Totally non horsey but ghosts/orbs!!

Juliag, your house definitely wins the prize for most haunted, Derek Acorah will be beating a path to your front door:) Seriously though, you are lucky that you can hear them because not everybody has the ability to do so. Fascinating place to live I bet.
 
A neighbours eldest son always chatted to someone told his mum he could see someone as well, even when they moved to another house nearby previously owned by a lovely elderly couple with no children he kept seeing an elderly ma, I told his mum about said couple and that they adored children and were very happy to have a young family in the house, their mum is from the Highlands and has "the sight"
 
My daughter...now aged 7...sees spirits. Always has done....she used to have a little girl come at night and sit on her bed and talk to her. The little girl used to mess around with the flower tassels on daughter lightshade....they did get tangled on a few occasions- I cannot explain how, as it is too high for a child to touch even standing in her bed:confused: Eventually I had to stand in the room and ask the little to stop coming as my daughter was tired from her visits....it tailed off after that.

Daughter has seen a 'floating grey lady' out in the woods when she was a about 3 - she asked me who the lady was on the path...no-one there at all:eek: then she was watching something going up into the trees, when I asked what she was looking at she said the lady is floating now. Nothing there again,apart from me with the hairs on my arms on end. She described my grandmother to a T...who died 20 years ago....

She quite often sees people in our house, and describes people she has never met which match descriptions of family members who are deceased. We dont have photos out in the house, so she has never seen pictures of them.

Not long after OH's auntie had died, daughter came into the kitchen to tell me she ( the aunt) had just come through the front door....we hadn't even told the kids she had passed away.

We used to hear footsteps and running on the landing and doors being opened- when I went upstairs both kids were fast asleep and obviously hadn't been out of bed.

OH has had his hair pulled and his cheek stroked.......

None of it is scary, as you get the feeling that uts just people popping in to say hello and keep an eye on us.
 
Snap, pricklyflower. When I said goodbye to my nan on her hospital bed, I told her to haunt me! But no moved vases or smashed plates yet. Lol. Grandma as always...she'd never do what you asked! Lol.
 
I used to live in an old pub, it dates back to Oliver Cromwell times - well, it was haunted by a lot of entities - it used to scare me witless.

I think there was a malevolence there as well, as there reportedly was a gallows at the top of the hill of the village. I loved that place, but hated it as well, as I was always scared! For years I thought it was just me, until my Father told me that he had experienced goings on there as well - like being pushed past in the pub when he was there alone doing the takings late at night. I used to see things - chairs moving, plates smashing and on two occasions the sound of footsteps reverberating around the public bar and not a soul there but myself.

Due to these experiences, my reaction is generally fear now if I feel/sense anything - but now my Dad is dead, I know he is protecting me. He has been in my dreams and I feel him around at times, not so much now, but very much after he died.

I am totally convinced of the existence of spirits - my experiences as a child were scary but interesting to say the least!
 
When I was little we lived in an old manor house that was undoubtably haunted.
It was quite a big old building and for a family of 4 with two young children it was too big, so the 'West-wing' the closed off and never used. Every morning, without fail the door to the west-wing, be it locked, closed properly etc it would be open.
The dog would never go up stairs (The door was at the top of the stairs) and Mum would quite often hear children playing or crying through the baby monitor to find my sister and I sound asleep.
My Mum spoke to the cleaner about it on one occasion and as she said there must be an explanation for it the light bulb (the screw in type) fell out of the light on the ceiling. When she went to pick it up it was stone cold despite being on for a while!

I our current house we have a floor to ceiling window that you can see the only route to the front door through from the lounge, (I'm looking through it now) and when we first moved here my sister was 2 and a half. One day she told Mum that somebody had walked past to the door, so my Mum went to the door to answer it to find nothing, she told my sister it must have been a bird and she replied "well, it was a bird with very long legs and a long black coat'. We have seen 'him' often since and think he is the local priest from around 150 years ago as he was hated in the village and often hid in our house, it was the bakery then (In the lounge we had a 3 foot wide round stone that came loose under the carpet and have discovered it to be a 'priest hole' where he would have hidden)

When we first moved here I was 5 and often saw a little girl standing at the top of the stairs and always feel a presence in my bedroom.
 
I have not seen anything, but I believe I have someone that looks out for me, as I have 2 near misses with bad injury/death, and I have been told before the incident. The first time, I was about 14, and I felt really ill, cold and sick, and just thought in my head, I am going to be knocked down crossing the road. I crossed the road so carefully. There was one lane of queuing traffic (dual carriageway 30mph though) and the other lane was still running. I got the central reservation fine, and then heard an almighty smash and scream behind me. A girl behind me had not checked past the queue of stationary traffic and had walked into the path of a motorbike. She lived, but suffered an agonising open fracture to the leg. This incident convinced me someone was willing me to take extra care that morning! The next incident was when I was about 22. I was a passenger in my boyfriends at the time car when we came to a junction. I suddenly got the same feeling as I had when I was 14, and looked up from reading the map, as my boyfriend pulled into the path of a speeding car which was about to hit me side on. I screamed stop, and he managed to stop in time to avoid the accident - he just had not seen the car, and it was travelling so fast. Had I not looked up, if I had not got 'the feeling', I don't think I would be here now, or at least badly injured. I think we all have someone looking out for us, we just need to recognise the signs.
 
See, those "orbs" on the photos would scream to me that the camera lens need cleaned!

Honestly, when was the last time you cleaned it? Could be dust on the lens, not the room :)

I believe in ghosts - we have one in the yard who comes around at night and checks all the horses are ok :) Which could be the reason why all the horses keep coming back to the yard!
 
I'm convinced that I have an angel who looks after me when I'm driving, I can think of half a dozen times in recent years when I change my route on a usual journey for no reason other than that I feel I have to...and each time there has been a prang on the route that I would normally have taken.

When my last husband was ill, his aunt was also very ill. He died at home and for about 6 months afterwards I would often wake up and feel a presence sitting on the side of the bed, very comforting. Just after he died the bedroom windows vibrated very softly for about a minute. But the most amazing happening was that the aunt died a week afterwards not knowing that John had died. She became very agitated just before she went, saying "John is coming to take me away somewhere and I don't know where it is..."
 
Its amazing how many 'horsey' people have had paranormal experiences.

Very briefly "Empaths" or people who a sensitive, typically have strong affinity with animals, and usually have more than one pet/animal in their lives.
They have a sense of adventure even daring and thrive in the outdoors. They cannot understand or tolerate violence and cruelty.
They are also good listeners and problem solvers.
 
this is really interesting, and what DH1 says rings true for a lot of people I know who've seen or felt things.

I'm not sure what I believe on this front, but certainly have had a few things occur which I cannot explain any other way...
when I was about 14 I took the dog out (as one of my daily chores) after school. It was this time of year, and foggy. Thick, damp fog on warm wet ground - welly weather! We crossed the road at the end of the drive and went onto the footpath that is about 50yards along the road. Over a little stream and then the track goes up a small hill and down the other side. I let the dog off the lead and she rushed about and stopped for a wee etc and then came back to me as usual. about halfway up the hill she pricked up her ears and was watching somebody/something. Thinking it was a rabbit or maybe another dog I looked up too. She then shot off barking, just as I spotted a silhouette (sp?) of a person in a long coat and wide brimmed hat, with what looked like a shotgun over one arm and a shooting stick in the other. I whistled the dog back but she stopped still, hackles up and still barking. As i caught up with her the figure disappeared - not walked off, or anything. Just disappeared. I put the dog's lead on and carried on. When we got to the top of the hill, where the figure had been the dog stopped dead, refused to carry on and sat down. There were no foot prints or anything in the mud. After a minute or two of trying to get the dog to move I gave up and went home. I was quite spooked for a long time.

When we first moved into the house my parents still live in, it was in quite a state. For ages I used to wake up convinced I'd heard someone walking down stairs, but the only stairs we had were carpeted and the steps sounded like on wooden stairs. I also used to hear what sounded like chickens roosting in my room. A few years ago I found out that my room had been the chicken coop when the house was a mill. My sister has heard someone talking to a child, when she's been on her own in the house, my mum has found things moved from where she left them and put in really odd places, especially recently when she's been there on her own (sister and I moved out and Dad out or at work), all quite consistent with how the building was used previously.
 
Very interesting post...and I'm a bit of a sceptic! Or rather I was a total sceptic until we lost my Mum and now I'm a bit more open minded! :)
After Mum passed away I wasn't coping very well at all and decided I'd go & see a medium or whatever you call them. Some of the things she said were generic comments, some of the things she said made me think a bit more!!!! She commented on the fact that my Mum & Dad were not together & that my Dad wasn't a very good bloke and assured me that wherever Mum is it's no where near him (which I was fretting about, as silly as that sounds! He'd made her life miserable while they were here & I didn't want him anywhere near her wherever she'd gone to).
She told me that Mum had gone to a much higher plane which was unusual for a spirit to go so quickly but she was very much free from pain now & so could go to the next level - I don't know what all that is about as I'm not very clued up about the whole psychic thing!
There were other bits & bobs that she couldn't have known & the main thing is I came away feeling much better and I felt like I will actually see her again in x number of years.
I would probably go back.
As for strange experiences - not exactly ghostly but when I was a child I used to predict people turning up at the house or meeting them in town etc. Numerous times I'd said that my Dad was going to visit (no visits planned) and my Mum would just say 'really love? that's nice' and lo & behold he'd be on the doorstep later that evening, totally unannounced! :eek:
My Mum always said I am my Grandma 'come back' - she died 3 years to the day before I was born, died at 3:10am and I was born at 3:10am and I weighed 3lb 10oz! I also get my red hair from her. Probably just coincidence!
My Mum had a visit from her Dad wo had passed away years earlier - on the night before her wedding he came & stood at the bottom of her bed, people said he'd be giving her his blessing but in hindsight I think he was perhaps trying to stop her making a mistake! :rolleyes:
One thing I have never been able to understand is why Mum hasn't visited me since her passing - we were very close & I'm the baby of the family & I just expected her to come to see me (tho it would have freaked me out a bit in the beginning!) - if any of you guys who are 'up' on all this stuff have any thoughts it'd be interesting to hear them!
 
Hun...your mum probably has been to visit you...you just aren't aware of it.
They don't come and move stuff around all the time;)
I don't see people the way my daughter does- I sense things, get feelings about stuff and occasionally I am aware of people out of the corner of my eye.

There are books by spiritualists who can help you to develop your abilities. I tried once, having been told I have the ability...but I do get a bit scared even though I am very interested. Activity in our house increased around that time to the point where I wanted it to stop...being scared of going to the loo in the night in case of doors opening/closing isn't good:eek:
 
poppymoo said:
being scared of going to the loo in the night in case of doors opening/closing isn't good:eek:
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LOL! I think I would buy plastic sheets instead...! :D

Hun...your mum probably has been to visit you...you just aren't aware of it
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You're probably right - I'm not the most sensitive, in-tune with my feelings type of person - in fact hubby says I'm as sensitive as a brick!!!!! I just would have thought that for my Mum I def would have picked up on something? :confused:
It does make me a bit sad as I'm 31 weeks pregnant with my 1st baby & the saddest part of it for me is knowing that she won't benefit from having a Nan-Nan like my Nieces & Nephew had - she was a fantastic Mum but she was the best Nan in the world! Maybe she'll visit once her Grandaughter has arrived...?:)
 
Sarah1 said:
LOL! I think I would buy plastic sheets instead...! :D



You're probably right - I'm not the most sensitive, in-tune with my feelings type of person - in fact hubby says I'm as sensitive as a brick!!!!! I just would have thought that for my Mum I def would have picked up on something? :confused:
It does make me a bit sad as I'm 31 weeks pregnant with my 1st baby & the saddest part of it for me is knowing that she won't benefit from having a Nan-Nan like my Nieces & Nephew had - she was a fantastic Mum but she was the best Nan in the world! Maybe she'll visit once her Grandaughter has arrived...?:)
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I'm sure she will.

OH's cousin is a 'proper' psychic.....she once told me she knew we were coming over because my gran had called in to tell her:eek:
When you're in her house, OH's cousin will be having a conversation with you, but looking elsewhere- its because she can see 'others' all around- bit freaky, and I never know they are there....but they are.

So...your mum will know all about whats going on, and she will be visiting to see her new grandchild.:).....even if you don't know it.
 
poppymoo said:
I'm sure she will.

OH's cousin is a 'proper' psychic.....she once told me she knew we were coming over because my gran had called in to tell her:eek:
When you're in her house, OH's cousin will be having a conversation with you, but looking elsewhere- its because she can see 'others' all around- bit freaky, and I never know they are there....but they are.

So...your mum will know all about whats going on, and she will be visiting to see her new grandchild.:).....even if you don't know it.
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Crickey thats amazing, gave me goosebumps!!!!!!

Thanks, I bet you're right, just because I'm not aware of her doesn't mean she's not there I suppose! :)
 
I work at Hampton Court Palace, visitors are always coming up to the staff and showing us the orb photo's they have just taken.
To begin with I was a sceptic and convinced it was just dust, however having been there for a couple of years now I've seen and heard a few things and I'm begining to think there may be something in it. I'm more open minded but still not sure, as someone else mentioned maybe they just need to clean the lens!
Quite a few of my colleagues have seen ghosts, I've not but objects behind ropes have moved, plates, cups and bowls have been stacked up (I've been told it's something called symetrical stacking) and window shutters and doors have been shut after I've opened them and I don't mean just closed too I mean properly bolted shut when there has been no one else around. I've also heard voices and footsteps. I am becoming more open minded. Most of the time it doesn't bother me as I don't get a bad feeling but there is one room that gives me a horrible feeling and I have to get out of it, I can't stand in it.
 
hve loved reading these posts. i sensed a ghost when i was a small child. probably about 4 or 5. we were staying at my aunts very old farmhouse and there was a room jst off the kitchen. can still picture it now. for some reason i went in there, altho it was a disused room. huge fireplace opposite the door. i felt something/one was in there with me. a cold, odd feeling, not scared, just odd. i never mentioned it, being so young had no idea what it was. yrs later it came out that each family member had seen an old farmer in a smock standing at the end of the bed. they'd never told each other about it until yrs after the farm had been sold.

also i saw something in a hotel bedroom in ventnor, isle of wight about 8 yrs ago. i woke up in the night and saw this human shaped shadow standing at the top of the steps that lead down to the bathroom. i didnt feel particularly scared, but i couldnt bring myself to wake my then husband up to tell him, i jst kept my eyes closed till the feeling left me.

i also believe there was a cat in my house, altho my house is not so old! many occasions i hve felt something rub on my legs or feet when sat on the sofa. i thought it was my imagination the first couple of times. i hve two cats now and havent felt this happen for a long time, so maybe he moved out when mine moved in. who knows, but there are definitely spirits out there. i often get "feelings" about places.

crumbs, this has just come back to me. several yrs ago, i was a passenger in a car being driven home and i saw a man run across the road right in front of the car. no one else saw it. glad i wasnt driving coz i'd hve probably caused an accident. this occured near a very old pub thats meant to be haunted.
 
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Sarah1 said:
One thing I have never been able to understand is why Mum hasn't visited me since her passing - we were very close & I'm the baby of the family & I just expected her to come to see me (tho it would have freaked me out a bit in the beginning!) - if any of you guys who are 'up' on all this stuff have any thoughts it'd be interesting to hear them!
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That is exactly how I feel too! I'm sure if she could've come then she would have which made me doubt whether there is anything afterwards.... I also went to a medium. there were things she said only mum and I would know which gave me some comfort but nothing like knowing that mum had come and seen me.

I had a counsellor for a while after mum passed away and she gave me a lovely book to read with my daughter, it was about some insects who noticed that other insects used to go above the water and not come back and they all made a pact with each other to make sure that the first one that went, came back to tell the others. The first one went but never came back, so did the second, third, etc and when they all went up out of the water they all came together and realised it wasn't because they didn't care about what they'd promised, it was because they couldn't come back to tell the others what was out there.

That did give me some comfort but when I hear about other people who are visited it makes me wonder why my mum hasn't come back to see me.
 
I work as a spiritualist medium and to be honest I can't tell a thing from orbs on photographs, but I have seen moving lights when working with spirit. I do think that a lot of photographs are simply dust and I have one of my children taken in woods that looks like there are hundreds of orbs on them, but I know for a fact that it was insects! I'm not discounting all photographs of orbs by any means, but sometimes people see what they want to see without looking for alternative explanations, and once you can rule out the alternatives then it's worth considering the possibility of genuine orbs.

Sarah1 - sorry to hear about the loss of your mum, sometimes I find when people are desperate for contact it is actually harder, the desperation seems to act as a block and often you find that once you are more relaxed about things that that is when you get experiences. Meditation often helps to relax the mind enough to be open to thing happening, although if you know you would be frightened the last thing that your mum will want to do is frighten you and so will be hanging back a little anyway. I've also found some who struggle to contact loved ones initially, it must be like learning a new skill and it can take a while to get messages through. Take heart that she will still be loving and watching you though, and often when we dream of lost loved ones it is how they are able to connect with us more easily.
 
pricklyflower said:
That did give me some comfort but when I hear about other people who are visited it makes me wonder why my mum hasn't come back to see me.
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I wouldn't think that she hasn't. But maybe she doesn't want to upset you - and it can be a shock. When my father first visited me - after his death but before we had been told of it - I was completely gobsmacked and thought I must have dozed off. The second time was when I was asleep, I knew by then that he was dead, it was a couple of days later, and I woke and he was at the foot of the bed watching me. I told him that he frightened me, that I wasn't used to him (I hadn't seen him since I was 8) and please could he go away. I've been told since that he has watched me and is proud but tbh that's a bit hurtful as I'd have given so much for any attention from him during his life after my parents split up.

Mum on the other hand; I was the one who "gave her permission to go" when she was in a vegetative state, so she knows I said goodbye. She hasn't just turned up in my house or anything. I catch sight of her occasionally at places where she knows I'd be. I talk to her sometimes, even though I can't see her, because of course where she always is is in my heart.

Perhaps you could try talking to your mum. What I say is as mundane as "Mum this would have driven you absolutely mad" or "Oh I wish you'd seen that" but it makes sense to me. Perhaps she's near and knows, as she's in my heart I know she understands and I guess your mum does too.
 
My next door nieghbour lost her partner a few years back he died in the house he just satup one morning and next min he just collapsed and died know her dog just barks and looks in one corner of her front room where his old chair is , she even says she can fill him around and talks to him
We even have strange going on with footsteps along hallway ,lights being switched on ,tv being switched on radio being switch on I really dontlike my kids room I have a feeling about it I don't like even one night my kid woke up screaming saying his lights kept switching on he no longer sleeps in that room
 
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