I have recently experienced a dramatic increase in paranormal activity in my house. My father-in-law passed away on March 10th. He lived with my wife and I for some time because he needed constant care. Since he has died I have noticed doors opening and closing by themselves, lights turn on and off. Objects have moved from there original location only to be found somewhere else.Ive seen shadow mists. My wife has seen his spirit manifest itself right before her eyes! A couple days ago my wife and I were in the car and the music was on low and all of a sudden it turned up really loud. We exchanged glances in disbelief. We have a nice car and its never had any problems. My 2 year old son has also been talking to someone who isn't there. I know all this is a lot to happen in a couple of weeks but this stuff didn't happen before. Has anyone else here ever experienced anything similar? By the way I haven't experienced anything paranormal since I was in Iraq in '04.

WOW It seems your father in law is still visiting you home and watching over all of you. Did you ask your little one who he is talking to? This can happen when someone passes, and they remain for a short time. It would be unusual however that he stay a long time, or your family gets more activity. I would say for now, to pray for his soul, so that he may move on and rest in peace. Keep us posted..Sorry for your loss..JN

yes he says Pa Pa and that is what he called his grandfather.

AWWWWWWWWWW At least he is not afraid of his Grandfather. As I said, I would pray for him, so that he can move ahead, and not remain stuck or grounded for TOO long..JN

I am so sorry for your loss and for the loss your wife and child are feeling.
It is fascinating the things that can happen when someone beloved passes on, but wants to remain a part of your life.
My opinion is that you should let Papa spend as much time as he wishes with your child and be happy that your child will learn something important from him, even if you don't know what it is.
Papa must have a reason to stick around for a while or he'd have left by now.
He loves his daughter and his grandson and I imagine that it's hard for him to just leave them. Give it time, he'll go soon enough, I say that from experience.

this is my boy and his grandfather.

"By the way I haven't experienced anything paranormal since I was in Iraq in '04."




If you dont mind, what kind of panormal things did you experience in Iraq. My brother was there and he had a few strange things happen but never wants to really talk about it.

I would be interested in hearing about your experiences.

Well, I was stationed in Baghdad for a 13 months. My base was Forward Operating Base Honor. You can read about it here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/wor...-green-zone.htm The base was located on the Tigris river where they say the Garden of Eden was located. We were all living in bombed out buildings that we destroyed in our first initial air strikes. Now we did have an internet cafe we would go to talk to our loved ones from home. One night I was walking to the internet cafe by myself to go talk to my wife and I was passing the building where Sadaam had had his last video confrence with the U.S. before we attacked. I had always gotten a creepy feeling while walking by this particular area. On one particular night (I think it was in August '04) I had an especially creepy feeling. I saw a light out of the corner of my eye (there were no lights in this area) so I glanced over to see what I can only explain as a "mist" right at the blown out entrance, when I saw this I ran! The hair on the back of my neck stood up and I was overcame with fear. The next night I was walking by there again this time I was naturally I was on guard. When I caught an imense smell of rotting corpses. There was also the feeling of someone there looking at me with a feeling of "intense hate" I heard movement comming for inside the building where it was very dark. I ran like hell to the cafe and this time I took the long way back to my Barracks. I told my best friend what I experienced and he told me him and a few other guys had experienced similar things. I never went by that area day or night by myself! The creepy feeling of the area never went away. We since then heard sounds in the area. When we investigated there was nothing there.

Well has anyone else experienced this?

wow you went to Iraq i am from Australia and thinking of joining the defense force after i leave high school

and no i have not experienced that before

what sort of sounds were you hearing?

moaning?screaming?crying?

No just cracking glass like someone walking on broken glass and a "dragging" noise.

Thank you! will do!

very interesting... so i guess you could call this a good haunting at home. like JN said, once you think its time pray so the spirit can move on.

now about that iraq trip, im not very fond of the war myself.. but since that whole area is a war zone i would think its common for spirits to reside there. but i gotta admit its freaky to be in a haunted place on the other side of the world... how long have you been a marine (im assuming you're a marine)

No I was a soldier in the army. I was in for 6 years. And I do not support the war either! That is why I got out.

oooh fun stuff... or not... killing people is senseless >_>

but atleast you have more time to spend with your family now thats all that counts

Yeah

Sounds like you father in law doesn't know he is dead or is in denial about it. He needs to 'go to the light'...so to speak. Did he believe in God or was he spiritual? If not this could be why he is still 'grounded' in your house. He really needs you guys to tell him it's ok to go. When he believes..he will progress. I'm glad you got out of Iraq safely :-)

Well we are all Catholic and he was very devout. We have told him its ok to move on. Today the stove top was on and the controls are up high and not below the burners so I know my son didnt mess with them. It wasnt on hi or anything but I think that was definatly strange.

OMG The baby is absolutely adorable..Good luck..

You said "I have recently experienced a dramatic increase in paranormal activity in my house.


Could it be possible that it's NOT your father in law? It seems the activity started before he died..he could possibly be protecting you guys from 'something' else that is there..hence he won't move on. Or it's another entity pretending to be your father in law just for kicks..just theories to ponder :-P

Ive seen shadow ghosts in my house but i assume them to be a trick of my eye. Ive not seen him for a while but he appeared to be over 6ft tall, male and wearing a 1930s brimmed hat (trilby or fedora). Id only ever see him in my peripheral vision and he would whip across the wall and vanish into it the minute i tried to get a good look at him. Other phenomina i have experienced where i live includes:

Waking up to the sensation of someone blowing on top of my head. I lay there for several seconds wide awak as the blowing continued. Eventually i looked up to find there was nothing there and the blowing stopped. I looked around for a draught but couldnt find one.

Ive also woken up to what felt like a slap across the face, my face was still stinging when i opened my eyes. I was lay on my stomach with my hands underneath me so im not sure if i slapped myself but i woke up immediately when the slap hit. There was no on else in the room with me.

I have felt someone playing with my hair as i fall off to sleep at night.

Toys in my sons room used to fall over when no one was up there. I also used to have problems with his electronic toys turning themselves on and off, again when no one was up there.

Ive heard what sounds like a child crying in my sons room when my son has not been in the house.

My son experienced the sensation of someone pushing him in that room as well, but its only ever happened once and it was many years ago (just after i moved in).

I fell asleep one night on the couch, woke at 2 am to hear what sounded like whispering. It freaked me out at the time, and i screamed like the girl i am and immediately switched the light on. Im guessing it was a hypnopompic hallucination but i havent fallen asleep in the frontroom at night since.

I often feel as though there is something else in the room with me, but that could just be anxiety.

I try to explain most of it logically if i can. The phenomena has been occuring since i moved in 5 years ago. My mother did pass away 3 years ago, but other than having some dreams that i was sat talking to her, i never really experienced any phenonmina that made me feel she was present, except for once, which this time i put down to grief and a hypnagogic experience. A few months or so after she died i was just going off to sleep when i heard a womans voice saying "goodbye my darling". I dont think i had any more dreams about her after that either. The phenomina listed above started before she passed away though, so i dont think it could have been her.

Although if i remember correctly when my mother was alive she also heard the crying in my sons room when he wasnt here and i think she saw the shadow ghost a few times too. I assumed that the crying must have been coming from outside (as it was sometimes heard during the day) and that the shadow ghost was a trick of my mothers eye too. The other option is that there is some kind trick of the light in my frontroom that causes it to look as though there is a shadow ghost shooting across the wall. Ive not worked out what yet though.

he did state though when his child was talking to nobody there and he asked who the child was talking to, he said papa which was what he called his grandfather.. but you never know, there could be more than 1 spirit

I've wondered if sometimes our loved ones who pass still hang around us for a short while, and eventually move on. I think sometimes they are so close/bonded with their loved ones they hesitate passing over (however you see it).

btw, the baby is beautiful.

Thankyou for your replies. Well, we have always had some paranormal activity in the house. We are not the first owners. I have seen the couch depress as if someone was sitting there. I have also heard the floorboards creek as if someone was walking by. I have only recently felt that it has increased. My father-in-law was very close to my son and his daughter so I think he might be sticking around to look after them.

Do you by any chance have his ashes in a urn in your home? It's fairly common for recently dead persons to attach themselves to objects of sentimental value or their ash remains. Do you have any objects of his that he valued greatly? This could be the cause of it.

Him being attached to his family could be a cause as well.. just saying.. :}

if your father's sticking around because of your kids, and that attraction keeps his spirit on earth until he has "finished his business" then thats pretty cool, but the whole complexity of passing on and the afterlife is very interesting and mysterious.. wouldnt you think? i really wonder what it feels like when you die...

We dont have his ashes, he was burried, but we still have all his belongings.

It's a flight of release.

so its like... WOOT IM OUT OF THIS BODY! SEE YA SUCKERS I CAN FLY NOW! or more like... WOAH THIS IS SO COOL! I DONT FEEL ANYTHING! and mind i ask how you would know

It's an escape... Something sucks you out.. You can feel it even-- and you're released.

oh wow, it is like an overflow of joy or kinda iffy feeling?
--im sorry to hear that atleast you're still around

I agree with some of the posters that your paranormal experiences in your home are loved ones who have passed just looking in on your family to let them know they are still around. I wouldn't worry about it but definitely question your son about what is being said to him and his conversations.

As far as your experiences in Iraq, I feel that what you are experiencing is the evil that was left behind. You can defeat evil but you can never destroy it. JMO.

Well, I think it's kind of nice that Papa stays around to protect your family. Since you were having paranormal experiences before he died, there's probably other spirits roaming about and I doubt Papa would turn the burners up, that seems too dangerous for him to have done that. He may be there knowing there are other spirits in the house and unaware of their intentions, so he stays around to protect you all.

Maybe ....anyone think I should do some EVPs?

I would say "NO" they tend to be frightening and sometimes alot more than we truly need to know. What you might try is taking pictures where you sense his presence or when your little one is chatting with him. You never know what you might capture..JN

ok if i find anything i will post it

me and my friend actually say go for it. its safe as you probably guessed.... and it could provide some useful info as well, assuming the spirits are trying to communicate

I am keeping an open mind in this. yeah the car thing can happen in most any vehicle even if the knob seems that its steady, use to work for a company that had a van that that same thing would happen. What kind of thigs is your child saying. More than likely you are experienceing a poltergeist activity. This can happen when people become distressed. Like when someone goes out to do a ghost hunt, say for a family, usaully what should happen before an actual investigation the family should be examined. like by a psycologist. Some accounts of cases like yours have had families that were so under stress with each other that certain people in the room together would start the strange activity. What I am trying to say is that your family is going through a hard time and soon enought this will pass and not be happending any more. If it does keep going though I would be worried cause you never know. it might not be your father in law. my condolences to you and your family.

Our car has buttons for the volume not a knob. I'm not an expert on poltergeist activity but isn't that usually caused by distressed female teenagers?

Problem with an EVP and family spirits around is, the EVP will not give them the comfort they need, or the answers. I say photos for now, thats just my opinion. JN

Poltergeists and Poltergeist "activity" are two entirely different things. Most, even human spirits can and do react like a Poltergeist, moving things, making noise, tripping you etc..If you father in law manifested right in front of his daughter's eyes, it is who she sees. A Poltergeist does not have the ability to disguise themselves, but just to annoy you..JN

Nothing out of the ordinary today but I still carry the camera around my wife told me it was a good idea too. I'm not going to do any EVPs yet.

Good man lol..Wait till around dusk and see if you get the chills, or your little one chats, then SHOOT..lol..JN

well it seems that you have everything under control but i do admit pictures can show plenty

similar to being lost and walking down a long long road, & very tired.. very lost.. legs are very tired..walking for miles feeling homesick.. suddenly you walk up to your home.. open the door and your family jumps at the sight of you in pure joy and love.. the welcoming is nothing but JOY and LOVE. Wanted. Cared for.

oooh i see, i'll keep that in mind before i die so i dont get too discouraged. thanks!

Sounds very nice.

After reading about your home haunting and your experiences in Iraq i believe that your father-in-law is wanting to let you know that he is sill around and can see day to day life going on even if he is not there in body but let him know that you know he is still there in spirit.....and that you are quiet happy he is. (i hope you are)
He will move on when he is ready. When he crossed he was very much loved and is not going to be a naughty spirit so what is the harm.

As to the spirits in Iraq and what Demonic Damian said these spirits where fighting for what they believe in just as any person in that situation so their energies are still trapped or even congragating in that place.
The worst part is that if they rebuild there i bet alot of spooky things will happen as these energies will become mischievous ghost that no one will be able to deal with as what happens when this happens.
My friend & I do afair bit of psychic work with spirit and we had hundreds of civil war ghost come to us to pass over into Gods light and after all these years who wouldn't.

So anyway good luck with your father-in-law and tell him you care every chance you get.....