freaky!!!

[betula]

I am to young to remember :P

[betula]

[flossy]

   Have had a few experiences with this topic,
   Some friends bought a house, Victorian I think, intending to let the ground floor they
   let their small son have the freedom of riding his bike down there.  He complained that 'the lady
   downstairs ' kept telling him to not make so much noise '.    After a bit of thought they decided
   to go down to explain that he was only small but would try to be quieter.   He continued to play
   with much chat and laughter coming from below.   The ' lady ' eventualy left with no harm done
   to the child who never mentioned it again.   [ as far as I know ],

   floss

[hopalong]

My dad was a C of E vicar. He did not go round blessing houses but he once had to perform an exorcism in a house in his parish in Norwich that had a poltergeist. Objects were lifted from shelves, thrown around the room and smashed. The windows were broken from inside the house (glass on the outside) by round, hot stones. The wife of the house felt she was being choked by cold wet hands when trying to sleep.  The teenage son was very disturbed. The family were so terrified that they slept out on Mousehold Heath, above the city, in the middle of winter until dad put them up in the church hall. Dad subsequently did some research on poltergeists and found that all the things he had observed had occurred elsewhere. I don't know whether his exorcism had anything to do with it, but the poltergeist went away soon afterwards.  The local press had a field day, of course, and the pub had a sign outside saying "The ghost has moved in here - come in and have a drink!"  (The family concerned certainly didn't think it was a joke.)

[flossy]

   hopalong,  that's quiet a story, you're dad with his tremendous faith must have felt quiet
   daunted with the prospect of dealing with such an unknown enterty,

   I have only experienced family  ' after death sightings '  and pre event ' dreams ' ,
   I hope I never come in contact with the more alarming aspect of your dads experiences.

   hopalong, there will always be people who will mock because they have closed minds and
   are insensitive.

    floss xxx

[hopalong]

Thanks floss.  Yes, it did have a profound effect on him, tested his faith and sparked a lifelong interest in psychic and spiritual research. Although I was young at the time, this experience has made me more open minded, less sceptical about such things.

[theothermarg]

when my youngest was 3  we passed some really tall trees he said I 'v been up there thinking he remembered a previous life I said "were you a squirrel or a bird" he replies no I was superman ;D well that scotched that theory
marg