Ghost Stories
How many Real Ghosts are there?
It seems safe to say that encountering real ghosts is probably one of the main paranormal experiences that people report. It is also the paranormal encounter that seems to excite the most people!
Ghostly experiences are not confined to sighting apparitions. The real ghosts have developed a broad range of ingenious ways of contacting the living which involves all of our five senses … and a whole lot more.
In the following pages you will read tales from those who have been touched by the dead, have smelt the presence of a loved one, and have heard from the deceased.
These accounts are not sensationalized. In my opinion they are typically written in ‘moderate’ tones, by individuals who have been affected by their other worldly experiences.
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I had run down to the basement laundry facility of an old apartment building where we, (myself, my husband and 2 children) lived on the second floor. It was dead quiet, since it was around 1:30 AM in the wee small hours, and most who lived there were retired for the night. While pulling my clothes from the dryer and putting them in the basket, I suddenly knew I was not alone, and at that same instant I also felt this pulling, magnetic like sensation at and around the lower back of my head but mostly my neck, and this feeling instantly tells you someone is there, and like, they are looking at you.
So when I turned around to my left, I wasn’t actually surprised…shocked, yes, but not surprised, to see a man standing there…this back of the neck feeling just tells you there’s a presence. I had never had this experience before, which is so strange since on having it, there was like a “knowing”…it “told me” someone was there. He was dressed in clothing from an earlier period, like late 1800′s or early 1900′s..it was a black suit, but the long coat tail kind of jacket, white shirt and tie, and one of those Abe Lincoln hats, but the less tall kind..but these clothes looked very rumpled and soiled, like he had slept in them a lot. He was rather tall, real thin, and his face..very gaunt…and his eyes were dark and sunken.
He stared right at me, with his mouth opened and a bit agape. For an instant, I felt he had a problem and I felt sorry for him, and wanted to ask him what was the matter?….but at the same instant, I felt that sudden fright/flight feeling…because then, on looking at him, I saw his feet were standing about a foot higher than my floor level. There was no way this man could have entered that room without me hearing anything, as these floors were a grainy gritty cement. He wasn’t in there when I entered the room.
I was startled, so took my eyes off him just long enough to grab my basket, and then immediately looked back at where he was standing and he had vanished. The doorway was no less than about 15 or 20 feet from where he stood, so in the couple of seconds when I took my eyes off him, he couldn’t have gotten out of that room without me seeing him run away, and he would have had to run up a flight of metal stairs to get to the next landing where the exit door of the building was, a huge heavy metal door that squeaked very loudly and slammed even more loudly on entering or exiting…and there was no sound of that, ..it was so quiet you could have heard a pin drop, until I took off running myself, up the 3 flights of stairs up to my apartment.
I can still see this apparition in my minds eye as if it was just yesterday and this happened 30 or more yrs ago. Just can’t figure out why, if I can see one real ghost, why not another? I have never, before or since, seen a ghost. but it was most definitely a ghost.
Wow Dolly. Thanks for sharing your story. It is obviously as fresh in your mind today as it was 30 years ago.
If we knew why some people are more open to the paranormal than others we would be up for some big prizes
And, why is it that we are more receptive at certain times? I don’t believe there is an answer for this as yet either but Dean Radin, a parapsychologist has suggested a better question is how is it that some people are able to turn off from encountering the paranormal? When we find the answer to this then we will understand how to turn the mechanism (for want of a better word) off and on.
Wouldnt it be wonderful to study someone who lives with the paranormal day in, day out? Well, I think it would be wonderful – I wonder if there are any takers out there? That could be the subject of my next thesis.
Yes! It would be great if someone responds to this invitation! Especially if we joiners could be involved and just think of all the revelations that would surely come to light, enough time given!
Actually, in view of your remark here, about why I’d see one ghost and never another…it did occur to me while writing the email, that I very well could have blocked another such experience. Yes, Radin put the question right. Since this wasn’t a spirit who had passed recently, as in a relative or close friend, but from a much earlier era, (noted as to how he was dressed) I’m inclined to think I was able to see him because he apparently was once a citizen from that area looking for no one in particular, ….maybe. (Maryland) Who knows what once existed there, long before that apartment complex was built on that spot.
I am now wishing I had done the research. I have also regretted that I allowed the fear to take over, and had asked him what was wrong, since his facial expression and look in his eyes, seemed to bespeak some sort of anxiety and had everything to do with that very place. I sensed that he was once well off, but lost everything. Perhaps I might have attracted this experience/spirit because we had something in common…although I have no idea what that could be/have been. Hmmmmmmm….we never know! But if I know me, I’ll give it some thought.
I also wonder…are “ghosts” the same thing as spirits? I suppose some are real live ghost spirits, who are earthbound, but then, I wonder if some ghostly apparitions, as has been explained in some schools of thought, as left over energy still playing out, like an echo that carried out long after the yell across a canyon.
Well, in any case, although I cannot see spirits, I do sometimes sense their presence even today. And if I don’t my cat does!
Can’t wait for others to join up here and share. All this is so very intriguing for me!
Warm regards,
Dolly
I’m quite intrigues by animal and the paranormal Dolly. We have recently adopted a Border Collie dog and as it is the first animal Ive ever had I’m quite involved with him!
Re your question about spirits and ghosts, I would use the term interchangeably. That may be right or not, Im not sure. I definitely work from the premise that everything is energy and thus it is for apparitions too.
Its interesting that Radin’s observation resonated with you. I’ve never seen a ghost but I was there when my Mum saw one at Hampton Court palace in England. I didnt see what she saw but I saw her seeing something!. That, was her first and last encounter with ghosts but not with the paranormal realms.
My research supports the notion that more women than men encounter the paranormal in general. In fact, reporting seeing ghosts was the third most common paranormal experience. Of all the participants in my original survey who had had at least one encounter with the paranormal, 76% of the females reported seeing a ghost compared to 55% of the males. Nearly half of all those who saw a ghost did so when they were alone. I wonder if this means we are less distracted or maybe some part of our brain engages better when we are alone? No answers Dolly – just more questions
Hi Dolly and Rosemary,
Did this ghost actually acknowlege you when you experienced this?
We have always been of the understanding that ghost represents a recording which is non communicative where as spirit can communicate.
This is maybe why you have not experienced it further as it was a recording of time, especially when the ghost you saw was off the ground which was it’s ground level at that time.
You were in the place at the right time to witness the event, which I might add could be any time and any year.
cheers
Alan
Alan
This is an interesting distinction.
My Mum saw a ghost at Hampton Court Palace. It was dressed in period dress and was walking one floor off the ground across what is now a courtyard.
It didnt communicate with Mum or vice versa.
So Alan, in your language Mum saw a ghost not a spirit.
Id be interested to know how you came to make this distinction Alan. Is this a personal observation or something more widely accepted?
Ciao
Rosemary in Roma
Hi Rosemary, Hope Roma is cool.
It has been our personal choice for recognision purposes.
As hauntings are mainly related to ghostly apparitions and are mostly repeated occurances, we link this word to the recorded non communicative events.
It makes it far easier to identify the difference between the two types of manifestation. We have used this for some time which gives a far more positive identification and separates the two types of events.
Ghost Haunting.= non communicative.
Spirit Haunting. = communicative.
This has worked for us very well. maybe it will work for others?
Sorry if we confused any one.
Alan.
Roma is great. We are just very jet laggedddddddd – 9 hours time difference.
Thank you for the distinction. i hope others will join the discussion on this point as, while semantics can get in the way I also think it is important to use the same language where possible.
Ciao Ciao
R
Hi Allen and Rosemary,
Thank you Allan, for your response here. In my experience, and I think I might have already mentioned my take, that in past studies I found much that pointed to a big difference in certain apparitions, and how they “behave” as to ghost or spirit. In my own experience, I felt kinda that this man I saw was not a spirit but a ghost. Well, I have always called him a ghost. Then, too, sometimes I wonder, yet. I believe you are correct in how this difference is seen, in that a ghost is non-communicative. These cases usually find the “viewer” telling how the apparition doesn’t speak, or seem to notice you, but is found walking around or standing wherever, but being “non” personable. It’s explained as something like left over energy, having all to do with the strong emotional quality surrounding certain, and usually horrific, catastrophic events or traumatic happenings that affect on a deep personal and emotional level. (Wars are a biggie.) But my ghost, could very well be spirit that I saw in that apartment building, since studies do reveal how some souls will linger for hundreds of yrs… He seemed so sad and distraught, however, I cannot explain it but he did seem to be looking directly at me…his head was even turned towards me, and eyes seemed to meet mine, and he seemed to be saying “help me!” However, it is so, that his feet were not standing in my floor!
But like Alan says, spirits can and do communicate, although communication is very difficult for them, because it must be “learned” via use of raising vibrations and using energy they must be able to tap into, (often ours, which can be felt as sudden tiredness, headache, etc) plus, and the most frustrating, is the fact that too few people can tune into them, and so they are unable to make themselves seen or heard, (them speaking) hence, they use whatever learned ability that comes next, which is being able to make noise, move things, etc. ….but these lost souls are very much alive, just as in life. From my years of study, spirits have communicated and report to find themselves feeling and looking the same, quite solid, and quite the same personality. We do not change in death, but remain exactly who we are. When moving on into the spirit realms, where the light of awareness lends to understanding, then there is change in personality after looking into and making corrections in past errors. Anyhow yes, I have settled this in my mind….ghosts = noncommunicative
Rosemary, I hope you are having a wonderful time there in Roma…my granddaughter, who just finished college, traveled to Italy with a group of her friends this past spring. She was sorely disappointed when they were not allowed to take pics inside the Sistine chapel. Wow, wish I was there! I may have to wait until I pass on to do such traveling! <>
Warm regards,
Dolly
Thanks Dolly.We are very tired from all the working on Day 1 in Roma. Please excuse me not contributing to the discussion-I’m too tired. R
Just wanted to make another comment….my daughter and her medium friend were in a cemetery one and the medium saw a woman who she knew was spirit. she asked her…:”why are you appearing to me?” The woman answered….smiling real big…”because I can!” The question of why she appeared was asked in a way of offering assistance, if she wanted help. From all I have gathered in my research, and first hand accounts from mediums, spirits find mediums because they see a certain light around them that tells them these people with such ability can see and hear them, and it’s a great joy for them since it’s a rare occasion! They are drawn to them because of a “feeling” they get, and I wonder if it’s akin to the feeling we get when they are present…dunno.
Hi Dolly and Rosemary,
Spot on Dolly, spirit actually recognise many who are ready to receive, they know it will not shock the individual when they show themselves or communicate with many individuals.
At times, they do try to contact the a person that is not quite ready to understand, but what does that person do! They go and tell someone and that will get back to someone who is experienced and can help. This is what we know as the LINK.
Many times individuals have been led to us through this process.
Everyone has a sensory side to them but understanding it and knowing how to deal with it is sometimes a problem. I have been lucky to have a team that has all been LINKED to me in one way or another and we have built our own individual gifts by sharing them among ourselves to improve our abilities.
It is very important for the, shall we say “newbee”, to find a team that you can be comfortable with and to do the same, this is why I quote the word “LUCKY” because as we all know there are so many inexperienced teams out there and the professional ones are not only hard to find but very rarely advertise. As I have said, for an individual, if it is meant to be the LINK will come naturally and help you.
Dolly, we believe and have been told by spirit on several occasions, we do have a shroud of bright light around us. It could be our protection or our own aura.
But, saying that, it does not mean that all spirits will contact you. They make their own choice and their own decisions, but I think you already understand that.
My goodness I am going on a bit here, I will stop for now but I enjoyed it very much. The more who read, the more who understand.
Cheers
Alan
Please don’t concern yourself with thinking you’re going on too much. There is definitely a light of some sort that is seen by the spirits, that alerts them to the persons ability to discern.
This is all great info for people who might not understand about rescue work as well as those who best qualify…those like you and your team who first and foremost have the best interests of the spirits needs in mind, and how important it is to establish communication. Of Prime importance. This being “led” to one another…in my experience that’s how it works. It’s how I “get around,” on the net, meeting people of like mind. Sometimes, I’m not sure just where I need to be, and with whom, so I just “ask” to be led. More often than not, it’s sometimes only a matter of hours or a day or so that I meet someone or somehow land on a website, hardly knowing how I got there. Prayer ..asking.
Spirits…spirit forms. I say forms, meaning the spirit body is another form, just as the physical form. From so many communications, or conversations with those who have passed on, the spirit body is described as quite solid, and just as real and tangible as the physical. As well, skin tones and textures, hair colors, all are the same as in physicality. That may be why some are confused and don’t realize they have passed on. They are very much the same individual in every detail.
It’s good that we have talked about the difference in a “ghost” and a spirit. Not at all the same. On doing some quick research, and asking “what’s the difference in a ghost and a spirit” …oh my…I won’t even go there with the many various views, but so many have it all wrong. I feel it’s so important that in educating people about spirit rescue, knowing this big difference is vital to having the correct understanding overall for the best approach, even on a personal level.
Thanks so much, Alan
Best regards,
Dolly
The difference in Spirits and Ghosts:
Ghosts:
Many believe that ghosts are the residual energy of a person, animal, or inanimate object. There is no “life force” as such left in it, but it simply plays out a set role or scene over and over again. Think of it being a bit like a DVD player that is set to repeat a particular scene in a film over and over again.
If a person has performed a repetitive act for a long period of time, it is believed by reputable paranormal researchers, that they leave an impression upon the surroundings, and this impression may stay in the surrounding area for a long time after this person has died. In some cases, hundreds of years.
There are exceptions to the repetitive playback ghost. One such exception are apparitions. These apparitions can be found on or near battlefield sites or at a location where a murder has occurred, or some other traumatic end, for example. Some paranormal investigators think that such traumatic events leave a massive imprint or groove in the area.
Spirits:
Lots of people believe that the terms ‘ghost’ and ‘Spirit’ can be used interchangeably, this however is not strictly true. A ghost is a recording or impression on a location, where as a spirit is believed to be a sentient presence or soul of an individual that has died but has remained in the material world. Some paranormal researchers/competent rescue workers believe that there are four main reasons (there can, of course, be many others) why a spirit may stay behind after bodily death, the first being that the spirit does not know that they have died and so therefore believe that they are still alive. There are also cases of spirits remaining in those places where their lives may have been taken and have not received closure. Then there are those who simply remain at home, or place of business, still too concerned about earthly desires and material things.
Another reason may be because the spirit has unfinished business to attend to before they feel that they are ready and can move on. The spirit may feel that they have things to bring to a close, for example, a project to finish or they may even want to make sure that a loved one is suitably taken care of. This desire to finish this type of business is sometimes strong enough to tie the spirit to the physical world until they have accomplished all that they feel they need to.
One main reason, and normally the shortest of hauntings, is a spirit that wishes to say goodbye before moving onto the afterlife. This type of haunting are commonly referred to as ‘crisis apparitions’. Normally the crisis apparition will appear to a loved one just after the time of death to let them know that they are doing well and that there is nothing to worry about. This, for me, is the most comforting of all apparitions as it gives us hope that there is an afterlife and that death is not to be feared.
There is one final reason why a spirit may stay with us on the material earth level and that is because the spirit individual believes that a loved one needs guidance to help them through a difficult situation or period in there life. The spirit can appear in a dream passing on information that the dreamer could not possibly have known prior to the dream such as locations of private documents. It’s been discovered through direct communication with disembodied spirits that they have remained “earth bound” for many hundreds of years.
Could not have put it better myself Dolly. Spot on and truly understood.
best regards
Alan.
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