Has Anyone Ever Seen a Ghost?

i don't believe in ghosts, but I believe in trolls.

I've experienced certain supernatural phenomenon that has convinced me that ghosts do indeed exist. I don't want to go through the story, but I'll just say to my mind there is no doubt. And you're lucky if you get to experience anything of the sort. So consider yourself lucky.

I was skeptical also until 3 years ago when we bought an old farmhouse just south of Gettysburg, Pa. All documents say the farm house was built over a few years starting in 1823.

My son and daughter, ages 3 and 4 had been telling my wife and I about a "guy" that is crying, but disappears (March - June of 2006). They have no idea about the concept of ghosts and we thought they were referring to a TV show or playing some game - kids at this age don't have the best communication skills.

As God as my witness, last July (2006) my wife and I watched as a young man (more like a vision of a young man), no more than 17, walked out our back door looking back at no one in particular, weeping as he left. Although barely audible, he was saying through the tears "I'm leaving". He was dressed like a farmer with the exception of the shirt and hat that he wore which were emblazoned with military type ensignas and emblems - we believe it could be a Civil War soldier. We've seen him one other time - September 2006 - again walking through the back door while weeping.

The kids haven't mentioned him since, but I'm ready with video camera if he returns this summer.

Stay tuned.

Google "sleep paralysis."

I am Mihaly Igloi.

Not Scooby wrote:

My son and daughter, ages 3 and 4 had been telling my wife and I about a "guy" that is crying, but disappears (March - June of 2006). They have no idea about the concept of ghosts .

You have a 4 year old that has no concept of ghosts? What's wrong with her?

Ol Grumpus wrote:

Google "sleep paralysis."

That's funny that you mention this because my brother who is a doctor told me just that yesterday about this phenomenon. I had seen 3 "ghosts" on 2 different occasions. One occurrence was a few winters ago when I woke up and saw an asian male in a hoodie staring down at me over my bed with a menacing look on his face. I jumped out of bed screaming and ran at him, but he moved back towards the wall and eventually sunk into it just as I reached him. I then looked over my shoulder and saw a white woman dressed in an all white nightgown of some sort sitting on my couch staring at me. I then ran at her still screaming and jumped on her, but then she disappeared as well. I was horribly shaken by this and jumped at any sound for the rest of the night.

In germany, while staying at an old hotel run by an ex-nazi, I awoke to a man of about 40-45 in a hawaiin shirt staring down at me. Remembering my previous experience, I just swatted at him and jumped out of bed and he went away. I was scared by this, but nowhere near as much as I had originally been.

Basically I had discounted both of these as being hallucinations. I had just awoken from sleep and probably was getting remnants of my dreams. I don't believe in ghosts because they're just so illogical to me and refuse to accept that's what I saw. Sleep paralysis is a good explanation.

I knew a guy who moved into an old house and shortly began hearing odd noises and eventually began seeing ghosts. He also felt like crap and went to a doctor, who recommended he get the house checked and it turns out he was slowly being poisoned with carbon monoxide. Once he fixed the air exchange problems, the 'ghosts' went away.

" Well, I woke up in the middle of the night and at the end of my bed a young girl was sitting and just looking at me. It looked like she had on a nightgown or dress. The look on her face was bizarre, like a smirk. I looked away, and when I looked back she was gone. In the morning I was convinced it was a dream."

Was she young-legal? or young-illegal? Cause if she was legal I'd a pulled it out and hit that sh(t. Nothin like the supernatural tang.

Do you and your wife drop acid? Pics of your wife?

I have heard one. I stayed for a while in living quarters which were an old converted barn. It was basically one large room with a wooden plank floor. It was at about 7:30 in the morning and I was just lying half asleep with my girlfriend when there was the sound of somebody striding across the floor towards the bed, wearing heavy boots. Except they couldn't be seen. I'm not sure if I'd rather see them and not hear them.

Of course the previous owner of the farm had died there and apparently liked to still check up on things.

I knew I shouldn't have shared that story...the abuse.

...I did a shroom or two in days gone by, never acid...wife never did anything more than a glass of wine.

I've never seen a ghost, or anything remotely close. Your aunt's just messing with you dude.

Strange that these things always happen in old houses!

Just a few paranormal encounters, in no particular order...

I spent the night at the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas. It's supposed to be haunted. It was a luxury hotel back in the day and many celebrities stayed there like Judy Garland, Clark Gable, and the Three Stooges. I think it's condemned now, but they used to have tours where groups could stay the night, which is what we did. We had the whole place to ourselves. There was only electricity on the bottom floor, so we had to bring flashlights when we went upstairs (I think it's 13 stories). I didn't see any ghosts, but there was some white noise/static on my walkie-talkie when I went into one of the rooms where Clark Gable once stayed. After my parents went to sleep, my sister and I watched "The Shining" on a TV in the lobby.

On a family vacation to Colorado when I was younger, we stayed at some old "haunted" hotel that used to be a bordello, but I forgot the name of it. We were the only people staying there that time too (other than the owners). I didn't see any ghosts there, but I did hear several women talking and laughing while I was in the restroom. Again, we were the only people there.

We visited the Queen Mary ship before and at first we were not impressed. There were a lot of staged "ghost" encounters as part of the tour. It wasn't until we got home that we watched our home video and saw a white/transparent old man with a pipe standing in a telephone booth that was on the ship.

Near Fort Davis, Texas, there are the Marfa Lights (in Marfa). We've seen those. They could be swamp gas, headlights, or who knows what. Well, I can say they are not headlights because we drove by one that was right next to the road. It was just a bright, white, huge orb.

When we were very young (probably less than 5), some weird white orb used to be at the foot of my sister's bed. We had bunk beds, but we would trade who was on top and who was on bottom every once in a while. It always followed my sister.

I won't even go into all the crazy stuff that happened when we used to play with a Ouija board. It got scary.

Heck John, I'd even go so far to say it's super strange!

Affectionately yours,

Torgo Velazquez

To answer your question: No, no one ever has.

I was putting my daughter (3) to bed one night and she said, "Mommy, who are those three little girls outside my window? They want me to come play with them." (cue mental image from The Shining here...I wanted to say "No! Don't go near them!!"). She has also, on numerous occasions while we're reading before bed, started staring past me to the hallway and, when asked what she's looking at, replies "Oh, just that guy over there." It's lovely when this stuff happens when my husband is out of town and I'm alone in the house...I'm not ashamed to say it creeps me out. My husband and I also thought we saw "something" in the said hallway one night before my daughter was born...it's a little weird. I don't know if I believe it in all though, maybe just weird coincidences...

I have never seen a ghost. But when living in England from 2001-2004 we lived in a very old, refurbished farmhouse. The main part of the house was built in the early 1600s. When we first moved in my youngest boy, 4 years old at the time, always would tell us he could hear little children talking "in the walls". We always figured it was just a little kid's imagination.

But about a year later we were having dinner with our landlord and his wife. That night she told us that when they had lived in the house she had seen the ghost of a little girl several times. It was weird. I've always wondered if my little guy had really heard something.