Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

Graces7 · 19-05-2018 9:33am

A small one

I sometimes kind of "see" in my mind what is happening or will happen.

So I was in a Post Office, way back, posting a small packet to Canada. Samples of my craft work to see it they would sell there for our work with abandoned babies.

I had made sure the packet was well wrapped and secure, but I kept getting this image in my mind of it getting lost or, rather, returned to me, stamps missing and address obscured,

I mithered the lady to make sure stamps were well stuck etc..

Not happy but what more could I do?

A few days later? Yep, there was my packet at my door, almost all the stamps missing and stamped on the return address side .

Went to my local Post Office and the lady there was mortified as she realised SHE had misdirected it...Said FROM clearly ( at another place years later a postmistress always crossed through the return address...)

Time is not always what we see?

blinding · 19-05-2018 10:34am

Time is a Relative !

Chancer3001 · 28-05-2018 8:12pm

sbsquarepants · 29-05-2018 9:37am

Chancer3001 wrote: »

. Flying in 2 weeks!

:eek:

Don't want to worry you - but it took a friend of mine over a month to get a passport recently!

JCX BXC · 29-05-2018 9:49am

sbsquarepants wrote: »

:eek:

Don't want to worry you - but it took a friend of mine over a month to get a passport recently!

If you do it online or tell the passport office you're flying in a week you get it quicker.

Took me 7 weeks through passport 'express', last year!

superman28 · 29-05-2018 11:01am

A few years ago, I was on a Ryanair flight to Malaga sitting on the aisle seat beside an elderly couple. 15 minutes into the flight I felt the old mans head next to me rest on my shoulder.

I did my best to try and move his head away. I eventually managed to bump his head off my shoulder and rest in his own headrest. I looked over and noticed his eyes were open and he was staring blankly at the roof the plane. At this point his wife also noticed and began to ask if he was ok. I grabbed his hand and it was stone cold, then he then slumped forward completely lifeless.

I jumped out of my seat and went up to my dad (a doctor) who was sitting a couple of rows ahead, better come and take a look at this guy.
The air hostess was as calm as you like, apparently, don't have a heart attack on a Ryan they have nothing that can help, a small medical kit with plasters etc.

Then I heard something about a cardiologist and thought great they can come and save the day,, it was a women who worked as a secretary for a cardiologist (not much good unless we needed a letter typed up I thought)
While my dad and the skinny air hostess tried to move this man out of his seat and lie him flat on the deck of the aisle I headed for the pilot. A quick knock out came someone who worryingly looked younger than I was (early 20's) and just as hungover. After debating should we land at the nearest airport or not,, the man started to some how come around.. the colour came back to his face and he woke up..

On my return flight I had a seat free next to me,, who do you think sat beside me again? True story.

New Home · 29-05-2018 12:20pm

Especially the "stone cold" part. Was his name Lazarus?

gerrybbadd · 29-05-2018 12:55pm

New Home wrote: »

Especially the "stone cold" part. Was his name Lazarus?

Nope, Steve Austin

New Home · 29-05-2018 12:56pm

Ah well, that makes sense, now.

check_six · 29-05-2018 1:30pm

superman28 wrote: »

On my return flight I had a seat free next to me,, who do you think sat beside me again? True story.

If I was that old fella I'd make sure I'd be sitting next to the guy who helped bring me back from the dead too. Fair play!

williestroker1 · 29-05-2018 2:36pm

And the pilot just opened the door to you:o

razorblunt · 29-05-2018 3:00pm

williestroker1 wrote: »

And the pilot just opened the door to you:o

He knocked first, see, politeness works.

Stigura · 29-05-2018 3:05pm

razorblunt wrote: »

He knocked first, see, politeness works.

Not on 9525 it didn't!

razorblunt · 29-05-2018 3:07pm

Stigura wrote: »

Not on 9525 it didn't!

Maybe they didn't knock in German?

superman28 · 29-05-2018 3:10pm

Well technically a steward used the intercom thing as I recall,, but lets not split hairs..

Tell me how · 29-05-2018 3:23pm

superman28 wrote:

Well technically a steward used the intercom thing as I recall,, but lets not split hairs..

I'm taking back my thanks. That was the centre point of the entire story.

fxotoole · 29-05-2018 3:39pm

I find the stories of lost Russian cosmonauts pretty creepy:

http://allthatsinteresting.com/lost-cosmonauts

Likewise the story of the ghost ship urang Medan is creepy af:

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/11/death-ship-the-ourang-medan-mystery/

Graces7 · 29-05-2018 3:43pm

When we were children, we were expected to settle at night and not make a fuss, so this was out of all proportion...

I would have been well under 10, maybe only 4 or 5 when one night I was woken by a horde of dragonflies in my bedroom. I was awake and they were real, bright colours and huge and I was terrified. Screamed and screamed and my mother came rushing in.
She saw I was really out of control and even as she picked me up, a dragonfly landed on my pillow and I started screaming again. Only my mother could not see it.. Only me.

It was rare to be taken into our parents' bed and my father objected, but that is where we spent th rest of the night..

It was not a dream, not imagination... real dragonflies. Big and.... yukk

To this day I hate those things and as for daddy long legs....

Ann22 · 30-05-2018 9:30am

superman28 wrote:

Well technically a steward used the intercom thing as I recall,, but lets not split hairs..

Tell me how wrote:

I'm taking back my thanks. That was the centre point of the entire story.

Does he mean the steward knocked to alert the pilot? I don't think it makes a huge difference to the story. The pilot was young and looked hungover.

Ann22 · 30-05-2018 9:30am

superman28 wrote:

Well technically a steward used the intercom thing as I recall,, but lets not split hairs..

Tell me how wrote:

I'm taking back my thanks. That was the centre point of the entire story.

Does he mean the steward knocked to alert the pilot? I don't think it makes a huge difference to the story. The pilot was young and looked hungover.

Graces7 · 30-05-2018 10:00am

Ann22 wrote: »

Does he mean the steward knocked to alert the pilot? I don't think it makes a huge difference to the story. The pilot was young and looked hungover.

The mere thought of a hungover pilot is the scariest and creepiest thing I have read in a long time..

Thankful I never fly :rolleyes:

batman1 · 30-05-2018 11:13pm

Last Summer, me and my brother were sitting in the garden having a beer. I live close to a church and the bells rang on the hour. Just as the bell rang my brothers phone started ringing. The name that came up frightened us both. Our cousin died many years ago in an accident. He was known by a nickname and that's the name came up on the screen. By the time the fright subsided the ringing stopped. It maybe rang twice before stopping, a few seconds. His phone was on the table .
When we looked at the phone there was no missed calls or any trace of the name. It wasn't a mix up because he has nobody the same name in his phone as it was his nickname and besides the cousin died well before phones were a thing.

DickSwiveller · 31-05-2018 12:11am

batman1 wrote: »

Last Summer, me and my brother were sitting in the garden having a beer. I live close to a church and the bells rang on the hour. Just as the bell rang my brothers phone started ringing. The name that came up frightened us both. Our cousin died many years ago in an accident. He was known by a nickname and that's the name came up on the screen. By the time the fright subsided the ringing stopped. It maybe rang twice before stopping, a few seconds. His phone was on the table .
When we looked at the phone there was no missed calls or any trace of the name. It wasn't a mix up because he has nobody the same name in his phone as it was his nickname and besides the cousin died well before phones were a thing.

Now that is creepy.

Fran1985 · 31-05-2018 12:15am

I Was working away the other night and came across a persons name. I thought to myself thats a great name. Something like an actor would have or tv presenter. It reminded me of someone i used to work with. I Only worked with them briefly and never really thought much off them since. Similarly that persons name was something you'd associate with a celebrity. Did a little creep on Facebook and went back about my business. 3 days later i got sent an obituary. The very night this person randomly came back into my head was the night they died. It left ne kinda spooked.

Hammer89 · 31-05-2018 4:39am

superman28 wrote: »

I did my best to try and move his head away. I eventually managed to bump his head off my shoulder and rest in his own headrest. I looked over and noticed his eyes were open and he was staring blankly at the roof the plane. At this point his wife also noticed and began to ask if he was ok. I grabbed his hand and it was stone cold, then he then slumped forward completely lifeless..

You'd think he'd be in first class.

enfield · 31-05-2018 8:10am

This weekend I will be sleeping in an underground biillet, in an old military/naval location 100's of years old, overlooking the sea. I do this about 8 times a year (don't ask), I always bring someone with me as during the night there are 'movements' around the room that keep me awake. When there is someone with me I can, in my own mind, put the sounds down to them and dismiss them. There are some areas of this compound that have a reputation for eerie phenomena but I never found that. Even when it is silence and pitch black they do not give off anything that would make you feel uneasy, but in the room/billet, now that is another story. The coldest time of the night is usually about 3.30am, and around this time, regularly I would wake up shivering with the cold, even though I am well insulated with arctic sleeping bag and Bivvy bag. Having said all that, it is a beautiful location, and when the darkness falls, and all is silent, and you are on your own, underground, in the dark, and it is not so silent anymore, now that's another story.
I forgot to add I could not get anyone to come with me this weekend so it will be a solo gig. Gin and tonic will help a lot.

Stigura · 31-05-2018 8:12am

enfield wrote: »

(don't ask)

But, I want to!

Dtp1979 · 31-05-2018 7:56pm

Any chance of that other story??

fxotoole · 31-05-2018 8:57pm

Graces7 wrote: »

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The mere thought of a hungover pilot is the scariest and creepiest thing I have read in a long time..

Thankful I never fly :rolleyes:

Why? A pilot only takes over for take off and landing. The rest is autopilot.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 31-05-2018 9:14pm

Stigura wrote: »

But, I want to!

He's a pretending to play soldier in fort Davis in Cork. Nothing spooky about the place other than the rats.

Graces7 · 01-06-2018 9:46am

fxotoole wrote: »

Why? A pilot only takes over for take off and landing. The rest is autopilot.

:eek: That is WORSE!!!!!!!!!!

Graces7 · 01-06-2018 9:48am

enfield wrote: »

This weekend I will be sleeping in an underground biillet, in an old military/naval location 100's of years old, overlooking the sea. I do this about 8 times a year (don't ask), I always bring someone with me as during the night there are 'movements' around the room that keep me awake. When there is someone with me I can, in my own mind, put the sounds down to them and dismiss them. There are some areas of this compound that have a reputation for eerie phenomena but I never found that. Even when it is silence and pitch black they do not give off anything that would make you feel uneasy, but in the room/billet, now that is another story. The coldest time of the night is usually about 3.30am, and around this time, regularly I would wake up shivering with the cold, even though I am well insulated with arctic sleeping bag and Bivvy bag. Having said all that, it is a beautiful location, and when the darkness falls, and all is silent, and you are on your own, underground, in the dark, and it is not so silent anymore, now that's another story.
I forgot to add I could not get anyone to come with me this weekend so it will be a solo gig. Gin and tonic will help a lot.

When I took my guest to Downpatrick Head, we went into the lookout post hut. And I would dearly love to spend a night or three in there. Now you have me yearning!
see

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-ireland-county-mayo-downpatrick-head-sea-stack-31599041.html

Quazzie · 01-06-2018 10:19am

Graces7 wrote: »

:eek: That is WORSE!!!!!!!!!!

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cml387 · 01-06-2018 10:35am

Not quite the complete quote:
the added part is
"...and what's the pilot for?"
"..to feed the dog".

Graces7 · 01-06-2018 11:26am

Old pome..

"As I was going down the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there..
He wasn't there again today,
I wish that man would go away..."

The more you read it the creepier it gets. :eek:

blinding · 01-06-2018 11:43am

Graces7 wrote: »

Old pome..

"As I was going down the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there..
He wasn't there again today,
I wish that man would go away..."

The more you read it the creepier it gets. :eek:

Its a great Pome ( poem ) of nonsense

Its weird that though its nonsense it still has some effect .

It just goes to show bull$h!t spoken well can have an affect .

Something many politicians know only too well .

Graces7 · 01-06-2018 11:49am

blinding wrote: »

Its a great Pome ( poem ) of nonsense

Its weird that though its nonsense it still has some effect .

It just goes to show bull$h!t spoken well can have an affect .

Something many politicians know only too well .

Thanks

I realised reading your post that I am "seeing" this now on a ancient stone spiral staircase .. where you cannot see round the next few steps, and ti is making is so creep y.... I think I posted about the ruins at Cong way back?

Hammer89 · 01-06-2018 4:46pm

Graces7 wrote: »

"As I was going down the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there..
He wasn't there again today,
I wish that man would go away..."

Were you on Camden St last week?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 01-06-2018 4:53pm

I think I'm going to haunt places after my death. Public places like bars and train stations, I won't intrude on peoples homes because I'm nice like that.

It's like trolling in a sense. I'm sure the 'spirits' get a fierce kick out of it.

Graces7 · 01-06-2018 5:27pm

Just checked and I did not post the Cong incident; that went to another forum.. Tomorrow, and you will LOVE this one I promise..

Graces7 · 02-06-2018 7:08am

"Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin.." ( That is how Listen with Mother used to introduce story time on the radio..! Before your time..!)

When I came back to the Mayo/Galway area early last year, it was to renew the love of places there.

As I am sure you know by now, I love old abbey ruins etc.

And one of my favourite haunts, 17 years before, had been Cong in Mayo

So one day I set sail for Cong... Lingered in the abbey ruins, and oh that fishing lodge! Calm wide river with swans...

I decided to walk the walk through the forest. A kind of pilgrimage as I had done this before I left Mayo... Less mobile now but hey! Pilgimages include challenge

A long walk and to tell truth I was getting bored. Plodding doggedly along and almost no one around...
Passed some labelled ruins; wished later I had stopped.

Turned the corner heading back to base, and found the Guinness Tower, Resisted the strong urge to climb the narrow spiral staircase as the thought of getting back down..:

On the left, a sign to a house, and a cave with a stream through it and steep steps with a handrail to the side.

So up I clambered...

More tracks to left and right and then I saw it! Through the trees a large set of ruins... Crenellated battlements and seeing trees through the empty windows... OH WOW! Had not seen this before, or on the web site etc,

So I started towards the ruins on the rutted track.. Noting great detail in the stonework..Eager....fascinated

Then in the blink of an eye..the whole thing just vanished... Gone.

I stopped in my tracks, gazing. But nothing.
Was not upset; just shrugged. "It has gone!"

and wandered on back to the abbey etc

Of course when I got home I checked online and no mention of ruins there..

So I emailed the Ashford hotel, which is next to the forest. They put me in touch with a famous local historian

Who told me, yes, there are ruins there. When the abbey was attacked and destroyed, the monks escaped to the forest and hid there. And the great Cross of Cong was safely hidden there...

When I told him my experience? Never heard from him again! Clearly my vanishing ruins are not HIS real ruins...

I never went back to that part again. And learned too that what I had "seen" earlier at the smaller ruins was not there either.

So I have never seen the real ruins..

Just those splendid battlements ruined against the tall green trees in a forest where there was through the centuries so much danger and fear and suffering. A privilege to be a tiny part of that. To catch the slightest echo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong_Abbey

enfield · 02-06-2018 8:17am

Last night was grand a quiet, just one loud knock at 5am. I will post a few more pics later.

enfield · 02-06-2018 8:30am

Attachment not found.

Sleeping arrangements.

Stigura · 02-06-2018 9:37am

This place, so?

https://www.irishexaminer.com/video/viral/video-a-tour-around-fort-davis-overlooking-cork-harbour-362495.html

Bit bleak.

enfield · 02-06-2018 9:51am

Now I enjoyed that video, some very interesting places in there. Thank you for posting. If I ever got the opportunity I would love to visit it. If you think I am in Fort Davis/Carisle then come and find me, you will be wasting your time.

enfield · 02-06-2018 10:15am

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Any chance of that other story??

Well, things sound like they are moving at the other end of the room, like a sliding sound, bangs, and footsteps. I had a medium with me on time and he said there is nothing in this room. He stayed the night, and the next day when we got home he said that he heard the noises too but would not mention it at the time as its not the kind of thing you want pointed out and highlighted in the wee hours of the night. He did not say what the noises were. Its uncomfortable when you are trying to get some sleep. Last night was grand. The video that Stigura posted the Camp Guard shows and castellated store, I sleep in one of that type, but in better condition.
Stigura, if you manage to pin down where I am come and see me, I am easy to find, I am in green uniform with three stripes on my right arm.

OldMrBrennan83 · 02-06-2018 10:16am

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Stigura · 02-06-2018 10:18am

Don't know where ye are. Someone, above, suggested it was there. Photo ye showed looked similar. Ye never contradicted it; I googled it.

Still very curious as to what ye up to. Seems a very odd set up. But, if ye don't want to tell? One for the Mysteries thread

enfield · 02-06-2018 11:39am

Lads lads lads, where am is irrelevant really. You are making my whereabouts a big mystery, this post is just about the night-time goings on.

enfield · 02-06-2018 11:51am

But here are some pics from my location, and it is not Fort Davis.

Has anything genuinely creepy or unnerving ever happened to you?

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