Writer's Block: Ghost Story
O.K. so normally I wouldn't do one of these things, but I had to admit, it was kinda interesting. But anyway, I'll admit I do believe in ghosts, and though I can't say I've seen one, I've certainly have had really odd feelings following me throughout my entire life. Like how my hair always stands up and how I feel like I'm being watched when it's a
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My mom's family apparently lived in a haunted house for a short while in Augusta, GA when she was a baby. A man shot himself there and fell down the stairs. Supposedly the noises from that event would replay themselves every night after that, so no one wanted to rent the place. My grandfather didn't buy the whole ghost thing though, so he finally did.
And every night they apparently got woke up by the sound of a gun firing at the top of the stairs, followed by a "thump, thump, thump" afterwards, as if a body had fallen down them. But of course there was never anyone there or anything out of place. They didn't stay there very long. :D
My mom seems to have seen a couple of things while growing up in Atlanta that might have been ghosts. One was a dark figure that came up to the door of the house where they were visiting and vanished. Then there was a guy who walked up to their car, which was parked under a street light, and he also seemed to vanish without a trace. Might have been overactive imaginations in both cases, but that's what she says. My aunt, who was with her on both occasions, also maintains they saw something strange.
My dad on the other hand never saw anything he considered unusual, though he did believe fully in the possibility of them.
Speaking of the Ouija board - might be a good idea to listen to the parents on that one. My mother and her friends were playing with one once and the guy she was dating at the time asked it if he would live to see 21 or some such. It said "no". He later committed suicide. Probably it wasn't connected, but still... :(
On the other hand, I've heard that "feeling you're not alone" thing or "being watched" is somehow a throwback to our primitive survival instincts. Never knew what was sneaking up on you in the dark, so now being "alone" makes us extra alert or some such.
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But your family is kinda lucky I think. I want to see what it would be like to be in a haunted house for a few days. x] Sounds crazy awesome.
Lol and as far as the Oujia boards go, I don't know... Despite my parent's warning I would like to play with it again. I remember doing it when I was little with some old friends, and there was another time when the name "K-u-r-o" popped up when we asked "Who's here talking to us?" I have yet to figure out what "Kuro" means. Maybe it's the ghost that follows me? XD And I know that I didn't make that word since it was my friend's mom doing it. Odd isn't it? Don't even get me started on the dreams I've had.. I kind of wonder if they're memories of a past life. :\ XD But who knows. I mean they were too coherrent to be my usual kind of dreams..
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I'm officially spooked now.
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I used to see shadows sometimes, when we lived at the other house. They'd be passing by the foot of my bed or I would think one was anyway. It was hard to say if it really was anything though, cause whenever I saw them, it was always as I was waking up. Apparently there are times when your mind doesn't completely wake up and stop dreaming even though you're "awake". I think this is probably what was happening to me.
On the other hand, my mom used to think she saw them too on occasion. I haven't done that at all here - might be the fact that I sleep in the day, though if it were a physical thing you'd think it would happen anytime. And mom really hasn't either, except for perhaps once. (Same property, different part of it.) I've heard that there was an old Native American trail that originally ran across the backyard of where we had been living. Who knows? Maybe it was connected or maybe my tired brain just pulled from that. :D
Still wouldn't say the place was "haunted" though.
:D Isn't that Japanese for "black"? (Mind might be failing me there.) No idea what that could mean though.
LOL All I can tell you about the dreams is to check the details against history. There might be something to them if little things - the sort that don't make it into history books - match up. But don't get too caught up in it. The here and now is important, because you're living it NOW, and I've found that some are so eager to believe that they forget that. :(
Not to mention that some even start subconsciously "filling in the blanks" and loss all credibility in the process. And don't rely on hypnosis to "retrieve" memories either. It's been shown that they often accidently plant memories or cause you to pull up stuff you already know and weave it into the "past life" to make it more believable. That's why it's not really acceptable in most cases as evidence. :(
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Lol well, I don't konw if I can say that place of yours is haunted either, but even just having the potential to see something sounds totally awesome. I want that. XD The experiences still sound kinda awesome. ♥
And yes "Kuro" is Japanese for "black" but who knows. o.O
And yes I understand that the "here and now" is important so you have nothing to worry on that one, but what makes it really odd and made me think it a memory instead of a dream was the fact that it was really, really coherrent and seemed to follow logical steps and events and not jump around as my dreams usually do. Like I actually saw myself walking/whatever to get to a place and not just randomly disappearing and reappearing in whereever I was going. The next part that made me think different was probably the fact that it just felt too real. Remember the feeling of the hand touching my face? Well when the guy in my dreams touched my face I got that same feeling. And the same goes for when he wrapped his arms around me. I could feel the same warmth, the tingling in my cheek... Just odd though huh? XD And the only time the dream "jumped" to a new place was always the next night or a few nights later. My dreams usually "jump" all over the place in one night. XD It's soo odd though. ♥
Oh please I'm a psych major dear. :P I've heard all of the flaws and stories of hypnosis. I don't think I could ever do it.. Not to mention my friends totally got their asses handed to them when they volunteered for the hypnotist at post prom... XD
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