Paranormal Thoughts
A place for random thoughts, rambling, discussion, questions, controversy, venting, and possibly even some useful information!
Index:
Are You Going to Talk To These People
Where Did THAT Thought Come From? Seth?
Fear of Ghosts or Fear of the Living
Another Experience in My Parent's Home
“Are you going to talk to those people?”
4/19/05
This is an event that actually happened with me and my son. It’s been on the back of my mind ever since it occurred and got me to thinking about some things. This occurred about a year ago. My son was six. He knows that I go out looking for ghosts but he hadn’t really ever been with me before. I picked him up from school one afternoon and I wanted to go out and look around in a cemetery that I would be investigating that night. It was in Wilmer, Texas where we lived at the time. My dog was in the car at the time as well. The three of us pulled just inside the cemetery gate and I put the car in park. It was just outside of town, no other houses to speak of, no dogs running around…it was just really quiet and peaceful looking.
A minute later, my dog started growling and the hair was standing straight up on her back. She started scratching at the window and continued barking and growling. I looked back at her in the back seat and my son also appeared to be looking at something out the same window. I scanned the cemetery and the area around for a squirrel or something else that she might be barking at but there was nothing there that I could see. I’d never seen her act like that! I decided to leave and head back home.
Later that night when I was getting ready to head back out to that cemetery for our investigation, my son asked, “ Are you going to talk to those people?” I was caught a little off-guard. “What people?” I asked him. That’s when he told me about the two women who walked up and stood by our car while we were in the cemetery. He is not one to make things up but I was still a little skeptical. We WERE in a cemetery and a child’s imagination is a wonderful thing. But then there was the dog too. Hmmm Something to think about anyway.
That night, we recorded two EVP. Most EVP are hard to understand, but these were not. I heard one say, “He saw us” and the other one said, “I like (your?) dog”. The ‘your’ was a little fuzzy, but you could plainly hear the other part. There were also two bright orbs in nearly every picture I took out there that night. (I have searched for these EVP recordings but then I remembered that I sent those tapes and pictures with the person who was with me. I’ve since moved to Abilene and have not been able to contact this person)
I know this sounds too crazy to be true, but I was there. I saw, I heard, and I believe that my son and my dog actually saw ‘something’ that I didn’t see with my own eyes.
I’ve always heard that kids and maybe dogs can see ghosts but you have to wonder why.
Is it because they don’t know that they shouldn’t be able to see them? Does it have to do with the development of the structures in their eyes? Maybe it’s both… or maybe its something else completely. But it makes me think about the innocence of our children and how closed-minded most of us as adult have become. There is more to this world than we can see. Having a science background, to me that is a fact. Whether it is energy, or ghosts, or light, or something else, we have learned somewhere along the way that we shouldn’t see these things. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to open our minds to these things? Or would we want to see what was out there? I don’t know if I would or not…but it’s something to think about.
Where did THAT thought come from??? Seth??
4/29/05
Have you ever wondered where those strange thoughts come from as you lay quietly trying to get to sleep at night? (or am I alone in this?) I mean, I have thoughts pop up in my head sometimes at night that I KNOW I wouldn't normally think of. They have absolutely nothing to do with anything related to my life. I've even been 'thinking' about a conversation that I'm not even having!!! It's like two people are talking in my mind and I am just an innocent bystander. Okay, before you call the people in the happy white coats....YET. Let me give you my thoughts on this. Some people say that this is when your mind is 'unwinding' from the day. Others think it is just random thoughts. BUT... a "thought" is something that YOU have.... right? And these things are NOT something that I am thinking of. They just pop into my head.
I'm not a psychologist.. there may very well be a perfectly logical explanation for this. But I read a book about a year called "Seth Speaks" that really got me thinking about these thoughts. This book was supposidly written by a spirit who spoke through a woman. She was just sayingwhat he was telling or showing her to say. Her husband then wrote all of this stuff down and there you have it... "Seth Speaks" It was almost like she was 'possesed' for a short period of time. Anyway.... (I told you this is a site for rambling)... according to 'Seth', we exist sort of on parallel universes...we are just occupied by this one at this given moment. That's just one strange idea he gives us through this woman. He also tells us that there are spirit guides that are here to guide us through this life and that they come to us at night in our dreams when we aren't focused on the daily things in life. Sounds odd... but when I have these thoughts that don't seem to be mine, I wonder sometimes if there really are other demensions or other spirits that we can pick up on when our minds are at rest.
If you think i'm nuts, try this tonight. As you are laying there quietly, try not to think about anything. Imagine a locked box in the top of the closet. Take it down, unlock it and open it up, then put each of your ideas, thoughts, and worries in the box. Then lock the box and put it in the closet. (that's a great way I have learned to relax at night) Once your mind is clear, pay attention to the thoughts in your mind. See if you don't have a similar experience. You might picture a person or a place you have never seen... you might hear a conversation that you aren't having. Give it a try. I'm curious to know if I'm the only crazy person out there!
5/6/05
It seems that more into the "paranormal" I get, the stranger my life gets. To the average person, including my own family, it would seem that I need some serious help. But I don't think they truely understand just how complex our lives are....there is sooo much more to our lives than we can ever comprehend at the level we are on. . Okay, I'll get to the point. I've always been interested in things like lucid dreaming (knowing you are dreaming and being able to go places and do unreal things willingly as you dream) and astral projection (pretty much the same thing... going to places in a meditative state or dreamstate). But here lately, I've really been doing a lot of reading about it. The concept of being able to "will" something into our physical lives is amazing as well. One year ago, I would have told you that this was all impossible. And if it were possible, I would have told you that there was no way that I, the totally normal, grounded person, would be able to do these things. But I'm starting to believe that I am capable of these things and have even started to notice them coming true. I've had dreams where I realize that I am dreaming, and then will myself to fly, travel to the other side of the world, and go make peace with a loved one who passed on years ago. It is an amazing experience! I don't do it all the time, it is taking a lot of practice and focus, but it is the most amazing experience!!!!
The strange thing that happened to me the other day: I had been reading about will power. The exercise that I had been working on was the classic thing where you try and make a piece of foil spin on top of a needle inside of a jar where the air couldn't move it. I had some spare time in my office at work and had been trying to WILL this silly thing to move for over an hour to no avail. I was beginning to believe that I really was insane to believe this stuff. Finally, it time for my class to start. This is finals week so I was giving tests to the students. It was quiet during the test until a lot of noise started out in the hallway. I thought several times..."I should go shut that door" but I waited awhile to do it because I was busy with something. One of the students finally asked me if I would shut the door so I turned toward the door and began to walk toward it. Immediately, it shut. Hmmmmmm.... okay... I passed that one off for someone in the hall doing it. Not a big deal. The test continued. Later, I realized that the lights had beened dimmed a little the whole time the students were taking their test. I decided (for fun) to WILL the lights to come back up to full brightness. I didn't really expect anything to happen. That was rediculous right????? Well as God is my witness, not a soul was near the light dimmer... as soon as I got up to head to the dimmer, the lights dimmed by themselves!!!!!!! I about came unglued!!! Wow.
Okay, maybe it was coincidence. Who's to know. But this incident gave me a boost in confidence about this whole 'will power' thing. According to what I've been reading... if we 'will' something strongly enough, we can manifest it in our physical lives. That is an unbelievable thought. If you think I'm insane, I don't blame you. But do some reading for yourself.... who knows. There really is probably more to life than we normally experience. As for me, I think I'll keep trying! A new house and a husband would be nice. Ha. :)
Fear the Ghost or Fear the Living?
6/12/05
My brother brought up an interesting point the other day. This is a crazy world that we live in now days! Many people have asked me how I can go into a cemetery in the middle of the night, or go into an extremely haunted house and not ever be afraid. "Wouldn't you freak out if you saw a ghost?" Well, my answer to that is NO. I'm not afraid of the ghosts at all. A ghost can't hurt you... in 99% of the cases anyway. What AM I afraid of? Nothing really to the extreme... but I would be much more worried about those who are still on this rotating mass of earth than those who have passed on to a better place. Every day your turn on the TV and hear about another child being abducted or killed or murders, rapes, theft, arson, and other crimes. What kind of world is it that we can't even let our own children play outside for fear that they will be picked up by some whacked-out madman. It's getting insane!
I was heading out to go do an investigation at a residence that I had never been to and to meet a person I had never met before. Although we always investigate in groups, and we conduct our research under strict guidelines to protect the group and the validity of the data,.... you just never know. Before I left, my brother said, "You know, one of these days you are going to get a call from some psychopathic serial killer who wants you to come do an 'investigation' ". I thought about that for days! Ghost hunters are always meeting new people, and maybe I'm too trusting, but I had never thought about that really. I guess that is one risk that goes along with this job but it is also something that each group like ours should seriously consider! You can't take a gun into someone's house for protection....I don't think they would appreciate that, But don't fall into the trap of being an overly-trusting person and forget that there are some strange folks out there. Be careful! Trust your instincts, and NEVER go alone!
Another Experience In My Parent's Home
7/16/05
I've heard of shadow people, and I've experienced strange things in my parent's home since I was young. Being a ghost investigator, you usually HOPE for things to occur so that you can document it. But I don't think anyone is ever prepared for it to happen in your own home. I was house sitting for my parents last week and I wasn't feeling too well. It was around 3:00 am and I got out of bed and went into the kitchen and was sitting at the table reading a magazine. My son was still asleep in the back bedroom. As I was sitting there I saw a large, dark shadow cross the wall in the living room. The light was on in the bathroom, so a shadow like this would have only happened had somebody walked across the hallway in front of the bathroom door. At first I thought it was my son so I didn't think too much about it... but I did get up to make sure it was him. When I entered his bedroom, he was still sound asleep...even snoring! It wasn't him. I went back into the kitchen to finish what I was reading, but now I paid a little more attention to what was happening in the living room. There it was again.... this time going the other way across the wall. Now I put the magazine down and just watched the wall. I wanted to go grab my camera but I was honestly a little afraid to walk back through the house to the back room to get it. I don't know why.....I'm not afraid of ghosts, but this gave me a creepy feeling. About 10 minutes later, I heard a small girl and a small boy talking. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but it was unmistakably a conversation between two small children. Being a rational person, I first thought of the TV. My son must have woken up and turned on the cartoon or something. I got up to go check the TV in the back bedroom, and as I reached the door to go into the living room, I heard one of the voices say, "Shhhhhhh". I kept walking and checked the TV in the other rooms of the house... none of them were on and my son was still snoring. Since I was back there already, I grabbed my camera off the charger and went back into the kitchen. The camera had been charging for a couple of days. When I went to the door of the living room to take a picture, I turned the camera on... it came on, beeped at me, and turned off. The battery was dead.
I decided that whoever this was didn't want to be seen or heard so I went back in and slept in the same room as my son. Looking back now....HOW COOL!!!!! But that night, being alone in the house that I knew was haunted..... NOT so cool! I haven't heard or seen anything since then. I don't know if that was an actual shadow.. or what some would call a 'shadow person'... but it was definately SOMETHING!