One thing I’ve always wondered about these relatives and such who “come back to visit”: Were any of them known atheists or hostile to God or God’s will for some reason, or were they religious people, or is there no pattern at all? Wish I knew the answer to this as it might validate or call into question some beliefs about the afterlife.
Oh, as far as my own experience, the only thing I’ve had happen was last year after my dear wife died. For a couple weeks, especially the first week, the TV in the living room kept turning itself on, surfing through channels, and then turning itself off or just staying on. But it would always stop going through channels a second or two after I noticed it. And this would happen only when I was in the room, not just the grandkids. The interesting thing is that this was a prank I often played on her, changing channels from another room using my cell phone. And yes, my wife was a very religious (and good) person.