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Douglas Quaid said:
Roofless Toothless said:
I’m not an atheist, rather an agnostic. Religion and atheism seem equally too ‘sure of themselves’ to me.
We live in a world where the cleverest of scientists haven’t got a clue what the majority of the universe is made of, and only this week a new fundamental force of nature has been discovered.
I don’t know how one or two of the posters on here can be so certain about their opinions.
Because they’re know it all aWe live in a world where the cleverest of scientists haven’t got a clue what the majority of the universe is made of, and only this week a new fundamental force of nature has been discovered.
I don’t know how one or two of the posters on here can be so certain about their opinions.
holes?paulguitar said:
I have not read through the whole thread, but did we ever get to see the OP's original CCTV footage?
We're STILL waiting for the OP's CCTV footage on this thread...PPEhero said:
We watched it back on the CCTV and you could clearly see his chest moving in as if he had been pushed. His feet were dangling free at the side of the chair so there was no way he could of jumped so far back in the way he did. He refused to ever watch it back.
Edited by PPEhero on Wednesday 27th May 14:25
Douglas Quaid said:
Roofless Toothless said:
I’m not an atheist, rather an agnostic. Religion and atheism seem equally too ‘sure of themselves’ to me.
We live in a world where the cleverest of scientists haven’t got a clue what the majority of the universe is made of, and only this week a new fundamental force of nature has been discovered.
I don’t know how one or two of the posters on here can be so certain about their opinions.
Because they’re know it all aWe live in a world where the cleverest of scientists haven’t got a clue what the majority of the universe is made of, and only this week a new fundamental force of nature has been discovered.
I don’t know how one or two of the posters on here can be so certain about their opinions.
holes?hole or not, but I guess there is not much I can do about that. cqueen said:
This guy has been filming the paranormal activity is his house over the last couple of years. It's quite freaky!
He's got loads of vids to watch, this one is pretty tame, have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI1A4Y5id4E
Entertaining and interesting, but ultimately I can’t help thinking that’s all rigged. The shadows on the cameras just don’t look right at all. He's got loads of vids to watch, this one is pretty tame, have a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI1A4Y5id4E
I think it was around 15 years ago, my wife and I stayed with some friends for the weekend, we slept in the loft conversion so at the top of the house obviously.
The house was a large 30's semi.
I woke up at 2am in the morning, and I swear on my kids life, there was an old lady putting clothes, towels or whatever in the chest of drawers on the other side of the room. Completely white, in some sort of white gown.
It scared the absolute life out of me, I shouted out, waked my wife up and of course the old woman had gone. Didn't sleep properly after that, and of course it raised a laugh in the morning.
It is the only time that something like that has happened. I'll never forget it.
The house was a large 30's semi.
I woke up at 2am in the morning, and I swear on my kids life, there was an old lady putting clothes, towels or whatever in the chest of drawers on the other side of the room. Completely white, in some sort of white gown.
It scared the absolute life out of me, I shouted out, waked my wife up and of course the old woman had gone. Didn't sleep properly after that, and of course it raised a laugh in the morning.
It is the only time that something like that has happened. I'll never forget it.
My other half is into 'it' and has dragged me along to a few ghost hunting nights. I'm a 100% non-believer / sceptic and will always look to come up with a rational explanation and don't get scared of much at all. I could happily walk through a village churchyard in the middle of the night, stand in the pitch black corridor of a Tudor house in silence, go down into a dark quiet cellar and 'call out' for spirits and so on, but when they start pulling out their phones with spirit-hunting and ouija board apps etc. it all gets a bit silly and hysterical in my opinion, but I don't seek to ruin their night (which they've each paid £45 for) by telling them it's all a load of tosh. When the 20 or 25 of participants on these ghost hunting nights hear a noise they immediately take it as categorical proof that a ghost is present and no amount of reasoning from me (such as it being a creaking timber in a 500 year old manor house) will get through to them.
Anyway, the only completely unexplained and bizarre thing I've been close to was when I was younger. I shared a room with my brother, and my two sisters (8 and 11 then) shared a room with twin beds next door. In the middle of the night they began screaming at the same time. Parents ran into their room to find out what was going on, my dad took one sister downstairs where it was still all warm from the open fire and asked her what happened. She described the same as what my other sister described (who was still upstairs still with my mum), that a lady in a full length white dress was sitting on the edge of the futon thing in their room and when they began shrieking and screaming, she disappeared.
Anyway, the only completely unexplained and bizarre thing I've been close to was when I was younger. I shared a room with my brother, and my two sisters (8 and 11 then) shared a room with twin beds next door. In the middle of the night they began screaming at the same time. Parents ran into their room to find out what was going on, my dad took one sister downstairs where it was still all warm from the open fire and asked her what happened. She described the same as what my other sister described (who was still upstairs still with my mum), that a lady in a full length white dress was sitting on the edge of the futon thing in their room and when they began shrieking and screaming, she disappeared.
Every single ghost encounter video can be explained away as being faked.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
shakotan said:
Every single ghost encounter video can be explained away as being faked.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Yep, I've tried to raise all this at the ghost hunting nights, but it's a futile argument when it's 25 against 1 Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Invariably a 'grey lady' or child spirit will always 'come through' and they'll somehow collectively decide that the building we're in was built on the site of a Victorian mental asylum or Leper hospital or something.
Koyaanisqatsi said:
shakotan said:
Every single ghost encounter video can be explained away as being faked.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Yep, I've tried to raise all this at the ghost hunting nights, but it's a futile argument when it's 25 against 1 Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Invariably a 'grey lady' or child spirit will always 'come through' and they'll somehow collectively decide that the building we're in was built on the site of a Victorian mental asylum or Leper hospital or something.
vikingaero said:
Koyaanisqatsi said:
shakotan said:
Every single ghost encounter video can be explained away as being faked.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Yep, I've tried to raise all this at the ghost hunting nights, but it's a futile argument when it's 25 against 1 Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Invariably a 'grey lady' or child spirit will always 'come through' and they'll somehow collectively decide that the building we're in was built on the site of a Victorian mental asylum or Leper hospital or something.
We went "Ghost hunting" at Penzance youth hostel, a beautiful old Georgina mansion. We were booked to stay overnight as part of the event.
As we were checking in, a woman who was part of the ghost hunting group that arranged it asked what room we were staying in, so I told her what room we'd been given - I think it was Room 7 but it was a long time ago. That was the most haunted room in the building she told us. Right...
So we go to the room, and discover that it used to be a big square room, that was now split into 2 with a plasterboard partition, separate door (Room 8 if we were in room 7) etc.
So we gather downstairs for the nights entertainment and I have a chance to speak to the woman again, mention that she'd said room 7 was the most haunted in the building, and asked about room 8. Apparently room 8 wasn't very active at all - Since when have ghosts known about plasterboard partitions?
We spent the night and didn't see, hear or feel anything unexplained, either as part of the event, or while sleeping in the extremely haunted room 7...
As we were checking in, a woman who was part of the ghost hunting group that arranged it asked what room we were staying in, so I told her what room we'd been given - I think it was Room 7 but it was a long time ago. That was the most haunted room in the building she told us. Right...
So we go to the room, and discover that it used to be a big square room, that was now split into 2 with a plasterboard partition, separate door (Room 8 if we were in room 7) etc.
So we gather downstairs for the nights entertainment and I have a chance to speak to the woman again, mention that she'd said room 7 was the most haunted in the building, and asked about room 8. Apparently room 8 wasn't very active at all - Since when have ghosts known about plasterboard partitions?
We spent the night and didn't see, hear or feel anything unexplained, either as part of the event, or while sleeping in the extremely haunted room 7...
sir humphrey appleby said:
I woke up at 2am in the morning, and I swear on my kids life, there was an old lady putting clothes, towels or whatever in the chest of drawers on the other side of the room. Completely white, in some sort of white gown.
Can I respectfully suggest that immediately upon waking up at 2am is not a great time to be providing a reliable witness statement. If you were called to give evidence in a court of law, and you stated you'd witnesses the accused doing something as you woke up at 2am, I think the defence council would rip you apart. Was the room well lit? Have you ever woken up before and not been sure where you are? Do you think you perform at your best immediately upon waking up in the early hours? Etc etc.
sir humphrey appleby said:
I think it was around 15 years ago, my wife and I stayed with some friends for the weekend, we slept in the loft conversion so at the top of the house obviously.
The house was a large 30's semi.
I woke up at 2am in the morning, and I swear on my kids life, there was an old lady putting clothes, towels or whatever in the chest of drawers on the other side of the room. Completely white, in some sort of white gown.
It scared the absolute life out of me, I shouted out, waked my wife up and of course the old woman had gone. Didn't sleep properly after that, and of course it raised a laugh in the morning.
It is the only time that something like that has happened. I'll never forget it.
This gave me a chuckle, don’t suppose you remember what it was you shouted at 2 in the morning whilst a guest in someone’s house do you?The house was a large 30's semi.
I woke up at 2am in the morning, and I swear on my kids life, there was an old lady putting clothes, towels or whatever in the chest of drawers on the other side of the room. Completely white, in some sort of white gown.
It scared the absolute life out of me, I shouted out, waked my wife up and of course the old woman had gone. Didn't sleep properly after that, and of course it raised a laugh in the morning.
It is the only time that something like that has happened. I'll never forget it.
shakotan said:
Every single ghost encounter video can be explained away as being faked.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Indeed, it’s also odd that so many of these stories seem to involve periods of history or types of people whereby they dress is well known. It’s always Romans or Victorians or monks but everyone knows what they looked like. You never hear a ghost story in which someone is trying to describe a 4th century peasant girl and of course virtually no one knows what they looked like. Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
I was 6 or 7 and we (my family) were visiting other family in the Scottish Highlands one winter. It was a pretty old house and a bit run down. I remember going to bed in a freezing cold room and struggling to get to sleep. I woke up half way through the night saw the window was open, so I closed it and went to the toilet. When I came back the window was open again. Closed it once again and went back to bed. Then it happened... I heard a humming coming from somewhere. It went on for some time. I eventually got out of bed and went to investigate. There was a figure outside dressed in red. It wasn't walking so much as floating. As I gazed at it it turned to face me, everything went quiet and the air around me turned ice cold. I couldn't look away. I screamed and my dad came running into my room to beat me with a set of jumper cables. Christmas has never been the same since then.
djohnson said:
shakotan said:
Every single ghost encounter video can be explained away as being faked.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Indeed, it’s also odd that so many of these stories seem to involve periods of history or types of people whereby they dress is well known. It’s always Romans or Victorians or monks but everyone knows what they looked like. You never hear a ghost story in which someone is trying to describe a 4th century peasant girl and of course virtually no one knows what they looked like. Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
djohnson said:
shakotan said:
Every single ghost encounter video can be explained away as being faked.
Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
Indeed, it’s also odd that so many of these stories seem to involve periods of history or types of people whereby they dress is well known. It’s always Romans or Victorians or monks but everyone knows what they looked like. You never hear a ghost story in which someone is trying to describe a 4th century peasant girl and of course virtually no one knows what they looked like. Why aren't there more ghost animals? Ghost dinosaurs? Ghost cavemen? Why are all ghosts apparently from the last couple of centuries? And why aren't they EVERYWHERE, not just mostly at night in creepy old buildings. Given the sheer number of people who have died since humans have existed, statistically there should be millions of ghosts.
If it's as they say, tortured souls, that turn into ghosts, then there have been plenty of wronged people and animals. I'm not a believer, but I'm also not saying I don't occasionally get spooked by things in the dark, but my logical brain tells me it's just shadows or reflections. It's difficult not to get your heart pumping though when waking up bleary eyed in the middle of the night and the dressing gown on the back of the door is processed as a ghostly figure. The spike in adrenaline that makes it difficult for me to get back to sleep though, rather than the fear.
I do
A few years after we sold our first house.. I told my wife that i’d seen an old lady sitting at the foot of our bed, looking into a mirror. She’d seen the same.. A relative lived nearby & was chatting to the new owners a few years later. They said it was haunted, they had seen an old lady…
A few years after we sold our first house.. I told my wife that i’d seen an old lady sitting at the foot of our bed, looking into a mirror. She’d seen the same.. A relative lived nearby & was chatting to the new owners a few years later. They said it was haunted, they had seen an old lady…
About a year ago I moved into an apartment in an early 1800s building. Immediately started having awful nightmares of evil spirits trying to get in and me yelling at them to fk off.
Googled my address, and up popped a photo of my bedroom window and the title was ‘ghosts’!
Seems my building was built on the site of a medieval nunnery graveyard, that was later used as a plague pit in the 1700s.
Skeletons found during building work. Lots of them.
The nightmares have stopped (for the most part) but do I go down into the (labyrinthine) cellars at night (where the washing machine is)? Absofkinglutly not.
k off. Googled my address, and up popped a photo of my bedroom window and the title was ‘ghosts’!
Seems my building was built on the site of a medieval nunnery graveyard, that was later used as a plague pit in the 1700s.
Skeletons found during building work. Lots of them.
The nightmares have stopped (for the most part) but do I go down into the (labyrinthine) cellars at night (where the washing machine is)? Absof
kinglutly not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rva-H3EWEA
I'm with Billy Connolly on this one. A lifetime of TV, film etc put this crap into your head and, admittedly, for reasons unknown, your brain can do some pretty remarkable things convincing you that you can see things.
I'm with Billy Connolly on this one. A lifetime of TV, film etc put this crap into your head and, admittedly, for reasons unknown, your brain can do some pretty remarkable things convincing you that you can see things.
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