Ghosts

[omagh_gael]

You never told your stories abbeysider...

[ziggysego]

Opened minded people tend to be the ones that believe without seeing

"Gullible" is the word you're looking for there.

Don't be so closed minded.

[NetNitrate]

It must be some craic to come back as a ghost and start rattling people's china. I suppose you could raid their liquor cabinet or drive off in their car. But where's the fun in that? To take two cups and start tapping one against the other is great gas altogether.

[Eamonnca1]

Opened minded people tend to be the ones that believe without seeing

"Gullible" is the word you're looking for there.

Don't be so closed minded.

Don't be so gullible.

[AustinPowers]

Bumping this thread again after watching a ghostly  documentary


Anyone had any experiences with
 sightings, unexplained happenings , premonitions  etc.. well, since 2011 anyway (the last post here)

I'm not piss taking , I'm genuinely interested.....

[Aristo 60]

I, 100%, don't believe in ghosts but as I've the time today to tell the story below, I will.

Around 12 years ago myself and my lady were staying in a well known Dublin hotel that I only learned after our stay has a history of ghost(s).

I was in bed (likely asleep) when a paralysing fear the like of which I had never experienced before or since came over me. Someone was in the room. Try as I might, my body would not move but seemingly I was at least semi conscious as I could feel my heart absolutely pounding with fear. The paralysis persisted for what seemed like an eternity. On reflection now I think I was probably dreaming or in some state of semi consciousness - but in my mind's eye I could clearly see a hooded / cloaked figure moving in the room - but particularly just inside the door of the room. I don't know whether I went back into a deep sleep at that point but the 'event' definitely ended for me and all was well. 

Until the following.

Later that same night the girlfriend, who would sometimes talk in her sleep, woke or at least partially woke me. She was in a full on state of panic (but as I know now also probably asleep) - claiming someone was in our room. This time I was more awake but again teetering on the edge of consciousness. Having had my own experience on the same night, my heart obviously immediately started doing somersaults - but instead of me reacting to her claim I softly scolded her back to sleep by telling her not to be silly. That was totally contrary to what I was feeling and for the second time I was completely paralysed with fear.

The second 'event' passed as well and all was fine.

When we woke the next morning our respective 'dreams' were all we could talk about. It was obvious that no-one had physically been in the room but both of us 'saw' the same cloaked / hooded figure loitering in the room and both visions were in dreams / semi consciousness. I could see now that my mind's eye view of the figure standing in the doorway couldn't have been the case as the door wasn't visible from the bed  - but both of us (we don't take drugs, little alcohol) were convinced that someone / something wearing a hooded cloak had been in the room.

The sense of fear that I experienced that night has never left me and I tried to explain it to several people until months later I was recounting the whole incident to an old aunt. Straight away she considered we'd be in the presence of a ghost.

That all said, I don't believe in ghosts - and neither should you. Laugh at me, ridicule me all you like but I wish that none of you experience the level of fear we did that night.







   

[tonto1888]

I, 100%, don't believe in ghosts but as I've the time today to tell the story below, I will.

Around 12 years ago myself and my lady were staying in a well known Dublin hotel that I only learned after our stay has a history of ghost(s).

I was in bed (likely asleep) when a paralysing fear the like of which I had never experienced before or since came over me. Someone was in the room. Try as I might, my body would not move but seemingly I was at least semi conscious as I could feel my heart absolutely pounding with fear. The paralysis persisted for what seemed like an eternity. On reflection now I think I was probably dreaming or in some state of semi consciousness - but in my mind's eye I could clearly see a hooded / cloaked figure moving in the room - but particularly just inside the door of the room. I don't know whether I went back into a deep sleep at that point but the 'event' definitely ended for me and all was well. 

Until the following.

Later that same night the girlfriend, who would sometimes talk in her sleep, woke or at least partially woke me. She was in a full on state of panic (but as I know now also probably asleep) - claiming someone was in our room. This time I was more awake but again teetering on the edge of consciousness. Having had my own experience on the same night, my heart obviously immediately started doing somersaults - but instead of me reacting to her claim I softly scolded her back to sleep by telling her not to be silly. That was totally contrary to what I was feeling and for the second time I was completely paralysed with fear.

The second 'event' passed as well and all was fine.

When we woke the next morning our respective 'dreams' were all we could talk about. It was obvious that no-one had physically been in the room but both of us 'saw' the same cloaked / hooded figure loitering in the room and both visions were in dreams / semi consciousness. I could see now that my mind's eye view of the figure standing in the doorway couldn't have been the case as the door wasn't visible from the bed  - but both of us (we don't take drugs, little alcohol) were convinced that someone / something wearing a hooded cloak had been in the room.

The sense of fear that I experienced that night has never left me and I tried to explain it to several people until months later I was recounting the whole incident to an old aunt. Straight away she considered we'd be in the presence of a ghost.

That all said, I don't believe in ghosts - and neither should you. Laugh at me, ridicule me all you like but I wish that none of you experience the level of fear we did that night.







   

sounds like sleep paralysis where your mind is half awake but body fully asleep. Ive had it happen a couple of times and its terrifying. It happening to both of you on the same night is odd

[seafoid]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/50-most-haunted-places-in-uk/#northern-irelandundefined
Newcastle Harbour, County Down
On 13 January 1843, 14 fishing boats were caught by a storm in the waters of the seaside village of Newcastle. Seventy-three men died. Since then, the town has been visited by a Banshee, a wailing Irish portent of death mourns with the victims' families. Another ghost is seen at nearby Bogey Hill, looking out to sea, waiting for a lost love who'll never return.

[Taylor]

I, 100%, don't believe in ghosts but as I've the time today to tell the story below, I will.

Around 12 years ago myself and my lady were staying in a well known Dublin hotel that I only learned after our stay has a history of ghost(s).

I was in bed (likely asleep) when a paralysing fear the like of which I had never experienced before or since came over me. Someone was in the room. Try as I might, my body would not move but seemingly I was at least semi conscious as I could feel my heart absolutely pounding with fear. The paralysis persisted for what seemed like an eternity. On reflection now I think I was probably dreaming or in some state of semi consciousness - but in my mind's eye I could clearly see a hooded / cloaked figure moving in the room - but particularly just inside the door of the room. I don't know whether I went back into a deep sleep at that point but the 'event' definitely ended for me and all was well. 

Until the following.

Later that same night the girlfriend, who would sometimes talk in her sleep, woke or at least partially woke me. She was in a full on state of panic (but as I know now also probably asleep) - claiming someone was in our room. This time I was more awake but again teetering on the edge of consciousness. Having had my own experience on the same night, my heart obviously immediately started doing somersaults - but instead of me reacting to her claim I softly scolded her back to sleep by telling her not to be silly. That was totally contrary to what I was feeling and for the second time I was completely paralysed with fear.

The second 'event' passed as well and all was fine.

When we woke the next morning our respective 'dreams' were all we could talk about. It was obvious that no-one had physically been in the room but both of us 'saw' the same cloaked / hooded figure loitering in the room and both visions were in dreams / semi consciousness. I could see now that my mind's eye view of the figure standing in the doorway couldn't have been the case as the door wasn't visible from the bed  - but both of us (we don't take drugs, little alcohol) were convinced that someone / something wearing a hooded cloak had been in the room.

The sense of fear that I experienced that night has never left me and I tried to explain it to several people until months later I was recounting the whole incident to an old aunt. Straight away she considered we'd be in the presence of a ghost.

That all said, I don't believe in ghosts - and neither should you. Laugh at me, ridicule me all you like but I wish that none of you experience the level of fear we did that night.







   

Im definitely not laughing at you.

Spooky shit - makes the hairs stand on end.

I honestly have no idea if I believe in them or not

[AustinPowers]

Relatives of mine  used to live in a house where they would  regularly hear footsteps coming up the stairs.  The wife told the husband about it ,  but he brushed it off. Then one morning , they both heard it  as clear as day while in bed. He sat up, thinking  who's this  coming? There's only us in the house.  Doors would regularly open and close, sometimes slamming  hard. Some relatives of theirs wouldn't  set foot in the house .


Another family  then moved in, stayed a few years.  The second family then  bought a new house. Both men bumped into each other, first man  asks second about them  moving. Are you definitely moving? Yes, we are. Ok, because I want to ask  you something. You're going  to ask  about the noises , aren't you?

Can't say I've had any  experiences other than  the odd picture  falling off the wall at strange  times, or  very coincidental meetings or things said , t hat are probably me looking for signs/connections that aren't really there.

[Norm-Peterson]

I am open minded about things like this but I think a lot of stories can be down to hallucinations or mental illness.
I don't believe the stories about near death experiences, they can be explained by the chemicals being released in your brain when you are dying.

I certainly wouldn't believe any stories on Reddit threads, the demographic who use Reddit tend to be cannabis smokers.

[RedHand88]

Relative of mine worked in a hospital for years and you would not believe the stories.

[paddyjohn]

A friend of mine was coming home from lifting his wife at work one evening when he stood on the breaks of the car and totally froze. He started to scream and cry that he hit a woman walking with a pram walking on the road. He totally freaked out and his wife couldn't settle him. She drove him home and had to ring a family friend who was a doctor, he got him settled after a while. Turned out there was a woman killed on the corner an over 50 years ago by a drunk driver and other people have said they've seen the same vision as he had saw.

I also have heard tell of a man who saw a hearse outside the chapel one night and figures carrying a coffin into the graveyard. When he got closer there wasn't a thing there but he could smell petrol and the scent of a warm engine. He was the caretaker of the chapel and was locking up after midnight mass.

[03,05,08]

Relative of mine worked in a hospital for years and you would not believe the stories.

Fire a few in

[RedHand88]

Relative of mine worked in a hospital for years and you would not believe the stories.

Fire a few in

Lights switching on and off by themselves.
Voices heard in disused parts of the hospital.
A chair fell by itself.
A group photo of staff showing an extra leg in the group that does not belong to anyone (hard to describe without seeing but it looked like a patient leg in amongst a group of staff uniforms).

I'm very sceptical by nature myself, but it's weird.
People smiling at dead relatives right before the end (may be the brain chemicals already mentioned, but it's really common).