Spooky encounters

[Hippobatman]

Yeah, I'm very skeptical when it comes to the supernatural. Everything has a logical explanation.

I haven't really witnessed anything myself, despite trying a few times. Many years ago, I guess I was around 11 or 12 at the time, me and some friends went up in a forest up in the hills not far from where we lived to check out this very old abandoned farm where, supposedly, the owner was killed. Beheaded with an axe. When we arrived it was completely overgrown, and the ruins of the old farmhouse had topped over so we could safely venture inside to see. We found a lot of junk and nothing else. Quite the anti-climax, really.

Another story is from when I was around 15-16 years old and was hanging out at my friend's house. We were just goofing around taking each other's picture. In this group photo we did, we later discovered an "anomaly" in the background. One of my friends, really into this sort of thing, freaked out about it and quickly announced it a ghost. I have to admit that I couldn't identify what it was, and it really looked like one. A pale see-through silhouette over my friend's shoulder. As creepy as it was, I came to the conclusion that it probably was the lighting in the room or something, as there were a couple of windows behind us.

UFOs are of a different matter. I really want them to exist (in the alien life form kind of way), however, I realize he universe is vast beyond my imagination, and the sighting of one would be highly unlikely. That doesn't mean I haven't seen things in the sky I couldn't identify (at the time).

One night we were walking around and looking at the stars when we saw some objects flying through the sky at a very gentle pace. It got our imaginations running, of course, and it ended with my friend calling someone knowledgeable about space and whatnot.

Turns out they were satelites.

And that's really all I have.

 

[ejb626]

One Christmas Eve my room suddenly got extremely cold, I remember being too afraid to open my eyes past a squint but I saw a sort of white light. On my old copy of Age of Mythology I used to find saved games I didn't remember making, and once the TV turned itself on. Other than that nothing. I guess I'm being haunted by a very shy ghost. There is a graveyard behind my house but the ghosts from there would be from the 19th Century, don't know how they'd figure out how to use a computer.

 

[Alcamonic]

Side note:
Anyone else really annoyed at the 'ghost hunter' shows on television that take ANYTHING as evidence of a haunting? I'm going to blow up at the next person who tries to show me a picture of dust partials and claim they are 'souls.'

Yes. But anyone that take those shows seriously has some issues, they are more than likely spiced up to get better view ratings. Camera angles, different shades of lights in after-effects and various soundtracks makes wonders for creating a "spooky" show.

OT: Not really encountered something that I have seen with my own eyes. But a few times I have gotten the feeling of being watched, or "knowing" that I shouldn't be in a place.
More than likely, it is slight paranoia caused by places that the person does not like or generally feel unsafe in. Such as basements with grey concrete walls that makes the standard WW2 bunker look nice in comparison.

 

[mongrelle666]

Side note:
Anyone else really annoyed at the 'ghost hunter' shows on television that take ANYTHING as evidence of a haunting? I'm going to blow up at the next person who tries to show me a picture of dust partials and claim they are 'souls.'

OMG have you seen the one with the three italian- american guys. i hate them but there was this one where they were walking in the dark and one of them tripped over an old wheelie chair and all three of them flipped their shit!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9pU0Xdd5LM&feature=related
00:44 is just before he falls. but at 00:30 they reveal that they can't see anything outside of the flashlight beam.

 

[Korolev]

I've never seen anything supernatural in my life. My mother has insisted that she has seen two ghosts, however. I kind of doubt it.

The only time I ever thought I saw something was about 10 years ago at night when I was wandering downstairs alone in the early hours of the morning. Out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw a hooded creature lurking in the laundry room. On closer inspection, it turns out it was the ironing board covered with a recently washed cloth.

 

[tobi the good boy]

spooky... Yes, I suppose a strange dream I had could be counted as spooky. I woke up and was walking out of my room in the dead of night to go watch some TV. I looked to my left and saw one of those generic 'Grey' aliens in my lounge room... My first thought was to yell "Fuck you" and tackle it. Mid tackle I was left completely frozen like someone pushed the pause button while it got up and walked around me just staring... I've always had a bit of an irrational fear of those spindly little fuckers, like; horrifying terror (despite me not even believing in them). And yet In my dream I remember growling angrily at it while I was stuck.

I was soon snapped out of this dream by my little brother and mother who I had awoken with my strange noises I was making. I no longer have a fear of those Grey aliens, just anger and a longing for vengeance.

 

[Badong]

The time I found out my estranged uncle was a stalwart Christian fundamentalist The time when a jackass in a Grim Reaper costume was starting at me from outside my bedroom window; creepy thing is, I was about to commit suicide. Berk buggered off the moment I aimed the gun at his head instead, though.