Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

ardinn · 30-10-2018 10:25PM

Edit - I'm dead right!!

/smug grin!

New Home · 30-10-2018 10:25PM

ardinn wrote: »

I thought that was 12-1?

Maybe it's 3-4 for jet-lagged witches, or witches on the late shift. :cool:

Mam of 4 · 30-10-2018 10:27PM

ardinn wrote: »

I thought that was 12-1?

Don't know about the witching hour , but often heard nurses saying between 3-4 was a telling time for patients who were very ill..

Lady Haywire · 30-10-2018 10:32PM

Always heard 3/4am here too, darkest before dawn & all that. Seems that 12/2am is a more recent thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witching_hour_(supernatural)

Sephiroth_dude · 30-10-2018 10:32PM

ardinn wrote: »

I thought that was 12-1?

I dispute this claim!

Mam of 4 · 30-10-2018 11:05PM

Emerson Shallow Mouthful wrote: »

Ever since watching the original Amityville Horror, the number of times I've woken randomly, checked the time and it's 3.15am....

Be afraid .

Be very afraid............

Sephiroth_dude · 30-10-2018 11:12PM

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Be afraid .

Be very afraid............

:pac:

Quazzie · 30-10-2018 11:19PM

3am - 4am is the witching hour and that is based on the fact that Christ died on the cross at 3pm so 3am is the opposite and therefore the witching hour

30-10-2018 11:22PM

Mam of 4 wrote: »

Don't know about the witching hour , but often heard nurses saying between 3-4 was a telling time for patients who were very ill..

Your body temperature drops to it's lowest at around 4am, so if you're very ill and weak its harder for your body to recover and the slight variation becomes the difference between life and death.

Mam of 4 · 30-10-2018 11:26PM

Candie wrote: »

Your body temperature drops to it's lowest at around 4am, so if you're very ill and weak its harder for your body to recover and the slight variation becomes the difference between life and death.

That makes so much sense , thank you for that !

RhubarbCrumble · 30-10-2018 11:27PM

Around 4am is the peak time for suicides too.

30-10-2018 11:33PM

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Around 4am is the peak time for suicides too.

It's the point where your temperature is at it's lowest, hormone secretion is at it's lowest, your metabolism is at it's slowest, and most of your normal functions are slower or less efficient. As a result you're at your clumsiest, your least resilient, your most exhausted, and it makes sense that the cumulative effect on someone already struggling might result in a critical point being reached.

ellejay · 31-10-2018 11:37AM

Don't forget to leave some food out for the souls!!

They rise from the dead at midnight and roam the roads.
The food is to let them know they're welcome.
:pac::pac::pac:

Sephiroth_dude · 31-10-2018 11:53AM

ellejay wrote: »

Don't forget to leave some food out for the souls!!

They rise from the dead at midnight and roam the roads.
The food is to let them know they're welcome.
:pac::pac::pac:

I won't be leaving out any food so :pac:

OldRio · 31-10-2018 12:11PM

Candie wrote: »

It's the point where your temperature is at it's lowest, hormone secretion is at it's lowest, your metabolism is at it's slowest, and most of your normal functions are slower or less efficient. As a result you're at your clumsiest, your least resilient, your most exhausted, and it makes sense that the cumulative effect on someone already struggling might result in a critical point being reached.

As someone who worked shifts for most of his life I can understand that. Night shifts at 3 to 4 am are when you are at your lowest. As time moves onto to about 6 you seem to come alive again.
God I don't miss those days at all.

Mam of 4 · 31-10-2018 12:11PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I won't be leaving out any food so :pac:

The dead won't harm you *,
it's the living one's you've to watch out for !

*
Well , apart from maybe scaring you initially

31-10-2018 12:40PM

OldRio wrote: »

As someone who worked shifts for most of his life I can understand that. Night shifts at 3 to 4 am are when you are at your lowest. As time moves onto to about 6 you seem to come alive again.
God I don't miss those days at all.

Chronobiology and biological psychology are areas that study that area and elucidate the negative effects of long term shift work on many people, both physical and psychological.

Humans are meant to shut down in the dark and be active in the light, it's one of the reasons why people with a later chronotype (night owls) tend to die a bit younger.

And the above is probably partially responsible for the myths about being outside in the dark late at night and at risk of spirits and bad things happening, and similarly themed legends that are common to just about every culture.

Tell me how · 31-10-2018 12:43PM

Candie wrote: »

Chronobiology and biological psychology are areas that study that area and elucidate the negative effects of long term shift work on many people, both physical and psychological.

I worked with a guy who had spent 23 years on night shift. He looked 20 years older than the 51 years old he was.

I actually thought about asking him for a picture so I could show people and ask them to guess his age but thankfully I wasn't stupid enough to do so.

31-10-2018 12:50PM

Tell me how wrote: »

I worked with a guy who had spent 23 years on night shift. He looked 20 years older than the 51 years old he was.

I actually thought about asking him for a picture so I could show people and ask them to guess his age but thankfully I wasn't stupid enough to do so.

Not unusual at all, though things like vitamin D supplementation can help. It's hard to avoid the effects of shift work when our bodies are designed to work differently but some adapt better than others, of course.

Sephiroth_dude · 31-10-2018 12:51PM

Mam of 4 wrote: »

The dead won't harm you *,
it's the living one's you've to watch out for !

*
Well , apart from maybe scaring you initially

The fright could give the person a heart attack mam :pac:.

Poor Uncle Tom · 31-10-2018 05:32PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

The fright could give the person a heart attack mam :pac:.

Reminds me of a time I went on a sesh with an old army buddy of mine. We decided we'd meet at the boozer as I had a few things to do and so did he. We were having a great time, lots of drink, lots of craic, then comes closing time so we decided we'd go get an early breakfast. On the way he had a massive heart attack but I couldn't find my phone, so I had to use his to ring for an ambulance. They had to use the paddles and tap into the national grid but they revived him.

He told me the following day that he has memories of being dead, at least being aware of not being alive anymore, he said it was exhillerating, he was freed from his body, he could experience everything without feeling anything, he knew everything without needing to know anything, until he was suddenly dragged back to his body.... I believe the Shannon Scheme has a lot to answer for, but I asked him to prove it.

He told me my phone was in an armchair in my sisters sitting room, I only missed my phone when I went to call the ambulance. Turned out the phone was where he said it was, lucky guess I suppose.

gerrybbadd · 31-10-2018 05:37PM

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Reminds me of a time I went on a sesh with an old army buddy of mine. We decided we'd meet at the boozer as I had a few things to do and so did he. We were having a great time, lots of drink, lots of craic, then comes closing time so we decided we'd go get an early breakfast. On the way he had a massive heart attack but I couldn't find my phone, so I had to use his to ring for an ambulance. They had to use the paddles and tap into the national grid but they revived him.

He told me the following day that he has memories of being dead, at least being aware of not being alive anymore, he said it was exhillerating, he was freed from his body, he could experience everything without feeling anything, he knew everything without needing to know anything, until he was suddenly dragged back to his body.... I believe the Shannon Scheme has a lot to answer for, but I asked him to prove it.

He told me my phone was in an armchair in my sisters sitting room, I only missed my phone when I went to call the ambulance. Turned out the phone was where he said it was, lucky guess I suppose.

Amazing stuff. There's a great book by Dr. Jeffrey Long, "Evidence of the Afterlife" where he investigates near death experiences. It seems many (if not all) experience similar feelings and situations such as your friend did. Being able to see all around you, in a full 360 degree. Knowing everything you could want to.

Poor Uncle Tom · 31-10-2018 05:39PM

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Amazing stuff. There's a great book by Dr. Jeffrey Long, "Evidence of the Afterlife" where he investigates near death experiences. It seems many (if not all) experience similar feelings and situations such as your friend did. Being able to see all around you, in a full 360 degree. Knowing everything you could want to.

To be fair I'd say he gets that from the missus.........

Gwen Cooper · 31-10-2018 06:36PM

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Amazing stuff. There's a great book by Dr. Jeffrey Long, "Evidence of the Afterlife" where he investigates near death experiences. It seems many (if not all) experience similar feelings and situations such as your friend did. Being able to see all around you, in a full 360 degree. Knowing everything you could want to.

This actually reminds me of my experience from cca 2013. It's not a near-death experience, more like an out-of-body experience.

I had a really bad chest infection at that time and had a serious coughing fit. I couldn't stop coughing for a few minutes, and I felt like my chest is closing up. I couldn't breathe at all.

I have mild asthma as well so that might have contributed to it.

Anyway, one minute I'm on by bed, coughing and trying to take a breath, feeling an awful pain in my chest.

The next minute I'm standing in the corner of the room, watching myself sitting on the bed and coughing.

All the pain was gone.

It wasn't that I would be looking at myself on purpose, I just was just standing there with my head turned in that direction. I didn't care about anything. I had no thoughts going through my head. I was just there.

I can't really explain the state of having no emotions or thoughts. I wasn't worried about returning into my body, I wasn't worried about what's happening. I can't even say that it was peaceful.

I just was. Suddenly I started feeling the pain in my chest again and then I was back on the bed and took a deep breath.

It was really weird, surreal. I can't explain what it was like, or what happened. I suppose that the short-lived lack of oxygen played with my mind a bit.

MUFC91CS · 31-10-2018 08:00PM

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MUFC91CS · 31-10-2018 08:01PM

So I'm in a part of the world where it is currently the morning of the 1st of November. When me and the girlfriend went out to the car to leave for work this morning at 07:30 every single car window was fully down. We definitely did not leave it this was last night as it was raining. All four are electric windows and cannot not be opened without the keys and the keys were in the house with us. Maybe it could be some electrical fault but this never happened before so now idea why it would happen on Halloween night. Absolutely rattled to say the least.

Also when i got home from work Tuesday evening the big garage door and side garage door were also open. There is absolutely nothing in the garage so we don't lock these doors so we figured this could be an attempted robbery or one of our mates playing a trick but it is impossible to do this with the car windows.

screamer · 31-10-2018 08:13PM

Mam of 4 wrote: »

ardinn wrote: »

I thought that was 12-1?

Don't know about the witching hour , but often heard nurses saying between 3-4 was a telling time for patients who were very ill..

That's to do with circadian rhythms look it up very interesting...and true

Chancer3001 · 31-10-2018 08:52PM

i have a random qustion that i admit is off topic but is related to an above post.

When you look back at your own memories....do you see out through your own eyes? Or do you see a 3rd party looking at you experiencing the memory?

Its always been the 3rd party style for me. I have no memories at all where I see through my own eyes.

Like if I think back to this morning at the dentist, I dont see out through the dentists glasses, I see it from the side, or from above, of me being in the dentist chair. Can see my arms and torso and legs etc.

RhubarbCrumble · 31-10-2018 08:54PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

i have a random qustion that i admit is off topic but is related to an above post.

When you look back at your own memories....do you see out through your own eyes? Or do you see a 3rd party looking at you experiencing the memory?

Its always been the 3rd party style for me. I have no memories at all where I see through my own eyes.

Like if I think back to this morning at the dentist, I dont see out through the dentists glasses, I see it from the side, or from above, of me being in the dentist chair. Can see my arms and torso and legs etc.

Same. Third party for me too. As though I'm looking at the scene as another person.

blinding · 31-10-2018 09:03PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

i have a random qustion that i admit is off topic but is related to an above post.

When you look back at your own memories....do you see out through your own eyes? Or do you see a 3rd party looking at you experiencing the memory?

Its always been the 3rd party style for me. I have no memories at all where I see through my own eyes.

Like if I think back to this morning at the dentist, I dont see out through the dentists glasses, I see it from the side, or from above, of me being in the dentist chair. Can see my arms and torso and legs etc.

Interesting question !

Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

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