Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

fitzparker

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

It's crazy how they can get away with scaring people like that. Id wonder do they pick out random people.

I doubt they pick random people to terrorise and bring to tears. it's not a Netflix series.

Im sure the swabs are random and by chance some sort of material was found, that's why it wasn't done going over.

Graces7

fitzparker wrote: »

I doubt they pick random people to terrorise and bring to tears. it's not a Netflix series.

Im sure the swabs are random and by chance some sort of material was found, that's why it wasn't done going over.

watching the youtube customs series at UK airports. They use sniffer dogs and watch how passengers behave,

They have to be ultra careful given the possible effects if they miss something. And offenders are so plausible.

jiltloop

A tip I learned the hard way, don't bring a deck of cards in your hand luggage or handle cards before going through security. Playing cards can set off these scans and you can test positive for explosive material. It's some chemical in the cards (acetate I think?).

MonkieSocks

jiltloop wrote: »

A tip I learned the hard way, don't bring a deck of cards in your hand luggage or handle cards before going through security. Playing cards can set off these scans and you can test positive for explosive material. It's some chemical in the cards (acetate I think?).

That was what happened to the Birmingham 6, they were playing cards together

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_pub_bombings#Forensic_analysis

jiltloop

MonkieSocks wrote: »

That was what happened to the Birmingham 6, they were playing cards together

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_pub_bombings#Forensic_analysis

Yes, true! I was going to mention that but couldn't remember whether it was them or the Guildford 4.

Nesta99

jiltloop wrote: »

Yes, true! I was going to mention that but couldn't remember whether it was them or the Guildford 4.

Maguire 7 also convicted on such spurious evidence iirc.

I’d rather they disturb a hundred people incorrectly than let one through who has been at explosives.

saabsaab

Airyfairy12 wrote: »

Something similar happened to my friends sister a couple of years ago, they said they found traces of something in her bag, cant remember if it was drugs or explosives but it was very frightening for the two of them, they didnt know what was going on.
They kept her and her friend in for hours, they missed their flight and were in tears, absolutely terrified and said the questioning was so intense. Obviously nothing was found because they didnt have anything, theres no way they could have detected anything either as they wearnt stopped going through the first time and their suitcases were left in the hotel wardrobe the entire time.

It's crazy how they can get away with scaring people like that. Id wonder do they pick out random people.

What could happen is that the bags get contaminated by traces of what was in the taxi/wardrobe etc beforehand. Could also be a decoy trace contaminant added to tie up staff while real offending case gets by?

the14thwarrior

happened me lots of time, and i was stuck in a US airport for hours and kept going out for a smoke. when i kept getting hand searched and swabbed etc. i asked the security lady why the swab, what explosives etc. ?

she said she shouldn't tell but.....in her opinion it was the jeans with glitter/sequins on back pockets. she said they were showing up each and every time. they were brand new.
simple explanation

davidk1394

Sorry for the long post but bare with me. I came across previous posts about hungry grass and this is my story.
I cut a small field of hay for an elderly friend of the family. The field is no bigger than 2 acres, old grass, theres a ruin of an old cottage that is covered in briars and bushes. The field is on the edge of an old mass path. During the summer he would ring me and ask me to cut the field when I get a chance. He would always insist i cut it during the day and never at night and not to get off the tractor. He always said theres a stone in the field and i wouldnt see it in the dark.

I was talking to him a while ago and i asked him why he doesnt do anything with the field. He said the grass in the field is "fear gortha" or hungry grass. The field is supposedly cursed by people who died in the famine and if you step foot on a certain patches of grass you'll become instantly hungry. Unless you have a crust of bread in your pocket, the energy will be sucked from your body and you'll have an insatiable appetite. He warned me never to step foot on grass unless he was in the field. I laughed and said your having me on and thats its only a myth.

He looked backed at me seriously and said walk into the field at your own peril because the hungry grass is unforgiving. I was freaked out at his response and i never set foot on the field. I know some people will find this funny but I decided to take his advice.

http://nationalfamineway.ie/day-3-abbeyshrule-to-mullingar-c-27km-cathal-poirteir-on-hungry-grass-in-irish-famine-folklore/

saabsaab

I heard the same from the older people in the West. The cure was to have some bread on you if you strayed in to a patch.

Widdershins

Thats unsettling. I went for a walk near a famine village and felt really depressed by what I felt was an atmosphere...


So..the car park of the Galway train station. My ears feel really pressured and keep popping when I'm there. Only in that car park.

Also had bad leg cramps at the exact same time as my friend while we were in Galway city. Some odd little thing or other has always haplened to me in Galway city.

Sephiroth_dude

Widdershins wrote: »

Some odd little thing or other has always haplened to me in Galway city.

Do tell please.

Widdershins

I think I posted in the Wherer thread about a pair of flamboyantly dressed chancers who sidled up to me with tall tales and seemed to be up to no good. There are chancers in any city but only in Galway would one be dressed in a floor length leopard fur coat, fuchsia pink shirt and a grey man bun.

I need to have a think because my previous Galway trip was a few years back and it's a blur. I do remember theres always been lots os of people in arty costumes (a human sunflower) or a Macnas style flash mob of people ridinh big paper mache animals. But I said it to my friend last time and they said they always found Galway like anywhere else. So maybe I just have hallucinations, restricted to when I visit Galway. Although I think they changed their mind after the weekend there with me

saabsaab

Widdershins wrote: »

I think I posted in the Wherer thread about a pair of flamboyantly dressed chancers who sidled up to me with tall tales and seemed to be up to no good. There are chancers in any city but only in Galway would one be dressed in a floor length leopard fur coat, fuchsia pink shirt and a grey man bun.

I need to have a think because my previous Galway trip was a few years back and it's a blur. I do remember theres always been lots os of people in arty costumes (a human sunflower) or a Macnas style flash mob of people ridinh big paper mache animals. But I said it to my friend last time and they said they always found Galway like anywhere else. So maybe I just have hallucinations, restricted to when I visit Galway. Although I think they changed their mind after the weekend there with me

Yep. Standard Galway weekend then.

Blanco100

368100 wrote: »

Kind of unnerving....

Went through airport security over the weekend in Dublin. I was selected for random pat down, got through that and then my bag was taken for inspection. They swabbed it twice and alarms were going off......I was escorted away for questioning and they told me my bag had tested positive for traces of explosive materials!!

I've no idea how it happened, not a bag I use regularly and normally in my wardrobe.....wouldn't even know where to start in getting explosive materials.
I was getting all sorts of looks being escorted away....questioning was in depth too...felt like a criminal. Finally they deemed me not to be a threat to civil aviation! Scary stuff tho.

Believe it or not playing cards can contain elements of a dry explosive substance.

Quite common, mate of mine was stopped for this

jimbobaloobob

Blanco100 wrote: »

Believe it or not playing cards can contain elements of a dry explosive substance.

Quite common, mate of mine was stopped for this

Wasnt that some of the evidence used against the Guilford 4 or Birmingham 6, i think i remember a scene like that in the movie, In the Name of the Father

Widdershins

Back to the Galway matrix.
So I described the female in the probably-con artist couple as resembling a matryoshka doll. Short and squat and wearing ethic traditional rural Russian sort of dress (I'm clueless).

Ever since Ive been haunted by the bloody things. Matryoshkas.
Ive seen approximately 2 a day online and come across references in various unrelated books. Been ignoring it but tonight I looked up the symbolism. Pretty much what you'd think and quite positive but Ive always hated them. My girlfriend's aunt had a set on top of her tv. It was one of those inexplicable dislikes. So a bit of synchronicity.

Widdershins

Widdershins wrote: »

Back to the Galway matrix.
So I described the female in the probably-con artist couple as resembling a matryoshka doll. Short and squat and wearing ethic traditional rural Russian sort of dress (I'm clueless).

Ever since Ive been haunted by the bloody things. Matryoshkas.
Ive seen approximately 2 a day online and come across references in various unrelated books. Been ignoring it but tonight I looked up the symbolism. Pretty much what you'd think and quite positive but Ive always hated them. My girlfriend's aunt had a set on top of her tv. It was one of those inexplicable dislikes. So a bit of synchronicity.

There are a couple of names for that...

• Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
• Blue Car Bias

They kind of boil down to the same idea - something that has recently come to your attention seems to start appearing far more often.

Widdershins

Deleted User wrote: »

There are a couple of names for that...

• Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
• Blue Car Bias

They kind of boil down to the same idea - something that has recently come to your attention seems to start appearing far more often.

I was always conscious of and try to dismiss this as something like this but I would have always noticed the creepy little things before, all my life, and thought nothing mire than "why do people like then". There's obviously a chance of seeing almost anything now and then. Since Galway Ive been telling myself it's blue car bias (without knowing the correct term before), ignore it.
Its just getting unignorable. Also told myself they must be in fashion at the moment but that doesn't really explain the placement in the publications I've seen.

Noo

I was picking up the other half after work. I pulled up outside his building and waited, it was absolutely pissing rain. I had the radio on a station I love, but they're based further away so sometimes you can lose the signal a little if you turn a particular corner.

The way I was parked at the big building made it go a little funny. While some song was playing I hear something else cut in a say "Noo I love you". It kinda sounded like when a presenter keeps their mic on over a song and dont realise. It only happened that once, no other funny cutting in and out.

I'm sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation, or coincidence of some sort but it definitely weirded me out.

Airyfairy12

I had an appointment today that ive been looking forward to all week but this morning I had a bit of an unexpected situation at home and ended up having to cancel the appointment. I contacted the place and told them I was sorry to cancel at such short notice and explained the situation and that I would have to reschedule.
The weird thing is last night I had a dream that I couldnt make the appointment, in the dream I was texting the place my appointment was apologising and telling them I couldn't make it and will need to reschedule. I woke up feeling really disappointed that id missed my appointment and feeling bad that id let them down with such short notice as they require 24hrs. I checked my phone, relieved to see it was only 9am and I hadnt infact missed the appointment and all was well.
20 minutes later the incident happened preventing me from making my appointment.

Psychlops

Widdershins wrote: »

So..the car park of the Galway train station. My ears feel really pressured and keep popping when I'm there. Only in that car park.

Perhaps its the ambient noise of it being a busy bus & train station?

Widdershins wrote: »

Also had bad leg cramps at the exact same time as my friend while we were in Galway city.

Bad day at the gym the day before? Not stretching enough? Growing pains?

Widdershins

Widdershins wrote: »

I was always conscious of and try to dismiss this as something like this but I would have always noticed the creepy little things before, all my life, and thought nothing mire than "why do people like then". There's obviously a chance of seeing almost anything now and then. Since Galway Ive been telling myself it's blue car bias (without knowing the correct term before), ignore it.
Its just getting unignorable. Also told myself they must be in fashion at the moment but that doesn't really explain the placement in the publications I've seen.

They became fashionable with the downfall of the Soviet system. Before that it was one of the few places you could actually get them. In 1979 I brought a miniature set home from there as a souvenir for someone. Since then they gave been mass produced in all sorts of comic type variations and I keep seeing them about.

Widdershins

Psychlops wrote: »

Perhaps its the ambient noise of it being a busy bus & train station?





Bad day at the gym the day before? Not stretching enough? Growing pains?

No noise at all, the city was a bit busier even but no ear popping... no unusual exercise or anything. It was more the fact that my friend & I got the cramps simultaneously. Thrashing our legs around at the same time

Widdershins

Deleted User wrote: »

They became fashionable with the downfall of the Soviet system. Before that it was one of the few places you could actually get them. In 1979 I brought a miniature set home from there as a souvenir for someone. Since then they gave been mass produced in all sorts of comic type variations and I keep seeing them about.

My friend paints childrens sets. Animals, circus characters etc.
It wouldn't surprise me to see a matryoshka around here or there now and then, there's just been a spate of them since.

Gorteen

Getting shot at was unnerving

Leg End Reject

Gorteen wrote: »

Getting shot at was unnerving

You can't leave it at that, we need details!

Gorteen

Leg End Reject wrote: »

You can't leave it at that, we need details!

Lebanon 1982. Got fired on by one of the many armed groups in the area at the time. Take your pick... PLO, Christian Militia, AMAL, Israelis....

The sound of bullets cracking just over your head is horrible!

Leg End Reject

Gorteen wrote: »

Lebanon 1982. Got fired on by one of the many armed groups in the area at the time. Take your pick... PLO, Christian Militia, AMAL, Israelis....

The sound of bullets cracking just over your head is horrible!

I can only imagine, but I don't think I'd cope.