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In reply to the discussion: DU is a good place to ask this: how many people here believe they have encountered a ghost? [View all]AmBlue
(3,378 posts)We live in a 100 year old house, where one of the 3 previous owners died here. We have encountered ghosts several times, in a variety of ways. When my son was 3yo at 6am in the morning, we heard a male voice very clearly call his name (me, my husband, and our 3yo son also heard this). I had a burned out ceiling light that turned on and off multiple times by itself, and a stair closet light that came on without anyone going in the closet. These were all isolated incidents that stopped as quickly as they started. For about a year or two, in a space that we converted into a bathroom (it used to be a kitchen), something was loudly bumping into the handle on our shower door, nearly every day and sometimes multiple times a day!! I guess he or she didn't like our renovation. All our family, and many visitors heard this.
Other things happened after my Dad passed away. Mom came to live with me after Dad died and she live here for 5 years until she also passed away. In the 5 years she was here, something was messing with my make-up mirror. It's mounted on the bathroom wall and I use it every day. But after Dad died, some days it would work and other days it just didn't. Almost as if the bulb burnt out. But then the next day it would turn back on like nothing happened!! This also started happening to the fluorescent lights in the same bathroom (on a totally different circuit). It wasn't every day, but it often happened on significant days, birthdays, etc. Dad was an electrician and a master carpenter and could fix just about anything. After Mom died, the shenanigans with the lights stopped.
Oh and lastly, our security camera sees and has filmed orbs in my kitchen on many occasions.
That sounds like a lot, but we have never felt threatened or uncomfortable about it. It's just something that happens sometimes. Tho not much lately.