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I asked this in another thread, but it kind of got swallowed up by the whole tarot thing. So I thought I'd ask in here.

Anybody ever seen a ghost? Or a UFO? Or something else they can't explain?

I haven't ever seen anything unexplainable. My father claims to have seen a UFO, my mother says she's seen ghosts, as have my wife. My wife states that my daughter, who's 3 saw a ghost when she was a baby (!). But not me, I'm afraid.

sure have, I had a girl in a long white dress walk through my house once. I've only seen her once but am pretty sure of what it was.

I don't think so. However, I once had an experience that was the most frightening event of my life to date. It was a few years ago but I can remember it vividly to this day...

It was late at night and I was asleep in bed. Suddenly, I felt - and I mean really felt - a pressure or weight on my chest. It was as if a small child was sat on my chest and the weight was uncomfortable to say the least; it was almost as if I was suffocating. As if that wasn't bad enough, I was also almost completely paralysed. I can remember being able to move my eyes (although I could not open them), but that was it. The next thing to happen was even more terrifying, if that is possible. I heard a voice speaking directly into my ear; a male voice, very low, guttural and - this is the best way I can describe it - demonic. It sounded like the devil himself was whispering into my ear. I couldn't make out what was being said; it sounded like a series of mutterings that made no sense.

At this point, I was truly, bloody terrified. I was trying so hard to move, even just a finger, but couldn't move a muscle in my body. I was fighting to get this thing, whatever it was, off my chest. But it wasn't having any of it. And all the time this devil-thing was whispering at me, as if the mouth was right next to my ear.

I don't remember how long it lasted or how I managed to snap out of it, but eventually I did. I was drenched in sweat and my heart was going so fast I thought it was going to burst. It was easily the most horrific and terrifying experience I have ever had and I would not wish it on anyone.

The next morning, I Googled it and discovered I had most probably suffered from an episode of sleep paralysis. The sense of fear was so acute; I really cannot find the words to describe how truly scary it was, but anyone who has had sleep paralysis before will no doubt understand what I mean. Until you experience it for yourself, I don't think it's possible to really understand how very terrifying this is. Sleep paralysis is a fascinating thing and I did some reading up on it which did help to settle my nerves a bit. At the time, though, I was 100% convinced I was victim to some malevolent spirit.

One thing I remember from reading up on sleep paralysis is that it tends to occur if you sleep on your back a lot, which, back then, I did. Not anymore. It affected me so badly that I no longer sleep on my back. I have had one attack of sleep paralysis since but it was nowhere near as bad as I felt it coming and managed to force myself awake and sitting up in bed in order to shake it off. But it was very difficult to do and I was still in a sweat afterwards.

My friend Carolina lives above a Pub and her family run it. Me, her and a friend all stayed over the first night of them owning it, and helped clean up the cellar. There was a painting on the wall of some old looking man (renaissance[sic] style) which was quite frankly, hideous. We took it down, left it on the floor and retreated up to bed, locking the door behind us!

When we came down the next morning, the painting was correctly hung, and it was a big painting, one man would find it difficult to do, and the only other person in the Pub over night was Carolina's mum!

Soon after, Carolina jokingly told her Dad, who claimed the previous owners had admited to him, that on several times, when the painting was upstairs in the main bar area, he had seen the man in the paintings ghost, thus out of confusion/fear/paranoia, moved it into the cellar!

Spoooky eh?

I have seen lights and objects in the sky that are unexplainable.

My father has seen more of them, and closer to Earth, when he was younger and further north as a child.

My grandmother was visited by the spirit of her grandmother.

My aunt has had quite a few encounters with spirits. I made a recording once of her talking about her experiences, they are quite chilling. I was only able to convince her to recount them once.

Why don't people ever see ghosts in the clear light of day, when things cant play tricks with their eyes.

Why don't people ever see ghosts in the clear light of day, when things cant play tricks with their eyes.

Possibly because of the translucent general appearance of a ghost would not be visible in bright light?

Wild Card wrote:
Possibly because of the translucent general appearance of a ghost would not be visible in bright light?

We have a winner!

Mediums claim to see dead folk all the time, day or night. Lesser mortals like ourselves need dark - generally.

Wild Card wrote:


Possibly because of the translucent general appearance of a ghost would not be visible in bright light?

We have a winner!

Sarcy git? Or did I really win a £1000,000?

Wild Card wrote:
Sarcy git? Or did I really win a £1000,000?

I was just pleased that the answer was obvious to you. Saves me having to do all the work!

For about three years my ex, her kids and I lived in what is listed as the most haunted private residence in the State of Ohio. We saw and experienced tons of strange and typically fun phenomena, only a couple of "make the skin crawl" type of encounters. The homestead having been deeded for services rendered in the was of 1812.

In the late 1960s the state expanded the highway just outside the front part of the property and thus, had to move the cemetery located just north of the house (still on the property) many of those buried therein, victims of the massive Collera epidemic... most of them treated by the states first female physician.

Though it was never proved it was theorized that the home was as stay-over during the old Underground Railway era. What we do know is that a very large black male slave was lynched and hung in one of the large Ironwood trees just behind the barn... I'll not go into details but let's just say that our dogs wouldn't give us a nights sleep until we moved the kennel up from that area and closer to the house... they also avoided certain parts of the barnyard.

So Yes... I would say that I've seen "things" and technically, most would probably call what I've witnessed "a ghost". Not just in the case of this home but in other scenarios as well, including the original church meeting house associated with the Grand Ole Opre in Nashville and the HMS Queen Mary... but then, there have been those that had ghostly visitors while working in the Magic Castle's Seance room... for real

But what about our other senses. People also only seem to claim they 'feel' the presence of a ghost or hear footsteps when it is dark. Or perhaps we just come to other conclusions about the draft and the creeky floorboards when its light.

Unfortunately I have never seen a ghost. However, when I look in a mirror I never see a reflection...

never seen a dam thing....