Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

Okay now this is a weird one that I still think about a lot. I don't believe in ghosts but this has me perplexed.

First we have the facts.

I lived in a house where the back door made a huge clacking sound when open and closed. It just always did. It was a sound that was unique as it was an old door. My family just left it as is.The front door has a bell hanging on it so this way we always heard anyone coming or going.

I was in my early teens and my parents had gone away. Supposed to be gone for a few days. They went away with my grandparents to Dublin.

I used the time to stay up late watching tv as you do as a kid! So I was having late nights and sleeping in late.

So my parents are not due back for another few days. I was asleep in my room and it is down the end of a hall. At the top of the hall is a door that is the kitchen and that has the back door.

My dad said to me before they left that as I have a front door key that I should use that to come and go. Before he left, he locked the back door TWICE. This is a lock down near the handle and another lock up at eye level. My dad says that I may lose the keys so he takes them with him to keep in the car. I don't mind as I have a front door key. I made sure every night to have all windows and front door locked.

Now, if the back door is opened it takes a few mins and you will hear the clacking noise.You will usually hear the top lock too as the lock rattles as it was a bit loose. This is why there is two locks. Don't ask me why we never fixed it, we just didn't! Another thing is that when the back door is opened, whichever way the house was it would create a bit of a wind that would make the door leading to the hall gently open up slowly. Just a quirk of the house.

So here is the weird bit....

I am asleep and its sometime in the morning.Lying in as usual. I hear just a clacking noise and half wake up.I'm kinda becoming awake like you do when you wake up. No lock rattling. This is possible to do if you are very quiet. I am half awake and I remember thinking my parents are back early. Then I hear footsteps and my door opening. I could tell that it wasn't my mother as she walks quieter so I thought it was my dad.The light gets switched on.

I am facing the opposite way towards the wall kinda with quilt pulled up over me. Nothing is said but I knew there was someone at the door.Seems like a min and nothing is said. I kinda am half awake and say angrily "turn off the bloody light" Then I hear a voice saying " Don't worry (my name) everything will be fine. It will all be okay. Look after your mother"

I was thinking it was my dad and I'm kinda thinking WTF. I shout "turn off the bloody light" as it was too bright.I turn around in the bed and look at the door. My eyes are adjusting to the light so I am kinda squinting. I see the door close and just an old hand reaching for the light. (Like you were leaving a room and closing the door but reaching in to turn off the light) The hand turns off the light and I hear footsteps going up the hall.

Then as I sit up I remember, wait a sec, that wasn't my dads voice and didn't look like my dads hand.So who was that? I start thinking its a thief and jump up straight away and jump to the door.I open it and see the door at the top of the hall glide open. This means the back door is being opened. I hear the back door clack twice as its opened and closed as I reach the kitchen door.Then go in and rush to back door. Its still locked and shut. I'm like WTF. I look out the back window and there is no one in the back garden.

I ran to the front door to check it. Its locked. I ran to the front window to see if anyone running away or something but its all quiet. I quickly check all rooms and everything is as it should be.

I return to my bedroom and start getting dressed. I'm like puzzled and thinking what is going on.As I thought about that voice, I began to realise it was very like my grandfathers voice. I'm thinking how weird is that.

Then I hear a car in the driveway and then the back door locks are being rattled as they are opening. 2 clacks as the door is opened and closed and then its my dad in my room.

I said when did you arrive? He said just now. I asked him were you in here turning on the light a few minutes ago? He said no of course not. Look I don't have time for this. I have bad news. Your grandfather has passed away in Dublin.I am just here collecting a few things that we need and going back up straight away.

Now I have thought about this a lot. I said I must have been just dreaming the whole thing but what I am positive I did not dream, was me running up the hall, seeing the door glide open and hearing the usual back door opening and closing noises. I was definitely wide awake for that. Then the door being locked when I got there. I said it must have been my dad somehow but he said he only came in once.He was driving and I could hear any car in the driveway if it was there. So he didn't stop the car outside , come in then go out and then drive into the driveway and then come in. He always drove into the driveway. And when I looked out there was no car there.

There were no key noises so how could the door open? If the door was opened very quietly it would take a few mins being very quiet. Using the keys took a few mins anyway as they were old locks. I was up there very quick so the "person" would only have got out that quickly if the door wasn't locked. Of course why is this "ghost" using a door? I have no idea.

Everything seemed really real to me from seeing the hand and hearing the voice. It didn't feel like I was asleep but I have to say in my rational mind that I must have dreamt that part as otherwise I have no explanation.

I even carried out tests on the door! If I was in the hall, could the wind make that clacking noise by bumping the door. I couldn't reproduce it. It would only happen when opened and closed. I did think that maybe the wind blew the kitchen door open and had bumped the back door. I have never seen that happen as the door was a heavy door that kept the wind out unless it was open. I watched out on windy nights to see would the noise happen but it didn't. I tried the kitchen door seeing if it would swing open on its own accord but it wouldn't. Only when a draught was there. I really could not reproduce the events unless you open and closed the back door. I knew the sound like the back of my hand.

Then a while later I was talking to my parents about my grandfather. I was asking about how he died and they said he knew he was going and the last words he said to my mother was "look after your mother" meaning my grandmother. Really strange or maybe just a coincidence but thats what the voice had said to me.

In one sense its creepy but in another way it was good as was he saying goodbye? I don't believe it either but I can't explain it.

up for anything wrote: »

You must have been an exemplary early teen that they felt they could leave you on your own for a few days. I'd never have been allowed an empty gaff like that. :eek::D

Not surprised with that username:D

My 9 yr turns around to us tonight and goes ' I know you're cheating on (the wife)', comes over to me puts her head against mine 'i bet you've got some secrets in that head.' - I'm a faithful husband but that creeped the hell out of me.

sweetie wrote: »

My 9 yr turns around to us tonight and goes ' I know you're cheating on (the wife)', comes over to me puts her head against mine 'i bet you've got some secrets in that head.' - I'm a faithful husband but that creeped the hell out of me.

I'd say the wife is chatting away with her lady friends in front of your kid about how "he always works late" and "I don't trust that jessica girl he works with, she's too pretty"

The White Feather wrote: »

Okay now this is a weird one that I still think about a lot. I don't believe in ghosts but this has me perplexed.

First we have the facts.

I lived in a house where the back door made a huge clacking sound when open and closed. It just always did. It was a sound that was unique as it was an old door. My family just left it as is.The front door has a bell hanging on it so this way we always heard anyone coming or going.

This is the longest post I've ever read and enjoyed on Boards. Thanks for sharing.

Graces7 wrote: »

Try google again as explanations are given. We have too much static in iur bodies and that interferes with the mechanism. Same as when our hair sparks on brushing and nylon underwear sparks when we take it off.

Totally scientific. I always had too much static and watches that were fine on others failed on me.

Sorry, not that I don't believe you or don't believe that this can happen but have you any search terms or links to that.


I saw this link, which says that static electricity won't stop a watch.



https://www.swagnavigator.com/why-watches-stop-working/

Couple of years ago, I'd call my now ex, mobile to mobile (he was living in Dubai) ... about 3-5 mins into the convo, he started saying "Hiya".......(gap) ........"How are you?".....(gap).... to which i was answering, thinking he was taking the Mickey, until i realised it was a recording being played back to me of our conversation from his side. I sat there stunned listening to him repeat everything we'd discussed, crystal clear. (In Dubai, he thought we had just got cut off and hung up) This happened twice where the conversation was recorded and started to play back on my end.
It wasnt anything to do with him, in fact he rang the phone company Etisalat (?) i think complaining, but they knew nothing.
Most definitely, someone, somewhere had the ability to record the conversation.

Last week I was walking back to work at lunchtime, a route I take 3-4 times a week usually around the same time. As I walked towards a particular car park I notice a guy walking towards me a few meters to my right.

As soon as I glance at his face, in the space of what was probably less than a tenth of a second, I vividly remembered this guys face from a dream I had within a few nights previous to it.

I remembered his exact facial features but the dream was a bad one, it was violent and there were other people in it too, I can’t remember the details now but it was a fearful dream, a fight or flight dream.

At that moment in the car park when I remembered the dream I looked around quickly and the setting really seemed to match the dream. Anyways I just looked to my left to avoid any eye contact with this guy and kept walking. I really had a bad sense of things at that moment.

No idea what caused it, maybe he walks that route too and I just subconsciously saw him previously. Or maybe this played out different in an alternative reality !

aristotle25 wrote: »

Last week I was walking back to work at lunchtime, a route I take 3-4 times a week usually around the same time. As I walked towards a particular car park I notice a guy walking towards me a few meters to my right.

As soon as I glance at his face, in the space of what was probably less than a tenth of a second, I vividly remembered this guys face from a dream I had within a few nights previous to it.

I remembered his exact facial features but the dream was a bad one, it was violent and there were other people in it too, I can’t remember the details now but it was a fearful dream, a fight or flight dream.

At that moment in the car park when I remembered the dream I looked around quickly and the setting really seemed to match the dream. Anyways I just looked to my left to avoid any eye contact with this guy and kept walking. I really had a bad sense of things at that moment.

No idea what caused it, maybe he walks that route too and I just subconsciously saw him previously. Or maybe this played out different in an alternative reality !

A few times I have had dreams that foresaw future events. Two could be in interpreted as warnings others of no consequence.

Snails pace wrote: »

Slowly working my way through this brilliant thread and loving the stories. I'll try keep it as short as I can.

This happened to me last Saturday night, nothing ghostly but very unnerving. I was in my local pub having a few pints. I live in the country and a little over 2kms from the pub in the village. It was a bright frosty night and I decided I'd walk home, I gave my sister a text saying I'll be fine. It was around 12.30 and I had 4 pints.

I live on the end of a long country road (not a dead end). Its about 1.5 km long. Its straight and you can see from end to the other in the day. It's your typical country road with humps, hollows and pot holes. I was up towards the end of the road, about 400 m from home, it's not far off 1 AM.
I saw the lights of a car turn onto the road and it was coming fairly quick up the road. I got a gut feeling to stand well in off the road. I stood into a field entrance, turned my back to the road and pulled up the hood of my jacket. I wasn't wearing a hi vis. The car passed by fairly quickly but about 10 meters up the road it locked on the breaks and reversed back to the entrance into the field.
In the mean time I jumped the gate and hid in along by the ditch, there was a little gap I could hide in, where animals would take shelter. Two fellas jumped out of the car, jumped up on the gate and shined a strong torch across the field. I was absolutely shaking at this stage. I remember one of the guys saying "I was certain there was someone standing here" the other fella said "we'll drive around again and keep an eye out". They got back into their car and slowly drove away. This only lasted a minute at most.

Once I knew they were gone I rang my sister and asked would she pick me up. I was literally home but I was too scared to go the rest of the way for fear I'd meet this car. My sister picked me up in a few minutes. We went to the other end of the road to turn around. On our way back up the road, we met the car again and they were stopped at the field again shining in a torch.

I didn't recognize the car, it was an 08 shape Audi A4 with English plates and it was diesel, I knew by the sound. I'm glad I didn't find out what would happen if I met those people.

Whay did you go back looking for them with your sister? Did you think that she would protect you?

sweetie wrote: »

Whay did you go back looking for them with your sister? Did you think that she would protect you?

My sister picked me up. Went to the end of the road to turn around and on the way back up the road home we met the car again.