Anyone here ever seen a ghost? Or something strange like that?

PoorOldPo · 05-06-2012, 01:58 AM

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I don't believe in ghosts or anything like that even though I'd love to, but I do believe in Cryptids. The only ones I've personally witnessed are animals existing far outside the ranges they're supposed to be in. When I was in NE Missouri people at the bar would occasionally show off photos of cougars caught on those motion-activated hunting cams you set up in the woods. That and I'd run into the remains of large deer that were, in the middle of the forest, not during hunting season, that were just.... mutilated. Dunno what could have done that.

I've had other encounters that don't quite qualify as cryptids, but are strange none the less; black widows, huge Brown Recluse spiders (as in, I'd step on it, and the legs would be coming out either side of my boots!), huge ****ing snakes (i swear, approaching five feet), and various random genetic mutations like albino pheasants.

Thats actually pretty cool.

I'll put it this way, I am willing to accept that we can not explain everything about how things work, what goes on in this world and outside of this world. We never will. I think the word " ghost " is a word that makes the proposed topic sound a little childish. I think the " supernatural " is something that we just don't know about necessarily, something outside the realms of our understanding. All I know is, the stuff I saw with my sister was real... We were not hallucinating.

Mojo · 05-06-2012, 03:26 AM

How would you know that you weren't hallucinating?

PoorOldPo · 05-06-2012, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

How would you know that you weren't hallucinating?

My little sister was pushed 3 feet forward and bruised on her shoulder, and nothing or no one was behind her. Her phone fell out of her pocket and she thought it was me initally, screaming my name until she looked back and realised no one was behind her. She was in the garage at night feeding out dog, her back to the side entrance of the garage which leads out onto an old courtyard that is beside our house. I was in the shed in the same courtyard when I heard her scream, when I ran out I saw her picking up her phone and asking me why I pushed her. Eventually she realised it wasn't me, she said it felt like someone had hit her with their open palm on her right shoulder.

When we told our mother she told us that a few hours before that she as putting clothes in the laundry machine ( which is in the same room our dog was fed in ) and our old riding saddle went flying off the wall, despite the fact it was hooked on )

When I was 4 I saw a woman in a blue and white gown in that courtyard. It was also at night time and I was also fedding a dog we had at the time, i threw the dog an old boiled potato and i saw a woman standing in front of me looking at the dog, I ran back inside and told my parents, they still remember that night as well. My mother and father aren't really supersticious but even they know something weird happened that night. I remember going into school the next day and telling the teacher and the class and she made fun of me in front of everyone and told me ghosts weren't real.

I am not going to use the word ghost, but those two events happened. I can vouch for that, one is firmly engrained visually in my head and the other I remember because of how unexplainable it was and the fact was sister was pushed so violently out of nowhere.

FETCHER. · 05-06-2012, 05:51 AM

:O I think there's ghosts in my house but I've never had anything more than a feeling that someone is there and the occasional item goes missing and then when you finish looking for it (remote control say) it's right next to you.

There's definitely ghosts in my work, there's part of the building that's a massive hall and stage behind the stage is so creepy but I think I freaked myself out, I thought I seen someone in the mens changing and shower area, I got unbelievably scared and sprinted out from behind the stage (it was night time lol) I ran down the hall that the stage was in and to the left of me there's a little office with a glass window, I seen my own reflection and literally freaked the **** out

and ran all the way back down to reception, I have literally never ran so fast in my whole entire life on my run from the top end of the building to the bottom I threw myself down about 8 stairs in fear of getting captured

I do believe in ghosts and the like. I think. I've never really seen anything that I'd consider to be supernatural. I feel like I've felt someones presence loads of times and nobody beside me is in the room/house.

Conor · 05-06-2012, 10:51 AM

Nope...

Paedantic Basterd · 05-06-2012, 10:56 AM

I always thought it would be neat if being susceptible to "psychic" experiences were like any other talent. If you've ever asked an artist "how do you do that", you'll know they can't really explain it, especially to someone who can't draw. I think it would be interesting if "psychic ability" were an attribute like perfect pitch.

CanwllCorfe · 05-06-2012, 11:02 AM

Derren Brown did an interview with Richard Dawkins and talks about that. Very interesting stuff!

Freebase Dali · 05-06-2012, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

Thats actually pretty cool.

I'll put it this way, I am willing to accept that we can not explain everything about how things work, what goes on in this world and outside of this world. We never will. I think the word " ghost " is a word that makes the proposed topic sound a little childish. I think the " supernatural " is something that we just don't know about necessarily, something outside the realms of our understanding. All I know is, the stuff I saw with my sister was real... We were not hallucinating.

I'm assuming you put quotations around "supernatural" for the same reason I would. My problem with a lot of people is that they tend to believe that unexplained occurrences are "supernatural" by default. It's basically fabricating a basis for belief out of the lack of a rational explanation. I think the Ancient Aliens meme sums up the fallacy best: "I don't know, therefore aliens." It could easily say the same thing with; "I don't know, therefore ghosts", or "I don't know, therefore supernatural".

Another issue I see is that people have a tendency to label something as unexplained (or not able to be explained) when they have not exhausted all possible options, and probably are not in a position to do so effectively. And, of course, the last option a reasonable person wants to consider is that their own minds and emotions are playing tricks on them. I'm not saying that's the case for you and your family, but I would bet my life that it's the case for a majority of the supernatural-supporting community.

I would wager that if everyone who has experienced something they could not explain had their own personal scientists, neuro scientists, psychologists, and camera crew to help them come to a decision regarding matters such as these, a very large majority of those people would find a lot more reasonable explanations than they would have come to on their own.
But since that's not a reality for most people, they are left to their own analysis, and unfortunately, most people find that to be the most credible of all for some reason.

Conor · 05-06-2012, 05:24 PM

I think it's a difficult topic to talk about, many people talk and share experiences of un-natural occurances i.e. ghosts and alians. Some are damn right insane and the more settle stories are most effective.

Let me expand that... Some people go way over the top with there dramatic stories saying if flew things across the room and chucked them out the bed like in paranormal activity movies but those more believable like posted on here are more so.

That's my opinion.

crash_override · 05-10-2012, 11:56 AM

While I don't have any specific sightings to report. I do believe in the phenomenon of the paranormal. I think a lot of people take it too far and end up in wacko-ville, but to rule it out completely is just as foolish as saying a ghost makes you breakfast every morning.

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CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	Derren Brown did an interview with Richard Dawkins and talks about that. Very interesting stuff! __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

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Conor All For The Music! Join Date: May 2012 Location: Plymouth, England. Posts: 68	I think it's a difficult topic to talk about, many people talk and share experiences of un-natural occurances i.e. ghosts and alians. Some are damn right insane and the more settle stories are most effective. Let me expand that... Some people go way over the top with there dramatic stories saying if flew things across the room and chucked them out the bed like in paranormal activity movies but those more believable like posted on here are more so. That's my opinion. __________________ My Last.fm Profile My Tumblr Profile

05-06-2012, 10:56 AM	#36 (permalink)
Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	I always thought it would be neat if being susceptible to "psychic" experiences were like any other talent. If you've ever asked an artist "how do you do that", you'll know they can't really explain it, especially to someone who can't draw. I think it would be interesting if "psychic ability" were an attribute like perfect pitch.