"Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic?"

[mollyringle]

Way back in May '03 I got LJ'ers to tell me about supernatural experiences they themselves had seen/heard/felt. My friends list must have had a lot of turnover since then, so in the spirit of Halloween, I shall ask it again:

Do you have any ghostly encounters? Will you tell us about them? I want only first-hand ghost stories, stuff you personally experienced, not a tale handed down from your grandfather or your mother-in-law (even though those may be cool). Also, feel free to do your best at explaining it - e.g., "But then, I was looking through a pane of glass, so I suppose it could have been a reflection..." - just to make this as scientific as possible.

Banshees, poltergeist, telekinesis, and other strange earthly phenomena are fair game, too; it doesn't have to be an actual visible "ghost."

As to whether I believe in ghosts: my answer basically is that I haven't ever seen one, but some part of my mind thinks they're possible. Or, rather, hopes they're possible, because it would suggest life after death and all kinds of interesting physics-related things.

Let's have 'em!
*switches on a flashlight for the spooky-up-the-face-lighting-effect and hands it to whoever is first*

Comments

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Very interesting (and poignant) about your grandfather. Did he look like a ghost, or just like a normal person, or what?...

[deliciouspear.livejournal.com]

A few times he was there, just sort of see-through and with no feet. Several other times I just felt like he was THERE but there was nothing to be seen. My Uncle Charlie reports the same sorts of experiences. (Charlie's theory is that he was just TOO ANAL to leave us alone, but then, Charlie is the only artist in a family of scientists, so he could be PROJECTING.)