Nevadans?

[SunnyDawn]

I used to not believe in hauntings either... til we moved into a house that was haunted. The kids first told me that there were strange things going on but I just teased them about it, saying it was just the woman that died there saying "hello". I was seriously just kidding then the neighbors asked me if we had noticed anything strange going on and I told her the kid's imaginations were over reacting and about me teasing them about it. Wellll... turns out a lady did die there in the up-stair's bathtub (where most of the odd stuff kept happening) and every person that moved into the house after that had had huge problems and the house was considered cursed.

The neighbors say she was killed but the police ruled it a suicide. The husband was having an affair and he moved his girlfriend in 2 weeks after his wife died. The people that found her said it was a bloodbath in that bathroom! I still didn't believe anything serious was going on though until the kids moved out. All the sudden stuff was happening that I used to blame on the kids but now there was no one left at home to blame it on! Including chairs being sat in and moved, the shower curtain being yanked down (you have to know how tightly that thing was screwed in to know why this totally freaked me out), The TV and radio turning on out of the blue and one day the channels kept changing on me!

I am no longer a skeptic. What happened happened and all the poo pooing in the world couldn't change it. I don't believe the ghost ever meant us any harm however and still don't believe the house is cursed. I never felt scared for our safety or anything like that. I just felt like someone wanted us to know they were still there.

Never dealt with anything like that before or since. Just as happy to have left it behind though. lol

 

[RulerOfTheSkies]

Ooooh scary

(I believe in ghosts)

 

[RulerOfTheSkies]

Sunny why are you up in the middle of the night? I could ask myself the same question...

 

[HighNDryFarm]

Our commercial building has ghosts. They're actually quite the pranksters! Here's a photo of an orb I accidentally caught when I took a picture of a display I had just done. I zoomed in on the orb and found this....

 

[SunnyDawn]

Aubrey we LOVE Halloween too! The scarier the decorations the better!!! haha Love to read stories about how our European ancestors would go out on all Hallow's Eve to pay their respects to their dearly departed and because they were such a superstitious bunch they would wear disguises to hide their identities from evil spirits.

I also love the traditions of Dia De Los Muertos. A holiday in Mexico and parts of the U.S. where folks honor their loved ones (and others) that have died. Instead of fearing death they embrace it and see it as part of the circle of life. I just love reading about the different ways folks celebrate this very old holiday (it is usually celebrated over 2-30 days and not just 1 day). It is a lovely tradition left over from the Aztecs before Spain conquered Mexico.

This is a pic of a cemetery decorated for the holiday. I wish we honored our dead like they do.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Sunny why are you up in the middle of the night? I could ask myself the same question...

Oh we just got home a little bit ago from a trip to the Bay Area to see the kids and Grand kids etc. Still trying to get stuff done so we can get to bed.

Our commercial building has ghosts. They're actually quite the pranksters! Here's a photo of an orb I accidentally caught when I took a picture of a display I had just done. I zoomed in on the orb and found this....

Very cool!

 

[wolftracks]

Since I believe and have since I was a little girl there are differences in visits. It probably is your dad. They like electronics and things like lights and music. Enery doesn't go away, but it can transform. I've seen a lot over the years, but actually doubted things even after there were things going on that had no explaination, after Bill died. Even after he played a song out of the blue for my one night. Sonny and Steve know what I'm talking about. Came right when I needed it and was just weird and right on cue. Chances are if the house is sold, your dad will move on where he's needed. They stay with us to watch over us. Maybe there's not much they can do to help, but they're there. Doesn't mean anyone is out to get you or hurt you or even watches you get dressed. LOL Try telling him where your mom is. He may not know and be wondering whats going on. If you want to make sure it's your dad, just ask. Tell him what you want him to do to prove it's him and watch to see if it happens. Nothing to far out there, just a sign. When I had my license and thinking of getting one again, if we heard a house was haunted, it had to be disclosed. Proof or not, it was in there that it had to be mentioned if it happened in the state of California. New York I think is the same and not sure what they rules are in other states. So, if there's no evil, dangerous things going on, just assume they are being done by your dad and that he will move when it's sold. Oh and tell him that the house is being sold, so he doesn't stick around afterwards.

Bill does things here, but not as often as I would like unless I don't notice. But the night I met up with Sunny and Steve and the things that were happening when that song started afterwards, I felt so relived to that he was around. I think all this stuff is cool, but I'm weird like that.

 

[Peep_Show]

Funny that you mentioned the energy. All this happened at his desk in the master suite. And, the next day, there was not a live battery ANYWHERE in the upstairs even though I had just put a new set in my camera for taking inventory and had charged up my phone. Even the TV remote was inert. I think he was having a power suck! (Dad always was one for excesses, but it was usually gin not wattage) And, no, I wasn't scared. It didn't seem malicious....more like a prank. I just found the timing and date of it all kind of odd....3:03 am on the 13th.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Aubrey we LOVE Halloween too! The scarier the decorations the better!!! haha Love to read stories about how our European ancestors would go out on all Hallow's Eve to pay their respects to their dearly departed and because they were such a superstitious bunch they would wear disguises to hide their identities from evil spirits.

I also love the traditions of Dia De Los Muertos. A holiday in Mexico and parts of the U.S. where folks honor their loved ones (and others) that have died. Instead of fearing death they embrace it and see it as part of the circle of life. I just love reading about the different ways folks celebrate this very old holiday (it is usually celebrated over 2-30 days and not just 1 day). It is a lovely tradition left over from the Aztecs before Spain conquered Mexico.

This is a pic of a cemetery decorated for the holiday. I wish we honored our dead like they do.

I love this post. Dia De Los Muertos and other cultures ways of celebrating their dead are amazing. I remember going to my first funeral in high school and being prepared for sorrow and sadness, but ended up with more tears from laughing than being upset. It was all because moreso than mourning, we were celebrating and remembering the fun and happy times this man brought to our lives. Thats why i love dia de los muertos, they have their way of thinking about death right on the mark. Someday I hope people will visit me wherever i may end up buried and laugh about all the stupid things i did in my life, LOL.

Peep, love the story. I have had my fair share of funny things happen in my life so far. I love to hear the more warming stories, i do. But it is the truly terrifying ones that really suck me in too, hahaha.
What I really love about halloween isnt so much about the spooky and the scary (because really, every day of my life is halloween, haha) its mostly the fun times with friends, pumpkin patches, parties where you get to dress up and everyone else around you looks just as silly. I really do love all holidays. I love thanksgiving, christmas, halloween, and duh, my birthday. I just find a certain significance in knowing that we still are a society as long as we, for the most part, are doing all this stuff at the same time. Even if we arent doing it together, or even enjoying it, were getting in the spirit of SOMETHING, even if its just for one day

 

[americanvalkyrie]

I think Halloween is my favorite holiday for the same reason. Just plain fun. Without excuses. Be as silly as you want. And I love Dia de los Muertos, and wish we did something more like it. Why is it so taboo in America to think of the dead, to associate our loved ones with the graves they're actually buried in, or even the skeletons that their bodies become after the soul has passed on? So many other cultures don't have this taboo, and I feel it would help us move on more if we didn't shy away from it so much. JMHO

Does anyone need any straw? I just delivered 6 straw bales for a friend who needs them for a Halloween party this weekend, and she says I can have them after she's done. I don't know if it's this weekend or after Halloween, but either way... I don't need 6. They would probably mildew before I used them all up. 2 for me, 4 to give away? Let me know.