seriously haunted

[Polenicus]

I'm not much of one for the supernatural, or even really spiritualism or religion. I tend to not worry about that kind of stuff, most of the time. It helps that I have all the psychic sensitivity of a rock. I have friends who are otherwise normal who will react to places, see things, hear things, sense a presence etc. Me? Nothing.

That being said, the campus I work at must be really REALLY friggin' haunted.

There is one building in particular, that I used to patrol when I was the mobile driver. I would hear doors slam, footsteps, etc when I KNEW the building was empty. There was one ghost who used to mess with one of the alarmed doors... always at the same time, always when I was working. I would be forced to come out and investigate two or three times in a half hour period. It never really bothered me, though. Until tonight.

Tonight our mobile driver was off for the night, so I went to do a patrol of the building. Holy crap. The sense of... malevolence was overpowering. I kept on having images of Lovecraftian horror in my head... I heard almost-sounds... not quite sounds, but not quite imagined... saw darting motions in the shadows...

I have NEVER been creeped out by that building before. I know it like the back of my hand. But tonight I wanted nothing more than to just run from the damn building. This was a brightly lit, well kept, familiar place that I used to ENJOY being alone in.

There's another building that's more run down, especially the upstairs, which is basically abandoned. There's something malevolent up there, too. I could feel it the very first time I went up there. I don't go up there, if I can help it.

I still can't shake the cold-water-down-the-back-of-the-neck feeling I've got right now.

[smileyeagle1021]

Polencius, you make me so happy that our ghost here is friendly

[Slytovhand]

Those aren't spirits, those are other....entities, for wont of a better word, that do things like this.

Depends on what definitions people choose to use... I mean, even 'spirit' and 'soul' get defined differently, depending on who's using the term. That's basically why in scientology, they came up with their own term - just so it didn't have any other connotations that people may misinterpret.


Damien, I presume you know Tassie, and Hobart in particular, is loaded with ghosts? (not that I've been there.. yet).

Misanth... Aspergers is a magnet??? Really?? Only thing that immediatly comes to mind for that is perhaps it's a 'spirit' (hahaha ) who has difficulty understanding human interactions because the incarnating spirit isn't used to humans... but is used to dealing with stuff from the other side. (I'm beginning to suspect I've got it mildly -if that's possible - I suck at 'relationships' - even the platonic sort... never do seem to get other ppl).

So, Smiley, is this all getting you in the spirit of things...

[Ghel]

I don't believe in ghosts, demons, or any other sort of "supernatural" phenomena. That doesn't mean I can 100% rule them out, of course, it just means that I haven't seen or experienced anything that would convince me of their existence (this is called weak or negative atheism, and it also describes how I feel about gods, angels, and alien visitations as well).

That isn't to say that I haven't had "creepy feelings" or seen things out of the corner of my eye that weren't there when I turned to look. I just think they're a product of my overactive imagination.

So, Smiley, if I were in your shoes, I would be looking for a mundane explanation to your "haunting." Others have already mentioned an internal pc speaker, but how about an air vent that leads to someone else's computer? I assume the noise, when you hear it, is very faint. Whatever the source, this must be why you don't hear it when you're busy: the everyday work noise covers it up.

[Misanthropical]

I use to enjoy patrolling the tower I worked at, except for the top floor. The top floor had no one on it, no furniture, nothing at all, but the total evil I felt on that floor scared the bejesus out of me.

I would call my husband on my cell phone so I would feel like he was with me and I wasn't alone on the very evil floor. Damn, the thought of that floor still scares the crap out of me.

Now, I know there are people who don't believe and think those with the "gift" are all imagining it or crazy, but we know we aren't. People are free to believe as they wish.

[Ghel]

Now, I know there are people who don't believe and think those with the "gift" are all imagining it or crazy, but we know we aren't. People are free to believe as they wish.

I'm not saying that you or anyone else is crazy or imagining it. But I've never experienced anything that says, without a doubt, "ghost" or "spirit" to me. I always leave open that little space in my mind that I could be wrong - that later experiences might convince me that ghosts (for example) exist. And saying that I don't believe in ghosts isn't the same as saying that I believe ghosts don't exist. I wouldn't attempt to prove that they don't. (After all, proving a negative is an impossibility. )

So, from my point of view, doing anything other than a little "detective work" to get rid of this ghost is no better than using a placebo. It may appear to work, but perhaps not for the reasons expected.

I hope I haven't offended anyone. I simply attempt to see the world in a straightforword way: if an explanation requires breaking the laws of physics as we know them, I'll look for an explanation that doesn't.

[Misanthropical]

I didn't get upset that you have doubt, I'm sure even those of us who have the "gift" have doubted at some point.

I might be a little sensitive because of I have heard people speak about those who are "dumb" enough to believe in such things. You weren't doing that, just expressing doubt, so I hope you didn't think I was trying to attack you.

[Pagan]

My daughter told me she saw our spirit once. He was in a blue civil war uniform and likes to tap her on the shoulder or my daughter will feel like someone is looking over her shoulder when she is on her computer.

My friends have a huge Highlander spirit (Tavish) that follows them and actually warns them about things. I have seen him and he is quite impressive.

Tonight our mobile driver was off for the night, so I went to do a patrol of the building. Holy crap. The sense of... malevolence was overpowering. I kept on having images of Lovecraftian horror in my head... I heard almost-sounds... not quite sounds, but not quite imagined... saw darting motions in the shadows...

There's another building that's more run down, especially the upstairs, which is basically abandoned. There's something malevolent up there, too. I could feel it the very first time I went up there. I don't go up there, if I can help it.

Have you checked into their histories to see if anything horrible happened in them?

Now, I know there are people who don't believe and think those with the "gift" are all imagining it or crazy, but we know we aren't. People are free to believe as they wish.

Now that I think about it, I just wonder how many of us are "Indigo Adults/Children"? http://www.metagifted.org/topics/metagifted/indigo/

[Polenicus]

Have you checked into their histories to see if anything horrible happened in them?

Homeless person committed suicide in the upstairs of the one building I felt the malevolence, another suicide just a few years ago in the main building, little boy drowned in the pool... too many things to count. This campus has been open since the 1960's I believe, and every couple of years something happens on the property.

[Pagan]

That would do it! Kind of sounds like all of that sadness and anger has built up over the years and is feeding on itself. Don't know how you could discharge an area that large though....

[Polenicus]

That would do it! Kind of sounds like all of that sadness and anger has built up over the years and is feeding on itself. Don't know how you could discharge an area that large though....

I honestly don't know what it is, but I DO know it moves around the campus. It's nothing concrete... but when it's present, your fight or flight reflex starts ringing like an air raid siren.

We have a number of guards who work here, some who believe in ghosts, some who don't. But every one of them will get the EXACT same feeling I got in some building they patrol. I'll get guards flat out refuse to patrol an area they've never had problems patrolling before... and when I ask, they honestly don't know why not today, something just tells them NO.

Not always the old buildings either. About a month ago the second newest building on campus was hit with this sense. Scared the bejezus out of one of my veteran guards.

[Pezzle]

I think our Circuit City is haunted. I plugged the stockpicker in the right way right before we locked the doors and booked. When I returned the next morning to unplug it from the charger, the charger had been completely disconnected from the battery and it had been plugged into the stockpicker itself (which will power the motor but not charge the battery. Batt was at 80% when it was turned on). I know for a fact it was not. Dubya tee eff mate.

[Pagan]

I honestly don't know what it is, but I DO know it moves around the campus. It's nothing concrete... but when it's present, your fight or flight reflex starts ringing like an air raid siren.

We have a number of guards who work here, some who believe in ghosts, some who don't. But every one of them will get the EXACT same feeling I got in some building they patrol. I'll get guards flat out refuse to patrol an area they've never had problems patrolling before... and when I ask, they honestly don't know why not today, something just tells them NO.

If those kinds of spirits are roaming freely like that you need to get some protection stones. Hematite is a good one, red jasper, turquoise. There's any number of them.

I've got a little bag of stones that I've picked up and keep with me. And I wear a hematite ring to work anymore because we seem to be getting a lot more meth-heads lately.

[Misanthropical]

I do believe our ghost is harmless and I sometimes get the feeling he is watching over my family the best he can.

Maybe he likes that we are a loving family that laughs and plays together.

Heck, maybe he just wanted to be around those who knows he is there. One never knows.

Could it have been him giving me the bad feeling about going to woke on that Thursday and Friday? I don't know and I don't know what would have happened if I had just gone in anyway.

~These ramblings brought to you by Ambien. Ask your doctor if Ambien is right for you.

[Rapscallion]

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Rapscallion