Haunted by a child? Thoughts?
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I had similar in a house I lived in. People call bulls
t but noone can explain how lights turn themselves on and whatnot. One morning the bedroom door was flung open violently while I was in bed. No one in the house, doors locked, windows closed. Naturally people that weren’t there will say it was a draught.
I moved.
t but noone can explain how lights turn themselves on and whatnot. One morning the bedroom door was flung open violently while I was in bed. No one in the house, doors locked, windows closed. Naturally people that weren’t there will say it was a draught. I moved.
We bought our house from the estate of deceased. The lady died and was found in the kitchen. The husband had died a few years before. His first wife died in the front living room circa 40yrs previously from cancer.
Quite a few things have happened and usually it sounds like a burglar is walking about downstairs (that sort of sound). Then there's a large horse shoe scratch in a table that appeared two weeks ago. Our son promises he wouldn't do that. I'll put that down as a 'maybe' as a 7yr old can find.
Do I believe? I still don't know and I'm not on any medication nor drink heavily or suffer high levels of stress etc.
Quite a few things have happened and usually it sounds like a burglar is walking about downstairs (that sort of sound). Then there's a large horse shoe scratch in a table that appeared two weeks ago. Our son promises he wouldn't do that. I'll put that down as a 'maybe' as a 7yr old can find.
Do I believe? I still don't know and I'm not on any medication nor drink heavily or suffer high levels of stress etc.
This is something that i would say "could" happen. I've witnessed similar things in the past,
My mother would 100% say that she has seen & felt the presence of ghosts.
My mum & dad bought an old house in the country roughly 25 years ago, the previous occupants were elderly & the lady wanted back to a town, the old guy passed away days after leaving the house.
Danny used to get up at 4am every morning & the heating was set for this time to come on. Mum changed it to 6am on the timer. It was always turned back to 4am ....
She felt a mans weight on the bed some evenings as if they were sitting taking off there shoes. It wasnt my Dad, he was at the local golf club
My sisters swear they seen a man walking past there bedroom window on numerous occasions
All a bit cynical but hey
My mother would 100% say that she has seen & felt the presence of ghosts.
My mum & dad bought an old house in the country roughly 25 years ago, the previous occupants were elderly & the lady wanted back to a town, the old guy passed away days after leaving the house.
Danny used to get up at 4am every morning & the heating was set for this time to come on. Mum changed it to 6am on the timer. It was always turned back to 4am ....
She felt a mans weight on the bed some evenings as if they were sitting taking off there shoes. It wasnt my Dad, he was at the local golf club
My sisters swear they seen a man walking past there bedroom window on numerous occasions
All a bit cynical but hey
We regularly holiday in a C17th cottage in deepest Suffolk.
One night several years ago, we were woken by a commotion downstairs. A woman's terrified scream filled the place.
Bravely and with No concern for my own safety, I ventured downstairs to confront the protagonist.
The television had been on a pause cycle which had timed out......
One night several years ago, we were woken by a commotion downstairs. A woman's terrified scream filled the place.
Bravely and with No concern for my own safety, I ventured downstairs to confront the protagonist.
The television had been on a pause cycle which had timed out......
MJ85 said:
Other than I'm making it all up!
I bought a "forever" project house in December last year. We've experienced a number of goings on that I'm trying to understand. The house is in two parts; one is early 1600s, other is 1700s. I can post pictures or whatever you'd like to see. Happy to hear thoughts!
Things that have occurred:
- Wife heard commotion in the master bedroom wardrobe. I had a look, nothing had moved
- Son, six, heard someone calling his name in his bedroom
- Son, six, saw a child in the garden that disappeared into bushes (have reaction on CCTV but actual area was out view)
- Wife saw a child in garden (not our children), looked again and disappeared
- Wife woke up to the bed in the master bedroom shaking
- Wife woke up to the bed shaking again, woke me up and I felt it too (nothing dodgy! ;-))
- Father stayed the night with just my older son (six). Heard footsteps in corridor that stopped at top of stairs (childlike steps) checked, child asleep
- Wife heard footsteps originating on unused top floor, heading downstairs to first floor and stopping outside bedroom near stairs to ground floor (childlike steps). Checked, child asleep. Footsteps like this have been heard three times, last one this evening
- Wife sees reflection of someone/thing in the kitchen from the living room regularly
- Finding lights on in rooms where they have been turned off, occurring more frequently over time and on a floor where there are no children
I know the house was used for the village for births as the local midwife lived in part of it. It was also owned by the local Baron, not that he lived here. Last occupants were an elderly couple, he was well known locally and elsewhere as a Ferrari restorer, he died in '98, but she lived here until 2015 before going into a home and lived a little longer. Unsure where he died, in the house or elsewhere. They had no children.
I don't think my father will ever stay again, he didn't sleep until the sun rose that night!
Is it all BS? Do I need an old priest and a young priest?
MJ85.
Occam's razor would suggest supernatural activity as pretty unlikely. Some rational explanations:I bought a "forever" project house in December last year. We've experienced a number of goings on that I'm trying to understand. The house is in two parts; one is early 1600s, other is 1700s. I can post pictures or whatever you'd like to see. Happy to hear thoughts!
Things that have occurred:
- Wife heard commotion in the master bedroom wardrobe. I had a look, nothing had moved
- Son, six, heard someone calling his name in his bedroom
- Son, six, saw a child in the garden that disappeared into bushes (have reaction on CCTV but actual area was out view)
- Wife saw a child in garden (not our children), looked again and disappeared
- Wife woke up to the bed in the master bedroom shaking
- Wife woke up to the bed shaking again, woke me up and I felt it too (nothing dodgy! ;-))
- Father stayed the night with just my older son (six). Heard footsteps in corridor that stopped at top of stairs (childlike steps) checked, child asleep
- Wife heard footsteps originating on unused top floor, heading downstairs to first floor and stopping outside bedroom near stairs to ground floor (childlike steps). Checked, child asleep. Footsteps like this have been heard three times, last one this evening
- Wife sees reflection of someone/thing in the kitchen from the living room regularly
- Finding lights on in rooms where they have been turned off, occurring more frequently over time and on a floor where there are no children
I know the house was used for the village for births as the local midwife lived in part of it. It was also owned by the local Baron, not that he lived here. Last occupants were an elderly couple, he was well known locally and elsewhere as a Ferrari restorer, he died in '98, but she lived here until 2015 before going into a home and lived a little longer. Unsure where he died, in the house or elsewhere. They had no children.
I don't think my father will ever stay again, he didn't sleep until the sun rose that night!
Is it all BS? Do I need an old priest and a young priest?
MJ85.
Bed shaking
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2011/01/27...
You say yourself your heart was pounding. Against a background of worry of supernatural activity, as well as just having been woken up, you'd be pretty suggestible and likely to engage fairly easily in a kind of folie a deux.
Son hearing and seeing things
https://pro.psychcentral.com/hallucinations-in-chi...
Hallucinations are very common at this age. I could provide better quality journal articles if you're interested, but they're not open access. Nothing to worry about, and probably also planted by the conversations / worries he's heard.
Hearing footsteps
Old houses are noisy. Our house is 400 years old, and has its own repertoire of noises. They're all to do with the structure expanding, contracting and shifting as it heats, cools, gets damp, dries etc. Bear in mind the foundations are only a foot deep, and it's not been designed like a modern house. You're anxious anyway, and listening for noises. Because you're primed to expect spooky ones, that's what you hear. There's plenty of good quality psych experiments to suggest we hear and see what our brain wants us to, dependent on our expectations, mood and priming.
Wife seeing reflections
Pepper's Ghost, or lots of other rational and medical reasons, some of which are touched on here:
http://www.assap.ac.uk/newsite/articles/Corner%20e...
There are a few medical conditions which might cause this, as well as the issues with peripheral vision in the link above, plus of course the likelihood that your wife is now highly suggestible to the idea that her house is haunted, and one would almost be surprised if she did not think she saw something. See the history of Borley Rectory for similar experiences.
Lights being on
You or someone else left them on and forgot. Dodgy wiring. Interlinked switches you're not aware of. Try taking the bulb out - I bet the ghost doesn't put it back in. Or perhaps you'll find out the punchline to a joke...
CCTV
I can't see anything on that recording which wouldn't be explained by a poor quality recording, even at 10 seconds. Again, prior experiences / expectations are putting ideas in your head.
N Dentressangle said:
Occam's razor would suggest supernatural activity as pretty unlikely. Some rational explanations:
Bed shaking
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2011/01/27...
You say yourself your heart was pounding. Against a background of worry of supernatural activity, as well as just having been woken up, you'd be pretty suggestible and likely to engage fairly easily in a kind of folie a deux.
Son hearing and seeing things
https://pro.psychcentral.com/hallucinations-in-chi...
Hallucinations are very common at this age. I could provide better quality journal articles if you're interested, but they're not open access. Nothing to worry about, and probably also planted by the conversations / worries he's heard.
Hearing footsteps
Old houses are noisy. Our house is 400 years old, and has its own repertoire of noises. They're all to do with the structure expanding, contracting and shifting as it heats, cools, gets damp, dries etc. Bear in mind the foundations are only a foot deep, and it's not been designed like a modern house. You're anxious anyway, and listening for noises. Because you're primed to expect spooky ones, that's what you hear. There's plenty of good quality psych experiments to suggest we hear and see what our brain wants us to, dependent on our expectations, mood and priming.
Wife seeing reflections
Pepper's Ghost, or lots of other rational and medical reasons, some of which are touched on here:
http://www.assap.ac.uk/newsite/articles/Corner%20e...
There are a few medical conditions which might cause this, as well as the issues with peripheral vision in the link above, plus of course the likelihood that your wife is now highly suggestible to the idea that her house is haunted, and one would almost be surprised if she did not think she saw something. See the history of Borley Rectory for similar experiences.
Lights being on
You or someone else left them on and forgot. Dodgy wiring. Interlinked switches you're not aware of. Try taking the bulb out - I bet the ghost doesn't put it back in. Or perhaps you'll find out the punchline to a joke...
CCTV
I can't see anything on that recording which wouldn't be explained by a poor quality recording, even at 10 seconds. Again, prior experiences / expectations are putting ideas in your head.
Please explain mine. It's a 1927 house with the boiler living outside in a brick built building. We have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and when we had a dog he used to sleep throughout all the noises yet bark if he heard footsteps approaching up the drive. Bed shaking
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2011/01/27...
You say yourself your heart was pounding. Against a background of worry of supernatural activity, as well as just having been woken up, you'd be pretty suggestible and likely to engage fairly easily in a kind of folie a deux.
Son hearing and seeing things
https://pro.psychcentral.com/hallucinations-in-chi...
Hallucinations are very common at this age. I could provide better quality journal articles if you're interested, but they're not open access. Nothing to worry about, and probably also planted by the conversations / worries he's heard.
Hearing footsteps
Old houses are noisy. Our house is 400 years old, and has its own repertoire of noises. They're all to do with the structure expanding, contracting and shifting as it heats, cools, gets damp, dries etc. Bear in mind the foundations are only a foot deep, and it's not been designed like a modern house. You're anxious anyway, and listening for noises. Because you're primed to expect spooky ones, that's what you hear. There's plenty of good quality psych experiments to suggest we hear and see what our brain wants us to, dependent on our expectations, mood and priming.
Wife seeing reflections
Pepper's Ghost, or lots of other rational and medical reasons, some of which are touched on here:
http://www.assap.ac.uk/newsite/articles/Corner%20e...
There are a few medical conditions which might cause this, as well as the issues with peripheral vision in the link above, plus of course the likelihood that your wife is now highly suggestible to the idea that her house is haunted, and one would almost be surprised if she did not think she saw something. See the history of Borley Rectory for similar experiences.
Lights being on
You or someone else left them on and forgot. Dodgy wiring. Interlinked switches you're not aware of. Try taking the bulb out - I bet the ghost doesn't put it back in. Or perhaps you'll find out the punchline to a joke...
CCTV
I can't see anything on that recording which wouldn't be explained by a poor quality recording, even at 10 seconds. Again, prior experiences / expectations are putting ideas in your head.
The remote control used to disappear for weeks then as soon as we bought a new one the old appeared in the same spot that it'd appear if we lost it for a few days. Yes that can be absent-minded Ness but to what degree?
New house with new sounds/shadows/sights plus a little bit of shared hysteria that's feeding on itself.
The human brain is evolved to see threats especially in unfamiliar environments. You will mistake a shadow for a burglar more often than you'll mistake a burglar for a shadow. It's just the way we're wired to keep us alive (mistaking a predator for a funny shaped rock is a mistake you only make once).
Last night I was walking down the side of my house, having put the bin out, and I could have sworn I saw someone stood in our garden. On closer inspection it was a towel hanging off the washing line by a single peg. From 20 yards away in poor light my brain jumped to the conclusion that it was a figure stood in the garden (possibly about to hammer sausages into my lawn....).
The human brain is evolved to see threats especially in unfamiliar environments. You will mistake a shadow for a burglar more often than you'll mistake a burglar for a shadow. It's just the way we're wired to keep us alive (mistaking a predator for a funny shaped rock is a mistake you only make once).
Last night I was walking down the side of my house, having put the bin out, and I could have sworn I saw someone stood in our garden. On closer inspection it was a towel hanging off the washing line by a single peg. From 20 yards away in poor light my brain jumped to the conclusion that it was a figure stood in the garden (possibly about to hammer sausages into my lawn....).
Before I got married and moved out of my parents house I used to hear "a person walking from the stairs across to my bedroom as plain as day. The first time I heard it I thought we were being burgled but it was just the house cooling down. Happened almost the same time every night in winter.
I also have "seen" people out of the corner of my eyes to look round and nothing be there. Its often caused by some shape or shadow that tricks you when not looking at it directly.
I also have "seen" people out of the corner of my eyes to look round and nothing be there. Its often caused by some shape or shadow that tricks you when not looking at it directly.
zarjaz1991 said:
If dead people wanted to make themselves known, they'd surely just appear, in full, and say "hello, here I am".....not mess about rattling things and throwing things across rooms, or whatever.
I dunno... think it through... You're a ghost now. You're here for ever and there's not much you can do about it.
Presumably you can't travel - so your existence is incredibly boring.
Time moves slow, you've got to amuse yourself.
So let's cut the ghosts some slack. Everyone's got to fill their day somehow.
Shaking the bed to wake you up with a start, turning the lights on downstairs and making footstep noises may be enough to keep them amused for decades!
Sa Calobra said:
Please explain mine. It's a 1927 house with the boiler living outside in a brick built building. We have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and when we had a dog he used to sleep throughout all the noises yet bark if he heard footsteps approaching up the drive.
The remote control used to disappear for weeks then as soon as we bought a new one the old appeared in the same spot that it'd appear if we lost it for a few days. Yes that can be absent-minded Ness but to what degree?
Animals can be quite astute at differentiating between 'threat' and 'non-threat' noises. Our cat will sleep right through noises he's accustomed to, but will wake and run if you make an unfamiliar one, or one which he finds threatening.The remote control used to disappear for weeks then as soon as we bought a new one the old appeared in the same spot that it'd appear if we lost it for a few days. Yes that can be absent-minded Ness but to what degree?
Remote controls are like any other lost object, I'd say. They turn up in random places (which aren't actually random), and sometimes we just can't see them for looking. The famous 'dancing gorilla' video shows how our brain / eyes can easily miss the bleeding obvious. I am very bad at finding things: my wife laughs at me tearing my hair out looking for something right in front of me. She can find most things in the house within a few minutes, whereas with me they're gone until I stumble over them.
It's fun to believe in the paranormal, and the world would be a duller place without it. Boring rational explanations are really tedious, and I often enjoy the more lurid alternatives. However, it sounds like the OP and his family are driving each other up the wall with the belief that 'something' is there, and it would be a shame to leave an otherwise lovely house because of this.
Alternatively, Halloween's coming up, and there are people who'll pay a stack load of cash to stay the night in what they think is a haunted house: business opportunity!
I grew up in an old house where heating pipes ran under the stairs, when the heating when on or off, the lowest or highest step used to expand/contract which set of a chain reaction of creaking to the next step which sounded exactly like someone walking up or down the stairs.
Scared the absolute crap out of the 8-year old me
Scared the absolute crap out of the 8-year old me
N Dentressangle said:
Remote controls are like any other lost object, I'd say. They turn up in random places (which aren't actually random), and sometimes we just can't see them for looking!
The calculator on my desk at work can be smack bang right in front of me but I can still spend a few minutes searching for it! It’s almost as if I go blind to it for a few minutes
Op a suggestion for you. The walking sounds are they all the time or weather dependent? Old houses creak and make funny noises especially when it’s windy. We have something loose inside the chimney every time it’s windy it makes a tap-tap-tap noise that you can only hear in half the house.
Might’ve worth bearing this in mind.
As for the rest it’s definately ghosts fk that I’d be sleeping in the garden. Oh no that’s where the children ghosts are...
Might’ve worth bearing this in mind.
As for the rest it’s definately ghosts f
k that I’d be sleeping in the garden. Oh no that’s where the children ghosts are...MJ85 said:
Evanivitch said:
Have you had your boiler serviced recently?
You may be suffering from low level carbon monoxide poisoning. It'd be worth ensuring you have a working alarm.
Yes, new CO alarm was my first purchase and the system has since had a number of inspections.You may be suffering from low level carbon monoxide poisoning. It'd be worth ensuring you have a working alarm.
Like that film Just Like Heaven or whatever it was called.
ChocolateFrog said:
It's BS.
Creaking old house and rampant imaginations.
Quite, sounds like it’s being talked about within the family as well - fuelling the fire.Creaking old house and rampant imaginations.
I do wonder if those that had seen ‘things’, had previously been made aware of the others experience.
Basically, they may sound like independent occurances (the OP presents them as such) but they are not...
Small animals in the lost spaces explains much of it.
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