Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

Banana Republic. · 24-07-2020 12:47PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

This just reminded me of something.

2 years ago, my dad got sick and ended up in Beaumont hospital. I travelled across the country to him as soon as I heard. He wasn’t himself, and was acting very weird - visibly ill, confused, but denying he was sick. The next morning, I back went up to see him, and he was gone from the ward. His coat and bag were there, but the nurses didn’t know where he was. He wasn’t answering his phone, and we were all very worried.

Security searched the hospital for him and I said I’d look outside. The amount of people that looked, walked, dressed and sounded exactly like my dad while I was frantically searching for him was unreal. He was wearing beige trousers, a light blue shirt, and this sleeveless kaki jacket he had - and I kept seeing the same clothes everywhere. At one point I just sat on the ground with my head in my hands, because I was just overwhelmed by the amount of false sightings I was having if him.

He eventually answered his phone. Turns out he took the bus into the city centre for lunch, we managed to get him into a cab back to the hospital - he was in terrible shape - and by the next morning he was in critical condition ICU, and so began a 7 month stay in hospital and then over a year in a nursing hone, and rapid descent into dementia that he never recovered from. He never made it back home and died this May.

A couple of weeks ago, I was showing my kids his house on Google Street View. I clicked a coupe of times to navigate down the road, when one of them shouts “there’s Grandad!”. I felt an actual shiver down my spine, but sad no, it couldn’t be. I clicked back, and there he was - pictured walking down his road in the Street View, wearing the exact same beige, blue and kaki clothes he was wearing the day he went missing from the hospital.

Immortalised walking fit and healthy outside his home.

Could it of been your dad on the day he went missing and Google haven get updated it since? It’s nice to have that footage in a way I suppose. My condolences also.

Gregor Samsa · 24-07-2020 05:05PM

Banana Republic. wrote: »

Could it of been your dad on the day he went missing and Google haven get updated it since? It’s nice to have that footage in a way I suppose. My condolences also.

Cheers.

Nah, the GSV pic is May 2018, and his trip from the hospital was July. Just a coincidence he was wearing the same clothes. It is nice to have, I have the picture saved (although Google lets you look back at street view history to see all the old pictures of any given place, which in itself is going to be fascinating in a few decades time).

up for anything · 24-07-2020 06:15PM

Is it odd that I've been pictured twice in Google street view that I know of? I know people can get caught once but twice...

New Home · 24-07-2020 06:57PM

up for anything wrote: »

Is it odd that I've been pictured twice in Google street view that I know of? I know people can get caught once but twice...

Pic or GTFO!! :pac:

dubstarr · 24-07-2020 07:47PM

I had a dream the other night.About the ghost of my old house.He had followed me here,it really freaked me out.

EmmetSpiceland · 24-07-2020 09:22PM

dubstarr wrote: »

I had a dream the other night.About the ghost of my old house.He had followed me here,it really freaked me out.

The ghost of your old house, as in the ghost who haunted the house or the ghost of the “actual” house, itself?

dubstarr · 25-07-2020 10:58AM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

The ghost of your old house, as in the ghost who haunted the house or the ghost of the “actual” house, itself?

It was the actual ghost man himself.
I haven't thought about it for ages.but up he pips and unsettles me

up for anything · 27-07-2020 01:38AM

New Home wrote: »

Pic or GTFO!! :pac:

If I posted them I'd have to kill you to protect my identity. Do you still want to see them?

dubstarr wrote: »

I had a dream the other night.About the ghost of my old house.He had followed me here,it really freaked me out.

I'd be a tad scared too if I thought I had a ghost stalking me. Tell us more about him?

Sephiroth_dude · 27-07-2020 10:34AM

dubstarr wrote: »

I had a dream the other night.About the ghost of my old house.He had followed me here,it really freaked me out.

Would you mind telling us some things you experienced in the old house?

New Home · 27-07-2020 11:10AM

dubstarr wrote: »

I had a dream the other night.About the ghost of my old house.He had followed me here,it really freaked me out.

Maybe it wasn't the house that was haunted... :eek: :eek: :eek:

nigeldaniel · 27-07-2020 11:45AM

About 20 years ago I was down at the bog bringing back the last of a few bags of turf when an old school republican stopped his small lorry about 60 feet away and went potty with his language towards me. I could not hear clearly what he was saying but thankfully his son was with him most likely to keep him out of trouble.
Now folks know why I dislike Sf and their masters.

This most likely due to the FG posters that were outside my house at the time.

joeguevara · 27-07-2020 11:55AM

nigeldaniel wrote: »

About 20 years ago I was down at the bog bringing back the last of a few bags of turf when an old school republican stopped his small lorry about 60 feet away and went potty with his language towards me. I could not hear clearly what he was saying but thankfully his son was with him most likely to keep him out of trouble.
Now folks know why I dislike Sf and their masters.

This most likely due to the FG posters that were outside my house at the time.

Is any of that creepy or unnerving? And if you couldn't hear someone from 60 feet away, how do you know that they were even talking to you?

bottlebrush · 27-07-2020 12:22PM

Yesterday was sitting down eating my lunch. Dining room table is at the window facing my driveway and I was looking straight out as I ate. Had been sitting there ten to fifteen minutes when I was startled by knocking at the door followed by the doorbell ringing and the person using the door knocker as well. I eased my chair back about to stand up to answer the door when it occurred to me that i hadn't seen anybody walk in the driveway all the time i had been sitting at the table. The knocking and ringing continued fairly aggressively and i was wary of even calling out to see who it was never mind opening the door as I was on my own in the house. I thought if it was somebody I knew they might knock at the window and I could see who it was. I hadn't been expecting any visitors. . Eventually a man im guessing in his 70s stepped out of the porch onto the driveway and started pacing up and down beside my car. I did not know him, never saw him before in.my life. He then came back to the door and started knocking and ringing the bell again very aggressively. I went upstairs and was about to call out to him through an upstairs window If he was ok but by that stage he was walking back out my driveway. I figured if he needed help he would go next door or to one of the other houses but he didnt. He walked very briskly like somebody who meant business past every other house and out of the estate.
I think what spooked me most was how did he get to my door without me having seeing him and why was he so aggressive. Had he been lurking for some time down the other side of my house. What did he want specifically of me. I'll guess I'll never know ....hopefully!

dubstarr · 27-07-2020 02:26PM

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Would you mind telling us some things you experienced in the old house?

Ok
I had loads of stuff happen.But have to say my kids where literally babies and were not capable of the stuff that happened.

Theres a couple that really stand out.

His sister was between houses so stored her stuff in the back bedroom.Nobody slept in there cause of hte man himself.
Anyway we heard a noise,went up and all her bags where poured out in the back bedroom.I mean boxes of stuff and binbags.And boxes that where on teh bed where on the floor,they had been in the centre of the bed earlier.

My oh worked at nighttime.But this night he wasoff and went out with his friends.Both kids where in with me,cause nobody slept in the back bedroom.

I heard my hall door opening.And it was really distinctive.It basically dragged across the concrete step before going on to the carpet in the hallway.

I heard a plastic bag rattling.Thinking he was after bringing in a takeaway.I went down.There was no one there.No bag,no smell of takeaway.Nothing.

This happened just before we moved.

My mam and uncle where babysitting.
My mam went for a smoke out the front.Bang went the back door.She went to the backdoor and knocking on teh front door.

The sitting room door was then knocked on,there was nobodybut her,my uncle and my 2 kids there.

My uncle went to the toilet and said somebody walked up after him.

It was a horrible house and it was obvious,we were not welcome.

Realtine · 27-07-2020 05:02PM

Weird thing happened here in my home a couple of days ago, this particular morning it was just me, everyone else had gone to work. I was pottering around in the kitchen, it was late morning and the only appliance that was on was the clothes drier. We have a couple of dogs and cats but the dogs were in the sitting room dozing and the cats were wherever cats do be.
I was just about to make myself a cup of tea when I heard a noise that resembled a radio being tuned in, if that makes sense, the bells and whistles and static that you would have got from an old transistor radio if turning the tuning knob very fast.
I paused the drier and there was no radio on.
Just then at that moment I very clearly heard my husband's voice saying "hello, hello".
I went into the sitting room absolutely convinced that one of the cats or dogs had maybe sat on my mobile phone while he was phoning me, (honestly wouldn't have surprised me)
Nope, not a movement from them and no missed calls.
It was definitely his voice.

the purple tin · 27-07-2020 05:45PM

bottlebrush wrote: »

Yesterday was sitting down eating my lunch. Dining room table is at the window facing my driveway and I was looking straight out as I ate. Had been sitting there ten to fifteen minutes when I was startled by knocking at the door followed by the doorbell ringing and the person using the door knocker as well. I eased my chair back about to stand up to answer the door when it occurred to me that i hadn't seen anybody walk in the driveway all the time i had been sitting at the table. The knocking and ringing continued fairly aggressively and i was wary of even calling out to see who it was never mind opening the door as I was on my own in the house. I thought if it was somebody I knew they might knock at the window and I could see who it was. I hadn't been expecting any visitors. . Eventually a man im guessing in his 70s stepped out of the porch onto the driveway and started pacing up and down beside my car. I did not know him, never saw him before in.my life. He then came back to the door and started knocking and ringing the bell again very aggressively. I went upstairs and was about to call out to him through an upstairs window If he was ok but by that stage he was walking back out my driveway. I figured if he needed help he would go next door or to one of the other houses but he didnt. He walked very briskly like somebody who meant business past every other house and out of the estate.
I think what spooked me most was how did he get to my door without me having seeing him and why was he so aggressive. Had he been lurking for some time down the other side of my house. What did he want specifically of me. I'll guess I'll never know ....hopefully!

How strange, could he have come in via the back of the house or maybe hopped over a low wall or fence from the neighbours.
Last question BB, do you owe any money that has gone past due? :pac:

bottlebrush · 27-07-2020 06:36PM

the purple tin wrote: »

How strange, could he have come in via the back of the house or maybe hopped over a low wall or fence from the neighbours.
Last question BB, do you owe any money that has gone past due? :pac:

No I dont owe anybody any money thankfully. I havent been out and about for past 2 weeks as I have to self isolate for surgical procedure this week so I've been housebound and i havent been driving. I did wonder if it was my car he recognised from somewhere. When he wasnt pounding on my door he was over at the car looking into it briefly.
Couldn't have come Ithrough the back as I have high gates either side of the house and my back garden is surrounded both sides and to the back with high walls. I think if it's me he really needs to talk to he'll come back but I'm puzzled by how he got to my door.

Sephiroth_dude · 27-07-2020 09:28PM

dubstarr wrote: »

Ok
I had loads of stuff happen.But have to say my kids where literally babies and were not capable of the stuff that happened.

Theres a couple that really stand out.

His sister was between houses so stored her stuff in the back bedroom.Nobody slept in there cause of hte man himself.
Anyway we heard a noise,went up and all her bags where poured out in the back bedroom.I mean boxes of stuff and binbags.And boxes that where on teh bed where on the floor,they had been in the centre of the bed earlier.

My oh worked at nighttime.But this night he wasoff and went out with his friends.Both kids where in with me,cause nobody slept in the back bedroom.

I heard my hall door opening.And it was really distinctive.It basically dragged across the concrete step before going on to the carpet in the hallway.

I heard a plastic bag rattling.Thinking he was after bringing in a takeaway.I went down.There was no one there.No bag,no smell of takeaway.Nothing.

This happened just before we moved.

My mam and uncle where babysitting.
My mam went for a smoke out the front.Bang went the back door.She went to the backdoor and knocking on teh front door.

The sitting room door was then knocked on,there was nobodybut her,my uncle and my 2 kids there.

My uncle went to the toilet and said somebody walked up after him.

It was a horrible house and it was obvious,we were not welcome.

Good grief, creepy as fook :eek:

partyguinness · 31-07-2020 02:31PM

nigeldaniel wrote: »

About 20 years ago I was down at the bog bringing back the last of a few bags of turf when an old school republican stopped his small lorry about 60 feet away and went potty with his language towards me. I could not hear clearly what he was saying but thankfully his son was with him most likely to keep him out of trouble.
Now folks know why I dislike Sf and their masters.

This most likely due to the FG posters that were outside my house at the time.

If he was an old school Republican worth his salt he probably did not like SF either.

Tig98 · 31-07-2020 11:23PM

My friend lives in an apartment with a few other young ones, all in college or working. They wouldn't be that friendly as they've nothing in common with each other.

It's a standard college house with terrible insulation - old stone walls, gammy doors and single pane windows so it gets very cold. One of the housemates bought a kind of insulation roll and put a layer in the frame of the front door to stop a cold draught coming in. It worked fine but meant you really had to bang the door shut for it to actually lock into place. Some people were not closing the frontdoor hard enough and it would just hang ajar until someone copped it and slammed it shut.

One morning he woke up, and the antidraught cushion thing at the bottom of his bedroom door was at a 90 degree angle to it, meaning someone had fully opened his bedroom door and then reclosed it during the night. His bedroom is right beside the front door which was half open. He had a major freak out and woke up the rest of the house mates and they all denied going near his room. The last person to come home the night before swore she properly closed the front door but she was the main culprit for leaving it half open.

So, some randomer walked in off the street and looked into his room, possibly poking around the room and the rest of the house. Nothing was taken though.

Some people are so relaxed about personal security it's really unnerving. For two years I didn't need a key to my college house because my house mates never ever locked the back door. Anytime of day or night, even if no one was home the back door was open. When I realised it was a constant thing I started locking my bedroom at night and when I left in the mornings.

Dtp1979 · 31-07-2020 11:28PM

joeguevara wrote: »

Is any of that creepy or unnerving? And if you couldn't hear someone from 60 feet away, how do you know that they were even talking to you?

Nothing is creepier or more unnerving than Fine Gael being in power.

31-07-2020 11:30PM

A girl touched my willy at a disco once. That was unnerving..

cython · 31-07-2020 11:32PM

This one's probably equally under the coincidental umbrella as unnerving, but was looking for a film to watch earlier on and I settled on The Commitments. Had literally just cued it up and about to hit play, and I got an RTE news push notification that Alan Parker who directed it had passed away....

Banana Republic. · 03-08-2020 10:26PM

Few minutes ago I went off for a spin to try get a better picture of the “blood moon” just took it in my head to go and I’d too open the gates to drive the car out so went off for literally 5 minutes and came back, drove in and then closed the gates and seen a white feather by the gates, it 100% wasn’t there when I open the gates originally, freaked me out thought of the banshee n everything but then I googled it cause I believe there’s some kinda story about white feathers so it says it can be a sign of hope of a message from beyond the grave which freaked me out further. My friend and I have done something nice to a bench at my friends grave who died when we were kids over 30 years ago and we asked permission from his parents and they thanked us and said he’d be delighted too. (Only reason I told ye this last bit is to give the story context not to get any gratification for doing this gesture) does anyone else believe in this kind of thing with the feather and such.

Rick_ · 04-08-2020 02:30PM

A freaky thing I have noticed with myself the past few years is that I get very good at 'sensing' things.

- A person will randomly pop into my mind and within moments, I'll get a text or call from them.
- I'll be humming a song whilst I'm driving and then it comes on the radio.
- I see or hear a person's name I haven't heard of or from in a while (regular or famous) and, more often than not, my instant thought is that they have died. This happened to me on Sunday with someone who was a regular contributor to a website forum I regularly visit.
- Quite a few times I have watched the lottery draw and said a number just before the ball drops and it's the same number. (Pity it doesn't seem to work when buying a ticket!)

I know these are all just massive coincidences but they happen so regularly it's genuinely unnerving sometimes. Maybe I have ESPN or something!

:rolleyes:

Banana Republic. · 04-08-2020 02:55PM

PFMC84 wrote: »

A freaky thing I have noticed with myself the past few years is that I get very good at 'sensing' things.

- A person will randomly pop into my mind and within moments, I'll get a text or call from them.
- I'll be humming a song whilst I'm driving and then it comes on the radio.
- I see or hear a person's name I haven't heard of or from in a while (regular or famous) and, more often than not, my instant thought is that they have died. This happened to me on Sunday with someone who was a regular contributor to a website forum I regularly visit.
- Quite a few times I have watched the lottery draw and said a number just before the ball drops and it's the same number. (Pity it doesn't seem to work when buying a ticket!)

I know these are all just massive coincidences but they happen so regularly it's genuinely unnerving sometimes. Maybe I have ESPN or something! :rolleyes:

Same

I’ve also called many goals just from a pass at the back or a mistake the other end of the field, could just used to patterns of play

fitzparker · 05-08-2020 10:18AM

I seem to get a sign when people die

posted a while back about a magpie crossing my door and me telling him not to ruin the day as I just got engaged (never talked to a magpie in my life!)

door opens and my (now wife) uncle was found dead.

Then just the weekend we stayed in a hotel. that night I was walking by reception and asked if there was an express check out so we can leave early.

the lady asked "are you in a rush to get home tomorrow" and in my head I thought, it would be ****ty if I had to tell her it was because someone close died.

Got up to the room and my wife was onto her mam being told her dad's best friend died suddenly.

The Real Ramona · 05-08-2020 11:24PM

I've had several premonitions of famous/well-known people dying. Wish I could remember them all, but they generally happen about 1-2 weeks beforehand.

The latest two were fairly recent. The first was one day I was in bed asleep and woke from a dream where I was watching The Late Late Show. Ryan Tubridy was interviewing Gay Byrne and his wife Kathleen on it. When I woke up I remembered the dream and wondered to myself why on earth I was dreaming about Gay Byrne. The next thing I did was pick up my phone to scroll through my Facebook news feed and every second post was saying that poor old Gay had passed away. I was spooked!

The next one was a couple of days ago. I don't know why but while I was in bed, thinking of nothing in particular I started thinking of singer Will Young's twin brother, Rupert, and how sad it was that they had very badly fallen out after Will became famous and that the brother had sold quite bitter interviews about Will. I don't even know why I was thinking about them, or twins in general, nor am I a Will Young fan and haven't seen or heard from him in years. The next day (yesterday, I think it was) I saw a headline about his twin brother, Rupert and kind of couldn't even read it straight as I got a chilling feeling that my premonitions were at play again. I clicked on the article and there it was, the article was saying that he had died. I keep thinking about it since, as it was such a random person for me to be thinking about. And on the exact day he would have died. RIP.

Nesta99 · 06-08-2020 09:34AM

The Mandela effect has creeped me out occasionally. Not suggesting an alternate reality or such stuff, but that so many people have all made the same mistake on tthe same things is unnerving.

Quazzie · 06-08-2020 09:47AM

The Real Ramona wrote: »

The next one was a couple of days ago. I don't know why but while I was in bed, thinking of nothing in particular I started thinking of singer Will Young's twin brother, Rupert, and how sad it was that they had very badly fallen out after Will became famous and that the brother had sold quite bitter interviews about Will. I don't even know why I was thinking about them, or twins in general, nor am I a Will Young fan and haven't seen or heard from him in years. The next day (yesterday, I think it was) I saw a headline about his twin brother, Rupert and kind of couldn't even read it straight as I got a chilling feeling that my premonitions were at play again. I clicked on the article and there it was, the article was saying that he had died. I keep thinking about it since, as it was such a random person for me to be thinking about. And on the exact day he would have died. RIP.

Could it be something along the lines, that you subconsciously seen or heard about this and that caused the thoughts to enter your head. I know I used to sleep with the radio on, and I used to experience similar, but it was down to me hearing about these people as I slept, and not realising it

Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

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