A few months ago i was sleeping at a friends house. We rented some dvd's (scary ones) and while seeing the movies i felt kind of bored. I remember thinking to myself:"why can't i feel fear anymore? It seems like nothing scares me anymore these days."

You can skip this part if you want (only thoughts) -----Kind of weird thinking something like that isn't it Who likes to be scared anyway? Well, i kind of do. But only to see with my own eyes if there is more to life than just my world. If i could only see a UFO, a ghost, an angel, a demon, a dragon... I would know for the rest of my life that there's more in this 'boring' world. The only UFO's i've seen where planes or satellites, the only ghost i saw was my own shadow when i was a kid, the only angels i saw are the good people in this world, the only demons i saw are the bad people, the only dragon i saw was on tv etc -----

Anyway, i was really upset that i couldn't feel fear anymore and i actually wished that someone or something would send me a sign. I was not thinking of a dragon flying in the house and having a conversation with me or stuff like that, i asked for a sign from 'the other side' so i would know there would be more after this life. After an hour i stopped thinking about it and 2 more hours after that me and my friend went to bed. No, not gay, sorry guys but he has a bed with two floors, i don't know how to say this in english. He slept on the top 'floor' and i slept on the bottom 'floor'. We where talking about stuff, like most of us do when we sleep over i guess, and i said goodnight, he said goodnight. When i was almost asleep, i suddenly heard the doorknop go up and down, several times. I woke up and i felt scared, i lay there very still, not making a sound and my hearing senses where so focused. The door was just behind me on my right. After a minute or so i asked my friend: "are you awake?" he said yes. Then i asked:"dude, did you hear that?" again he answered yes. His voice sounded scared, mine to i guess. After a while we tried to sleep again. And again when i was almost asleep, i heard noise, this time coming from the kitchen. I heard the kitchen cabinet doors open and close. I knew his sister was out to a party and i thought by myself, maybe it's her. I asked my friend if he was stil awake but he didn't answer. So i got up, opened the bedroom door and went to the kitchen. Before entering the kitchen i could see under the door there was no light in the kitchen so i knew than that there was nobody. I still went to the kitchen but the kitchen was empty (luckely!) I was allready scared enough, i can't imagine what i would feel if there actually was something there. I honestly think i would died from fear. So, i learned a very good lesson! Don't mess with fear!

Just thought i would share this with you. Did anyone else here asked for a sign like that?

Yes. This will probably sound stupid, but it had been a really long time since I had experienced any spirit activity, (this was a couple of years ago, but when I think about it, it feels like not that long ago). I was in my bedroom, and was being cocky and doubtful about the supernatural, and said outloud, "I guess there are no more spirits around? Maybe I've just imagined things in the past?" (Dumb, I know.) I heard medium-loud knocking on first the North edge of the ceiling, then immediately on the South edge, then on the East edge, then the West edge. It was like 3 knocks, on each side right after each other. I couldn't have been a person, I live 3 stories up in an apartment. Besides, they could never have ran back and forth across the roof in time to make all of the "knocks". And I highly doubt that 4 people were standing on each side of the roof knocking for some reason. I remember feeling that adrenaline jolt that you get when something amazing or wierd happens.
As I stood there, with my mouth hanging open, and feeling humbled, I just thought I didn't need to question things. I asked if someone needed something. No more knocks. I guess it was just a little message to stop doubting? Then, I laughed at how dorky I was. I told my kids, and even though they are sensitive to spirits, too, they just looked at me that way teenage kids do when they think you belong in a Rest Home. Just one of the minor occurrances, but, it really happened.

Have had to much happen and still enough now that I dare not ask or question.

Yeah, I find that's the best attitude, now...

Hello

This story came to my mind as you were sharing yours......

I was taking a class in Karate and one of the guys started to mock the devil.....and I said, "hey you don't want to go there even in jest!" He just laughed and told me that he didn't believe in God or the devil. "How can they hurt me if I don't believe in them?"

I said this is just a story.... a what if thing....

I said, "Look what if some guy who had never seen the ocean.....never knew what a great white shark was.....decided to go out into the dangerous deep waters for a swim. I am standing on the beach and say....."Hey don't go out there...there is a huge fish that will kill you and attack you." Then you say....."Hey, I have never seen nor so believe in them."

Who is the man to believe.....you. Because you have never seen one or have come in contact with one.... or me. I believed. Just because you have not seen one and come in contact with one doesn't mean it doesn't exsist!

I said to the guy..."You know that I am a Christian. I have seen many supernatural things in my life....some I wish I had never seen. But, never the less....you do not "mock" the devil. Even God's angels know bettter than to "mock" Satan. He just laughed at me and said he wasn't a believer. I said to him I am going to be praying for you.....you have no idea what you just did....mark my words.....you will be "sifted".....how badly I do not know....but I will pray for protection.

The next day he came to class and he was very upset and yelded at me, "Do not talk to me about God and the devil anymore!" "Wow....at least you are here to tell the story.....tell us what happened.....because I am going to talk and talk until you do."

He said, "After I left class yesterday I went home and had something to eat and then went off to work. I was in the warehouse working and I was all alone but I could feel someone in the warehouse but couldn't see him. I heard some odd sounds I looked all around but could find no one. But, I still felt as if I was not alone and it wasn't a good feeling I was having. The others were upstairs in the office and they seldom come down to the warehouse for anything except to tell us something and then leave. Then suddenly where I was standing a huge steel shelf with boxes came crashing down towards me....I barely jumped out of the way in time......when it slammed against the floor. Those steel shelves are bolted into the wall as to hold all the weight from the boxes of supplies. I had it investigated.....they said it shouldn't have fallen. There was no signs of weakness with the bolts in the wall.....everyone said I was very lucky.....had I been under all the weight I would have been crushed to death!"

"Wow. After class that day I went home and did some serious praying for you. I told God you did not know what you were saying and to protect you from Satan's wrath"......I felt a heavy presense when you spoke the other day as you were mocking the devil....and I felt something was going to happen to you. I am so glad you are alright."

Days and weeks later he sat with me and we talked about the God....and the suprernatural. He told me that when he traveled that he would read the Bible in the Hotels. So later, I bought him one....he was thrilled to have his own. I no longer work out.....and seldom run into any of my friends there, but still have contact with the instructor....who at the time was Jewish....and has since become a Christian. I believe that God allows things to happen to us.....to make us jump on track....to help get us on the "path".

I hate to hear sounds in the middle of the night.....the first thing I do is watch the dogs reactions....

God Bless

I posted this topic very late, it was 00:30 or something like that in my country. Had to get up the next day for work. So just after posting this topic i went to bed. I closed my eyes and i was thinking about why i did such a stupid thing When i closed my eyes i saw eyes staring right back at me! I wasn't scared because the eyes werent spooky or something like that. Instead i tried focusing and i tried to see the entire face and i think i did, or maybe i was just imagining it i dunno. It was very vague but i think i saw a fox like creature. It also talked to me, it said something like: esferatus incubis meratum. WTF does that mean? Seeing the words i know that's latin. It was not very clear when it said that, it was more like: tus, tus, ferATUS, esFERATUS, ESFERATUS. Then i tried to remember it. I kept on saying to myself: esferatus, esferatus, esferatus, esferatus and so on. While i was trying to memorize this another word came. cubis, cubis, inCUBIS, INCUBIS. No i was repeating to myself esferatus incubis, esferatus incubis and so on. Same with the third word. I have to mention that the second word could also be esferatus. When i was focusing on the third word, i kinda forgot if it was bis or bus. Any clues any1? After those three words i opened my eyes and wrote it down on a piece of paper. When i closed my eyes again, i just fell asleep.

And thank you for those stories

So no1 has a clue what esferatus incubi(u)s meratum means? I looked it up on google and some latin vocabularies but found nothing. Except when i split up the words, something like this: es fer atus in cubus me ratum.

http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.e...+cubus+me+ratum

Is there some1 who speaks latin?


But on the otherhand, incubus i found on google, it's some kind of demon. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus_(demon)
This looks interesting to me: "The word is derived from the Latin prefix in- which in this case means on top and cubo, which is latin for I lie. The word (incubo) translates into "I lie on top"." Maybe the other words are also derived from a Latin prefix (whatever that means). So could any1 who speaks latin translate this for me? So i know it's just nothing?