The Paranormal
Discussion
Poledriver said:
plg said:
SC7 said:
I'm always interested to hear stories of unexplained/paranormal/unsettling events.
Does anyone have any personal experience of such things? Or even just examples from the media that are worth a read?
The poster "Ry_B" keeps appearing, posting rubbish and then disappearing and for an unexplained reason, the mods tolerate him and haven't banned him.Does anyone have any personal experience of such things? Or even just examples from the media that are worth a read?
Freaky.
edit - I juss cuddn speel 'pass'.
Edited by TotalControl on Monday 8th November 13:58
frosted said:
Since ever , bad vs evil has meant god vs Satan .
Am I getting something wrong here ?
Since "ever?" Or since human beings created the concepts of "God" and "Satan" (quite a bit more recently than the advent of homo sapiens)?Am I getting something wrong here ?
So do all people who do believe in God, Satan and the ever-lasting battle for the souls of humanity also believe in ghosts, fairies, werewolves, alien abductions and all the rest?
I don't think because a person "believes" one thing, means they HAVE TO believe another thing, however logically related the basic concepts may be. People choose their beliefs based on the "evidence" presented to them in support/refutation of them. Logic and rationality need not necessarily apply.
Years ago I had a dream one night about being chased along a specific street near where I lived along with a friend I knew and someone else that I couldn't see but knew was there. We were being chased by a man, but again, I couldn't see his face. I just knew he was very angry.
The person running with us fell over, and my friend and I kept going. I remember waking up feeling really crap, had a horrible feeling that I had abandoned someone to the man chasing. Told my mum about the dream as it was the most vivid and odd dream I had ever had (or remembered having).
Few nights later, cue me, my friend and a friend I hadn't seen for ages. We were walking in an area near my home when we spotted a lad knock a door and run away. Guy came out of the house shouting and swearing, he saw us, shouted some more about what he was going to do to us and then he came running out of his house with a hammer. The three of us ran down the street and along a lane. The lane brought us out onto the very street I had the dream about. Just as I was thinking "this is wierd", the friend I hadn't seen for ages tripped and fell. I have to admit that me and my other friend kept running until we got home.
10 mins or so later, our other friend turned up. She had squeezed up an overgrown access to back gardens and hid just before crazy guy came out of the lane so he didn't see her and he kept running until he realised we were gone.
Have to admit I was a little freaked out by that. I went home and told my mum who calmly said "oh yes, your nan used to do stuff like that all the time, it's when you start to see people the hour they die you need to start worrying"
The person running with us fell over, and my friend and I kept going. I remember waking up feeling really crap, had a horrible feeling that I had abandoned someone to the man chasing. Told my mum about the dream as it was the most vivid and odd dream I had ever had (or remembered having).
Few nights later, cue me, my friend and a friend I hadn't seen for ages. We were walking in an area near my home when we spotted a lad knock a door and run away. Guy came out of the house shouting and swearing, he saw us, shouted some more about what he was going to do to us and then he came running out of his house with a hammer. The three of us ran down the street and along a lane. The lane brought us out onto the very street I had the dream about. Just as I was thinking "this is wierd", the friend I hadn't seen for ages tripped and fell. I have to admit that me and my other friend kept running until we got home.
10 mins or so later, our other friend turned up. She had squeezed up an overgrown access to back gardens and hid just before crazy guy came out of the lane so he didn't see her and he kept running until he realised we were gone.
Have to admit I was a little freaked out by that. I went home and told my mum who calmly said "oh yes, your nan used to do stuff like that all the time, it's when you start to see people the hour they die you need to start worrying"
SC7 said:
Is it too much to ask that if people don't have anything constructive to add then they don't bother posting?
Without sounding like a moaning b
d, it's pretty tedious having to wade through a dozen "comedy" replies in order to find something of substance.
Uhuh, uhuh. Ummm, ummm, yes. I see. Mmmmm. Yeah.Without sounding like a moaning b
d, it's pretty tedious having to wade through a dozen "comedy" replies in order to find something of substance.Anyway. Take my mother-in-law. No seriously, just take her.
From my late FIL:
In the war he drove a truck through some mountain passes in Italy. One night he saw a soldier in the headlights, not in a modern uniform, but one from Napoleonic times. He stood there as if guarding the road and then just vanished. They stopped and looked around. Both sides of the road were steep hills, almost cliffs. They found no one. This happened again the next night. On the third night the men in the truck were ready, they drove slowly and stopped at the exact place that they had seen the man. They got out carefully and edged round the sides of the truck, checking up and down the steep slopes. They found something. Explosives. Just where the mysterious man had stood on the previous two nights was a trip wire waiting for a truck to set the whole lot off.
In the war he drove a truck through some mountain passes in Italy. One night he saw a soldier in the headlights, not in a modern uniform, but one from Napoleonic times. He stood there as if guarding the road and then just vanished. They stopped and looked around. Both sides of the road were steep hills, almost cliffs. They found no one. This happened again the next night. On the third night the men in the truck were ready, they drove slowly and stopped at the exact place that they had seen the man. They got out carefully and edged round the sides of the truck, checking up and down the steep slopes. They found something. Explosives. Just where the mysterious man had stood on the previous two nights was a trip wire waiting for a truck to set the whole lot off.
I'd like to believe in the paranormal, but until I see some convincing evidence it's just tosh.
How many series of 'Most Haunted' have they run now, without EVER managing to find anything, at the reportedly most haunted places in the country?
The soldier story above is good though.
Slightly O/T, has anyone seen 'The Fourth Kind'? Some thought-provoking documentary footage included in that film...
How many series of 'Most Haunted' have they run now, without EVER managing to find anything, at the reportedly most haunted places in the country?
The soldier story above is good though.
Slightly O/T, has anyone seen 'The Fourth Kind'? Some thought-provoking documentary footage included in that film...
parapaul said:
Slightly O/T, has anyone seen 'The Fourth Kind'? Some thought-provoking documentary footage included in that film...
It's all made up, the named psychologist doesn't exist. Also 3:33 is a classic scary movie device as are some other things in it.I still crapped myself watching it though, scariest thing I saw last year, it was a quiet drive back from the cinema.
I don't believe in that abduction business but I'm fascinated by it, get hold of a book called 'Communion' by Whitley Strieber (sp?) if you fancy a scary read.
Have a look on the web for the San Pedro Haunting, here's a link to start with:
http://www.ghosttheory.com/2009/02/07/the-haunting...
and related to that the Entity haunting, and then onto the Philadelphia experiment.
Closer to home:
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/greater...
I used to work in the old Ferranti building, now a Newspaper Print Works, and there are people there who claim to have seen the ghost. It is reported to be seen every ten years, so if you are around about that area next year....
In that same building, I have felt as though there are people walking down the corridors with me, when there is only a very small number of staff (perhaps 10 or so) in the building, hearing the foot falls of them as they are walking very close behind me, but if you turn around, there is no one there, and no doors or alcoves to hide in.
http://www.ghosttheory.com/2009/02/07/the-haunting...
and related to that the Entity haunting, and then onto the Philadelphia experiment.
Closer to home:
http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/england/greater...
I used to work in the old Ferranti building, now a Newspaper Print Works, and there are people there who claim to have seen the ghost. It is reported to be seen every ten years, so if you are around about that area next year....
In that same building, I have felt as though there are people walking down the corridors with me, when there is only a very small number of staff (perhaps 10 or so) in the building, hearing the foot falls of them as they are walking very close behind me, but if you turn around, there is no one there, and no doors or alcoves to hide in.
My partner is a clairvoyant among other things. Recently we went down to Putney Vale Graveyard to see my ancestors grave site, it was daytime so not spooky at all. My partner says she sees a group of people standing under a tree about 100 metres away, she says its a vicar and his wife and daughters, the vicar is called William she says. I cannot see anything and so walk over there and indeed it its the grave of a vicar called William and his family buried there.
Neither of us had ever been to this place before, so it was interesting...
Neither of us had ever been to this place before, so it was interesting...
randomwalk said:
My partner is a clairvoyant among other things. Recently we went down to Putney Vale Graveyard to see my ancestors grave site, it was daytime so not spooky at all. My partner says she sees a group of people standing under a tree about 100 metres away, she says its a vicar and his wife and daughters, the vicar is called William she says. I cannot see anything and so walk over there and indeed it its the grave of a vicar called William and his family buried there.
Neither of us had ever been to this place before, so it was interesting...
get her to talk to james Randi... There is a million bucks in it for you if it's real. Neither of us had ever been to this place before, so it was interesting...
When i was a wee lad i was in bed, it was dark and for some strange reason i looked at the corner of the bedroom and saw what seemed to be a black monster with crazy hair and red eyes. I shouted for my mum who threw a slipper at it! Monster disappeared behind wardrobe.
The next day i took looked for said monster but there was no sign of him...
Spooky...
Another time i was st scared of the man in black who hides behind the curtains so i slept on the stairs.
The next day i took looked for said monster but there was no sign of him...
Spooky...
Another time i was s
t scared of the man in black who hides behind the curtains so i slept on the stairs.Shaid GTB said:
When i was a wee lad i was in bed, it was dark and for some strange reason i looked at the corner of the bedroom and saw what seemed to be a black monster with crazy hair and red eyes. I shouted for my mum who threw a slipper at it! Monster disappeared behind wardrobe.
The next day i took looked for said monster but there was no sign of him...
Spooky...
Another time i was st scared of the man in black who hides behind the curtains so i slept on the stairs.
Lots of people draped in black in your nightmares. Shaid, eh? Hmmmmmm..............The next day i took looked for said monster but there was no sign of him...
Spooky...
Another time i was s
t scared of the man in black who hides behind the curtains so i slept on the stairs.randomwalk said:
My partner is a clairvoyant among other things. Recently we went down to Putney Vale Graveyard to see my ancestors grave site, it was daytime so not spooky at all. My partner says she sees a group of people standing under a tree about 100 metres away, she says its a vicar and his wife and daughters, the vicar is called William she says. I cannot see anything and so walk over there and indeed it its the grave of a vicar called William and his family buried there.
Neither of us had ever been to this place before, so it was interesting...
Got any other examples?Neither of us had ever been to this place before, so it was interesting...
ZesPak said:
erdnase said:
I once shuffled a pack of 52 playing cards - and it turns out that the odds against them being in that particular order was more than the number of atoms in the visible universe to 1 against (52!).
? That's an easy one:52*51*50*49*48*47*....
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