I’ve seen a few. No longer fairy tale to me.
I have heard several stories from credible people. Most interesting was when the mother of a friend was in the nursing home on her death bed. The friend arrived for the day and was talking with her mom. Mom told her “Dad” had visited her just prior that morning. Dad had been dead for some time. The friend figured it was dreaming, etc.
A bit later the nurse commented on how nice it was that someone visited the mom earlier that morning - as she didn’t have many visitors. The friend couldn’t figure out who it could have been, and asked for the nurse to describe him.
The description fit the dad - and none of the other living friends or relatives that might have visited. I think there may have even been something about the “person” being there before visiting hours, but he was already in the room and they were just chatting, so the nurse figured someone else had let him in - but I’m not sure.
Luk 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; Luk 16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Heb_9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Demons seem to impersonate the dead, perhaps to put you into doubt as to whether there even is a heaven or a hell.
I was once haunted by the way, maybe for about a month, by a Demon (or really weird chemical reactions going on in my brain). At that time I had an association with a Pentecostal, who, it turned out, denied certain books from the scripture, particularly Revelation, since he claimed God only gave positive prophecies in the New Testament age (LOL). It ceased when, during an extreme attack, I blurted out "The Lord is my shield," and it was gone thereafter.
Me either