Strange goings on.

scojones

I woke up this morning and was cleaning my room before work. My housemate was in the bathroom and he heard me doing. He called my name and asked if that was me in my room. I came out to the hallway and said it was, and asked what was up. "Look down the stairs" he said. The front door was wide open.

This is fairly strange because I went downstairs last night at 4am (I hadn't been to sleep yet) to get a drink of water, and I made sure the door was locked, and it was. The other weird thing is that it was raining all night last night, and had stopped about twenty minutes before I got out of the bed, yet the floor just inside the door was bone dry so the door was "opened" when it stopped raining.

We searched the house and nothing was missing, and we didn't find someone hiding in our jacks or anything. Fairly weird eh?

dame

Housemate trying to freak you out? Late April Fools?

keltoms

probably trying to freak u out, that or one u's was locked last night and left the door open?? probably not wet because u have a porch??

_blank_

Poltergeist obviously.

Paranormal Forum obviously.

Saint_Mel

Could be a dodgy lock!
A house I used to rent in ages ago was the same.
Front door, even when locked, would open randomly.
In the end we had to turn on the house alarm even, when we were
in the house, so we'd hear the beeping whenever it happened!

Got a new lock fitted eventually.

Seb-K

Probably what dame suggests, dont get alarmed but

your obviously renting right? it could be that someone previously livin there kept a key to raid the place and you rumbled them when you came down for a drink and they darted off leavin the door opened??? happened to me before with a flat i rented, landlords daughter took the spare key and raided the place

scojones

Nah he's not trying to freak me out, I'm fairly sure of that. He's a very bad liar and I could tell by him that he wasn't messing around. It could be a dodgy lock but I doubt it. When the door is locked, the handle doesn't move it on. To lock teh door you have to push the handle up, which makes something inside the lock prevent the door from opening, even before you turn the key.

I hope you're wrong seansouth, I had to have a house blessed a few years ago when living in Tralee!

Seb-K wrote:

Probably what dame suggests, dont get alarmed but

your obviously renting right? it could be that someone previously livin there kept a key to raid the place and you rumbled them when you came down for a drink and they darted off leavin the door opened??? happened to me before with a flat i rented, landlords daughter took the spare key and raided the place

Nah it was definitely locked when I went to get a drink. It had just been open about 20 minutes because the floor wasn't wet, yet it had been raining all night. The only previous tennant was my house mate's father who sold the house to our landlord. I do think it's time to change the locks though.

Sparky

Woops

scojones

Were you stalking me again Spanky?

olaola

Hmm... would either of you sleepwalk?

Strange thing happened to me over the weekend -
Went out on Sat - and came back on Sunday ...
Went to turn on d'telly and it was turned off at the switch on the wall.
Which is something I would NEVER do and have never done since I moved into the house.
It is behind the TV unit, so it is not as if something hit off it.

6th

You know what it is Jonesy my lad ..... starting a thread about it and having a laugh just makes it easier to deal with

If it happens again, attach a CCTV camera. You can get them for kinda cheap now I think? Would be interesting to see what it catches. If its a ghost, would make for some cool viewing.

scojones

As long as my new computer is still there when I get home I'll be happy! The CCTV camera isn't a bad idea. I might get one of those motion sensor web cams and put one by the hall. Starts recording when there is movement.

dellas1979

A friend of mine was sharing a flat with another guy. There was only one main bathroom in the hall.

On a few occasions when theyd get up in the morning, the shower would be on. Both SWEARED that the other hadnt switched it on and that they didnt have a clue what was happening.

Anyways after a few more episodes of this happening (and they were both freaked out), it was discovered that the flatmate was smoking some strong whacky tobaccy at night time. So stoned off his head, hed go into the shower and turn it on. He was found in there one night. He had NO idea what he was doing and couldnt remember it!

skywalker

It wouldnt be anything to do with your recent problems with the local scumbags? Hope not anyway.

Splinter

hmm can you put the key in the back of the door to stop it being opened ftom the inside?

scojones

skywalker wrote:

It wouldnt be anything to do with your recent problems with the local scumbags? Hope not anyway.

Ah no, that has been dealt with thankfully.

Splinter: Nah the key works from the outside even with a key in the door.

Mr Magnolia

Weird alright, you sure the catch was closed fully? it was a bit windy last night.


You can buy a battery operated house alarm, it's basic but it would certainly wake you, I'll try and find out where they're available from if you want. My fazzer bought one


Maybe The-Rigger knows where you live lol <_<

Seb-K

sleepwalking?

Seth Brundle

By any chance was your house built on an old burial ground?

exCrumlinBoyo

You want to check the attic man. Junkies these days and very clever and are known to be so skinny from the Drugs they can hide in the smallest of crevasses. Search high or low.

it could be a doggy lock and the wind.... Strange I tells you.

Love2love

Oh my God! The exact same thing happened to me last night. I went to bed at 11pm and checked everything, plugs out, lights off and doors locked. My father came down at 5am and the door was wide open!

scojones

Hah, that's freaky!

Wez

Me and a load of mates were renting a gaff down in Tralee, which we're pretty definite was haunted (scratching and banging coming from walls that were a foot or two thick, not a peep out of it when we tried it ourselves).

One night we were sessioning it up in the living room which is just in the front door on the right. We were going to turn back on the power which randomly went off, and found the fron door wide open! After searching the whole house (huge place! SO many rooms!) we couldn't find anyone/thing. Still don't know what exactly happened, but it was the sketchiest night sleep I've ever had!

exCrumlinBoyo

Its defiantly the junkies... to many incidents to be a coincidence. Lets blame the junkies.

scojones

Wez wrote:

Me and a load of mates were renting a gaff down in Tralee, which we're pretty definite was haunted (scratching and banging coming from walls that were a foot or two thick, not a peep out of it when we tried it ourselves).

One night we were sessioning it up in the living room which is just in the front door on the right. We were going to turn back on the power which randomly went off, and found the fron door wide open! After searching the whole house (huge place! SO many rooms!) we couldn't find anyone/thing. Still don't know what exactly happened, but it was the sketchiest night sleep I've ever had!

I've already posted on paranormal about a house in Tralee I stayed in, which we had to get blessed. Just out of curiosity, where abouts in Tralee was that? The house I was in was in Ballybeggan.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I cant believe this thread has gone on for 2 pages and nobody has mentioned Ninjas...

Tar.Aldarion

Or pirate ninjas.
I think sj is just a bit attention seeking?

scojones

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

I think sj is just a bit attention seeking?

Is that a question?

Tar.Aldarion

Yes?

scojones

Get a hair cut!

Tar.Aldarion

Not ot be short with you, but keep on topic, thanks.

scojones

You really must have nothing to do on work placement.

Also, pirate ninjas. Do they exist? If so, why would they leave my door open? I guess they don't have many doors on pirate ships...

Tar.Aldarion

My laptop is being repaired by the tech guy. God I'm bored. Oh wait, work is over must be off.

You may have just gotten it wrong from being tired, I have 'locked' a door and checked before with it leading to my mother walking in, you can never be sure you were right.

scojones

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

My laptop is being repaired by the tech guy. God I'm bored. Oh wait, work is over must be off.

You may have just gotten it wrong from being tired, I have 'locked' a door and checked before with it leading to my mother walking in, you can never be sure you were right.

Hah, was Sarah embarassed?

You may be right though. Either way I think I'll change the locks just to be safe.

Tar.Aldarion

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Or pirate ninjas.

Or Pirate Ninja Wizards.

Pet

Wez wrote:

Me and a load of mates were renting a gaff down in Tralee, which we're pretty definite was haunted (scratching and banging coming from walls that were a foot or two thick, not a peep out of it when we tried it ourselves).

One night we were sessioning it up in the living room which is just in the front door on the right. We were going to turn back on the power which randomly went off, and found the fron door wide open! After searching the whole house (huge place! SO many rooms!) we couldn't find anyone/thing. Still don't know what exactly happened, but it was the sketchiest night sleep I've ever had!

Mice/rats? They scratch around, and chew through power cables, and can cause really nasty smells as well.

I'm no Scully, but jumping to conclusions does nobody any favours.

Tar.Aldarion

scojones wrote:

Hah, was Sarah embarassed?

You may be right though. Either way I think I'll change the locks just to be safe.

Not her. :O
Have fun with the locks, I'd be far too lkazy and just sleep with a golf club.

Or Pirate Ninja Wizards.

I believe the correct term is wizard ninja pirates.

Big Chief

Seb-K wrote:

landlords daughter took the spare key and raided the place

thats shockin

did she steal anything?

tbh

when I was 19, I was on my own in my house and asleep in my bed. I woke up to a knock on my bedroom door and a male voice asking me "is everything ok?" I just muttered "yeah, grand thanks" and went back to sleep. About half a second later my brain said "WTF?" and I sat bolt upright in bed. There was a guard in my bedroom, they'd been driving along our road, found the door wide open and stopped in to investigate. His theory was that someone had fished the keys from the hall table and was about to get in when they were disturbed. I agreed furiously, and accepted his kind offer of a locksmiths number so I could get the locks changed. I thought it might be bad to tell him that I'd arrived home hammered and left the door open in case my g/f called round. Seemed like a good idea at the time

humanji

Did you find bars of Turkish Delight in your hallway?

The_B_Man

It could be that Hiro fella from Heroes!! I;ve seen the sorta stuff he does on the telly, and I wouldnt put it past him!!

Deliverance

scojones wrote:

I woke up this morning and was cleaning my room before work. My housemate was in the bathroom and he heard me doing. He called my name and asked if that was me in my room. I came out to the hallway and said it was, and asked what was up. "Look down the stairs" he said. The front door was wide open.

This is fairly strange because I went downstairs last night at 4am (I hadn't been to sleep yet) to get a drink of water, and I made sure the door was locked, and it was. The other weird thing is that it was raining all night last night, and had stopped about twenty minutes before I got out of the bed, yet the floor just inside the door was bone dry so the door was "opened" when it stopped raining.

We searched the house and nothing was missing, and we didn't find someone hiding in our jacks or anything. Fairly weird eh?

This is one for Sherlock Holmes. "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."

Your housemate chose to notice the open door with concern yet chose a bathroom break over initial expressed concern 'from the bathroom' after noticing the open door and indeed leaving it open? Hmmm.

Nothing was missing and nobody was in the house, nobody entered by your astute deduction of rain, Aha, a person left your house that night possibly drunk that's why they left the door open, a guest of your housemate who he did not want known for various reasons (anybodys guess).

This mysterious guest left in the early hours to the relief of your housemate, the only mystery here is why your housemate wanted to avoid the guest so much whom he had 'just met that night', if it was someone that he knew they would have had the concern enough to close the door after them, come to think of it something woke you at 4am. What happened after that is what happened to make this mystery.
Ok my theory done in a nutshell. Ps lock your bedroom door in future you never really know your flatmates.

Blush_01

tbh wrote:

when I was 19, I was on my own in my house and asleep in my bed. I woke up to a knock on my bedroom door and a male voice asking me "is everything ok?" I just muttered "yeah, grand thanks" and went back to sleep. About half a second later my brain said "WTF?" and I sat bolt upright in bed. There was a guard in my bedroom, they'd been driving along our road, found the door wide open and stopped in to investigate. His theory was that someone had fished the keys from the hall table and was about to get in when they were disturbed. I agreed furiously, and accepted his kind offer of a locksmiths number so I could get the locks changed. I thought it might be bad to tell him that I'd arrived home hammered and left the door open in case my g/f called round. Seemed like a good idea at the time

That has to be the funniest thing I've heard all week.

scojones

Deliverance wrote:

This is one for Sherlock Holmes. "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth."

Your housemate chose to notice the open door with concern yet chose a bathroom break over initial expressed concern 'from the bathroom' after noticing the open door and indeed leaving it open? Hmmm.

Nothing was missing and nobody was in the house, nobody entered by your astute deduction of rain, Aha, a person left your house that night possibly drunk that's why they left the door open, a guest of your housemate who he did not want known for various reasons (anybodys guess).

This mysterious guest left in the early hours to the relief of your housemate, the only mystery here is why your housemate wanted to avoid the guest so much whom he had 'just met that night', if it was someone that he knew they would have had the concern enough to close the door after them, come to think of it something woke you at 4am. What happened after that is what happened to make this mystery.
Ok my theory done in a nutshell. Ps lock your bedroom door in future you never really know your flatmates.

You sir, are a genious.

dannyd20

scojones wrote:

You sir, are a genious.

And you sir, are not a genius.

potty pete

Christ, this thread really doesn't need anymore posts. Maybe it was Bosco mistaking your door for the magic one.

monkeyfudge

scojones wrote:

Also, pirate ninjas. Do they exist? If so, why would they leave my door open? I guess they don't have many doors on pirate ships...

Oh they exist. And they walk among us.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/445109914_6b3995ab0c.jpg?v=0

Forever plotting...

BlitzKrieg

monkeyfudge wrote:

Oh they exist. And they walk among us.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/445109914_6b3995ab0c.jpg?v=0

Forever plotting...

should we be scared?

or do they come in peace?

tbh

tbh wrote:

when I was 19, I was on my own in my house and asleep in my bed. I woke up to a knock on my bedroom door and a male voice asking me "is everything ok?" I just muttered "yeah, grand thanks" and went back to sleep. About half a second later my brain said "WTF?" and I sat bolt upright in bed. There was a guard in my bedroom, they'd been driving along our road, found the door wide open and stopped in to investigate. His theory was that someone had fished the keys from the hall table and was about to get in when they were disturbed. I agreed furiously, and accepted his kind offer of a locksmiths number so I could get the locks changed. I thought it might be bad to tell him that I'd arrived home hammered and left the door open in case my g/f called round. Seemed like a good idea at the time

Hah, that just made my night