is possible to have a sense of spirituality and believe in jesus, they're not mutually exclusive.
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I didn't say they were mutually exclusive, hence the use of the word "many". Spirituality and belief in the supernatural have been around since LONG before the judeo-christian religions proliferated. I thought indoninja meant that one is hypocritical if they believe in one and not in the other. I misunderstood the point he was trying to make. Yeah well, that and having a bit too much alcohol at the time, but whatever.
I have never based my opinions of any religion on their followers. Humans by their very nature contort and pervert ideologies and theologies to serve their own agendas. I'm also guilty of this in that I prefer to research different religions and ideals for myself and draw my own conclusions, often discarding completely the testimonies and teachings of their followers and inventers.
That said, while this post has been one of the more entertaining ones for me on Uber in a long time, I'm afraid I need to leave it alone for now. It's becoming distracting; I keep coming back to see what has been said and we've skidded off onto a tangent with regards to religion that may have very little to do with Corny's situation.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-03-01 11:03:54 EST (#)
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However, I disagree that a person is not allowed to believe in ghosts and not believe in God. The christian God and many of the things considered spiritual are a far cry apart. The statement that you "hate" people who don't unwaveringly believe in both reflects more on you than on those to which your hatred is directed.
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the christian god and many things considered are not a far cry apart. be careful when basing an opinion on a religion on its followers. it is possible to have a sense of spirituality and believe in jesus, they're not mutually exclusive.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-03-01 10:25:23 EST (#)
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You people are prejudgist against ghosties. Why do you think all ghosties are evil? Everybody dies not everyone is evil. Poor ghosties. I have a dream that one day little ghostie boys and little human girls will join hands as brothers and sisters.
Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2006-03-01 09:14:09 EST (#)
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Maybe it is friendly and just wants a dog.
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:28:17 EST (#)
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All I can say, Is I do believe. I also would like to add the following: The comments on this post are more entertaining than anything I've read here in a while. My favorite being by JonnyX
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-28 03:21:12 (#)
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<pulls off mask>
Fred: Why, it's Old Man Callaway!
Velma: Yes, it seems that there were some jewels beneath the floorboards of this hose, and he thought to scare Mrs. McCreedy off the property!
Daphne: Fuck me now, I'm hot!
Shaggy: Anybody got any roastbeef, this Thai-stick gives me the mad munchies, dude!
Scooby: <humps Daphne> RUT-ROOOOH!
AWESOME!!!!
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-03-01 08:16:37 EST (#)
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There's no need to apologize, indo. Now that I'm a little more sober, I understand the point you were trying to make. I agree that both religion and things considered "supernatural" are things that can't be proven or disproven [yet]. I've been witness to quite a few paranormal events in my life. I've always strived to be a logical mind (to a fault at times), so I haven't always been able to find an explanation for what those things were. Which, coincidentally, is why I don't arbitrarily dismiss any religion or belief.
The truth is that I don't know where this journey called life leads us. None of us do. Maybe that's part of being human, after all; the quest to quantify the unquantifiable.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-03-01 07:41:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 20:44:32 (#)
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However, I disagree that a person is not allowed to believe in ghosts and not believe in God. The christian God and many of the things considered spiritual are a far cry apart. The statement that you "hate" people who don't unwaveringly believe in both reflects more on you than on those to which your hatred is directed.
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Sorry SlvrWolf, I wasn't trying to imply that if you believe in ghosts you have to believe in a Christian God. What I meant was I don't like when someone will openly accept ghosts, or other "supernatural" beliefs (for lack of a better word), and be completely convinced that anyone who practices mainstream religions is an idiot. They both take a belief in something you can't prove.
Submitted by Flying_buttmonkey (user info) at 2006-03-01 07:21:18 EST (#)
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I haven't read all the reviews as I'm in a rush so sorry if someone's already suggested it but try putting your tv on standby or on a channel without signal and take some snaps. I didn't know anything about EVP until I picked some up in my home.
My house was built in 1892, not too old, and I know some dude died in it but then chances are pretty much every old house in the universe has had at least one person die in it. There were a few incidents after we moved in but it's 5 years down the line now and it's almost all stopped.
We were having a party once though and I took a snap of my cats playing with the balloons. Our tv is up against the external wall with a chimney breast along it and when we got the photos developed there's the clearest face reflected in the screen, smiling at my cats.
The tv was on standby and based on the angle of the face, for it to have been a reflection someone would have had to have been stood outside my house with the wall removed.
I've since lost the picture, I keep meaning to find the negatives and get a reprint.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 20:44:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-02-28 16:24:15 (#)
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SilvrWolf, I am going to assume you aren't a christian. And you probably think people that are hardcore christians are niave and you easily dismiss most of their beliefs (excuse me if I am wrong).
I don't mean to turn this into a religious discussion, but it is related. When someone comes out and say they don't believe in God because of science, or thinks it is just superstition and only weak minded people follow it, they are supported by most of the people on this site as be forward thinking. But if someone comes forward and says that a cardboard game made by monopoly isn't a gate way to the underworld and no more dangerous than peoples overactive imagination they are called close minded.
Don't believe in God, fine. Believe in God, fine. But fucking pick one. I hate people that don't believe in God but think Ghosts are real, that crystals heal, cards can see your future, and someone can "read" your aura.
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You're half correct; I'm not a christian, but I do not dismiss hardcore religious people or their beliefs. in fact, I prefer not to dismiss anything or anyone completely, especially when it comes to the intangible.
I never said that ouija (especially not the crappy Parker Bros. setup) was a "gateway to the underworld". Ouija boards were around long before our illustrious board game makers decided to cash in on it. Personally, I have several bad experiences with a very old (a date of 1852 was engraved on the back of the maple letter board) ouija board I picked up at a yard sale when I was younger. I only stated what is believed in paranormal fields (of which I am not) concerning oiuja boards. Rather, I was quite careful not to refer to what is happening at Corn_Nugget's place as a ghost at all. I called Nellypaal closed-minded because he/she dismissed her claims outright as bullshit without any kind of hypothesis as to what could be causing the events.
Again, I feel compelled to say I believe that there is a universe of things out there beyond our current level of comprehension and reasoning.
However, I disagree that a person is not allowed to believe in ghosts and not believe in God. The christian God and many of the things considered spiritual are a far cry apart. The statement that you "hate" people who don't unwaveringly believe in both reflects more on you than on those to which your hatred is directed.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-02-28 18:18:30 EST (#)
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Get a priest round and do it the old fashioned way
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-02-28 17:00:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:40:42 (#)
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The sad thing Peon is I KNOW ALL of these methods. I know all about this stuff. It's just that a lot of people like telling stories and like the attention and they exaggerate or just plain make shit up.
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Yeah I know what you mean, alot of people are full of shit. I never tell REAL people about certain stuff because they want to put you in places for 'special' people. Since I know all you Uberers are all figments of my imagination - and if any of you made fun of me in real life I would just put a world of hurtin on you.
So I don't worry about divulging
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2006-02-28 16:44:28 EST (#)
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OMG FUCKING GHOSTS
This is http://www.ubersite.com/cgi-bin/message=sort?retarded
What you want is
http://www.ghostbusters.com/offers/free_mug&ballons
or
http://www.mysterybus.com/scooby&gang/Wilma_personal/Gangbang06/Oh_Yea.jpg
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-02-28 16:25:40 EST (#)
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Submitted by hollygolitely (user info) at 2006-02-28 10:25:00 (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:28:56 (#)
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Non-disclosure doesn't cover things science can't prove.
That is like me trying to sue the former owners of my home for non-disclosure of the flying spaghetti monster in my basement.
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AHAHAHAH! If the bride to be leaves you at the altar, can I have a go?
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Well that is still a year and 24 days off, so you can have a shot before then, it just won't be a shot at the Title.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-02-28 16:24:15 EST (#)
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Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:25:50 (#)
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It was a sarcastic analogy, Nelly. You have a valid point, though. I am just of the opinion that you, being as close-minded as you seemingly are (I may be completely off-base with that assumption, as well), are just as dangerous as those who are "suggestible". Not everything in this world is tangible or even easily explained. To dismiss these events outright simply because you haven't the scientific method to prove or verify them is ignorance in it's truest form.
I'm not at all saying there are no scientific reasons for paranormal phenomena. I'm just saying that it's people with your mindset that prevent or hinder seeking the truth on it. You dismiss it as hogwash much quicker than I accept that something truly "haunting" or paranormal is going on there.
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SilvrWolf, I am going to assume you aren't a christian. And you probably think people that are hardcore christians are niave and you easily dismiss most of their beliefs (excuse me if I am wrong).
I don't mean to turn this into a religious discussion, but it is related. When someone comes out and say they don't believe in God because of science, or thinks it is just superstition and only weak minded people follow it, they are supported by most of the people on this site as be forward thinking. But if someone comes forward and says that a cardboard game made by monopoly isn't a gate way to the underworld and no more dangerous than peoples overactive imagination they are called close minded.
Don't believe in God, fine. Believe in God, fine. But fucking pick one. I hate people that don't believe in God but think Ghosts are real, that crystals heal, cards can see your future, and someone can "read" your aura.
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2006-02-28 16:22:41 EST (#)
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That's actually pretty cool, assuming it's all true. I, myself, am not a believer, but I find these stories really interesting.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 16:09:09 EST (#)
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freshen it up... i need a girlfriend. although i have a new guy who likes me, and i'm not sure how much, so that freaks me out. if anything i need to stop having sex with anyone other than myself.
mmmm sacramental sex...
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 15:59:55 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 15:52:45 (#)
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hence the me and god are still working our shit out. seriously we have a very unhealthy relationship where neither of us get what we want from the other.
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You just need to freshen up your sex life. Maybe include an angel or two in the mix to spice things up.
It'll all turn out.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 15:52:45 EST (#)
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hence the me and god are still working our shit out. seriously we have a very unhealthy relationship where neither of us get what we want from the other.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 15:24:49 EST (#)
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Hey inion I don't mind and I'm not judging. Your beliefs are your issue as long as you don't impose them on me which you don't. It's just that with everything you have written and everything you said I was a little shocked.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 15:13:25 EST (#)
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yeah no shit. like i said accidents happen. this wasn't a case of my parents believe so i do too, this was fuck one day i just got it. kinda like a religious std. yes... i know, i work in porn, i have pre/extra marital sex, i'm getting divorced, i swear curse and in general do fucked up bad things, which is why i try never to say i'm christian because i don't want to be an example.
me and god are still working our shit out.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:58:55 EST (#)
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inion is christian?
....Are you familiar with the term: "DOES NOT COMPUTE"
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:51:35 EST (#)
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hmmm. i'm christian (yeah yeah accidents happen) i still believe in this stuff. the kids going through a wiccan phase just do too many drugs. real wiccans and all that earth religion stuff aren't near as whiney.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:40:42 EST (#)
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The sad thing Peon is I KNOW ALL of these methods. I know all about this stuff. It's just that a lot of people like telling stories and like the attention and they exaggerate or just plain make shit up. I said below I have experienced something I cannot explain so I suspend my judgement about the whole thing, but on the whole what are the chances that EVERY emo self-proclaimed Wiccan 19 year old experiences ghost encounters almost daily?
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:38:49 EST (#)
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AHF!!! I was wondering when you were going to show up. Long time no see darlin.
HV is picking on us.
Submitted by ahumblefool (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:34:18 EST (#)
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I do a little paranormal investigating in the NW, has always been a hobby of mine. That picture is interesting. Are you getting any orbs in pictures as well? Strange balls of light that are not dust particles caught in the flash? Can you set up a motion camera in the area of highest activity? A video camera with a 90 minute tape will also work. Set it up around 1:00 am, let it tape unitl done. Move up one hour on consecutive nights. Also, if you have a tape player, record after you have gone to bed.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:16:01 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:03:38 (#)
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and i just like getting creeped out at 3am when there's nothing to do and almost everyone's asleep.
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That is the #1 reason why I watched those shows.
The #2 reason was because I had watched everything else saved on my DVR.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:14:44 EST (#)
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And on the comment of your quote (as you brought up TAPS) that is one guy in TAPS. You should know what all the other seasoned guys say:
(Paraphrasing)"Ghosts and spirits don't really have enough strength to really harm a human. Very powerful ones can throw things or shove people, but the ability to move a couple of pounds is about the limit of their strength."
Here is what you should send:
"Dear Paraex,
Hey. What's up? Well I want to join your organization/team because I know ghosts and I like to search for the truth. Everynight as a kid I would ask my dad to check under my bed, and even AFTER he did it I would check anyway, being sure to stab wildly into the closet with my swiss army knife right after.
That's how I killed my brother that one time...
Any who. I love what you guys do. I am totally interested in spirits and stuff. I have like 6 wicca pendants around my neck and I own devining rods and everything. I even bought all of the Ghostbuster toys as a kid and kept them for just such am occasion as this. Now I can squeeze Slimer and he will give me ghost hunting advice!
Alright well I guess that is it. I want to be on TV discussing how I am a 'skeptic' and 'don't believe ghost stories unless I have all the facts' but inevitably by the end of every show I will be throwing holy water over my shoulder as I run screaming out of the haunted area.
I heart Mother Gaia.
~TOM"
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:04:43 EST (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:01:24 (#)
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Nah, with a group here in Ohio called Paraex. I'm actually in the process (it's open in another window) of sending them an e-mail. The problem is, I don't know what to say that won't sound ridiculous.
And yea, TAPS is in Warwick, RI.
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Are you sensitive?
I hear groups will usually let those that are tag along. Nothing to loose, alot to gain.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:03:38 EST (#)
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and i just like getting creeped out at 3am when there's nothing to do and almost everyone's asleep.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 14:01:24 EST (#)
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Nah, with a group here in Ohio called Paraex. I'm actually in the process (it's open in another window) of sending them an e-mail. The problem is, I don't know what to say that won't sound ridiculous.
And yea, TAPS is in Warwick, RI.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:50:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:46:31 (#)
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Don't take it personally, Voltage, I read very few posts anymore. It's too difficult to sift through all the shit and by the time I'm done, I have too much other stuff to do.
I'm trying to link up with a Paranormal Investigation team in Ohio, by the way.
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I didn't say it to mean offense, it was a sub-average attempt at self-mocking humor.
Really? For TAPS or one of the other groups? TAPS is in Rhode Island right? I enjoyed watching the show but seriously man, it is a show. If they have an episode where they just say "Uh yeah...We filmed for 14 hours and saw nothing...." And then showed credits, no one would watch. So they have guys who say "You always have to be careful when dealing with the dead." and other mystic stuff to entice watchers to watch even on the episodes where they DON'T see anything.
I suspend belief, I have had something happen to me I could not explain except for possible dementia (which is always a realistic possiblity I suppose) but on the whole I think a lot of stuff can be proven.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:46:31 EST (#)
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Don't take it personally, Voltage, I read very few posts anymore. It's too difficult to sift through all the shit and by the time I'm done, I have too much other stuff to do.
I'm trying to link up with a Paranormal Investigation team in Ohio, by the way.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:44:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:41:47 (#)
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High Voltage >>>> Me
I want to party with you, man. Where are you located?
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Oh Tom you know you always have a place in my heart.
Washington DC is where I hail from, if you notice I mention DC landmarks in my posts (not like you read them anyway.)
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:43:32 EST (#)
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HV look down about 4 replies
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:42:30 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:36:36 (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:12:47 (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:02:21 (#)
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again, just because there's a scientific explanation doesn't make it any less dangerous.
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Has anyone been injured? Do spoons being thrown into sinks and lights being turned off really hurt anyone?
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the scratching cases and such. heavier objects flying/falling, even if it's just some sort of electrical activity sometimes shit happens. plus then there's the good ole heartattack thing.
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People who wake up in the morning and say "Oh my god! GHOSTS SCRATCHED ME!" Make me pause. Do you know what you're doing while you sleep? I know I don't. Fuck I've woken up with horrible nose bleeds before, it doesn't mean I am sparring with my dead sister in my sleep.
Objects flying and stuff, if I get hit by a backpack I may be alarmed, but realistically that won't hurt me. It takes a lot more to hurt me than that.
Now the heart attack thing is true, but that goes with the fear. That same person who is afraid of ghosts and sees something move has a heart attack and dies. But what if they were afraid of snakes and I dropped a python on them? Probably same reaction.
Fear is dangerous, not spirits.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:41:47 EST (#)
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High Voltage >>>> Me
I want to party with you, man. Where are you located?
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:39:44 EST (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:27:43 (#)
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Yes, because a piece of board with some letters drawn on it is just as dangerous as volatile chemicals...
I'm almost aghast at the serious tone being used to discuss a GAME.
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"Ouija Boards were conceived as a parlour game in the wake of popular spiritualism, but are potentially a very dangerous tool for inviting in unpredictable, invasive forces. Experienced Paranormal researchers vehemently advise against their usage."
- Carl Johnson (TAPS Demonologist)
Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it's not there. Think about it, can you see air? Then how are you breathing? The point is, demons and malicious spirits ARE out there and they look for susceptible people to make their presence known. Ouija boards are like an open door to the spirit world. You never know what might walk through it. Here's another quote you should read:
"Experience has supported the observation that someone originally had to have invited in a demon, perhaps inadvertently, either through scrying [sic] implements such as a Ouija Board, conducting séances, undisciplined psychic experimentation, performing magic ceremonies or by habitually conversing with unseen presences (imaginary friends?). It should be mentioned here that while some of these devices may at first appear to be utterly harmless and regarded as tools to aid in tapping into one's sub consciousness [sic], the results can be likened to leaving open one's back door in a country setting. Now, you may only have some little squirrels and chipmunks wander into your kitchen, but odds are that eventually you'll find yourself facing down a bear, maybe a small cub, IF YOU'RE LUCKY. And keep in mind, where there's one 'bear,' others are lurking"
- Carl Johnson (TAPS Demonologist)
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HA! You stepped into my realm and I will PWN you.
First off, the TAPS guys are for a TV show. They go around and video tape ghosts and stuff. Guess how they get their ratings? By being mysterious and showing 'ghosts'. Of course they will say shit like that, it is to get people to watch. And Carl in particular is a moron, out of the whole show he runs around talking with his head in his ass and rarely is actually shown on screen.
Second, answer me this then. If I cannot interact with an object. If I can walk through an object without it touching me or having any effect on me...How is that dangerous? It's not like it's suddenly going to rip my body in half, a bear could do that, but not a being from a different plane of existance. So why fear it? You fear it because you don't understand it and your mind is trying to grasp something out of it's ability to reason.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:36:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:12:47 (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:02:21 (#)
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again, just because there's a scientific explanation doesn't make it any less dangerous.
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Has anyone been injured? Do spoons being thrown into sinks and lights being turned off really hurt anyone?
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the scratching cases and such. heavier objects flying/falling, even if it's just some sort of electrical activity sometimes shit happens. plus then there's the good ole heartattack thing.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:27:43 EST (#)
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Yes, because a piece of board with some letters drawn on it is just as dangerous as volatile chemicals...
I'm almost aghast at the serious tone being used to discuss a GAME.
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"Ouija Boards were conceived as a parlour game in the wake of popular spiritualism, but are potentially a very dangerous tool for inviting in unpredictable, invasive forces. Experienced Paranormal researchers vehemently advise against their usage."
- Carl Johnson (TAPS Demonologist)
Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it's not there. Think about it, can you see air? Then how are you breathing? The point is, demons and malicious spirits ARE out there and they look for susceptible people to make their presence known. Ouija boards are like an open door to the spirit world. You never know what might walk through it. Here's another quote you should read:
"Experience has supported the observation that someone originally had to have invited in a demon, perhaps inadvertently, either through scrying [sic] implements such as a Ouija Board, conducting séances, undisciplined psychic experimentation, performing magic ceremonies or by habitually conversing with unseen presences (imaginary friends?). It should be mentioned here that while some of these devices may at first appear to be utterly harmless and regarded as tools to aid in tapping into one's sub consciousness [sic], the results can be likened to leaving open one's back door in a country setting. Now, you may only have some little squirrels and chipmunks wander into your kitchen, but odds are that eventually you'll find yourself facing down a bear, maybe a small cub, IF YOU'RE LUCKY. And keep in mind, where there's one 'bear,' others are lurking"
- Carl Johnson (TAPS Demonologist)
Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:16:37 EST (#)
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I hope I don't piss off some spirits by searching for ouija boards on google and checking the prices on Ebay.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:12:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:02:21 (#)
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again, just because there's a scientific explanation doesn't make it any less dangerous.
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Has anyone been injured? Do spoons being thrown into sinks and lights being turned off really hurt anyone?
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:11:03 EST (#)
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Humblefool and I got into a big discussion about this a while back. I agree with the following:
No Ouija boards = BAD
No yelling at them = BAD
I had a slight problem in my new house this past fall (I bought a year ago) a friend of mine was taking pictures in my attic - after I specifically told him not too. I found out a week later when I was telling how I had the pleasure of being choked in my bed that he had gone against my wishes and pissed off the woman.
I haven't had any problems since, other than a ocassional creepy feeling. Humble's friends like looking into that kinda stuff. He helped me verify that my house was not built on a graveyard.
If you really want to know than set up a nightvision camera in your attic or if you are brave do that EVP shit, but that can be just as bad as using a board.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 13:02:21 EST (#)
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again, just because there's a scientific explanation doesn't make it any less dangerous.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:57:16 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:45:13 (#)
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dammit i want the argument, fuck that train shit. fight!
or politely debate.
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I heard it(ghosts, objects that move, etc.) described one time like this:
Back in the early days, when lightning flashed and the sun rose in the morning people made up superstitious reasons for how that happened because their understanding of the world couldn't explain it. As science evolved we learned the truths about these things. Think of objects that move when no one is around and light switches that turn on and off as lightning and thunder, and that in 1000 years science will be able to say "This is how this happens. People back in the 2000's were just superstitious."
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:56:19 EST (#)
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I rather liked Nelly's response; it wasn't expected. I'd jump fence and argue with you, inion, but I have to get back to work. This has been one of my better Uber lunch times, though.
Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:55:27 EST (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:39:36 (#)
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Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:10:32 (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:01:38 (#)
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i say start playing with a ouija board and see if you can scare people with your house.
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You REALLY don't want to be doing that. Trust me.
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I'm sure you know that from experience.
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Yes I do, as a matter of fact. You NEVER know what you're talking to with those things. They're not just kids toys or parlor games.
SilvrWolf has the answer as to why it's bad, aside from my own personal experiences:
"I think Buckeyes meant not to do it because it's believed (in the paranormal field) that a ouija board opens a wide-frequency channel with little or no control of what comes through it. I wouldn't suggest trying something like that in a situation where there are already unusual events happening; there's no telling what else you might 'invite' in."
EXACTLY....
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I always thought that ouija boards were just some stupid kids game like monopoly. I'm sure as hell never buying an ouija board.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:45:13 EST (#)
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dammit i want the argument, fuck that train shit. fight!
or politely debate.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:40:42 EST (#)
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I have a train to catch, otherwise I'd like to explain why I'm not simply being narrow minded.
I was brought up a Catholic and was happy to believe for many years until my life experiences and education convinced me that there are no gods.
I've also had a good quarter-century of informed curiosity to likewise conclude that the actions of oiuja boards are nothing more than the manifestation of the users' personal, sub-conscious wishes and fears.
But hell, don't do it if you believe it can come to harm.
I guess it all comes down to respectfully disagreeing with one another.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:29:05 EST (#)
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plus even if science proves a how and why it doesn't mean it's safe because we now have an explanation for it. it may not be supernatural it may just be undiscovered but that doesn't make whatever it is easier to deal with.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:25:50 EST (#)
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It was a sarcastic analogy, Nelly. You have a valid point, though. I am just of the opinion that you, being as close-minded as you seemingly are (I may be completely off-base with that assumption, as well), are just as dangerous as those who are "suggestible". Not everything in this world is tangible or even easily explained. To dismiss these events outright simply because you haven't the scientific method to prove or verify them is ignorance in it's truest form.
I'm not at all saying there are no scientific reasons for paranormal phenomena. I'm just saying that it's people with your mindset that prevent or hinder seeking the truth on it. You dismiss it as hogwash much quicker than I accept that something truly "haunting" or paranormal is going on there.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:25:45 EST (#)
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Or having your neurosurgery performed by Jed, the pig-farmer from Cooter Hollow only because he can properly pronounce "synapse".
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classic.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:20:10 EST (#)
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backward non reasonable thinking is mostly relative when it comes to the realm of faith/religion/spirituality. seriously all of that depends on individual belief structures. intolerant action based on what certain people find reasonable and backward is usually more dangerous than the backward thought in the first place.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:12:57 EST (#)
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"ouija boards are bad news. Especially in your own home. It's akin to trying to build a bomb when you have no education or even any idea what the chemicals you're using do when mixed together"
Yes, because a piece of board with some letters drawn on it is just as dangerous as volatile chemicals...
I'm almost aghast at the serious tone being used to discuss a GAME.
I agree that suggestible and superstitious (ill-informed, in my opinion) people should maybe refrain from freaking themselves out, for their own sanity if nothing else, but to suggest that you'll bring danger into your home with a Victorian leisure pursuit is madness.
Backward, non-reasonable thinking is a greater danger to more people.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:08:49 EST (#)
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um considering the mental tension that's always surrounding anywhere i live i think any "entity" would be like oh fuck this i'm not putting up with this shit. seriously it's just one of those well, been there done that and eh it was weirder before. it's just not a risk to me.
leilani - yeah i'm like 20 or so minutes away or something. less if i really speed. it's kinda cool living around all this crap that's supposedly haunted. i drive by union cemetary every day on the way to work and that's supposedly haunted by the white lady who for some reason i think her name is ellen. but there's also a cop there posted at night. me and my friend erika went up there around bar closure time so no one was on patrol, we didn't see anything but the entire ride home was silent outside the car and we recorded it. we were driving through a forest at night in the middle of summer and no crickets or anything. it was cool. then i locked erika outta the car in front of a cemetary and made her cry. man i'm fucked up.
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:01:47 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:54:40 (#)
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cool. that movie gave me nightmares when i was a kid, i liked it. btw sleepy hollow isn't all that special. especially with cops driving by at night. those bastards ruin everything.
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i grew up there. and yes those cops are hardasses. the only driving ticket i've ever gotten was there... go figure. none of my friends houses there were haunted or anything.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 12:01:39 EST (#)
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Ah, the old "curiosity killed the cat" philosophy comes to mind, but I see your point. There's nothing wrong with being a risk-taker.
...unless it invites an elemental entity bent on the destruction or manipulation of anything with a pulse into your home. Then it's not so good. I guess it depends on how much control you think you have and what you're willing to sacrifice if things go terribly wrong.
From my personal experiences, ouija boards are bad news. Especially in your own home. It's akin to trying to build a bomb when you have no education or even any idea what the chemicals you're using do when mixed together. Or having your neurosurgery performed by Jed, the pig-farmer from Cooter Hollow only because he can properly pronounce "synapse".
Submitted by no_one (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:57:26 EST (#)
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I do.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:54:40 EST (#)
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cool. that movie gave me nightmares when i was a kid, i liked it. btw sleepy hollow isn't all that special. especially with cops driving by at night. those bastards ruin everything.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:53:22 EST (#)
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Aztune - Ahhh, okay. I don't feel so stupid now. You did the right thing by confronting that ghost w/your daughter though. Kids are real open to that stuff because they don't have the same blinders and hang-ups about what's real and what's not as adults do.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:46:39 EST (#)
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yeh i know why not to do things. but sometimes it's really fun to make the mistake yourself. i try to avoid the ones i know i don't want the personal experience in. everything else i really want to know exactly why. besides, it's really fun freaking out athiests or people who have no spirituality whatsoever. cuz no matter what they say, they still get scared.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:44:03 EST (#)
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"nominal risk" would be relative in this case. Did you know they supposedly had to demolish the house "The Exorcist" was filmed in? It was in Georgetown and after the film, no one would live there very long. There were never any strange occurrences observed before the filming in the house, yet after, the place was supposed to be really intense and scary. I have no way of confirming that story; it was only told to me by someone who'd lived near it. I'm still undecided about my belief in ghosts per se, but I strongly believe in the "energy" (both good and bad) that certain places and structures have.
The point is, there's no need to take an unnecessary risk like that, nominal or not. You just don't know what the outcome may be.
Submitted by Aztune (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:43:32 EST (#)
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Hilarity, no real significance on 9 years apart. Just the fact that the second thing that I deemed significant was 9 years later.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:39:36 EST (#)
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Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:10:32 (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:04:57 (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:01:38 (#)
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i say start playing with a ouija board and see if you can scare people with your house.
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You REALLY don't want to be doing that. Trust me.
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I'm sure you know that from experience.
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Yes I do, as a matter of fact. You NEVER know what you're talking to with those things. They're not just kids toys or parlor games.
SilvrWolf has the answer as to why it's bad, aside from my own personal experiences:
"I think Buckeyes meant not to do it because it's believed (in the paranormal field) that a ouija board opens a wide-frequency channel with little or no control of what comes through it. I wouldn't suggest trying something like that in a situation where there are already unusual events happening; there's no telling what else you might 'invite' in."
EXACTLY....
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:37:24 EST (#)
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I'll tell you what's more disturbing, the fact that you wash your glassware last and then just let it dry instead of rinsing everything off.
That's disgusting and un-American.
But I still love you.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:32:26 EST (#)
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yeah i know. but hey, really nominal risk in the scheme of things.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:32:26 EST (#)
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What really makes me believe are events that happened 9 years apart.
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Okay, maybe I'm retarded, but what's 9 yrs. gotta do w/it?
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:29:21 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:17:35 (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:04:57 (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:01:38 (#)
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i say start playing with a ouija board and see if you can scare people with your house.
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You REALLY don't want to be doing that. Trust me
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that's why i suggested it. i'm either schizophrenic or "sensitive" or some bullshit but damn if i don't freak myself out all the time doing stupid shit like that. i like the adrenaline rush of fear. and i'm not afraid of much that's supposedly real, except for spiders. definitely de de definitely afraid of spiders.
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I think Buckeyes meant not to do it because it's believed (in the paranormal field) that a ouija board opens a wide-frequency channel with little or no control of what comes through it. I wouldn't suggest trying something like that in a situation where there are already unusual events happening; there's no telling what else you might "invite" in.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:26:05 EST (#)
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there's also a theory in quantum physics that it's just the transposing of particles in space because electrons move forward and backward through time. you'd have to read more on that though to figure out if you believe that maybe it's just one of those super energetic particles spinning around in a new place on the continuum.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:21:39 EST (#)
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No, it's a load of shit.
Just because we can't explain something, it doesn't make it supernatural.
Solar eclipses would have scared the shit out of you a few hundred years ago.
Submitted by leilani (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:20:42 EST (#)
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interesting. i believe although nothing weird has happened to me.
Submitted by Ferretnose (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:20:25 EST (#)
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Don't worry. Shit like that happens at my Mom's all the time. The most common thing that happens there is for the water faucet to turn on full blast with nobody around. We all get the oogies for a couple minutes, then just go back to whatever we were doing. It was extremely active during and after the hurricane for some reason, while there was no electricity.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:17:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:01:38 (#)
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i say start playing with a ouija board and see if you can scare people with your house.
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You REALLY don't want to be doing that. Trust me
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that's why i suggested it. i'm either schizophrenic or "sensitive" or some bullshit but damn if i don't freak myself out all the time doing stupid shit like that. i like the adrenaline rush of fear. and i'm not afraid of much that's supposedly real, except for spiders. definitely de de definitely afraid of spiders.
Submitted by ih8u2man (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:16:03 EST (#)
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Really Cool.
Submitted by Aztune (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:12:03 EST (#)
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I tried to be a non-believer. Then I tried to just be open-minded. Now I'm becoming a believer.
New York is home to the origins of many horror stories. You can go to Sleepy Hollow and see the actual bridge where the ghost can't cross. Hell, I ran cross country meets at Ichabod Crane High School.
Then there's Voorheesville. Do I even need to tell you what originated there?
I went to college in Potsdam, New York. Potsdam was one of the last stops on the Underground Railroad to Canada. There was a local story about a family that was found butchered one day. All of the doors and windows in the house were closed and locked. The whole family was horribly, horribly cut and stabbed and mutilated. No one else was found in the house, in the basement, no where. No hidden or secret passages. They originally thought it was some lunatic using the old U.R. tunnels, but no of them were nearby. It was decided there is no way it could have been a murder-suicide, as none of the people could have survived doing that sort of thing to themselves. A local college professor used that story as an inspiration for a horror story.
The house was on Elm Street.
The college professor was Wes Craven.
What really makes me believe are events that happened 9 years apart.
When I was stationed in Denver, I lived in the barracks. When I had CQ duty during the night, I would see doors opening and closing with nothing there. No big deal. My room was on a hallway that ended in a very tall 4' by 10' window. One day we were hanging out in the hall, talking and bullshitting, when we saw someone standing in the window waving and pointing for us to open the door. There was a door at the end of the hallway, on the side, that opened to the stairwell upstairs and had another door to go out. I said I would get the door and when I got up everyone was telling me not to. I didn't understand why, but when I propped the doors open (didn't have my keys with me) there was no one there. I went back in and my friends were freaked out. They said that the guy was standing in the window. Full view, feet at all. I didn't see the big deal, then they took me outside.
The bottom of the window is 3 feet above the ground where he should have been standing.
9 years later my daughter, only a few months old, would smile and wave at no one. She looks at the corners of the room, waves, smiles, and starts talking as though someone is there. She's less than a year old, so it's babbling. I have also gone into her room and it has been freezing cold, even though the thermostat is set to 70. She has been woken up from a sound sleep and scared. If you have kids, you know there are different cries. She has had the really scared shitless kind. Thinking I was stupid, I said out loud that I wanted whoever it was to either please be careful with the baby or to leave her alone.
She hasn't screamed or cried like that since, but she still smiles and waves and babbles at nothing.
Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:10:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:01:38 (#)
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i say start playing with a ouija board and see if you can scare people with your house.
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You REALLY don't want to be doing that. Trust me.
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I'm sure you know that from experience.
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Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:01:38 (#)
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i say start playing with a ouija board and see if you can scare people with your house.
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You REALLY don't want to be doing that. Trust me.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 11:01:38 EST (#)
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take the pictures without a flash though. if you're not going to take them in regular daylight turn on one light and then click away. that way at least no one can say it was just the flash off dust particles. i say start playing with a ouija board and see if you can scare people with your house.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-02-28 10:47:17 EST (#)
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The things started happening right when we moved in... just little things that I wrote off as "nothing".
All that stuff I wrote about in this post happened on saturday.
We took pictures last night.
So, Holly, to answer your question, we took the pictures to see WHAT we might find.
Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-02-28 10:43:05 EST (#)
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Totally believe you. Have had many experiences myself.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2006-02-28 10:33:21 EST (#)
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my wierd experiences: http://www.ubersite.com/m/76146
Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-28 10:32:41 EST (#)
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I just looked at the picture a little more closely and it looks like the haze continues to go down towards the floor so it looks like a full body.
Submitted by hollygolitely (user info) at 2006-02-28 10:25:00 EST (#)
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Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:28:56 (#)
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Non-disclosure doesn't cover things science can't prove.
That is like me trying to sue the former owners of my home for non-disclosure of the flying spaghetti monster in my basement.
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AHAHAHAH! If the bride to be leaves you at the altar, can I have a go?
Corn, did the strange things start happening before, or after, you noticed the haze in that picture?
Submitted by TigerLilly (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:53:07 EST (#)
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Freaky.
Get out while you can.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:52:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:39:51 (#)
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But if you have weird bumps and noises and shit flying around, perhaps you should say something. Imagine moving into the house from Poltergeist.
"Oh, it's a really nice house and it's a nice neighborhood. The schools are good and it's very quiet, but um, the tree in the front yard might come to life and try to eat your children. Oh, and if you happen to have a toy clown you might consider throwing it into a river before you move in. Just so FYI."
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I'd imagine the problem would be proving the phenomenon. And since photographs/video/psychic investigators will all be refuted as doctored or fraud, your only real choice would be to have a jury stay overnight at your house.
Dinner for 12 anyone?
Shit, if that's all it took to get out of my redneck neighborhood, put a sheet over my head and call me Casper.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:43:16 EST (#)
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so uh... lookin for any roommates??? i'll take the attic/loft thingy.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:39:51 EST (#)
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But if you have weird bumps and noises and shit flying around, perhaps you should say something. Imagine moving into the house from Poltergeist.
"Oh, it's a really nice house and it's a nice neighborhood. The schools are good and it's very quiet, but um, the tree in the front yard might come to life and try to eat your children. Oh, and if you happen to have a toy clown you might consider throwing it into a river before you move in. Just so FYI."
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:21:51 (#)
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PS: If the family who moved out didn't tell you about the voices and noises, they can get in trouble for non-disclosure. I think that's true, you might want to ask a real estate agent or something.
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Non-disclosure doesn't cover things science can't prove.
That is like me trying to sue the former owners of my home for non-disclosure of the flying spaghetti monster in my basement.
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OOOoooo, am I going to strike it rich!
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:28:56 EST (#)
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Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:21:51 (#)
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PS: If the family who moved out didn't tell you about the voices and noises, they can get in trouble for non-disclosure. I think that's true, you might want to ask a real estate agent or something.
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Non-disclosure doesn't cover things science can't prove.
That is like me trying to sue the former owners of my home for non-disclosure of the flying spaghetti monster in my basement.
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:26:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:03:58 (#)
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Big yellow blur? With big black circle in the top right?
Changing the red at first seemed to clear it a little, but then it just sucked.
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That's what I got too.
What exactly were you expecting?
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:21:51 EST (#)
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PS: If the family who moved out didn't tell you about the voices and noises, they can get in trouble for non-disclosure. I think that's true, you might want to ask a real estate agent or something.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:11:59 EST (#)
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Ok, here's more info that you might find helpful. This is the last thing I'll post for now:
http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/arthunters.html
You should definitely check out these five articles in that section:
Get to Know your Ghosts - Demonic Haunt - by Jason Hawes
Get to Know your Ghosts - Poltergeist Haunt - by Jason Hawes
Get to Know your Ghosts - Intelligent Haunt - by Jason Hawes
Get to Know your Ghosts - Residual Haunt - by Jason Hawes
Ghosts...Why are they Here - by Rick Bugera of BCPA
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2006-02-28 09:11:03 EST (#)
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I definitly believe.
The ghost that inhabits my dad's house hates me. He's tried to strangle me and has thrown the VCR across the room at me. I was skeptical until the VCR incident. Having a VCR fly across the room at you changes your mind somehow.
The one in my apartment just likes to turn on the stereo and adjust the pictures on the walls. It doesn't like my best-friend though because when she spent the night one time it got pissed and started scratching on all the walls. She freaked out and left and the noise stopped. She won't sleep at my apartment anymore.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:59:42 EST (#)
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Here's the first thing you should read, Corny. It's info about hauntings (what type they are, what do expect, etc.):
http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/arthaunted.html
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:52:14 EST (#)
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That's awesome.
Visit the ghost hunters site, there's good info there:
www.theatlanticparanormalsociety.com
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:30:43 EST (#)
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Funny, I always thought you were a guy. My bad.
I had a paranormal encounter one night real late in college, in the music recital hall. Elevator started running without anyone near it, footsteps coming from the hall behind the band room, lights turning off. After about five minutes I made like berserker and got the fuck out of there.
Submitted by SilvrWolf (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:23:25 EST (#)
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Intriguing photo. You caught that on a digital camera? A lot of the old film cameras would catch smoke and haze (mostly from cigarettes) but I haven't seen many DCs do it. The focal length is so large or even infinite on most DCs that the haze will be in sharp focus. If your camera has a time lapse mode, I'd set it up in the room where most of the events have happened and see what you catch. I have a folder full of "anomalous" pics that I've taken over the years. Interestingly enough, most of them were taken in and around old houses/properties.
My mom used to have a friend who could tell if a house had a spirit just by walking inside. She wasn't a nut job, either. She'd just say, "Oh. This house has a ghost," and that's it; just nice and calm.
I've had more than a few experiences that I couldn't explain, but I can't go so far as to say they were ghosts. The freakiest ones are when you hear whispers - barely audible whispers right next to your ear; like someone is telling you something from behind your shoulder. You'll only be able to understand a couple of words, if any at all. That's happened to me three different times in different locations, and it still raises the hair on the back of my neck thinking about it.
The happenings at your house seem to be slightly mischievous and overall benign, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. I'm with whoever said to address the "ghost" and announce your intentions. If it truly bothers you, you could have the house blessed. However, if things start getting out of hand or malevolent, I'd be out of there.
I believe that there is a universe of things beyond our current level of comprehension and reasoning out there. If ghosts can be included in that universe, then I believe in them, as well.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:07:49 EST (#)
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That's just a floating bong hit.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:03:58 EST (#)
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Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2006-02-28 07:59:54 (#)
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Open the picture in a graphics program.
Set the gamma on the red and green to +7 and the blue to about 0.5
Pretty scary.
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Big yellow blur? With big black circle in the top right?
Changing the red at first seemed to clear it a little, but then it just sucked.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2006-02-28 08:00:16 EST (#)
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Sorry, I don't buy any of it.
You guys were sitting around working each other up and now yu remember it being much more spooky than it was.
Submitted by Dervel (user info) at 2006-02-28 07:59:54 EST (#)
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Open the picture in a graphics program.
Set the gamma on the red and green to +7 and the blue to about 0.5
Pretty scary.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2006-02-28 07:46:04 EST (#)
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I neither believe nor disbelieve - to me it seems a simple matter of science, regardless of whether or not we have achieved that level of scientific understanding. From the viewpoint of someone who hasn't had any personal experience, has no scientific knowledge whatsoever and had a vaguely non-Christian middle class upbringing, there seems to be more than pure physicality to what we call life, so I suppose it makes sense that there might be some way that can exist outside of a body. At the same time, I've never heard of anything that comes remotely close to proof as to the existence of ghosts. The human mind is a crazy thing.
Actually, I did sort of have an "experience", which took place several times over a number of years. I used to take an elderly neighbour's dog for a walk every couple of days, up and down the street. At a particular point in the shade, where you had to pass through a large hedge, a certain chill would always come over you. So much so that I would remark on it to other people. Then a few years back I found out that when I was 1 year old, there was a triple murder suicide right in that spot. Now it's easily explainable - a change in temperature, a change in shade. It just seems like too huge a coincidence to ignore. The thing is, about a million of those potential coincidences probably go past every day without eventuating.
Regardless, the idea of ghosts still scares the fuck out of me. Scary movies don't scare me at all, I can watch somebody get hacked up or eaten or something and not blink an eye. However, simple things like the idea that there is a being with a completely different relationship to the universe possibly standing right behind me now, with wide eyes, and a strangely singular mind, possibly quick to anger, being AWARE OF ME, creeps me the fuck out. And it'd definitely be white, translucent and dressed in some sort of period costume. I blame the "Ferals" episode (any Australians remember that show? It was on ABC Kids like ten years ago. They've corrupted and watered it down now) where they were visited by the ghost of 'Iron Buck Lil' and I was so freaked out that I had to sit hugging my mum in the middle of the floor in the lounge room (away from the doors).
Whoa. Kinda lost myself there. To sum up, I had nothing to say, but I was going to damn well say it all.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-02-28 07:26:22 EST (#)
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Soooo, this is where you have been. Too busy struggling with the supernatural to talk with me, huh?
This story kind of spooks me (ha) because I know you to be what you say you are: level headed and non-superstitious. So, I believe you.
This is really creepy stuff, but when you think about it, it doesn't have to be so bad. Nothing so far sounds like it has any malicious intent. Perhaps you can all, uh...'live' in harmony.
And because shockingly, no one has said it yet:
If there's something strange in your neighborhood
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
If there's something weird and it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Ghostbusters!
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-02-28 06:53:09 EST (#)
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Get a Ouija board
Submitted by zoobie2000 (user info) at 2006-02-28 06:14:41 EST (#)
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hwo cares?
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2006-02-28 03:35:05 EST (#)
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You should believe.
The shit is real.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-28 03:21:12 EST (#)
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<pulls off mask>
Fred: Why, it's Old Man Callaway!
Velma: Yes, it seems that there were some jewels beneath the floorboards of this hose, and he thought to scare Mrs. McCreedy off the property!
Daphne: Fuck me now, I'm hot!
Shaggy: Anybody got any roastbeef, this Thai-stick gives me the mad munchies, dude!
Scooby: <humps Daphne> RUT-ROOOOH!
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2006-02-28 02:04:30 EST (#)
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if you spit on a chicken you'll stop the bad boogie
Submitted by MandaPanda (user info) at 2006-02-28 01:40:54 EST (#)
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Spooky.
Apparently (someone once told me this) you can just ask them to please stop making noises, or whatever they're doing. They'll apparently listen because they don't want to cause any harm, they're just looking for attention. I'd be curious if this actually works.
Also, someone told me that you can talk to them, and ask them what they want, or why they're there. I assume you would have to be meditating or something to do this (unless you actually saw a ghost), so that they could 'come' to you.
I don't know. It's not my advice, just some things I heard.
Good luck!
Submitted by turkishblend (user info) at 2006-02-28 01:20:28 EST (#)
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Pish... fuck that shit. While I'm not one to call 'nanagins, this is the same tired idiosyncratic bullshit that theist rally around, and can probably be explained through simple physical phenomenon. If you truly believe some metaphysical entity is operating with in your house capture verifiable proof in some form or another to support your claim. Until then enjoy this +1 for a fairly interesting post.
Submitted by Durae (user info) at 2006-02-28 01:05:06 EST (#)
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It's more fun to believe, but nothing that weird has ever happened to me.
You should probably follow that advice about talking to it and stuff, it's worth a try, right? Then establish some sort of rapport and train the ghost to do crazy stuff on command so you can open your house to strangers and make tons of money. And send me a cut because it was my suggestion.
Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-27 23:18:32 EST (#)
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Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:51:35 (#)
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Shenangians. Who has ann egg timer!?
My advice: acknowledge the ghost in a friendly manner. Something like, "Hello, we will be living here with you now, so please be nice to us, and we'll be respectful of you." Occasionally, leave it small offerings of cookies or juice.
That sounds gay as hell!
A friend of mine had ghosts in her family's house. They used the tactics above and got more positive hauntings.
Her mom, aunt, brother, and 2 cousins all had an experience. The TV would wake them up at night and they would find it turned on, on Sci Fi channel, when no one watched that channel (who does?), and no one had been up watching TV. They noticed that the cable TV would always be back on Sci Fi channel when they turned on the TV in the morning. Her cousin was staying up alone late one night watching TV when a door that had been bolt locked swung open and stayed there. Funny thing is, that door normally swung closed if not held open. He left a glass of OJ out that night and when he awoke it was gone. One of the girls yelled at the ghost because she was scared. Later that night she woke up feeling as if someone was pressing her down so that she could not move or breath. Don't yell at the ghost. She said that after that, she always felt an angry presence in certain rooms of the house until she verbally apologized to it.
Also, get a couple of cats. I don't even know if cats would be able to detect ghosts any better than humans. I bet they would. They're little furry ninjas and shit. Even if they couldn't help, at least you'd have two cool little cats. You could name them Commander Cockstrong, and Ribby McJibemshanks. You should also a get hamster than can detect ghosts. Name him Nibbles the Detector.
You could also file a contracts or tort suit for non-disclosure of a material fact.
Aside from that you're pretty much screwed.
Happy Hauntings
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That sounds cool but I still don't want ghosts in my house.
Submitted by the_lone_stranger (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:51:35 EST (#)
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Shenangians. Who has ann egg timer!?
My advice: acknowledge the ghost in a friendly manner. Something like, "Hello, we will be living here with you now, so please be nice to us, and we'll be respectful of you." Occasionally, leave it small offerings of cookies or juice.
That sounds gay as hell!
A friend of mine had ghosts in her family's house. They used the tactics above and got more positive hauntings.
Her mom, aunt, brother, and 2 cousins all had an experience. The TV would wake them up at night and they would find it turned on, on Sci Fi channel, when no one watched that channel (who does?), and no one had been up watching TV. They noticed that the cable TV would always be back on Sci Fi channel when they turned on the TV in the morning. Her cousin was staying up alone late one night watching TV when a door that had been bolt locked swung open and stayed there. Funny thing is, that door normally swung closed if not held open. He left a glass of OJ out that night and when he awoke it was gone. One of the girls yelled at the ghost because she was scared. Later that night she woke up feeling as if someone was pressing her down so that she could not move or breath. Don't yell at the ghost. She said that after that, she always felt an angry presence in certain rooms of the house until she verbally apologized to it.
Also, get a couple of cats. I don't even know if cats would be able to detect ghosts any better than humans. I bet they would. They're little furry ninjas and shit. Even if they couldn't help, at least you'd have two cool little cats. You could name them Commander Cockstrong, and Ribby McJibemshanks. You should also a get hamster than can detect ghosts. Name him Nibbles the Detector.
You could also file a contracts or tort suit for non-disclosure of a material fact.
Aside from that you're pretty much screwed.
Happy Hauntings!
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:47:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:41:38 (#)
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I would be out of there so fast. There is no way I would stay there by myself.
Especially sounds coming from under the bed.
FUCK. THAT. SHIT!
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Dont worry thats just me dry humping the underside of your bed.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:45:08 EST (#)
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I absolutely believe, and I am absolutely terrified of them, after the experiences I had.
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:41:38 EST (#)
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I would be out of there so fast. There is no way I would stay there by myself.
Especially sounds coming from under the bed.
FUCK. THAT. SHIT!
Submitted by Trevor1st93 (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:21:53 EST (#)
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I would move out of there faster than a superman racing a speeding bullet*AHAM*! I feel sorry for you, JGreening!
Submitted by ampersand (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:18:58 EST (#)
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Don't believe. Never will. Strange shit happens all the time, it doesn't mean ghosts exist. I mean think about the statistics of it. There's about 6 billion people in the world right? And the number of strange things that could happen is so friggin huge it may as well be infinite. Odds are then, that strange shit will happen every single day. I would be more concerned if I went to bed at night without one odd thing happening to me.
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:18:41 EST (#)
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I cant figure out which of the two paranormal events at your house is more freekier.
The ghost in your house or.......................
The fact you have moved in with your boyfriend. Congratulations, and hire yourself a preist or a gypsy or something.
"Their heeeeeeeeeeeeeere!"
Submitted by Benny (user info) at 2006-02-27 22:09:01 EST (#)
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I can't really say that I believe since nothing has ever happened whilst I was around. I wouldn't be completely surprised that they could exist though (there must be some truth in all the legends).
Submitted by EchoBoxing (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:49:14 EST (#)
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nothing supernatural or unexplained has ever happened to me that made me wonder. i refuse to accept anyone else's account of ghosts as proof of their existence so until then, i have to say no, i don't believe.
strange happenings in your house though.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:46:05 EST (#)
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um...i think i believe.
we used to live in a house where the toilet would flush at random times and things would go missing and reappear.
of course we also lived in a house where a lady got her head blown off in the kitchen and we didn't hear anything there.
so I guess I'm 50/50.
good story though
Submitted by RamenNoodle (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:40:15 EST (#)
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I do not believe in ghost either, but thats one of the beautiful parts of life. We will never know everything there is to know.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:27:01 EST (#)
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"He thrusts his fists against the posts
and still insists he sees the ghosts."
It was me. I was just fucking with you. NO harm meant. . .
Submitted by recall (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:26:30 EST (#)
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Maybe you're being punked.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:06:51 EST (#)
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I believe.
Old restaurant in Leadville, CO. I was helping my Dad do some repair work on the water treatment system when I was like, 13. The only lightbulb in this particular room of the basement was a pullchain, yet it turned off about 4 times while we were down there, once when I was actually watching it.
Ever see a pullchain on a light pull down with nothing there?
Yeah.
I left.
Sat in the van for the rest of the day.
Seems my Dad knew about this already, since he'd worked on their system before, that's why he brought me along.
Thought it was funny.
Fucker.
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:01:44 EST (#)
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Well, uh, then it's.......you burn incense right, hippy? Ever seen a fart in smoke form? Someone's hair was burning? I don't think ghosts like appearing as shapeless vapor because they are attention whores. Why isn't there dog ghosts and dinosaur ghosts, right? Wait, they're in Africa.
Submitted by PokeyPecker (user info) at 2006-02-27 21:00:37 EST (#)
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I too enjoy making crafts. This kinda gave me the creeps though. If you said "weird" one more time, however, I was going to decapitate myself.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-02-27 20:58:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
no way dude... I have lots of pictures from the same timeframe, and none of them have that smudge.
Plus my camera is my baby, and I know that shit isn't smudged.
Submitted by GodLovesALittleLovin (user info) at 2006-02-27 20:57:22 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The lens of your camera is smudged. The only ghost I acknowledge as existing is the one that keeps bringing me pot roast. I'm not talking about your run-of-the-mill momma made pot roast, this is the shit of kings, with the potatoes and carrots that I don't eat because cooked vegetables are disgusting. So yeah, it's called "random weird shit happens because we can't make the minute calculations it takes within that time to reason why it occurred". I enjoy making crafts.
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2006-02-27 20:55:37 EST (#)
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oh fuck, I forgot the important part:!!
I called the lady who used to live here, and asked her neice if they had ever heard anything weird, the neice said:
"What? Why?"
I said "Just wondering..."
"What are you talking about, things like what???" She sounded like she knew something. I told her briefly what we had heard ("Oh, we thought we heard someone talking... weird things happening... um...")
Then she said, "Well.. yeaaaah... that's why she wanted to move out so bad. She insisted the place was haunted".
!!
Weird.