Our second apartment was really nice. It had awsome glass door cabinets, really big bedrooms. But funny things happened there. It was only until much later did I realise we probably lived with a ghost. Here's a list and you can make up your mind, though I already did.
1) I wake up to the bed shaking, a good rolling motion. But hey, it's California, and I've been in earthquakes before. So I just sit and wait for it to stop. But nothnig else is moving in the apartment. I also notice the lack of that noise you hear accompanying earthquakes,like someone is moving the space shuttle down the ally. I shrug and go back to sleep. Nothing in the news in the morning, no earthquake. Hmmm

2) Sitting in the living room, late at night. The cats in my lap. For whatever reason I'm facing away from the living room, looking out the window. My cat decides to stare intently at something over my left shoulder. Cats are weird, though. But this time, it was really looking, like "WTF" kinda look. Eyes get big. I decide not to turn around. I figure, why crap my pants? I mean really?

3) My tv turns off all the time. But only when I'm watching it. The tv turns off or the Sega resets itself. Never has happened before or since I lived in that place. It became so annoying, anytime it would happen, I would shout, :"Stop it!" or "would you cut it out!" Some part of me belived something was turning it off, I guess.

4) My pants went missing, along with my action figure, and kids Batman cutlery set. I tore the place apart for my pants. Finally, after a couple of months, I open the closet and find my clothes pushed aside. There's my pants.

5) I leave for school, and say later to the wife. I come back later that night, about 3.5 hours later. She says,"What'd you forget?" I say, heh? She says, "Yea, didn't you come back right after you left?" I"m like, nope. She says, "Yea, I was in the shower and you opened the door and said, HEY!" It scared her apparently, but she thought it was me, so she didn't freak about it. I told her it was someone in the alley, but she thinks I was pranking on her. Nope.

2 years go by. Then, as we were moving stuff into our UHaul, a neighbor says hi. Then he says something funny. "I'm surprised you stayed that long." He explains. The last girl that lived there (before us) had some problems. She wakes up one night and smells cigarette smoke. She gets up and finds a man sitting in her chair in the living room, smoking. She freaks, gets in her room and calls police. They show up and find the door locked and windows all locked. Another night she wakes up to the smell of breakfast, only its 3-4 am and no one lives with her. SHe gets up and finds eggs and bacon cooking on her stove. She freaks and sleeps at someone elses house. She moves out soon after.

Well, that's it. I know, nothing outstanding, but It is a bunch of things that make you wonder.

So, did she eat the bacon and eggs?? What part of town was the apartment. You think something followed you. You personally, not any of your family. No smells?

She left without eating her warm breakfast hastily prepared by Casper. Part of town was North Park, San Diego. No smells for me or the family. OOH, except that car exhaust smell I told you about. I woke up and smelled car exhaust, unmistakable.

Probably I will have to discount the heresay account involving the eggs. But the shaking bed........and your missing action figure....boy that's typical poltergeist stuff.

It's funny how we can say, "Typical poltergeist". I guess it's common enough to identify the behavior of these things, lol

Actually their behavior has been studied and categorized extensively. A wealth of information on the internet and UM exists which might help. Ghosts don't shake beds.

Do ghosts speak out loud? Or poltergeists?

Poltergeist (help·info) (German for noisy ghost) is a term used to describe a supposed spirit or ghost that manifests itself by moving and influencing inanimate objects.

Reports of poltergeist activity typically feature raps, bumps, thumps, knocks, footsteps, and bed shaking, all without a discernible point of origin or physical reason for occurrence. Many accounts also report objects being thrown about the room, furniture being moved, and even people being levitated. Though rare, a few reported poltergeists have been purported to speak, including the The Bell Witch in 1817 and Gef the Talking Mongoose in 1931. Scarry linky

As for speaking, although one can find exceptions in everything........neither ghosts nor poltergeists typical talk.

I remember Gef and the Bell Witch had extensive dialogue with their hosts, so that would make them very special cases. And then you have my case, where it was just one word. And then you have the "mumblers" that speak rapidly, preventing you from understanding anything intelligible.

But I do agree that ghosts are usually quiet. They seem content to capture your attention in other ways.

too funny. I love your style of writing, I hope there's more stories to share

Interesting experiences. The only thing I found odd was that you would still own a Sega at this day in age.

You have quite the interesting polterguiest. Lucky you! The only one I ran into decided to try and rip out my soul, and almost succedded in possessing me. It doesn't feel nice to get possessed or have your soul pulled on.

About the bed shaking, that might have been from your own movements (I've done that before with a friend over, who said I move a LOT in my sleep and that I moved it)

Very funny, "why crap my pants, really?" it was a good idea for you to do that, because you know it would have been worse if you turned and nothing was there.

About the TV/Game system, it could be faulty elecrical connection from the wall, but it is a sign of polterguist. I just hope you remember to save game files often ._.; If you felt it was really a presence of energy, you are probably right then.

About your wife's shower incident, ooooh yeah. If it felt that close to her, then it mostlikely was. The entity got the reaction it wanted though, if she's anything like women I bet she jumped and let out a little scream (I do scream in those kinds of situations.)

the smoke and male figure is very shocking. If the police found no one, I'd bet that it was indeed a haunting. The whole bacon and eggs thing is very creepy, but my question is did she buy eggs and bacon? To find it cooking is wierd, but I would have asked the air around me, "did you do this?" and after a pause, if I get a responce, "could I have them?" otherwise I'd just be dazed, not too freaked out though. Then again, I'm a walking magnet for that kind of stuff.

You should see photos that my friends and I took. Our photographer had two times in which he thought I was standing over his shoulder (because I was the only one he couldn't see) but I wasn't there. I was 7 feet to his right and slightly behind him. I did see a curious energy near him, and I figured it was just a nosy spirit. ^^; We were in a cemetary after all. Location of unedited photos: true-aerith.deviantart.com

Yugure,
Thanks for the comments! I'm happy to hear your soul was not ripped out! Don't you hate it when that happens?? I mean seriously.
I visited your page and you have some good artwork to share to boot! Good pics too.

As for the bed shaking. I awakened and sat up in bed while the bed was shaking. It continued to shake while I waited for it to stop, so I know it wasn't me .

Thank you for your comments!

Hmm, nice post, thanks. I have to agree just a prankster poltergeist.