Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

Around about 1985 I went through a phase of mitching school with my brother and close friend.

As anyone who has ever mitched off school will know, the biggest problem is what to do with yourself for the day. You can't go home, it's too late to head back into school and it seems everyone you meet knows that you are up to no good. One of the places we used to hang out it was the old RIC barracks in Mountrath. If I could explain the set-up here, this was a disused, ancient building consisting of four three story buildings set around a courtyard. It was an ideal haunt, remote, loads to explore, lots of old newspapers to read and bric and brac to sift through.

One afternoon we were idly throwing stones across the courtyard, trying to hit and smash some panes of glass on the buildings on the other side. Suddenly, from a second story building I saw the form of a woman's face looking out from a window ledge glancing in our direction. She was translucent, almost floating, she looked quizzically at what we were doing. She did not look real. I convinced myself that it was a trick of the light. I hadn't really seen anything.....then I saw her again. There she was in the window, floating, staring at us. 'What the f***', I said. I looked over at my brother. He was standing mouth agog, staring at the window. I wanted to be sure that he saw what I saw so I said nothing and asked him to describe what he saw. 'A floating woman, over there in the window, staring at us'. 'Yes', I shouted, 'I saw her too!!'

We froze. Our friend, who had seen nothing, started taking the p*** saying that we were having him on. We assured him that this was no wind-up. It took at least half an hour before we plucked up the courage to go across the courtyard and investigate the sighting. As we walked across we convinced ourselves that there would be some logical explanation, a torn piece of polythene hanging from a nail or debris all over the second storey floor. Something that would explain what had fooled a couple of obviously deliriously bored teenagers into thinking they had seen some sort of other-worldly spirit. When we reached the building and walked into the ground floor below the window from which we had seen the vision, our blood ran cold.

There was no ceiling, no floor above our heads. We stared at the window standing isolated eight feet from the ground floor below. There was no debris, no stray piece of plastic swinging in the wind. It was obvious that nobody had been there today, nobody had been there for years and years. There followed a cameo from Scooby Doo when I swear I saw my legs frantically spinning but my body wasn't moving, or at least wasn't moving fast enough to get the hell out of there as fast as possible. We all exited through a small window in the back of the building. Of course I was the last one through and I was convinced the 'white lady' was going to grab me by the throat as I made good my escape....

Over the years, my brother and I often recall that afternoon. We both agree that it was the weirdest, most unexplainable thing that has happened to either of us. For years we promised ourselves we would go back some night and see if she would make another appearance, especially if we were after having a few drinks and were feeling brave, but we never summonsed up the courage. We did some research and, incredibly, did mange to dig up some sketchy details of a famous ghost in Mountrath, known as 'The White Lady'... I can't remember all the details now but apparently she died a violent death and there were numerous sightings of her in various locations around the town down through the years.

The courtyard behind the barracks is gone now. Most of the out-buildings levelled to make way for flats. Whenever I visit home and I drive by I can't help but glance over at the windows. Does the spirit still hang out there or did she finally relinquish her grip on this dimension when the wrecking ball levelled the old RIC out-buildings in Mountrath........?

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Capt. Autumn wrote: »

Around about 1985 I went through a phase of mitching school with my brother and close friend.

As anyone who has ever mitched off school will know, the biggest problem is what to do with yourself for the day. You can't go home, it's too late to head back into school and it seems everyone you meet knows that you are up to no good. One of the places we used to hang out it was the old RIC barracks in Mountrath. If I could explain the set-up here, this was a disused, ancient building consisting of four three story buildings set around a courtyard. It was an ideal haunt, remote, loads to explore, lots of old newspapers to read and bric and brac to sift through.

One afternoon we were idly throwing stones across the courtyard, trying to hit and smash some panes of glass on the buildings on the other side. Suddenly, from a second story building I saw the form of a woman's face looking out from a window ledge glancing in our direction. She was translucent, almost floating, she looked quizzically at what we were doing. She did not look real. I convinced myself that it was a trick of the light. I hadn't really seen anything.....then I saw her again. There she was in the window, floating, staring at us. 'What the f***', I said. I looked over at my brother. He was standing mouth agog, staring at the window. I wanted to be sure that he saw what I saw so I said nothing and asked him to describe what he saw. 'A floating woman, over there in the window, staring at us'. 'Yes', I shouted, 'I saw her too!!'

We froze. Our friend, who had seen nothing, started taking the p*** saying that we were having him on. We assured him that this was no wind-up. It took at least half an hour before we plucked up the courage to go across the courtyard and investigate the sighting. As we walked across we convinced ourselves that there would be some logical explanation, a torn piece of polythene hanging from a nail or debris all over the second storey floor. Something that would explain what had fooled a couple of obviously deliriously bored teenagers into thinking they had seen some sort of other-worldly spirit. When we reached the building and walked into the ground floor below the window from which we had seen the vision, our blood ran cold.

There was no ceiling, no floor above our heads. We stared at the window standing isolated eight feet from the ground floor below. There was no debris, no stray piece of plastic swinging in the wind. It was obvious that nobody had been there today, nobody had been there for years and years. There followed a cameo from Scooby Doo when I swear I saw my legs frantically spinning but my body wasn't moving, or at least wasn't moving fast enough to get the hell out of there as fast as possible. We all exited through a small window in the back of the building. Of course I was the last one through and I was convinced the 'white lady' was going to grab me by the throat as I made good my escape....

Over the years, my brother and I often recall that afternoon. We both agree that it was the weirdest, most unexplainable thing that has happened to either of us. For years we promised ourselves we would go back some night and see if she would make another appearance, especially if we were after having a few drinks and were feeling brave, but we never summonsed up the courage. We did some research and, incredibly, did mange to dig up some sketchy details of a famous ghost in Mountrath, known as 'The White Lady'... I can't remember all the details now but apparently she died a violent death and there were numerous sightings of her in various locations around the town down through the years.

The courtyard behind the barracks is gone now. Most of the out-buildings levelled to make way for flats. Whenever I visit home and I drive by I can't help but glance over at the windows. Does the spirit still hang out there or did she finally relinquish her grip on this dimension when the wrecking ball levelled the old RIC out-buildings in Mountrath........?

https://www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigation_item=%2F15414%2Fniah_search_jsp_type_record_county_LA_regno_12900610&repid=1

Probably one of the best written, well described events to date on this thread...

Literally the hairs on the back of my next are standing to attention...

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Do i just leave it under a rainbow or what?

I think you can leave it outside overnight and there are different ways too. Check online or ask the person you bought it from, I'm suprised they didn't tell you that about it at the time.

My mother, when she was younger, saw her dead neighbor walking around said neighbors garden in the middle of the day.

Apparently the neighbor was dead about a week at this stage.

Sterling Gifted Laborer wrote: »

Has anybody ever used a Ouija board?

It's not advisable tbh.

I know of someone back home who used one and it was an unpleasant experience.

Sterling Gifted Laborer wrote: »

Has anybody ever used a Ouija board?

Many stories on this thread. As someone said most are second or third hand. Not many from personal experience.

Sterling Gifted Laborer wrote: »

Has anybody ever used a Ouija board?

Nah, they always have given me the creeps. They got very popular back in the early-mid 90's and friends of mine at the time did it, they didnt have a good experience with it, don't know what it was, or if they just worked themselves up so much doing it but you cant mention it to them ever, even 20 odd years later....

One thing that freaked me out not so long ago, I was chopping food at the counter and my 5 year old son was at the table, I had my back to him. He was playing away and then asked me was I afraid, and I answered 'afraid of what baby?' And he replied 'of that man standing behind you?"
Holy hell I turned around so fast I nearly got whiplash. No one there obviously. So I asked was he still there and he said, nope hes gone now. Hasn't mentioned seeing him since. Kids are freaky.
The younger one who's 4 has a habit of coming into our bed room in the middle of the night and just stands beside the bed looking at you until you sense his presence, always scares the sh*te out of me.

I strongly urge people not to get a Ouija board.

NIMAN wrote: »

There is nothing sinister about Ouija boards.
Some of the stories around them would make you think they are dangerous. but they aren't.

Urban myths.

Why take a chance?

I'd say the speaker threw up at the thought of the drudgery ahead.