Ghost stories comments: Page 1

Hi SheilaSharpe

Sounds like a random haunting, perhaps from a passing spirit, or maybe a resident one, but from what I've read it doesn't seem to be menacing.

Just to add to my previous comment, from reading your story, it seems that whatever was sent to cause harm left the moment your mum passed, it's like once it's job was done there was no reason for it to hang about, as for the dreams and your mum becoming possessed and asking to return the arm and leg... Well I'm sure you probably know what that means, have you or your family ever went to seek spiritual guidance or to find out exactly what was causing all this?

Hi again SashB

If I were to speculate, and knowing how our community here in Durban can be, I'd guess someone was probably jealous of your parents buying their own house, unfortunately I've had a few nasty experiences with jealous family members who will stop at nothing to try and cause harm, with the most vile methods imaginable.

Herbs is not so bad 😅, it's fascinating that your mum chose to appear in your work friends dream though, I wonder why is that, from what I've read your friend only saw your mum on her funeral day.

Sleep paralysis can be unnerving, and can sometimes be linked to the paranormal, but not always, one theory I have read somewhere is that sleep paralysis occurs when the body is tired but the brain is awake, but that's just one of many theories regarding this.

Hi SashB

I do believe that our loved ones that have passed on do give us signs now and then, just to let us know that they are around, guiding us.

I really feel for your mother. What a shame fighting with a mean spirit. One can latch on to anyone of us at any time. This story should wake up some of the cemetery ghost hunters as you never know what you will drag home to your family. To lose your 2 front teeth from a spirit, I do not even want to think that could ever happen. My heart goes out to you for having to live with those memories, and your mother may she rest in peace. I really hope he is gone from that bedroom.

[at] lady-glow [at] The_Lost_Voyage_11 Thank you for you guys feedback. Yes I certainly know that my parents are looking after me. I am soon going to share with you all how my dad communicates with me. You know the funny thing is when they on the physical plane they are so different, because my mum and I never shared any closeness. She was always cold and never paid attention to me. It was always a struggle but I guess now that she is on the other side, things are different

What a touching and lovely experience.

Our loved ones can be very creative when it comes to communicating with us after their passing.

Thanks for sharing

Hi Akkikad.

I agree with the previous poster, this seems an episode of sleep paralysis, unnerving, yes, though not necessarily paranormal.

Perhaps you would like to read the linked story which, in my opinion, is a very comprehensive analysis of sleep paralysis.

Https://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=28437

Thanks for sharing.

Hello SashB, what a touching story, it's amazing how our loved ones find ways to connect after their passing. Your story continues to validate there is much beyond our physical existence!

It sounds like from this story and the other one about the scent, that your mom is definitely looking after you. She sends reminders that she's there. You two share an amazing connection! She certainly sounds like she has a great sense of humor too!

Thanks for sharing! I'm sure we'll hear more!

Hello Akkikad, interesting experience.

I need to clarify something about your story, now you said you were unable to remove your blanket, as if something was holding it down, then you mentioned being frozen or paralyzed. What happened when you tried to remove the blanket, were you able to move at all, or were you paralyzed then as you didn't mention that fact until a little later?

To be clear, I don't doubt your story, I'm just trying to understand what exactly happened.

It sounds like sleep paralysis to me, if you were just paralyzed and unable to move the whole time. That's not paranormal, but something that many people have experienced. Science has tried to explain it and there is another belief I concur with, that I'd be happy to share with you, but first I want to make sure I understand completely what happened.

If it was sleep paralysis, it can be scary, but rest assured it's more common than you think. You also stated the room was comfortable and nice, and never mentioned feeling any negative or malevolent energy during the experience, or seeing or hearing anything supernatural.

As I said, from what I understand of your story, it sounds like sleep paralysis, but I'll wait to see if you can tell me more about what happened in that time you were stuck under the blanket. If it;s what I think though, hopefully that will clear some of the fear from your experience.

Thanks for sharing!

Hi SashB.

Thank you for sharing this bitter sweet and touching experience with us. I'm sorry for your loss.

I'm sure your mother has come to visit her loved ones after her passing.

Ha ha Lady Glow...actually, even since I've given up on cigarettes (seven years now) my sense of smell is very acute. I know the smell of mice and rat pee... Want me to go through the details of the smell of rat and mice pee? 😁 😆

Congratulations!
Your sense of smell must be phenomenal if you're able to tell apart the origen of each one of those urines among - what I imagine - was a horrible stench.
But then, perhaps that's the "Dog" part in your screen name.

What if there was somebody staying in there. Did you yell out hello is anyone here before entering. Do they have old time radio stations in your country. If you work there again open the door. Look for current movement. Poor people are everywhere. I doubt a demonic presence would be singing an old-time song in a female voice. How did you know it was the kitchen door if you did not open it. You said you smelled human piss. I would have said HELLO FRIEND for starters and went from there. Trespassing up to that door then backing away is a good reason to get shot. You may have missed a meeting with a poor old lady alive or maybe in spirit.

Dear Miss Otaku,

I'm really glad that your brother saw the smoke and the glowing orb. And that other witnesses have seen handprints in the baby powder. I'd be a LOT more scared if there were NO supernatural/paranormal phenomena (other than the car rolling). Here's why:

A possible physical cause for gravity hills could be a gigantic hollow area or area of very low-density matter underground, perhaps several miles or tens of miles (or hundreds of miles?) in width and/or depth. Since gravity is caused by mass, such a gigantic hollow or low-density area would certainly affect the direction of gravity. If you're standing near the edge of the hollow, then the direction of gravity will not be exactly vertical, but will rather point slightly toward the region of greater mass or higher density. If this deviation in gravity is great enough, then cars will certainly roll in that direction. Even if it's slightly uphill. This is completely natural and physical and has nothing to do with the supernatural or paranormal.

The really scary thing about this is that the hollow or low-density area could collapse, and then people living over it will tumble down, down, down (perhaps tens or hundreds of miles) into the gigantic sinkhole. Yes, the natural/physical can sometimes be a lot more scary than the supernatural/paranormal!

Wow
I can feel the history and needed to read parts. 3,2 and the first stories 😲 such a pity they need to torn down those old places... But positive view-of-point, the city is growing progressing its way 😉

Sending love ❤

Lost Voyage, don't think that the whole street will be demolished as the Historical Society is still fighting against it so that means more work for us in the meantime. I'm actually glad that I didn't open that door, Christ knows what could've been there... Maybe nothing? 😕

Hello AussieRedDog, great story, I always enjoy reading about your experiences, the way you describe them, it takes the reader right there with you as it's happening!

It's too bad that such an historic area has to be destroyed, all in the name of progress though, right!

I understand that feeling of 'trespassing' as well, an energetic feeling I'm familiar with. I was curious as well as to what was beyond that door, whether you would have seen something or were just hearing and experiencing an old memory fading down the corridors of time!

Either way, thanks for sharing!

I can't imagine what would have been waiting for you on the other side of that door... But sometimes it's best not to go looking for unwanted trouble, my guess is that what you experienced is probably a resident spirit that house belonged to.

Hello MythBelieve, I like that you chose to look at the more logical side of SP, as it's good to keep an open mind about thing's, especially the paranormal side. With that said, I'd like to give my opinion about this. Granted I personally have not experienced SP, but my husband of 12 years has. He's actually the one that I learned about what SP is. My husband has experienced this for most of his adult life. I don't believe that every episode of SP, is exactly linked with the paranormal side, but I do believe that there's times that it is. I also agree with you about our sleep routines etc, can play a major part in this experience, but I don't believe that's always the case. For my husband, he's experienced both what I believe is not paranormal related SP, and is paranormal related SP. I think lost voyage has a point, about people that are able to astral project in their sleep, experiencing the paranormal side of SP. My husband seems to have that ability, and I believe when he's experienced the paranormal during SP, it's because there's some sort of spirit or whatever, that was around him at the time. We're both empath, and seem to draw spirits to us, as we've experienced the paranormal side, throughout our entire lives so far, no matter where we live. I think for you, you've been fortunate enough to only experience the scientific side of it though. Some people are more connected to the spirit world than others, so not all will see the paranormal side. I've also had a very close loved one, that had dementia and alzheimers, who would at times, claim to see thing's that we could not. But for me to experience this with my loved one, it made me question if what he was seeing, was really there, but beyond our site of seeing. I feel with them being so close to the veil to the other side at that time, it would make sense as to why they're seeing something we cannot. Where my loved one would say he would see something, I had already felt a presence in that home, ever since I was a little child, and even had one that breathed in my ear, when I was staying the night there, yet there was no one else in the room with me at that time. I'm not trying to say you're wrong and I'm right about this topic though. I just wanted to share my opinion and experiences with this. I hope it helps somehow in your theory to it.

[at] TravisCannabis no, and it only happened once. We don't have a history of drug use nor involved in drugs or any sort of substance.

Idk man. Don't take me wrong but r u sure your cousin wasn't high? 🤔

Sometimes our own mind plays with us but as I wasn't there to actually witness the situation, I can't really say. Make sure the next time you encounter anything as such, you tell yourself to calm down and find the cause of the situation before making any judgements

Hi Rajine, at first I really don't believe because who the hell sane will try to act like that, until then I witnessed it myself. I haven't seen a demon though, that's why I have hard time convincing myself that an entity indeed is responsible for someone's possession because I don't have a third eye and I am not sensitive. Although I sometimes see some entities on my periphery vision I do not considering it as seeing ghosts the way others with an open third eye, especially because when I move my eye to where they are, there's nothing there.

Last night I encountered something that was nothing. 9.15 PM laying in bed we have 2 adjustable large twins with remotes. After about 10 minutes laying watching tv I hear an odd buzzing and notice the end of wife's bed is slowly moving up and down and I have not touched her side of bed except the blanket covering both. I get up and pull mattresses apart, but no remote fell in here, I am giggling a little now this looks impressive and go look down hall into Livingroom and tell wife her bed is going off. We are both looking for remote now and finally find it between the very top head area of mattress pinched against very bottom of wood headboard and wood is touching 2 buttons at once. This remote could have quietly fell to the carpet and would then look like something more than a pinched remote. Debunking is half the fun.

Well, I was wondering the same thing as the rest of the people here...
Anklet...crickets...
It all could be explained quite scientifically, if you were calm enough...

I kind of have a feeling that this kind of stories around is sending people to a maze of guessing with no answer...

To explain that, yes, many ghost stories had no hardened ending because its an experience of oneself, while some are trying to confuse readers and would hide explainable parts so that it is mysterious IN PURPOSE...

Which ones does your story belong to? I think there is an answer to it now when you read the comments.

Have a look in my previous stories, I rushed to post.
Though easily debunked, easily explained and I am not saying that those are good stories at all, but unless readers have a chance to answer and ask some questions (I am just setting some bad examples but did not know who to start with)

This story have no materials that we can question on, to be able to explain or even talk about... Harsh but we all here had seen too much of such stories.

Hey, can I bet $50 for Troll?

Rajine.

Although I still would have to hear the sound of anklets in order to know the difference, reading this story reminded me of an old story in this forum about a cricket and the sound of anklets.

Https://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=17924

Now I wonder if some, or all, of the stories from India reporting the sound of anklets as proof of a spirit's presence are nothing else than a case of mistaken identity, mixed with fear, and reluctance to investigate instead/before of screaming "it's a ghost!".

Prathu453.

I still think that you should investigate if the 'ghostly anklets' have a mundane origin. Perhaps you can start by going again to the park around the same time and, if you hear them again, check the area. With some luck you'll find your cricket.

Also, wouldn't the proximity of the temple offer some kind of protection against paranormal/negative presences?

The point is, life is too short to waste it being afraid of any noise or shadow that crosses ones path.

Crickets and anklets have two very distinct and different sounds, I talk from experience because all of the women in my family uses it for certain occasions so I'm quite familiar with what it sounds like, also we have crickets so I'm very familiar with the sound those insects make, I can't say for sure if what you experienced is supernatural. Maybe speak to others around there and see if they have experienced similar incidents like yours.

Possession is quite real and scary, I've had my fair share of witnessing possession, it happens for a lot of reasons from random spirits attaching themselves to certain jealous people causing harm to others.

Hi again nesty

Has anyone else ever experienced this as well? Sometimes spirits tend to reveal themselves to certain people, not really sure why though.

Hi lady-glow, I still cannot explain how I got this fever, and I think yes one possibility might be that I was infected. As for my cousin, I do not know any details how it started, one thing I know is that it happened before she had converted to Born-Again Christian. I can say she's gloomy and not so sociable person by then.

Oh man, I just read the first paragraph and before I read any more I just had to come here and write a comment. My grandpa had dementia. It got to the moderate stage, so he could still remember people. He remembered me when I was there in May! Even though at one point he confused my mom for his sister. Anyway, I'm SO GLAD that he died because of a fall and not dementia. I've read about the end stage of dementia, and it sounds like people really do become shells of their former selves. I know that it would've crushed us all to see him decline like that, so I'm glad it didn't happen that way. My point here is that I can't even IMAGINE what it would've been like to see your dad decline like that. I'm so sorry you had to witness it. I'm glad you were there for him, but it must've been so, so hard. I give you hugs, my friend. 🤗

Didn't they take you to see a doctor in case the fever was health related? Perhaps a mild infection or something else?

If not, in my opinion, it's difficult to say if you were under the attack of an invisible entity, or under the attack of a microscopic organism.

Likewise, it's hard to say if praying the Rosary was the cure, or if it was only a minor illness following it's normal course.

As for your cousin, I'm glad to know she's fine. Any idea how and why she got possessed?

WRITE A BOOK! Or a song, either one would be good, but you have a talent for writing.

I think that you should investigate all logical possibilities and explanations before rushing to submit a story lacking a context, and burdening the readers expecting to answer what your experience was about.

If you, been there, can't be sure what these events were, how do you expect any one else to know?
Is this a guessing game?

Hello Everyone,

I had similar experiences with these "static people." As a kid (around 4-6 years old), I remember being visited by them in my bedroom at night. They appeared as a family - two parents and two children - standing at the end of my bed. They whispered among themselves but never interacted with me directly. As a child, they scared me, but not to the point where I screamed or cried for help. I was visited twice on separate nights, and during the second encounter, I turned on my side to avoid seeing them and went back to sleep.

Looking back, I wonder whether these visits were just vivid dreams. Now that I'm an adult, I find it hard to believe that static beings actually visited me. I've also heard it's common for people to experience similar dreams. Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, proposed the idea of a collective unconscious - a shared reservoir of memories and archetypes inherited from our evolutionary past. One archetype, "the shadow," represents repressed ideas, weaknesses, and desires, and it can manifest in dreams as frightening figures, like these static people.

I understand the appeal of believing we encountered something paranormal, but do you think these experiences were real? Or is it more likely we were dreaming or misremembering? I'd love to hear someone's thoughts!

Best,

Matthew

You seem easily excited. You should have been still and asked questions. Do only females wear anklets, somebody's dog collar and name tag you did not see clanking around. I see a pattern forming. You can't just ghost and run.? TROLL? Do some foot work find out something we are not here to finish your story. It did work on your last story.

Hi Rajine, not that frequent. But whenever I was alone in my workplace for the day, or in the early morning, I felt its presence like "I'm here, come notice me". And I feel it was just one kind, playful, lost soul.

Linjahaha thanks for your comment. You're old husband is the wacky one! Stay safe little girl 😘

Hi nesty

I think that something is trying to get your attention, how often do you encounter the ghost child?

Hi blosomes, I have no further information regarding the history of the place, aside from a story of those working there for 30 years that an employee did die there. I do not know if a child died there before. All I know is that before 1980s the area used to be a vacant lot with tall grasses.

Interesting!
Hearing claps and goose bumps seems to be a confirmation of apparition heard quite often... Hearing it only by inner self could mean something psychological, like sleep order, etc. Especially when you are half awake half asleep, you might be experiencing "dreaming while awake" situation. 🤔
Is it possible for you to looking the history background of the place? Because I know in Philippines there are lots of "hidden spots" where there are brutal histories or have very spiritual stories to tell.

Looking forward to your reply 😊

Thanks for sharing your story, it was really informative. I really appreciate it 😊

To everyone who expect to see another story related,

Well, problem kind of solved. It is not about any curse or any spiritual stuff, but my friend's cousin is cured BY the medicine and the doctor's care.

The wound is an infection, I think it was don't by his own scratching... Oh well. Everything solved and I am glad I did not have to go back to him and pull him to the hospital and drag him to another temple or shrine... It is so tiring 😨 I am cool now back to Brazil alone. I might write a different story not related to this. 🙄

Wow
What an excited story.
The song reminds me of the Bobby Mackey's Johanna, different but kind of have this country song vibe 😳

Another great writing. Bison too close but nobody has been trampled. Are they kind soles when not pestered. So much koolness in this story and you let us come along with your evolving vacation in the badlands. Do you think your breathing was his from the typhoid after finding out later of his illness. I had almost the same encounter after sneaking a smoke in my garage as I closed my garage door and stepped up on to back door Porche area I was literally attacked. This spirit hit me like 2 magnets opposite like a pillow forcing my shoulders and my head up against my house and I felt I could throw up right then and there. Full on panic I fought just to run just 10 ft to the back door, opened and ran to couch. Full panic still, I can feel it is sitting next to me and over whelming Dredd now and goosebumps as I hold my arm up for protection static is making my arm hairs raise. I cursed at it and said its none of your Fxxxing business I know I have to quit, and it immediately stopped. I had recently lost a neighbor from smoking I thought it was him he had stomach cancer. So, I know the feeling and it was a reminder of the power some have in the afterlife. To this day this is the worst feeling visitation I have ever encountered. But I seem to learn something positive from each encounter. Thanks for sharing

Thanks Rajine. I was back at Wind Cave this past May and found that cave tours had been suspended as a new elevator was being installed... Something that would likely stir-up Alvin's activity if he's still around. I did hang at his grave and hoped for some spirit experience, but sensed nothing unusual.

Another interesting story, I believe that Alvin is just trying to protect his space as best he can from the afterlife, also thankfully that herd of bison didn't cause any damage to anyone through a stampede.

What you experienced is quite fascinating and I believe that you are right about this lady finding peace after what would have been or rather what was a hard life, but from what I've read, you describe this lady as young, so I think that she must've passed on at an earlier age and hadn't gotten to live out the rest of her life, her hopes and dreams, so she's still around...

Hello rickvantrippen, what an incredible experience!

You write well, I could picture it all in my mind, Often ghosts appear after their death as they did in life, so her peaceful air was something I feel she very much projected when she was alive despite what we assume about her physical life. In fact that may be one of the primary reasons she showed herself as she did. History tells us one thing but we cannot assume that everyone shared the same experience. I feel she was there to draw your attention and then disappeared when her work was done.

Of course the fact that she appeared so real, that you thought at first she was of flesh and blood begs an interesting question I've often pondered: How many 'people' do we pass on the streets and in stores etc every single day are real and how many may be ghosts?

Thanks for sharing!

Hi rickvantrippen--This is the type of account that keeps me checking in on this site. Sightings such as yours seem to happen in what otherwise seem to be innocuous moments. Maybe that is the reason they do happen at such times--a person is more open and susceptible to seeing an apparition because of the mind's relaxed state. As you had only been superficially engaged with the tour guide and so on, it allowed for your mind to pick up on whatever type of presence it was you saw.

It's interesting how many sightings of full-body apparitions (and paranormal incidents in general) happen so randomly, when the paranormal is the furthest thing from the mind. I had a similar sighting at an apartment I lived at, but mine was of a long-dead butcher. The account is on this site and is titled "Incidents At South York Street." Like you, my initial thought was that what I was seeing was simply a person until, in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

Thanks for sharing your account. Groovy stuff.

Thanx for your comments- and yes, nice to have what seemed to be pleasing spirit experience when so many seem prone to dark and evil interpretation. As for my poem/lyrics, it is simply a sort of addiction I've had for years (30 some songs are free on YouTube by searching Rick Ponto songs). I've had several other spirit experiences and will be posting more. Again, thank you for reading my true recount of that day!

Tweed
True that 🙄
Well, I thought I had something to write about at first... But thinking back... No, not paranormal at all... Well we did go to the hospital and brought him some medicine... After that I brought them to meet up with the "professional" people, a monk from a famous temple and a priest from a famous shrine. Both had the same conclusion, stress.
Well not too surprised but my friend also asked if that relates to the curse... The answer divided.
The priest said, the person who made the wound might have sinful thoughts 🤔
The monk, there is no curse 🙄
Well, I guess different person will have different opinion after all BUT all we need is a quick medical treatment. Right?
My friend too was a little too not matured this time... I know...

Hi Tweed,
Nice to see a similar name on here 😊.
And thanks. After I did all that and he left me alone, I continued to light incense for him every night on the balcony and would burn money for him once a week, for the month. I actually felt empthathy for him, knowing he really wasn't that bad. But maybe feeling neglected in the after life.

What a great read. To notice the basket shape and bundled cuttings and to find years later their place in that time period, you must have chuckled to yourself, that piece of the puzzle fell into place. A full apparition sighting makes you open your mind to many, who, what, and whys, did she not go to the light, is this her residual presence and her spirit has already moved into the next life. Is she trapped on this plantation. She seemed angelic and seemed to have found peace in her afterlife. It is hard not to feel for these spirits and wonder what happened to them and why they are still here. Did you have a guitar in hand when starting this ditty, or did it start as a poem. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Rickvantrippen, thanks for sharing such a well researched and wonderful experience.
It's fascinating thinking on the physical and sprit bodies and what that means.
The lady's life must have been extremely hard and yet she visits the location with a sense of serenity. Given the overwhelming amount of encounters with angered, frightened or sad spirits at historical locations her demeanour makes her unique.

Hi notjustme, I agree with you 100% about spirits needing respect. You were right to burn paper money and do all that you did. Sometimes it's not about what the living believe but what the spirit/s believe. Well done achieving a peaceful home after a pretty persistent haunting!

Hi blosomes,

It sounds a lot like your friends want the drama and excitement of a paranormal experience to the extent they're willing to deny any physical explanations. Immaturity and recklessness on their part. All physical explanations should be exhausted before any paranormal ones are considered. They're doing it the wrong way around. Tell the dude to go to the doctor... And maybe also tell him to grow up.

Hi Ragine,
Like I said, I'm not sure I believe in the whole paper money thing, but I do believe sometimes they feel like they someone intruded in their space and wanted some sort of respect. Suicide/murder victims often carry a very strong energy that lingers in the space they spent their last breaths. My cleaning lady saw the buddha and mentioned something like "oh you're a believer in Buddha?", so I told get about my incident, and she shared that she often experienced weird happening in these buildings. This area is called Vinhomes. And it's fairly new. But the land is not. After that she said she will only clean my apartment if I was home.

Quite an interesting experience, from what I've read it seems like a restless spirit that couldn't move on until you offered it the paper money.

Spooderman
Oh my, your name made me smile 😁
Well we got him to do a bacterial check... Too complicated to explain, but he will need to remove some of his old skin and needed medical treatment 🤔
We also went to a shrine and a temple for whatever spiritual problem they have so... I think no worries for now?
But tell you what I have a story to tell and will be writing it sooner or later. 😉

Hey Blosomes,

There are many instances of itching or mysterious scratches caused by paranormal beings. However, your friend's cousin really should seek medical help at first. I personally think that these are some symptoms of inflammation or eczema. But if none of these things work, and the doctor says that there's no problem in his body, then there may be a chance that it was done by something supernatural.

Rajine

Will be backing up with today's doctor's check.

I might be able to answer what really is happening to the wound, now I am waiting for the result.

We will also meet a monk from a temple, and a priest from a famous shrine, talk about the curse my friend's family have and so on. Hopefully this will help? (not too sure) Well, they could have done it a couple of times but just to calm them down a bit, I have done my research hopefully to help them up spiritually as well 🤔

I will see if I need to write another story about it, to just share this possible... Possession? 🙄

Gotta go

Hi blosomes

I wonder why he's stalling... Maybe he's nervous about going for a check up, hospitals scare a lot of people.

True there's a lot of stuff that seems to defy logic, I will read up on these legends, it's understandable that since this isn't your personal experience that saying too much would be an invasion of privacy.

[at] The_Last_Voyage_11 I agree, there have been numerous cases where people have described witnessing their own surgery, which makes me believe in spirits and the entire Hinduism is based on spirituality

Sorry for the late response, but the whole point of what I wrote was, there's a fine line between genuinely experiencing a supernatural event and our minds playing tricks on us, something I realized when a close relative developed Alzheimer's alongside schizophrenia. He would see people and things where there was nothing but a blank wall. This has made me question whether ghosts truly exist, or if it's just our minds at work. Humans are known to see faces in random objects, like clouds, for example. When we enter an unfamiliar place, our fear heightens, and our senses become more alert than usual. Watching a horror movie, no matter how bad, is a perfect example - some part of our brain becomes more active. Prayers, too, often feel like a way to convince ourselves that things will be okay, even if they aren't necessarily connected to any divine intervention.

I enjoy reading ghost stories and do believe in spirits to some extent because unseen energies are often overlooked in modern science. However, we need a more logical approach to these topics, rather than immediately interpreting anything as ghost e.g. Most stories where people see shadows and think of them as ghosts.

Honestly, it's human actions that frighten me more than any ghost ever coups

[at] ladyglow: I agree and not fully deny the link between SP and paranormal, give that some people have given third person accounts of same

[at] Rajine ofcourse some SP can be very traumatic, I experienced one two weeks back and felt like someone pulled my blanket a little and I was in a hotel room but then I came to my senses and thinks settled down. Also one more experience where I experienced sleep paralysis inside sleep paralysis. But once it's over all of it feels like a bad dream

Hello MythBelieve, great story! It's refreshing to see someone approach the phenomenon of sleep paralysis from a more curious and observational point of view.

I can offer another perspective that isn't quite as scientific. When we sleep at night, our spirit/soul tends to astral travel, (where it goes and what it does is a subject of speculation) while our physical body rests and recharges. When people consciously do this, they observe a cord attached to the body, it's what keeps the two connected.

When our soul/spirit returns, it reintegrates with the body, reenters it if you will. If the body wakes during this process, it can cause the symptoms associated with sleep paralysis.

Essentially the breakdown is: a person in astral form (spirit/soul) is half in and half out of the body when the body accidentally awakens before the process is complete. Since they still can see with their 'astral eyes' as it were, they can see all manner of spirits and entities as well as hear sounds not audible on the human listening range. Since they are not fully back in the body, they are also not connected completely to the nervous system and it seems as if they are paralyzed. They are at the moment in an energy body and a physical body but the two are not fully integrated.

Most people of course panic, the body and mind cannot comprehend what is going on and flashes Danger, Danger. This makes things worse as it slows down the person's reentry into their body. Not by much, but the spirit/soul/astral body perceives time differently than we do in our body. It's why the moment can seem to last forever. At some point, the soul/spirit is reeled back in completely and the person loses their extrasensory perception ability and the spirits and entities and sounds seem to vanish immediately and of course since they're back in their body they can move again.

This is basically what happens and many people report all kinds of experiences during these moments, though much if it can be tied back in the same way. You're right as to how your sleep habits actually connect with your experience. When you think about it, if you wake up at different times than you're used to, and at times your spirit/soul is used to 'journeying' than you would have such instances of sleep paralysis, as your body wakes up at times it's not used to and before reintegration is complete. Stress plays into it too, it's why people have it so much during stressful times, they typically wake up much more frequently and usually with anxiety already present.

Hopefully this helps in your understanding, and it sounds like you've already got a healthy perspective of the experience as it were, so stay curious and thanks for sharing!

Travis Cannabis

Is it a drug? You shouldn't be promoting drugs dude.

Rajine

Yup, we are kind of trying to find a more logical way for her cousin, but I do not know why, but he seems to be escaping from medical help, this morning me and my friend reserved the hospital to do a bacterial check. He says he was busy in his work and needed to go to work... We told him to freaking just take a rest today to do a good check for his own health sake,
He says he will be going on Thursday, the day we will be going back to Hokkaido. We told him he have to go before that 🙄

Well one of the reason is that they are from the bloodline of one of the Ochimusha legends, one of a very famous one, about one of the generals during the Sengoku period, not going to be too detailed but you might be able to guess from your own research, you know its something very personal now a days. I know, it is very superstitious, but sometime there are coincidences that we really cannot explain 😳

Hi blosomes the scratch marks that people get without any logical reason is quite scary, but if there's no logical reason as to why those marks appeared then it's cause for concern, but why does your friend think that they are cursed?

For as long as people experience sleep paralysis, it will continue to terrify all of us, going through it can be very traumatic, some people believe that there's a more scientific explanation and some supernatural, me on the other hand am on the fence because I've experienced it both ways, so I believe that there's a fine line between the science and the supernatural.

lady-glow
Well, we met up like yesterday evening.
My friend's cousin seems completely normal but he got his right arm wrapped because of the wound. I told him to go to the doctor, he says it's a weekend and wanted to wait until Monday, I am going to get him to go to the doctor first, before visiting any temple or any shrine... Hopefully I will not need to write up another story for this... But if there will be any updates I will try to write it up... More simple and shorter.

Dude you don't know what a doobie is? You better not ever try one. If you saw this chesy horror movie thing with your 5 senses, imagine what you see after a doobie? 😳

Prathu.

The core of your story is, you heard a noise that could not explain/identify at that moment, but it doesn't mean that there's not an explanation nor a mundane cause for that banging.

You are expecting help from the members of this forum but seem not ready to accept the fact that the noise might have not been paranormal, neither seem to be willing to investigate and/or ask questions to other members of the gym.

If you have read other stories and the section comments on this site, you must have noticed that it's very common to advice a throughout investigation of possible logical causes for a given event before thinking it is a paranormal occurrence.

Perhaps it's time for you to do your part and come back whit whatever new information you could find.

Just my opinion.

hi ram.

Thanks for your input. It makes me wonder if this is one of the reasons behind spirits, specially female spirits, in Indian stories for the most part seem to be angry and resentful. Perhaps they are looking in the afterlife for the justice it was denied to them by the living.

Hi blosomes.

The first thing to do is to go to the doctor and discard any underlying health issue. It's weird that the cousin hasn't looked for medical treatment if these wounds keep on getting worse.

Hello MythBelieve.

I really enjoyed your story, even though there are no ghosts in it.

I believe one should always try to think of all possible logical explanations before assuming an event to be paranormal in nature. Usually the scariest monsters are the ones a person makes with their mind.

Said that, I do not discard the possibility of a link between sleep paralyses and some paranormal encounters, specially in cases/places where paranormal activity has been documented.

I have randomly experienced SP several times in my life, not following any given pattern. On one of this occasions I felt, and actually saw, one of my cats climbing onto my bed, kneading the blankets and, lastly, seating on my chest; that was enough to end the SP. Then, when I tried to hug my cat, my hands went through his body and he disappeared once I was fully awake.

I'm not sure if I was dreaming or if my departed cat Tom came to help me to wake up. That was the last time I had SP... I wish I can have SP again just to see if my cat comes to my rescue.

Thanks for sharing.

Prathu, don't forget to consider that from what you told us, the building, especially the terrace was very quiet and that amplifies sounds. Have you ever noticed that you can hear the echoes of your own footsteps in a quiet building (say after close) when in that exact same building you don't when it's active? In many cases where a person reports hearing someone follow them when alone this is the case.
Yes, air in pipes can sound like 'bangs', as can the movement of animals when they hop around, wrestle with each other, or 'jump' from spot to spot. The silence amplifies the sound.
If it was the least bit windy, loose or damaged roofing materials can make a banging sound too.
Another possibility is if the gym uses a balanced ventilation system that has had something go wrong with it. That's a system that uses a couple of turbines to push/pull air around to keep indoor air 'fresh' and remove the stale air. It can produce a banging sound, that goes unnoticed during the day because of ambient noise, but at night? VERY loud. Most of these turbines are installed on roof tops.
Just some more possibilities.

Hi [at] lady glow, the author has not responded in this thread.
Henceforth I will take the liberty to answer behalf.
Just my opinion, usually the legal system is bit tricky in India especially when the law enforces are involved.
In order to avoid any such untoward interaction with the cops/ law personnel, people kind of take these steps.

TravisCannabis,

It's broken after being dropped in a bucket of water, apparently. And it was pretty weird yeah. A big water booger isn't far off. What's a dobbie?

[at] Rajine so I can see that you gave 3 possibilities for that sound-

1) Stray dogs-
It is not possible for stray dogs to go on that roof as dogs cannot climb that high

2) Cat-
Yes it is possible as cats can climb high on the roof but the fact is there are no cats near my gym

3) Birds-
It is also not possible for bird to make such a loud sound due to their light weight

So I hope you got my answer
😊

Cant, I don't think you get notified.
Generally, in the past after the stories were updated with the pictures they would be 'bumped up' in the listing. Or there would be a post stating a picture was added.
Again, this can take a very long time to happen, and is something beyond my control.
Of course you can always re-post the url to your pic, if it starts to be buried.

Where's your handy-dandy phone when you needed it? I think the creature looked like a giant booger or a humongous slug. Where and when did you buy the haunted bucket? 👻
Idk bro, haven't seen anything this weird with the help of a dobbie. 😁 😉

Val when my picture is added to the story will I get a notice from the Webmaster that it has been added, or do I just keep checking my story.

Not to scare, but important to say so you take action. It could have been them that killed your grandfather. Tell this a loud "No weapons formed against me shall prosper in Jesus name, Amen!" And then pray for your grandfather, ask God and Jesus to please take your grandfather and forgive him, to have mercy on his soul. Just in case. You lose nothing by trying this. No weapons against you shall prosper, I pray

Rajine.

No clue about what the music was about. And the thing in the bucket had "folds", for the lack of a better word. Nothing to denote it was human at all. A fetus is the first thing to come to mind, but it didn't have "head" or "limbs".

Do you think perhaps it could have been a wild animal that caused that sound? A stray dog or cat or a bird?

That is quite strange, I wonder what the sound of the Conch shells were for, and that thing in the bucket, did it have any distinctive features?

[at] MythBelieve yes I could have but I thought my friends would have denied to go in that room so I not took them

Being alone, I understand you will be scared but You could have took all your friends with you and checked once and closed the tap

[at] lady-glow yes you are right I misunderstood your comment my bad... But the fact is there are no animals like cats or like that near my gym... And secondly it was not a windy day the weather was normal... I didn't took time to look for the source because there is no stairs or ladder to get there on the roof... It is only just a roof... As for the pipe attached to the wall, it will make sound but not as loud as a bang I think...

I hope you got me 😊

"it was 10 in the night why do you even think that someone would be there on the roof at that time?"

Actually, my previous comment doesn't say "someone" but SOMETHING. Meaning not a person on the roof but, perhaps, an animal, or something else. Perhaps it was windy and an object was trashing around?

My point is, you really didn't take the time to look for the source of the noise, hence there's no way to say if it was caused by a mundane event or by something else.

"there was no way water could flow from that roof as it was the last floor in the gym."

It seems like you misunderstood my words, I didn't mean water falling/flowing from the top of the building, but the water running through the pipe feeding the "tap attached to a wall."

Even if the building isn't old, there could be undelaying problems like "water pressure issues, loose pipes, air bubbles, and worn-out fixtures. Mineral build-ups in the pipes can also cause loud noises."

Https://www.angi.com/articles/why-are-my-plumbing-pipes-making-noise.htm

I could say that the source of the noise was a chupacabras wearing a polka dot tutu jumping on the roof but, what evidence do I have to say such a thing?
The truth is, there's not enough information in your narrative as to reach any conclusion to the nature of your experience. Just my honest opinion.

Further investigation would be helpful.

[at] valkricry mod bro if animals walked on that roof then it should have been a walking sound... But it was a literal banging sound like the one we hear when someone hits a big drum with a drumstick... And yes the air in new
Plumbing pipes can make weird sounds but not as loud as a bang I think...

[at] TravisCannabis this is the most hilarious comment I've ever seen😂...but if you were in my place you would have did the same thing...

I tend to agree with lady-glow. There could be a logical explanation for the sound. What about nocturnal animals? (I had raccoons take up residence in the wee spacing between roof and ceiling and at night it would sound like a VERY big man walking on the roof!)
Even with new plumbing air in the pipes can make some weird sounds too. As you said, 2nd floor rarely used, which makes me think the tap wasn't on very often either. Of course, none of this means it wasn't something paranormal, just some mundane things that it 'may' have been.
Like Cant says further investigation would be needed.

So, you heard a bang and went from curious kitty to scary cat? 😺😺

[at] CantunSEEit74 yes bro I will definitely try that once I went into that room again 😁

[at] Theomniscient no there is no such violent history of the gym as it is very much modern built around 5-6 years ago... Secondly I don't know whether others have felt the same or not... And also I have not visited the place again after this
Incident as I mentioned in the story