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Recent Paranormal Experiences

U F Orange by CantunSEEit74

While investigating and contacting many on my Stick Indian encounter, and talking to UFO Washington, I shared my only UFO sighting with him. He assured me the military will not bother people anymore for reporting them so after five years now I will share my only UFO sighting. I told the man who boug...

House Haunts 2 by Tweed

This was typed up yesterday, Sunday, but I was way too tired to submit it. So went to bed. While going to bed something else odd occurred which I'll tack onto the end. - Well now, didn't expect to be updating this quite so soon but here we are. It would appear this new place be certifiably h...

Black Hooded Shadow Figure And Two Black Cloaked People by Aquamari

On two separate occasions, I have recently seen things. The first thing I saw was on the street around the corner from my street. I was driving and stopped at the stop sign. I looked to the left. Right there on the road but to the side was a shadow like figure. It looked like a stick figure with a h...

I Think I Saw My Father's Doppelgänger by theyluvdea

My name is Deasia, I'm 15 but I was 14 when this happened in January or February of 2023. I know I wasn't hallucinating or having delusions, I was sitting on the couch it was around 10 or 11 pm. All my family members have gone to sleep and I'm always the last one to fall asleep in the house. I remem...

Haunted Historic Mansion In Akron by Linjahaha

Last year in 2023, when a lot of the pandemic restrictions were lifted, my two friends, and I went to the beautiful Hower House in Akron, Ohio that sits not too far from Akron University with a Sorority house nearby. I feel I should supply you with some significant background (I know, I know. Here...

Did Something Followed Me? by lwgrn4real66

If you read about my prior published true unexplained experience (sorry, kind of lengthy), but that experience was back to back for about an hour and half, which I had experienced. Long story short, things started happening in numbers of "five". I think something may have followed me to my dad's...

Very Unexplained Experiences by lwgrn4real66

My sister had a property on Des Voignes Road in Denison, Tx. It was recently sold. I had visited her for years, and had even lived there twice. Nothing "unexplained" ever happened until my second time living there. This time, my wife and I lived in a thirty foot camper, under a metal rv cover, besid...

Multiple Haunting Experiences Almost Everyday by MOONxCHILD1985

Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, NY 1/8/24 9:40 pm My husband and I and our cat are residents at the Long Beach Hotel. One day my cat and I heard a knock on my door in room 325. I called out "who is it?" but nobody answered. I walked towards the door and saw no shadow underneath the door, heard no ...

My Dad's Story by DreamBird

As a little girl growing up in the 1970s, I had a pet guinea pig. My two sisters and I each had our own guinea pigs and we loved these little guys. Mine, unfortunately, got sick and passed away. I was devastated. My Dad got a shoe box, which we decorated, and placed the deceased guinea pig in. Dad e...

Sounds During Solar Eclipse by StarBird

I am unsure if this ties into anything from my last bit I posted. But it's currently 3:13 as I write this, and it's during the Solar Eclipse, and I'm hearing stuff. Way more than usual in the house, and it's not even coming from in the house. I keep hearing knocking on my doors, and no one is here. ...

Wth Case Files 2 by valkricry

A bit of background; I live in an old Victorian house, circa 1875. Obviously, being over a century old a good many have lived and died here. I would not go as far as to say it's haunted, but we do seem to get quite a few otherworldly visitors; random spirits passing through, the occasional relative...

Historic Haunt by Linjahaha

Way back in 1972, I was involved in a Summer Co-ed Work/Job Training Program that was set up through the High School, Willoughby South High, that I attended. I secured a position at the historic Garfield Home Museum in Mentor, Ohio, as a tour guide. I had been to that museum a couple times growing ...

Linkwood House by K8lyn003

I would love to share the several stories I have! I have been trying to tell others my stories my entire life and have gotten looked at like I was nuts. My stories go back to before I was even born, and as far back as I can possibly remember up until I was around 17 when I moved out. In Brack-Ex...

Local Hero? Or Is It Actually My Guardian Angel? by blosomes

Remember I use to go to a particular shopping mall back in my hometown in Brazil? I used to experience or should I say witness a ghostly boy in blue shirt saving people or kicking bad guy's a$$? Well, for those who are new or do not remember those stories there is one story posted with this account ...

Knocking At My Window? by Sign_Me_up

I still get the creeps when telling this story. About 9 months ago, at the end of July, my family and I went on vacation to a spot in Virginia (We've been going to the same spot for 5 years straight.) It was the middle of the night when I woke up to this light tapping at the window across fro...

Seeing Red Eyes At Night, Need Help by StarBird

Bit of background first, the first time this happened it was a number of years ago and I was probably at least 13 or 14 years old the first time it happened. The area I live in is kind of rural. I live across from an orchard, with one house on a small hill above us right next door, and one slightly ...

I Met My Grandpa's Doppelganger by reinzta

This happened to me back in the year 2022 when I met my lolo's (grandfather's) doppelganger. It was a very cold night and the time was 2:30 AM in the morning. Let me explain so you can understand it clearly. My grandfather was in an inuman which is like a drinking event here in the Philippines wh...

A Traffic Controller's Ghost Story Part 3 by AussieRedDog

The new year crept in like a thief in the night and already I was back out Traffic Controlling. Yep, got my daily dose of abuse from drivers, marking another effing year of no thanks but how dare you hold us back for five minutes, wasting our days blah blah blah. This time I was doing another one of...

The Haunting Of My House by I_love_ducks24

During the first 8 months of me living here in this house that was built in the 1800s. I saw a black shadow figure of a girl that dragged my dog under the bed. My dog was held under my bed for 10 minutes. My parents didn't believe what I saw until they had their own experience. One night my sister...

Unfortunate Events by I_love_ducks24

I'm sorry but this is going to be a long story. In 2017 my family moved into a new house that was built in the 1800s. Our first 8 months were fine even though I felt really uneasy. My parents got me a little dog to help calm my nerves which helped me. Until one night I was bringing food to my room a...

What Is This Entity? by T0PH4T

My name is Brooke, this story isn't mine, it is my dad's story, however my dad is a psychic medium and doesn't lie when it comes to things like this. This story involves my dad who we are going to just call John (not his real name for privacy reasons) and three women who I'm going to call Linda, Jan...

New Home New Haunts by Tweed

As the title suggests this is about moving into a new home and I'm pretty sure it comes with ghosties. Most of this narrative was written before the move. There's a bit at the end which was added today, 30th March. Since I moved back to Australia I've wanted to live in my childhood hometown ag...

Is That Me? (my Doppelganger) by sudabi777

I am working as a BPO employee in BGC, Taguig. Originally, I am from Laguna, but I am currently renting an apartment in Taguig by myself. Every weekend, I travel back home in Laguna, ideally after shift. I am on a graveyard shift, my schedules starts at 2 in the morning. Let me also describe a l...

Black Panther, Trying To Get My Foot by Garm99

Before I lived where I do now, I use to live in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Alabama, specifically in Crestwood, on south hall RD. The house was not really old and had been built in 1963 or there about. From what I remember we really did not have any other kids in the neighborhood it was full of...

Two Fiascos, Two Unusual Rescues by Linjahaha

This date of infamy took place in 1972 just two weeks after I turned 18 years old. I became engaged to Bill, my former first husband, and biggest mistake of my life. Unfortunately, that misfortune was not known to me at the time. It took some years to learn. I was dating him for close to a year whe...

Haunted Encounter by dazybloop

On a Wednesday night, my boyfriend and I went on a romantic date to a hotel. Everything seemed perfect as we cuddled together, but suddenly, my boyfriend's demeanor changed. He expressed feeling negative vibes in the room, particularly near the cupboard where I had retrieved my blanket earlier. Goos...

Rum Runners Torment by granpaul

I used to be an atheist until this happened. A friend of mine bought a house with his wife and invited me and my spouse over for the housewarming party. We brought some dishes and a cake as gifts and put the dishes and the cake in the kitchen while we went to the living room to watch a movie. The m...

Somebody Wants Attention, I Think! by MW

I moved to Suffolk around 9 years ago with my son. I met my (now) husband a couple of years prior to that. We both had unhappy previous relationships. We decided to move in together. We have a blended family and kids are now 12, 16 and 18. We were essentially "starting again" and had to look for ...

The Lady On The Abandoned Road! by Its_roshhh

So this incident took place in Mumbai back in 2016 when I was 16yo. I was preparing for board exams and used to take classes for late. Once I got very late and left the class around 10:30pm. So there were 2 routes that lead to my home, 1 was a long route that takes around 45min to reach the home...

Clicking Noises by Dindin

I just moved to Kentucky from Illinois. I've been here a month and until last night I've not experienced a haunting. The place I left had a lot of action that was happening regularly. I even accidentally recorded 2 ghost voices and heard those voices myself afterwards a few times. The reason I'm ...

New House For Rent-the Ghost Is Free by Linjahaha

This incident happened back in 1982. My sister, J told me about it just recently. Matter of fact. She told me about it last week. She 'thought' she told me years ago, but forgot to. Instead her 3 friends know about it. J and one of her friends-call her Lori-were there when it happened. It took place...

Was It My Guardian Angel? by SashB

Today I am going to share an experience I had in 2021. My family and I had Covid, and I had to be admitted to hospital. It was really scary for me because it was my dad's 3-year death anniversary on the day of my admittance. I was really scared as I am diabetic and hypertensive. I had been running h...

A Dream Or Reality Part 2 by SashB

Today I am sharing what has recently happened to me. Last year I would always wonder why I was always sick and we were having constant financial issues to the point that we won't have food to eat. I became so fed up that I had given up hope, I just stopped praying. This was until I came upon a v...

Gaping Black Holes For Eyes by Different444

My first paranormal experience happened when I was around 7 years old. I was in my mom's bedroom, snooping through her things. I looked up into the mirror of her vanity and standing in the corner facing and watching me was a young girl, she wore a white dress that was torn. The thing that truly f...

Trespassing Taking Toll by Theomniscient

The account which I am going to narrate, was experienced by my uncle. 8 years have passed since these events. My uncle owns a clothing shop. And travels Amravati which is city in Maharashtra, from there he purchases all required commodities for the shop. He was on his way back and it was 1am, and a...

Grandmotherly Touch by MsTea

This one happened in Durban, 2018. My grandma had planned a five day vacation for her, my brother, my niece and I in Winkelspruit. We were driving up from the Eastern Cape on a Thursday and returning the following Thursday, but the morning of our departure, whilst on the road, we received a call...

Naughty Ghost Child? by MsTea

This is my first post, but have many more to share. Been reading for a while now, but this recent occurrence made me sign up. It happened on the 17th of this month (February), to be exact. My "friend" and I were at home. It was past 10 to 11pm and I was already in bed. My friend, was preparing fo...

Waiting For The Deceased by blosomes

I was listening to one of my favorite Japanese Ghost story teller on YouTube this afternoon. It was about a journalist interviewing a spirit. I will not say the details since it is not related to my experience at all. (I may comment the story of the journalist interviewing a spirt if requested.) L...

Haunted Tv by Phoenix07

This happened in the year of 2016. I was 18 years old and had just cleared my 12th Board examinations. Myself and 3 of my friends had planned a overnight trip on a weekend to a location which is quite famous in Mumbai. Let's call them R,S, and T. We reached the hotel by 12 pm and were allotted a ...

One Last Class by sudabi777

Ola. I have been a fan of this website for almost 1 year now. This time, I'd like to share my story/experienced with paranormal activity. This story made me fascinated about afterlife and gave me a lot of questions in my head about it. I was wondering if someone can help me, maybe I can get a certif...

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