They see dead people?
I never saw one except the ones dressed up in sheets on Halloween.
When I was a kid (through late teens), Ouija Boards worked well, I had lots of deja vu incidents, and lots of really weird coincidences all around the world. That all ended when I was about 25 years old.
I never saw a ghost, but I had sleep paralysis once.
I was late 20’s, it was crazy.
Compost sinking pretty low.
It must be science.
Dad told me 65 years ago that the dead cannot hurt anyone. It is the living you have to watch out for.
I have found that to be true.
Who would of thunk children have dreams? When a child my favorite hero was Superman. Had the same dream many times that if I ran fast enough and lifted my legs I could fly. Bummer, I could only get 3 feet off the ground. However, I did an awesome skid/brody when I put my feet down.
EWTN TV (Catholic network) show Living Divine Mercy was on tonight.
“ HOSTS WHO ARE THEY?
Just in time for Halloween, Fr. Chris Alar explores the many occurances of ghosts in the Bible. Learn about the three kinds of ghosts, where they come from, how we should relate to them, and why some could be demonic.”
He said not to tempt the demonic to enter our world or do more harm by using tarot cards, ouija boards, mediums, fortune tellers and so on. Shun all of these, he said.
Distinguished them from sincere people who without trying were contacted by spirits sent from God such as a woman who didn’t try to hear from the other world but had a dream which was verified by her sister’s death hundreds of miles away at the same time as her dream.
And a NY police officer who was the basis for the book and movie Deliver Us From Evil (John Sarchie) and now helps people who are targets of demons or alleged ones. He debunks many.
Interesting show even for non-Catholics like me.
How about Shadow People?
But assuming Ghosts, they are probably trying to warn about pronoun proliferation.
When I was a kid, I was always convinced there was a boogey man in my closet. The fact that the door would creak and open on its own at night did not help.
-PJ
My daughter used to see one. An old polish guy. She wasn’t scared. She said he was nice.
My grand daughter was in the pool with me the other day when a helicopter flew overhead. She said that she used to fly one of those…but not like that one. She is 3.
Kid have imaginations that haven’t been constrained. I think it’s cool.
This is fascinating.
.... After they would arrive all they would do is walk together over to each of our beds and would spend a few seconds bending overas if they were looking at us and observing us ... of course this was puzzling because they had no heads so how could they be seeing anything.
..... We both saw them at the same time and would watch them as they went back and fourth and would close our eyes shut hard. Never knew how they arrived in our room or where they went when the episodes were over. We would compare notes in the morning. Our parents always laughed it off as our imagination ..... Never thought to ask themselve how we were both seeing these things at the same time ..... Believe me .... they really were there.
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Kids have great imaginations and are good at manipulating parents, teachers and “psychologists”.
What about ghost pets. We had and old cat that I swear I saw a number of times for years after he died.
I never saw ghosts as a kid, but the place I live now has a poltergeist.
I have a uncanny ability to remember events 3 years and up, I do remember spooked by stuff, especially stuff going through my Grandmother’s house walls, I never thought they were ghosts but spirits non-human in origin appearing as if the were trying to make their presence known. I outgrew them, I think I lost sensitivity to them but think they were real.I imagine they are all around us, unseen
We have lots of stories.
Most seem to be from my dad’s side of the family. His mother, etc.
I brought up this topic tonight and my son stated the only “supernatural” experience he may have had was when my dad died 3 years ago. He woke up exactly the time he died in the middle of the night, at his friends’ house (we were with my dad).
Son never mentioned this before. Says he made the connection when I said he died at 3am.
I believe we had a ghost in our present house when we first moved in. I never saw it, but one of my boys said someone opened his bedroom door to peek in shortly after we moved in. There was nothing too scary-- just an open door, some quiet noises at night, and a slight presence. I got the impression it was a he and he seemed a little lost and confused. We did a house blessing, put holy water, blessed salt, and blessed St. Benedict medals around the house, and prayed for the repose of the soul of whoever it was. That was about two years ago and there hasn't been anything since then.