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
>

[Eleazar]

No, but I believe in underpants gnomes.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

the little girl in the fire....

[cadmonkey]

I believe in ghosts. A lot have weird sh*t has happened that really can only be explained by ghosts. Not stuff floating through the air or anything but weird sh*t.

I caught my dog barking at nothing one night, but he was following something across the room. Kinda strange.

[crispystl]

wow that picture fuggin freaks me out

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by cadmonkey

I believe in ghosts. A lot have weird sh*t has happened that really can only be explained by ghosts. Not stuff floating through the air or anything but weird sh*t.

I caught my dog barking at nothing one night, but he was following something across the room. Kinda strange.

maybe your dog is just stupid....?

[Iowanian]

hungwell........tell em about your boogy man.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by crispystl420

wow that picture fuggin freaks me out

Even more than my avy?

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by beer me

maybe your dog is just stupid....?

I was thinking the thing may have been chasing a small bug, but that could also explain it.

[CosmicPal]

Yes....

I didn't before. But after working at Johnson County Ind-ustrial Airport years ago- I've come to experience on more than one occasion.

I've talked about it before here on the Planet.

[Iowanian]

I'll tell my boogy man story.(may have been told here before)

A few years ago I lived in a rental house. I'm not prone to be a spooky dude or anything.........but I just always had the eeby Jeebies.....especially in the basement doing laundry....every single time I went down.

I lived alone.......sometimes I'd come home and the house would smell like someone had been smoking or something similar........sometimes in the mornings....all the cabinet doors open, sometimes a drawer or two out. Several times I'd think I saw a shadow or something move.....while watching TV at night.

One night, while watching TV in my Fruit o da looms, I see a shadow move, and feel a BLAM! Slap to the back of the head.......there were 3 bats circling the room. no big deal. (other than the bite on my palm a few weeks later)

The Boogy man.
One night.....I woke up to the sound of a loud noise in my room.........sounded like if someone took a paper and plastic grocery bags and rattled adn crumpled them furiously over your head. I sat up, saw this huge Black/dark "figure" by my bed.............I woke up Angry anyway and I litterally Yelled to "get the Fug outta here" or something like that.........and I heard an immediate BLAM! silence.

the next morning as I left for work, I noticed windows in my attic were blown OUT. Glass in big chunks scatterd several feet(like the length of the house)..........no a single shard of glass on either inside.....and None left in the frame.


never noticed anything after that..............but did notice alot of antiques in the attic(landlords daughter's) including old Tin print photos and Civil war era pics.....some haunting images in their own right.










BOO!

[ROYC75]

Ghost ? Naw, but how about the Dead Walking ? No kidding ....You ought to see Bob Dole in person .

[crispystl]

Originally Posted by beer me

Even more than my avy?

that dancing barney is the scariest thing

[crispystl]

wow cosmic that is some scary shit how the hell did you sleep at night? Did you move to another place?

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Originally Posted by Iowanian

I'll tell my boogy man story.(may have been told here before)

A few years ago I lived in a rental house. I'm not prone to be a spooky dude or anything.........but I just always had the eeby Jeebies.....especially in the basement doing laundry....every single time I went down.

I lived alone.......sometimes I'd come home and the house would smell like someone had been smoking or something similar........sometimes in the mornings....all the cabinet doors open, sometimes a drawer or two out. Several times I'd think I saw a shadow or something move.....while watching TV at night.

One night, while watching TV in my Fruit o da looms, I see a shadow move, and feel a BLAM! Slap to the back of the head.......there were 3 bats circling the room. no big deal. (other than the bite on my palm a few weeks later)

The Boogy man.
One night.....I woke up to the sound of a loud noise in my room.........sounded like if someone took a paper and plastic grocery bags and rattled adn crumpled them furiously over your head. I sat up, saw this huge Black/dark "figure" by my bed.............I woke up Angry anyway and I litterally Yelled to "get the Fug outta here" or something like that.........and I heard an immediate BLAM! silence.

the next morning as I left for work, I noticed windows in my attic were blown OUT. Glass in big chunks scatterd several feet(like the length of the house)..........no a single shard of glass on either inside.....and None left in the frame.


never noticed anything after that..............but did notice alot of antiques in the attic(landlords daughter's) including old Tin print photos and Civil war era pics.....some haunting images in their own right.










BOO!

Damn! That's a good one!