Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Ghost On My Bed: Crystal's Story

 Ghost On My Bed: Crystal's Story 

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When I was a child I  use to have this dream where I was in a house and it was all very clear in the dream to the point that I could describe the place and location of furniture to my mother

Anyway, I was in this house and everything was white and I would walk to this room and when I would walk in there and there was always a man on the bed

He was really still and looked like he was sleeping but somehow I knew he was dead. He always had one hand on his chest

When I told my mom about this dream she seemed really surprised and she eventually told me that what I had described to her was the exact set up of my great grandma's house and according to my mom her husband had a heart attack in the bedroom on the bed. My mom said he died when I was an infant and she said I never met him before he died. She couldn't believe that I was dreaming about him and how he died.

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Submitted by: Crystal

JoJo's Story

I've been having paranormal experiences since childhood all the way into adulthood on and off for years. I've always had this self motivation to find out the answers to my experiences but It's hard to ask questions, when you don't know what to ask, Its hard to ask for help, when you don't know what you want help for at least that's the case with me. The stories I'm about to share with you guys I've never really shared with anyone but I'm willing to put myself out there to not only help myself but maybe somebody else.

I was 7 or 8 years old when this event happened, Me and my mother where living in a two bedroom apartment. We lived in this complex for a little over 6 years before we moved out. One night, I woke up to the sound of voices in my room, I thought it was my mother who loved to stay up all hours of the night watching television or turning up the radio but when I lifted my head up from my pillow It was pitched black, I called out to my mother after waiting a few seconds, I did it again but there was nothing, no response at all. I gave up and headed back to sleep as I was trying to fall asleep again the conversation started, It sounded like children in my room. I lifted myself out of bed and asked if anyone was there? as I sat there in the dark in my bed, again I heard nothing but at this point I was starting to get scared but instead of calling out to my mother again, waking her up for no real reason didn't seem logical at the time.

I layed back down again but this time I had no intentions of trying to head back to sleep. Instead I was wiling to just listen as put my covers over my head and started to sweat. I was to scared to do anything more, finally within minutes the conversation started again but it was clear as day as to what they were talking about. I heard what sounded like two children at the edge of my bed. They said that they wanted to scare me, they wanted to pull my covers off my bed and drag me off the bed. Within seconds of hearing this, It happened. They lifted my covers out from under my feet. I felt hands touching my ankles and drag me off my bed. I screamed for my mother when she arrived in my room which was just around the corner from hers and told her what happened. She looked at me in disbelief and didn't say a word to me but I slept in her room that night.

Within a few days of this happening I was in my mother bedroom laying on her bed like I wasn't suppose too talking on the phone with a friend of mine. The lights where on and my mom was in the kitchen making food. I kept getting this odd feeling that something wasn't right, something was off. I kept looking around my moms room, In the door way, behind me where her dresser stood. It was massive this wood dresser It has a big mirror that stood on top of the surface and tons of storage places to put things. My mom has this little mirror with a stand it was black, I kept turning my head at it as I'm talking. All the sudden something appeared in the mirror, I just hung up the phone. I got up from my mother bed and there it was looking at me and me looking at it. The figure in the mirror looked like someone was burned, This person was completely black. It's eyes where noticeably distinctive, the out outside looked normal but the color of its eyes where I believe black, maybe a dark brown color. It had a smile that looked just suspenseful. It was like looking at a school picture of someone, if you were to look at one that's what I was seeing and looking at in the mirror. I called my mom her bedroom, when she arrived I asked her if she could see it in the mirror over and over again, saying its there looking at us. But she kept shaking her head in disbelief like I was making this up but she said she wasn't seeing it. That person was in the mirror for a good few minutes and disappeared, It looked like a child.

I was scared, alone and didn't know what to do. I came up with a plan to talk to a priest, I thought what a better way to get answers then a priest. I went to my local church that was a few blocks from my house, I walked into the church the hole place scared me because I just remember the inside being all red from the carpet to the chairs to the walls. Some of the place setting however where either gold or a light brown colors. I remember the priest coming out to talk to me, sitting beside me. I asked the priest if he believe in the paranormal, if he believed in heaven and hell, he generally said yes with a yes came a story of his own. He said that something happened in the church that he couldn't explain, A few days earlier He was in the church alone working and heard something fall to the ground. He walked to the area of where he heard the sound, It was a stand that had rows of candles that were already lit and inside a light red glass but no fire came brushing out and no candles didn't break. He brought some water to put out the candles and cleaned up whatever mess there was. As I was about to leaving and Thanking him for his time, he said to me if you are having paranormal experiences, just pray. Just pray and god will take care of it.

That was the last time I talked to a priest about my paranormal experiences. While attending school, I found out there was a murder within the grounds of the area, there was blood with the park us students use to play. A little girl who was about my age at the time was raped and murdered by a group of gangs and the body was found in a small lake that sat next to the school. They found the body of the girl a within the same time peroid I saw the small figure in the mirror and the childeren I heard on the edge of my bed in my bedroom. Is there a contection? Let's not get ahead of ourseleves just yet, I'm not done, one more. If this last story offendes anyone or rubs someone in the wrong way I'm sorry that wasn't and isn't my intention I sincerely apperiate your imput at the end. It's really hard for me to tell this last part but I firmly believe I'm doing the right thing by telling it.

In my late teens, I was in my bed sleeping, All the sudden during the middle of the night. I was being held down face down on my pillow gasping for air. I tired to shout out to my mother who was literally sleeping next to me but everything time I tried to say something or gasp for air or fight I lost my energy, my strength to do anything. Laying on my stomach, hands above my head and laying straight, somebody was putting there hole weight on me and doing a sexual act upon me. I thought it was a room mate to be honest because me and my mom had room mates. It was a couple a man and women. I thought the gentlemen snuck into my room and was raping me but he wasn't. I don't know where he was at the time but he wasn't with me. Finally after a few minutes of going back and forth between me trying to shout and break free from this person. I asked to see it, I said let me see you. Let me see you, It released one of my arms enough for me to have a peep hole through my arm pit. It was the same figure on saw in the mirror as a child. This person was a dark figure burned, the eyes where visual but the color was black. After I saw it, It left. I was finally able to release full air, I was able to breath, I got up like you would get up from having a terrible nightmare. It was completely silent in the room, I looked to my mother who was sound asleep and I didn't hear a sound. I didn't wake my mom up, I didn't want to bother her this time with my experience because I just didn't want to wake her and tell her. I layed right back in bed with my eyes open for a while and eventually feel right back asleep. I haven't mentioned this to her ever, its a personal choice I've chosen to make.

Thank you all for reading my story

Submitted by: JoJo

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Curses - UPDATED!

This is how Curses work in my opinion:


It's the power of the mind. For example: (I'm going to use names to make it less confusing.) Ok, Lets say that Sally put a curse on Mike. Sally put a lot of effort into her curse and she truly believes that the curse will work.

I believe that all of Sally's efforts and beliefs play a good role in her curse. Thus, she is using the power of her mind to empower the curse. I believe that Sally's efforts and beliefs can actually help make her curse manifest into reality. Also, if Sally decides to tell other people, or Mike himself, about the curse, she's using manipulation to empower her curse as well.

Once Mike finds out that Sally has cursed him, he will get paranoid and bad things will start to happen to him. At fist he will notice little bad things starting to happen. For example, He loses his keys. He would probably shrug it off once he finds them and not really think about the curse.

Then, another day, he goes for a walk and steps in dog poop. He probably wont think much about the curse at this point but he does notice that a bad thing has happened again.

Then, the next day, his alarm doesn't go off and he is late for work. He will most likely shrug this off too but the curse may be in the back of  his mind.

 Then, the next day, he accidentally slips and falls in a puddle. He notices that a bad thing has happened yet again and he starts to wonder about the curse.

 Then he comes home one day to find his old dog dead. This starts to make him paranoid and he thinks about the curse more and more. He now is starting to believe in the curse.

And so on...

Bad things are to happening to him because he becomes more and more paranoid about the curse and he begins to truly believe in it.

Point being, when Mike first finds out about the curse, the thought of it will be implanted in his mind. He will start to notice bad things that he usually wouldn't notice before he knew he was cursed. As time goes by he notices more and more bad things. As he notices more and more bad things he gets more and more paranoid about the curse. Thus, making the curse seem more and more real to Mike. Until the curse has actually manifested into Mike's reality.

It's all in the mind. The mind is more powerful than you think. So, if someone says that they have cursed you, just shrug it off because if you let it get to you, the curse may just become real. I truly believe in the power of the mind. The MIND is a VERY powerful thing.


 -Rachel Livingston

Shadow Figure Inside the Porch. / January 28, 2012

(Real names have been replaced)

Holy Shit. Last night my husband, his friend, and I were at a friend's house. Jeff (my husband) and his friend, Jake, and I saw something that we couldn't explain.

Ok, let me explain the set up of the house first. In the living room there is a couch. The couch is close to the door that leads out to the porch. It's one of those inside porches. The door has a small window in it. And when you look out the window in the door, you can see the porch from inside the living room. The door has one of those fancy curtains that is kind of see through, with fancy holes in it, covering the window, that looks out onto the porch. It was night time and dim in the room that we were in. The porch light was on. You can see the porch through the window when sitting on the couch.

Okay, here is what happened: All three of us were siting on the couch (the people who owned the house were in the other room) and for some reason the three of us looked out the window and all three of us saw a black figure walk by the window. And I mean close to the window. It looked like someone was inside the porch walking by the window and we all saw it. Jake freaked out and ran to the door to see who was in the porch but no one was there!!! We didn't even hear foot steps or anything. We just saw this human, dark, shadow figure. Crazy isn't it? I am so glad I was not the only one to see it. lol. Two other people, other than myself, had seen it too, so that's a good thing. lol.

My friends, who actually owned, and lived at that house, said they have never experienced anything strange like that before in their house, ever.


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Submitted By: Rachel Livingston

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Coincidence

Do you believe in Coincidence? I was raised not to believe in it. But what about you?

Funny story. My husband and I were watching V for Vendetta the a few days ago and they talked about Coincidence. After that movie the next three movies we watched talked about Coincidence and how everything happens for a reason (they just mentioned it in the movies afterwards. The movies were not specifically about coincidence) . We didn't purposely watch those movies because they mentioned Coincidence. I wish I could remember what movies we watched. We've watched a lot of movies since then but it was just strange how the next three movies we watched after V for Vendetta mentioned coincidence. But what ever.

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Submitted By: Rachel Livingston

Big Floating Ferris wheel in the Sky - UPDATED!

I have not seen this but my husband has told me this story many times. Now my husband is a big skeptic but he has yet to figure out this one. He doesn't know what to think about it. Here it goes...

It was near the 4th of July and my husband was riding in a car with his ex girlfriend. As they were passing by a cemetery, his ex gasped! My husband looked out her driver's side window and saw what he describes as a "Ferris-wheel" hovering in the cemetery, not quite in the sky but in mid air. Then as they were passing it some trees blocked their view. Once the trees were out of view they looked at the spot where the "Ferris Wheel" was seen and it was gone...

 Now he is very honest and I've heard this story many times. I was just wondering if anyone else has seen something like this. By the way, he knows it wasn't a firework because there were no noises and it was too low to the ground and it looked "solid". Plus, it was hovering there long enough for him and his ex to stare it down.


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Submitted By: Rachel Livingston

Zombie Road - UPDATED!!!

Has anyone ever heard of, or been to "Zombie Road" MO, USA?
I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE!!!!


~ZOMBIE ROAD~



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Quote:
"There are many tales of strange events in the area, from mysterious creatures to vanished towns, but few of them contain any supernatural elements. The same cannot be said for another area that is located nearby. If the stories that are told about this forgotten stretch of roadway are even partially true, then a place called "Zombie Road" just may be one of the weirdest spots in the region."
"The old roadway that has been dubbed "Zombie Road" (a name by which it was known at least as far back as the 1950s) was once listed on maps as Lawler Ford Road and was constructed at some point in the late 1860s. The road, which was once merely gravel and dirt, was paved at some point years ago, but it is now largely impassable by automobile. It was originally built to provide access to the Meramec and the railroad tracks located along the river." 

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"The road saw quite a lot of traffic in the early years of its popularity and occasionally still sees a traveler or two today. Most who come here now though are not looking for a party. Instead, they come looking for the unexplained. As so many locations of this type do, Lawler Ford Road gained a reputation for being haunted. Numerous legends and stories sprang up about the place, from the typical tales of murdered boyfriends and killers with hooks for hands to more specific tales of a local killer who was dubbed the "Zombie". He was said to live in an old dilapidated shack by the river and would attack young lovers who came here looking for someplace quiet and out of the way. As time passed, the stories of this madman were told and re-told and eventually, the name of Lawler Ford Road was largely forgotten and it was replaced with "Zombie Road", by which it is still known today."

SOURCE: READ MORE:
 http://www.prairieghosts.com/zombie_road.html


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Quote:
"The road is located in Wildwood in what was formerly known as Ellisville and Glencoe. Officially the road is called Lawler Road but was named after a mental patient from an institution that was supposed to exist there. He is said to have wandered away one night and never came back. His bloodied nightgown was found later by the side of the road. Zombie is also alleged to leave the asylum, stalk and kill partygoers on the road and return to the institution before dawn. Included in the stories is one of Zombie being killed in the asylum after he murdered twenty-two people."
"One more theory for the naming of the road is during the time of hallucinogenic drugs and zombie movies the kids using the place as a hangout used to watch.   After my family moved away from St. Louis to a farm about an hour’s drive west off I-70, I still heard tales of the road. Everybody from mid-Missouri to the eastern edge of the state apparently had heard of Zombie Road at one time. As a teen, my classmates chattered about Zombie Roa--two miles of forested hills and dead ends made up the landscape. You were likely to be chased by man-sized shadows or white apparitions that appeared as lumps next to the road just to rise up and take on the form of a woman."

Quote:
"The road is where Old State Road meets Highway 109 near a regular railroad track with the reputation of deaths caused by the trains. A mini train ride for kids exists there now. But in the 1970s, legend said a train struck two teens, and body parts of the unfortunate youths were scattered about the area. A mother and her five-year-old were crossing the bridge in the 1990s when an approaching train trapped them. The mother pushed her child off the bridge in panic. The train engineer was able to stop the train and rescue the child but the mother perished."
"One tale has a man haunting the area who was struck by the train in the 1970."
   "There’s the story of a teen that died on the road by from huffing, or sniffing, the spray can product Pam."
  "Another teen on the bluffs lost his footing slipped and caught his face on a tree growing from the side of the cliff. His face and scalp remained while he fell to his death below. This may be the same boy who died during rock climbing. He fell from the cliff, breaking his neck, and his friends ran off and left his body there for days."
  "A crushed Chevy Vega was said to be in the creek near the area with two or more dead teens inside. A hose that ran into the interior of the car blocked the exhaust pipe. Some stories say only one person was inside the vehicle and a hunter found the car."
   "A pioneer who lost his wife in a poker game haunts the road after taking his own life in his home".
  "Native Americans are also on the list of the ghosts who frequent Zombie Road."

SOURCE: READ MORE:
 http://www.spookysouthcoast.com/janice5/

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Quote:
"One of the most well known anomalies along Zombie Road is that of Shadow People - Dark shadowy figures that appear along the side of the road and nearby in the woods. A few years ago, Tom Halstead took this picture which clearly shows a dozen of these figures standing amongst the trees seeming to peer back at him."


SOURCE: READ MORE:
 http://terrifyingtales.blogspot.com/2008/05/zombie-road.html

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Quote:
"The old roadway that has been dubbed "Zombie Road" (a name by which it was known at least as far back as the 1950s) was once listed on maps as Lawler Ford Road and was constructed at some point in the late 1860s. The road, which was once merely gravel and dirt, was paved at some point years ago, but it is now largely impassable by automobile. It was originally built to provide access to the Meramec and the railroad tracks located along the river." 
"As time passed, the narrow road began to be used by trucks that hauled quarry stone from railcars and then later fell into disuse. Those who recall the road when it was more widely in use have said that the narrow, winding lane, which runs through roughly two miles of dense woods, was always enveloped in a strange silence and a half-light. Shadows were always long here, even on the brightest day, and it was always impossible to see past the trees and brush to what was coming around the next curve. Testimony has said that if you were driving and met another car, one of you would have to back up to one of the few wide places, or even the beginning of the road, in order for the other one to pass."

Quote: 
"The name "Zombie Road" comes from an urban legend. There was an old mental institution that used to be in existence, and there is still one in the area, one of those where you can go and come as you please. Rumor has it there was a patient in the hospital named Zombie and one night he took off and never came back and all they found was his bloody nightgown on the side of the road. Another theory was back in the '70s when hallucinogenic drugs and zombie movies were popular, that could have been code for kids to meet and party."

SOURCE: READ MORE:
 http://www.ghosthauntings.org/Zombie_Road.html

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 -Rachel Livingston

Demons, what are they? - UPDATED!

What do you think they are? Fallen angels, creatures from other dimensions, good or bad or neutral demons or aliens or something that simply does not exist? Quite a few religions have demons in them. Any theories you have? I would love to hear them

 Ok, here is my opinion. I believe that demons were around before man (of course). I believe that they are beings from other dimensions or parallel universes or what not that have found a way into our world/dimensions and have had a huge affect on mankind. I believe they are capable of both good and evil. There are many names for demons and many different beliefs. And don't get me wrong, I respect others beliefs and point of views about demons and wont dismiss the possibilities of other beliefs, if that makes sense. I am a very open minded person. I will consider all the possibilities. But above is my personal belief. 

I believe they have free will to do good or bad, They choose to be good or bad towards people. Just like we can be good or bad towards people. IMO Demons can be misunderstood sometimes. I believe they can do acts of good as well. Can you imagine a world with out demons? As I said before they have had a huge impact on mankind.

 -Rachel Livingston

Camera Dead After Taking Picture of Tomb Stone

Ok, so, Me and my friend found this Graveyard in the middle of nowhere. I had my camera on me. Which had new batteries and worked fine. Well I took a picture of this gravestone that seemed inappropriate. It was the backdoorsmen motor cycle gang member (or so I was told) with a picture of a butt on it. We laughed and took a picture of it and when I went to show her the picture on my digital camera...well... it just died and the batteries were drained. Then the next day I tried to use my camera it didn't work at all. I tried to put new good batteries in it but it wont even turn on now. And before I took a picture of the grave my camera was fine! I've heard that spirits can drain batteries and such. I wondered if I made a spirit mad by laughing at the picture on his grave or something. I don't know. I can't explain it. It's just really weird and it sucks now cause I have to buy a new digital camera grrrr.
Here is a picture of the tomb stone:


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Submitted By: Rachel Livingston

Ghost Girl Warning?

Ok. This happened 4 different times. My mother was driving and when she glanced over to the passenger seat and in the corner of her eye she saw a little girl with long hair covering her face, and she was crying. She would see the little girl as clear as day and then she would just disappear. Soon after the last time she saw the little girl she was in a bad car accident and totaled the car.


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Submitted By: Rachel Livingston

Hell's Road and Cry Baby Bridge - UPDATED!

~*Hell's Road and Cry Baby Bridge*~

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I absolutely love haunted roads. There are a lot of back roads around here that are supposed to be "Haunted".  Horrible things have happened on some of these back roads. There have been many deaths, car wrecks, and supposedlymurders! Here is one of the so claimed "Haunted back road" from Bethalto, Illinois, USA:

 The most famous haunted back road in Bethalto is called "Hell's Road"Supposedly, a lot of deaths, car wrecks, and even murders have happened on the famous, "Hell's Road". There have also been reports of a "big white truck" that chases people down "Hell's Road"!

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 ~HELL'S ROAD



"Hell's Road", like all the other back roads, is located in the middle of nowhere. Which probably helped start some of the legends and myths about "Hell's Road" and these other "mysterious" back roads.

 Kids, even when I was a kid, would always go out driving on 
"Hell's Road" at night. And 
  I admit, it was pretty eerie and creepy. We would go there all the time, just hoping to get spooked. It was fun times

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 **CRY BABY BRIDGE**



There is also "Cry Baby Bridge". "Cry Baby Bridge" is a small bridge that is located on the famous "Hell's Road". It seems that the myth of "Cry Baby Bridge" is a common story throughout America
A myth that you may have heard yourself in your area.


The myth of "Cry Baby Bridge" goes like this: You go there at night. You park your car on "Cry Baby Bridge". Then you put baby powder on the back bumper of your car. Then, you turn off the headlights and any other lights in the car. Then you just sit there, in the dark, and wait. They say that sometimes, if you listen, you will hear a baby crying. When you start your car back up and turn the headlights back on, you will find little hand prints that have mysteriously appeared on the back bumper, in the baby powder.

I, myself, have never tried the whole baby powder myth on "Cry Baby Bridge". But, I have gone there at night and sat there in the darkNothing ever really happened except for one night. One night, some friends and I, parked on "Cry Baby Bridge" and sat there in the dark. We waited for about two minutes when we heard what sounded like a crying baby! It was sudden and really loud! My friends and I freaked out for a minute. Then we realized that it was most likely frogs that were in the creek under the bridge making the noises. We had a good laugh and then we went home. We may not have experienced anything "Paranormal" that night, but it was still exciting and spooky.

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 I haven't been on those back roads for a few years now.
 I do miss them. I have so many fond memories of those "mysterious" back roads. I would love to drive down them again in the future.

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 -Rachel Livingston