Ghostly experiences anyone?
13 March 2002, 12:22 PM
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I have never believed in any of this load of old b0ll0cks until last night.
Went round to visit my son as he has been ill and his mum said it was ok to come over. She lives in a large top floor/attic flat in a really old creepy building close to a church.
Anyway I went to the loo down the corridor from the lounge where my son was playing and his mum sitting there with him. The door was slightly ajar while taking a leak and I heard the floor boards go as if someone walked past the door. Thought maybe her boyfriend was round and hadn't seen him or something. Anyway went back to the lounge and as I walked over the floor boards they made the same noise as I had just heard. I went back in and my son and his mum were still exactly in the same place as when I left and so I asked her if anyone else was in the flat. She said no and asked why I was asking. I told her I just heard someone walk past the toilet, she asked me what time it was and what exactly I had heard and I told her 7.30 and the floor boards go right outside the loo down the corridor. She then tells me that happens every night at 7.30 and at 11.30 at night without fail and that she has stood in the corridor at 11.30 before as she hears someone walk down the corridor from her bedroom but she never sees anything, just feels cold as she hears the noise, and that one time she saw a slight shaddow move which wasn't hers. My first explanation was that it would be the central heating, except that this was not the noise made by pipes and that when I walked down the corridor the floor boards made exactly the same noise as I heard. It is not caused by central heating.
Put it like this I could not explain it and it spooked me out a bit as like I say I have never believed in this **** before last night, but I know what I heard. And the other thing my 4 year old son is **** scared of ghosts and I thought this was all down to TV, but now I am beginning to wonder why he is so scared of ghosts and why he goes on about them when he really shouldn't be aware of such things at the age of 4!
I am prepared for shed loads off p!ss taking as before last night I would have laughed at anything like this but now its happened I can't deny what I heard. I don't do drugs, I hadn't had any beer and was in a perfectly healthy state of mind (well the last bit is open for debate
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Has anyone else experienced strange things similar to this or should I book an appointment with a shrink?
Went round to visit my son as he has been ill and his mum said it was ok to come over. She lives in a large top floor/attic flat in a really old creepy building close to a church.
Anyway I went to the loo down the corridor from the lounge where my son was playing and his mum sitting there with him. The door was slightly ajar while taking a leak and I heard the floor boards go as if someone walked past the door. Thought maybe her boyfriend was round and hadn't seen him or something. Anyway went back to the lounge and as I walked over the floor boards they made the same noise as I had just heard. I went back in and my son and his mum were still exactly in the same place as when I left and so I asked her if anyone else was in the flat. She said no and asked why I was asking. I told her I just heard someone walk past the toilet, she asked me what time it was and what exactly I had heard and I told her 7.30 and the floor boards go right outside the loo down the corridor. She then tells me that happens every night at 7.30 and at 11.30 at night without fail and that she has stood in the corridor at 11.30 before as she hears someone walk down the corridor from her bedroom but she never sees anything, just feels cold as she hears the noise, and that one time she saw a slight shaddow move which wasn't hers. My first explanation was that it would be the central heating, except that this was not the noise made by pipes and that when I walked down the corridor the floor boards made exactly the same noise as I heard. It is not caused by central heating.
Put it like this I could not explain it and it spooked me out a bit as like I say I have never believed in this **** before last night, but I know what I heard. And the other thing my 4 year old son is **** scared of ghosts and I thought this was all down to TV, but now I am beginning to wonder why he is so scared of ghosts and why he goes on about them when he really shouldn't be aware of such things at the age of 4!
I am prepared for shed loads off p!ss taking as before last night I would have laughed at anything like this but now its happened I can't deny what I heard. I don't do drugs, I hadn't had any beer and was in a perfectly healthy state of mind (well the last bit is open for debate
)Has anyone else experienced strange things similar to this or should I book an appointment with a shrink?
13 March 2002, 12:34 PM
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You should visit my flat. Things like that happen all the time. Sounds & smells ( cigar smoke etc ) you get used to it after a while and it doesnt bother me now. Did for the first few months though.
Im being dead serious here by the way not taking the mick. I never really believed in it before either.
Im being dead serious here by the way not taking the mick. I never really believed in it before either.
13 March 2002, 12:45 PM
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Well the flat she lived in before was an old country house in the middle of a village, split into flats, again near to a church. There she said the chess pieces used to move while they were out of the room and this used to scare both her and her boyfriend but the flat she is in now it doesn't scare her for some reason when it happens. If I was there alone it would freak the living feking daylights out of me! She has a very bad taste in accomodation, thats all I know, I would never live in really old buildings 100's of years old that look like something out of the Adams Family!!!!
I am gonna see if she will let me round there late one night so I can be there at 11.30 and stand in the corridor and hear it for myself. I wouldn't normally want to do this but as my son lives there I don't like the idea of dodgy **** going on!!!
I am gonna see if she will let me round there late one night so I can be there at 11.30 and stand in the corridor and hear it for myself. I wouldn't normally want to do this but as my son lives there I don't like the idea of dodgy **** going on!!!
13 March 2002, 12:52 PM
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Sounds bl**dy scarey mate!!
I've had a few things like this - used to work at a stable yard when I was younger and we had nights (usually during the winter months
where you could a horse in the outdoor school we had...nothing there though...although there was a couple of old showjumpers buried in the field next to it ..freaked me out.
Another one is our old dog who always appears in the house just in the corner of your eye every year since she had to be put down, but that doesn't scare me, just makes me sad
and kinda happy at the same time 
I'd go and have a look at your girlfriends house as well, although I don't think they'll really be any danger! Just not to great if it's upsetting your lad...
Jen
I've had a few things like this - used to work at a stable yard when I was younger and we had nights (usually during the winter months
where you could a horse in the outdoor school we had...nothing there though...although there was a couple of old showjumpers buried in the field next to it ..freaked me out.Another one is our old dog who always appears in the house just in the corner of your eye every year since she had to be put down, but that doesn't scare me, just makes me sad
and kinda happy at the same time I'd go and have a look at your girlfriends house as well, although I don't think they'll really be any danger! Just not to great if it's upsetting your lad...
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13 March 2002, 01:04 PM
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Hahahaha she is the ex wife not my girlfriend just to get that one stright! Normally we don't talk very much apart from about our son, but last night was truely a strange experience, I definately wanna find out there is nothing scaring my son. Just don't think she is going to let me be round at 11.30 at night! Will have to look into this more as I have always ignored this stuff before saying its b0ll0cks but now its a bit more believable when you hear what I heard. I thought my work would take the p!ss severely and flame me but several other people admitted to having strange **** happen one time or another, the boss even says he has seen polergeist stuff with light switches being turned on when they were turned off 5 minutes earlier! I think I have been a bit ignorant to say the least in dismissing this weirdo stuff!
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13 March 2002, 01:07 PM
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If it happens at two specific times it sounds like something with a perfectly rational explanation.
[Serious question] Is it timezone invariant, i.e. is it still 7:30 and 11:30 when we switch to BST?
[Serious question] Is it timezone invariant, i.e. is it still 7:30 and 11:30 when we switch to BST?
13 March 2002, 01:14 PM
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Carl - you a UNIX guy or programmer by any chanceI havnt' looked at your profile I must admit. I am referring to your logical_technical approach
I am also very interested in the paranormal phenomon (sp) & ghosts etc btw.
Love to hear more stories before the joke wizards come in
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I havnt' looked at your profile I must admit. I am referring to your logical_technical approachI am also very interested in the paranormal phenomon (sp) & ghosts etc btw.
Love to hear more stories before the joke wizards come in
shunty
13 March 2002, 01:17 PM
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Bravo - sorry m8!! Was just thinking about me dog - must have put me off!! 
Not usually that dippy... the times are a funny thing though - there not the times the heating switches on/off are they? is it exactly those times or roundabout? i.e. could it be heat from the pipes contracting floor boards and making the noise? Try getting her to maybe keep the heating/hot water off for a night and see if it still happens?
I think it should only be worrying if it was distressing your lad...
Jen
Not usually that dippy... the times are a funny thing though - there not the times the heating switches on/off are they? is it exactly those times or roundabout? i.e. could it be heat from the pipes contracting floor boards and making the noise? Try getting her to maybe keep the heating/hot water off for a night and see if it still happens?
I think it should only be worrying if it was distressing your lad...
Jen
13 March 2002, 01:18 PM
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It could be her, she has got a bad past in terms of **** thats happened to her and so does emmit very bad vibes. Hahahaha I will have to look into the bst thing as that is a funny point!
I think she has a bad habit of choosing old property with 'permanent tennants' and always near to church's!
I think she has a bad habit of choosing old property with 'permanent tennants' and always near to church's!
13 March 2002, 01:18 PM
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Never experianced much.. but interested..
Used to live on a farm and one of the neighbouring fields you could walk across and there was a cold section... you step into it and out and it was there most warm summer evenings like walking past an open fridge.. probably heat and cold coming from the ground.
Can you not visit at 7:30 and stand in the hall?
It is a little worrying that your son knows about them at the age of 4 but it is most likely that your ex-wife has mentioned it in front of him or he has watched the cartoons on the telly etc..
Kids pick up things really easily..
You could put it down to the house flexing but not at set times everyday... how about the people below, or next twos heating?
Spooky
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Used to live on a farm and one of the neighbouring fields you could walk across and there was a cold section... you step into it and out and it was there most warm summer evenings like walking past an open fridge.. probably heat and cold coming from the ground.
Can you not visit at 7:30 and stand in the hall?
It is a little worrying that your son knows about them at the age of 4 but it is most likely that your ex-wife has mentioned it in front of him or he has watched the cartoons on the telly etc..
Kids pick up things really easily..
You could put it down to the house flexing but not at set times everyday... how about the people below, or next twos heating?
Spooky
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13 March 2002, 01:21 PM
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My in-laws house used to have a ghost that turned lights off and then back on...
turned out to be the wiring was very old and kept shorting...
Used to do an effecting scary lighting effect though...
All sorted now..
JGM
turned out to be the wiring was very old and kept shorting...
Used to do an effecting scary lighting effect though...
All sorted now..
JGM
13 March 2002, 01:25 PM
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I had a really weird, scary experience. In my youth we decided to have a ouija board session. It happened in my friends flat. We were messing about with it as you do, copying a sequence from a film, I forget the name. Anyway the board spelled out the words 'monk, contact, fear' which wasnt spooky at the time, as we thought each of us were moving the pointer together However this was not the case, as shortly afterwards, after we'd finished, we heard a tapping noise from the window closest to us, 3taps at a time, seperated by a second, which repeated 5 maybe 6 times, loud taps, just like some1 knocking. We all froze then freaked as my mates flat was on the 13th floor! no balcony, no window cleaners, late at night Dont play with ouija boards kids! I later found out the towerblock was built on a demolished church site back in the early 70's, coincidence?
However this was not the case, as shortly afterwards, after we'd finished, we heard a tapping noise from the window closest to us, 3taps at a time, seperated by a second, which repeated 5 maybe 6 times, loud taps, just like some1 knocking. We all froze then freaked as my mates flat was on the 13th floor! no balcony, no window cleaners, late at night Dont play with ouija boards kids! I later found out the towerblock was built on a demolished church site back in the early 70's, coincidence?
13 March 2002, 01:27 PM
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No other 'tennants' the rest of the building is a solictors and dr's surgery! First thought was its the heating but when i walked past the loo and down the hall way the noise was exactly the same, i am 14+ stone and believe me the floor boards wouldn't make the same noise from central heating causing them to expand. The 11.30 noise is more obvious apparently, its like foot steps so she says. I really want to be there when this happens, altho not on my own obviously hahahaha. She swears she has never mentioned it to my son and I have never talked to him about ghosts cos always thought they were nonsense. He has got the heebeegeebees from somewhere and I would like to know where from! I will ask more about the timing thing as well as to how strict it is to the times she says. She has never had a thing about ghosts and has no problem with horror movies unlike me and doesnt easily freak, and has no reason to make this stuff up. Wonder if anyone has ever done that weegee (have no idea how to spell it!) board stuff there?
13 March 2002, 01:39 PM
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I woke up to a ghostly pale figure next to me a few years back. I almost got a heart attack. That was the last time ever got drunk and pick up women in night clubs.
eidt ~ for ghostly experience, try to live in Malaysia for a year. This place is a ghost cesspot and loads of supernatural things happens. I've even seen a few.
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eidt ~ for ghostly experience, try to live in Malaysia for a year. This place is a ghost cesspot and loads of supernatural things happens. I've even seen a few.
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13 March 2002, 01:45 PM
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LOL @ Katana! I know wot u mean there m8! Also Bioforger she said she would never entertain that stuff and neither would I, don't knowif previous tenants have done it tho, the whole thing of those boards freaks the crap out of me, don't mess with dead people, once their dead u cant friggin hurt them ! I just wonder what the building used to be used for. Might have to look into it. She was going to ask the church vicar if he had any history of the place.
Definately want to hear other people's storys tho, have been good ones so far, at least I don't feel as tho I need to call the men in white coats quite so much
! I just wonder what the building used to be used for. Might have to look into it. She was going to ask the church vicar if he had any history of the place.Definately want to hear other people's storys tho, have been good ones so far, at least I don't feel as tho I need to call the men in white coats quite so much
13 March 2002, 03:58 PM
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could it be the central heating going on and off,my floor boards creak like hell when the heatings warming up and cooling down,and my stairs creak without nobody on them but thats just where they are loose and they are popping back up after you have stepped on them,sometimes 20 minutes after.
13 March 2002, 04:04 PM
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Lots of 'strange' things have happened to me, my mum and a couple of friends over the years, a lot of it occuring whilst we lived in an old house. To cut a long story short a Medium friend of my mum's came round one day and most definately felt 'something', as she went into one particular room she felt very cold. Later on when we split the house in two the lady that moved in was standing in this same room looking out of the french doors and realised that in the reflection she could see a man sitting writing at a desk, she turned round and looked into the room but there was nothing there, not even a desk! We did some research and found out that a previous occupier had been an elderly gentleman who happened to be a writer, make of it what you will!
This house was a large rambling old place set in it's own grounds behind a huge brick wall that ran all the way round the border of the property, the only way in to it was through this massive oak gothic gate set into the wall of the front garden, down some steps and along a gravel path to the front door. One day my us kids were playing in the front garden (with the front door open) and mum was in the kitchen at the sink at the back of the house. She felt someone behind her and turned round thinking it was one of us or our housekeeper but it was this elderly lady, mum was a bit taken aback but kept her composure and asked the woman if she could help her (LOL) as she seemed a bit dazed and confused, the woman mumbled something in return but mum didn't understand her. Mum thought she must have wandered into the garden by mistake and in through the open front door that us kids had left open. She then offered to help the old lady back out to the road and turned round to the sink to put her rubber gloves down, she turned back and the old lady was nowhere to be seen! Mum had a quick look round then called the housekeeper who was in the dining room halfway up the hall in the direction of the front door, she hadn't seen or heard anyone, they did a search of the house and saw no-one then came and asked us kids if we'd seen the old lady come into the garden and past us - we hadn't! We never saw the 'old lady' again and my mum is convinced it was a ghost!
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This house was a large rambling old place set in it's own grounds behind a huge brick wall that ran all the way round the border of the property, the only way in to it was through this massive oak gothic gate set into the wall of the front garden, down some steps and along a gravel path to the front door. One day my us kids were playing in the front garden (with the front door open) and mum was in the kitchen at the sink at the back of the house. She felt someone behind her and turned round thinking it was one of us or our housekeeper but it was this elderly lady, mum was a bit taken aback but kept her composure and asked the woman if she could help her (LOL) as she seemed a bit dazed and confused, the woman mumbled something in return but mum didn't understand her. Mum thought she must have wandered into the garden by mistake and in through the open front door that us kids had left open. She then offered to help the old lady back out to the road and turned round to the sink to put her rubber gloves down, she turned back and the old lady was nowhere to be seen! Mum had a quick look round then called the housekeeper who was in the dining room halfway up the hall in the direction of the front door, she hadn't seen or heard anyone, they did a search of the house and saw no-one then came and asked us kids if we'd seen the old lady come into the garden and past us - we hadn't!
We never saw the 'old lady' again and my mum is convinced it was a ghost!Sal
13 March 2002, 04:06 PM
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MBC believe me m8 I thought about it very much and having lived in my parents house the first 20 years of my life where every friggin board creeked in my room (extremely annoying when coming in very late at night ) I can pretty much rule this out as not being the same sound! However I still like the idea of waiting till bst comes round and see what happens to eliminate/confirm for sure.
) I can pretty much rule this out as not being the same sound! However I still like the idea of waiting till bst comes round and see what happens to eliminate/confirm for sure.
13 March 2002, 04:12 PM
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Sal thats some nasty goings on Hearing the floorboards/footsteps is one thing but seeing one would scare the fek out of me big time! Hope that never happens to me cos I don't know what to do, apart from head straight for my fridge and my stash of stellas
Hearing the floorboards/footsteps is one thing but seeing one would scare the fek out of me big time! Hope that never happens to me cos I don't know what to do, apart from head straight for my fridge and my stash of stellas
13 March 2002, 04:48 PM
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Bravo I've just sent you a long long email with suggestions of what to do but it's disappeard and I'm bu99ered if I can remember it all to type again
I'll try and send you a short version!
I'll try and send you a short version!