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15 Nov 2010, 10:43 am

I don't believe in an afterlife or "ghosts" however.. I did witness something I cannot explain:

At one point we were living on a property with 2 houses on it, many many years ago the front house was a corner store (now no longer a corner there or store) my oldest daughter and my wife's little sister are the same age, (long story) around 7 or 8 at the time and they were playing in the front house. suddenly my wife's little sister froze.. and was looking around wide eyed... when we got there, she was the same way and we asked her what was wrong.. she described the interior of the store to down to the finest detail, where the shelves were, what was on them, where the cash register was and the people in the store...and describing the now antique coke machine next to the door (none of which was there anymore) she had no way of knowing that it had even been a store... but she insisted she could see everything and was puzzled why we didn't..

The next day she was back to normal.. and didn't mention it unless asked, then she would be matter of fact about it but didn't see it anymore

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15 Nov 2010, 10:55 am

I don't believe in them or any other form of afterlife at all.

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15 Nov 2010, 9:58 pm

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I don't believe in an afterlife or "ghosts" however.. I did witness something I cannot explain:
At one point we were living on a property with 2 houses on it, many many years ago the front house was a corner store (now no longer a corner there or store) my oldest daughter and my wife's little sister are the same age, (long story) around 7 or 8 at the time and they were playing in the front house. suddenly my wife's little sister froze.. and was looking around wide eyed... when we got there, she was the same way and we asked her what was wrong.. she described the interior of the store to down to the finest detail, where the shelves were, what was on them, where the cash register was and the people in the store...and describing the now antique coke machine next to the door (none of which was there anymore) she had no way of knowing that it had even been a store... but she insisted she could see everything and was puzzled why we didn't.. The next day she was back to normal.. and didn't mention it unless asked, then she would be matter of fact about it but didn't see it anymore

in countries like india, with a routine and common belief in reincarnation, there are many similar anecdotes. i believe your wife's little sister had a fugue state in which she temporarily dropped back into a previous existence.

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15 Nov 2010, 11:41 pm

Stone_Man wrote:

I occasionally hear the Ghost Hiker. I'll be leisurely walking along a hiking trail ... desert or mountains, doesn't matter ... when suddenly I'll plainly hear footsteps behind me. I whirl around, but there's never anyone there. I'm not the only one who's heard him ... other people have told me they hear him, too, which says to me it's not just a simple hallucination or whatever.

I've heard the footsteps too, as well as all kind of explanations for what could be causing them. I don't really believe in ghosts, but something makes those footsteps. Too many people have heard them for them not to be real.

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16 Nov 2010, 2:07 am

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Do the footsteps continue when you stop walking?

There's this church by my house, and every time I walk past this certain part of it, my own footsteps echo off the building or something in just the right way, so that it sounds exactly like someone else is sneaking up behind me. It was really creepy until I figured it out. Still creeps me out sometimes when I'm not thinking about it.

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16 Nov 2010, 7:47 am

auntblabby wrote:

Omnicognic wrote:

I don't believe in an afterlife or "ghosts" however.. I did witness something I cannot explain:
At one point we were living on a property with 2 houses on it, many many years ago the front house was a corner store (now no longer a corner there or store) my oldest daughter and my wife's little sister are the same age, (long story) around 7 or 8 at the time and they were playing in the front house. suddenly my wife's little sister froze.. and was looking around wide eyed... when we got there, she was the same way and we asked her what was wrong.. she described the interior of the store to down to the finest detail, where the shelves were, what was on them, where the cash register was and the people in the store...and describing the now antique coke machine next to the door (none of which was there anymore) she had no way of knowing that it had even been a store... but she insisted she could see everything and was puzzled why we didn't.. The next day she was back to normal.. and didn't mention it unless asked, then she would be matter of fact about it but didn't see it anymore

I have a theory that like sounds and smells dogs can detect but humans cannot, some people are able to pick up on echoes in time.. attached to a place.. I think I heard the term imprinting at some point for this. It might explain the "ghost footsteps" as well, but I admit that this isn't an area I have done a lot of research about..

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16 Nov 2010, 12:45 pm

SabbraCadabra wrote:

Stone_Man wrote:

No they don't continue, but I'm nearly 100% certain it's not an echo, for the simple reason that it happens in places where there's nothing to echo off of, like out in the open desert. Plus, I don't hear "echoes" from any other sounds. And finally, it doesn't always happen in the same place every time. I might hear it on a certain section of trail one time, but not the next.

As I say, all the possible "logical" explanations that I can think of for this phenomenon just don't pan out. So I don't know what the hell it is.

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I have a theory that like sounds and smells dogs can detect but humans cannot, some people are able to pick up on echoes in time.. attached to a place.

Yeah, it makes sense that some people's senses are at the extremes of the usual range, and they're able to perceive things that 99% of us cannot. Perhaps that's the case here, somehow. My hearing isn't especially sensitive, though, so I wouldn't think that would apply. But I guess you never know.

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16 Nov 2010, 12:53 pm

Kaybee wrote:

I believe in KyleTheGhost.

So do I!

I also believe in ghosts in general. I think my parents do too, but they prefer to call them "spirits" for some reason.

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16 Nov 2010, 12:56 pm

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Kaybee wrote:

I believe in KyleTheGhost.

So do I!

I also believe in ghosts in general. I think my parents do too, but they prefer to call them "spirits" for some reason.

Aww, thank you, Alex!

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17 Nov 2010, 12:03 am

Omnicognic wrote:

in days of olde, such a subtly attuned individuals were commonly known as "sensitives."

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17 Nov 2010, 4:48 pm

Stone_Man wrote:

No they don't continue, but I'm nearly 100% certain it's not an echo, for the simple reason that it happens in places where there's nothing to echo off of, like out in the open desert.

Yeah, I don't know, the place I mentioned doesn't seem like anything should echo either, but I stopped and stepped backwards a few paces, then forwards again, and it came right back again.

But I just walked past there about three nights ago and didn't hear anything. Maybe there are other things that factor into it, like air pressure or something. But it is a very creepy sort of echo, like not the kind you usually hear...and I don't recall it ever doing that when I was younger.

Not that I don't believe in ghosts, mind you, but I try to think through things logically when possible.

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17 Nov 2010, 7:54 pm

richardbenson wrote:

Celebrity ghost stories are on! And yes, i've had experiances with ghosts but not in awile
not wanting to sound any more crazy than I already do on here i wont share my story

awwww... it's okay Richard, we're all crazy.

I definitely believe in ghosts/spirits/energy and I can sense when something is around me, I hear things and feel things before I see them in anyway.

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17 Nov 2010, 10:31 pm

Ok whilst suffering from post traumatic stress and still going through traumatic experiences and coming off of anti-psychotics.

I would get sleep deprivation illusions of things made out of some stuff that looked a bit like grey/black barbed wire.
Animals, people etc.. moving towards me and around me, passing through me.
on one occasion the 'people' where marching up out of the ground.
(only happened in near darkness).
Now this is the freaky bit,
They felt like death.
At first I was a bit 'scared' or 'trimmed' to say the least,
But I went back out and watched and braced myself as I saw the illusion of the apparition of the fear of death walk up to me and surround me and pass through me with a cold chill.

I don't believe in Ghosts at all, but it was still a bit bracing. But as I don't believe in them, I could enjoy the 'rush' of a 'realer than real life' horror show. And also when you get things like that it's quite important to do the 'opposite' of the kind of emotional or otherwise instinct they induce. (otherwise you end up with psychosis or what have you, because you re-enforce them)

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18 Nov 2010, 12:28 am

When thinking of super-natural existence the first thing I think of is does it defy reality and physics? It's natural for some people to want and believe in the existence of lingering spirits. However no physical evidence really suggests it's possible.. To understand and perceive reality in the human form, you haveto be human or of higher intelligence.. I don't see how that can transcend from nothing. However, being human I do believe that theirs things we can't comprehend nor understand - we live with our senses but what's beyond that ? Do the electrons in our universe that sporadically appear actually do intertwine through different dimensions, or are they really created from nothing? Perhaps they're created through means we haven't discovered .. I don't dismiss that spirits of the deceased seize from all existence, but can it be in-tuned with any descendants of earth ? It's a thought.. because in the beginning, we where all one.

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18 Nov 2010, 1:34 am

I love to watch movies that have ghosts in them and there are many different ones to choose from. I've also seen a ghost of a Pearly King sitting on my parents sofa, when I was still living with them.

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18 Nov 2010, 3:20 am

I believe in spirits...I'm a very logical and rational person and this is the only part of me that isn't firmly based in evidence and proof....the reason being I feel like I am a 'sensitive'.

I believe that 'ghosts' 'spirits', phantom voices and feelings are actually interactions that happen on intertwining dimensions that happen in certain spots or randomly. For example, a lot of so called haunted places have claims of phantom voices, smells and vibes...those could very well be imprints of previous generations or a place where by some miracle time and dimensions warp and overlap and sound, smell and vibes go between these different planes of existence. im not quite sure how to explain this theory but its what I think happens

My mother told me that as a kid I claimed to see 'green people' walking around, they were just silhouettes, no specific faces or details but green people. I have no idea what that means and can't even remember it but my mom has told me a few times in the past about stuff like that.

One time when I was home alone around when I was 12 -14 range I saw a spirit, person or angel thing wearing shawls/a robe going up the stairs of my house to the second floor. it wasnt fluidly walking or moving like a person, rather floating up...but this i admit could have been a hallucination...though i dont know what could have caused it beacuse I do not visually halluciate (I mean i do sometimes think i see something out of the corner of my eye but everyone has that), I didnt do drugs then (even now I only smoke pot and dont hallucinate). I also wasnt under stress or anything.

Sometimes I feel the 'vibe' of a place. its like the fung shuei (idk how to spell it) of the atmosphere of places and they are generally of these vibes- happy, sad and empty, devoid of any overly good or bad vibe but naturally beautiful and untouched by humankind, or outright malevolent and creepy. I know that I'm not just getting creeped out by dark places or places that have been programmed into our minds as being creepy like hospitals or alleyways....sometimes in well lit places with people I still feel 'creepy' vibes like somethings not right. other times I feel a 'happy vibe' in places where there are no other people or nothing there at all ..like I am picking up on vibes of people that were there maybe in the past ex- maybe there was a village there 1000 years ago or something .

Also I have weird weird dreams randomly. A few months ago I was having a dream that I cant remember but right before I woke up I remember that I felt like I was flying really fast from somewhere and was 'sucked' back into my physical body the moments before I woke up. It was like how a genie gets sucked back into his lamp. Another time I had the exact sensation but right before I woke up, I saw myself standing at the foot of my bed pointing at me (I was in bed) with a angry look on my face....that really really REALLY creeped me out.

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