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[unit]

..there's some weird **** up in afghanistan

be safe.

[troy cakeman]

"not thirty seconds after, we get a phone call"

you mean over the radio, right?

what unit are/were you in?

my first time in afghan in '09 we had a couple of guys claiming they saw ghosts. usually while standing post. one claimed a little afghani looking kid had climbed up onto his 20 foot high post, snuck up behind him, and startled him by saying, 'be careful'. then he ran off and vanished. same night another Marine standing a different post claimed to see a little afghani kid running around on top of our outpost walls and climbing on our g-boss.

2nd time around we saw a lot of weird activity in the sky. didn't give it too much thought because who knows what the gov't has floating around out there for surveillance or whatever purposes. a lot of times on patrol at night there'd be little creatures scurrying around on the ground that you couldn't make out because they were so fast and it was so dark. always thought they were just really big spiders or something similar.

creepiest thing i thought was this one night we went out on patrol, it was dark as ****. had what sounded like a jackal stalking our patrol. every time we'd walk we'd hear it make weird ass noises and sound like it was laughing as it got closer. we'd stop frequently to try and get eyes on it but it stayed hidden.

some other creepy **** is how possessed some of their animals out there seem. donkeys doing weird ass **** all the time. their dogs are like american dogs x2 on rabies infused steroids. sometimes they would attack our patrols and we had no choice but to put a couple down. one herculean beast dog that tried to attack our bomb-sniffing dog took at least 8 good shots before it died

definitely some weird stuff out there, if i think of any more i can remember i'll share. however i think i've seen weirder things here in the U.S. like when we were in our pre-deployment training somewhere out in the middle of the desert of 29 palms, i saw what was undoubtedly a ufo

[ColoradoParanormal]

troy cakeman, on 01 May 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

"not thirty seconds after, we get a phone call"

you mean over the radio, right?

what unit are/were you in?

my first time in afghan in '09 we had a couple of guys claiming they saw ghosts. usually while standing post. one claimed a little afghani looking kid had climbed up onto his 20 foot high post, snuck up behind him, and startled him by saying, 'be careful'. then he ran off and vanished. same night another Marine standing a different post claimed to see a little afghani kid running around on top of our outpost walls and climbing on our g-boss.

2nd time around we saw a lot of weird activity in the sky. didn't give it too much thought because who knows what the gov't has floating around out there for surveillance or whatever purposes. a lot of times on patrol at night there'd be little creatures scurrying around on the ground that you couldn't make out because they were so fast and it was so dark. always thought they were just really big spiders or something similar.

creepiest thing i thought was this one night we went out on patrol, it was dark as ****. had what sounded like a jackal stalking our patrol. every time we'd walk we'd hear it make weird ass noises and sound like it was laughing as it got closer. we'd stop frequently to try and get eyes on it but it stayed hidden.

some other creepy **** is how possessed some of their animals out there seem. donkeys doing weird ass **** all the time. their dogs are like american dogs x2 on rabies infused steroids. sometimes they would attack our patrols and we had no choice but to put a couple down. one herculean beast dog that tried to attack our bomb-sniffing dog took at least 8 good shots before it died

definitely some weird stuff out there, if i think of any more i can remember i'll share. however i think i've seen weirder things here in the U.S. like when we were in our pre-deployment training somewhere out in the middle of the desert of 29 palms, i saw what was undoubtedly a ufo

What branch, unit and rank friend?

[troy cakeman]

E-4 2nd Battallion 3rd Marines

[PeacefulAnarchy]

These stories are amazing.

I consider them up there with airline pilots seeing UFO's, very credible witnesses.

BTW, whether I agree with the war or not, I have great admiration and respect for all the soldiers etc... that go over there, giant sized balls!!!

Keep safe.

[TheEVPman]

Interesting, things happen all around this world. Welcome home and thank you for your service too.

[LCplDarthDude]

troy cakeman, on 01 May 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

"not thirty seconds after, we get a phone call"

you mean over the radio, right?

what unit are/were you in?

my first time in afghan in '09 we had a couple of guys claiming they saw ghosts. usually while standing post. one claimed a little afghani looking kid had climbed up onto his 20 foot high post, snuck up behind him, and startled him by saying, 'be careful'. then he ran off and vanished. same night another Marine standing a different post claimed to see a little afghani kid running around on top of our outpost walls and climbing on our g-boss.

2nd time around we saw a lot of weird activity in the sky. didn't give it too much thought because who knows what the gov't has floating around out there for surveillance or whatever purposes. a lot of times on patrol at night there'd be little creatures scurrying around on the ground that you couldn't make out because they were so fast and it was so dark. always thought they were just really big spiders or something similar.

creepiest thing i thought was this one night we went out on patrol, it was dark as ****. had what sounded like a jackal stalking our patrol. every time we'd walk we'd hear it make weird ass noises and sound like it was laughing as it got closer. we'd stop frequently to try and get eyes on it but it stayed hidden.

some other creepy **** is how possessed some of their animals out there seem. donkeys doing weird ass **** all the time. their dogs are like american dogs x2 on rabies infused steroids. sometimes they would attack our patrols and we had no choice but to put a couple down. one herculean beast dog that tried to attack our bomb-sniffing dog took at least 8 good shots before it died

definitely some weird stuff out there, if i think of any more i can remember i'll share. however i think i've seen weirder things here in the U.S. like when we were in our pre-deployment training somewhere out in the middle of the desert of 29 palms, i saw what was undoubtedly a ufo

We were down south on COP Payne in Helmand Province, AFG. And by phone I technically mean DSN, but we also had our S-6 set up a lot of other lines for different purposes. Our 6 shop was really on their game.

[LCplDarthDude]

troy cakeman, on 03 May 2012 - 06:51 AM, said:

E-4 2nd Battallion 3rd Marines

E-3, 2D Light Armored Reconnaisance Bn, Camp Lejeune NC

ColoradoParanormal, on 02 May 2012 - 12:43 AM, said:

What branch, unit and rank friend?

LCpl, United States Marine Corps, Second LAR (see above)

[ColoradoParanormal]

RaptorBites, on 29 April 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

Yes, a lot of stress induced hallucinations.  Back on my 2nd deployment I was a 68W Combat Medic that worked for 4 months in a Field ER.  Sometimes worked 8-9 days straight with only finding time to nap for a few minutes in between medivacs.

Thats stress.

You know, for the longest time, I thought I was the only active or recently active military person in this community. It's nice to see you guys!

[LCplDarthDude]

Also, just to further verify, Payne was named after a Cpl Payne who died in Kandahar province in 2004. He earned the Bronze star with a Combat 'V' posthumously. I personally didn't know him, but I do know the history of what COP Payne was named for and why.

[ealdwita]

Us oldies had our moments too, ya know!

Serving with the 7th.Royal Gurkha Rifles in the late 60’s, I found myself mixed up in a bit of unpleasantness now known as the ‘Indonesian Confrontation’. Our job was to patrol the border between Sarawak and Indonesian–held Kalimantan. Early in 1966, during the ‘Claret’ operation, a patrol,  plus a couple of Border Scouts returned to base jumping up and down with excitement about something. I took the Scouts and the Patrol Jemadar into the Command Basha and sat them down. After several mugs of tea, I managed to calm a Scout down long enough to tell me what had happened. Apparently, the previous day they’d been breaking camp when one of the lads  spotted several shapes in the jungle. If any of them were still sleepy, I imagine that served to wake ‘em up!

The description I got was beyond vagueness! According to the Jemadar, these ‘shapes’ seemed to be tall, stick-like females, about five of them, who seemed to move effortlessly through what was quite heavy-duty jungle. All the Scouts would say was “Hantu Gala”, over and over again. Being ultra-busy at the time and making no sense of it, I logged it as an ‘Unidentified Sighting (No Contact)’ and left it at that.

On our return to Kuantan, I looked up this ‘Hantu Gala’ and discovered it to be what is known to the locals as a ‘pole ghost’ – usually female – who frequent bamboo groves and the surrounding jungle, and who are known to closely observe humans that encroach on their territory, but never make any advances or contact. The best way to drive them off is to snap a twig loudly. Doesn’t sound very scary does it, but I’m willing to bet that under the right conditions, a sighting like that could loosen one’s bowels somewhat!

Wouldn’t you know it, somebody took a camera along on the patrol preceding that one!

[LCplDarthDude]

ealdwita, on 14 May 2012 - 10:50 PM, said:

Us oldies had our moments too, ya know!

Serving with the 7th.Royal Gurkha Rifles in the late 60’s, I found myself mixed up in a bit of unpleasantness now known as the ‘Indonesian Confrontation’. Our job was to patrol the border between Sarawak and Indonesian–held Kalimantan. Early in 1966, during the ‘Claret’ operation, a patrol,  plus a couple of Border Scouts returned to base jumping up and down with excitement about something. I took the Scouts and the Patrol Jemadar into the Command Basha and sat them down. After several mugs of tea, I managed to calm a Scout down long enough to tell me what had happened. Apparently, the previous day they’d been breaking camp when one of the lads  spotted several shapes in the jungle. If any of them were still sleepy, I imagine that served to wake ‘em up!

The description I got was beyond vagueness! According to the Jemadar, these ‘shapes’ seemed to be tall, stick-like females, about five of them, who seemed to move effortlessly through what was quite heavy-duty jungle. All the Scouts would say was “Hantu Gala”, over and over again. Being ultra-busy at the time and making no sense of it, I logged it as an ‘Unidentified Sighting (No Contact)’ and left it at that.

On our return to Kuantan, I looked up this ‘Hantu Gala’ and discovered it to be what is known to the locals as a ‘pole ghost’ – usually female – who frequent bamboo groves and the surrounding jungle, and who are known to closely observe humans that encroach on their territory, but never make any advances or contact. The best way to drive them off is to snap a twig loudly. Doesn’t sound very scary does it, but I’m willing to bet that under the right conditions, a sighting like that could loosen one’s bowels somewhat!

Wouldn’t you know it, somebody took a camera along on the patrol preceding that one!

See, now that is cool. I never really got outside the wire enough to do a dismounted movement or patrol, the chain of command wouldn't let me go, even though I wouldn't let go of my Capt's ear about it. I honestly didn't research about Afghanistan's ghosts any before I had got out there, and I had kind of forgotten the subject because I was deployed. Unfortunately, the subject apparently didn't forget me.

As a civillian I've had a few experiences before this. One or two of them can definitely be dismissed by skeptics, but I still believe them, and I won't really go into detail about the whole "Haunted Subway" story I have, but I've seen some paranormal things. Just never really researched actual occurences before I went into a place. I know better now though...

[ealdwita]

LCplDarthDude, on 14 May 2012 - 10:58 PM, said:

See, now that is cool. I never really got outside the wire enough to do a dismounted movement or patrol, the chain of command wouldn't let me go, even though I wouldn't let go of my Capt's ear about it. I honestly didn't research about Afghanistan's ghosts any before I had got out there, and I had kind of forgotten the subject because I was deployed. Unfortunately, the subject apparently didn't forget me.

As a civillian I've had a few experiences before this. One or two of them can definitely be dismissed by skeptics, but I still believe them, and I won't really go into detail about the whole "Haunted Subway" story I have, but I've seen some paranormal things. Just never really researched actual occurences before I went into a place. I know better now though...

Believe me, Dude, after a couple of weeks dragging one's sorry a**e through soaking wet broadleaf forest with the stinking floor-mulch seeping through your J-boots, a nice bit of wire sounds like heaven!

Nice to meet you anyway. Glad you got back unscathed.

BTW - the sailors of the Royal Navy (in the Peninsular War) used to call the Royal Marines 'Lobsters' on account of their red uniform jackets! (just thought you'd like to know.)

[LCplDarthDude]

ealdwita, on 14 May 2012 - 11:20 PM, said:

Believe me, Dude, after a couple of weeks dragging one's sorry a**e through soaking wet broadleaf forest with the stinking floor-mulch seeping through your J-boots, a nice bit of wire sounds like heaven!

Nice to meet you anyway. Glad you got back unscathed.

BTW - the sailors of the Royal Navy (in the Peninsular War) used to call the Royal Marines 'Lobsters' on account of their red uniform jackets! (just thought you'd like to know.)

Aye, and the Colonials called the English regulars "Lobsterbacks" when they walked the street of Boston I know my military history...

[NavyDoc]

Given all of the death in the theaters of operation, stories like this are coming out. Ramadi and Fallujah were my old stomping grounds. There are stories of Marines approaching checkpoints around the govt center in Ramadi who then fade away and dissapear when challenged.  I was there a few times.