Haunted Houses

[Pudcat]

Has anybody lived in a haunted house

[EvianBaby]

F. F. S.

[snags]

Big sausage fingers?

[EvianBaby]

Whoppers!

[Baldric]

The house I grew up in, and was also my UK base until I was 33, definitely had a presence, not a threatening one, just a feeling of never being alone.
My family were the only ones who ever lived there.

[jim360]

"Trouble is a person won't believe if they are sceptical so no amount of evidence given by me or others to say what we saw will convince someone to believe."

That's not really true. A certain amount of evidence of a given standard would convince most sceptics to believe -- but by then, I suppose, it wouldn't be a belief at all, but a demonstrable fact meeting all the required scientific standards. At the moment, though, what evidence there is for "ghosts" doesn't meet those standards, for one reason or another. Usually they are restricted, for example, to personal accounts, which leave open the possibilities that either the storyteller has, accidentally or deliberately, invented a memory, or more usually that they haven't correctly interpreted or understood what they saw.

I've said this before, a few times... the point is, anyway, that I will "believe" in ghosts only when it's not a matter of belief any more.

[ToraToraTora]

jim is correct, a sceptics demands evidence and will examine it fairly. The problem is that the believers in the wonderful world of total Bowlocks never offer any or offer deeply floored analyses or "evidence" that isn't evidence. There is still $1m to be collected by anyone who can perform or demonstrate any sort of WWOTB phenomenon under test conditions. No one has, not even water deviners who'd you think would want to pick up an easy $1m rather than earning pin money conning the gullible.

[joko]

it is very easy to 'spook' yourself - to put yourself in a frame of mind that you would jump out of your skin if someone sneezed.

that's why people often say they wish they hadn't watched a scary film late at night - its not so much that they fear the monster will get them - they know it wont - but its the 'spooked' feeling that can give the jitters and a nervous feeling that has to wear off.

that's why feelings of being watched or not being alone, and odd sensations, hearing weird noises etc are really not evidence.

if someone can say, something like, that in broad daylight in the middle of Asda in front of 6 people, a ghost walked towards them, maybe spoke to them then disappeared into thin air - and those 6 other people will back it up, or its even on the store cctv, then i will believe them ...
but its always just tales of weird vibes and "i was asleep, when i was woken up by ..." type stories, that are most likely just dreams, aural hallucinations caused by medication, daydreaming, or reading into things that actually are perfectly explainable.


its not that i don't believe in ghosts exactly, more that i don't believe the people who make the claims - though i do not mean they are all lying.

i think some people genuinely believe they have seen something

all that said - i saw something once - with 3 other witnesses... it was so convincing that we actually tried to speak to it, thinking it was out friend ... our 'friend' then just disappeared ...

another occurrence but one that could partially explain some other sightings is once when i was a kid i was awoken (i know i know!) by my sister sitting up in bed screaming, i quickly sat up ... and she just disappeared ... i stared for a few seconds, presumably think itd been a dream - then she really did sit up and start screaming! (nightmare)
it was like i had foreseen what was about to happen but only moments beforehand.
no idea what that was.

i have never had a premonition before or since

[keyplus90]

The house we live in now is haunted but it is always nice to have some kind of company and therefore we are not worried.

[heathfield]

My wife swears our house is haunted. Sound like someone walking on floorboards in the next room, or upstairs, a person having an (unintelligible) conversation, doors opening or closing when there's no draught, etc. When I experience any of this, I just say out loud, "Behave yourself, and please go away". It works, and any such activity stops!

[dunnitall]

Tora, love the word bowlocks, covers a multitude of sins lol

[mikey4444]

My brother used to live in the same house as a screaming witch, but then he got divorced.