QOTD 1/7

minionlover · January 2014

Do you believe in ghosts?

lehc723 · January 2014

I don't, but at the same time I don't NOT believe in ghosts to the point where if I'm wrong, I want to piss anyone off.

If that makes sense.

mana8503 · January 2014

Kinda. They freak me out, I can't even watch a paranormal activity commercial.

MIL is convinced FIL is still around their house. I tell her I don't want to hear about it, then go sleep there! She doesn't listen. I'm currently reading a book with a ghost and I HATE reading scenes then going to bed (usually alone since H works nights).

chasemamabear · January 2014

Yes I do. I lived in a house for a while where many ppl (who we did not tell about what we saw) would see the figures. There were also massive scratch marks that would keep showing IP on the inside of our basement door...let me tell u this was no raccoon!!

We stayed in the house until we needed to move for other reasons but EVERYONE who came into our house, including non believers, all felt something

mana8503 · January 2014

chasemamabear said:

Yes I do. I lived in a house for a while where many ppl (who we did not tell about what we saw) would see the figures. There were also massive scratch marks that would keep showing IP on the inside of our basement door...let me tell u this was no raccoon!! We stayed in the house until we needed to move for other reasons but EVERYONE who came into our house, including non believers, all felt something

OH HELL NO!

mrshall1027 · January 2014

@chasemamabear That is freeeeaky!! I would be gone in a heartbeat!!

I do believe in ghosts. My parents have several stories from when they were younger and lived in Juarez, Mexico.

I also have one experience from when I was younger. We lived in CO and my brothers room was in the basement. He had a TV in his room, so I'd always hang out in there with him. He had a four poster bed and would hang his backpack on one of the posts at the foot of the bed. Well, one day we were just watching TV when suddenly the TV went fuzzy black and white and the channel in the corner started changing going up sequentially. We were of course weirded out, but totally freaked when his backpack started floating in the air! We ran out of the room screaming our butts off yelling for my mom. Thankfully we moved not too long after that, but my brother refused to sleep in his room for a month after that.

lehc723 · January 2014

chasemamabear said:

Yes I do. I lived in a house for a while where many ppl (who we did not tell about what we saw) would see the figures. There were also massive scratch marks that would keep showing IP on the inside of our basement door...let me tell u this was no raccoon!! We stayed in the house until we needed to move for other reasons but EVERYONE who came into our house, including non believers, all felt something

Ahhh, see, this is what I mean! I don't really believe in ghosts, but I don't want to piss off anything that may be scratching at my basement!

How scary!

goatlady12 · January 2014

100%, I won't get into details or you will all think I'm a lunatic.

mrshall1027 · January 2014

Seipel12 said:

100%, I won't get into details or you will all think I'm a lunatic.

I want details!!

brainybrunette · January 2014

DH thinks I'm nuts, but I believe that the spirits of our departed loved ones are always around us. Last Christmas, we were looking at my Uncle's Christmas tree because he and my aunt have some ornaments that belonged to my great-grandmother and I wanted to see what they looked like (they've since given me 6 of those ornaments for my own tree!). Later that evening, we were sitting around eating cookies and talking about memories of my great-grandmother. As we were talking, one of her ornaments fell off the tree and crashed to the ground (and unfortunately broke). When it happened, no one was anywhere near the tree or had been even close to it for a few hours. I believe that was her way of letting us know that she was with us that night.

EDIT: I'm also a big Long Island Medium fan, and totally think that she is 100% legit and I would love to have an appointment with her! This also drives H crazy...he thinks it's a bunch of crap. We agree to disagree on that one!

goatlady12 · January 2014

@nic12184 I've seen a medium a couple of times and it is amazing. I didn't believe 100% until after I saw her.

Ok, so these are specifics. When I saw the medium she was like, "Why are you here, you are a medium." I didn't believe her at first but I'm having more and more experiences since then that have made me think "Ok, I think I have the ability to talk to dead people." (PS I was basically atheist before) It's really strange, I'm working on developing the ability. I figure it's worth a shot, I just look like a crazy person if I don't actually have the gift.

DH hates it. He claims he doesn't believe in it, but told me he's had some weird things happen since I started testing the waters. He told me he doesn't want anyone to watch him in the bathroom, since he said that the bathroom door keeps locking itself when noone is in there. I've heard it click when I'm in the couch. He pretends to not hear it.

You all think I'm crazy now don't you?

minionlover · January 2014

I asked this because of some freaky things that have happened since DHs grandfather passed away last week. I always thought that their were spirits that may be around but I have never witnessed anything before.

First right after we got the call, the lights on the ceiling fan started flickering. It was to the point where if it was the whole house that it would have rest the clocks and the tv. The same thing happened in the bathroom when DH was in there and then our bedroom.

During the funeral yesterday all the lights flickered in the church and then at the restaurant after when everyone was getting ready to leave there was weird static coming through the speakers (that weren't on).

Weird.

snuff9861 · January 2014

I do. 100%.

consciousdear88 · January 2014

Kind of? I wouldn't say that I believe in that sort of stuff all the time. But, one of my favorite things that I took part in as a kid were the ghost tours in Gettysburg.

goatlady12 · January 2014

Cathyl7910 said:

I asked this because of some freaky things that have happened since DHs grandfather passed away last week. I always thought that their were spirits that may be around but I have never witnessed anything before. First right after we got the call, the lights on the ceiling fan started flickering. It was to the point where if it was the whole house that it would have rest the clocks and the tv. The same thing happened in the bathroom when DH was in there and then our bedroom. During the funeral yesterday all the lights flickered in the church and then at the restaurant after when everyone was getting ready to leave there was weird static coming through the speakers (that weren't on). Weird.

That's crazy!

LDubHawksFan · January 2014

Yikes! That is crazy!

I kind of do....but I try to put it out of my head because I'm am the biggest wuss! Just thinking about it can make me stay up all night.

mrshall1027 · January 2014

Seipel12 said:

@nic12184 I've seen a medium a couple of times and it is amazing. I didn't believe 100% until after I saw her.
Ok, so these are specifics. When I saw the medium she was like, "Why are you here, you are a medium." I didn't believe her at first but I'm having more and more experiences since then that have made me think "Ok, I think I have the ability to talk to dead people." (PS I was basically atheist before) It's really strange, I'm working on developing the ability. I figure it's worth a shot, I just look like a crazy person if I don't actually have the gift.
DH hates it. He claims he doesn't believe in it, but told me he's had some weird things happen since I started testing the waters. He told me he doesn't want anyone to watch him in the bathroom, since he said that the bathroom door keeps locking itself when noone is in there. I've heard it click when I'm in the couch. He pretends to not hear it.
You all think I'm crazy now don't you?

I don't think your crazy. It would be hard to not believe in mediums since I believe in ghosts. I think it's pretty cool that you can pick up on things like that. I'd be interested to know what you experience in the next year or so.

brainybrunette · January 2014

Ditto the above!

xxjen015 · January 2014

@Siepel12, I don't think you're crazy! At least no more so than everybody else :P

I'd say I believe that there can be spirits still around and such, but I've never had any experiences with it. I went to a "psychic" once and it was totally wrong, but I think there are people out there who can connect to another level.

sjs1013 · January 2014

I'm in the middle. I think they may be around but maybe not. I remember when I was a kid, my friend, her brother, and I would go all around trying to find ghosts. There was something in a neighbor's attic window and we would watch it for hours, hoping to see some movement. Who knows what it really was.

DanaOcNy · January 2014

I definitely believe ! I love ghost hunting shows and would love to do something like that! Only experience I have is from right after my grandfather passed away I was staying with my grandmother (in her bed) the night before the funeral. I clearly remember laying there in the dark and I felt a kiss on my cheek. I was very close with him (and still am with my grandma) , I know it was him saying goodbye :-)

ramstein1027 · January 2014

Definitely. For many reasons. But more specifically I believe that this life is not the end, for more than just religious reasons. Long story:

In October of 2010, my fall semester of 3L year (that's the final year in law school) my period was really, really late. I had a lot of stress between that and school, which I thought contributed to it, but then I thought I might actually be pregnant. (I was with DH at that time.) We knew we wanted to get married, but if I had been pregnant the baby would have been due right when we were set to take the bar exam, not to mention I'd be pregnant and unmarried (big no-no in my family and religion) and we'd have to rush a wedding before having a baby on TOP of finishing law school. My family would have been super disappointed. ANYHOW, as I'm in the midst of this worry, my grandpa passes away (soundly, asleep in his favorite chair having just finished a glass of his favorite bourbon).

So, I have the stress of being late (it's CD 60 at this point) and my grandfather's death. (I'm so late at this point that I'm literally terrified of taking an hpt.) I am in full-on freakout mode with DH in my apartment. Crying, pacing, literally panicking. Then I start thinking of my grandpa and how proud he was of me for going to law school and freaking out that he is watching over now and would be disappointed that I got pregnant and ruined everything. I'm thinking so hard about him and I try to like, send this though to him that I'm so sorry. I think that thought silently in my head over and over and over.

At this point I'm pacing in front of the couch where DH is sitting, he's trying to comfort me but also kind of panicking. All of the sudden, starting at the top of my head I get this warm, amazing feeling that just washes over me all the way down to my toes. It was like a warm bucket of tingly water was dumped over me, or like I got the most amazing hug, just this FEELING like everything would be fine and that I was so loved, but without any words. It felt so nice and like PURE love, I honestly tear up thinking about it because I've never felt anything like it. At the same time, it got freezing, just in the one spot we were in. Keep in mind, this is fall in Michigan so I have the heat cranked up---but our spot is ice cold. We look at each other, and I reach my hand out to feel the air that's just out of our reach, and it's warm like it should be. I put my hand back where we are--freezing. But at the same time we had this warm and fuzzy feeling that I honestly cannot describe. Then, as quickly as it came, it was gone. We looked at each other, and just said "did you feel that??" DH is a huge skeptic, but I could see it on his face that he felt it too.

That feeling was so incredible, I honestly know 1000% it was my grandpa telling me everything would work out no matter what. I think that warm and fuzzy feeling is what heaven feels like ALL the time. It's truly indescribable. Perfect peace, pure love. I hope this comforts some of you who have lost loved ones!!

(ps, I wasn't pg. But from that feeling I knew that even if I had been, everything would work out in the end.)

AND THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IN GHOSTS AND STUFF!

ETA: While we were in the temporary cold spot, we could literally see our breath. Freaky!!

linnae939 · January 2014

Nic12184 said:

DH thinks I'm nuts, but I believe that the spirits of our departed loved ones are always around us. Last Christmas, we were looking at my Uncle's Christmas tree because he and my aunt have some ornaments that belonged to my great-grandmother and I wanted to see what they looked like (they've since given me 6 of those ornaments for my own tree!). Later that evening, we were sitting around eating cookies and talking about memories of my great-grandmother. As we were talking, one of her ornaments fell off the tree and crashed to the ground (and unfortunately broke). When it happened, no one was anywhere near the tree or had been even close to it for a few hours. I believe that was her way of letting us know that she was with us that night.

EDIT: I'm also a big Long Island Medium fan, and totally think that she is 100% legit and I would love to have an appointment with her! This also drives H crazy...he thinks it's a bunch of crap. We agree to disagree on that one!

DH DOES NOT GET IT when I cry watching that show b/c he thinks it's all fake (he's not religious and doesn't believe in a lot of stuf) and....yet when he needs somehting or help he prays to his memere and pepere...

I totally believe in ghosts...love ghost adventures (but hate ghost hunters) yet can only watch it in the middle of a sunny day with DH b/c I am A BIG SCAREDY CAT! I cannot see scary commercials at night either!

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