Paranormal experiences, anyone?

[Yellow Jacket]

I've been reading on a lot of sites about true hauntings and possessions, and I am addicted to Ghost Hunters. I just wanted to know if any of you here have experienced any paranormal experiences. I have, but some of it can be easily explained. I'll start with the explainable first. One night, I got up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom. When I went to return to my bed, I passed our storage room (where most of the activity takes place), and I seen an apparition come at me. It freaked me out, but I passed it off as my imagination playing tricks on me. I mean, I was still sleepy. Another experience I have is a recurring one. Every now and then, my toilet will make a sound that it only makes once it's done flushing. It's hard to explain. Just think of it this way: when you flush the toilet, it does the whole flushing sound. Well, at the end of it, for me at least, it does one high-pitched flush and stops. Well, it's starting to do that without anybody flushing the toilet. This has never happened. But, it has been doing this quite frequently for the past month. I've decided to pass it off as the plumbing, since it seems to be at random and happens at least every day. Now, onto the unexplainable. One night, I was watching a movie (Halloween, if I recall), and I seen the light in the storage room flickering on and off. So, I got up to go see why, figuring the light bulb was dying. When I entered the room, I seen that the switch was moving up and down by itself. I froze for a minute, in total shock, then turned the switch completely off. Nothing happened for the rest of the night, nor has anything happened since. I can't come up with an understable solution. The other happening happened when I was in 4th grade. I had this Buzz Lightyear alarm clock in my bedroom (which, coincidentally, is now the storage room). One night, me and my family were out in the living room watching TV, and the alarm suddenly went off. I didn't set it, but I thought that maybe I did and went into my bedroom and unplugged it. Later that night, we heard it going off again. Everybody in the house was in the living room since I unplugged it, so nobody could've plugged it back in. I got rid of the alarm clock right away, and didn't sleep in my bedroom for a week. That too, I can't explain.

So, does anybody else have any paranormal experiences to share with us?

[crabapple]

Switch moving up and down by itself? That's weird!

How did you feel when you saw that?

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally Posted by crabapple

Switch moving up and down by itself? That's weird!

How did you feel when you saw that?

Like I said, I froze up. I was freaked out. I could understand the light flickering. But, nothing can make a switch move by itself. I remember keeping my eye on that room for the rest of the night.

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by Yellow Jacket

I've been reading on a lot of sites about true hauntings and possessions, and I am addicted to Ghost Hunters.

i love watching ghost hunters as well, and i'm not sure why.

last year a friend and i roomed together in an apartment in terre haute. now, first off, anyone that was ever alone in the apartment (including myself) would feel uncomfortable, as if someone was watching (which, as you would know as well, Yellow Jacket, could be attributed to high EMF fields).
aaanyway, quite a few weird things happened there that to this day i can't explain. for example, one day my apartment key disappeared off of my keyring and reappeared a couple days later, reattached to the ring and everything. a couple times i'd find a shirt of mine or my roommate's folded neatly and placed on the top of the couch. we also had a wall-mounted stereo that turned on by itself a few times. not to mention weird noises you'd hear here and there. i don't know, i was glad to leave though.

[newb]

Soooooo...Tim Allen is haunting your storage room?

[Yellow Jacket]

Originally Posted by fortunato

i love watching ghost hunters as well, and i'm not sure why.

last year a friend and i roomed together in an apartment in terre haute. now, first off, anyone that was ever alone in the apartment (including myself) would feel uncomfortable, as if someone was watching (which, as you would know as well, Yellow Jacket, could be attributed to high EMF fields).
aaanyway, quite a few weird things happened there that to this day i can't explain. for example, one day my apartment key disappeared off of my keyring and reappeared a couple days later, reattached to the ring and everything. a couple times i'd find a shirt of mine or my roommate's folded neatly and placed on the top of the couch. we also had a wall-mounted stereo that turned on by itself a few times. not to mention weird noises you'd hear here and there. i don't know, i was glad to leave though.

Those are some pretty freaky events. I too would have gotten up and left. Anything that turns itself on by itself freaks me out. As for Ghost Hunters, I love it. I have Season Two: Volume Two and Season Three: Volume One on DVD. I would've gotten the rest, but Target only had these two (damn you Target). My favorite episode is the Lighthouse. Going into it, I wasn't expecting much. There were other episodes I wanted to see, and the whole concept of a haunted lighthouse didn't click with me. But, after watching the episode, I loved it! Hands down the best paranormal activity they've ever had. Visibly seeing the apparitions having a conversation was creepy. And the woman asking for help was also creepy (can't think of another word). I want to go there now. I hope they choose that place for their next live event.

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by Yellow Jacket

Those are some pretty freaky events. I too would have gotten up and left. Anything that turns itself on by itself freaks me out. As for Ghost Hunters, I love it. I have Season Two: Volume Two and Season Three: Volume One on DVD. I would've gotten the rest, but Target only had these two (damn you Target). My favorite episode is the Lighthouse. Going into it, I wasn't expecting much. There were other episodes I wanted to see, and the whole concept of a haunted lighthouse didn't click with me. But, after watching the episode, I loved it! Hands down the best paranormal activity they've ever had. Visibly seeing the apparitions having a conversation was creepy. And the woman asking for help was also creepy (can't think of another word). I want to go there now. I hope they choose that place for their next live event.

yeah i reaaaallly wish i would have picked those up when target had them on sale. regret, regret.
yeah the lighthouse episode is incredible. definitely some of the most chilling stuff they've captured. that would be incredible if they did their halloween episode there, you're right.
one of the episodes they had on last night had them investigating a house where apparently a ghost was bothering a 5 year old girl. they thought the ghost was a little girl, and they caught and evp of what sounded like a little girl humming. it was so clear. ugh, really creepy.
it's weird though, because i'm not even sure if i believe in ghosts, but i still love the show and it definitely creeps me out.

[hammerfan]

I'm also a Ghost Hunters addict!! Loved the lighthouse episode, but also Eastern State Penitentiary (the first one), and Leap Castle - how could you guys forget Dustin getting slammed to the ground?!

I've only had one experience and it's probably easily explained away. My roommate, her brother, and I were staying at a cottage in Mt. Gretna, PA. They were out on the porch and I was in the living room, sitting on the couch, in that state between asleep and awake. Kinda drowsy I'd guess you'd say. All of a sudden I heard - right next to my ear - someone say my name. And the voice sounded like my roommate's late father. Well, that brought me straight up and I ran out onto the porch and said "I think your Dad's here". My roommate is very much a believer in the paranormal (she picks up on stuff that I don't see or hear) and said "Oh, OK."

Do you guys remember "Scariest Places On Earth"? Right before it went off the air - like about 3 weeks before - we had interviewed to be on the show. We thought we had a really good chance at being on it, too. It went off the air right after 9/11/01.

[Roderick Usher]

there's a little boy in my apartment

I catch him out of the corner of my eye from time-to-time

He's usually standing at the top of the stairs

[fortunato]

Originally Posted by hammerfan

I'm also a Ghost Hunters addict!! Loved the lighthouse episode, but also Eastern State Penitentiary (the first one), and Leap Castle - how could you guys forget Dustin getting slammed to the ground?!

I've only had one experience and it's probably easily explained away. My roommate, her brother, and I were staying at a cottage in Mt. Gretna, PA. They were out on the porch and I was in the living room, sitting on the couch, in that state between asleep and awake. Kinda drowsy I'd guess you'd say. All of a sudden I heard - right next to my ear - someone say my name. And the voice sounded like my roommate's late father. Well, that brought me straight up and I ran out onto the porch and said "I think your Dad's here". My roommate is very much a believer in the paranormal (she picks up on stuff that I don't see or hear) and said "Oh, OK."

Do you guys remember "Scariest Places On Earth"? Right before it went off the air - like about 3 weeks before - we had interviewed to be on the show. We thought we had a really good chance at being on it, too. It went off the air right after 9/11/01.

yeah that was really messed up when dustin was knocked down. he was so shaken up, although who wouldn't be?

oh yeah, i remember that show! they used to play it a ton during abc's "13 nights of halloween." in fact, if i remember correctly, that's pretty much all they used to play for the "13 nights of halloween."

so how were you going to be on the show? that's awesome though, that you were going to be on it! not awesome that it was canceled before you were on it, however.

Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

there's a little boy in my apartment

I catch him out of the corner of my eye from time-to-time

He's usually standing at the top of the stairs

that's pretty creepy, although i guess if he doesn't do anything else, there's nothing to be afraid of.