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Getting it off my chest


KaytieK

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This is my first post, and I feel as though I need to get this entire thing off of my chest.

Like many, I never believed in the supernatural. Nominally religious, I always viewed my place in the world as simple and insignificant. But that all changed when I graduated high school.

At 18 years old, I had long known what I was going to do when I got older: teaching was the only thing that ran in my blood, and I stopped at nothing to achieve this goal and dream. Along the way, there were non-teaching jobs that became necessary in order to pay the bills, and one of these was dog grooming. Not an easy job, but a lucrative one.

Nothing strange - or spiritual/supernatural - had ever noticeably happened in my life, but it was during this time (when I was going to school full time and working every weekend) that I began hearing something strange. At the most unusual moments, I would hear my name whispered. It was indistinguishable whether this was a man or a woman, but it was clearly my name: "Kaytie." At first, I brushed it off, but it began happening weekly, sometimes daily, and usually while I was alone.

Embarrassed to tell anyone, and quite frankly convinced that I was crazy, I kept it to myself. It was also during this time that I began watching shows like Ghost Hunters. Though I didn't always believe what I saw, it felt weirdly comforting to see other people experiencing something similar.

Now, I should also mention something else about me: I began getting interested in antiques at about 16. I collected anything I could find that was old, and these oddities usually included things older than 40 years. After being told I could pick in her deceased husband's abandoned garage, I found a small Sankyo music box from WWII, fitted into the bottom of a ration can. This was the first piece of my now massive collection, and I sat it in my room for many years before having ever heard my name whispered. The small object that produced the machine was certainly primitive: the notes were raised pieces of metal, and after winding it with a small key, the metal pieces were passed under a line of thin metal tongues that produced the sound. After hearing the box play a few times, I put the locks on: these were metal fasteners that prevented the raised notes from moving. Essentially, it was impossible for the piece to produce any sound while the locks were in place.

This object was sitting on my shelf one night during a summer vacation from college. As I sat in my room watching Ghost Hunters, I was shocked to suddenly hear the music ringing out. I recall jumping from my bed and rushing to where the box was stored and pulling it down, seeing that the fasteners were not in place. Scared, I snapped them back and returned to my bed, alert and confused. The strangest part is that the box didn't slowly crescendo into song like it had before: instead, it played the song at a quickened tempo, almost as though someone was - as I had done in the past - pushing the notes along rather than letting them move on their own.

This singular instance was followed by about a year of strange feelings. I had my own single room, and I often felt as though I was being watched. I would also be unable to find things that I had long had, and on one particularly frightening afternoon, a solid glass bowl that I literally dropped 6 inches from a carpeted floor shattered into seemingly millions of pieces: my floor resembled a diamond mine, and I simply stared at something that I could not explain.

So I kept these things to myself, and pretended that they weren't happening. But then the inevitable occurred: as I closed the grooming salon one night - the only employee in the store and no animals around - I heard my name again. But unlike the past when it was simply a whisper, this time my name was a scream, and not a woman's scream: this was a deep, angry scream that sent me running from the back of the storeroom to see what was wrong. Of course I was alone, and instead of being scared like I was in the past, I became angry. And I don't mean angry like on those ghost-television programs where people become possessed. I got angry because someone or something dared to do this to me.

I continued hearing my name, with various degrees of volume, over the years, but have since added other strange occurrences. I see shadows constantly, feel like I'm being watched, and without trying to, I have rightly predicted many things. Take, for example, the death of my grandmother at 2:48 this morning. Two weeks ago, I woke up from a light sleep to hear three hard knocks on my bedroom door. After looking this up, I realized that it usually signifies an impending death. All week, I have had the date 11/1 stuck in my head. I thought it meant that she would die on this date, but after midnight this morning, when she was still alive, I realized this wasn't true. It wasn't until we were driving to the funeral home today that I realized that it wasn't the date that was stuck in my mind, but the numbers: 111, which is the room she died in. Or, consider that every time someone in my family is about to die or has died, I smell lilies. Including this morning. Or how I usually know who is calling before answering the phone.

Are these coincidences? I used to think so. Blinded by the status quo, I always thought that hearing my name was simply a case of matrixing. But I've come to understand that when I hear my name called and there's no one around, it means that I am not alone, and judging by the frequent feelings of being watched, I'd say that's true most of the time.

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Welcome to UM KaytieK. How old are you now, if I may ask?

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Thanks for the support, everyone. And then, I will be 27 on Wednesday.

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Thank you for sharing your experiences,until about 6 weeks ago,I had never been on a site like this before.But after what happened to me,it has changed the way I look at the world.I used to think some people must have very vivid imaginations or are just a little dreamy and gullible and there's nothing wrong with that if it makes them happy.But I was much more cynical than that.Now I know there is... 'something else'.When I shared my experience,it wasn't to convince anyone else,but just to see if anyone had experienced it too.I have not shared my story with any family or friends,I just can't,they wouldn't...couldn't possibly understand and that's ok,because that was me 6 weeks ago.There are some people who seem to go on this site just to make fun and mock,I can only imagine that they've never had 'things' happen to them.I guess the only way I can explain it is, I feel like I'm in another room,looking through a window at my old life, and the way I used to see the world and now It's all different,because I'm different.

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One of the most powerful revolutions, is a revolution of the mind...

When your perception of the world changes, everything you do and say from that point on, is changed with it.

Even when it's difficult and harsh, I'm thankful when something takes place that alters my paradigm.

It strips away a bit of the illusion and leaves me more fully my self, by revealing what I no longer can abide.

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I experienced that same shift of reality you recently went through. I'm quite comfortable with it now. I was a huge skeptic, then in a matter of seconds my perceptions shifted and not only was I in the world in a new way, I was seeing and experiencing the world around me differently. Life is so rich, so varied, so complex, mysterious, beautiful, eerie,surprising. It's like making the transition from black and white (figuratively and literally) to full living color, And I wouldn't have it any other way.

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Thanks for sharing! Guess we'll just have to accept we're not alone in this reality. Just stay calm, though unsettling I don't think harm would come to you in this respect. Do your own research. Oh and welcome to UM, have a nice stay Katie ! :)

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Thanks, everyone. Recently (as in the past two weeks) I started seeing black shadows when I'm alone. It's just so strange to me, and I'm so curious to find out who or what is watching. Sometimes, I feel safe when I feel a presence, and other times, I am terrified. I guess the best thing I can do is be open to whatever is present and try my best to identify a pattern.

Again, thank you all so much for this support. Though I don't completely know why this is happening, I do know that others have experienced/are experiencing the same thing.

Best,

Kaytie

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Yeah there's different names for it .... shadow people, poltergeists, vampire , strigoi

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I experienced that same shift of reality you recently went through. I'm quite comfortable with it now. I was a huge skeptic, then in a matter of seconds my perceptions shifted and not only was I in the world in a new way, I was seeing and experiencing the world around me differently. Life is so rich, so varied, so complex, mysterious, beautiful, eerie,surprising. It's like making the transition from black and white (figuratively and literally) to full living color, And I wouldn't have it any other way.

I am not skeptic per se, but do have a question......I love and deeply respect the forces and power of nature, because of my respect and understanding of how nature can have an effect on our lives, mentally, physically and socially, I have always seen life as rich, obviously varied, very often complex, beautifully mysterious and always aware of possible surprises, could be in a good way, but also can be very challenging.....question is....why does it take a specific "shift" before someone can come to see life like this? I see it as a bit sad if people can not see life as described above without having a specific event....what feelings do people have about their lives (if none of the above) before any spiritual change?

Thanks, everyone. Recently (as in the past two weeks) I started seeing black shadows when I'm alone. It's just so strange to me, and I'm so curious to find out who or what is watching. Sometimes, I feel safe when I feel a presence, and other times, I am terrified. I guess the best thing I can do is be open to whatever is present and try my best to identify a pattern.

Again, thank you all so much for this support. Though I don't completely know why this is happening, I do know that others have experienced/are experiencing the same thing.

Best,

Kaytie

Hi katie,

As mentioned above, life can be complexed and is always full of surprises, (which is perfectly normal and natural) because of this, I think you may be 'thinking' too deep about particular experiences with a slightly misguided theory behind it (watching some of those paranormal made for t.v shows can have that effect.....please do not take any of this the wrong way, I am not puting you down, at all, but I can tell you that objects which are 50 to 60 years old, which involve complex workmanship, are certainly not primitive.

Sorry, but for you to see objects like a sanyo music box as primitive, is taking you in the completely wrong direction towards an understanding of any new experiences or feelings you will have as you pass through life..(again, new feelings and experiences are perfectly natural, how you interpret them is the key to understanding and more often, dealing with them )

Not everything can be easily explained, some may never be explained, but it is only going to confuse and complicate things when you see quite recent objects (considering the time we have been on this planet) as primitive.

Peace

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