Paranormal

Hey Cat, those were some very interesting stories.

Having been to and experienced one of the better Ghost tours in Gettysburg, we plan on going back and doing it again on our next anniversary in September. This time around, I think that we will try an experiment;
You see, there is an area there called The Triangle, in which no one can ever seem to get their cameras to work. Not even video or digital cameras.
Our theory is that it is due to a very famous Mathew Brady picture, that was taken after the battle, in which Brady staged the shot of a dead Confederate soldier leaning against a wall by dragging his body from where he fell to pose the body at the picture site.
We think that the spirit of the dead Confederate is upset by his body being desecrated in such a fashion and prevents cameras from working in that area.

So we are going to ask permission of the spirit and explain that we mean no disrespect to him or his trials in life during the War. Then we will see if we can get a few pictures of the area in The Triangle.

btw, the ghost pics are going to get posted to our profile as soon as I get through posting this.

When I was a kid I loved all things paranormal; I found it all fascinating. When in high school this turned into an interest in Wicca. However, I don't think I've ever experienced anything paranormal myself. I'm not trying to discredit anyone here; the paranormal may exsit, but I have a tendency to think that it can all be explained rationally somehow, and it's just people seeing/feeling what they want to see because they believe in it so much. I really would love to experience something paranormal and have my mind changed; a world with paranormal phenomena would be far more interesting to live in (to me anyway). But, as of now, I have a feeling that if all of this stuff was really true, I would have experienced something definitive by now. I guess I just want some actual first-hand proof.

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Originally Posted by Michelle_87

When I was a kid I loved all things paranormal; I found it all fascinating. When in high school this turned into an interest in Wicca. However, I don't think I've ever experienced anything paranormal myself. I'm not trying to discredit anyone here; the paranormal may exsit, but I have a tendency to think that it can all be explained rationally somehow, and it's just people seeing/feeling what they want to see because they believe in it so much. I really would love to experience something paranormal and have my mind changed; a world with paranormal phenomena would be far more interesting to live in (to me anyway). But, as of now, I have a feeling that if all of this stuff was really true, I would have experienced something definitive by now. I guess I just want some actual first-hand proof.

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You may have experienced some of it an not realized it. Sometimes a paranormal experience can be subtle, as in visiting a place that you have never been before and experience a sense of "deja vu" or some similar kind of feeling, such as extreme, near paralyzing dread or a feeling of unusually high levels of calm or peace. Had that happen in a couple of places, one of which was in England.

Of course, not everyone experiences paranormal events. Most people never experience anything of the paranormal, so that has a bearing on people's perceptions of the existence of things such as ghosts.

Great topic! Nice to find something like this :)

When I was 10 to when I was 13 we lived in a house that had shadow people. I had no clue what they were until well mid 30's I hadnt even heard of anything like that. I actually had chopped it up to a very creative imagination lol But there were 3 very distinct shadowy forms who were in our house. They didnt scare me at all, didnt try to harm anyone. I think they were more protective of us if that makes sense. But I would see them every night shortly before turning the lights off for bed, come down the hallway stand there a few minutes and then leave. Occasionally I would see them in other areas of the house and during the day. We moved, I never saw them again.

Ive seen 2 UFO's in the last 12 yrs. One was in the middle of nowhere in Arizona on I-8 Very bright lights, swooped down out of the sky to the ground hovered for just a moment and then shot off. The other I actually have on video tape and if anyone can help me out with getting it onto a computer Id love to be able to post it somewhere. That was captured in Los Angeles which is crazy lol but its on tape! Well maybe its 4 flares floating in the sky, who knows? But I have proof! hehe

George Noory has a great radio show, coast to coast am you should check it out. He is usually discussing ufo's, bigfoot, ghosts and even some scientific type stuff with the universe. He has a website but offhand Im not sure what it is, just do a search for George Noory youll find it.

Anyway thanks for letting me ramble... again great topic!

Oooh I wish I could go! Would you do some E.V.P sessions?

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Originally Posted by FalconAngel

Hey Cat, those were some very interesting stories.

So we are going to ask permission of the spirit and explain that we mean no disrespect to him or his trials in life during the War. Then we will see if we can get a few pictures of the area in The Triangle.

btw, the ghost pics are going to get posted to our profile as soon as I get through posting this.

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This coming weekend, I decided to do some E.V.P work on my own. I will also place my digital cam in front of it. Just in case I do catch something on the audio, I will have proof that it wasn't tampered with. Who knows, I might catch something on cam as well.

Are we allowed to post video here? I can upload them in my youtube account and use their embedded html code to post it here.

Is ther such a thing as ghosties an ghoulies an the like... Have me doubts..but dus know that ther is far more 2 creation than jus wot we c round us.. know peeps who call themselves witchies an wile me doubts they stir pots an cast spells "hubble bubble..." like outa MacBeth, an still hav doubts as 2 wetha they hav ne more power than the rest of us..who can say.. creation is an awesome thing an ther jus so much in it that we will neva know all the ansas.. but its fun tryin 2 get em... so me jus tried 2 hav an open mind much as me can... all ne of us can do...

Actually, there is nothing wrong with being skeptic. Being skeptic and yet being open minded is good. I have been skeptic for a long time until the recent experiences.

I am now studying Pagan/Wicca religion. I like playing with herbs and creating things. I do believe in all 5 elements. Wind, Fire, Water, Land, and Spirits. I also believe in Karma.
I was growing up Catholic then converted to Baptist. Neither of those religion I was comfortable with. Witchcraft, I'm more comfortable and I feel that it's me. Makes me happy, complete, more toleratable.
My sign is Cancer, water element attracted to fire elements, moon child, and I do love the site of fire as much as I love living in water. I live in South Florida so I basically swim day and night...lol Most of my spare time I spend it in or around water. I practically worship the Gulf of Mexico.

Just recently, I had join the SRQWitch yahoo group. I'm so looking forward to meeting these people in person. I have also joined Wiccantogether.com
Here is my profile: http://www.wiccantogether.com/profile/Dragonfly74
And now myspace is dedicated to Pagan/Wiccan/Paranormal.
Plus I seem to be friend a lot of Paranormal Investigators who is in myspace friend's list. I must of joined dozens of Paranormal Research groups and Pagan/Wicca groups. I am curious more and more each day. It's practically consuming me. These things seems to be drawing me closer and closer to something that I can not control or understand.

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Is ther such a thing as ghosties an ghoulies an the like... Have me doubts..but dus know that ther is far more 2 creation than jus wot we c round us.. know peeps who call themselves witchies an wile me doubts they stir pots an cast spells "hubble bubble..." like outa MacBeth, an still hav doubts as 2 wetha they hav ne more power than the rest of us..who can say.. creation is an awesome thing an ther jus so much in it that we will neva know all the ansas.. but its fun tryin 2 get em... so me jus tried 2 hav an open mind much as me can... all ne of us can do...

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lol You might just get something at that..ya never know. :)
Been to Vicksberg and to Gettesberg. Also to the battlefield where I grew up before going up to the Rez. Its in Corienth Miss. called RC Labouis Battery. Used to run around all over in there during the day as kids, but Mom wouldnt allow us to go there at night. She said the Soldiers Earned their rest at night, and that it was disrespectfull to bother them. So, we kids didnt go there at night.
Cant get on the larger Battlefields. I get dizzy and disoriented when I try.
I know I know..weird half Indian chick..LOL
Cat

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Originally Posted by Delilah

Oooh I wish I could go! Would you do some E.V.P sessions?

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Some of the equipment needed to do any real ghost hunting is exorbitantly expensive for us common folk. But we will be trying to do a few things that we are able to. The experiment in the Triangle for example, is one of them.

But rest assured, that we will be reporting on what we find when we get back.......it's still a few months away, though.

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Originally Posted by Cherokee_Mountaincat

lol You might just get something at that..ya never know. :)
Been to Vicksberg and to Gettesberg. Also to the battlefield where I grew up before going up to the Rez. Its in Corienth Miss. called RC Labouis Battery. Used to run around all over in there during the day as kids, but Mom wouldnt allow us to go there at night. She said the Soldiers Earned their rest at night, and that it was disrespectfull to bother them. So, we kids didnt go there at night.
Cant get on the larger Battlefields. I get dizzy and disoriented when I try.
I know I know..weird half Indian chick..LOL
Cat

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Most of the time, unless they are trying to accomplish something in this world, ghosts don't really care about the goings on around them in the physical world.

But your mom was right. They have earned their rest.

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Originally Posted by Delilah

Actually, there is nothing wrong with being skeptic. Being skeptic and yet being open minded is good. I have been skeptic for a long time until the recent experiences.

I am now studying Pagan/Wicca religion. I like playing with herbs and creating things. I do believe in all 5 elements. Wind, Fire, Water, Land, and Spirits. I also believe in Karma.
I was growing up Catholic then converted to Baptist. Neither of those religion I was comfortable with. Witchcraft, I'm more comfortable and I feel that it's me. Makes me happy, complete, more toleratable.
My sign is Cancer, water element attracted to fire elements, moon child, and I do love the site of fire as much as I love living in water. I live in South Florida so I basically swim day and night...lol Most of my spare time I spend it in or around water. I practically worship the Gulf of Mexico.

Just recently, I had join the SRQWitch yahoo group. I'm so looking forward to meeting these people in person. I have also joined Wiccantogether.com
Here is my profile: http://www.wiccantogether.com/profile/Dragonfly74
And now myspace is dedicated to Pagan/Wiccan/Paranormal.
Plus I seem to be friend a lot of Paranormal Investigators who is in myspace friend's list. I must of joined dozens of Paranormal Research groups and Pagan/Wicca groups. I am curious more and more each day. It's practically consuming me. These things seems to be drawing me closer and closer to something that I can not control or understand.

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Most of yas that r regulars 2 .com will b aware that me has bout as much religious belief as cat is likely 2 mate wiv a mouse. Am not big on the paranormal.. don hav ne experience of it for starters, save mayb lil feelins me gets from time 2 time mayb...prescience they call it...don happen often but sumtimes... thinka sum 1 an 2 mins lata ya bump inta them in the street.. that kinda stuff. But not much else. Wen it cums 2 religion, hav always maintained, an still maintain that in the wider sheme a things, religion, an the Gods that go long wiv em, wer thot up an developed by peeps 2 build an cement ther power base, an 2 keep the rest of humanity in line by scarin the poop outa them... man created God in his own image.. still hold 2 that..as strongly now as eva. More prob. Paganism an Wicca as examples a modern religion r interestin in that regard. Dunno a helluva a lot bout em particularly, but do know they r modern "interpretations" of ancient belief systems, developed an articulated by modern man at least in part cos more established religion didn ansa the questions wich wer bein asked.. so they tried 2 reach bak 2 the ancient beliefs of humanity, in the main the ancient beliefs wich existed in Europe. Wen me says reach bak, so much of these ancient belief systems hav been lost 2 antiquity, an so 2a gr8 extent, wot paganism is now, an wicca..an druidism bear lil or no relation 2 the beliefs of the ancestors of 2000 years ago save the name.

Don get me rong..am not knockin ne who believe wot they do wen it cums2 religion.. me bone a contention is wiv religion itself..cos simply put, me don accept ne of it... me rationale won let me accept the existence of Gods an Godesses an am buggered if me can accept the possibility of an afterlife..but won know till me dies bout that 1 at least ..not even then if me rite.

Returnin 2 the issue of the paranormal, an ere it is essentially linked 2 the need for religious belief. Goin bak in the deepest recesses of history,the paranormal created a world of myth an superstition wich wos ova time developed inta the religions we know 2 day. In the ancient past religion served the purpose of ansrin the questions of humanity..who am I? What am I? Where did I cum from? Lookin at the big wide world, in is primitive an superstitious state athiesm an agnosticism wer neva an option as they r 2 day... not so it mattad in any case. Humanity had 2 hav a creator..or creators.. omnipotent beins wich existed in ther minds, an created by themselves, or at least the more powerful an intelligent among them usually, sumtimes simply prob by socially inferior an weaker, but brite peeps 2 gain sum power base an a measure of control ova ther peers..an ova indeed ther superiors. These creations wer allocated mysterious an wonderful power 2 explain wy the world wos.. cos they didn hav the werewithall 2 explain it scientifically 2 the extent we do 2 day.

The paranormal, wich shud it exist, an me has already sed that ther r many things we simply cannot explain or undastand plays its part in religious belief.. unlike many of ya..me simply don accept it as owt otha that that..the paranormal... summat we cant, at least, not yet explain..hence it is outwith wot we believe 2 b normal. Many of ya believe it is connected 2 religious belief in 1 form or otha..but sum..even the religiously inclined accept they simply do not know.

Woteva it is.. we will neva explain it all... but wetha we believe in a god or godess or a panoply of em ..believe simply in the Gaia..or believe that ere we r ..this is it.. we all hav our part 2 play in tryin 2 unravel it an hav it an its many facets explained... an in our own often cack-handed way..we all do contribute 2 the debate...