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

Above · 05-30-2012, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by stp

Yeah I've experienced a similar sort of thing when under extreme stress. Rather disturbing but definitely a projection of inner turmoil rather than anything supernatural.

Yeah, that was my theory. It was a real trip that some people would pay good money for, but scary. It's been a week since my last episode and I doubt I'll get anymore though. I was severely depressed at the time.

The Batlord · 05-30-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Cru Hoor

That'd freak me out too. I can't even imagine having to walk past a load of woods in the dark stoned. Imagine having the balls to walk through the trees deep into the wood in the middle of the night on your own, haha.

I used to smoke with a friend that lived right across the street from me, but their was like, I don't know, a hundred feet of woods between our houses. Sometimes, when we came back after smoking up, he'd drop me off at his house and I'd walk back through the woods. Normally this wasn't a problem, but at night I'd be paranoid about spiders. Especially after I walked into a giant ****ing spider web and had about five minutes of panicked thrashing about trying to make sure there wasn't a spider on me and all the webs were gone. God, that was a big ****ing web.

CanwllCorfe · 05-31-2012, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

Good point and something I've thought about myself. Most civilized places have seen a fair share of death, although some more than others, and you'd think places like Rwanda f.ex where tragedies have occurred in relatively recent times would be teeming with ghosts.

As as you also write, it is strange how a ghost may haunt the house or the barn, but not the outdoors between them and not the surrounding fields. Are ghosts strictly an indoors phenomenon?

No. Tombstone and Gettysburg are both supposedly haunted. One of the more well known ghost photos was actually taken outside at Tombstone (the man who's sort of coming out of the ground in the background supposedly wasn't there when the picture was taken).

I also know there's a lot of talk about the island of Poveglia, and the island of Alcatraz (not just inside the jail, but also around the ruins and such).

And in response to Freebase, I also hate that. I don't understand why anyone would go to a cemetery and expect to see a ghost. If you think ghosts are spirits, why would they want to stick around where they're buried? I've visited cemeteries at night many o' time, but just for the creepy atmosphere. I definitely didn't expect to have any ghostly encounters. On the contrary, I have heard about ordinary houses being haunted. I guess they're just not as interesting as old hospitals and sanitariums. "I saw a shadow walk into the kitchen as I was eating a piece of toast" isn't nearly as exciting as a "black figure in the corner of the morgue". I imagine many people in those situations just accept whatever it is and don't call in "ghost investigators" or the local news or what have you.

On a somewhat related note, on my recent trip to Florida, we visited this insanely creepy house by this golf club... place. They showed it to me a couple years ago and I swear I've never been so creeped out by a house before. They all figured it would have to be haunted, but for me it was just insanely eerie. I couldn't even look at it. Everything around it is built up, but it just got took over by vines and grass and so on. It's also set back from the road and it's surrounded by trees, so doesn't that help anything. I had my friend Tony take pictures with my camera, since there was no way I was leaving the car. He got back just in time too, since a cop drove by really slow JUST as we were leaving.

The Batlord · 06-04-2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Alright, in every picture I've ever taken, or seen taken, the person who's picture is being taken is centered in the picture. This is just sorta how you take a picture of someone, and yet this picture isn't centered on the guy whose picture is being taken. Looks a little fishy to me.

PoorOldPo · 06-04-2012, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

No. Tombstone and Gettysburg are both supposedly haunted. One of the more well known ghost photos was actually taken outside at Tombstone (the man who's sort of coming out of the ground in the background supposedly wasn't there when the picture was taken).

I also know there's a lot of talk about the island of Poveglia, and the island of Alcatraz (not just inside the jail, but also around the ruins and such).

And in response to Freebase, I also hate that. I don't understand why anyone would go to a cemetery and expect to see a ghost. If you think ghosts are spirits, why would they want to stick around where they're buried? I've visited cemeteries at night many o' time, but just for the creepy atmosphere. I definitely didn't expect to have any ghostly encounters. On the contrary, I have heard about ordinary houses being haunted. I guess they're just not as interesting as old hospitals and sanitariums. "I saw a shadow walk into the kitchen as I was eating a piece of toast" isn't nearly as exciting as a "black figure in the corner of the morgue". I imagine many people in those situations just accept whatever it is and don't call in "ghost investigators" or the local news or what have you.

On a somewhat related note, on my recent trip to Florida, we visited this insanely creepy house by this golf club... place. They showed it to me a couple years ago and I swear I've never been so creeped out by a house before. They all figured it would have to be haunted, but for me it was just insanely eerie. I couldn't even look at it. Everything around it is built up, but it just got took over by vines and grass and so on. It's also set back from the road and it's surrounded by trees, so doesn't that help anything. I had my friend Tony take pictures with my camera, since there was no way I was leaving the car. He got back just in time too, since a cop drove by really slow JUST as we were leaving.

This one was taken in 1891, pretty freaky.

Guybrush · 06-04-2012, 10:46 AM

^In the 1800s (and today for that matter), I'm sure such pictures were easily created by very long exposure times and people not staying still until the picture was done. The guy probably sat in the chair for a few seconds and then fled the scene.

I don't wanna be rude, but there is such an amazing abundance of fake photographs and people trying to trick other people that anyone's first assumption when confronted with pictures like that should be "that's fake". Even if you can't know for sure, you're more likely to be right by assuming it's fake and less likely to be fooled.

PoorOldPo · 06-04-2012, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

^In the 1800s (and today for that matter), I'm sure such pictures were easily created by very long exposure times and people not staying still until the picture was done. The guy probably sat in the chair for a few seconds and then fled the scene.

I don't wanna be rude, but there is such an amazing abundance of fake photographs and people trying to trick other people that anyone's first assumption when confronted with pictures like that should be "that's fake". Even if you can't know for sure, you're more likely to be right by assuming it's fake and less likely to be fooled.

Oh I am very sceptical about all those photographs, but I still find the photograph creepy.

CanwllCorfe · 06-04-2012, 12:04 PM

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Oh I am very sceptical about all those photographs, but I still find the photograph creepy.

I am as well. I enjoy looking at them, but I don't assume they're real. The ones that always creeped me out the most were these two:

Guybrush · 06-04-2012, 12:27 PM

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I am as well. I enjoy looking at them, but I don't assume they're real. The ones that always creeped me out the most were these two:

Hehe, these are a bit interesting as I can't see any ghosts in them. There are two people in the car in the first and a kid coming out a door in the second. The kid's got creepy eyes, but you can tell from the shadow of the railing that it's flash photography which sometimes does that to eyes so that's not so weird.

CanwllCorfe · 06-04-2012, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

Hehe, these are a bit interesting as I can't see any ghosts in them. There are two people in the car in the first and a kid coming out a door in the second. The kid's got creepy eyes, but you can tell from the shadow of the railing that it's flash photography which sometimes does that to eyes so that's not so weird.

Yeah they're sort of relics. I remember finding them back when I first got internet. That second one is definitely fake (not implying that the first one is real) because it was taken at Amityville, which obviously was just a story. Not sure why it still persists as being real. The first one freaked me out because of her eyes, but I didn't realize that it was just the reflection off of her glasses. I thought they were just really weird looking. Not sure if that's the case in the bottom one too, or he's just a spawn of Satan.

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	^In the 1800s (and today for that matter), I'm sure such pictures were easily created by very long exposure times and people not staying still until the picture was done. The guy probably sat in the chair for a few seconds and then fled the scene. I don't wanna be rude, but there is such an amazing abundance of fake photographs and people trying to trick other people that anyone's first assumption when confronted with pictures like that should be "that's fake". Even if you can't know for sure, you're more likely to be right by assuming it's fake and less likely to be fooled. __________________ Something Completely Different