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Recent Paranormal Experiences

It Was Just Calling My Attention by mac_mac

I have been working in a private food manufacturing company for five years now. The place looks old with most facilities not renovated until now, and if you are new to the company's premises, you would think this is haunted due to the eerie feeling given by unfinished building parts and rusty expose...

At Wind Cave by rickvantrippen

It was shortly after the 4th of July holiday that I had begun a summer road trip. My aim was to see as many of our western National Parks as could be squeezed into a two month leave of absence from work. My travel vehicle of choice would be a new Ford Transit. Having purchased a little silver one,...

At The Hermitage by rickvantrippen

AT THE HERMITAGE Being country music fans, my parents and I had decided to take a spring road trip from Wisconsin to Nashville, Tennessee. It was a nice break from work and after a long winter, the warmer weather was most appreciated. As we made our way south through the Smokey Mountains, the do...

Apartment 49 by notjustme

I've recently spent over half a year living in Vietnam, my home country, along my husband and daughter. We rented 3 different apartments in the same building over the course of 7 months, in Ho Chi Minh city. This was in a prestige area with all new high rises, and mostly foreigner renters. The fir...

Legend Of The Oni by blosomes

First of all to explain what Oni is. In legends or children's stories, Oni is an imaginary human-like monster. It is said to have horns on its head, naked and wearing a loincloth made of tiger skin, and to be monstrous and wild in nature. Oni are often imagined as monstrous creatures, but they c...

Breaking The Chains Of Sleep Paralysis: My Journey by MythBelieve

I've come across numerous posts here about sleep paralysis, so I thought I'd share my own experience. My journey with sleep paralysis began shortly after I started working in 2008. Since the early days of my career, I've worked a variety of shifts - sometimes early mornings, other times late nights ...

What Was That Banging Sound? by Prathu453

Today, the story which I am going to share with y'all is a bit scary and real experience which happened with me last year in 2023... The story revolves around my gym... First let me share the details of my gym- My gym has 3 floors- On ground floor, there is weight section, CrossFit section an...

Music From The Other World by Neandarthunder

This one is kind of wild. Last year, June. Sylhet city. The room I was renting had an attached bathroom and balcony. The specific layout isn't totally relevant. One night, I went into the bathroom and realized there's a faint sound of music. Couldn't pin what the music was. Sounded like conch...

"whispers From The Abandoned House: The Haunting Of 2018" by Eerie_Enchanters

It was about five or six years ago, in 2018, when I was studying at an institute for my banking exams. I was staying in a hostel at the time, and one day, my parents came to visit me. They decided to take me to my maternal grandparents' house, which I was excited about. We arrived there in the eveni...

Paramedic - Creepy Doa by Vmarie123

I'm posting this here because I've had a few stories that I can't explain and I don't know who else to tell without sounding crazy. I am a paramedic in a busy city. I am typically one of two paramedics on the overnight- 6pm -6am. About two weeks ago, I went to a call for a cardiac arrest (dead p...

A Girl In The Black Dress by Eerie_Enchanters

It was the day before Ganesh Chaturthi, and my husband and I, together with his friend and his wife, decided to take a three-day holiday to Puducherry. We planned to leave on Friday night after finishing work, hoping to reach our destination by the early hours of Saturday. By the time we arrived at ...

Transient House In Baguio by sudabi777

I am a motorcycle enthusiast. Every weekend, off from work, I will never ever miss any 'Long Ride' hanging out with my crew (friends). There was this one weekend, all my friends were not available as they have to do some errands back at home with their family, I was left alone since I was the only o...

Labor Day Encounter by The_Lost_Voyage_11

I am going to preface this story by stating that I'm not entirely sure what exactly happened to me, but based on other occurrences in my life and the experiences of others, I believe a supernatural element was involved. This past holiday weekend, something extraordinary, although for me, unexplai...

Aleshanee Was Talking To The Privious Cat by blosomes

As written in my profile, I had a cat which past off having a cat flu. My current cat is a second one, I couldn't think of another name so I named her the same name as the previous one, Aleshanee. They looked like twins but came to me in different timing, same grey coat, same amazing emerald green e...

The Ghost In The Orange Grove by madamjaynie

When I was a teen in the 80's, I was sent to a girls school for wayward youth. I came from a turbulent upbringing and had run away several times with wild kids. The home I was sent to consisted of a creepy old mansion located in the middle of an orange grove in Mesa, Arizona. I was confined to this ...

Dad's Visitation by DreamBird

After a long battle with Parkinson's related dementia and cancer, my Dad lost the fight in early July of this year. I had just visited with him a week before and he gave me no indication of knowing who I was. He became, quite literally, a shell of his former self. As his daughter it was very hard to...

Odds And Spiritual by blosomes

Caution, if you do not like tarantulas or have phobias against them, kindly skip this story, otherwise read on, because it is kind of spooky. (Sorry mods, I just need to share this story) I keep tarantulas and I breed "Baboons" which are tarantulas from Africa, no, nothing personal or against an...

Family Experience by Dev19

The day before my grandpa's funeral was a somber one. I found myself staying in a hotel just across the street from the funeral home. I had never been close to my grandpa, my dad's father, but his passing still left a heavy weight on my heart. I couldn't help feeling a sense of sadness and loss, kno...

I Just Wanted To Make A Reservation...? by Aeropostale

This story, we're getting in the Way Back Machine and travelling back to the year 2015. It was about a week before my senior prom and I was going to make reservations at the local Olive Garden for me and my best friend. I got the normal greeting, "Thank you for calling Olive Garden at ____. How can ...

A Friendly Reminder by Dev19

I remember like it was yesterday, the day that changed everything. It was a sunny day, the kind that makes you feel like anything is possible. As I walked out the door, I couldn't help but smile, enjoying the warmth of the sun on my skin. I made my way to the car port, ready to start my day. But as ...

My Experience At Work by Dev19

Working at Food City in Mesa, Arizona was both mundane and chaotic. As a part-time employee, I had seen my fair share of strange occurrences within the store's walls. But nothing could have prepared me for the series of events that took place one fateful day. It was a typical afternoon shift and I w...

Abduction It Seems by CantunSEEit74

On April 15, 2023, I entered my Stick Indians story here on YGS. Within 3 weeks of it popping back into my mind I sent the story here. I really had no idea 2 visions were going to break loose from my memory in a little over a year. In my stick Indians story this happened in 1990 alone in my cabin. I...

The Longest Haunting Of My Life by Neandarthunder

Both my parents were living in Canada when covid happened. I was in high school and living with my maternal grandparents, mostly to take care of them. When covid became big in April 2020, and all the schools and colleges were closed, we moved away from the city to avoid the possibility of them getti...

Spirits Of The Death March Of Hakkoda Mountains by blosomes

A brief explanation on Hakkoda Mountains March, it was a training to prepare for the possible attack of Russia during 23th January 1902, which cost 199 soldiers death. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) had hidden many incidents of them being not prepared for the march, YES, the incidence is caused be...

Almost Killed By 2 "ghosts" by angelspit

A couple of days after my grandpa's death, I was in bed with my sister, she was sleeping and I was watching Spanish telenovelas on the TV that was next to the kitchen door. As I was watching I saw a light from a flashlight. I was very confused because I could see where it came from. As my eyes adj...

Doorbell Camera by unknown_

When I was younger, my cousin and I were really into the paranormal. One day, we went over to our grandma's house while all of the adults talked in the backyard. Considering we were really into the paranormal, we decided to look at my grandma's doorbell camera to catch 'scary' stuff. After a few m...

Cemetery Night To Remember by Dev19

A couple of years ago, on a cool autumn night, I had an unforgettable experience that will stay with me forever. It all started when a group of friends and I decided to visit the local cemetery after hours. Rumors had been circulating that the cemetery was haunted, and we were curious to see for our...

Loved Ones Visiting by Rebelmama

My best friend from elementary to high school got in a car accident, and it was two days after he turned 17. He died prom morning. I can smell the Black and Mild that he smoked every now and then, and I can feel him sit on my bed. It's been 20 years ago now. My Nanny died in 2008, I was pregna...

Unexpected Visit's by Indigoalien

I need to know something. I see and have seen ghost and I have seen and heard angels as well as demons. The other night 3 black winged what I believe to be demon's flew down to me. They said nothing they were about 60 yards from me. I just had one of the least good day's of my life. I did not appr...

Possible Sprite And A Special Sunset by Tweed

Here are three pictures I took a few hours ago. Https://postimg.cc/FYdS5Bhr Https://postimg.cc/WhQ3rbPV Https://postimg.cc/Fkkvs3zL In each of them there is a small yellow thing in or near the center of each photo. Is it light flare or is it some intelligent observer? Really can't decide, looks ...

Legends Of Ochi-musha by blosomes

First to explain, Ochi-musha are ancient Japanese legends or some real stories on ancient Japanese soldiers whom have ran away during a battle. Musha, the word itself is very old, means an armed person. You can imagine a samurai guy wearing a suit of traditional Japanese armor, dirty looking, with a...

The Little Girl's Ghost by AussieRedDog

I decided to take some time away from traffic controlling with my best friend, whose name I am changing over to Heather. Heather and I have a platonic relationship. She's like a big sister to me. I've known her since I was 17, nearly forty years now, we've been very close. Heather has this fantastic...

The Silent Cowboy by Kiestonia

This happened when I was much younger. I was about 6-7 years old at the time, being half Irish we would always come over and visit and stay in the country side, where it was nothing more than fields upon fields. Little to no street lights. It started how it normally would; getting shopping, going to...

The Ghostly Face And Voice On The Video Cassette by Amchi1986

Friends today the story I am going to tell you all is about an very horrifying and strange incident that took place with me way back in the early nineties when I was young. We had recently brought a video cassette player (vcp).For those who are not familiar with the video cassette player let me expl...

Possessed By A Spirit by meggi_1512

This is about when I was 15 years old and was enjoying my school days. My father being in the Construction business had a construction site going on. We use to visit the place on weekends with Papa. It was random Sunday in month of August, we had been with papa to the construction site and there i...

The Arp Warden by tigerfeet

These events took place in SE London, back in the 1980s. A long time ago, when I was dating my ex-husband, he was living in a dingy basement flat that was so damp a previous tenant had actually nailed the wallpaper to the wall! I was OK going there for the first couple of weeks, until I needed...

Camping By The Riverside by blosomes

I went camping at out of Hokkaido last 2 days. It was hot like hell at Honshu Area (the main island where big cities like Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka are located). My destination was Gifu (famous place is Hida Takayama), indeed there are lots of steeps and mountainous area but I headed to a camping area ne...

Landlord Lady by imperfect

This is the story of when I was in class 10th. We were living on rent and one another family was also living on rent with us (Separately). Our landlord was living with his children after the death of his wife but he would definitely come home once a day to check his house. His wife died a lot of y...

What Was It God Or Satan? by imperfect

This is happened when I was in my post graduation and under training during the summer vacations. Due to extreme heat, my health became very bad and I remember I remained ill for 22 days. One day my supervisor saw me and said that your face is becoming blue like you are going to die any moment. I ...

Carol Street Has Some Reflecting To Do by MichelleS

I moved in the brick home on Carol Street in 2012 not long after my divorce. I didn't meet the folks while we negotiated the deal, but I did work out plans for me to keep several rooms of furniture and many pieces of pictures and art work that were on the walls. One particular art piece was a thre...

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