Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 #1 Share Posted July 24, 2017 My family (wife and children) say our house is haunted. We live in my grand parents house both of whom are deceased. I personally have not experienced it. But the evidence includes my wife seeing a ghost much like my grandfather, my stepdaughter has seen a woman fiiting my grandmother's description, foot steps have been heard, shadows seen, cabinets opened, a lamp thrown to floor and other items scattered, my step son was hit with a marker hard enough to leave a red mark on his back, and our 2 year old has pointed to a spot a couple times very scared and trying to tell me something.....thats an off the top of my head list. So, here is my question, assuming it's ghost (s) can we be sure it's my grandparents? This does not seem likely to be their behaviour. Some of the activities have been scary bordering on menacing. What do You guys think? This has mainly been going on since my wife and step children moved in, but there may have been a few signs before then. At times it's very traumatizing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted July 24, 2017 #2 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Hi, a couple of questions: How old are your step children? Did they have any difficulty over your relationship with their mother? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Currently 7, 15, and 16. And no, I have been very well accepted from the beginning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSanta Posted July 24, 2017 #4 Share Posted July 24, 2017 When have these events taken place? Could you expand a bit? For example, what were they doing leading up to seeing these figures? What was the 2 year old doing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted July 24, 2017 #5 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Just one question. You say you live in your grandparent's house. Your family has said they've seen them. Did your grandparents ever say something unusual went on in the house? This doesn't sound like the actions of your grandparents, so, ok, two questions. Did your grandparents ever meet your family and how did they get along if they did? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #6 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Secretsanta, the various things that have happened have taken place over the last 4 years. They have happened during the day, at night, in the morning. Very random. When my wife saw the grandfather figure she was walking down a hallway midafternoon. He came around a corner and were he real they would have collided. After that she was a bit freaked out and went to our bedroom and called me on the phone. While she was on the phone with me she said the door knob started turning and she could see a shadow under the door. She yelled at it. After that she thought she saw a figure in our closet. One evening my daughter told me she had seen a hunched over figure in a white gown in our dining room a little earlier. Sounded like my grandmother to me. Just last week I was taking my two year old out of the bath. I had dried her off and she ran into our bedroom ahead of me. Then she ran back to me pointing at the room. I picked her up and carried her in there. She was looking and pointing at one corner of the room. Then she buried her face in my shoulder and wouldn't look. So I turned so her face was looking that way again and she turned her head and wouldn't look. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #7 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Susieice, no, my grand parents were gone before I met my wife. When my wife described bumping into the "man" in the hallway she described his clothes which sounded like my grandfather to me. When I got home I found a couple of his old hats. Both were similar, but one in particular was one I thought he would wear. Without mentioning her experience I told her I wanted to show her something. I showed her the first hat (Not the one I thought he would be wearing). She said "omg that it so similar to what it was wearing". I could tell it really got to her. Then i showed her the other hat. She said "thats it! Thats the hat!!!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted July 24, 2017 #8 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Ok Doubtful. Did your grandparents or parents ever mention strange happenings in the house? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #9 Share Posted July 24, 2017 No, and I spent a lot of time there growing up. Before I was married I had a gf who had a dog who seemed to think the house was haunted. 99% of the time he was fine but a couple times I saw him tuck his tail and flee the kitchen like he'd been scolded. After that he wouldn't come back in there no matter how we tempted him. And this was a dog that never left his people. It was really weird to see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papageorge1 Posted July 24, 2017 #10 Share Posted July 24, 2017 It sounds to me like paranormal events are indeed occurring in your house especially when it includes physical happenings (lamps, markers, etc.). You may be in a location more conducive to paranormal activity for many possible reasons. It may be more than the grandparents. You must judge the seriousness and at what point local paranormal experts should be consulted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted July 24, 2017 #11 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I don't usually post in this section of the forum so I'm not real inclined towards hauntings, but I do wonder why your children seem so afraid. It doesn't sound like the experiences your wife and daughter had with what you perceived as your grandparents were bad ones. You said your wife saw your grandfather in the hallway and went into the bedroom to call you. The doorknob was turning but she thought she saw something in the closet. What your daughter saw just looked like your grandmother, but didn't react to her. I was just going to suggest that you contact your local paranormal investigators also. You should be able to google them by your location. Most areas have them. I agree with papa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted July 24, 2017 #12 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Just the usual suggestion - continuous/motion-detecting security camera systems are quite inexpensive these days... BTW, it's possible, if rare, for electronic devices, or even old transformers/motors/plumbing/heating/hotwater systems etc to develop very high pitched squeals that can be intermittent. Such sounds may not be audible to us humans, but dogs.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #13 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Susieice, actually my wife seems more concerned and bothered than the kids. The event with the figure in the hallway was quite scary. The other events that have caused concern were the lamp crashing off a desk in the boy's room. No one was in there at the time, but wife was across the hall at the time and heard it. She had just been straightening up in there a little while before. She heard a crash and went to see. The lamp, which was quite heavy and was tethered to the wall by it's cord which was pinched to the wall by the desk it was sitting on, had landed about 4 feet from the desk. A shelf had fallen off the wall, a back pack that she had used to pick up clutter had been poured out on the desk, and a teddy bear she had put in one spot was on the other side of the room. The other event that was worrisome was a crayola marker that flew off of a chest striking our 7 year old in the back. It left a mark where it hit him (Not an ink mark) bounced of him and hit the wall. So it was going pretty fast. With the two year old, I took her reaction to be fear but it occurs to me that at times she has behaved similarly when meeting new people. Like shyness perhaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted July 24, 2017 #14 Share Posted July 24, 2017 If your wife is bothered that badly by what is happening, it will affect the children also. What are the older two saying? You could take your wife to a doctor to make sure it's nothing physical that's causing her to have these experiences. I would suggest you check your furnace to make sure it isn't leaking carbon monoxide that can make you have hallucinations. Certain medications can do that also no matter how long you've been taking them. Of course, you are saying there are physical activities that are leaving behind evidence that is hard to chalk up to imagination. You can try setting up surveillance equipment, like ChrLzs suggested, or you can contact your local paranormal group to come out and see if they can detect anything. You can get in touch with them by googling paranormal investigators in your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPS Posted July 24, 2017 #15 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Hello DoubtfulbutCurious, Thank you for your post. I have been a paranormal investigator in the Oregon / Washington area of cases like these since 2006. I am sorry to hear that you and your family are experiencing these issues at this time. These kinds of things can be traumatic for those within the home where these paranormal events are occurring. Just remember, fear is a result from not understanding something, or the unknown. Some spiritual entities, usually negative will try to instill fear, so have a talk with your family about not letting it scare them, if possible. It may not be the spirit(s) purpose, but these kinds of events naturally cause fear, and with reason. Just from the limited and basic information provided, it may be a result of a poltergeist, which literally is a German word meaning, "noisy ghost." Their intentions are not always known, except that they may be attempting to attract attention for some purpose. I'd suggest that not losing sleep over it, and not focusing on it. Often not giving it the attention they desire, will make them move on elsewhere. Have there been any odd unexplained smells, lights, scratches, being touched, etc in the home? What City, State is the home located? Any history of the home or land it was built on that might help explain these events? Any previous history of murder, witchcraft, sacrifices etc.. even before your grandparents had owned it? Does anyone in the home use drugs? Medications that could account for some of this activity? Has anyone including the kids dabbled in the occult, tarot cards, seances, Ouija boards, witchcraft, spells, etc ? Does anyone in the home have a history of these types of phenomenon before moving into your grandparents' home? Despite the given information you have provided, at this time I don't believe that whatever is causing these events, are evil in nature. Sometimes evil entities can mimic or pretend to be loved ones, to gain trust and gain their goals. I would suggest that if the activity increases in a specific way, then you may have a serious issue on your hands, one which I am willing to assist with. If it is more plausible that you have a poltergeist or a spirit that may be your grandparents, then I would seek answers if needed on why they are doing this, or what they want. Perhaps they are not happy with something? An EVP session may answer the questions, and help them to move on. If you are not comfortable doing this yourself, then I'd contact a local expert to assist with this. Regardless of your actions, you can try to ignore these events, or try to deal with them how you see fit. If things escalate, please contact me, or I can even find a group for you in your local area. Best Regards, Aaron 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted July 24, 2017 #16 Share Posted July 24, 2017 hmmm a few things as suggested above get the cameras motion detection etc etc, second make sure the air is ventilated there might be build up of hallucination materials not sure but something might be producing it, recently saw that if there is infrared sounds people hallucinate lastly your family might be lying for whatever reason best known to them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrLzs Posted July 24, 2017 #17 Share Posted July 24, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Doubtfulbutcurious said: Susieice, actually my wife seems more concerned and bothered than the kids. The event with the figure in the hallway was quite scary. The other events that have caused concern were the lamp crashing off a desk in the boy's room. No one was in there at the time, but wife was across the hall at the time and heard it. She had just been straightening up in there a little while before. She heard a crash and went to see. The lamp, which was quite heavy and was tethered to the wall by it's cord which was pinched to the wall by the desk it was sitting on, had landed about 4 feet from the desk. A shelf had fallen off the wall, a back pack that she had used to pick up clutter had been poured out on the desk, and a teddy bear she had put in one spot was on the other side of the room. The other event that was worrisome was a crayola marker that flew off of a chest striking our 7 year old in the back. It left a mark where it hit him (Not an ink mark) bounced of him and hit the wall. So it was going pretty fast. With the two year old, I took her reaction to be fear but it occurs to me that at times she has behaved similarly when meeting new people. Like shyness perhaps. I'm getting very doubtful now... Not a single picture of these events? I don't mean a picture as they happened, but ones of the aftermath.. Eg the crayola, the mark, the shelf fixings, the lamp 4 feet away from the desk. You also didn't mention whether anyone actually saw the crayon launch itself... If this is all (nearly) true, then I suspect one or both of your two teens is the solution. (And surely given those ages, *they* woulda taken photos...) There are a couple of oft repeated and cliche statements that may apply: 1. Pictures Or It Didn't Happen. 2. Cool Story, Bro. But do let us know in future how you go - and post the pictures that you take of the aftermath of any new events - leave the items where they lie so we can then ask for other angles/details that may help in properly investigating.. Me .. well, I suspect this will all stop now.. Edited July 24, 2017 by ChrLzs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 24, 2017 #18 Share Posted July 24, 2017 I'm just going to leave this here. https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/7/11/15948234/do-ghosts-exist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #19 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Xenofish, I read that yesterday. Personally I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in the people in my household. Given all that's happened I'm sure they have attributed a few normal occurrences to something paranormal. But the big occurrences I have tried to find explanations for and so far I have not really explained them away. I'm the first to say this is all very circumstantial. But wether its a ghost, a pile of strange coincidences, or something else it is affecting us. That's why I'm seeking opinions here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #20 Share Posted July 24, 2017 To answer some of the questions from above..... Let's see, we are in southwest louisiana, my grandparents built the house, I believe it was one of if not the first house on the block. It was built in the 40's. I have no knowledge of anyone tampering with the occult in my current family or previously. The kids don't talk about any of it very much. I did have pics of the lamp and room as that was the most dramatic occurrence, but they were on an old phone. I may be able to recover them but I haven't seen them in awhile. But I understand your point about pictures etc. I wouldn't believe this either if I didn't live there. With the marker incident my wife didn't see it as she was around the corner but she heard it slide off the trunk and heard the impact and boy call out. I was outside working when she came out very upset to tell me about it. I immediately knew what she was talking about because I had picked the marker up earlier off the floor and put it on the trunk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #21 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Ops had asked "Does anyone in the home have a history of these types of phenomenon before moving into your grandparents' home? " Yes, my gf who lived with me before my wife had some ghost stories to tell about other places she lived and especially her childhood home. My wife had a ghost in a previous residence. And my wife's grandparents house had had an exorcism performed on it. I don't know many details about that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #22 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Xenofish, I read that yesterday. Personally I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in the people in my household. Given all that's happened I'm sure they have attributed a few normal occurrences to something paranormal. But 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 24, 2017 Author #23 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Oh, I think no on the smells, scratches, lights, and touches. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted July 25, 2017 #24 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Doubtfulbutcurious said: Xenofish, I read that yesterday. Personally I don't believe in ghosts, but I do believe in the people in my household. Given all that's happened I'm sure they have attributed a few normal occurrences to something paranormal. But the big occurrences I have tried to find explanations for and so far I have not really explained them away. I'm the first to say this is all very circumstantial. But wether its a ghost, a pile of strange coincidences, or something else it is affecting us. That's why I'm seeking opinions here. There are times when we get the idea in our heads that a place is haunted. So we mentally fabricate a paranormal experience. This experience isn't real, but it is real to the individual on a subjective level. Then if the idea spread more than one person they'll perceive similar paranormal events. Kind of a memetic things. Edited July 25, 2017 by XenoFish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doubtfulbutcurious Posted July 25, 2017 Author #25 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Xenofish, yes I assume that's at least part of it. Of course trying to explain the other things with ghost is like explaining the universe with God. Just sort of means we don't understand it all yet. If there is anything to paranormal activities I assume it's part of how our universe works that we don't understand yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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