As I was sitting down on my bed, reading Witness to Roswell, something peculiar had happened. At exactly 9:11 PM, the phone had rung. I ran over to pick it up, only to hear a very faint sound. As I listened, it sounded like it was in a somewhat mechanical room... then all of a sudden, I heard a very faint cry of a baby. I could hear the poor guy crying and crying, I felt so bad... then I heard a father come in and talk to the baby. I couldn't make out what they were saying, but it was still scary nonetheless.

The freakiest part about it is that when my dad hung the phone up, I could NOT hang up on the other person on the phone line. I clicked the reciever down, but my phone would simply not allow me to hang up on the child on the other line. I held it for about ten seconds, but the feedback was still coming from the phone. I write this in a both freaked out and paranoid state... as when I went downstairs to check the number, it said "number of calls", but NO NUMBER. Not to mention that on the phone when I pressed *69, it also said "WE're sorry, but the number of the last caller is not known". Ideas?

Sounds like your phone crossed signals with a baby monitor. That would explain all of it - it's nothing to worry about.

Yeah, but I don't get how the baby monitor would have dialed my number... I could see if I was talking to somebody and it occurred, but seeing as it DIALED MY NUMBER... that's just a little too much.

It wouldn't have to dial your number - the phone just has to pick up the signal and perceive it as an incoming call, so it rings. That's why there's no return number, and also why you couldn't hang up. I'm betting you have a 900mhz cordless phone?

Anyway, you heard a crying baby. That's all I needed to hear to know what it was.

If somebody was calling me with an unknown number, it would've said UNKNOWN NUMBER and not just NO NUMBERS. our phone doesn't do that. not to mention that somebody would have called back.

It said "NO NUMBER" because there WAS no number! "UNKNOWN NUMBER" is a caller ID thing. It makes perfect sense.

What kind of phone is it?

But usually it says "UNKNOWN NUMBER" not "NO NUMBER". If somebody called me, their number would have appeared as UNKNOWN... and if somebody called they would've called back, and I would have been able to hang up after ten seconds holding the reciever down. I don't know what it is, but whatever it was... scared me deeply...

What kind of phone is it?

Okay as soon as i read this i thought baby monitor . the fact is no one rung you . as moonie stated clearly. which is why it says no number . the phone recieved a signal (not a call) it rang you picked it up opening the line to this signal . thats all. nothing too worry about . I have a cordles phone and it has happened a few times too me in the past .

It was a regular... phone? I don't know. It wasn't cordless.

You're positive there's no wireless component to it? I find that hard to believe.

From what you explained I have no doubt I'm right, but I'm not sure how it would happen to a phone that's wired directly into a land line.

No, there is no wireless component to the phone. Honestly... it is just a standard reciever phone.

Do you have ANY cordless phones attached to your home line?

Baby monitors cant make phones ring.

Says who? My old cordless phone used to ring from sources other than an incoming call.

Yes. I am willing to accept that it was just a baby monitor. That is the most logical explanation that I can think of, though it is still very creepy. Thanks for the input you guys.

There you go. I suppose if the cordless phone picks up a signal, it could be transferred to the other phones on the home circuit. I've personally never seen it, but I wouldn't say it's impossible.

I am willing to accept it either way. Moreso, I am willing to accept that it was a very frightening experience for me...

I would agree that there is a possibility your phone was picking up a baby monitor. Think if there are any close neighbors with a baby and a dad. Radio signals and rf energy do amazing things.

You also mentioned your dad was on yet another line which further complicates things. There are too many variables to conclude that your experience was anything other than crossed lines. Don't get me wrong, I have heard a lot of incredible things coming through the telephone and shortwave radio.

None the less it is an interesting story

That is very odd as you say YOUR number was dialed first and Then the phone would not hang up after repeated trys if the number was unlisted it would have shown Private and you say you got nothing? has it ever happened before? very very creepy....

The initiator of the call (the calling party) controls the 'hang up' feature. Depending on where that call (ie what telephone switch) came from, it may not have the time out feature to recognize there is no recieving party..So it wouldn't allow you to just hang up, as long as there is still a connection. Older telecom switches used to allow someone to hold your line up indefinately (or with a very long time out feature) More modern switching equipment allows you, as the recieving party to break the connection alot quicker.

The switching office also sends a code to your caller ID unit (and subsequently the *69 feature) to identify the number on your end. Again, an older switching office may not send any numbers, or the right coding for you to pick it up. It's becoming less and less frequent, but there are still switching offices that haven't been upgraded yet.

PLUS...there are some VOiP (voice over Internet Protocol) calls that don't appear at all via caller ID, have crappy connection (and a very mechanical sound).

Any of those things could have happened.

My theory would be a telemarketer working from their home via VOiP...maybe the baby cries in the background, and he goes to take care of it. Or it could be a ghost dad from a intradimensional gateway trying to contact a lost love one....Your choice on which to believe, I guess.


EDIT...and not to mention that even without a cordless phone, depending on the wiring you have in your home, the wire can act just like an antenna and bring in all kinds of RF. The thing is though, for your phone to ring, something called a 'ringing voltage' had to be sent, so that makes me think you really did get a call, instead of just randomly picking up a baby monitor.

I get phone calls from 000-000-0000 a lot. Nobody says anything. I called the phone company and they said no such line exists. In order to phone someone you need a line. There was no line connected to that number. I put a block on that number but it still comes through. Weird

Or it could have been an unlisted, unknown mobile number. If a baby was crying, it could be possible that the child had picked up the cell phone, dialed random numbers that happened to be yours, and then dropped it to a place with very little reception. The lack of a signal can give a mobile call a mechanical sound -- definitely with Alltel users.

And it is possible, too. My band director's kid got a hold of his mobile phone once and when he took it away, the band director found himself on the phone with a woman Spanish speaking woman outside the United States.

I thought baby monitors now have things inbuilt to stop the telephones picking them up, by ritghts the baby monitor should be on a completly different frequency.

It seems obvious it was picked up by a baby monitor, The only mystery here is how the phone rang to begin with. Baby monitors cant make phones ring.

Then there was a defect in your phone. Baby monitors cant make phones ring. This is just common sence.

Hold on!!!! no one has answered the mechanical room therom.
And if the baby was talking to a faher, crying, then it maybe a murder or it could be from a phone that has been destroyed.

AB, I think you're reading waaaaay too much Roswell.

Possible stupid question, but what do you mean by a mechanical room?

Even if this was a call from a known number, it will stay connected to your line and keep it open/busy until their end is hung up.

I've answered the (cordless) phone and had this happen: I heard two people talking to each other on their respective phones. I could hear them, but they couldn't hear me. It happened twice. The second time it was my sister talking to my sister-in-law. Our houses were in close proximity. Crossed signals? Electronic interference? A cordless phone phenom?

to be honest i've heard of this phenomenon a lot.

It normally revolves around witnesses to other phenomenon.

of course it could by any of the possibilities listed above, and I personally think it's not anything out of the ordinary.

Although it is interesting to note that witnesses to the Mount Misery UFO flap of 1972, the New Jersey UFO flap of 1967 and the Mothman flap of Point Pleasant W.Va 1966 recorded similar experiences.

Apart from babies crying, they also noted the sound of heavy machinery on their phones, as well as the sound of a 'sped up phonograph record' accompanied by clicks and beeps.

So the baby monitor, wasn't a baby monitor?

I used to get weird calls like this. The phone would ring and I would noises on the other end, sounds of perhaps the radio, a woman talking, etc. I finally figured out it was someone I knew from years back who had my number on their cell and it was accidently getting engaged and calling me without them knowing. My fiance does this to me to sometimes. Do you know anyone who has a baby? It could be their you number is programmed into the cell and it was engaged somehow and called you.

btw we allready know its cordless phone.

Here's a "baby monitor" story I heard.

A couple put a baby monitor in their baby's room. From time to time, their receiver would play the sounds of a raving madman wreaking havoc in the place. They'd rush to the baby's room in absolute terror, only to find a sleeping baby.

Turns out there was a nursing home down the street, where staff had placed the same kind of monitor in the room of a patient who had been suffering night terrors. He'd get up while asleep and scream and yell and smash things. That's what the couple had been picking up. They changed channels, and their problem went away.

That's sure creepy, even if it can all be explained.



I'd never use a baby monitor again.

Yes thats what I was going to say. I've gotten several calls from my friends small children playing with their parents phones.