[getz]

Originally Posted by the_syco

Yes, but only as images like a photo, and not something that interacts with you.

i understand just where you are coming from,but in my case i have had both,in my case of south wicklow i believe my sightings of two young girls [who i found out later from the family had gone missing]was residual energy,but my guide [old victorian lady] is not

[Calibos]

My level of belief in the supernatural was re-affirmed when I came down the stairs one night to the kitchen to get a drink. Through the window in the back door I saw the floating ghostly form of Jesus Christ or a spirit that looked like the traditional white blue eyed bearded man depiction of Jesus.

This apparition just confirmed what I already knew.

[Miles81]

Are you sure you didn't see it AFTER you got the drink

[Miles81]

I'm just kidding. I also believe there are more things between heaven and earth

[Calibos]

Forgot about this post and while not a bite I guess I got a nibble.

This apparition did indeed confirm what I already knew......

That the brain is an amazing organ but that it regularily gets things wrong and that even the most convincing visions are in all likelyhood....ahem...brainfarts.


If I was a believer in the supernatural and then saw this apparition, my likely reaction would have been fear and then I would have imediately ran off to tell someone. Mine would have become one of those countless anecdotes that you hear. ie. "I have a friend who said he saw a spirit and he is a straight up guy, he wouldn't lie about something like that, I have no reason not to believe his sincerity" etc etc. (I am a straight up guy and I wouldn't lie about something like this)

The difference is that I am not a believer and I know the illusions the brain is capable off. My first reaction was not fear and the wish to run straight off to tell someone. My reaction was WTF and immediate curiosity. ie. I know I am not really seeing what it looks like I am seeing.

I stopped dead in my tracks and studied this vision of a bearded robed man in the back yard out through the window in the back door. I knew this was likely an instance of the brain taking some visual clues in the murky light and jumping to the wrong conclusion and filling in the gaps incorrrectly when 'drawing' what it guessed I was seeing on my visual cortex. This type of thing has an evolutionary basis. In the dim light around the Plieostecene campfire and the eye/brain detects a shape moving in the bushes nearby, its better for the brain (and its transport mechanism - Your Body!) to be safe than sorry and draw a sabretooth tiger on the visual cortex and make you jump, than guess its just an interplay of light and shadow with a branch of the bush. Better to make you jump by mistake 9 times out of 10 than not make you jump that 1 time it really is a sabretooth tiger.

I knew this was one of those instances. I studied the apparition for a few moments and then it clicked what it was and the apparition collapsed. It was something like the reflection of the towel on the chair beside me in the window of the back door superimposed over something hanging on the gate out in the yard. ONce I knew what it was I was able to make the apparition re-appear and disappear at will. Think of it like that popular illusion of the candlestick and the to faces looking at each other. One can switch their brain from percieving the candlestick or two faces and switch between the perception of them at will.

I smiled and went back to bed. Like I said, what if I was a believer and didn't pause to study the vision and immediately ran off and told the story with complete sincerity to others. This would be just another one of those supernatural anecdotes

[Anky2930]

See I don't have any practical experience but I believe in ghosts because I have heard a lot of stories from the words of mouth of people.

[Reoil]

Originally Posted by rusty_racer94

I do believe in them, especially since I heard loud bangs on the bathroom door when I was in the shower and NO one was home.

So a "spirit" has free roam of the entire earth, but it decides to fcuk with you, by knocking on your door when you're in the shower?

Now just take a moment to think about that...

[dead one]

Yesterday, I saw something sitting between the wall and the toilet... It must be my imagination..

[polly78]

I can't believe this thread is made up of humans. If you believe in ghosts you have to be delusional which means your mental health is questionable.

If your "sightings were so real", more people than you would have seen them.......'my friend who was with me' doesn't count!

I despair for people who are taken in with this sh*t.

I would not want to sleep in a graveyard any more than I'd want to sleep anywhere under only the night sky alone. This is because, in the dark when I can't see, my wee imagination runs riot and scares me because of all the horror films and stories I've heard, I inc scooby doo cartoons in that fear.

How you can come out of it in the sunshine and still believe it is beyond me; but seemingly you do........

IMO you have mind problems.

[rgmmg]

Originally Posted by richymcdermott

i once walked into this room then all of a sudden the door slams closed and i ended upstairs

Sounds like a lift or "elevator" as the Yanks call it

[rgmmg]

I did a ouija board in a mate's house once during which his dog, normally very placid, went absolutely mental, cowering under tables, yelping and dying to get out of the room we were in. Very odd!!!

[Daledge]

This is a very interesting thread! I myself I am undecided on the subject, I don't know know what to believe. :/

[Blue Bitch]

I don't believe in ghosts. I think it is an irrational belief arising from ignorance and fear

[sirfpaisa]

yeah I believe in ghost like stuff . Ive seen alot of strange stuff over the years.

[Directioner]

im not sure, i used to be dead set on it then i wasnt unsure but now i think maybe. Theres way too many stories and everything for there to NOT be something like? if they didnt exist there'd be a few people ranting about it but loads and loads of people talk about it so there has to be something out there