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Subliminal

Hi everyone, just posting this to see what people think, and to see if this is a common thing.

My nephew is 2 years old ( 27 months ) and yesterday somthing extrodinary happened. As my previous posts will vouch for, my father passed away last year, and it has been a hard time for the family. Since he died, i had not been in tune with whats going on around me etc, i was kind of depressed all the time. My nephew helped bring me out of that, from the first time he said my name, to his personality, which is kind of like my dad's. Once i was talking to my mother, and tearfully looked at my nephew, who i will just call S. I said to my nephew " Ah youl never get to know your grandad " he then smilled, and pointed directly over his head ( he was in his cot ) and said grandad. i thought nothing of it, just childs mind etc, but every time we said granddad, he would point over his head in that room. As months went on, we started to notice him playing and looking up and saying grandad. Then he would stop playing and say grandad all gone. Again, as i said, i kind of ignored it because there could have been many explanations, but yesterday, we got a very special present, my dads brother ( My uncle ) was cleaning his attic, and came across a very old picture of my dad with his family. The picture showed ( From left to right ) My grandfather ( My nephews great grandad ) my uncle, an aunt ( Passed on ) an aunt, my dad, an uncle, my grandmother ( Nephews great grandmother ) now i went over and got the picture and brought it home, and me, my sister, my mother sat down to look at it. My nephew ran over, looked at the picture, pointed my dad out and said "Grandad" my father was 20 years old in the picture, and considering he died at 66 years old, there was a vast difference in how he looked at 20. We were all flabergasted to say the least. We asked him " Wheres grandad? "and he pointed at the my dad in the picture, then looked over his head and said all gone. We thought this maybe was a coincidence, so we said " wheres Denise ( my dads sister who was in the pic ) and he just looked at it and said nothing. Then we tried another aunt ( Who has passed over ) and he pointed her out first time. Now whats strange is, my great granded was in the same picture, and he really looked like a classic "grandad" in the picture, but everytime we say wheres grandad, he points at my father, but cannot identify anyone else in the picture bar my aunt who passed on well before my nephew was born. my nephew only met my dad once when he was only 6 months, because my dad was in hospital for such a long time with his illness, he didnt want my nephew brought to the hospital, in case he picked up somthing etc, so unfortunitly, my dad did not see his grandson ever again.

Just wanted to know what people thought, this has my family freaked out ( In a good way ) and i wondered has anyone had the same happen?

I will answer any questions you have no problems.

6th

This is a very common type of story and one i've always loved. Its such a nice message from a source that doesnt have any reason to make it up and has no reference for their observations.
Like isa id i love these stories but when the other day my 18 month old, who was sat on the couch with me and Mrs. 6th, said Emma (name changed) we were shocked and asked her "who?". She repeated the name then said "emma all gone". My wife had a sister who died as a baby about 31 years ago, before my wife was born. At times i've felt a presence i knew was her and had felt it recently in the house. I dont talk to my wife about these things, she supports my interest but doesnt like to hear too much.

So Subliminal take comfort in it.

6th

Subliminal

dublin6th wrote:

This is a very common type of story and one i've always loved. Its such a nice message from a source that doesnt have any reason to make it up and has no reference for their observations.
Like isa id i love these stories but when the other day my 18 month old, who was sat on the couch with me and Mrs. 6th, said Emma (name changed) we were shocked and asked her "who?". She repeated the name then said "emma all gone". My wife had a sister who died as a baby about 31 years ago, before my wife was born. At times i've felt a presence i knew was her and had felt it recently in the house. I dont talk to my wife about these things, she supports my interest but doesnt like to hear too much.

So Subliminal take comfort in it.

6th

Cheers, and that is strange the "all gone" thing. Since my dad died, i was craving some sort of message from him, somthing to let me know he's ok etc, never in my wildest dreams did i think anything like this would happen. Im so thrilled just to even think for 1 second, that my dad is around, even if its only for his grandson. This is the first time in my life, i have really started to consider possibilities about the paranormal, that i probably would have dismissed instantly. Its changed my belief system a bit, and given me a well needed lift.

6th

Subliminal wrote:

even if its only for his grandson

Just coz you dont see him doesnt mean he's not there for you too, kids are very lucky in that they are open to seeing more. I talk to my nan now and then, she's gone 14 years i think. When you're on ur own sometime say hi to your dad, you more than likely wont get a reply but if he can hear you am sure he'll get the same lift you got.

6th

stormkeeper

I have nothing to add to this except a smile... it's something that warms my heart to hear about.

GuanYin

When my little sister was about 4-5 she would often tell my mother that she had talked to my grandfather regularly (who had died before she was born) and that he watches "us" (the family).

Used to find it creepy enough. What got me is that she was far to young to have any "motivation" for saying such things. I took it as childish imagination but always felt uneasy about it.

magnumlady

My son used to have long conversations with the man who used to live in our cottage (and he'd been dead for years!)
My son told me all about him, I checked the info out with the neighbours and it was all true.

Oryx

Hi Sub. Wonderful story, thanks for posting.:) You hear a lot of this kind of thing, even my own kid used to wave at someone over my shoulder, but he couldnt really speak then, so I never knew who it was:D

Zillah

I'll also throw in a smile

Its a very common story. The child mentions it as if its completely normal, and doesn't see much of a difference between the dead person and the living ones.

Of course theres always the possibility that the children pick up bits and pieces of information from the family...I'd love to see it first hand (as always...).

Subliminal

Thankd for replies. We havnt asked him since in case its.. i dont know, disturbing for him or anything, plus we all just kindoff KNOW now that he is seeing him. Yesterday, my nephew kept pulling at my leg to go upstairs, and jokingly i pretented to chase him when we got to the landing. He just walked into the room and said somthing like "Grandad hello" then " he there ". i was really taken aback, and after saying a few words ( Which i felt silly about ) to the area my nephew was pointing at, my nephew smiled and gigled while looking up there, then all of a sudden his smile went, and he said " Grandad all gone " We went back downstairs, and it hasnt ahppened since.
Dont get me wrong, this is really wonderfull thing to happen, as i have said, between the picture and this, i really belive now, but i would love to have the proper tools ( if there is any ) to test the room for.. whatever you would call this. Im a curious person, and would love to see if the room scored any higher than normal rooms etc. At the same time, i know i should probably just leave things alone. For skeptics out there like i used to be, open your minds! i never strongly belived in the paranormal untill 2 days ago, now i belive wholeheartadly.