Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

I'm not superstitious at all but the (now wife) would always salute a magpie.

anyway got engaged Easter Sunday 5 years ago and where in her parents house having a meal with her grandmother to celebrate, the grandmother asked me to go to the shop for her (5 minutes away) when I drove the car back in a magpie flew across me and for some strange reason I said out loud to it "don't you be ruining my day"

Got to the front door and all I could hear was the loudest wail I have ever heard, the Grandmother got a phonecall her son (my wife's uncle) dropped dead.

A day I will never forget, since then when I see a magpie in the garden I call him by the uncles name.

My Grandson gave up his room for me whilst on a visit to rural Mayo. Pitch black night and I wake up to a dragging scratching noise. Then it stops. Then it starts again. I think it's something being dragged around outside the window. Or maybe something in the wall cavity.

Start, stop, start stop. Grandad is getting a bit concerned now, what the hell is it? Scratching, dragging..... silence! This is going on for an hour...

I didn't even know he had a hamster...... little fecker in his cage on top of a wardrobe coming out for a bit of nocturnal exercise on the wheel!

JupiterKid wrote: »

For several months over the summer of 2001, I had recurring nightmares of airplanes crashing into buildings.

Google has for some reason decided to present me with an asteroid story every couple of days for the past few weeks. I hope that's not a premonition:eek::D

fryup wrote: »

...and i hope you salute as well

And remember to say "Good morning, Mr. Magpie!"

I had cold prickles rippling up and down my back when I read that, FP.

I heard of someone driving around until he found a pair of magpie to offset the single magpie he'd seen an route to his wedding.

vriesmays wrote: »

When I was 5 two older brothers hassled me, one told the other to kick me in the shin and he did. A few months back the first brother had his leg amputated.

I don't get that? Are you thinking that because your brother instructed your other brother to kick you in the shin that the amputation of his leg years later was payback for that instigation? If that's the case we'd all probably be legless.

Booked to fly back to Australia after attending a funeral in Ireland (partners sibling). Partner and kids flew ahead of me a few weeks before.

They were staying on in Ireland and I had to return to work in Oz.
2 days before I was due to travel back I decided to extend my stay by another 3 days as it was my daughters birthday.

If I had taken the return flight back on the 17 July 2014 I wouldn't be writing this!

KLM Flight 4103.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17

I can't see how many magpie are in that photo on my small screen but

Eight for a Kiss
Nine for a wish
Ten for a surprise you wouldn't like to miss


There are no guidelines on multiple magpie salutations. You only address a solitary bird to negate the omen.

I've no idea but there's tonnes of weather lore and omens related to birds. Incidentally it's quite surprising how many birds mate for life.

I once saw a magpie eating a, still living, baby bird. Stopped “saluting” them after that.

Seeing birds eating.....thats real creepy stuff.

Yea a medium told my daughter that her mam was seeing someone else, TRUE as it happens.