Agricola wrote: » I believe two local farmers bought the land Loftus Hall stands on and the house itself came with it
Ally Dick wrote: » Why do ghosts wear clothes ?
opiniated wrote: » Twenty odd years ago, I moved house. I wasn't familiar with any myths associated with the area I moved to, and, it being a small village, felt quite comfortable walking to the corner shop after dark, for milk. Returning home, I could see very clearly, this man wearing a long coat, standing under the streetlight. I continued walking towards him, and as I got closer, I noticed he was really, really tall - like, somewhere close to 8 foot tall! Then I noticed a bloodstained bandage around his head. Not being either superstitious, nor easily frightened, I considered whether it was likely to be two young lads playing a prank on the new neighbour! The coat was long, and loose, much like an army greatcoat, and would have disguised the fact that one lad could be sitting on the other lads shoulders, for instance. Not wanting to give the potential pranksters any satisfaction, (Yes, I'm muleheaded!:D) I kept walking towards this figure. Just as I passed, (about 10 yards away from the figure) I heard what could only be described as an unearthly roar. I kid you not, the hair stood on my head, I came out in goosebumps, and I came to the very rapid conclusion that nothing living made that racket. I ran for it, looked over my shoulder as I rounded the corner - and there was nothing there, and nowhere anyone could have hidden in that time frame. In my journeys up that road, I've never experienced anything since, so I never thought about it that often since that night, apart from wondering how anything, living or dead, could make such an awful sound. Last night, my visiting Grandson (16 years old), wanted to visit a friend at the end of the road. I thought nothing of granting permission, apart from the usual "time to be back at" stipulation. Five minutes after he left my house, he came bursting back in the door, white as a sheet, and scared stiff, and recounted a story of seeing - pretty much what I had seen over twenty years ago. I had never told him that story. I never even told my kids that story, because I didn't want to scare them. Make of that what you will. I have no logical explanation. I'm more puzzled than I was twenty years ago. I'm also older, wiser, less courageous - and a little less inclined to walk up that road at night, truth be told....
Wanderer2010 wrote: » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldW3CpxTTgU Check 29 minutes in and 32 minutes in- top floor Loftus Hall, then get back to me.
irishguitarlad wrote: » Wheres the road? I would like to give it a try
ceecee14 wrote: » For the last 4 or 5 nights, at exactly half one I've heard the banshee screeming! The first night I was out the yard an I nearly shat myself! Truly the scariest thing I've ever heard..I was too scared to tell anyone because they'd think I'm crazy.. She was an hour early tonight an I managed to see her.. It was a barn owl! Anyone ever heard these things screem? Fuking hell
fussyonion wrote: » My other half doesn't believe in spirits or ghosts or anything. But he did see our dead neighbour in the window one morning and took a picture too (unfortunately the pic is on his old phone which he lost) but I got the fright of my life when I saw the image of our neighbour smiling at him from the window.
kingchess wrote: » Why do ghosts always wear clothes? no one ever saw a naked ghost as far as I know, and years ago it was ghosts and spirits and today we are more advanced and so now our ghosts are Aliens who really really want to give you an anal probe,
Ally Dick wrote: » Did Bono Bollocks not buy it.....allegedly ?
opiniated wrote: » I'm more puzzled than I was twenty years ago. I'm also older, wiser, less courageous - and a little less inclined to walk up that road at night, truth be told....
NIMAN wrote: » All I noticed was a few OTT Americans claiming various things that none of us could verify. They are very dramatic, believe their own nonsense ("I believe I am going to go into a coma").
Wanderer2010 wrote: » I was very shaken after leaving the tour and i put it down to theatrics or placebo effect
Wanderer2010 wrote: » Not even the OWNER is allowed upstairs as the spirits slam doors and hiss in his face.
Wanderer2010 wrote: » So yes I'm a recent convert to the idea of an afterlife!
ceecee14 wrote: » It was a barn owl! Anyone ever heard these things screem? Fuking hell
fussyonion wrote: » But he did see our dead neighbour in the window one morning and took a picture too (unfortunately the pic is on his old phone which he lost) but I got the fright of my life when I saw the image of our neighbour smiling at him from the window.
kneemos wrote: » If you want a logical explanation there's always one available.
kneemos wrote: » However there is no more evidence the brain does this than there is for ghosts.
kneemos wrote: » The similarities between them is the part I'd find interesting.
kneemos wrote: » Here's some accounts from well educated individuals.
kneemos wrote: » Plenty of evidence,depends if you believe it or not.
kneemos wrote: » Given the supposed nature of the thing the only evidence you're going to get are peoples stories of sightings.
kneemos wrote: » I posted a link earlier of sightings by medical staff,presumably intelligent,level headed and not given to drama.
kneemos wrote: » You can call them crazy or keep an open mind ,the choice is yours.
kneemos wrote: » Didn't say there was or wasn't evidence.
kneemos wrote: » How would you have real evidence of a ghost?
kneemos wrote: » What's real evidence?
kneemos wrote: » Ghosts seem to appear to individuals rather than groups.
kneemos wrote: » It could be real or imagined of course.
La_Gordy wrote: » We need ye over at the Has anything creepy happened to you? thread:http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056831498
nozzferrahhtoo wrote: » Great. So why do you think people ignore them and jump on the illogical and unsubstantiated ones instead then? That is simply not true. We can manipulate the brain using drugs or other methods and we get all the same experiences that people report in things like NDE. So yes there is AMPLE evidence the brain under different kinds of duress produces these experiences. There is NO evidence of any type on offer there is ghosts. So your statement here is simply false. On every level. It is an it isn't. While we are all individuals and appear to be quite unique and so forth.... the reality is there is very little difference between us at the level of the brain. So people undergoing similar kinds of distress or duress, are going to report similar experiences from that. If the experiences were vastly different THAT would be interesting. Quite the opposite of what you suggest. That said however, we also have to realize that people parse and normalize unfamiliar experiences through their own narrative and culture and experience. That is going to mould reporting of such experiences into similar results too. If we parse such experiences from people with highly similar cultural backgrounds..... you will get many similarities between them. Much the same way how most people in the west who report Alien sightings or abductions, all report seeing Spielberg type humanoids popularized by Hollywood. So yes the similarities ARE interesting and telling, but speak more to the human origin of the fantasy rather than the otherworldly nature of the phenomenon. Are they? I clicked on the link and the first words my eyes randomly fell upon was "This one is from a friend– she swears it’s true.". Funny how so many of these "accounts" tend to be second hand or worse. Secondly what is with the red herring of "educated individuals"? Is that meant to lend it more credence or something? As if educated people can not be wrong, midled, lying or simply deluded? And how exactly did you establish their educational credentials? The first story in your link was posted by "Posted by Hysterymystery; Reddit". You have no idea who these people are, what their education is, or what their credentials might be. Even then the person writing that article was not testifying to the supernatural. The person THEMSELVES said it was "a conincidence". So it is really unclear what you think your link is for here. It does make me remember with a smile though the story of the cat in the hospital for older people who people thought could predict deaths. Any time the cat cuddled up with someone they were the next to die. In the end it turned out to be nothing more than the fact the cat liked to sleep in warm places, and people developing a fever were warmer than most. So the cat gravitated towards them. Oh good. Perhaps you can offer some then. So far you have not. And I am always terribly suspicious of the kind of person who says over and over there is plenty of evidence, but never gets around to saying what any of it actually is. Especially........ .... when they then follow up their claim of plenty of evidence with a pre-emptive cop out excuse of why they can not offer any. No you provided a link to anonymous opinion pieces that could have been written by anyone. That said however if you think the likes of nurses are calm and level headed and not prone to drama.... I can only say you have certainly met different nurses than I have These two things are not mutually exclusive. Also I am not convinced you are entirely clear on what "Open minded" means or entails. Not sure how clever it is to claim you never said something that not only you did say, but is STILL THERE for anyone to read or quote back on. What it will not do is help your credibility on the forum however. Ask someone who claims they exist. It is not for us to say what the evidence can, should, or would be. It is for people making a claim to put forward what their evidence is or would be. Evidence is not a thing, it is a process. And it is a VERY simply process. Only three steps. 1) State clearly what your claim actually is. 2) State clearly what things you think support the claim in 1). 3) Explain clearly how the things listed in 2) support the claim made in 1) See how simple that is? Funny that. So do UFOs and alien abductions and all sorts of things. In fact it seems as a general trend the LESS substantiated a claim is..... the smaller the groups of people who witness them. You realize that at best your post is not evidence for anything you are saying and at worst it is evidence AGAINST it? And the evidence these things are real = 0 at this time. The evidence that it is in their heads > 0. So the scales not really tipping your way I am afraid.
nacho libre wrote: » Does anyone remember the photo of the dead girl that appeared in a photo of a warehouse in England that was partially destroyed by fire? She was killed in the fire, believers latched on to it as proof of the paranormal, but the photo was proved to be a fake. Indeed some other well known photos apparently showing ghosts in them, have been debunked, as camera glitches, tricks of the lights among other things. The scariest story i've heard so far in this thread and the other thread is from the project manager in Australia. Far more scary than any ghost story. How that man was able to sleep after viewing the cctv i do not know.
kneemos wrote: » Yeeeesss.
Candie wrote: » What does that even mean? Is it the special language that people who buy this stuff use? You know, the guff about spirits and presences and entities and being caught between planes and the language used to give some sort of gravitas to the subject?
cowboyBuilder wrote: » That's on the Creepy thread yeah ? some lad that took his own life ?
