Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

Widdershins · 21-05-2020 11:29PM

There are paranormal researchers/ investigators advertising on Facebook.
They don't charge and they have various equipment to check temperature spots etc.

Poor Uncle Tom · 22-05-2020 08:27AM

Day Lewin wrote: »

Interesting.

and,

"xenoglossy" - there's a fine word!

I'm reminded of an image of a kid standing back with pride admiring a crap he just did in the big boys toilet.......:D

New Home · 25-05-2020 09:53PM

THE GLITCH!! THE GLITCH IS DUPLICATING MY POSTS! :eek: :eek: :eek:

New Home · 25-05-2020 09:53PM

This happened last Friday night, at 23:59 precisely. I was heading up to bed, so I decided to check the phone to make sure I hadn't stupidly left the alarm on (set on "all week" instead of just "Mon-Fri"). The instant I touched the phone to look at the screen to unlock it, the alarm went off... at 23:59!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: That wasn't spooky enough... I checked what alarms I had programmed in (why on earth would I set one up for that time of night?!?)... there was NO alarm programmed for that time. At all! The nearest one was either 10PM or 6:25AM. I had no anniversaries/ birthdays/ events/ reminders for that day/ time, either. I'm still puzzling over it, I know I didn't dream it.

NackJapier · 25-05-2020 10:00PM

Smoked DMT. Twice. Never again.

blinding · 25-05-2020 10:41PM

New Home wrote: »

This happened last Friday night, at 23:59 precisely. I was heading up to bed, so I decided to check the phone to make sure I hadn't stupidly left the alarm on (set on "all week" instead of just "Mon-Fri"). The instant I touched the phone to look at the screen to unlock it, the alarm went off... at 23:29!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: That wasn't spooky enough... I checked what alarms I had programmed in (why on earth would I set one up for that time of night?!?)... there was NO alarm programmed for that time. At all! The nearest one was either 10PM or 6:25AM. I had no anniversaries/ birthdays/ events/ reminders for that day/ time, either. I'm still puzzling over it, I know I didn't dream it.

Big Brother is watching you ! You , from now on must only have Right Think !

New Home · 25-05-2020 10:42PM

blinding wrote: »

Big Brother is watching you ! You , from now on must only have Right Think !

I've been waiting for news from someone (nobody specific) telling me someone close had passed away then... wouldn't be the first time people come to say goodbye in peculiar ways.

Psychlops · 25-05-2020 10:52PM

maccored wrote: »

if the study of the paranormal was a financially grantable pursuit, Im sure science would study it

https://www.history.co.uk/shows/curse-of-skinwalker-ranch

Be right back · 25-05-2020 10:56PM

The building I work in is largely empty due to the pandemic. One day recently there was 3 staff in. I was in an office with one co worker and the other staff member was upstairs. I left the office to answer the main door, walking through another room to find that the tv had been turned on and showing a tv programme. Strange. The upstairs staff member said they hadn't turned it on.

Sephiroth_dude · 26-05-2020 01:39PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

The weirdest thing just happened me, I was chatting to my brother who lives abroad with his wife and when I was finished I went upstairs to my room and I was just thinking of them and wondering how long before they would have their first child together and thinking maybe she's pregnant already and then my youngest brother comes into me and says SIL is pregnant! I couldn't believe it! maybe its just a coincidence but maybe two weeks back I was walking home from the village and passed where my cousin works and was thinking of him and next thing he pops out of nowhere! "Alright boi" another coincidence maybe but has this happened anyone else before? its been happening regularly enough the last couple of months but there the only incidents that I can remember.

This happened again, was down the park for a walk and was thinking of someone from my childhood, she just popped into my head,I haven't seen or spoken to her in years and then lo and behold a few minutes later I pass her and her husband, probably just a coincidence but felt really strange after it.

Quazzie · 27-05-2020 11:38AM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

This happened again, was down the park for a walk and was thinking of someone from my childhood, she just popped into my head,I haven't seen or spoken to her in years and then lo and behold a few minutes later I pass her and her husband, probably just a coincidence but felt really strange after it.

I think it's more that you probably unknowingly pass her every day, but because you thought of her that day, you actually noticed her then.

Widdershins · 27-05-2020 11:55AM

Or maybe you heard her voice without registering it or her husband said her name a few minutes before you saw her...having said that Im a great believer in synchronicity

R.F. · 27-05-2020 12:18PM

A few years ago I was waiting at a train station after work and on my phone viewing a football forum. It was a fairly tight knit community and most posters would be quite familiar with each other. A thread appeared and the poster was saying he was worried as his younger brother had gone missing and they were very concerned. I think he was looking for advice if there was anyway to hack into his brothers phone or laptop to see if he can find any ideas of his whereabouts.

Soon after, an announcement came up to say all trains were delayed. And not long after heard sirens approach. Ambulance workers had to get onto a single carriage provided and go up the track and around the corner just out of sight. Obviously and correctly I assumed something very bad had happened. About an hour or so later services resumed, I got home and I read later that someone had sadly died.

Next day I saw the thread I had been reading and admittedly since forgotten about was bumped. And to say what I read sent chills down my spine would be an understatement. The poster had the very sad news that his brother was found dead after being hit by a train. There was no question that it was the same person, as I knew where the poster was from and yes it was not too far from this train station. This was a good 5 or 6 years ago but I will never forget it.

saabsaab · 29-05-2020 11:18PM

Story on RTE radio earlier about an encounter with a giant shadow figure in Clare one night sounded like this description.

'The Hat Man appears as a completely dark figure like other Shadow People. The obvious difference is that Hat Man wears a hat which has appeared as a top hat in some sightings and a fedora in others. While many people are unable to make out what he is wearing, some report seeing old-fashioned clothing, a long trench coat or a cape, and he always appears at least six feet tall. The Hat Man's face is also usually indistinguishable but many who he has visited have claimed he has glowing red eyes,'

fryup · 29-05-2020 11:32PM

^^^^^^^

which radio programme?

feartuath · 29-05-2020 11:40PM

2006 on a Honda off road motorcycle and was riding in a coillte forest in north Clare.
I went down between rows of mature trees which led to an old pathway I passed the ruin of a farm house with a rusty galvanised roof and continued on untill I reached the end of the lane.
Turned round and stopped at the old ruin, parked the bike and looked in the door to see a circle of stones and some branches in a circle which looked like some sort of weige board.
It freaked me out so I got a strange feeling.

I started the bike and drove back through a stream which I had passed before then the bike died.

Would not start.
I freaked and pushed it half a mile or so to the main road and called for somone to collect me with a trailer as bike would not start.

I was 15 years or more driving and maintaining bikes ,riding in the Irish enduro championship and this had not happened
Power washing bikes for years and always started.

During the week tried to start the bike without any maintenance and it fired up first time.

Needless to say I have never returned to that woods.

Addle · 29-05-2020 11:51PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

This happened again, was down the park for a walk and was thinking of someone from my childhood, she just popped into my head,I haven't seen or spoken to her in years and then lo and behold a few minutes later I pass her and her husband, probably just a coincidence but felt really strange after it.

The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.

Quazzie · 30-05-2020 12:31AM

feartuath wrote: »

2006 on a Honda off road motorcycle and was riding in a coillte forest in north Clare.
I went down between rows of mature trees which led to an old pathway I passed the ruin of a farm house with a rusty galvanised roof and continued on untill I reached the end of the lane.
Turned round and stopped at the old ruin, parked the bike and looked in the door to see a circle of stones and some branches in a circle which looked like some sort of weige board.
It freaked me out so I got a strange feeling.

I started the bike and drove back through a stream which I had passed before then the bike died.

Would not start.
I freaked and pushed it half a mile or so to the main road and called for somone to collect me with a trailer as bike would not start.

I was 15 years or more driving and maintaining bikes ,riding in the Irish enduro championship and this had not happened
Power washing bikes for years and always started.

During the week tried to start the bike without any maintenance and it fired up first time.

Needless to say I have never returned to that woods.

Your spark plug took on some water, which dried out before you restarted during the week

saabsaab · 30-05-2020 12:50AM

fryup wrote: »

^^^^^^^

which radio programme?

https://www.rte.ie/radio1/liveline/programmes/2020/0529/1143439-liveline-friday-29-may-2020/?clipid=103420628

Segment of the above.

feartuath · 30-05-2020 07:06AM

Quazzie wrote: »

Your spark plug took on some water, which dried out before you restarted during the week

Enduro bikes are designed for that type of terrain,I still have that same old bike and have often drowned it in water without ever stopping.
The stream was tiny but there was a bad feeling in tha place.

up for anything · 30-05-2020 10:35AM

feartuath wrote: »

Needless to say I have never returned to that woods.

Would you not go back with company?

the purple tin · 30-05-2020 10:39AM

feartuath wrote: »

2006 on a Honda off road motorcycle and was riding in a coillte forest in north Clare.
I went down between rows of mature trees which led to an old pathway I passed the ruin of a farm house with a rusty galvanised roof and continued on untill I reached the end of the lane.
Turned round and stopped at the old ruin, parked the bike and looked in the door to see a circle of stones and some branches in a circle which looked like some sort of weige board.
It freaked me out so I got a strange feeling.

I started the bike and drove back through a stream which I had passed before then the bike died.

Would not start.
I freaked and pushed it half a mile or so to the main road and called for somone to collect me with a trailer as bike would not start.

I was 15 years or more driving and maintaining bikes ,riding in the Irish enduro championship and this had not happened
Power washing bikes for years and always started.

During the week tried to start the bike without any maintenance and it fired up first time.

Needless to say I have never returned to that woods.

Stupid youngsters probably, messing about with stuff they don't understand. Leave that crap alone kids :mad: for your own good.

feartuath · 30-05-2020 11:40AM

up for anything wrote: »

Would you not go back with company?

No, I have been in that general area walking and cycling but have not ventured near the house.
It a couple of Km from the main road, that time the lane way was almost closed in with brambles.

cazzer22 · 30-05-2020 12:04PM

the purple tin wrote: »

Stupid youngsters probably, messing about with stuff they don't understand. Leave that crap alone kids :mad: for your own good.

I would never touch an Ouija board. Messing with stuff we have no knowledge of and inviting it into our lives. Freaky.

30-05-2020 12:05PM

A year ago my then 100 year old grandmother had a bad fall and was very unwell, in hospital. She has Alzheimer's and at that point it had been around 7 years since she'd last remembered my name. As a result of the fall she was speaking almost exclusively jibberish which was impossible to make sense of and her doctors warned us repeatedly that she was almost certainly going to die.

My cousin and I were visiting her one day and she was lying in her hospital bed, obsessively scrunching the top sheet between her hands and mumbling unintelligible nonsense.

Suddenly she went silent, turned and stared at a blank space on the other side of the bed for a moment and then shot her head in my direction and asked, clear as day, "Is your name Buile??"

My mouth dropped open and I said "Yeah I'm Buile Granny". She turned abruptly back to the blank space and said "There's a man here asking for you".

For a minute my cousin and I just stared at each other, then I said 'hi granddad!?' (he's dead a long time).

Anyway, my granny went back to playing with her sheet and the woman in the bed across the way, who'd we'd been chatting with said, "Well that was creepy wasn't it!"

I'm quite sure there's a simple explanation. My cousin no doubt said my name a few minutes before but with her head injury my gran was probably having very slow reactions and by the time her brain caught up she couldn't remember who said my name or where they were. But for just a moment it was very unnerving.

Rockbeast2 · 30-05-2020 12:45PM

The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon in action always creeps me out.

Here's a two-fer from last November. Was heading into Dublin city centre for a meeting on Thursday afternoon. Meeting cancelled en-route.

I said feck it and decided to go watch a film in Savoy. Parked on Marlborough Street. Car next to me had song blaring as I got out that I hadn't heard in years. Got to thinking about lad I covered this song with in a band almost 20 years ago and hadn't seen or heard from in at least 18 years.

I was wondering what he would be up to now as I turned onto O'Connell Street. I swear there was not a soul on footpath between me and Savoy except for--

My old bandmate, 20 yards ahead, headphones in and head rockin' and oblivious to the world around him. I was that taken aback I didn't even catch his attention to say hello. :-(

10 minutes later I'm sitting in the Savoy waiting for movie to start and thinking back to those days almost 20 years prior. Started thinking of the girl I was going out with at the time and hadn't seen or heard from in 17/18 years when--

She walks into the cinema and sits directly 2 rows ahead of me!

*I dashed out as the credits rolled. It was all too twillight zone for me!

blinding · 30-05-2020 01:42PM

How bad were the Baader Mienhoffs ? ? I mean how much worse than the Bad Mienhoffs were the Baader Mienhoffs ? ?

heldel00 · 30-05-2020 07:40PM

Rockbeast2 wrote: »

The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon in action always creeps me out.

Here's a two-fer from last November. Was heading into Dublin city centre for a meeting on Thursday afternoon. Meeting cancelled en-route.

I said feck it and decided to go watch a film in Savoy. Parked on Marlborough Street. Car next to me had song blaring as I got out that I hadn't heard in years. Got to thinking about lad I covered this song with in a band almost 20 years ago and hadn't seen or heard from in at least 18 years.

I was wondering what he would be up to now as I turned onto O'Connell Street. I swear there was not a soul on footpath between me and Savoy except for--

My old bandmate, 20 yards ahead, headphones in and head rockin' and oblivious to the world around him. I was that taken aback I didn't even catch his attention to say hello. :-(

10 minutes later I'm sitting in the Savoy waiting for movie to start and thinking back to those days almost 20 years prior. Started thinking of the girl I was going out with at the time and hadn't seen or heard from in 17/18 years when--

She walks into the cinema and sits directly 2 rows ahead of me!

*I dashed out as the credits rolled. It was all too twillight zone for me!

I was sure you were gonna say "...headphones in and what was he listening to only the song that i had heard on the radio and we had covered years earlier...!"

talla10 · 31-05-2020 03:28AM

cazzer22 wrote: »

I would never touch an Ouija board. Messing with stuff we have no knowledge of and inviting it into our lives. Freaky.

In my teens my friends and I regularly created Ouija boards. We spent ages sitting around asking questions and always ended with lads moving the glass but pretending they didn't. Nothing bad ever came out of it.

I'm very cynical about Ouija boards, supernatural occurances, ghosts etc. I've ran around the Hellfire club counter clockwise 10 times to see the devil and stuff like that but never saw anything.

I love this thread but I haven't go any story of my own!:eek:

Rockbeast2 · 31-05-2020 04:35AM

heldel00 wrote: »

I was sure you were gonna say "...headphones in and what was he listening to only the song that i had heard on the radio and we had covered years earlier...!"

Ha! No doubt he was listening to same radio station. Lol

Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

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