Tell me a ghost story

[mollyringle]

On that survey I filled out two days ago, there was a question about 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.

When ten_fifteen filled out the survey, she alluded to a few experiences she couldn't quite explain away. She and her husband (alltimeqb) are rational, reliable people, as far as I know, so I prodded her into relating some of these experiences, and they are genuinely creepy and pretty difficult to account for.

So, the rest of you: do you have any such encounters? Let's do a forum on this. 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." But let's leave Bigfoot and UFO's out of it. We'll do that another time.

P.S. Kev or Kim, say the word and I'll remove that link (and/or your names). You needn't be an exhibit if you don't want to be. :)

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Re: Yeah I know I'm not on your friends list, but here you go...

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Hey, I grew up in Corvallis. Good to know they've got their poltergeists, too.

Actually, there's a bed and breakfast just south of OSU that's supposed to be haunted - the Hanson Country Inn, I think it's called. There was an article about it in the Gazette-Times; my mom sent it to me. Unplugged phones ringing, CD's drifting off the shelves and hovering in the air; lots of strange goings-on.

Re: Yeah I know I'm not on your friends list, but here you go...

[jennae.livejournal.com]

I actually put you on my friends list because of your Corvallis roots....sometimes you talk about things that make me reminisce (I lived there for 7 yrs)...plus you always have interesting things to say. :)

I'd heard about the Hanson Inn, one of my friends got married there, but I wasn't privvy to any such goings on there....although the house I lived in that was haunted was fairly close.... 10/11 block of Grant... :)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Long live Corvallis. :)

One of my sisters got married at the Hanson Inn, actually. But I didn't know about the ghost stories at the time.

We used to think the Oddfellows Cemetery on Witham Hill was haunted, but that was just because it's, you know, a cemetery.