Do You Believe in Ghosts?

[MagsC]

My grandmas house (now owned my an aunt and uncle) is in the middle of a very old woods. It's a lovely, warm place to be when the rest of the family is there but eerie when you are by yourself. I always tried to avoid that. Mostly things I saw there would fall into the "ghost" category I guess.

Except a couple. My grandma was from an Irish family and still put out milk/food for the "faeries".
I wont hikejack the thread on that but you can probably imagine where that story goes.
After I left Minnesota at the age of 18, I lived in an old funeral home in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

[Wynette]

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Ditto.

 

[Gonzo]

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Wow! theres no way I could live in an old funeral home! You are so brave!

 

[OccamsTazer]

Well, my natural skepticism makes me look hard at any ghost story, but I've had some experiences and heard accounts from people I trust that definitely make me wonder.
I also believe that some apparent hauntings are just energy left over from an intense experience.

Ever read about shadow men or shadow people? They're heavily documented as far as paranormal stuff goes. Just the name scares the Bejeesus out of me.

When I need a good scare, I read the personal accounts on the TAPS (the Atlantic Paranormal Society) forum. Some of it is nuts, but some of it is very alarming and inexplicable.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

My Grandfather use to get up an have a snack about 3 AM every night. For several weeks after he died we saw a shadow about the same time go threw the house, open the fridge then close it an go back threw the house. Lots of people saw it. My grandmother finally had a preacher come anoint the house. After that it stopped...

 

[MagsC]

We had gone to a cousins graduation and got to their house early for the reception. While waiting, we saw someone moving around in one of the upstairs bedrooms and heard talking from inside the house.
When everyone else got there, it turned out there was NO ONE else at home.
This is the same place my son was staying alone while the rest of the family went into town. He said the windows upstairs started opening and closing. He went out the door and was confused because everything looked blurry/wavery. The second he walked onto the road off the driveway, it was clear again. He didnt go back to the house until everyone was home.
Two more stories about this place.(I sometimes think either the family attracts haunts or haunts attract the family?

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On the property where an old farmhouse used to be a little girl was sucked down a storm drain and her body was never found.
Another time two cousins were in the bathroom when they saw a red light in the mirror, it kept getting larger. They didnt stay around the find out what it was....

 

[pardenx3]

I beieve in SOMETHING, just not sure what it is. But there is some sort of "afterlife " type energy.

 

[Gonzo]

Yeah, Taps are pretty believable, I hate that one British show on the travel channel, someones always getting possesed, and Oh! The orbs! Give me a break! Did you see the episode of taps at the lighthouse in Florida? Creepy!

 

[MagsC]

Well gonzo, it was the funeral home or the streets.

And since I had lived with the weird my whole life it didnt seem like such a stretch.
PS TAPS is great!! I cant remember where GH will be on tonights show.

 

[Bluemoon420]

I know one of the TAPS folks. ( from RI ) My daughter does also. They are good people, and definitly someone I'd trust. The folks on travel channel you're talking about crack me up. I call them the bleepers because every other word is bleeped out.

Bluemoon