I just was on an interesting topic, that maid me realize something. For some reason I am unable to see our unseen friends. I can feel, hear, and smell.
So I was wondering if you guy's would tell me some of the things you have seen? And what you believe each one of them to be? I would appreciate it... It would help me to understand more of my own experiences. Thank you!!

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"Be who you are, and say what you want
Because those that matter, don't mind
And those that mind, don't matter"

~Dr Suess~

I can tell you what I have believed to have been an apparition of a little girl I saw when I was growing up. She appeared to me almost as a faded photograph. She wasn't transparent exactly....but ethereal I guess. She didn't float or anything.

The other apparition I saw a lot of was in the kitchen of an elderly woman. Again, like the little girl...she appeared much as a faded photograph. There were others I would see at times, but those two stood out as ones that seemed to always be there.

Now keep in mind, I'm in the process of analyzing and debunking some of the things I experienced as a child...although to me, my experience was very real, and I am grateful for it...it got me started on a quest that has the potential to keep me busy for a very long time!

When I was 13 I was walking the railroad tracks with a friend. We were a few miles out from anywhere. There was a man in his fifties, and there really wasn't anything odd about the fellow, except he started a conversation with me about God. He kept asking me what I thought. I believe that man was an angel, he certainly wasn't a bum, he wasn't drunk, or on drugs, he spoke intelligently, and the topic was very interesting to me, but totally out of the ordinary as people go. My friend and I started to continue our hiking. I looked back once and this fellow was nowhere to be seen. I've never forgotten the encounter.

Six, almost seven years later, I was walking home after work and arrived at home around 2:20 AM. There was plenty of moon light. Everyone in the house was asleep and I entered silently through the front door, and crossed the livingroom, I almost stepped into the Diningroom when someone stepped directly in front of me, blocking me. Looked like a male about an inch taller than I. So, I apologized for a near collision with my brother. He didn't move, or make a sound, or gesture anything..., just stood there blocking me.

I backed up a little and tried to see his face, but couldn't see any of his features. I tried using my peripheral vision which didn't help, and while I was facing slightly left, he exited the dining room to my right without making a sound. Then I suspected it was a burglar, and raced after him but this guy would have to fly. I was pretty quick on my feet, as I walked quickly home every evening. And he didn't make any sound at all.
First time I every saw anything like this, and I couldn't make sense out of it. I concluded it wasn't human because of its appearance, or lack of appearance. I moved out of the house on July 4, 1976. My younger brother moved into my room. Not long afterward, he saw three of these things coming up through the floor. Scared him so bad he slept with the lights on even years after leaving home. I didn't find out about this until a few years later. I had not spoke a word about my encounter, as our parents were in the process of separating and I didn't want to add any more turmoil to what was going on. I still don't know exactly what these things are, but have learned many people call them "shadow people." They were not the least bit shy about making their presence known. All of my brothers and my father each had an encounter. I never asked my mother.

I'd like to preface the next story. I've walked down into this basement many times without any flashlight, and maybe just a hint of moonlight.

Then, just some months ago near the end of winter I felt a chill, so I turned the thermostat up a little, but the furnace didn't respond. So I headed for the basement door in near total darkness. There wasn't even any moon light, and I was a little uncomfortable after taking just two steps down stairs. The only way to turn a light on or off is if you are already in the basement..., not switches at the top of the stairs. I'm accustomed to darkness as even the slightest bit of light reveals something. I move about in the darkness based mostly on my memory. I've lived here for many years. I was getting a bad vibe, so I closed the basement door and went to get a flashlight and a fresh lightbulb. When I opened the basement door, the light was on. I reset the furnace, didn't touch the light or the string and that light burned 24 hours 7 days a week well into the Spring. Then I thought, maybe the light was never off. Maybe something was concealing it like it did at the top of the stairs..., I couldn't even see any moonlight. What was it? It seemed like a very dark fog to me. Boo!

(05-19-2010 08:48 PM)scarygirl67 Wrote:  I can tell you what I have believed to have been an apparition of a little girl I saw when I was growing up. She appeared to me almost as a faded photograph. She wasn't transparent exactly....but ethereal I guess. She didn't float or anything.

The other apparition I saw a lot of was in the kitchen of an elderly woman. Again, like the little girl...she appeared much as a faded photograph. There were others I would see at times, but those two stood out as ones that seemed to always be there.

Now keep in mind, I'm in the process of analyzing and debunking some of the things I experienced as a child...although to me, my experience was very real, and I am grateful for it...it got me started on a quest that has the potential to keep me busy for a very long time!

Ok... So they looked like the way a person would look if you where to look in the kitchen? Where they standing there doing something? Or where they looking at you? and was the faded photograph, black and white? or color? Thank you for the info very interested, because I can't see what's going on around me. And i find it interesting to have that finale since. Did you say that you are debunking this, how are you coming along with that? Mel

Well...the only way I know how to describe it...there was a grayish, yellow quality to them. Not black and white...but faded. I wish I could describe it better, but this was a long time ago...and I don't want to create any false memories by focusing on it too much. I have seen strange things since then...and definitely shadows that didn't appear to have an origin...but those stood out in my mind.

With the debunking....in this case, there are far too many unknowns. I have opened up to a lot of theories about what MIGHT have caused it..but I haven't debunked everything completely. Most of which I probably never will be able to, because there was just too much potential evidence lost over time. I know my father probably wishes he had known a lot of what is known now about debunking paranormal...much of it were theories he had about it long ago!

All that aside...it hasn't made me not believe in spirit encounters. It has just made me more careful about what other causes there might have been for what I saw as a child.

I do know this...seeing what may have been a spirit never frightened me. People have scared me....never spirits.

(05-19-2010 09:09 PM)jeff Wrote:  When I was 13 I was walking the railroad tracks with a friend. We were a few miles out from anywhere. There was a man in his fifties, and there really wasn't anything odd about the fellow, except he started a conversation with me about God. He kept asking me what I thought. I believe that man was an angel, he certainly wasn't a bum, he wasn't drunk, or on drugs, he spoke intelligently, and the topic was very interesting to me, but totally out of the ordinary as people go. My friend and I started to continue our hiking. I looked back once and this fellow was nowhere to be seen. I've never forgotten the encounter.

Six, almost seven years later, I was walking home after work and arrived at home around 2:20 AM. There was plenty of moon light. Everyone in the house was asleep and I entered silently through the front door, and crossed the livingroom, I almost stepped into the Diningroom when someone stepped directly in front of me, blocking me. Looked like a male about an inch taller than I. So, I apologized for a near collision with my brother. He didn't move, or make a sound, or gesture anything..., just stood there blocking me.

I backed up a little and tried to see his face, but couldn't see any of his features. I tried using my peripheral vision which didn't help, and while I was facing slightly left, he exited the dining room to my right without making a sound. Then I suspected it was a burglar, and raced after him but this guy would have to fly. I was pretty quick on my feet, as I walked quickly home every evening. And he didn't make any sound at all.
First time I every saw anything like this, and I couldn't make sense out of it. I concluded it wasn't human because of its appearance, or lack of appearance. I moved out of the house on July 4, 1976. My younger brother moved into my room. Not long afterward, he saw three of these things coming up through the floor. Scared him so bad he slept with the lights on even years after leaving home. I didn't find out about this until a few years later. I had not spoke a word about my encounter, as our parents were in the process of separating and I didn't want to add any more turmoil to what was going on. I still don't know exactly what these things are, but have learned many people call them "shadow people." They were not the least bit shy about making their presence known. All of my brothers and my father each had an encounter. I never asked my mother.

I'd like to preface the next story. I've walked down into this basement many times without any flashlight, and maybe just a hint of moonlight.

Then, just some months ago near the end of winter I felt a chill, so I turned the thermostat up a little, but the furnace didn't respond. So I headed for the basement door in near total darkness. There wasn't even any moon light, and I was a little uncomfortable after taking just two steps down stairs. The only way to turn a light on or off is if you are already in the basement..., not switches at the top of the stairs. I'm accustomed to darkness as even the slightest bit of light reveals something. I move about in the darkness based mostly on my memory. I've lived here for many years. I was getting a bad vibe, so I closed the basement door and went to get a flashlight and a fresh lightbulb. When I opened the basement door, the light was on. I reset the furnace, didn't touch the light or the string and that light burned 24 hours 7 days a week well into the Spring. Then I thought, maybe the light was never off. Maybe something was concealing it like it did at the top of the stairs..., I couldn't even see any moonlight. What was it? It seemed like a very dark fog to me. Boo!

Jeff... your so funny with your boo. But really on those shadow people my daughter saw one. She is eight, and she doesn't make up story's. And she said mommy I saw you... Mommy trying to sneak around the corner in my room, I saw you. I was laying on the bed in the other room playing with the dog, and I said what Chloe? I wasn't in your room. And she said yeees... No I wasn't. Then she got scared, and I said what did it look like? She said a little taller than you, I'm 5'5 and black all the way down, with a white face. And I said what did the face look like? And she said I couldn't see a face, it was like blank. SCARY... Oh yea she said when it saw that she saw it, it moved really fast away like you said. I just tried to tell her it was her imagination, what do you do? She is to young, and I don't want her to be frightened. She has blocked it out. I guess she has never talked about it again. and sleeps fine in her room...
Now on your other experience, I don't know? But that's something else, there is so much to try and understand... Thank you too. Mel

Goonis- I have only seen a solid shadow person before. It is one of the only paranormal experiences that I have had that I know 100% was real. It was during the day. I was fully awake. It walked down the hallway in my home. I was standing in the hallway bathroom, with the door open. It was about 6'6" or 6'5" tall. It was as broad as my hall. I would say, maybe 5" on either side of it to the walls. It looked like it had a blanket thrown over it. You could see a human shape, but no definition. It was solid black in color. It faced forward and walked down the hall. Never looked in my direction. I regret not reaching out and touching it. I ran out of the bathroom, but it was gone.

(05-19-2010 10:12 PM)scarygirl67 Wrote:  Well...the only way I know how to describe it...there was a grayish, yellow quality to them. Not black and white...but faded. I wish I could describe it better, but this was a long time ago...and I don't want to create any false memories by focusing on it too much. I have seen strange things since then...and definitely shadows that didn't appear to have an origin...but those stood out in my mind.

With the debunking....in this case, there are far too many unknowns. I have opened up to a lot of theories about what MIGHT have caused it..but I haven't debunked everything completely. Most of which I probably never will be able to, because there was just too much potential evidence lost over time. I know my father probably wishes he had known a lot of what is known now about debunking paranormal...much of it were theories he had about it long ago!

All that aside...it hasn't made me not believe in spirit encounters. It has just made me more careful about what other causes there might have been for what I saw as a child.

I do know this...seeing what may have been a spirit never frightened me. People have scared me....never spirits.

Ok I understand just like an old photo, that gets yellowish from age and sunlight I can imagine what your saying. I'm starting to understand what your saying about people being more scary than this kind of thing. But it does take some getting used to, I'll tell ya

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(05-19-2010 10:44 PM)Ali Wrote:  Goonis- I have only seen a solid shadow person before. It is one of the only paranormal experiences that I have had that I know 100% was real. It was during the day. I was fully awake. It walked down the hallway in my home. I was standing in the hallway bathroom, with the door open. It was about 6'6" or 6'5" tall. It was as broad as my hall. I would say, maybe 5" on either side of it to the walls. It looked like it had a blanket thrown over it. You could see a human shape, but no definition. It was solid black in color. It faced forward and walked down the hall. Never looked in my direction. I regret not reaching out and touching it. I ran out of the bathroom, but it was gone.

You know I was just thinking that about Jeff's story and yours. People are in such shock when these things happen. You don't know how to react... Then afterwards it's like I wish I would of said this, or done that. If there is a next time, you can be ready.

I have grown up seeing shadow people, and still do at times, although things have calmed down. I have seen full bodied apparitions, although not to often. The one that really sticks out in my mind is the one that i talked about on TGT. The ghost girl at the top of the stairs.

This was a few years ago as we where buying a house. As we did our last walk through before we went to the attorneys office to sign the papers, there was this girl standing at the top of the stairs. She was a young girl with long blond hair and a white lacy dress on. Her hair was partially pulled up on the sides in a barette. She looked down at me with the saddest look on her face. she turned and walked into one of the bedrooms. Now, we had just been upstairs, so no one was there.

Well, i immediatly told the realtor and my husband who where only a few feet away from me. My realtor knew of my gifts and said, now you cant back out now..... lloll.. i have to laugh as it did not scare me.

I never saw her again, but realized very quickly that she was warning me of what was to come in that house. By then it was to late, we had moved in and thats when it all broke loose. We sold the house a year later, and lost all of our money we had put into it. It was worth getting out of there with our safety and sanity.

We can get warnings from the spirit world, not only of bad entities, but also of negativity around the area. The house ended up being a money pit, although it passed inspection, and the guy next door was a nut, and that a nice way to put it. He really needed to be locked behind closed doors.

The thing is, the neighborhood was wonderful and the people where very nice. We just happened to move in beside the village idiot, we called him. I wont go into detail, but things got so violent that we moved out in one year and put the house on the market, it was not safe to live there any more. It took us 15 months to sell the house.

Bottom line is, i wish i had gone with my instincts when i saw the girl, but, we where so in love with the house, our hearts over ruled our heads, and all logic.

I have seen a grey outline of a person standing at the top of our stairs off of our livingroom as a child. My mother and brother had also seen it at seperate times. We never felt any bad vibes off of it, so we just started calling it george. Every night when we would go to bed we would say goodnight to George as well. I have seen only shadows both dark and grey, I believe them to be spirits. I used to have a cat, (salem) that could tell when one was around, his ears would lay back and he would give this aweful growling hiss. My mother said, (even to this day) that I attract them. We are native american and view spirits a bit differently I guess. I have seen, heard, smelled, and felt them for a very long time. Which, is the predominate reason why I became a member here, as most have I'm sure.