General Chat

My Husband and I had a few stange experiences when we lived in Devon. We rented a Bungalow - not particularly old, it must have been built in the 60's/70's and still had psychedelic wall paper in the kitchen! The previous owners had moved into a home and the Bungalow sold and then rented to us. I started to think that something in the kitchen kept moving - but thought it must be me knocking it. Then I was chatting to a friend about it and my Husband overheard and got very cross - turned out he'd been having some weird experiences! I had noticed that he'd been getting up in the night, but just thought he needed the loo? Apparently he kept waking up to the sound of doors shutting and at first thought we had Burglars - he would go and investigate but no one was ever there! Our bedroom was very cold - despite a huge radiator and only a glass door - but we always got really hot in bed, we only had a knackered old bed settee (the pull out bed kind) with a really flimsy mattress, we should have been quite cool in there as we could often see our breath! When we got our little Retriever puppy (Bonnie) she wouldn't go out into the hall - used to sit at the door and whinge until we picked her up and carried her to another room - she did eventually get over this, but would sit and stare or bark at nothing - particularly freaky when you're there on your own. Certain areas of the Bungalow were uncomfortable and it felt like you were being watched in those areas. The garden was one of them and my Husband heard a scream in his ear out there one day - no immediate neighbours! I have to say that I was glad to leave that place - it was also very unlucky. Where we live now is fine - great vibes. Kaye x

Went to a barbecue yesterday, in my next-door neighbour's house. His son is a doctor and he was recounting that people 'in extremis' often halucinated. I was reminded of when I had a heart attack in 1997 and was rushed to hospital in the early hours of the morning. In casualty I was vaguely aware several people clustered around, the doctor, a couple of nurses, my wife, Mary, also a soldier in WW2 army battle dress, complete with tin hat who I seemed to know. I was wishing they would all leave me alone and go away when I distinctly heard the soldier say 'He's a tough old sod - he'll be ok'. Len

About 25 years ago, the club I belong to bought an old hall to hold functions. After we had purchased it, I was with the executive who gave it 'the once over'. We were walking up the stairs to the second floor, when the most horrible, frightening feeling came over me. Needless to say I did not make it all the way up the stairs. Another member looked into the history of the building. Apparently it was an old fire hall, and one of the firemen had hung himself there. Deb

Thinking of this, after logging off last night, I was reminded of something that happened about 25 years ago, We (Mary and I and our two bairns) were staying with friends in Winterbourne Abbas in Dorset and the four of us had gone for a walk taking with us Julie, our friend's daughter, who was probably about 5. As we walked along a lane, Julie stopped and looking into a field waved as if she saw someone. We asked who she was waving to and she said 'The old lady in the window'. There was nothing in the field that we could see. Later in the evening, we recounted this to our hosts and they said 'oh yes, she always does that. We just humour her and pretend we see the lady too. Funny thing is there used to be a house there but it was demolished long before Julie was born' Julie now has a family of her own and remembers nothing of this. len

The last house we lived in was a big old Victorian one. When we moved in the milkman took great delight in telling us that the front living room was haunted by the ghost of a maid that used to work there - but apparently it only used to go after men! And my husband did have an 'experience' in that room. But the room I couldn't go in was the back bedroom on the first floor. I can't really explain it, but it was like the room was watching you. This was also our guest room so if anybody was coming to stay I used to make my hubby come in the room with me while I made the bed up! lol We had lots of strange goings on in that house and it had once been owned by the Diocese of York! Jeanette x

My mother used to see a ghost in a very old house - old gentleman, smart dresser. He liked her - she used to chat to him and not be bothered but some people who came to the house he hated and moved things around to freak them out. I have also had that experience with the cat - my cat is always watching something in my house (doesn't worry me cause it seems to be an ok thing) but freaks me when she sits there and stares over my shoulder at something that I can't see.

Well, I don't know about you, Wendy, but I was so spooked just reading this thread, I had to move beds in the middle of the night and did'nt sleep a wink! Hope you did better...XXBC

Lynn pmsl spooked us out we checked with a spiritual society and apparently there had been other sightings in that spot on M6. Dx

dave, LOL. did you report it? leaving the scene of an accident is a crimal offence. tut! tut! you could of been charged with, causing secondary death by undue care and attention LOL lynnxx

buttercup - have you got indegestion again ! thats the purple pills ! pmsl, sue.

....yes thank you Len....thats me sitting up all night.....BC

er thanks for that folks ! i am sit in my very old house, alone ! lol. BUT- i have 2 dogs- and no sign ever in the 6 years i have lived here , of anything ! but in my house before this, no dogs, but 2 cats, one of the cats used to 'watch' something go from one door in the house to another door ! then spit and do that awfull howling noise tom cats do- used to scare me to death ! in a really old house now- and thankfully, nothing !!! sue.

Ive not been afraid since I saw a ghost.We was driving through the night on the M6 near Stafford on the unlit bit.When a man in dark clothing came from the central reservation into the beam of my headlights.I braked hard but to late and hit and passed through the apparition.The hairs on my arms and on my neck stood up, and my wife asked me why I had braked so hard was it the man in the road? We both knew then that we had seen a ghost. Davex

Thanks Len - I'm guaranteed to get a good night's sleep now!!

Bendy I've been shot at, involved in motor crashes, laid out dead bodies, had punch-ups and been in all manner of scrapes in my short life. I know what fear is and my usual reaction to it; I am ok and competent at the time but tend to get the shakes after, which lasts about 20 minutes. I once went into an old, empty house and was having a look around when suddenly felt scared witless and felt my hackles rise. I can honestly say that I have never been so scared in my life and may have wet myself - and I was about 34 at the time. I knew there was something else in the room with me and that it was absolutely evil. I am not at all religious but 'crossed' myself instinctively and ran for it. I was recounting this to a friend, sometime later, who was well informed about such things, and was told that 'crossing' myself was probably what gave me breathing space and saved my bacon. Had I not gained a few vital seconds, he said, I would probably have been found dead later, of a brain haemorrhage or cardiac arrest, or completely off my head - and I wouldn't have been the first Len ps You may go to bed now.. .

I would never make fun of any one who thinks they have a ghost as I have feelings and had weird things happen like someone talk to me and as I said last week my 6yr old felt some one pull his hand that was only thing that scared him as he has told me he heard some one come up stairs when no one there and some one climb in to his bed but after putting a thread on I took the advise and asked him not to frighten my 6yr old anymore, and my son has slept all night in his own bed.

Wendy....I think I would have a heart attack if anything similar happened to me... would scrabble for me rosary beads! lol BC

Well, my big sis has a nasty spirit in her house, i was not a believer until i babysat and SAW it for myself! weve had a medium in and she says it's very nasty.. we have burned joss sticks, prayed and stuff but it's still there! It sometimes turns the gas cooker on in the night and my sis wakes to the smell of gas, very scary! My mum had it pulling her out of bed, my neice has had it pulling her out of bed and i saw 'it' (a long light thing) float across the room right infront of me! I had one in my house not so long ago that actually left marks on my daughters arm, but it 'left' the night my uncle died, my daughter said the shiney man had scared it away! xx sleep well everyone! xxx lol

we have l;ived in our house for 20 yrs there is a ghost at top of stairs its a female ive seen her lots of times all four of our children know about her to. it doesnt bother them she comes down stairs at night walks past living room door and along hallway to kitchen dont know where she goes from there , she doesnt bother anyone, some of our friends get spooked when we tell them, but we like her its quite interesting because i would like to know who she is and what happened to her,

Ganging up Len? I have to say this one didn't feel like the harmless one I've sensed there before - this was a nasty beggar. It really did shake me - it normally takes a lot to do that.