Happy Hallowe'en!

[valis2]

And since it's that day, and because I've been overdosing on ghost shows on TV, I thought I'd ask the flist:

Have you had any sort of experience or encounter with ghosts? Tell me about it.

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[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

lol Ever since the events I'm about to relate to you, I've been a huge believer in ghosts. I've read about it all: good spirits, negative spirits, demons, etc.
I've had several little experiences over the years, mainly dealing with contact through dreams with dead loved ones as opposed to seeing actual apparitions. I vividly saw and spoke with my grandfather in a dream and (this is going to sound weird) felt his spirit pull me off of a bucking horse, saving me from a serious accident. I immediately got up off of the ground and knew it was my grandfather who had put his arms around my waist and pulled me off of the horse (and I landed very gently on my bottom, which is not how you usually land when falling from a horse). I physically felt him pull me off and his presence practically permeated the air afterwards (that's the only way I can describe it) - it was quite an experience.

My twin sister, however, actually had the ability to see and communicate with spirits when she was younger. Early in '98 our grandfather passed away. We had been planning a trip to Hawaii that summer with him and went with our two grandmothers instead. My sister swears that the spirit of our grandfather (the same grandfather mentioned above) with us almost the entire trip. She could actually see him, but I saw what I consider to be proof when my sister asked my grandfather to show me that he was there at a restaurant, and a heavy mug of root beer and our table flipped over and spilled even though no one was near it. Mandy said that Grandpa did it and after all of these years I have yet to come up with any explanation of it. His spirit did several other things during the trip that I don't recall but it was damn strange. He apparently communicated with my sister several times after we went home too.

My sister saw several other spirits when we were in our early teens around that time; I remember we were working out at a Girl Scout camp on the plains and she said she kept seeing the spirit of what looked like a small boy from the 1800s. At one point I was standing with her and she suddenly said that the boy was standing nearby - I was skeptical and quickly ran over to where she said he was and I'll be damned if that area wasn't freezing cold (and this was a typical Texas day of over 95 degrees). Mandy also saw the spirit of a little boy who haunts gift shop at the Alamo in San Antonio during two different visits.

I'm hoping to have some new experiences to relate when I go to Gettysburg next year but, as I have learned from staying at haunted places before, it doesn't always happen. I'm really sensitive to vibrations and energy but I've never seen a spirit like my sister :) Still, I definitely believe. I wish I could join a "ghost hunting team" like TAPS with all of the high tech equipment; that would just complete my life. :D

[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

Wow, that entry I just made is kind of incoherent and all gramatically incorrect and junk. O_o That's what happens when I need to sleep but choose to play on the Internet instead. :P

[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

We also caught the image of what appears to be a lady in a dress with a lace coller wearing a hat at the Peterson House in Washington D.C. (that's where Lincoln died; it's right across the street from Ford's Theatre). My sister sensed a presence in the garden so she snapped the pic - I need to find that sucker and post it on the Internet one of these days.

(I promising I'm leaving now...)

[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

Damn it, it's official: I cannot spell simple words like "collar" and am shamelessly spamming your journal. Yay for idiots!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

Wow! This was really, really fascinating. It's really interesting that your sister was so "tuned in."

I'd totally love to see the image, absolutely! If you find it, please share! I think we'd all love to see it.

[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

I will definitely try to post it - keep reminding me if I forget!

[jen-deben.livejournal.com]

That is SO cool! *whistles the theme song from the X-files*

It must have been very comforting to know he wasn't just gone. I think I'd feel very frightened by evidence of a loved one lingering like that, but at the same time, the hardest thing about the death of a loved one is thinking that there's maybe just nothing left of them except your memories (I'm not religious, y'see).

[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

It was a very life-changing experience for me; I certainly believe in some kind of an afterlife now!

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I would LOVE to go on a hunt with the TAPS team. They're who started this query, honestly. I'm really liking their show so far. It seems less rigged than many of the other shows I've seemed, and they seem to have more familiarity with the nature of physics, at the very least, which is very good. :)

[luvboromir24601.livejournal.com]

TAPS definitely has the best ghost show on TV (but I do enjoy 'A Haunting' that comes on Discovery Channel every Thursday, even though it's based completely on eyewitness accounts and is more about storytelling than science); I make sure to watch them every Wednesday.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I've watched only a couple episodes, but I was absolutely chuffed that they debunked a few pics and such. Go science!