So I got this idea from another forum I used to visit where quite the thread developed where people were relaying their own paranormal or supernatural experiences or the experiences of people who they new personally. Please don't share some story that you heard on youtube, though there are some good ones on there. The stories varied from seeing things with their own eyes, to their children sharing strange experiences or dreams filled with information they shouldn't know to friends or relatives feeling in distress or a sense of dread all of a sudden and finding the next day that a relative had died at that exact time the day prior. The thread was difficult to pull myself away from and more than once made my hair stand on end. It was for the most part without gore and few people who are semi open could read it without thinking beyond themselves and what they have always thought they knew. That forum was much larger than this one so it went on for pages and probably continued to grow, but let's see if we can get anyone to share. I haven't personally experienced anything myself but I can relay a few.
I grew up with the same hairdresser until the age of about 16. For as long as I can remember, she would tell stories of what she called a poltergeist that she shared a house with. She never perceived it as having malicious intent but instead was more of a jokester. Things would happen like the bread she put in the freezer after shopping would the next day be in the refrigerator. Her hairdryer would turn on without her touching it. Various other things would disappear and show up again in their rightful place later on. She always seemed serious and wasn't just convincing to me but to my parents as well and she lived alone so that takes out the mischievous significant other factor.
Two and three are from my mother's boss when I was a kid and into HS. The first happened at their first country home and was relayed to him by his two very young at the time daughters. I believe they are only separated by 1.5 years or so. The two girls were in one or the others bedroom playing and suddenly they both called for their parents in excitement. The parents reached the hallway upstairs and saw the two girls at the threshold of the bedroom door looking in their direction. They asked them what in the world was going on to which the girls replied that they were in the bedroom playing, situated in a manner that both girls could see out into the hallway and all of a sudden a dog ran past the door and down the hallway. They said they got up, of course in excitement to a new dog like any good child would and ran to the door and into the hallway to catch up to it. When they reached the hallway, they arrived just in time to see it run through the wall at the other end and disappear never to be seen again. This home had been in their family well before they lived there but to my knowledge there was never any consensus as to what dog it might have been from the past if you are to believe such things. The two girls were also not the types to make things like this up or play games, especially at this age.
The next was another experienced by the same two young girls at their new to them house, but another country house that has been in his family for at least three generations now. At this point the girls were a couple years older, probably 6 and 8 or a touch older. The two girls had come home from school at normal time and were in the front of the house. Now the front door on a farmhouse as most know often goes unused even though there is usually a welcome mat and maybe even a well kept sidewalk for any possible visitors who are usually the only ones who use it. The same was true at this house and the family almost always used the back door which was closer to the garage and provided an area for dirty shoes and boots. So once again the two girls called for their mother who was also home, but this time they were only relaying to her that their dad who we'll call Bill, had returned home from work. To this, their mother thought it strange that Bill was home so early as he was a veterinarian and often didn't return home until well after 5 or 6 depending on his day. If he was going to be home early it was usually planned and for a reason to which she would know. It was now only around 4 o'clock. She left the kitchen to go to the front of the house where the two girls were and to look out the dining room window to the north side of the house where the driveway was and she saw no Ford F150 where he usually parks. Their mother then looked at them and asked where they saw him. They said that they saw him walk past the windows on the east side of the house on the sidewalk leading to the front door but when they went around the corner to meet him, nobody was there. Now she was suspicious because of no truck and nobody standing at the front door which he probably hadn't gone through in weeks or at least days and almost certainly wouldn't use coming home from work. One daughter piped up and said for some reason he was wearing a hat and that at first she didn't think it was him because of it but then realized that it did look like him. I have personally known this man since I was just a wee tot and other than in the winter when he wore a bomber hat or stocking cap, it was a very rare and strange occurrence to see him in even a ball cap and this was indeed summer. His wife also came to the same conclusion and was once again suspicious of the girls story but they swore up one side and down the other that it was their father or at least someone who very closely resembled their father but they did see someone. Of course when he did get home an hour or so later she told him what happened and they both were at a loss. Upon more thought of the situation and with a bit of faith they both realized that the man who once lived at the house, and to who my knowledge probably built the house, was his grandfather whom everyone in the family knew Bill took after to a T in the looks department. Same tall, slender and athletic build and uncanny facial resemblance. The only difference that would set them apart from a distance was that he always wore a hat. This experience was much easier for them to believe because since they had lived there they had also experienced some strange goings on. Harmless things like Bill hearing the stairs leading to the second floor making noise even though he was home alone and in the kitchen sitting down. He also said that he was experiencing strange things like sandpaper or tools disappearing in his basement shop only to turn up later or in a different spot.
The fourth is verifiable with a quick internet search if anybody wishes but my source is my sister as she worked there for a number of years. I live in northern Wisconsin and after a couple of years of moving here my sister decided to move up here as well as my entire immediate family have vacationed here for years and have a cabin on a lake. She is a cook and landed a job at Little Bohemia Lodge up north around Manitowish Waters. To my knowledge nobody in my family has ever eaten here or knew anything about it until she started working there. Anyways, Little Bohemia Lodge is the famous location of a shootout between John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson some others from his gang and Melvin Pervis and other FBI agents back in '34. It is a very neat place to check out if you're going buy. Many bullet holes in the walls and windows are preserved and I have to imagine there are still slugs in the walls but I haven't been there in a while. There are also of course artifacts left behind by the gang and various news clippings. A revolver was actually found in the water up the the shoreline a few years ago. I don't know if it was one of there's or not but they did make a break for it out the back door. As to the haunting, I think they say it is by a civilian killed accidentally in the shootout but I'm not sure when the strange things started happening. According to my sister and many others who worked at or frequent the place it is not uncommon for things like the taps in the bathrooms to turn on when you're in a stall and alone, lights to turn on and off mysteriously, paper towels to be dispensed while you're still washing your hands, doors to open and close, etc. People staying the night have reported furniture moving around, strange noises and shadow figures and apparitions. My sister says that some of these things did happen to her often in her time there. Personally I was only there 6 or 7 times and avoided the bathrooms if I could help it. I was alone in the basement a few times as I worked there a couple Saturday nights as a dishwasher and prep cook but I guess I wasn't worth messing with.
The last is from a coworker who walked in on myself and another coworker having this exact conversation. She said that she and her husband were using a dresser that was already in a house shortly after they got married or that they had gotten from a friend or family member, I can't remember which. Long story short the drawers didn't like being in the dresser and after being pushed back in after slowly sliding out would fly out onto the floor spilling their contents while also scaring the hell out of them. I think they got rid of it.
Maybe I'll try to find the inspiration thread to this and post it.
Anybody else?
I grew up with the same hairdresser until the age of about 16. For as long as I can remember, she would tell stories of what she called a poltergeist that she shared a house with. She never perceived it as having malicious intent but instead was more of a jokester. Things would happen like the bread she put in the freezer after shopping would the next day be in the refrigerator. Her hairdryer would turn on without her touching it. Various other things would disappear and show up again in their rightful place later on. She always seemed serious and wasn't just convincing to me but to my parents as well and she lived alone so that takes out the mischievous significant other factor.
Two and three are from my mother's boss when I was a kid and into HS. The first happened at their first country home and was relayed to him by his two very young at the time daughters. I believe they are only separated by 1.5 years or so. The two girls were in one or the others bedroom playing and suddenly they both called for their parents in excitement. The parents reached the hallway upstairs and saw the two girls at the threshold of the bedroom door looking in their direction. They asked them what in the world was going on to which the girls replied that they were in the bedroom playing, situated in a manner that both girls could see out into the hallway and all of a sudden a dog ran past the door and down the hallway. They said they got up, of course in excitement to a new dog like any good child would and ran to the door and into the hallway to catch up to it. When they reached the hallway, they arrived just in time to see it run through the wall at the other end and disappear never to be seen again. This home had been in their family well before they lived there but to my knowledge there was never any consensus as to what dog it might have been from the past if you are to believe such things. The two girls were also not the types to make things like this up or play games, especially at this age.
The next was another experienced by the same two young girls at their new to them house, but another country house that has been in his family for at least three generations now. At this point the girls were a couple years older, probably 6 and 8 or a touch older. The two girls had come home from school at normal time and were in the front of the house. Now the front door on a farmhouse as most know often goes unused even though there is usually a welcome mat and maybe even a well kept sidewalk for any possible visitors who are usually the only ones who use it. The same was true at this house and the family almost always used the back door which was closer to the garage and provided an area for dirty shoes and boots. So once again the two girls called for their mother who was also home, but this time they were only relaying to her that their dad who we'll call Bill, had returned home from work. To this, their mother thought it strange that Bill was home so early as he was a veterinarian and often didn't return home until well after 5 or 6 depending on his day. If he was going to be home early it was usually planned and for a reason to which she would know. It was now only around 4 o'clock. She left the kitchen to go to the front of the house where the two girls were and to look out the dining room window to the north side of the house where the driveway was and she saw no Ford F150 where he usually parks. Their mother then looked at them and asked where they saw him. They said that they saw him walk past the windows on the east side of the house on the sidewalk leading to the front door but when they went around the corner to meet him, nobody was there. Now she was suspicious because of no truck and nobody standing at the front door which he probably hadn't gone through in weeks or at least days and almost certainly wouldn't use coming home from work. One daughter piped up and said for some reason he was wearing a hat and that at first she didn't think it was him because of it but then realized that it did look like him. I have personally known this man since I was just a wee tot and other than in the winter when he wore a bomber hat or stocking cap, it was a very rare and strange occurrence to see him in even a ball cap and this was indeed summer. His wife also came to the same conclusion and was once again suspicious of the girls story but they swore up one side and down the other that it was their father or at least someone who very closely resembled their father but they did see someone. Of course when he did get home an hour or so later she told him what happened and they both were at a loss. Upon more thought of the situation and with a bit of faith they both realized that the man who once lived at the house, and to who my knowledge probably built the house, was his grandfather whom everyone in the family knew Bill took after to a T in the looks department. Same tall, slender and athletic build and uncanny facial resemblance. The only difference that would set them apart from a distance was that he always wore a hat. This experience was much easier for them to believe because since they had lived there they had also experienced some strange goings on. Harmless things like Bill hearing the stairs leading to the second floor making noise even though he was home alone and in the kitchen sitting down. He also said that he was experiencing strange things like sandpaper or tools disappearing in his basement shop only to turn up later or in a different spot.
The fourth is verifiable with a quick internet search if anybody wishes but my source is my sister as she worked there for a number of years. I live in northern Wisconsin and after a couple of years of moving here my sister decided to move up here as well as my entire immediate family have vacationed here for years and have a cabin on a lake. She is a cook and landed a job at Little Bohemia Lodge up north around Manitowish Waters. To my knowledge nobody in my family has ever eaten here or knew anything about it until she started working there. Anyways, Little Bohemia Lodge is the famous location of a shootout between John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson some others from his gang and Melvin Pervis and other FBI agents back in '34. It is a very neat place to check out if you're going buy. Many bullet holes in the walls and windows are preserved and I have to imagine there are still slugs in the walls but I haven't been there in a while. There are also of course artifacts left behind by the gang and various news clippings. A revolver was actually found in the water up the the shoreline a few years ago. I don't know if it was one of there's or not but they did make a break for it out the back door. As to the haunting, I think they say it is by a civilian killed accidentally in the shootout but I'm not sure when the strange things started happening. According to my sister and many others who worked at or frequent the place it is not uncommon for things like the taps in the bathrooms to turn on when you're in a stall and alone, lights to turn on and off mysteriously, paper towels to be dispensed while you're still washing your hands, doors to open and close, etc. People staying the night have reported furniture moving around, strange noises and shadow figures and apparitions. My sister says that some of these things did happen to her often in her time there. Personally I was only there 6 or 7 times and avoided the bathrooms if I could help it. I was alone in the basement a few times as I worked there a couple Saturday nights as a dishwasher and prep cook but I guess I wasn't worth messing with.
The last is from a coworker who walked in on myself and another coworker having this exact conversation. She said that she and her husband were using a dresser that was already in a house shortly after they got married or that they had gotten from a friend or family member, I can't remember which. Long story short the drawers didn't like being in the dresser and after being pushed back in after slowly sliding out would fly out onto the floor spilling their contents while also scaring the hell out of them. I think they got rid of it.
Maybe I'll try to find the inspiration thread to this and post it.
Anybody else?
