(05-20-2010 09:38 PM)jeff Wrote:  Goonis38,

If you have had an encounter, what did your senses tell you? I believe odors are like anchors for our memories. Haven't you ever smelled some odor and immediately recall a specific event or person? I've caught a wiff of something I hadn't smelled in many years when I was driving through a certain part of the city, I just couldn't quite make the connection, but I was very close. Same goes for certain colors of light. How do you recall an encounter?

One other thing, I had been reading books for weeks, and many of these ghost stories all had common elements. You'd be surprised how many stories always include hearing heavy foot steps. It was a nice clear day, I was reading yet another story when I thought I heard something. I kept reading and I heard what sounded like someone walking on the roof of the house. I ignored it and kept on reading, and the steps kept getting even louder. I stopped reading. I could still hear the foot steps on the roof. I immediately suspected I was the victim of "auto-suggestion." So, I sat there and visualized some guy dressed like a pirate walking on my roof. The foot steps stopped, and didn't start again.

I don't always jump to what is considered "the obvious."

(05-20-2010 09:55 PM)GypsyMoon Wrote:  Good point I find this article intresting called "Right under our noses" The Importance of Smell to Science and our Lives
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1751
Also our olfactory system can tell us something is wrong with Phantom Smells its just another type of Hallucination.
The The Medical Consumer's Advocate http://www.doctorhoffman.com/wwphant.htm
Says:This symptom, which is known to doctors as an "olfactory hallucination," is potentially very worrisome. Olfactory hallucinations are occasionally a symptom of a brain tumor, so you need to bring this problem to the attention of a neurologist immediately. Olfactory hallucinations may also be a symptom of epilepsy; once again, you would be best served by consulting with a neurologist.
In general, a variety of things can go wrong with one’s sense of smell. Another name for what you describe is "phantosmia" (phantom smells). Some folks suffer from "parosmia," which is a distortion of the sense of smell. In other words, there really is an odor present, but the patient does not perceive it correctly. A fresh bowl of strawberries may smell like garbage. In one particular form of parosmia, cacosmia, the patient frequently smells fecal matter when this odor is not actually present. Absent or reduced sense of smell (anosmia and hyposmia) has already been addressed in this column.
What causes these odd disorders? Aside from the occasional patient with psychiatric problems, most disturbances of the sense of smell are probably due to an injury to the olfactory pathways. Smell is a chemical sense– when you smell something, your brain is perceiving specific airborne molecules. These molecules bind to receptors in the olfactory epithelium, which is the tissue that lines the back of the roof of the nasal cavity. Nerve impulses are generated, which travel first to the olfactory bulb, then to other areas deeper within the brain. Damage to any of these tissues may cause a distorted sense of smell.
What do I mean by "damage"? Infection (especially viral infection, such as the common cold, or flu) and trauma are perhaps the most common mechanisms of injury, but tumor is easily the most worrisome mechanism of injury. Trauma includes both blunt head trauma, such as might be suffered from a car accident, and surgical trauma. Exposure to toxic chemicals and ingestion of certain drugs can also injure one’s sense of smell, although these more commonly cause anosmia or hyposmia than phantosmia.
Because of the very real concern for a problem with your brain, such as a brain tumor, you should first see a neurologist. You may also need to see an ear, nose, and throat specialist, but I personally would start with a neurologist.
Both good articles and very relevant to the smell topic .. So there are other possiblitys other then paranormal.

(05-20-2010 09:04 PM)GypsyMoon Wrote:  Missing or misplaced Items seem more like a Feary then a Demon or Ghost. Might I suggest reading Witches Guide to Faery Folk by Edain McCoy? I think it might shed some light on these type of tricksters.

(05-20-2010 04:34 PM)spook-e Wrote:  Something that weirds me out to this day has something to do with with water jugs that we order.

We would order these 8 gallon jugs of water- and I mean they are heavy- for our water cooler in the kitchen. One morning I woke up, and they were scattered along the sidewalk, in the driveway, the backyard, and in the pool, which was filled with water.

Note that I am a light sleeper and happen to sleep in the living room. I would have heard any mishap outside, or the dogs barking, as they do not like strangers at all.

Dispite this, we gathered them back up, and it has not happened since.


I actually wrote about this one. Was it, eight months ago? I can't seem to find the logic behind any of it.


Spook.