Haunted by a child? Thoughts?
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Genuine Barn Find said:
We moved to an old house recently.... circa 1712, although parts probably go earlier.
Anyway, wifey called me at work completely freaked out after an incident involving number 1 son (who is 2). Apparently he was walking down the stairs with my wife when he pointed at the bottom of the stairs and shouted “look mummy, it’s the man, it’s the man”
Number 2 son (8 months) has been seen following something around the room with his eyes.
Conclusions?
Get Front Bottom and V6 round and hold a seance. It's almost certainly the ghost of the old caretaker.Anyway, wifey called me at work completely freaked out after an incident involving number 1 son (who is 2). Apparently he was walking down the stairs with my wife when he pointed at the bottom of the stairs and shouted “look mummy, it’s the man, it’s the man”
Number 2 son (8 months) has been seen following something around the room with his eyes.
Conclusions?
Is your heating behaving itself?
Genuine Barn Find said:
We moved to an old house recently.... circa 1712, although parts probably go earlier.
Anyway, wifey called me at work completely freaked out after an incident involving number 1 son (who is 2). Apparently he was walking down the stairs with my wife when he pointed at the bottom of the stairs and shouted “look mummy, it’s the man, it’s the man”
Number 2 son (8 months) has been seen following something around the room with his eyes.
Conclusions?
8 month old son is 8 months old and is interested in most things - he was staring at a pillow cushion the other day for 10 minutes. I suspect he’s just f
king with us like the cat does.
Number one son also reported that there was a dog at his window for a few nights (2nd floor) that was trying to get in..... so I’ve concluded that he’s full of st (or ‘imagination’ as it’s more delicately put), and that the only spirits in our house occupy the second shelf in the kitchen cupboard next to the port.
Kids say all sorts of dumb sAnyway, wifey called me at work completely freaked out after an incident involving number 1 son (who is 2). Apparently he was walking down the stairs with my wife when he pointed at the bottom of the stairs and shouted “look mummy, it’s the man, it’s the man”
Number 2 son (8 months) has been seen following something around the room with his eyes.
Conclusions?
8 month old son is 8 months old and is interested in most things - he was staring at a pillow cushion the other day for 10 minutes. I suspect he’s just f
king with us like the cat does. Number one son also reported that there was a dog at his window for a few nights (2nd floor) that was trying to get in..... so I’ve concluded that he’s full of s
t (or ‘imagination’ as it’s more delicately put), and that the only spirits in our house occupy the second shelf in the kitchen cupboard next to the port. t 
No, in all fairness I'm a complete skeptic, but if that happen to me and it was dark, I'd be freaked out!
I'm imagining going down to get something from a dark wine cellar - if my two year old said there's that man, f
k no would I be going down there lol. How does one describe that? I really don't believe in supernatural goings on and could rationalize it away perfectly fine, yet occasionally something will creep me out like I'm expecting ghosts or something! It must be some misfiring evolutionary defensive mechanism.
Drew106 said:
Disclaimer*
If I had no wine, my alcoholism would probably override the fear
we’ve a fair few dark corners and beam creaks etc, but nothing that would convince me that the house is haunted. I’m sure one of the locals will no doubt advise me of a phantom coach and horses that visits the courtyard every Halloween. It is a bit goose bumpy being the last to lock up - particularly if i need to make sure a door is locked, but that’s the dark playing tricks... not a resident ghost. If I had no wine, my alcoholism would probably override the fear
Drew106 said:
Kids say all sorts of dumb st
No, in all fairness I'm a complete skeptic, but if that happen to me and it was dark, I'd be freaked out!
I'm imagining going down to get something from a dark wine cellar - if my two year old said there's that man, fk no would I be going down there lol.
How does one describe that? I really don't believe in supernatural goings on and could rationalize it away perfectly fine, yet occasionally something will creep me out like I'm expecting ghosts or something! It must be some misfiring evolutionary defensive mechanism.
Nothing unusual IME.t No, in all fairness I'm a complete skeptic, but if that happen to me and it was dark, I'd be freaked out!
I'm imagining going down to get something from a dark wine cellar - if my two year old said there's that man, f
k no would I be going down there lol. How does one describe that? I really don't believe in supernatural goings on and could rationalize it away perfectly fine, yet occasionally something will creep me out like I'm expecting ghosts or something! It must be some misfiring evolutionary defensive mechanism.
Every sceptic I know has this same under-riding fear of the unknown, and behave exactly the same way as you.
There’s a room at work that utterly sts me up. It’s a small room with 4 doors leading other rooms one of which is the entrance. People that've worked late won’t go through it to leave the easy way so they lock the front door early and go out the long way round the back.
It just feels like you’re standing next to someone.
ts me up. It’s a small room with 4 doors leading other rooms one of which is the entrance. People that've worked late won’t go through it to leave the easy way so they lock the front door early and go out the long way round the back. It just feels like you’re standing next to someone.
V6 Pushfit said:
There’s a room at work that utterly sts me up. It’s a small room with 4 doors leading other rooms one of which is the entrance. People that've worked late won’t go through it to leave the easy way so they lock the front door early and go out the long way round the back.
It just feels like you’re standing next to someone.
Is it four doors surrounding you?ts me up. It’s a small room with 4 doors leading other rooms one of which is the entrance. People that've worked late won’t go through it to leave the easy way so they lock the front door early and go out the long way round the back. It just feels like you’re standing next to someone.
Maybe it's a skewed, modern micro version of the open savannah, subconsciously reminding ourselves of our evolutionary past. Out in the open, you can see the predators coming at a distance but of course they see you too...
Front bottom said:
Every sceptic I know has this same under-riding fear of the unknown, and behave exactly the same way as you.
Fear of the unknown is not the same as fear of the supernatural. In an old dark property, you could feel fear for all kinds of reasons, escaped axe murderers, spiders or bats. Whatever scares you. But for millions of people, not ghosts. Or unicorns. cuprabob said:
V6 Pushfit said:
It’s a small room with 4 doors leading other rooms one of which is the entrance.
I'm sure I saw that sentence back in the 80s when I was playing "The Hobbit" on the ZX Spectrum Thorin says no
I do not see the Thorin here
Genuine Barn Find said:
We moved to an old house recently.... circa 1712, although parts probably go earlier.
Anyway, wifey called me at work completely freaked out after an incident involving number 1 son (who is 2). Apparently he was walking down the stairs with my wife when he pointed at the bottom of the stairs and shouted “look mummy, it’s the man, it’s the man”
Number 2 son (8 months) has been seen following something around the room with his eyes.
Conclusions?
8 month old son is 8 months old and is interested in most things - he was staring at a pillow cushion the other day for 10 minutes. I suspect he’s just fking with us like the cat does.
Number one son also reported that there was a dog at his window for a few nights (2nd floor) that was trying to get in..... so I’ve concluded that he’s full of st (or ‘imagination’ as it’s more delicately put), and that the only spirits in our house occupy the second shelf in the kitchen cupboard next to the port.
Children call shadows "the man" all the time, it is them not understanding what a shadow is, my daughter did it a number of times until I clocked the shadow, I then made shadows and she agreed that was "the man"Anyway, wifey called me at work completely freaked out after an incident involving number 1 son (who is 2). Apparently he was walking down the stairs with my wife when he pointed at the bottom of the stairs and shouted “look mummy, it’s the man, it’s the man”
Number 2 son (8 months) has been seen following something around the room with his eyes.
Conclusions?
8 month old son is 8 months old and is interested in most things - he was staring at a pillow cushion the other day for 10 minutes. I suspect he’s just f
king with us like the cat does. Number one son also reported that there was a dog at his window for a few nights (2nd floor) that was trying to get in..... so I’ve concluded that he’s full of s
t (or ‘imagination’ as it’s more delicately put), and that the only spirits in our house occupy the second shelf in the kitchen cupboard next to the port. Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff