I think there's a ghost in my house

[badger]

no really, but the pictures are a bit freaky.

I was taking pictures of my place to list it for rental during the Olympics.

First picture is "normal", the second has that spot I thought might be a reflection of the flash, but the other pictures don't have it. The third picture was right after the bright spot. Maybe my dog's come back for a visit?!?!?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/nvwolf/CIMG1567.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/nvwolf/CIMG1568.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/nvwolf/CIMG1569.jpg

[Mr. Bloom]

Hmmm...and there are larger/lighter disks floating by the cabinet in the second picture as well.

Is this an old house?

[alpinerabbit]

these are very frequent with digital cameras. no presence...

google it...

[Eden]

It's dust on your lens or in the air... (hate to disappoint you, but really, honestly seriously its not supernatural)

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/digital_cameras/contents/shooting_tips/reflect/index.html

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yeah, I got one of those 'ghosts' too, in a photo of our bedroom....it's the thing that looks like a full moon on the wall, just to the right of the left hand window:
http://harmonias.com/Bedroom_1.jpg

[redrhodie]

Well, if you gotta have a ghost, that's the one to have ;).

I once heard a moan in my old house. I was happy to not hear it a second time. Talk about creepy.

[lunacycles]

When I lived in the foothills of Colorado, many of my neighbors and I had lots of ghosty experiences...things like the TV or bathtub jets turning on by themselves full volume at 3 a.m. We consoled ourselves by deciding there was just a lot of "energy" swirling around up there...who knows, but for us, it always felt benevolent or, at least, not harmful.

[LBTC]

Yeah, our ghost seems mostly harmless. The last thing we heard of him was a fart from an empty room.

Yes, all of the dogs, people and the cat were accounted for and none of us were in the general area from which the sound eminated. We were relieved that a smell did not accompany it. :o

[Chicken Little]

Farting implies digestion- anything missing from the fridge?

[msincredible]

I caught a UFO on one of my bike rides earlier this year!

http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/normal_waterdog01.JPG

[breezy]

Awesome UFO!
:)

[Tuckervill]

My son says there's a ghost in our 112-yo house (he's probably right, given how many people probably birthed and died here in 112 years). He says he saw a man sitting at the table in the kitchen, wearing overalls. He says he feels the man a lot in the kitchen. He named him Billy.

The kitchen table is as old as the house, given to me by a friend when I moved here to match the house. I think the ghost came with the table.

I have hundreds of pictures of "orbs" that my son has taken with the digital camera, back when he was into that kind of stuff. I think, at 15, he's more skeptical now.

Karen

[sundial]

I've joked with hubby that we have a ghost cuz stuff goes missing and turns up later. He just smiles at me and :rolleyes: .

[Aggie_Ama]

My friend Sheesh always swore she had a ghost in her house named Georgia. the lady who died of old age in the home had been named Georgia. Somedays you heard a piano coming from a back room even though there was no piano in the house. Georgia seemed to mean no harm though so Sheesh just said hi if she heard her.

I felt a very eery presence on the Taos Gorge Bridge. I had a mild panic attack, not from the heights something just really creeped me out. I told DH "people come here to die, don't they?" He didn't know but assumed. I later looked up that yep there are a lot of suicides off the bridge. Oddly I didn't get the same creeped out feeling on the Golden Gate. But that Taos bridge I am not sure I can ever walk on again, I am convinced it is haunted.

[Iris616]

We have a ghost in our house. He mostly spends time in my daughters room. On more than one occasion I've gone in to find her there, sitting quietly on her bed. I ask what she's doing and she says "the man was keeping me company".
There was one night that 3 of us had encounters with the man, without knowing any one else had also.

But, here is the weirdest: We were vacationing in CapeCod and my husband lost his keys in the ocean. The problem was that he had the only copy of a key to our toyota. We went home a day later, and walked in the house throught the kitchen. The counter was completely clear. I walked to the end of the room and turned around...just in time to see the key drop onto the counter. The rest of the key chain has never appeared.

[redrhodie]

But, here is the weirdest: We were vacationing in CapeCod and my husband lost his keys in the ocean. The problem was that he had the only copy of a key to our toyota. We went home a day later, and walked in the house throught the kitchen. The counter was completely clear. I walked to the end of the room and turned around...just in time to see the key drop onto the counter. The rest of the key chain has never appeared.

So weird! That's a nice ghost.

I had a strange thing happen last night. DBF and I went to dinner at a local restaurant which is believed to be haunted. Well, I've eaten there an bunch and never seen anything. Last night, though, when I got to the front door, I put my hand on the nob and someone was opening it from the other side. The latch pushed down, and the door pulled open. You know what's coming...there was no one on the other side of the door.

[Biciclista]

I'm jealous. no ghosts. ok, once while thinking of my recently departed father in law, i smelled roses in my bedroom.. but that's it.

for those of you who don't WANT ghosts, get a pet. all noises and movements can then be blamed on pets and you can sleep better knowing it was the cat or dog who made that strange noise.

[badger]

I love all those benevolent ghosts.

I've heard that ghosts tend to go where they enjoyed being while alive, so they say most ghosts don't linger in cemetaries. And going by that theory, apparently golf courses are full of ghosts, lol.

One time I needed a place really quickly after coming home from a failed move across the country. They gave me a "deal"; I move in on the 15th and they won't charge me the rent as they can't move the furniture until the end of the month. They told me I could sleep on the bed that was there. I tried, but it creeped me out, so I slept on the floor.

Many of my electronics failed; my new toaster died, the fridge died, and I could never get a connection to the internet. And my cat virtually lived in the kitchen cupboard and wouldn't come out.

I didn't really feel a presence, but it was getting a bit ridiculous so I asked my landlord if something happened there, and she admitted that her mother died there. She apologized for not telling me and promised to do a smudging while I went to Japan to visit family. When I came back, I could feel the place being "lighter", and my cat was out and about. My landlord did say she felt that her mother moved on as well.

Getting back to my original post...

I guess a part of me WANTS to see or think there are spirits because I was hoping my dog would come back for a visit :) But knowing that animals and children often see spirits and neither of my cats reacted to anything, I'm pretty sure it was some freaky dust/flash combination.

[sundial]

for those of you who don't WANT ghosts, get a pet. all noises and movements can then be blamed on pets and you can sleep better knowing it was the cat or dog who made that strange noise.

LOL! My first gsd would walk down the hall, stop in front of the guest room, and start wagging her tail wildly as if she saw someone dear that she hadn't seen in a good while. I'd like to think it was my guardian angel she was visiting with. :)

Another interesting story.....I had an electrician install a new garbage disposal. I had everything laid out for him and the area was completely cleared for him to work. Upon completing the task we both checked to see if everything was in working order. The next morning I walked in the kitchen and looked down into the sink. There lay a dog treat right over the garbage disposal. We don't even have dog treats! :)

[Norse]

for those of you who don't WANT ghosts, get a pet. all noises and movements can then be blamed on pets and you can sleep better knowing it was the cat or dog who made that strange noise.


That works great, unless all the pets are in the bedroom sleeping with you and one of the cats looks down the hall with her "there's an ax murderer in the house expression"!

[Iris616]

That works great, unless all the pets are in the bedroom sleeping with you and one of the cats looks down the hall with her "there's an ax murderer in the house expression"!

Has this happened to you?;)

[ClockworkOrange]

Oh no, no, no!

The thought of ghosts and anything spooky, really scares and unnerves me.

In fact I kept trying to ignore this thread but curiosity got the better of me.

I am one of those who does not believe in anthing like that but then again........:confused: It's just the unknown! :eek:

Clock

[bmccasland]

I had a house once that was haunted -actually the entire hatchery was haunted, and hoped my ghost would come with me when I moved, but he didn't. I could spin many a yarn of things that went on at that hatchery. All of them of a friendly nature. I never felt alone or afraid, even when I was the only one home on the entire station on some holiday weekends.

The things that go bump in the night now I can blame, with a very clear conscious, on the kitties or the dog, or the very large bugs that they (MY fur balls) are trying to tame into submission.

[Norse]

Has this happened to you?;)

We have yet to find any ax murderer roaming the halls but yes, one of the cats does do this on occassion. We are only the second owners of this house, which was designed and built by the original owners, and the husband (the architect) died in the dining room. Many weird things started happening when we were having the kitchen remodeled and I sensed he wasn't happy so I stood in the kitchen and spoke out loud to him (DP thought I was nuts) telling him how much we loved the beautiful home that he had built, how happy we were there and that all we were doing was adding one little touch to the masterpiece that he had created. All was calm and warm fuzzy feeling after that and we really feel enveloped by love and care in this home.

Corny perhaps, but the house has good karma!