Paranormal Activity...

[Bainidhe Dub]

*wanders into JP, looking around* Awfully quiet... :eyebrow: Shall we begin? *grins*

I believe in ghosts, honestly.. and there was a thread earlier in JT that I was thrilled to see.. but when I checked out the website, I was SORELY disappointed. Not much in the way of actual "ghost" experiences, imo. Most of the info provided wasn't very interesting at all, and pictures provided were... well.. they left a lot to be desired, in that I could easily explain them in less than five seconds with a plausible reason.

Sooo... for those of us interested in the paranormal, not quite skeptics and skeptics.... Here's a thread for us to post about our favorite ghost hunting sites and sites about haunted places.

[Aelfoak]

I have 2 photohraphs at home that my brother took during a night visit at Kenilworth Castle, the 2 photographs have Ectoplasmic Mist on them which are very predominant and can clearly make out faces on them, i will have to scan them at home and attach them to this thread.

[Cielamara]

*wanders into JP, looking around* Awfully quiet... :eyebrow: Shall we begin? *grins*

I believe in ghosts, honestly.. and there was a thread earlier in JT that I was thrilled to see.. but when I checked out the website, I was SORELY disappointed. Not much in the way of actual "ghost" experiences, imo. Most of the info provided wasn't very interesting at all, and pictures provided were... well.. they left a lot to be desired, in that I could easily explain them in less than five seconds with a plausible reason.

Sooo... for those of us interested in the paranormal, not quite skeptics and skeptics.... Here's a thread for us to post about our favorite ghost hunting sites and sites about haunted places.

Excellent, LadyPhoenix! Who's going first? I've got a few stories to tell...:D

[Bainidhe Dub]

*laughs* I've got a few... no pics, but definitely odd experiences that I've yet to explain to myself. It's funny how stuff like that happens when one is alone, isn't it? :D

here's a good site too for anyone interested: http://www.paranormal.com/

[kaosxmage]

*laughs* I've got a few... no pics, but definitely odd experiences that I've yet to explain to myself. It's funny how stuff like that happens when one is alone, isn't it? :D

here's a good site too for anyone interested: http://www.paranormal.com/

Excellent point to consider ....happens when one is alone? coincidence?
--Kaos

[Fairyelf]

I have a few stories myself..
Ive been into Paranormal stuff for as long as I can remember.
I used to love to listen to ghost stories my grandfather would tell me about him
when he was small and living in Mexico.

[goDez]

I once heard on a Discovery show that people that believe in paranormal activity are fairly fast in stating that something that happened was the result of something paranormal. For instance, they would make out a ghost for a ghost easier then just a shade and a lightbulb swinging around, or whatever other cause. They are more likely to accept a paranormal explanation. Do you people apply to this reasoning yourself, or do you follow a more scientific way, like, trying to explain, but only at the end accepting a paranormal explanation?

[WolfMoon]

I once heard on a Discovery show that people that believe in paranormal activity are fairly fast in stating that something that happened was the result of something paranormal. For instance, they would make out a ghost for a ghost easier then just a shade and a lightbulb swinging around, or whatever other cause. They are more likely to accept a paranormal explanation. Do you people apply to this reasoning yourself, or do you follow a more scientific way, like, trying to explain, but only at the end accepting a paranormal explanation?

I try to find a scientific explanation first. While on a ghost hunt, I snapped a pic in the attic of a house reported to be haunted (it was, but more on that later). Not much came out on the other pics, I got one phantom object, but the attic pic had orbs in it.

I brought it to a friend who's a photographer, asking if it was light source, dust motes, etc. Nope, none of the above. Not even a light flash from the camera lens.

*Always* try to find a reasonable explanation first, it only validates the info when you do find something genuine.

[Iris]

You're after Ghost stories?

www.theshadowlands.net
castleofspirits.com

[Bainidhe Dub]

I once heard on a Discovery show that people that believe in paranormal activity are fairly fast in stating that something that happened was the result of something paranormal. For instance, they would make out a ghost for a ghost easier then just a shade and a lightbulb swinging around, or whatever other cause. They are more likely to accept a paranormal explanation. Do you people apply to this reasoning yourself, or do you follow a more scientific way, like, trying to explain, but only at the end accepting a paranormal explanation?

Nope, I don't automatically assume something odd happening to me is a ghost or whatnot.. I generally look for something else, ie. A window open for cold spots in a room. I think the ONLY time I've assumed it was a ghost was when I saw my greatgrandmother walking down the hallway of my grandparents' house, when she'd been dead a week. I was not overly tired, or half asleep, and my grandmother saw her too.

[Lyntwyn]

I'd be open to an opinion on this picture I took at a Ren Festival a couple of years ago.
Look in front of the costumed dancer on the ball. You can see the light thrown on the ground, but that little ball of light shouldn't be in that spot in my opinion.

[Gwynna Star]

I'd like to think it's an orb, but I wouldn't rule out camera glare... :sunny:

[Mau]

If anyone can scientifically explain the opening and slamming of my oven door, the grabbing and twisting of my big toe, the tugging of my hair, the 'people' talking to me, and other such things..I'll be a TOTAL non-believer!!!! :p

[Bainidhe Dub]

I'd be open to an opinion on this picture I took at a Ren Festival a couple of years ago.
Look in front of the costumed dancer on the ball. You can see the light thrown on the ground, but that little ball of light shouldn't be in that spot in my opinion.

I'd have to say it looks like a glare, either from the camera or whatever.

[Bainidhe Dub]

oo found my favorite site. The Jersey Devil intrigues me to no end, and Leut and her gang have the best site around, as far as I've seen. They've got a new site starting, www.njdevilhunters.com , though the old site is still up.

[Seren_]

I have 2 photohraphs at home that my brother took during a night visit at Kenilworth Castle, the 2 photographs have Ectoplasmic Mist on them which are very predominant and can clearly make out faces on them, i will have to scan them at home and attach them to this thread.

No way! I live about ten minutes away from there and work on the local newspaper for Kenilworth. Small world, eh?

I've heard tonnes of stories about the place. I went on a night visit myself with my ex-boyfriend a few years ago. He told me that there are at least two ghosts in the guards outposts on the castle walls, that he's seen. All I saw was a faint eery glow from one of them (which is when he mentioned the hauntings)...One part felt really bad.

There's a real hammy Ghost's Alive thing on at the nearby Warwick Castle. My granddad, who was a gardner at a nearby gardens, used to tell me about how he'd see Oliver Cromwell's death mask floating around at night, which is why they had to lock it up behind glass. Which I suspect is a complete _pino_ , but hey. It entertained me as a kid.

But that reminds me of when I used to go to the gardens with my granddad when I was very little. I can remember the lady who lived there, Mrs Measures, giving us antique toys to play with; but apparently she died before I was two. All I can remember is her huge legs, and Mr Measures used to tell me how I'd "talk to myself" and go get the toys as if someone was telling me where they were. He found it so creepy he'd just let me get on with it.

[jinx1_2]

I once heard on a Discovery show that people that believe in paranormal activity are fairly fast in stating that something that happened was the result of something paranormal. For instance, they would make out a ghost for a ghost easier then just a shade and a lightbulb swinging around, or whatever other cause. They are more likely to accept a paranormal explanation. Do you people apply to this reasoning yourself, or do you follow a more scientific way, like, trying to explain, but only at the end accepting a paranormal explanation?

The only things I have experienced have been actually seeing someone in my home that shouldn't be there. Other than a breakin, (all the doors and windows were closed and locked, the house is so small that you can easily see from one end to the other, it's all on one level, there were people at each end of the house, no noises were heard, and nothing was tampered with) or schitzophrenia, there really isn't any other explanation.

[kaosxmage]

I once heard on a Discovery show that people that believe in paranormal activity are fairly fast in stating that something that happened was the result of something paranormal. For instance, they would make out a ghost for a ghost easier then just a shade and a lightbulb swinging around, or whatever other cause. They are more likely to accept a paranormal explanation. Do you people apply to this reasoning yourself, or do you follow a more scientific way, like, trying to explain, but only at the end accepting a paranormal explanation?

Ironically enough, the opposite is also true. Those hard bred skeptics and scientists are quick to disclaim any such paranormal activity when the possibilities arise. Interesting how we all have our paradigm locked on tight, and don't like it shaken loose a bit.
--Kaos