When I was younger, around the age of seven, my grandmother came over to stay the night with us. She got my bed and I ended up sleeping on a cot in my parents room. That night I remember waking up and looking at the answering machine, the light was flashing. The next thing I see is a ghost. He appeared out of no-where. I still to this day have a perfect image of what he looked like in my minds eye. I got so scared that I covered my head with the blanket. For some reason, when I was little I thought that if I "hid" from them, they infact couldn't see me. Ofcourse my parents dismissed the experience as my imagination, which I guess most parents would do so.

Around the age of 11, I moved into a new house. For the longest time every night I would wake up around the same time in the morning. (3-4am) My bedroom had a door in it leading to the attic. I would hear something run up and down the stairs each time around the same time in the morning. I was frozen in fear (It wasn't sleep paralysis, for the fact I could still move just chose not to because I was so scared). I would just lay in bed and try not to move for a few hours until my mother would get up. I told her about my fear but she didn't believe me. No one else in the house heard or was effected by these spirits. My brother would make fun of me and say I made non-sense up in my head.

I don't know what you would call this next account, but it was in the same house. I find it weird. I was down stairs in the basement putting clothes in the dryer when all of the sudden I got cold chills and this overwhelming fear that something was watching me from the steps. I spun around real quick to see what was causing me to feel this way. Perched on the stairs was my black cat looking at me as if it was smiling.

Still to this day I have more and more experiences with the paranormal. Only once Have I seen a spirit, but I still can "feel" their presence and sometimes feel as if they are communicating with me by putting thoughts in my head. Maybe I'm just crazy I dunno, but this is why I believe in ghosts.

Interesting stuff dude so what was the gyhost you saw on the first bit and by the way I won't make fun of you.

P.S on brainiac last night they went ghost hunting did you see it?He asked for info on ghosts!

The ghost that I saw first when I was little looked like a Quaker. We have a lot of the underground rail-road here in our town, it's historical for that. So I'm assuming it was a Quaker by the way it dressed.

No, I didn't watch the show, lol.

Lucky, I wish I could believe until I have a personal experience were it cant be photoshop'd I wont believe :'(

In some cases you don't want an experience. (Like seeing a ghost while your laying in bed) But as usual, experiences tend to happen to only one being. And not a few.

I for one have had "many" experiances, and although they were not ALL bad experiances,.... they weren't ALL good either.
I often wonder why so many people proclaim not to see, or believe in ghosts, yet they hang out in places like UM, or want to go to a house that is supposedly haunted? I know many people say that they won't believe it until they see it for themselves. But that doesn't change the fact that it's still true. Ghosts are real.
Just because you can't see the wind, does it make it any less real?
Just because you can't see a flu bug, does it make the flu not a real problem every year?
All I know is sometimes you can't or don't see "them" but it doesn't mean ghosts don't exist. I have had tooooo many experiances for myself, not to believe that ghosts are for real. (Or so to speak )

WOW! I just saw a killer zombie

You know, you don't have to act childish about earthygirl04's statement. She is very right. So don't try and be a smart alac.

Well I can understand how you won't believe it til you see it, I guess if I hadn't encountered what I did, I prolly would feel the same. Just keep an open mind, that's all.