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This happened 15 minutes ago as of writing this so I am still pretty shaken up.

I currently am staying at my grandmas place and just couldnt fall asleep (its also almost 5 AM so everyone else as far as I was aware was asleep), so i put on my jacket and jeans, and went to have a smoke. My room is in the second story of my Grandmas House, i went down to the basement and through the door there that leads to the driveway.

I closed the door behind me and lit my cigarette, I was half done when i heard a knock from the inside of the house. Clear but very gentle. Three knocks exactly.

It didnt exactly scare me, since I thought my mom who

got woken up by me leaving and wanted to play a prank on me (that is something she would most definitely do). I usually smoke two cigs back-to-back (dont judge) so I lit the second.

Which is when I heard that knocking AGAIN..

At that point I was slightly unsettled, not scared though. I decided to peek into the basement and there was nobody there. I even shined my phone flashlight in there and still, nothing.

Thats when I got scared. After that I REALLY was not eager to go back in through there but I did not really have a choice. My Grandpa always locks the front door for the night. When I was done smoking and disposing of the filters. I gathered myself and RAN through that cellar all the way up to my room.

I really cant explain it, nothing like this has evee happened to me.

I dont believe in Ghosts or boogey-men of any kind but this really is giving me the creeps.

Does anyone have any ideas what it couldve been?

Throw away account. Title is straightforward, and honestly I’m not sure where to post this or who can help?

My entire life I just seem to have been…haunted. I don’t know how else to put it. There is a figure/entity that has followed me my entire life, and I’ve had multiple people describe it to me in great detail even if I’ve never described it to them. I can’t say it is malicious towards me, but it has always been malicious towards others. It has got to the point where my partner is being terrorized and they live over 30 minutes from me and I am extremely worried for them.

Here’s the best time line and experiences I can give at the moment:

From birth and early childhood. My mother would describe a “tall shadowy man” with red eyes that always appeared in places around the house. It didn’t matter if we moved. It would always pop up, in the corners, in the mirror. There would be several issues that went on within the multiple homes we lived in. Cabinets all open, things flying off of the counter or tables, possessions going missing and reappearing in thin air, electronics (most notably microwaves), that would just instantly stop working even if it was brand new. Both my parents would describe being “terrorized” by this “man” when they slept. Scratches, being pulled out of bed, nightmares. My brother has even described this “tall man” the same way my parents did when asked about it.

From early childhood to teens it just continued to get more active. If I stayed at the house of another family member or friend, they’d tell me days later about being terrorized by this “tall man” in the same way my parents and family are. They’d describe things going missing, seeing shadow figures, hearing voices etc. I’d like to add that several of my family members are extremely religious and even they were describing these things to me even after they had their house “cleansed”. It is as if this “tall man” has no boundaries. Some of my early relationships were terrorized so terribly that they just stopped being friends with me over it. Or they’d refuse to talk to me about it all together as if terrified. I also noticed that anyone who encountered it would slowly become more and more aggressive towards me, not sure if that has anything to do with it.

From teens to adulthood to now, it just..continues. I always see it out of the corner of my eye, I can always feel it. It never bothers me in the way it bothers others, it is just there? Watching all the time. I almost feel schizophrenic over it but I can’t because everyone around me has described exactly what the tall man looks like and how it terrorized them. Now, as I mentioned earlier. It is seriously bothering my partner. We don’t live together, I visit occasionally to hang out. They’re telling me that every night they are being terrorized by this thing. Scratches, bruises, crosses falling off the wall, aggressive whispering, banging on the walls, pictures falling from the wall, nightmares etc. Their house has been continuously blessed and I have been continuously “cleansed” by their priest. It is getting to the point where I feel that my partner is resenting me for it and not wanting to be around me as much anymore. I’d like to know what it is and why it has followed for so long. I know it sounds ridiculous, but truthfully I just want direction on how to make it stop? I feel awful that so many around me keep experiencing fear in that way.

Hi All. I have had a weird experience 3-4 times now. So, while I am sleeping , I have heard a very distinct whisper in my ear. The first two times I shrugged it off as me being asleep or dreaming. The third time I wasnt really dreaming but I was sleeping and I heard someone very distinctly say a statement in my ears. And I woke up with a jolt. The statement was clear this time and I could hear it properly. It was a very specific guidance. And though I woke up suddenly but I wasnt afraid. The latest experience I had in a hotel room. I was visiting there and was suppose to travel to other destination next morning. This time I had a whisper distinctly telling me to not travel the next day and stay there only. And hearing the whisper I somehow went into a sleep paralysis sort of thing and I was scared like crazy. I felt extremely scared and I literally had to instruct myself to wake up. Has anybody else had any experience of such whispers etc?

Hi all,

My family has been experiencing all mentioned in the title, in particular one person of the family. Just curious to know if anyone has dealt with anything similar and what did you do in response?

I've always wondered.

When I(f) was 17 me and my best friend(f) were walking home in my suburban neighborhood at night. We were mad at each other over teenager stuff so she was walking like 100 feet ahead of me.

She turned the corner to go to my house and walks out of my eye sight all in the right direction to my house. Nothing weird yet. But then I see her come back from where she turned and she just keeps walking straight. Like no pause no looking back nothing. Just walks straight toward this wooded area by a house.

Im literally watching her like what are you doing?? And then she just walks straight into the woods. I’m remember just being so confused. Why would she walk back there?

Then I hear her scream.

I immediately panic and start running toward the woods thinking something just happened to her. I remember getting to the edge and being like fuck I have to go in there and get her.

And right as Im about to walk in I hear her call my name from behind me.

I turn around and shes standing behind me like “what the hell are you doing staring into these woods.” She was very confused and so was I.

I just froze bc I literally just watched her walk in there and it wasn’t a fleeting walk. I watched her for like ten seconds. clear as day. It wasnt far away it wasnt too dark to see and it all happened.

She swears she never went in there and there was no possible route for her to walk into the woods and then appear behind me. I would’ve seen her come back out.

To this day we both get creeped out talking about it and I have no explanation for what I saw but it was so real. We both feel like we avoided something dark.

Has anyone else experienced something like this or know what that couldve been

When I was younger, I never had an imaginary friend. But as of recently, there’s been this thing stalking me.

Now I’m kinda cheating with the name. He never explicitly told me, so I kinda just gave him that name in hopes of making him less scary.

I can feel him, and I can imagine his presence. As far as I know, he’s a skinless man with a gash across his mouth that allows it to stretch farther than normal. He tends to hang around me when I stay in the dark for too long or don’t take my medication.

(Note I don’t have any diagnosed mental illnesses that can lead to hallucinations).

Here’s what I know about him:

- **If the other ways he appears don’t apply, I often feel him during strange occurrences**; object falling off a shelf for a strange reason, an odd chill no matter the room temp, you name it, he’s there.

- **He HATES mirrors**. I can’t look at them directly when I feel him, like I know he’ll get angry if I see what he really looks like.

- **He has never communicated with me directly**. During time’s he’s appeared, he really only sits there quietly about a foot or two away. Unfortunately this means I know little to nothing about who he is and why he’s attached to me specifically.

I’ll add things when I learn more about him. I genuinely want to be friends with him or at least be able to set him free, but I dunno. Is this an actual spirit, or is it all in my head?

Thinking about this as I’m currently at my parents home for Easter. I’ve had a number of paranormal experiences in this house that i thought would be interesting to share.

The first one was when i was about 6. My bedroom is located at the top of our stairs, and my brothers and dad are across from eachother at the other end of our hallway, opposite to the stairs. One night in the middle of the night, my brother and i woke up at the same time and left our rooms at the same time. From the top of the stairs, we saw a white apparition at the bottom of the stairs , not in the shape of a body but just kind of a white oval shape. When we went downstairs to investigate, it went away and i looked back upstairs and there it was, at the top of the stairs. We just ended up going back upstairs and back to bed. I don’t remember feeling scared.

After that, growing up, i always thought i heard my dad and brother whispering to each other at night. There was even one time when we were getting ready for bed and i thought i heard my brother whisper my name right outside of my room and when i peaked out to see what he wanted, he wasn’t there. I’ve asked my dad and brother about this later in life and they both said they’ve never whispered to eachother at night, and my brother never whispered my name outside of my bedroom.

Flash forward to when i was 18 or 19. I woke up in the middle of the night. My bedroom door was cracked open and i could see into the hallway as we had a nightlight in it. When i woke up, i saw a silhouette of a male figure standing at my door. Literally just the black silhouette of a person. I felt it was watching me. I froze and just stared at it, at that point i thought it was a real intruder and was prepared for it to enter my room, but it didn’t. It just went away, without making any noise (no footsteps, which is abnormal as our house is old and extremely creaky. The floor makes noises even when our cats walk upstairs). I asked my dad in the morning if he had peaked into my room, and he said no.

My dad has also told me he will hear voices whispering in his ear at night. This has occurred as recently as a few months ago. I think the spirit(s) remain in his room as I’ve never heard whispers directly in my ear, and neither has my brother. My dad said the whispers aren’t intelligible, they’re kinda just like mumbles.

My dad also let me know that when he first moved into our house, he found a grave headstone in our basement, to add onto the creepiness. Anyways, happy Easter everyone!

Ahoy, so... this might sound weird but I’d really appreciate honest input.

I’ve been flat-hunting for a 2BHK, and I’ve seen quite a few places over the past few days. All of them felt normal or even positive. But they were in congested area so... yeah no.

But today I visited one flat that felt… off in a way I’ve never experienced before.

Objectively, it wasn’t bad: Fully furnished. Open space, multiple balconies. Good sunlight (I went around 1 PM)

But the moment I entered, I had this strong sense that something wasn’t right. Not fear exactly...y'know I didn’t feel like running away but more like the place just felt WRONG.

Some things I noticed:

* Everything (inside and outside the building) had a layer of dust, even vehicles nearby

* The furniture felt very old, almost unused for a long time

* Despite bright sunlight, the flat still felt oddly dim

* There was this old rocking chair which just added to the strange vibe

Since coming back, I’ve been feeling unusually uneasy and a bit paranoid, which is very unlike me. I’m generally not someone who gets scared easily (even horror movies don’t affect me).

I’m trying to understand this logically:

* Has anyone else experienced a place that just felt “off” for no clear reason?

* Could this be due to environmental factors (lighting, ventilation (it was very good there), low occupancy, etc.)?

* Or is it just my brain reacting to something unfamiliar?

I’m not jumping to any supernatural conclusions, but the feeling was strong enough that I can’t ignore it. And right now I feel kinda scared. I'm not able to sleep. Feel some negative energy around me.

Would really appreciate if anyone has insights.

Back in the late 80's in winter time in Ireland I left my friend's house and was walking home, there was some big trees close the his house and in one of the trees I saw a fairly large person sitting on the big branch, at first I thought it was one of the local lads, it acknowledged my presence, it looked at me.

It was only years later that I realised, it would have been impossible to climb that tree and what would someone be doing sitting in the tree in the middle of winter.

This made me think that it might have been a banshee, a woman from Irish folklore, or something, it looked like a male figure, hunched over, it looked like it was wearing a large cloak or something, it didn't make any sound and it looked at me. I fairly quickly hurried home.

I do not recall anyone dying at the time, I'm thinking it was demonic?

I've never seen in that tree since or anything like that again.

Any comments.

A while ago, I was talking to my friend. I hadn't "mated" in a while, and I started joking with him that I should summon a succubus, and that one day I would perform a ritual. I kept talking about this for a long time, how I wanted a succubus to visit me. That same night, I simply had a dream. I was in driving school, and I remembered the faces of the people around me. Suddenly, a completely stunning woman entered the room, and I could see every detail of her clothes, but her face was blurry. Not that she didn't have one; I know she did, I just can't remember it, it's just a blur. And then it happened. I remember the smell, the feeling of her skin, the warmth, and when I woke up, I was completely sick, barely able to get out of bed for three days. And to be honest, I don't mind another visit.

That are wholesome and don’t fake stuff.

My family was looking for a new maid,cuz our maid who had worked for us years, was moving away. My mum asked around if anyone knew who would be interested. Later My mum got a call saying this person..(my mom was familiar with) gave her number. She said she’s interested in the job. Few questions asked plus she didn’t live far. So my mum agreed. She started working for us, she was really nice did a good job. I think she worked for us a month and then she

stopped showing up. My mum called, she said she’s sick after that was wasn’t answering call. After she left we started to find really long black worms in the house. We first thought it was probably from the garbage but in every corner of the house you would find these long black worms days to weeks. My mum and brothers started to see a shadow in the house. Later we realized that some of clothes were missing the ones we often use to wear. We started having Bad dreams. Plus my dog use to see something every may and use to get so scared and bark wouldn’t move,till he died. The maid after couple of months came to my mother said something had happen who she couldn’t come. She asked if she could work again. My mum lied and said she found someone else. We’ve been living in this house for more than 25 years never has something like this ever happend. Eventually all stopped but there still some negative energy we feel.

I'll start this off by saying i am a paranormal medium in the sense that ghosts/spirits/entities interact with me very often in comparison to your average person. my house is quite haunted and I have seen many shadow people, hear footsteps at night all the time, been screamed at directly in my ear, possibly experienced mimics, and the craziest experience ive ever had was where a full on man whome ive never seen before was sitting in my rocking chair and I watched him get up and walk away, causing the chair to rock for a bit. he was an older man with hairy legs and he was wearing grey cargo shorts and grey tennis shoes with white crew socks and a dark blue short sleeve tee shirt.

there have been a lot of shadow people in my room lately. i saw two yesterday.

last night, I woke up randomly at about 4 am and i was laying on my right side, facing the wall, which is unusual because i usually sleep on my left side. i could've swore i had woken up because someone was whispering in my ear. I had the sensation that someone was behind me, but due to the time of day I knew that it couldn't have been my mom whome i live with. I was too scared to roll over and look but I had such a strong feeling of being loomed over i was fully expecting whatever was there to start talking or touch me. im wondering if a spirit was trying to wake me up by whispering in my ear, and if so, why? my day has been completely normal and im just so puzzled as to why a spirit would want to wake me up

It was nighttime and there was a song playing from my tv by a singer where the song had the words “My first night” or something like that & while the song was playing, I heard a loud whistling sound and it happen right after a woman’s face I seen in a movie, randomly came to my mind and seemed very mysterious & unusual . Is it connected? I was the only one up and my relatives was in bed asleep

I’m obsessed with afterlife and anything paranormal.. has anyone had a demon experiences or know of any that are unheard of? Thanks in advance x

I’ve been looking into cases worldwide where "Shamans," "Deliverance Ministers," or "Witch Doctors" convince families that a loved one is a vessel for something demonic. It’s always the same result: months of isolation and "cleansing" rituals that are indistinguishable from torture. The families are groomed to ignore the screams because they’re told it’s just "the entity" making noise.

It feels like a massive, global "faking" of the paranormal to justify human cruelty. We talk about demons in the shadows, but what about the "healers" who use religion to break people physically?

Has anyone actually witnessed one of these interventions that was clearly just abuse? Have you ever encountered a "shaman" or "preacher" who seemed to be feeding off the fear they were supposedly "curing"? I want to know if it's ever a real haunting, or if it's just a human using a dark narrative to get away with a crime in plain sight.

Edit: I'm not looking for help or a consultation. I'm looking for documented experiences and stories from people who have seen these 'healings' go wrong in their own neighborhoods or families. If you have a story about the ethics or the fallout of these rituals, please share it here for the discussion.

This happens to me every night now. A TrueTwilight Zone Experience -- ongoing. I posted this story twice on Facebook - both times disappeared the story didn't publish.

I meditate and recite my Catholic Canon of prayers every night at 11:00PM. I listen to classical music, specifically Cello. I do not take any drugs, medication, or drink.

Since March 14th, at exactly 11:00pm I feel total peace. I do not feel alone - I feel like someone is sitting right next to me. Sometimes, it feels like they are resting their head on m,y shoulder;

Static begins on the speaker, loud, annoying. It sounds like someone tuning an old radio. Garbled voices, high-pitched squeals, then all of a sudden total silence and all of a sudden I'm listening to final part of the duet between Maria & Tony from West Side Story. They are singing the finale to "Someday." It's always exactly the same lines.

"Someday, somehow

We'll find a new way of living

We'll find there's a way of forgiving

Somewhere

There's a place for us

A time and a place for us

Hold my hand and we're half way there

Hold my hand

And I'll take you there

Somehow

Someday, somewhere"

Then the stereo returns to normal and what it was playing.

I though there was a glitch with Alexa - she controls all our stereo equipment.

I dug out my old turntable, which I only bring out for Christmas. I listened to Yo Yo Ma and Pable Casales - at exactly 11:00 P.M. it happened again....on a 40 year old stereo.

Last night I had an old clock radio I used in college. I listened to a local station - it happened again on the clock radio at exactly 11:00 P.M.

Jessica thought I was kidding, it didn't happen when she was in the room. Last night she was in the other room and heard it happen. At first she thought I was playing a practical joke, but there is no way I could make a clock radio do that.

It feels like someone is desperately trying to contact me - I don't know who.

It never frightens me, it surprises me, but then make me feel loved, and I evem start to cry.

There are only 2 people in my life who shared this song with me as a connection.

One is dead - One is alive.

Why is this happening? What is the message?

I need my friends to weigh in on this.

I know I am not insane. I can't tell you the feeling I have when this happens.

Thank you all so much!

i was checking my old photos and noticed > i always had double eyelids growing up, but when i was 16, right around the time i expericed an extremely dark-energy lover (manipulation, nacrassism, violence), it disappears into hidden eyelid.

at the age of 21 when i got deep into a spirtual healing journey and meditated a LOT and connected with my spirit guides and intuition, the double eyelid came back!

at the age of 26, another experience of a dark lover.. the same pattern essentially except this time it's much less obvious to notice how dark his energy actually is. he is very good at masking, almost too good. 1 month before i found out how dark he is, my eyelid disappears into hidden again!

in between these 2 dark lovers, i've had other lovers but none of them were dark or unkind. and only these 2 lovers broke me into pieces, like the suffering they brought me was unbreable.

also i've always encountered verryyyy crazy synchronicities in life in general. and i def have a spirit guide protecting me. i talk to them and i feel their presence. and i meditate a lot , often go to other dimentions when i meditate.

anyways. i just thought the timing of it all is crazy?? also it's 10 years in between, both around the months of Nov/Dec.

anyone has any insight would be much apperciated!! what's this to do w my eyelid?? lol

So this just happened and we honestly can’t explain it.

I was in a room with my boyfriend. I was sitting on a chair, and behind me there was a closed bottle of Coca-Cola. My boyfriend was sitting next to me at the computer. I wasn't touching the bottle, to be clear. I wasn't near it.

Suddenly, we both heard a strange sound. My boyfriend turned around and saw a flash inside the Coca-Cola bottle. Right after that, we heard a weird “explosion” sound coming from inside the bottle, and the bottle forcefully fell over.

The bottle was closed the whole time.

We both just stared at it in confusion, then looked at each other. We have no idea how to explain it, and we haven’t found anything similar online. Later that day, more weird stuff happened, but this is just really weird and we can't understand it