Do you believe in ghosts?

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

...or spirits from the netherworld...or at least that some kind of "energy" exists that we can't explain? Ever seen a ghost...heard anything go bump in the night? Ever felt a presence that you couldn't explain? Afraid of the dark, old empty houses, graveyards or being home alone?

Anyone got any ghost stories?

I believe there is something out there that exists between this life and the next "place" we go when we die. I don't know what it is...whether ghosts are real or just in our minds.

I do know that my wife and I were married in an old museum that is said to be haunted and there is a place on our wedding video that you can clearly hear footsteps on the stairs leading into the room we were married in. No one heard any footsteps during the ceremony though...and they're too loud to have been missed. We thought it may have been the photographer...but there are pictures taken at the moment of the footsteps that are in a totally different place. Not to mention everyone was seated and no one left or entered in the middle of the ceremony. We all could have seen them if they had.

I know that my wife, kids and I have all heard footsteps in our hallway and the pages of a newspaper being turned out in our living room early in the morning on various occasions. I know too that my youngest daughter hollered out to my wife and I after she went to bed one night and asked which one of us just walked past her room. We were both sitting in the living room watching tv at the time and neither of us had gotten up or walked anywhere. My daughter is absolutely positive one of us walked by her room and into our room though. I even had to get up and go search to convince her that no one was in there. The good thing is she wassn't even scared. I also know that once we took the nameplate of the former owners off of our front door, these things seem to have all but stopped.

Here's a pretty cool story someone sent me with a pic on the next post...

> On November 19, 1995, Wem Town Hall in Shropshire, England burned to the
ground. Many spectators gathered to watch the old building, built in 1905,
as it was being consumed by the flames. Tony O'Rahilly, a local resident,
was one of those onlookers and took photos of the spectacle with a 200mm
telephoto lens from across the street. One of those photos shows what looks
like a small, partially transparent girl standing in the doorway. Nether
O'Rahilly nor any of the other onlookers or firefighters recalled seeing the
girl there.
>
> O'Rahilly submitted the photo to the Association for the Scientific Study
of Anomalous Phenomena which, in turn, presented it for analysis to Dr.
Vernon Harrison, a photographic expert and former president of the Royal
Photographic Society. Harrison carefully examined both the print and the
original negative, and concluded that it was genuine. "The negative is a
straightforward piece of black-and-white work and shows no sign of having
been tampered with," Harrison said.
>
> But who is the little girl? Wem, a quiet market town in northern
Shropshire, had been ravaged by fire in the past. In 1677, historical
records note, a fire destroyed many of the town's old timber houses. A young
girl named Jane Churm, the legends say, accidentally set fire to a thatched
roof with a candle. Many believed her ghost haunted the area and had been
seen on a few other occasions
>

[Iowanian]

Fear Not!

I have battled the beast and I now Claim Victory over Gremlin the Brown.

A mighty battle ensued.......growling, biting, scowling, pushing and shoving.......roars and noises of unknown origin pierced the afternoon sky.

There was a mighty thrashing and splashing my Friends. The Seas and the Great Fish boiled the water in Anger this day.

Another win for the sacred Bowl of purification.........and Gremlin the Brown(as i've named him) has been Exorcised to the Pickle Pond of Eternity.

[yunghungwell]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

there is some kind of fog, and a new aroma is overpowering the room........

I think I smell a ghost. It smells a bit like burnt hair and aqua velva.

You reall shouldn't do that to your "down there", Dr. I.

[Iowanian]

Sorry Hungwell...........I just wanted to put a new spin on my Halloween costume...........A Hawaiian Fire spitter like you've never seen.

I'm going to win that bag of mini-Snickers and a $3 coupon at the Dairy Sweet for best costum, costs be damned.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by ChiefFripp

...asks the man with the 5,000 post count. Some nights I do have alot of time on my hands, but then your wife calls.

take a joke well...?

[Iowanian]

Delt..............NEVER doubt, the Keyboard of Doom.

[Abba-Dabba]

No.

HTF can I believe in ghosts when I'm a atheist?

As Geto Boys would say, "Minds playin tricks on you".

[cadmonkey]

Originally Posted by ChiefFripp

I don't believe in ghost but I'm not closeminded to the possibility. I do however believe in drunks, people with overactive imaginations, attention seekers, LSD users and people who can't explain things using everyday circumstances so they look to the 'unknown'.
Want to try something really freaky? Next time you are alone at night, turn out every light in your house, go into the bathroom and light a candle and close the door. Stare into the mirror for 10 minutes or so. This is a cheap thrill no doubt but when your eyes are getting adjusted to the light you'll see your face super-imposed upon itself and the room being reflected in the mirror will really look like it's another room altogether. It kind of looks like a spirit(evil in my case) looking back at you from a chamber in hell(or somewhere similar).

You can also turn all the lights off and say "Candyman" times. You won't catch me doing it, dumb movie scared the sh*t out of me.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by Saggysack

No.

HTF can I believe in ghosts when I'm a atheist?

As Geto Boys would say, "Minds playin tricks on you".

Why does the existance of ghosts or spirits of the dead have to have anything to do with God? Can't they just be another realm of existence beyond the one we know? Energy left over by a life cut short or a life not finished?

How do you explain sounds on my wedding video or a girl in a picture that isn't there when everyone can see or hear it? Is everyone's mind playing the same trick on them at the same time...?

[POPpystar]

Originally Posted by ChiefFripp

...asks the man with the 5,000 post count. Some nights I do have alot of time on my hands, but then your wife calls.

gee... I guess I don't remember those phone calls????? Must not be worth remembering.

[POPpystar]

Originally Posted by ENDelt260

You were probably drunk.

Thanks ENDelt...... I could never hold a candle to you.

[POPpystar]

Originally Posted by ENDelt260

My drunken phone calls bring joy and happiness to women across the land.

I am sure in your drunken world... the woman enjoy your calls.....

[bloomer88]

Originally Posted by CosmicPal

If none of you believe me- go to the airport some night yourself...you'll know then.

So, is this Airport deserted now? Can anyone get into it? If so, where excatly are the most haunted parts of it?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by POPpystar

gee... I guess I don't remember those phone calls????? Must not be worth remembering.

You're beer me's wife? If so, I hope you don't remember all of those pms I sent you, either.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by bloomer88

So, is this Airport deserted now? Can anyone get into it? If so, where excatly are the most haunted parts of it?

Offhand, my first guess about the most haunted part of any airport would be (insert spooky music, flashlight shining upward into face, and deep voice here) the terminal.

[Dartgod]

I'll be checking this place out on my visit to San Diego this January...

http://www.whaleyhouse.org/haunted.htm
http://gothere.com/sandiego/Ghosts/Whaley/default.htm

During the daytime!!

Supposedly the most haunted house in the USA. It's also listed by the U.S. Department of Commerce as an authentic haunted house. We'll be staying in Old Town, very close by! So is this cemetary...

http://gothere.com/sandiego/Ghosts/E...to/default.htm