Sleep paralysis.. Google it.. Will explain 90% of the "bed" related weird stuff.. ie somebody holding you down...
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Nope, ghosts don't exist. At least if by "ghost" you mean the departed spirits of dead people which appear to the living. There are spirits who might take such a form, but they're not people.
I had an experience when I was home for x-mas while I was at UT (about '94) and it freaked me out. I told my Mom about it and she told me that it was a bad dream, though I knew it was not.
I woke up and heard someone talking to me from my closet, very calmly telling me he was going to kill me. I tried to scream out, but couldn't. I tried to move but couldn't.
I just wrote it off as a bad dream, though I knew it wasn't a dream.
Then about 5 years ago, I read a post on Hornfans about sleep paralysis. That had to be it. It was just as described by most articles about it. Not being able to move, with a sense of evil of someone/something in the room. It's happened once in my life and that's it.
I woke up and heard someone talking to me from my closet, very calmly telling me he was going to kill me. I tried to scream out, but couldn't. I tried to move but couldn't.
I just wrote it off as a bad dream, though I knew it wasn't a dream.
Then about 5 years ago, I read a post on Hornfans about sleep paralysis. That had to be it. It was just as described by most articles about it. Not being able to move, with a sense of evil of someone/something in the room. It's happened once in my life and that's it.
Keep this going. Great stories. Shoot, maybe Ketch's next book should be "Orangebloods Ghost Stories". I might buy.
At least your ghost likes playing Xbox. See if it will chip in for beers from time to time, and maybe you can have a sweet ghost buddy and make a movie about it or something.
I was telling my uncle about this thread and he told me about an experience he had a couple of years ago. He took his wife and two boys to his boss's beach house in Florida for a weekend trip. My cousins were 7 and 5 at the time and the younger one was notorious for waking my uncle up for a drink of water in the middle of the night. That night my uncle woke up to, what he thought was my cousin, tugging on the covers down near his feet. When he sat up in bed, there was no one there. My uncle went to the other bedroom and found both boys passed out in bed. He went to back to bed assuming my cousin had given up on the water. The next night, around 2:00 am, my uncle once again woke up to someone tugging on the covers at his feet. He turned on the bedside lamp and, other than he and my aunt, there was no one else in the room. He checked on my cousins and they were both sound asleep. At this point, he is a little freaked out and wakes the boys up asking them if they were in his room. They both said no and went back to sleep. He checked all of the doors and windows and the house was definitely locked up for the night. When he got back to the office on Monday morning, he hesitantly told his boss about the tugging of the covers. His boss had a huge look of relief on his face and he proceeded to admit to my uncle that it happens to him every time he's stayed in that room but he wasn't sure if his mind was playing tricks on him. Apparently about 10 years ago, before my uncle's boss bought the place, a little boy died in that room from a ridiculously high fever. Now every time a family stays in that room, the little boy tugs on the covers and wakes up the dad.
For what its worth, I don't believe in any ghost BS. I know it doesn't add anything to the thread but I did answer the original question. For what its worth my 5 year old daughter believes in ghosts.
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My dad was a coach at a local junior high from the day it opened in '77 until he retired in 2007. He says that from the very first day he was in that school until the last, strange things would always happen. The first year the school was open was the worst according to him. A girl OD'd in the school, the school was flooded after 5 months, and stuff would constantly become lost. Well the summer before school started, he was working in his office getting it ready from the start when he heard the showers all turn on at once. 25 shower heads just turned on. Think about that. He goes to check it out, thinking that its maybe a problem with the pipes, but the handles for all the showers had been turned on. He left the school for the day after that.
One of the worst stories was when he told me about the very first school dance they had. He was supervising the kids when he noticed a little girl standing at the very top of the stairs. The stairs were blocked off by tables so he moves them out of the way then heads up there to bring her back down. When he gets closer he notices that the girl is wearing a very old style dress, down to her ankles. He yells at her to get back down to the cafeteria, but she just smiles at him and takes off running down the hall and around the corner. When he chases after her he turns the corner and runs right into this big metal fence that is put up to block off halls. But the girl was nowhere.
Other teachers would continue to see and hear strange things throughout the school year. One of the science teachers was grading papers in her room after school when she looked up and saw a little Mexican boy standing in the door way. He smiled at her and asked in Spanish if she needed help, she said no thanks and got up to close her door. After about 30 minutes she looks up at her door after hearing a noise in the side window next to her door, she sees the same little Mexican boy staring at her with this blank expression on his face. She gets up to ask him whats wrong but by the time she gets to the door, he has disappeared right before her eyes.
When I was in elementary school I would go to the junior high and wait for my dad to be done with football practice in his office. A couple of times I would hear the showers turn on when there wouldn't be anyone in there, or a locker slam shut. But every time I was there I would feel like I was being watched.
In high school after telling my friends these stories, we all decided to go check out the school at night. Big mistake. We get into the parking lot and immediately it feels like we're being watched and like someone is pressing on our chests. Everyone felt it. So we're in the parking lot all trying to act tough but its not working, no one was brave enough to go up to the glass and look in. One of my friends starts bawling uncontrollably, freaking out like something is chasing him. We pile into our cars and peel out of there. No one wanted to look back until we got back home.
One of the worst stories was when he told me about the very first school dance they had. He was supervising the kids when he noticed a little girl standing at the very top of the stairs. The stairs were blocked off by tables so he moves them out of the way then heads up there to bring her back down. When he gets closer he notices that the girl is wearing a very old style dress, down to her ankles. He yells at her to get back down to the cafeteria, but she just smiles at him and takes off running down the hall and around the corner. When he chases after her he turns the corner and runs right into this big metal fence that is put up to block off halls. But the girl was nowhere.
Other teachers would continue to see and hear strange things throughout the school year. One of the science teachers was grading papers in her room after school when she looked up and saw a little Mexican boy standing in the door way. He smiled at her and asked in Spanish if she needed help, she said no thanks and got up to close her door. After about 30 minutes she looks up at her door after hearing a noise in the side window next to her door, she sees the same little Mexican boy staring at her with this blank expression on his face. She gets up to ask him whats wrong but by the time she gets to the door, he has disappeared right before her eyes.
When I was in elementary school I would go to the junior high and wait for my dad to be done with football practice in his office. A couple of times I would hear the showers turn on when there wouldn't be anyone in there, or a locker slam shut. But every time I was there I would feel like I was being watched.
In high school after telling my friends these stories, we all decided to go check out the school at night. Big mistake. We get into the parking lot and immediately it feels like we're being watched and like someone is pressing on our chests. Everyone felt it. So we're in the parking lot all trying to act tough but its not working, no one was brave enough to go up to the glass and look in. One of my friends starts bawling uncontrollably, freaking out like something is chasing him. We pile into our cars and peel out of there. No one wanted to look back until we got back home.
Originally posted by babyshoe:
Originally posted by McGarnagle:
Originally posted by babyshoe:
I don't believe, but maybe I should. There have been a few times at night where I have felt as if I couldn't move or sit up, and woke up screaming. I wasn't sure if it was a dream or what. Creepy for sure.
It felt as if something was holding me down on the bed at my shoulders.
Still, seeing is believing for me I guess. These stories are fascinating though. Keep them coming.
May be just sleep paralysis. Link to an article at the bottom.
There have been a lot of times when I wake up before my body does. Can't move and usually feels as if I can't breath. Never had any hallucinations accompany it like the article talks about. I'm kinda accustomed to it now so when it happens it's not a big deal. Very strange feeling though to not be able to move.
This post was edited on 6/8 7:06 PM by McGarnagle
Wow. Thanks for that. I've never heard of anything like that but it describes exactly what happened. And I do have severe sleep apnea so I bet that contributes to it.
Originally posted by babyshoe:
Originally posted by McGarnagle:
Originally posted by babyshoe:
I don't believe, but maybe I should. There have been a few times at night where I have felt as if I couldn't move or sit up, and woke up screaming. I wasn't sure if it was a dream or what. Creepy for sure.
It felt as if something was holding me down on the bed at my shoulders.
Still, seeing is believing for me I guess. These stories are fascinating though. Keep them coming.
May be just sleep paralysis. Link to an article at the bottom.
There have been a lot of times when I wake up before my body does. Can't move and usually feels as if I can't breath. Never had any hallucinations accompany it like the article talks about. I'm kinda accustomed to it now so when it happens it's not a big deal. Very strange feeling though to not be able to move.
This post was edited on 6/8 7:06 PM by McGarnagle
Wow. Thanks for that. I've never heard of anything like that but it describes exactly what happened. And I do have severe sleep apnea so I bet that contributes to it.
this happened to me this morning... i was freaking out its happened before as well
not that im mocking your story or dont believe you because i totally do... but why would a demon/devil try to scare her into believing in jesus wouldnt it please the being that she doesnt like/believe in god/jesus?
Inlcuded in my list which I posted this on the "what movie scared you the most" thread was one called "Death of a Ghost Hunter." I think maybe it purported to be based on a true story. Whether or not that's true, it is some pretty scary stuff. I highly recommend it, but not when you're home alone.
On the OP's general topic, I've never seen one, but I've suspected that there was one around a couple of times. Strange things happening that didn't necessarily involve large quantities of alcohol. I guess I'm a believer.
On the OP's general topic, I've never seen one, but I've suspected that there was one around a couple of times. Strange things happening that didn't necessarily involve large quantities of alcohol. I guess I'm a believer.
My grandmother claims that La Lechuza came after when she was young. She claims that it has a very creepy whistle. If you mock it it will come after you. She said her and her cousins heard it one night and one them whistled back and it came after them scratching the windows all night long.
i wanted to bump this up so i can read the whole thread before it disappears.
i've got at least a dozen stories i've accumulated over the years, some involving me, some involving family members and friends. none of them are ghost stories per se, but they do involve evidence of life continuing "beyond the veil" as i like to put it.
there is a book by gary schwartz, a phd psychologist (U. Arizona), a very respected and well educated academic, called "the afterlife experiments". i read that book AFTER my stories had accumulated, and the similarity to some of my stories was absolutely eeirie.
i am completely convinced that life (or the spirit) does not end at death, and is my direct experiences that have given me that faith.
not sure about "ghosts", but it is pretty clear to me that there is a transition dimension where life does not end, but simply changes.
i've got at least a dozen stories i've accumulated over the years, some involving me, some involving family members and friends. none of them are ghost stories per se, but they do involve evidence of life continuing "beyond the veil" as i like to put it.
there is a book by gary schwartz, a phd psychologist (U. Arizona), a very respected and well educated academic, called "the afterlife experiments". i read that book AFTER my stories had accumulated, and the similarity to some of my stories was absolutely eeirie.
i am completely convinced that life (or the spirit) does not end at death, and is my direct experiences that have given me that faith.
not sure about "ghosts", but it is pretty clear to me that there is a transition dimension where life does not end, but simply changes.
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