Ghost Stories and the Supernatural...?
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i think asian ghost stories are the freakiest out there.\ni've just read this japanese one and it gave me chills like no other:\n\nThis took place in the old days when the houses in Japan still used paper sheets for walls and doors. A young business man was traveling through town after a day of hard work. He though he could make it back home but it got dark before he knew it. He didn't want to waste time going back to the town for shelter and thought perhaps he could find a house down the road. Lucky for him, he saw a glimmer of light a little ways off the road and decided to try asking for shelter there. He came upon this little hut and knowcked on the door. An old man came out and asked if he could be of any help. "Would you be so kind to let me stay tonight? I will pay you for a room."\n\n"Nonsense! I'll be happy to let you stay. I don't many visitors out here. Come on in!" Te old man said. He gave the young man food and told him he could have the spare room. While walking to his appointed room, the young man noticed another room right next to his. Saying thanks to the kind old man, the young man went into his room. After he blew out the candle to go to sleep, the young man heard a soft melodic sound from the next room. It sounded like someone singing. Being curious, he crawled to the wall, wet his finger, and poked a little hole in the wall (remember the wall was made of rice paper). He peeked into the hole and saw the most beautiful woman dancing and singing, her long black hair covered one side of her face. He looked away from the wall and thought to himself, why didn't the old man introduce them? He decided to look back into the hole but all he saw was a red glow and nothing else. Maybe he was dreaming, he thought, and decided to go back to bed.\n\nThe next morning, the young man was waken up to eat breakfast. While they were both seated, the young man asked his host who was the beautiful woman in the room next to his last night. The old man was shocked. "There's no one there. That was my daughter's room until she died. She was born with a disfigurement and could never find a suitor to marry her, so she ended her life in that room."\n\n"What was the disfigurement?"\n\n"She was born with one red eye."\n\nShe was staring at him with her red eye through the peep hole when he was trying to look at her a second time! The young man decided not to reveal his story. He left as soon as he was done eating and thanked the old man once again for giving him shelter.
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Okay, here's at least some of my ghost stories.  I just got permission from other people in my family to tell these stories.\n\nAs I have stated in other answers.  I have seen ghosts, mostly when I was a little girl.  I lived in a farmhouse that had been past down from generation to generation for approximately 145 years.  \n\nI didn't know this when I was a little girl (my aunt, the family historian told me this when I was about 17-18 years old), but an ancestor had violently died in our house, and of course many deaths had occured since then. In true Germanic tradition, everytime someone died in the family, a wake would be held in the living room of the deceased, or until recently, when funeral homes became more abundent.  In homes like ours, the coffin was either placed in a corner, feet facing the center of the room or sometimes in the middle of the room, but slightly off center.\n\nWell, every Christmas, our family would decorate a Christmas tree in the living room.  If the Christmas tree was placed in a corner, without fail, the tree would fall over.  It didn't matter if it was placed in different tree stands, or how the tree was cut and placed in the stand, down it would go.  I don't believe the tree tipped over because the floor was uneven either or motion caused by walking.  The foundation under that part of the house is pretty stable, considering.  It got so bad that we had to tie the tree itself to the windows!\n\nThis account isn't too scary.  If you want really scary read on.\n\nI always had a forboding feeling everytime I went into the living room.  It felt as if an unfriendly presence was there.  In that same living room my mom placed a long rectangular coffee table, practically in the center but just slightly off (she didn't know about the wakes held in the house until much later).  Whenever the coffee table was placed somewhere else in the room, the sense of uneasiness would increase.  And I would never, ever under any circumstances, cross the spot where the coffee table was before. If for some reason I absolutely had to cross or step over it, I got the tugging feeling pulling me down.  It wasn't a physical tug, so it's kind of hard to explain.  Let's just say...it was unpleasant.  I also heard knocking noises on the coffee table and endtables that were in the corners.\n\nIt gets scarier.\n\nWe had two very reliable, steady watch dogs in our house.  One of them would I honestly believe would give her life for the family, but she wasn't particularly vicious or anything.  She would stand in the corner of the dining room (adjacent to the living room, conected by huge french doors) and growl.  It wasn't a normal dog growl either.  Every piece of fur on her body would stand up, her ears would be back and teeth bared.  We would literally have to drag her away from the corner when she did this.\n\nIt gets worse.\n\nOur kitchen is connected to the dining room.  The kitchen itself seemed to be void of any negativity.  But things really got scary one night.  This time, I was alone in the house, something I didn't like.  The room right next to the kitchen is a sort of mud room, my parents hung their barn clothes there.  Well anyway, I was walking out of the kitchen into the dining room, when I felt something behind me (I don't know how to explain it any better but a presence behind my head and neck area).  I turned around quickly, saw my dog standing and facing the wall and window the mud room and kitchen shared, snarling and growling as described above.  Only this time I saw a black figure (that's the best way I can discribe it) cross the window.  The figure had to have been at least six feet tall because I couldn't see the top of it.  As I said before, no one was in the house!  Of course this freaked me out, but I still refused to tell my parents because even at that young age I thought they would think me crazy (which I found out later, wouldn't have been
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Yeppers. We have a little boy ghost. He's cooled down alot though. He used to run up and down our stairs and the hallway.\n\nAnd my mom had a dream and there was this little boy outside her window and she opened the window and took out the screen and was grabin his arm to help him in and his arm got all streatchy and when he got in her room his face got blurred and then my bro Eli called bc he said he just had this feeling that he had to call her. (He always does that when shes havin a bad dream) And then after that we heard running up and down the hallway and stairs. \n\nI'm afrade of the dark now because my brother closed my door and then i started hearing footsteps coming toward my bed and he was in his room. And i screamed and he came running into my room and i told him what happened. And now i sleep with my door open and the hallway light on.\n\nAnd we think we have a few other ghosts in our house.
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Ghosts and spirits exist.  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  The Holy Spirit is one.  Angels and demons are others.  There are reports, within the Church, of spirits and ghosts that are true (at least validated by the Church).  We call these miraculous apparitions.\nIf you are in touch with them, cool.  Use your gift for good.\nAnd no, you are not crazy.
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I work at a place that is supposed to be haunted. The Ghost Hunters team actually came to it and investigated. They actually did all that stuff you see on T.V. So their "real" in that sense. They really do set up equipment, snoop around, record stuff, etc. They even found some evidence of paranormal activity at my work place. Cool. Yes, their real. And what they filmed there was on the show too. We all kinda tripped out, ya know? It was fun. :-)
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yes, definitely.  I have had 2 that stand out in my mind.  \n\n1.  I grew up in a so called haunted house, but it was not scary.  I was about 14 years old and was lying in bed.  It was nighttime and I was lying in semi darkness.  I suddenly saw a shadow like figure float up my doorway, to the wall, and to the ceiling. I had no idea what this was and hid under the blankets.  The next day, I watched the show 20-20 when there was an episode about how ghosts show themselves as shadows..I had no idea that was true...until then..\n2.  My great grandmother had died and about 5 months after this, my infant daughter's room instantly smelled of Chanel 5 perfume.  Since I never wear perfume because my allergies cant take it, and she wore this, I suddenly thought of her.... then almost 5 seconds later, it disappeared.\n3.  The haunted house I grew up in, things regularly fell off shelves, tv and stereos came on in the middle of the night,  heard footsteps on the stairs, heard my name being called when no one was home, and other things happened quite a bit.
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wow that is some story.  but i dont believe in spirits ( ghosts ). i think those are imaginary and in your head. now about that guy who slept in the room after there was a murder in there, i cant explain that. he might believe in ghosts and maybe had it in his head that there was something wrong. \nbut i dont believe in ghosts and these stories that people tell about ghosts and spirits are like made up stories from their heads or minds i should say.\ni am a christian and i dont believe that after someone dies that it could be possible for their spirit to stay on earth and haunt others. i believe that either your spirit goes to Heaven or Hell and your body stay on earth.\ni do believe in Angels. we all have a gaurdian angel that is always around us.\ni really dont know what to say about your story. i think it sounds freaky in someway and also made up. not by you, but maybe by the guy who slept in that bed after the murder.\nwho knows.
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I know you may not want to believe it, but there are evil spirits that can take posession of people. I have seen it. And I would encourage you not to be too confident about your opinions on this. There is more out there than you may have encountered, but that doesn't mean they don't exist.
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I refer to the "ghosts" as Spirits, first of all.\nAbout 14 years ago, my family moved into a newly renovated duplex.  It was just perfect for us, and we were planning on staying for a long time.  One evening I was napping upstairs when for no apparent reason the bedroom door closed.  Slowly and quietly.  In hind-sight, I think the Spirit was trying not to disturb me, but to shut out the noise from down stairs.  On several occasions my Wife and I have seen a little boy, (Spirit), playing hide-and-go-seek. He would invite us to play by darting in and out from behind furniture and smiling at us, as to say "come on and play, it's fun!"  He was about 7 years old with blond hair, dressed in a tee-shirt and blue jeans.  We had to move suddenly due to a death in the family to care for a house that was left to us.\nI will never forget the little boy.  He will be in my heart forever.  I just hope he finds someone else to play with...\nThere was an evil Spirit in the house also.  This was a man that demanded respect with his presents.  We didn't speak of him at home, we waited to discuss the sightings of him while we were away because we didn't want to get him mad at us.  We are a peaceful family and didn't want to get on the wrong side of him.\nI'm glad you ask this question.  Thank you!
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Well, I have had ghosts in my house - so yeah I do believe you - and seriously, I thought I was losing my mind about the whole thing cause I tried not to believe it myself...  Anyway, its kinda retarded, but like they used to keep me up all night at times until well, I got married - I think my wife scared the ghosts away - no no in all seriousness, from all the research I have done, I have found that the supernatural like quiet secluded places and they dont go to places where there is a lot of people around - I dont know what your situation is though, do you live alone? Contact me if you need more advice:\ntungi@yahoo.com
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I have never "met" a ghost but I know I have "experienced" one. My mother inlaw died and I was at a babyshower of a woman she knew well.  After most the guest left, the four remaining women were sitting at a table when a box of detergent flew off the laundry shelf onto the floor....powder went everywhere.  All the women were standing in the kitchen while the hostess cleaned up the powder and when we returned to the living room their were footprints on the carpet!  Nobody had left the kitchen and there weren't any other people in the home at the time....We all knew at once who had come to the party.
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I am somewhat biased on the subject because I am a paranormal investigator. Actually I am reviewing an investigation tape as I type this. I always had a curiosity about ghosts, like most people do. But instead of passing it off as the typical scary stories about things that go bump in the night and the like I delved a little deeper into the subject. And what I have found is amazing! There are all different classifications of ghosts, including the most common type of haunting which is called residual, your typical repeat event. I don't try to prove anything to anyone except myself, and could perhaps be why I have such great results. I do however have a website with some of my findings. Which I have listed below. My answer to your question Yes I believe in them, I needed to know, and I have the evidence. But I respect those of you that don't believe.
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Ghosts and hauntings are a fact.  People everywhere experience this type of phenomena.\n\nBUT it is yet undetermined what ghosts are.  I personally think it is unlikely that its the souls of deceased people.\n\nI think it is more likely that ghosts and hauntings are caused by an energy imprint, environmental factors, psychological experiences, or some combination therein.\n\nI guess my point is that people do have experiences they attribute to ghosts, but we can't yet determine what causes those experiences to occur.\n\nWith all that said - I can't even say that ghosts aren't the souls of deceased people.  But the whole idea seems a little illogical to me.\n\nJaime\n(please note these are my views and not the views of everyone in my group)
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My understanding is that you are asking if other people out there are having paranormal experiences. So you're having unexplained things happening to you? My friend at work had a problem with some mild poltergeist activity in her home. But it did stop when she moved house. Its a fascinating subject. At times it gets even the best of skeptics flummoxed. I even know of another person who have problems with electrical items, computers, etc. She is a medium/clairvoyant/healer and its not much fun for her when things go faulty when she's using elecrics. Don't have to believe me, but I do see it happening.
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Yep, Ive seen a few. I dont believe in ghost though. I believe that once  a person is dead there dead. Thier spirit either goes to heaven or hell and stays there. So i believe that when we see \n"Ghost" its a Demon. I Believe they portay themselves as ppl we know or whatever.  Ive seen alot of them in my house, My friends houses, and a church. I was in a normal state of mind. The scariest "encounter" was when i was about 13 i was at my friends house and we was laying on her bed with our heads hanging of the edge, when we heard a scrapping noise, we jumped up and looked at where the noise was coming from and there was her stuffed animal hanging from the top of the wall, and then it fell. It was wierd. We didnt see an actual qhost but something was there. And one  night 2 years ago i was staying at my best friends house and there house was empty cause they were moving the next day. Well we slept in the living room that night and ALL night Doors kept opening and slamming shut. Then lights were going off and on. and you could hear footsteps in the kitchen. but you couldnt see anything anywhere. It was so scary. We've also seen a male looking ghost there that goes by the name of John John.  SCARY!!!
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pray.....exorcist........move.......call ghosts busters!!!!
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i belive in spirits not ghost, ghost are something some people consider made up to scare (as in booooooooo in the middle of the night or in a grave yard).  i consider spirits as the spirits of the dead and just that not something to scare.