Ghosts - What are your experiences?

Loughc · 09-07-2014 1:29pm

Effects wrote: »

Have ghosts learned to use the internet or do they just keep flickering lights and that? And if ghosts can use the internet is it limited to ones that died when the internet was around or can ghosts who dies from the 80s back upskill and learn to use the web to communicate with us?

That would be one way to explain dodgy internet history I suppose!

PrettyRad · 10-08-2014 12:47pm

I made an account just to share my experiences! Let me start off by saying, I've always be pretty sceptical, even as a small child my parents had to work v hard to get me to believe in Santa or the tooth fairy. I had always gad the same attitude towards "ghosts" until last October, when I experienced my first unexplained happening. Since then, my mum says I've been plagued by ghosts, but I don't think that's the right word-they've all been harmless!

Anyway, my first experience. From October 30 to November 4 last year, I stayed in Kraków, Poland with my school. Our hotel was located in a beautiful old building. Upon arrival, I immediately felt uneasy, which I thought odd-I travel with the school a lot, from Killarney to Bayonne to Munich, and had never felt uncomfortable being awayfrom home. On the first night, I heard rather a lot of movement coming from the bathroom/wardrobe area but assumed it was one of the girls I was sharing with and went back to sleep. On the second (Halloween night, might I add) I heard a lot more clearly audible shuffling, as if someone was pacing slowly. I once again assumed it was a roomate but when I looked over to their beds, they were sound asleep. I got up and opened the wardrobe-nothing. I checked the bathroom-nothing. But when I got back into bed, a man was suddenly standing by the door. He was kind of flickering? I can't describe it, as if he was only half there? And he was all in very muted colours, wearing pale blue pyjama bottoms and a white t-shirt. He stared for a very short time and then just faded away.

I can share my other experiences if you guys want, sorry for the long post!

Kettleson · 10-08-2014 5:00pm

@Prettyrad.

Very interesting. Can you give the name of the hotel? Or have you checked to see if such incidents have happened there before?

I'm presuming that this hasn't happened to you before (ie: prior to October) ? Was any of the group playing with a Ouija board on the trip? Or similar?

PrettyRad · 11-08-2014 3:45pm

Kettleson wrote: »

@Prettyrad.

Very interesting. Can you give the name of the hotel? Or have you checked to see if such incidents have happened there before?

I'm presuming that this hasn't happened to you before (ie: prior to October) ? Was any of the group playing with a Ouija board on the trip? Or similar?

Hi! Yep, the hotel was Hotel Royal by the Castle in Krakow centre. I'm not too sure if anybody messed about with a ouija board, I'd like to think I'd know, because there were only 11 of us and two teachers, but the students were split into a triple room and 4 doubles, so I can't really know!

I've searched around but can't find much of a reason for a spirit to be there, other than if somebody called them through with ouija... I sure hope it wasn't my imagination, it's the experience that 'opened my eyes' to the paranormal!

PrettyRad · 11-08-2014 3:48pm

PrettyRad wrote: »

Hi! Yep, the hotel was Hotel Royal by the Castle in Krakow centre. I'm not too sure if anybody messed about with a ouija board, I'd like to think I'd know, because there were only 11 of us and two teachers, but the students were split into a triple room and 4 doubles, so I can't really know!

I've searched around but can't find much of a reason for a spirit to be there, other than if somebody called them through with ouija... I sure hope it wasn't my imagination, it's the experience that 'opened my eyes' to the paranormal!

Update: Wawel Castle is reputedly haunted, and the hotel is almost right under the castle...would this have an affect?

Kettleson · 11-08-2014 6:01pm

PrettyRad wrote: »

Update: Wawel Castle is reputedly haunted, and the hotel is almost right under the castle...would this have an affect?

Indeed, there's loads of references to ghostly dragons and Kings that meet on the 24th December, but they all a bit tenous/fairy tale to me.

But your experience is very specific and different to those others that I can find reference to.

Have you had any significant incidents after returning from your visit to Poland?

PrettyRad · 11-08-2014 6:22pm

Since returning, I've had two other experiences, but not as significant I don't think.

1) I was in the forest in Curraghmore Estate, Portlaw, Waterford with my dad in February. We started heading up towards the Round Tower and I saw a very vague, shadowy figure standing on the hill. As we grew closer I tried to focus my eyes but it was still very blurry. Could have been my eyes playing tricks, but I felt hugely uneasy by the time we reached the tower and was anxious to leave again, even though I've been there several times before without a problem.

2) my school was hosting an open day for incoming first years. My locker is in the old Victorian part of the school that used to be the old boarding school. It was locked off to people on the night of the open day. I was volunteering, showing people around etc. At the end of the evening, I asked the caretaker for the key to the building and myself and a friend headed up there to get our coats. I locked the door behind me, and to the best of my knowledge, the other door was locked too. I was in a classroom and I heard running and laughing on the floor above me, despite the only other person in the building being right next to me.

Siipina · 15-08-2014 12:42pm

In the last house we were living I had some experience with playing the xbox. The house was an very old farm house with new extensions. Everything inside was new and done up but still on the landing upstairs was one point were I always was sure somebody was there. My Boyfriend used to be a lot on Business travel in that time and I felt always very watched when he wasnt there. Even when I took a shower it happened every time that I had the feeling someone came into the bathroom. I always had the feeling it is a old woman and she was confused that we were there as I think she still thought she was living there so I often had a feeling of her being irritated and grumpy. So one night, my boyfriend was away again and I thought I play the xbox with the kinect and this jump game. The old part downstairs was the living room with the wooden stairs then in my back. So I started jumping and running in from of the TV and I could feel her watching me. Oh I dont know how many times I turned around I know she came down the stairs and looking at me. I had this hole in the back, the dog was barking at the stairs as well. I guess she didnt mean bad but I am sure she has never seen someone playing the kinect before. The poor woman must have thought I am processed by the devil. She watched me even closer after this. We moved out then a few month later. There was a guy on the road as well, he jumped once in the car with me, oh not a nice feeling.

Reebrock · 18-08-2014 2:08pm

Loughc wrote: »

That would be one way to explain dodgy internet history I suppose!

I'll have to try it on my OH one day. I'll report back.

McChubbin · 23-10-2014 11:15pm

Absolutely loving this thread! Been lurking for a while reading all the posts and creeping myself out over the more scarier ones.
Thought I'd contribute my own experiences as I've had a few over the years. The major one happened when I was a wee lass of 5 and living in the box room of my house at the time.
The room had only one window which had the view of the wall seperating my house from the neighbours and was part of the laneway where we kept the bins. Since at the time there was only a very flimsy net curtain covering the window, I was often kept awake by my neighbour's security light coming on at night and so I was used to flickering lights.
One dark and stormy November night, however, the wind was howling excessively and the ominous crashes of thunder and lightening were scaring little old me, preventing me from sleeping. I tried to ignore the noise by sticking my head under the duvet but it was futile. I was about to get out of bed and run to the saunctuary of my parent's room when I heard a shrill, unearthly scream.
It was clearly a woman's shriek and distinguishable from the wind. I looked out the window and saw a tall, thin woman in a flowing grey dress with scraggly white hair screaming at me.
I let out a yell and dived under the covers and didn't move until the screaming stopped.
When I related the story to my mother the next morning, my mother assumed I had simply had another of the night terrors that I was prone to getting at that age and said, in a manor of explaining things, that I probably was imagining a banshee.
She told me not to worry too much about it though she did tell me that banshees were considered bad omens and never to pick up any combs I found in the street lest bad luck be visited upon me.
So, after being soothed, I went back to sleep feeling rattled.
A few weeks after that incident, my grandfather died after a long battle with cancer. I think the banshee was trying to warn me in some way as the death came as a terrible shock to me- I had been purposely kept in the dark about his illness as I was too young to comprehend it at the time.

On a much lighter note, in the years since he died, I have been visited by my grandfather's ghost on more than one occasion.
He was known for being a bit of a joker and a jolly sort of man and often during times of stress and emotional turmoil, I often feel his presence- as though someone is patting my back or giving me a gentle caress-and I find it a comfort.
Though, I must tell you the funniest incident that happened quite recently.
For the sake of background, you should know that my granddad died in the bedroom he shared with my grandmother and ever since, I've always felt he still lingered in there. Anyways, I was in the room one day fixing my hair at the mirror affixed to the door of the wardrobe when I became acutely aware of the feeling of someone standing behind me.
I looked at my reflection but there was no-one there. Next of all, I felt a very clear and distinct hand pinch my bottom!
I told my grandmother and she laughed at me, saying my granddad often did that to anyone using the mirror.

It made me laugh anyways.

DC81 · 23-10-2014 11:29pm

Everyone's gone very quiet
I will write up my experiences soon. It's night time now and il only scare the crap outta myself lol

RonanP77 · 24-10-2014 10:05am

We were raised on ghost stories, I used to love them and I have some vague memories of odd incidents when I was growing up. For some reason I can't remember a single story now, maybe spending years studying science has just wiped it all out.

I'm not sure if I believe much of it any more but I'll share my experience anyway. I lived in a particular house for almost my entire 20s, most of that time there was nobody else living with me. I would regularly wake up in the dead of night to find someone standing over me at the head of the bed. I couldn't move a muscle, I couldn't even shout. I could just see them out of the corner of my eye, maybe more sense them than actually see them. I've never been so scared in my life, it felt like it was just pure evil standing beside me and that it definitely wanted to do me harm.

I put it down to sleep paralysis now, I moved out of that house 7 years ago and it might have happened a dozen times in that time. While I was in the house it would happen a dozen times a year. Maybe I'm used to it now or maybe it's that I know more about it but it doesn't seems as bad as it was then. That feeling of pure hatred doesn't seem to be there anymore.

I'm happy now that I know it's sleep paralysis but I had never heard of that at the time. It doesn't really count as a paranormal experience but I suppose I'm just saying I know and have felt the fear, even terror that some people experience in what they believe to be paranormal experiences.

sniperviper · 26-10-2014 9:45pm

Hi folks,
I hav`nt posted in a good while as all is quiet in my home thankfully. I do have an experience that i remember when i was a young lad which i had discussed with my father only last night so i thought id share it.
my great grandfather lived in terraced cottage house, when you walked in the front door you where in a porch which was inside the house rather than outside this is where you hung your coat or took off your shoes, there was another door which you opened and your where in the living room.

I visited my great grandfather alot with my dad my dad lived with my great grandfather for a year or two when he was 17 or 18. One day on a visit we where sitting in the living room myself my dad and my great grandfather when i heard the front door open and then close.I looked over at the door expecting it to open i remember it had the old brass round handle with a lock below it anyway after a few seconds the door didnt open so i started to get up to go open the door when my great grandfather said "there wont be anybody there dont worry" I looked at my own dad and he told me to open and see so i went opened the door and nobody was there i went to the front door opened it any nobody was in the garden.

I came back in and my great grand father said "did you see anybody" I said no and he said "not to worry its an old friend of mine he can be a bit cranky doesnt like too many people". Another time i was in the house in the kitchen and the kitchen door opened I remember seeing the door knob turning and opening and then slamming shut by itself i was scared out of my wits i screamed and my dad came into the kitchen with my great grandfather slowly following him as i told him what happened he said not to worry he would make sure it would`nt happen again and nothing like that did happen again to me (both my dad andgreat grandfather where in the back garden which is off the kitchen so they could not have opened and closed the door).

I was discussing this with my dad last night and he told me that he had left the house because of things like this happening they would happen every day doors would open then close stuff would be moved around the house after he made his bed he would come back in after a few hours and the bed would be messed up. My dad told me that it was the former owner of the house they beleved his name was charlie and my dad at the age of 18 ran out of the house because of charlie.

my Dad came in one night around ten o clock got some food and headed into his bedroom he put the plate of food on a table and grabbed a book from the floor sat on his bed and went to get the plate as he reached for it he said the plate was pushed to the floor in front of him he jumped up and shouted "would you ever leave me alone" he picked up the food and plate as he stood up he said I felt somebody standing right behind me i felt him breathing on my neck and i just froze the nexted second he said what ever was behind me he put his hand on my shoulder at this point my dad ran straight out of the room out of the house screaming and shouting.
After this my dad moved back home and never slepted there again. He said charlie wanted his room back.

lynski · 29-10-2014 2:28am

When my niece was a baby, 21 yrs ago, my sister and I woke up in the middle if the night to give her a feed. We lived over an old pub. We heard footsteps downstairs and went for the old man. Dad went down with his gun and my sister, mother and I sat listening to someone walk around below. No one was found, all windows and doors locked.
This was my only time hearing this but my sisters and patents often heard footsteps in the pub. My niece used to hear voices while playing alone too.

Sephiroth_dude · 20-11-2014 1:11pm

My ps4 started up on its own last night twice! I got such a fright both times because I was just about to nod off and all I hear are beeps and the controller was at the other end of the room, so I had unplugged it at the back, I nearly jumped outta skin

Nonagesimal · 22-11-2014 8:15am

Hello again everyone,

I recently met a friend of mine for a coffee. She told me something very strange that happened her about two years ago. She said she was at home and in her bed and fell asleep. In the middle of the night she woke to a young man's silhouette on her bed. He was smiling and had his chin in the palm of his hand and was looking directly at her. She got such a fright she banged her head against the headboard of her bed.

When she realized he was still there and it was not a dream that frightened her even more but as soon as she realized this he began to fade away gently.

She is involved in a musical society and helps backstage with props and lights. Within that same week she was off down to Waterford to help on a show with some of the cast and helpers. On the way down the bus was full of chat and laughter and my friend was near the window seat. She said her breath was taken away as she got a quick look at a poster on a telegraph pole with a missing person picture. She swears it was the same young man in the picture but he was a little older. She said she knew it was him by his eyes- she only got a quick glance but swears it was him.

She told me she prayed for him as if you see someone it means they need prayers and she thinks he was smiling when she saw him first as he was at his happiest then? She said she felt that. I asked her did she see a name but she said it was so quick she did not see the number on the poster or the name but she saw his eyes and that is how she knew him.

Hope everyone is keeping well.

Take care everyone.

goat2 · 30-11-2014 10:23pm

has any person been sitting relaxed watching telly in their downstairs room, and hearing what sounds like a person walking in the upstairs rooms, this happened to me not so long ago, i tried to ignore it but the walking got much more loud and i know i was alone at home at the time, but after it carried on for a while and got more audible and pronounced i got scared and left the house until another family member came home, it happened evening time when it was dark

fryup · 30-11-2014 11:45pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

probably the plumbing, in this cold weather things creak alot due to the temperature change

goat2 · 01-12-2014 12:25am

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

probably the plumbing, in this cold weather things creak alot due to the temperature change

i was hoping that, but it was not plumbing,
it was in one room only, i have had nothing since then, a once off
it was clearly foot steps

maccored · 01-12-2014 2:07pm

was the heating on? or had it been on? investigated a case a few years back with that very same claim - ended up the wooden floor had expanded in one particular room when the heating was on, and then an hour or so after the heating went off, from downstairs you could hear what really sounded like footsteps from the upstairs room. It was the heating though, cause the boards to expand and the sound was them contracting.

goat2 wrote: »

i was hoping that, but it was not plumbing,
it was in one room only, i have had nothing since then, a once off
it was clearly foot steps

goat2 · 01-12-2014 2:26pm

maccored wrote: »

was the heating on? or had it been on? investigated a case a few years back with that very same claim - ended up the wooden floor had expanded in one particular room when the heating was on, and then an hour or so after the heating went off, from downstairs you could hear what really sounded like footsteps from the upstairs room. It was the heating though, cause the boards to expand and the sound was them contracting.

heating was on, i had never ever heard it before, and i have not since, i live in a well insulated home, and pipes insulated throughout, and have never heard boards creak, it was clearly footsteps, as i have had say family members in that room when i would be downstairs, and that is how it sounded, i stood and listened for a while and clearly thought someone was up there,

maccored · 15-12-2014 10:40am

At approx 11.30 last night (Sunday 14 December, 2014) I was on my way into town to collect my son. I had left my house, passed by my neighbours and was approaching a corner in the road that swung to the left. About 100/150 yards from the corner I saw a bright light about 10 feet above the ground (very approximate) that initially was like a car headlight or large flashlight, but which then zipped across the road in a linear shape. It seem to be moving as it went, so much so I initially thought it was maybe the car headlights catching off a bird, or a piece of plastic in the air.

Then as I continued driving, I realised that there was an identical light coming across from the other side of the road - I didnt see its formation as the bend was in the way, but I saw it meet the other light in the middle of the road, and then as one, the combined light shot off to the left. The duration of seeing the lights was maybe 3 or 4 seconds.

Within maybe another 10 secs, I had reached the area and I drove passed very, very slowly, trying to find a bird in the hedge, a piece of plastic or (as I suspected once I had seen the other light) some form of rope or cabling running across the road. There was nothing.

I collected my son, told him of the experience and then repeated the journey. I had a suspicion that my lights may have reflected off the back of a triangular road side which was also on the right side of the road, and in the same area as the initial light was. Driving back up the road, I realised my lights didnt even reach that far. if I had seen the grey back of the roadworks sign, it had to have been illuminated by the light I had seen forming on the righthand side. I have no idea what it was.

Kettleson · 15-12-2014 3:49pm

maccored wrote: »

At approx 11.30 last night (Sunday 14 December, 2014) I was on my way into town to collect my son. I had left my house, passed by my neighbours and was approaching a corner in the road that swung to the left. About 100/150 yards from the corner I saw a bright light about 10 feet above the ground (very approximate) that initially was like a car headlight or large flashlight, but which then zipped across the road in a linear shape. It seem to be moving as it went, so much so I initially thought it was maybe the car headlights catching off a bird, or a piece of plastic in the air.

Then as I continued driving, I realised that there was an identical light coming across from the other side of the road - I didnt see its formation as the bend was in the way, but I saw it meet the other light in the middle of the road, and then as one, the combined light shot off to the left. The duration of seeing the lights was maybe 3 or 4 seconds.

Within maybe another 10 secs, I had reached the area and I drove passed very, very slowly, trying to find a bird in the hedge, a piece of plastic or (as I suspected once I had seen the other light) some form of rope or cabling running across the road. There was nothing.

I collected my son, told him of the experience and then repeated the journey. I had a suspicion that my lights may have reflected off the back of a triangular road side which was also on the right side of the road, and in the same area as the initial light was. Driving back up the road, I realised my lights didnt even reach that far. if I had seen the grey back of the roadworks sign, it had to have been illuminated by the light I had seen forming on the righthand side. I have no idea what it was.

Interesting. The only possible paranormal sighting I have seen was a golden ball of light, which my daughter seen as well. (When she was about 7).

This was about 2 am in the morning as my daughter had woke up we were both looking out of the window from the first floor, across the road to a well lit churchyard. Even under the spotlights the ball of light was very bright.

It descended evenly and slowly until it came to the low wall of the church yard and disappeared.

The ball of light looked about the size of a football and was about 10 feet off the ground and moved slowly in a straight but slightly descending line. Its movement was like floating, slowly with no side moves, in a straight line, like an object on a radar screen.

The only possible explanation I could make was that it was a very large, gigantic moth that was lit up under the church lights. Which I doubt it was, but its the closest worldy explanation I can get.

A friend of mine, when he was young was out fishing with a few pals, they got lost in the fields after they had been fishing in the canal outside of Dublin. Completely lost and in the dark, a golden ball of light appeared which they followed for 20 minutes or so until it led them back to a path and then disappeared.

Kettleson · 15-12-2014 7:59pm

PS: The one thing that occurs to me, with both Macoreds report and my sighting, that if such incidents were caused by reflection of light source on a bird or moth, or other creature, surely such sightings would be more common place and explainable?

I asked around for ages where we lived, had anyone ever seen such a thing and they all thought that I was mad. To be honest, if my daughter hadn't seen it as well I might have thought that I was going mad.

I had never seen anything vaguely like it before or after.

maccored · 15-12-2014 11:22pm

Kettleson wrote: »

PS: The one thing that occurs to me, with both Macoreds report and my sighting, that if such incidents were caused by reflection of light source on a bird or moth, or other creature, surely such sightings would be more common place and explainable?

I asked around for ages where we lived, had anyone ever seen such a thing and they all thought that I was mad. To be honest, if my daughter hadn't seen it as well I might have thought that I was going mad.

I had never seen anything vaguely like it before or after.

I thought what I saw was a bird - until I saw the same thing from the other side of the road. then I thought it must be a rope or some kind of reflective material strung across the road. the way it was coming from both sides and the way the two met and went off to the side means it wasn't a bird. something reflective strung across the road would make sense, except there wasn't anything there seconds later.

I still really just don't know what to make of it. I checked tonight with my son, and he confirms when we were driving up to the bend, we couldnt see the back of the sign as the headlights didnt reach that far. Therefore I couldnt have been seeing things, as I could see the sign since it was lit up better by whatever the light was.

mickmackey1 · 16-12-2014 12:57am

Guys, if ye posted this on the astronomy forum they would all shout the same answer - chinese lanterns.

Kettleson · 16-12-2014 2:10am

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Guys, if ye posted this on the astronomy forum they would all shout the same answer - chinese lanterns.

No way what I seen was a Chinese lantern. From Maccoreds description his wasnt either.

maccored · 16-12-2014 1:08pm

mickmackey1 wrote: »

Guys, if ye posted this on the astronomy forum they would all shout the same answer - chinese lanterns.

afaik chinese lanterns dont vanish after about 4 secs especially if they are only about 10 foot off the ground, over a road. skepticism is good, but chinese lanterns would just be a silly suggestion.

Kamili · 17-12-2014 11:47am

Sounds a bit like ball lightening...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning

Kettleson · 17-12-2014 12:30pm

The image from 1901, that looks as near to exact as I seen. It did however move quite slowly, maybe at 10mph or less.

The footage, especially at 3:27 looks very much like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4vV3KxQ16c

Kamili · 17-12-2014 12:56pm

I was going to post that vid but couldn't from my phone...

I Am_Not_Ice · 21-12-2014 2:00pm

I’m not sure what to make of this experience, but I thought I’d post it here anyway to see what people thought. Over the course of the last month or so, on at least four occasions, I’ve woken up in the middle of the night to find my bedroom light on. The room itself has two light switches: one next to the door, and one above the bed. I live with two other people, but I always lock my bedroom door at night, thus ruling out the possibility of someone coming into the room in the early hours and turning on the light as some sort of prank. I sleep with the lights off and always have done, meaning when I fall asleep the room is dark (save for the weak amber glow of a distant street light). Yet despite this, I’ve woken up four times in recent weeks to find that the light is on. Now, I’m perfectly willing to accept the possibility that I’m doing this myself, i.e. reaching up to the switch above the bed and turning on the light whilst I’m still asleep. The troubling thing is, I never have any recollection of doing this upon waking up. So how can I wake up to find the light switched on, yet not wake up whilst in the act of switching it on? I don’t have a history of sleepwalking or anything of that nature, which is why I’m beginning to entertain the notion that a supernatural agent may be responsible. That said, the house in which I live has absolutely NO history of paranormal activity whatsoever, and I have personally never experienced anything out of the ordinary before.
So what do people think? Has anyone ever had a similar experience?

maccored · 21-12-2014 9:12pm

keep a camera, a laptop or your phone video running when you go to sleep.

celica00 · 22-12-2014 4:46pm

maccored wrote: »

keep a camera, a laptop or your phone video running when you go to sleep.

Was just about to write it!

Simple thing to do!

Micky Dolenz · 22-12-2014 5:35pm

You'd want a camera with huge memory.

Have you ever noticed the light on during the day? Maybe one if the switches is faulty.

maccored · 23-12-2014 12:30am

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

You'd want a camera with huge memory.

many cameras use memory sticks up to 64gbs - thats plenty. if you use a laptop with a built in camera or attach a normal camera to a laptop you'd also have plenty of memory

Fuzzy Clam · 23-12-2014 12:48am

One thing to look for is which switch is in a different position when you wake up. If the switch above the bed is in the same position as before you went to sleep, then you know it's not you, unless you're sleep walking.

I Am_Not_Ice · 23-12-2014 12:46pm

Thanks for all the replies, guys. I do have a video camera so I'll give that a go.

Gal44 · 08-01-2015 4:33pm

How did you get on with the video camera? you could also put something on the light switch and see if its on your hand/fingers next morning..

harry Bailey esq · 11-01-2015 1:58pm

Here's one of mine,I posted it up a couple of years ago but ill throw it up again,if only to keep this great thread going
After reading the huge(but brilliant) haunted
cork thread from start to finish,i came to
wonder that there must be as many,if not more
experiences people had in Dublin,ill start off
with something odd that happened me.a few
years back i was working as a floor sander/
French polisher,and one particular morning in
2001,my boss dropped me at a house in an
estate off blackhorse avenue to start a job.all
was going as normal,i had finished sanding the
two bedrooms and had started Hoovering up the
dust so i could lay the first coat.the Hoover was
plugged into a socket in the corner behind
me.all of a sudden the Hoover stopped so i looked around and it was plugged out of the wall.so,thinking i had pulled it from the wall myself i pulled some slack out,plugged it back in
and got back to work,and then bang.it was out of the socket again,and no way had i pulled it out this time,as the slack wire was still coiled on the floor.
There was nobody in the house and i
had locked myself in from the inside so i was feeling pretty freaked out now. I plugged it back in and Hoovered the rest up without incident.
I decided it was lunchtime,locked the place up then fecked off for a bite to eat.
When I returned,40 mins later thereabouts,I opened the front door and i was greeted by the sound of the
HOOVER upstairs! i almost sh#t myself.i darted up the stairs in about 3 bounds and there it was,plugged in again.i unplugged it,grabbed it,and i ran outside as quick as i could and locked the
door behind me.my tools were still
inside.
I sat on the low end of a skip and lit a
cigarette and rang my boss and to say he was furious was an understatement.my boss was a big slab of a fella who didn't suffer fools gladly.
As i was pleading my case with him i glanced up at the upstairs window and
froze.there were two figures staring down at me,one of an adult and one of a child,i couldn't tell the sex of either.My boss was still shouting down the phone at me but i was speechless and he hung up the phone,i didn't tell him about
the two figures.
He was on the scene in about 15
minutes, and i genuinely thought he was going to smack me one.Another argument ensued,at one stage he even asked was i on drugs!
nonetheless i wouldn't go back in for love nor money,so it was agreed
he would finish my job, and he drove me to the one he had been on
He picked me up the next
morning as normal,and i asked him did anything happen him in the house,and he grunted no.So,not wanting to incur his wrath again,I wisely left it at that.
Cue three months later,when we were having our Christmas drink,one of the lads was slaggin me over it and my boss,who had a few on him froze.
It transpired that,after he finished up that day he secured the house,and was loading up our gear when he glanced back,and saw a woman and a child looking out the window of the locked,empty house at him,and when he went to collect the
outstanding balance a couple of weeks later,there they were again.makes my hairs stand on end everytime i pass that estate,which is almost daily
unfortunately.sorry about the long post.
Harry.

Now,that was my original post from a few years back,what I didn't mention back then,for fear of being labeled a bullsh1tter was the time and date that this happened me.It was around 1pm,September 11th,2001.I don't know whether that was significant,or purely coincidental,but it was really fkin strange to say the least! And still sticks in my mind,clear as day13 years later.

celica00 · 12-01-2015 5:33pm

Thats a great post, thanks a lot for that!

Galway K9 · 12-01-2015 6:32pm

Don't wanna sound nuts but i think i might be experiencing something possibyl paranormal....

On 3 occassions at my apartment, i am turning off my Smart TV at the wall socket switch and when i come back (few mins to a few hours) the TV is back on.

I have 3 witnesses to this too so i know that i did turn it off.

NegativeCreep · 13-01-2015 5:10am

Video it.

Loughc · 13-01-2015 8:22am

Galway K9 wrote: »

On 3 occassions at my apartment, i am turning off my Smart TV at the wall socket switch and when i come back (few mins to a few hours) the TV is back on.

I have 3 witnesses to this too so i know that i did turn it off.

Hey it's not called a smart tv for nothing :pac:

Galway K9 · 13-01-2015 10:58am

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Video it.

Its when i come back into the room or come back home. I wrapped up the cord and plug tonight and will continue do this for the next 2 weeks.

maccored · 13-01-2015 11:07am

Galway K9 wrote: »

Its when i come back into the room or come back home. I wrapped up the cord and plug tonight and will continue do this for the next 2 weeks.

set up a laptop in the same room and have it running with its builtin camera or a webcam (if it doesnt have a built in one). You can have something like that running for long periods of time.

Micky Dolenz · 13-01-2015 12:54pm

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

Here's one of mine,I posted it up a couple of years ago but ill throw it up again,if only to keep this great thread going
After reading the huge(but brilliant) haunted
cork thread from start to finish,i came to
wonder that there must be as many,if not more
experiences people had in Dublin,ill start off
with something odd that happened me.a few
years back i was working as a floor sander/
French polisher,and one particular morning in
2001,my boss dropped me at a house in an
estate off blackhorse avenue to start a job.all
was going as normal,i had finished sanding the
two bedrooms and had started Hoovering up the
dust so i could lay the first coat.the Hoover was
plugged into a socket in the corner behind
me.all of a sudden the Hoover stopped so i looked around and it was plugged out of the wall.so,thinking i had pulled it from the wall myself i pulled some slack out,plugged it back in
and got back to work,and then bang.it was out of the socket again,and no way had i pulled it out this time,as the slack wire was still coiled on the floor.
There was nobody in the house and i
had locked myself in from the inside so i was feeling pretty freaked out now. I plugged it back in and Hoovered the rest up without incident.
I decided it was lunchtime,locked the place up then fecked off for a bite to eat.
When I returned,40 mins later thereabouts,I opened the front door and i was greeted by the sound of the
HOOVER upstairs! i almost sh#t myself.i darted up the stairs in about 3 bounds and there it was,plugged in again.i unplugged it,grabbed it,and i ran outside as quick as i could and locked the
door behind me.my tools were still
inside.
I sat on the low end of a skip and lit a
cigarette and rang my boss and to say he was furious was an understatement.my boss was a big slab of a fella who didn't suffer fools gladly.
As i was pleading my case with him i glanced up at the upstairs window and
froze.there were two figures staring down at me,one of an adult and one of a child,i couldn't tell the sex of either.My boss was still shouting down the phone at me but i was speechless and he hung up the phone,i didn't tell him about
the two figures.
He was on the scene in about 15
minutes, and i genuinely thought he was going to smack me one.Another argument ensued,at one stage he even asked was i on drugs!
nonetheless i wouldn't go back in for love nor money,so it was agreed
he would finish my job, and he drove me to the one he had been on
He picked me up the next
morning as normal,and i asked him did anything happen him in the house,and he grunted no.So,not wanting to incur his wrath again,I wisely left it at that.
Cue three months later,when we were having our Christmas drink,one of the lads was slaggin me over it and my boss,who had a few on him froze.
It transpired that,after he finished up that day he secured the house,and was loading up our gear when he glanced back,and saw a woman and a child looking out the window of the locked,empty house at him,and when he went to collect the
outstanding balance a couple of weeks later,there they were again.makes my hairs stand on end everytime i pass that estate,which is almost daily
unfortunately.sorry about the long post.
Harry.

Now,that was my original post from a few years back,what I didn't mention back then,for fear of being labeled a bullsh1tter was the time and date that this happened me.It was around 1pm,September 11th,2001.I don't know whether that was significant,or purely coincidental,but it was really fkin strange to say the least! And still sticks in my mind,clear as day13 years later.

Did you ever google the address to see if there is a known history?

irish gent · 13-01-2015 1:05pm

I have recently experienced the 11:11 everytime I look at the digital clock.
But I put it down to my body clock .Untill my phone was plugged in a charging when the light came on and I looked at the clock, it was reading 11:11 that freaked me out. I look up the net and found that alot of people find this happens. .They're saying its connected to a sprint world..Anyone experience this ..

I Am_Not_Ice · 13-01-2015 2:18pm

Gal44 wrote: »

How did you get on with the video camera? you could also put something on the light switch and see if its on your hand/fingers next morning..

It actually hasn't happened since. If it does start again, I'll certainly give the camera idea a go!

Kettleson · 13-01-2015 5:32pm

irish gent wrote: »

I have recently experienced the 11:11 everytime I look at the digital clock.
But I put it down to my body clock .Untill my phone was plugged in a charging when the light came on and I looked at the clock, it was reading 11:11 that freaked me out. I look up the net and found that alot of people find this happens. .They're saying its connected to a sprint world..Anyone experience this ..

Indeed its been mentioned a few times here, but I personally would put that down to coincidence. Lets face it, the clock will be at that time twice a day and you may well be in some sort of routine.

I didn't mention this before for similar reasons.

1) A few months an elderly work colleague had taken quite seriously ill and was hospitalised for what we thought would be long term.

About 2 weeks after that I was getting out of bed and I immediately thought "must get a Get Well Card" and put in the post today.

I pulled open the curtains and who was sitting outside my house in the passenger seat of a parked car? Work colleague out for a spin in recovery.

2) I hadn't seen a friend for some months as they had moved to Dublin. I was driving and day dreaming and was wondering how they were getting on.

And who passes me by in car from opposite direction?

3) Went to get my phone to call pal to go out for a coffee. Wandered to front door, phone ringing....who is driving directly past my house?

4) Nearly once every day I go to pick up the phone to call my partner and what happens? Phone rings or text comes in from her just as I'm picking up phone or writing text...she reports the same thing about me.

I put it down to coincidence, but very often I think there should really be something more to it.

Ghosts - What are your experiences?

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