Let's see who can tell me the eeriest, most uncanny thing that has ever happened to them will get a nice goodie envie...I'll run this til noon tomorrow to give some time for replies :)
I love true "too amazing to be coincidential" stories! :)
Joy
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 1|1|Not really freaky but here goes|Kristy|mi3zons1@yahoo.com|21:01:57|09/20/2008|
I had a crappy home life while I was in high school. One day I had a real lousy day and after my last class I just wanted a hug. So when the bell rang I walked into the hallway dropped my book bag and hugged the first guy I saw. Despite the fact I really didn't know him from Adam. It's my dh, Matt lol. We hugged every day that week though that first time he just stood there with his arms to his sides. On Friday we started talking on the phone then went on our fist date about a week later. Been together ever since.
"Women should not have children after 35. Thirty-five children are enough." - anonymous (Only 28 to GO!) 2|1|ok here goes in cambridge we studied the bible with a woman(m)|glennie58|glenn_scott@alumni.ksg.harvard.edu|21:22:51|09/20/2008|
who was not native to america, and she believed in ghosts and reincarnation and things like that.
one day I went to her house alone and we studied the bible and talked about sin, witchcraft, divination, idol worship and the like.
the hair on my head, my arms and the back of my neck stood UP and I felt a breeze across the back of my neck
I really wanted to cry, but I didn't. The way she smiled at me even scared me, I wondered if she had opened the door to being possessed, kwim?
I wanted to turn around and look but I didn't. I COULDN'T.
I promised G_d that if I could get out of her house I would never come back, there is true evil in the world that we cannot change no matter how
strong our faith and I had NO intention of giving her another whack at me.
I beat it to the door and got outside to my car and cried with relief and drove away as fast as I could, shaking, tears running down my face.
I never saw her again and even as I write this I feel like crying with fear.
Eerie enough?
3|1|Ok but it's pretty personal. ;)|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|21:46:22|09/20/2008|
Actually, I have 3+ so a little long but take your pick. LOL
About 10 yrs. ago, I was just sitting on my couch one day, not doing or thinking about anything in particular. All of a sudden, I felt this overwhelming (& hard to explain) feeling of peace come over me, as if I'd been carrying around a huge weight & all of a sudden it was gone, & I just KNEW that no matter what, everything was going to be ok. I honestly don't recall being worried or upset about anything so it really blew me away to feel such peace & calm.
My nephew drowned on July 9th, 1997, my dad passed away on Oct. 24th, 2001 & my sister passed away on July 16th, 2003 (the anniversary of JFK Jr.'s plane crash). All on Wednesdays.
Since my dad's passing, I've had several "visits" from him. The 1st one was Jan. 15th, 2002, 3 mos. after he passed. I came home to find an "unknown number" on my caller id. I was kind of ticked but checked my messages figuring it was just a stupid telemarketer. I was stunned to hear this message, "How's ma doing?" in the exact gravely voice of my dad. I played it over & over again & even had my son listen to it, all w/the same result. Before I came home myself tho, I'd taken my mom home. Her caller id was blinking but only showed an "out of the area" call. The weird part about it is that her "out of area" call & my "unknown number" call came in at the exact same time - 3:29 p.m.
The same picture of my dad kept falling off the living room wall, the last time landing clear in the kitchen. When I picked it up, I asked out loud, "Dad are you throwing things again?" (my dad was a prankster & practical joker that way) & put it back up on the wall. It never fell off again. ;) Right around that same time, my son & I came home one day to find the tv on a completely different channel than what it was on when we left (I ALWAYS have the tv during the day as it keeps my dog(s) company while I'm gone). Another time we came home to find the tv OFF yet the knob was still in the ON position. My son couldn't believe it cuz even he said, "I thought the tv was on when we left". I said, "It was". LOL
Also, that 1st upcoming Christmas after my dad passed away, my son & I were half-heartedly going thru our Christmas decorations & he was trying to decide which of his stockings he should hang up. He has a "Baby's 1st Christmas" & a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle one that says "Dude" on it. My dad always called my son "Dude". We were standing in the kitchen by the table when all of a sudden, my ceramic butterfly windchimes that were hanging above the table started to move & clang. It was winter so way too cold to have a window open & neither the furnace or the ceiling fan were running. Both my son & I checked all those things but could find NOTHING that would possibly make those windchimes move like that. It finally dawned on me so I said to my son, "I think Grandpa wants you to pick the 'Dude' one". My son said, "I do too" so went & hung it up right away. As soon as he did that, the windchimes stopped just like that!
There were also elect. razors of my dad's that one minute, wouldn't work when plugged in yet worked just fine the next minute, being able to smell him & smelling his Camel cigs. for just a few minutes & then it would be gone....
There's more but I think that's enough. LOL
These things haven't happened to just me & my son but also to my mom. ;)
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4|1|I love threads like this...|sunriver|lithiasalt@cheerful.com|22:26:06|09/20/2008|
We were driving down Highway 97 (Oregonians will know that stretches of 97 are awful) and I was in an area where there was just my lane and the oncoming traffic had just one lane. I see a semi that is coming right at me IN my lane. There is a river on my side and no extra space to pull off or anything and yet somehow that semi did not hit us and as we looked back he was still in our lane. Can't explain how we did not get hit.
Another time also on Highway 97 we were going towards Bend and just outside Chemult we saw Bigfoot. Now I know that some of you are rolling your eyes and I don't blame you because I didn't believe in Bigfoot either, but I saw it with my own eyes. After we passed it we were all silent for several minutes and then when we started talking and comparing what we had seen we all agreed that it definitely was not someone in a costume. It was really weird. Later we were talking about again and we all said that after we saw it, none of us had any urge to turn around and see it again.
That's all I can think of at the moment. Vanessa
5|1|Ohhh, love these...keep em coming! :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|23:07:51|09/20/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 6|1|my second-best friend from high school can curse people's teeth.|mfrs|mfrs.sv.ca@gmail.com|23:39:41|09/20/2008|
She put a successful whammy one of our math teachers and an English teacher in a summer program. Their absences were explained as 'root canal.'
She cursed my tooth 14 in grade 10 and here's what it endured:
-The filling fell out a couple of days later and was replaced
-It imploded on the flight from San Francisco the NYC to go to my father's funeral, I had a root canal courtesy my mother's dentist. He did not believe in anesthesia
-One third broke off on a trip to Buenos Aires (I'm retroactively a quarter Argentine--my mother's maternal uncles moved there from Russia after she was born but not her branch of the family)
-Another third (half, by then) broke off the night before my GRE's
-The crown put a big dent in my grad student budget
At this point she admitted that she didn't know how to retract curses
-One of the roots cracked and had to be extracted; it's a kind of gum surgery you don't know about until you need it
-Enough of the root got iffy so the tooth was extracted and I have a bridge now
7|1|Not scary, but saved my life|Mackiesmudder|Mackiesmudder@aol.com|01:05:54|09/21/2008|
I guess I was about 21 and worked about 8 miles out of town at a restaurant on a very winding, very lonely road, no street lights at all. I had a bit of a lead foot and I was always trying to get home as fast as I could because Amy was only about 3 then and I had a babysitter to pay! I got in my car (a small Hornet, if you remember those, LOL) and heard very loudly "there will be a deer at the S curve" There was no one else around and I was already in my car ready to take off, it was just big and loud and in my head. I took off, thinking about it and did decide to slow down at that awful S curve. As I was coming around ready to go into it, and fairly slowly, the hugest Buck I think I have ever seen was there. I was fine, had plenty of time to brake and I know that voice saved my life. Of course, I cried all the way home then.
Cathie : )
8|1|there are so many, but one I was thinking about the other day|zombietoo|littlejadensmom@juno.com|02:25:32|09/21/2008|
An aunt of mine passed away a few years ago, she was hit head on and killed instantly by a man that crossed over the center line. We went to her funeral out in the middle of no where at her husbands side of the family, family cemetary where she was buried next to her husband. I was expecting to park in a tall grassy field. When we pulled in I noticed the field had just been mowed and was impressed on such short notice someone was able to mow and mow so much. I was also impressed on how well it was manicured and taken care of. It was beautiful. When we parked and I got out of the car, a cousin of mine was getting out of his car right next to ours and I said, "Wow, someone just mowed." and he said, "Yes, it's freshly mowed." I was standing listening to the preacher and then it was like I woke up, and was in disbelief when he was explaining how my aunt that passed away, who lived in AL would come up and take care of the family cemetary after her husband passed away (I had no idea she took care of it) and he said she just mowed it the day before. He said she didn't know she was mowing her own grave. My jaw just dropped and this erie feeling came over me.
>Posted on Sep-20-08 at 08:46 PM (Eastern)
>by 98.213.161.195Let's see who can tell
>me the eeriest, most uncanny thing
>that has ever happened to them
>will get a nice goodie envie...I'll
>run this til noon tomorrow to
>give some time for replies :)
>
>I love true "too amazing to be
>coincidential" stories! :)
>Joy
>"Middle age is when you choose your
>cereal for the fiber, not the
>toy."
9|1|another while it's on my mind|zombietoo|littlejadensmom@juno.com|02:44:27|09/21/2008|
When I was 9, I got to get out of going to school one day to go with my mother to see a friend of hers from high school for the day in NC. My sister, 16 was really upset because she didn't get to get out of school to go with us. She begged my mother to let her go and my mother had her go to school. Right after my sister went out the door (slamming it shut) to drive to school, she screamed she hoped we'd have a car accident. Around 1pm that day, we got off the interstate to stop and eat lunch, then I was going to lay down in the back seat and take a nap. We were stopped at a red light in the right hand lane. There was a church with a brick retaining wall to the right and on our left in the left lane as a tractor trailer. When the light turned green we started to take off and the tractor trailer drove into our lane and up on the back end of the car! It was creapy she said she hoped we'd have a car accident and we did! If someone had been in the back seat, they may not have made it. Of course we didn't make it to my mom's friend's...
>Posted on Sep-20-08 at 08:46 PM (Eastern)
>by 98.213.161.195Let's see who can tell
>me the eeriest, most uncanny thing
>that has ever happened to them
>will get a nice goodie envie...I'll
>run this til noon tomorrow to
>give some time for replies :)
>
>I love true "too amazing to be
>coincidential" stories! :)
>Joy
>"Middle age is when you choose your
>cereal for the fiber, not the
>toy."
10|1|OK, here we go|whitmarg|robin@whitmannet.com|02:56:19|09/21/2008|
About 15 years ago, my DH's aunt (and our favorite relative) was dying. Her daughters had called us and said it was probably a good time to think about coming down to the Cape as she was going fast. We left our son (then 8) with our neighbors next door (you can't bring a little kid to that kind of an occasion). We got there around noon. We spent all afternoon with my DH's 2 cousins around Sybil's bed. I had never actually watched someone fade before and the physicality of it was interesting and intriguing to me. Sybil strongly believed she had been here before and that she would be back. She believed you kept coming back until you "got it right." I don't believe in these things. We all took turns holding her hand and talking to her as people do. The medical staff would come in and tell us she could go any time, but she didn't.
We finally left around 4:30 a.m. with plans to return the next day. Her daughters decided who was staying and who was going home for a few hours of sleep. We got in the car and started driving.
Around 6:00 a.m. as I was driving up the highway in pitch dark, this incredible flash of yellow light flew in front of the car. It looked like a huge falling star, but it wasn't. I asked my DH if he saw it and he said he had his eyes closed but that the hairs on his arms were standing up.
We got home about 15 minutes after that and there was a voicemail on our phone. Sybil had passed away around 6. I just know that was her flying past the car on her way to her next life.
Even now as I type this, all the hairs on my body are standing on end!!!
11|1|Heres my story... |Isha|tm2ewing@sbcglobal.net|02:59:44|09/21/2008|
Not interested in the ROAK, well I am interested but know there are people who can use more than me lol... just telling my story... well I actually have two but the other one I told before (I was visited by Juan Diego and the Virgin of Guadalupe literally) google it if you don't know the legend lol.... and no I am not nuts... but here goes...
My dd9 sees dead people....
Background...My dd who is now 9 was born with a kidney disease that went undiagnosed for 18 months! Needless to say the first 18 months of her life were very rough... She was constantly sick, almost died when she was 8 days old, had pneomonia (sp?) 4 times in 5 months, has had scarlet fever, etc...
We learned that we could tell when she was going to be sick (she went from healthy to sick in a nano second) because she would babble/talk to someone who wasnt' there... Things would start happening besides her talking,,, lights turning on, door knobs wiggled, cabinet doors opening... But the big thing was her bedroom door WOULD NOT stay shut right before she would get very ill... We would close it, make sure it was latched, but it woudld open (one time while we were right there, saw the door knob turn and everything) I think it was someones way of telling us to keep an eye on her.
When she was 2 we met with her urologist and we talked about potty training... He told us not to bother even trying because kids with her disease (VUR and Hydronephrosis stage 4 and a spastic bladder) don't usually potty train until 5ish... We were really sad by this, but whatever, at least they got her medicated and she was doing great. Literally 2 weeks later she decided she didn't want to wear diapers anymore... I called her urologist freaking out and he said don't worry about it, if it happens it happens (but he doubted it)... Well he was wrong... Shes been fine (basically) ever since... Surprising not only us but her doctors.
She still gets sick occasionally and the weird stuff still happens. Once when she was getting sick... We were talking to her on her bed and she said something to the effect of "oh no the baby is crying" and we were like what baby? and she said the baby fell off the swing outside... We have a swing set right out side her bedroom,, when we looked out the window one swing was gently swinging... The other one was completly still and no wind! I just closed the curtain and walked away (not letting her know I was completly freaked out)
As she got older we were able to get more info out of her... We've learned that she sees a "Papa, lady and a child"... She won't give us much info and we don't ask, but as shes gotten older (and healthier) she says she sees them less and less... but I know they are still around... Our other DD whenever they fight about a toy or whatever we usually do the "pick a number between 1 and 100 and whomever is closest gets it"... Well guess who 90% of the time gets the exact number! Someone is helping her cheat and its not me!
Its a tad on the freaky side, but I guess we all have special talents right :) Although I'd like to know more, she is fairly tight lipped... so I just leave it alone, and occasionaly she'll tell me tidbits,,, I figure someday she'll tell me more when she is ready...
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12|1|Wow these are so interesting~*~|RebekkaVA|queen_vulture@msn.com|07:24:51|09/21/2008|
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13|1|Okay...here's mine...|kellysp6637|frugalk76@aol.com|08:42:19|09/21/2008|
Posted on Sep-21-08 at 08:42 AM (Eastern) by 64.12.116.68
When I was pregnant with my daughter about five years ago, we were on vacation in Orlando Florida....the night before we were to leave we were staying at a hotel and there was a MASSIVE thunderstorm throughout the entire night. I'd never heard and seen thunder so bright and loud. Anyway, I finally got to sleep. In the middle of the night...I woke up screaming "MOMMA".....In my dream I saw my mom being hit by a giant red tractor trailer truck on the highway. I was horrified and it took my husband a little bit to calm me down.
Sadly two years later, my mother died when she was hit on the highway by a tractor trailer truck....in the exact same manner as in my dream.
I've never dreamed of anything like this before or since....so I know this was more of a premonition than anything else.
14|1|Wow, thank you all for sharing! I am facinated by these things...I dont have any events like these happen to me, so I love to hear of others' experiences...anyone else care to join in? :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|09:01:40|09/21/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 15|1|I've also had dreams........|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|10:38:19|09/21/2008|
About people being sick & finding out later on that they were & had been taken to ER, etc. A few yrs. before he passed away, I had one about my dad having a hard time breathing (he had COPD & CHF) sitting in his rocking chair on a cloud. Another one about my sister a few yrs. before she passed away, that her bf had put her in a tree shredder. :( After those dreams, I didn't feel well for several days. :(
Not too long ago, I dreamed about my own demise. It didn't include how I'd died or anything; just that I had & I was reading my own obituary. Having had the other dreams that were evidently "premonitions", kind of makes me wonder about my own.... LOL
Tami
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Mark Twain
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16|2|here's my weird thing that happen|LindaOh|Martinl3@roadrunner.com|14:21:13|09/21/2008|
First let me say I never ever believed in supernatural it was always I would have to see it to believe it, anyway I was staying with this elderly lady who needed aroud the clock care she had regular care givers but I was working while they were on vacation. she had lived in this house all her life with her late sister neither had married or had children,One night I was sleeping on the couch beside her room and something woke me up. I looked into the other room and over in one corner there was like a hundern tiny lights flashing I wear glasses and by the time I found them and got them on they had dissappeaed, after that I told the lady I wouldn't stay anymore at night because I couldn't sleep I thought she would think I was crazy if I told her the whole story, another time we were watching TV and she mentioned how bring the sun was coming in the window,then we went to the kitchen to get her supper when I come back in the curtains were closed another time as I was taking her to the kitchen to eat and a little TV in the kitchen came on by its self and it was like 5 or 6 channels were on at once.after that I wouldn't go back too many weird things going on one of the girls that worked there told me things happened all the time and they thought it was her dead sister doing it.she's in a rest home now, I often wonder if her sister is still in the house Linda 17|1|extending this til 5pm....I gotta hear some more! :) Then I might need some help picking one, there are some really great experiences here! :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|14:32:16|09/21/2008|
Posted on Sep-21-08 at 02:32 PM (Eastern) by 98.213.161.195
Doesnt have to be a "ghost story"....anything uncanny or weird...maybe how paths cross or fate intervenes (like Kristy's story, kind of a fate or destiny kind of thing) :)
J
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 18|1|Here is one from me|teener|teenerzacsneenee@yahoo.com|14:45:55|09/21/2008|
I had a family friend named Tim who's Grandma was really ill and she kept asking for him and asking for him so he went to the hospital to see her and all she kept asking him was "Have you finish all you were sent to do?" He didn't know what she meant and he told her but she kept asking so he finally said Yes I have and then she fell asleep two days later she passed and two months later he was killed in a auto accident now about two weeks prior to the accident I kept having these dreams of driving around and finding a black bag on the side of the rd and when I would go to open it I would wake up they stopped the night I heard of his accident 19|1|I was about 12 or so ... |BriansMommy|mommytobrian04@aol.com|15:34:50|09/21/2008|
I was watching America's Most Wanted. They were showing this real horrible guy being arrested. (I was a very immature 12) I stuck my tounge out at the guy in tv, and just after I did, he stuck his tounge out at the camera like he was sticking it out at me.
It's kinda silly, but I still cannot watch the show ... lol :o)
20|1|not to creepy as some but (m)|doycosmo|eddie2kevin@tampabay.rr.com|16:54:53|09/21/2008|
the wierd things that have happened to me, while pregnant with my oldest son I always dreamed of my grandfather (on my dad's side) who had died (and in the dream I could see him clearly, which you will see why I mention it in another wierd thing), at least once a week I had this dream, we never talked he was just walking by in my dreams, I never had dreams with him or any dead people prior, well Augst 12 my son was born, 7 years to the day my grandpa died, and my other son, while pg with him I had 2 dreams of my grandma (on moms side), same things with her just being there, well he was born Sept 15, 7 years to the day she died, and I dont know if we just want to see it but both children are complete opposites personality wise, and each are exact replica personality wise of the grandparent. And I always hear people say changes happen every 7 years
Also, as a child I used to see a little boy late at night in my house when I would get up to go to the bathroom or for some unexpected reason, the first few times I thought it was my brother and I was just completely out of it from waking up in the middle of the night, well another time it happened when he was away, the room I slept in also always had dead flies in the window and was always cold, no matter how much heat we had on and my room was right above the oil heeter in the basement, the house we lived in used to be a tannery (where they slaughtered and cut up or whatever else to the animals) and the house next door was a barn, we never gave it much though but years later I found out a little boy died in the house when it was still a tannery, he was sneaking around while his dad was working and took some sort of fall and debris fell on him and killed him, I am 100% sure it was his ghost always sneaking around
And one more, I always have kept a dream journal since I was a teenager, and as much as I dream vividly and in color and sometimes wake up still feeling like I am in a dream, I never have seen peoples faces, I know who they are but it is the only thing I have never been able to make out in dreams , anyway while a senior in high school I dreamt of a boy who I was kissing at a parade, I could see him clearly and every detail and really dirty sneakers stuck out, anyway, when I went to college the next year I was playing basketball in the gym and while on the floor I saw the exact sneakers next to me, looked up and it was the exact face in my dreams, wierd, we lived in totally different areas and had no chance of ever seeing each other before the dream, ofcourse he was a jerk but the whole time we wnet out it was like a parade (like the dream), he loved to party and have a good time, and not the man of my dreams but oh well, it was still wierd!
Joyce
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21|1|Wow, all great stories...thank you all for sharing them with us....I envy those who have had contact or 'visits' from their loved ones who have passed....I look for signs of my dad all the time, but alas have not ever had any :( I do think there is a grand plan for us and that certain things or people in our lives are destined for us.....my story inside :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|17:16:46|09/21/2008|
I was previously married at 20 and divorced by 22....I dated my first husband in high school. My family had lived in the same house my whole life, and after I graduated from high school, my parents sold our house and we moved to a town about 25 mins away. I was now engaged to my first husband, and thus was not "looking for love", lol.
Fast forward about 6 yrs....I am now divorced and have been for some time...I meet my current DH in nursing classes and we were inseperable since we met. Kinda funny, but his parents lived less than one block from my parents (in the "new" house). Even weirder is when he was telling me of the time he almost hit a little girl with his car on that street when he was leaving his parents' house. He was telling me it happened right in front of my parents' house....and as he told me the events, I remembered it with perfect clarity as I had seen this all happen out the dining room window of that house! Very weird to me how so many events in my life and even some removed occurence seemed to push us together...when I saw that car almost hit a little girl who had run out in the street in front of our house and a car (my DH's car)screeching to a halt in the street, I ALMOST ran out the door to see if she was ok....she ran off with out a backwards glance so I didnt go out there. But fate was persistant, and after a few more years' circumstances, we finally met. :)
Maybe not as amazing as a ghost story, but it's the only thing I can think of as fate or destiny intervening....I think I was meant to meet him that day, and never marry my first husband at all...
To pick the recipient of the RAOK, I will put all your names in a bowl and have my DH (my soulmate!) pick a name....back in a bit :)
Joy
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 31|2|I've no doubt your dad is watching over you & your family....|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|19:30:11|09/21/2008|
I've also no doubt he's visited you, just in more subtle ways. :) He knows you're happy & doing fine but when you need him the most, rest assured, he'll let you know. ;)
Tami
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22|1|Have to add....that putting the two concepts together (people coming into your life for a reason, and uncanny things that happen) Joy Sr has the MOST amazing stories....and it was unusual how we went from trading to becoming friends...she lives in the town I USED to live in (in FL) before we moved here to IL...small world?? I dont know, but after I got her addy for a trade, I struck up a conversation with her, and we've become the best of friends...she is family to me :) I believe we were meant to meet and sure enough, a Guardian Angel pushed us together (I really believe this, Mama!) :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|18:02:47|09/21/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 23|1|I was going to write this last night, and thought it was so far fetched, everyone would think it was whacky, but after seeing everyone else's. Maybe not. I have two stories(M)|dlpavitt|dlpavitt@att.net|18:11:37|09/21/2008|
After my brother commited suicide, i had a very hard time, as I was away at school when he died. I packed up and went home for the funeral, but my parents opted for a closed casker. I didn't want to ask to have it open, as to not upset my Mother, so I never really saw him that last time, or had any kind of closure. This was really bothering me. About a month after his death, I was driving to a friends house, when I looked in the rear view mirror, and saw my brother in his blue pick up truck, waving at me. He then turned at the road, that lead to the cemetary. I had to pull over, I was so freaked.
A few months later, my parents went to a retreat. On the first day, they were asked to right a question down, and put in a box. Something that they wanted answered by god. They never told each other until afterwards, that they both wrote down, that the wanted to know my brother was at peace.
Three things happened all with days of the retreat.
My mother had lost a locket, with a picture of my brother in it, several weeks before the retreat. A girl found it in the mall parking lot, looked inside, knew it was my brother, and brought back to my mother. It was fully intact.
My father hit a dear head on, and there was not a scratch, or a dent to his car. The dear just stood there and looked at him for minute, unharmed. Then,went to the side of the road, and started eating grass.
I was driving home from work(I worked the over night shift)on the highway, and a tractor trailer got on the road, going in the wrong direction, and was coming on me head on. There was no place for me to go. I remember thinking, please don't this to my mother. Then out of no where, the car just moved, and it passed me. I looked to the side of the road afterwards, and there was dear gazing at me.
We all believe these were the signs, he was okay, and at peace. Donna
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24|2|Donna, adding your name to the bowl....I love your stories, thank you for sharing :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|18:17:41|09/21/2008|
Posted on Sep-21-08 at 06:17 PM (Eastern) by 98.213.161.195
ETA: I dont think your experiences are whacky at all...they were beautiful. Seems your brother is watching over all of you :)
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 25|1|Drew a name...the winner is Vanessa! :) Pls send me your addy info....and thank you all again for sharing your stories with us! :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|18:34:37|09/21/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 26|2|Everyone, feel free to continue posting your stories....I think alot of us are really enjoying them :)|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|18:43:02|09/21/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 27|2|I have one even though I'm too late for the RAOK|Beaglesfly|lmllr77@aol.com|18:55:43|09/21/2008|
This was not me personally, but I was listening to a gentleman give a message on the radio one day and it really stuck with me. I don't recall his name; it was a Christian station, and since he was giving a message, I assume maybe he was a pastor. Anyway..
The gentleman and his wife were traveling on a snowy, icy road one day. Their car went into a spin and both he and her were thrown from the car. He was briefly unconscious, and when he came to, they were both lying in the roadway some distance apart. He wanted to crawl over to her to see if she was okay, but he was himself banged up and he wasn't able to. Suddenly, a voice inside his head spoke to him, "I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11). He lost consciousness again.
When he awoke in the hospital, his wife was gone. She had passed away. Family had gathered around and someone phoned up the man's pastor so that he could be offered some words of comfort. The pastor said to this man over the phone, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11. The gentleman said that he had not even had an opportunity to tell anyone what he had heard when he was lying out on the cold roadway, so there is no way the pastor could have known that. For him, I guess it was a reminder that his wife was in heaven and things would be okay...it was a comfort to him.
Ten years later, he was remarried. He and his wife were attending his daughter's graduation. As the graduation closed, his daughter told him she was going out to hang out with friends. She leaned over to him and out of nowhere, she said, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Ten minutes later, his wife's cellphone rang. His daughter had been in an accident right after she left the graduation and was dead.
L.
28|3|Oh, no. I sure wasn't expecting that ending. :(|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|19:13:34|09/21/2008|
"If you pick up a starving dog & make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle difference between a dog & a man."
Mark Twain
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30|3|Now that one made me cry....wow,|saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|19:17:04|09/21/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 37|2|Thanks Joy! Emailing you...|sunriver|lithiasalt@cheerful.com|11:31:49|09/22/2008|
What a nice beginning to my day today! Thank you! 44|2|Joy--- THANK YOU! Got the envie today and...|sunriver|lithiasalt@cheerful.com|00:28:12|09/27/2008|
First gracie was really excited because she got to open it. I love the naz labels-- very cool! I think I can use everything in there! Thank you so much! vanessa
I sure do use my exclamation point a lot... I just started noticing that!!!! LOL!!!!
45|3|Youre so welcome, Vanessa...glad you will enjoy what I sent :) |saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|16:05:51|09/27/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 29|1|I loved reading these! Congratulations Vanessa! :)|maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|19:14:25|09/21/2008|
I don't talk about my experiences much as there are so many who don't understand, maybe just those who haven't experienced similar...?? Plus, I usually get choked up talking about them so this way was ALOT easier, & a HUGE relief to know I'm not the only one who has had experiences like this. ;)
I've never been frightened by my dad's "visits" & have felt very comforted to know he's there & watching out for my mom, my son & I, just as he did before he passed. I actually wish it would happen more often.... :)
Tami
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32|2|oh, Tami, I'm sorry....not meant to be a sad ending really (m)|Beaglesfly|lmllr77@aol.com|19:59:10|09/21/2008|
To him, it was all confirmations that God was with him during all these terrible times. Giving his message, the guy was not a sad man at all. Those words were sort of a supernatural comfort to him....reminding him that they were in a wonderful place.
lauren 34|3|It's ok so no need to apologize. ;) |maraj|maraj64@hotmail.com|20:13:17|09/21/2008|
I understood but it was just so sad & it caught my breath cuz I wasn't expecting it to end that way at all. :( I was thinking how neat it was that his daughter recited that verse to him on her graduation night, how maybe his 1st wife was speaking thru their daughter, to let them both know she was there watching over & sharing in such a major & joyous milestone. ;)
Tami
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33|1|I have another one.....not sure if anyone will believe this..|kellysp6637|frugalk76@aol.com|20:01:44|09/21/2008|
but my husband brought this up to me today and I hadn't even thought about it...
Three years ago my son had a HORRIBLE teacher.....I mean she was BAAD and seemed to have it in for boys in her class....so anyway....I made an appointment with his teacher, the principal and the vice principal where we met. Long story short the principals agreed with me that there was an issue and the teacher stopped her behavior. A week and a half later I got a call from the principal that the teacher had died.....I was in shock and felt horrible....she wasn't sick, but had passed away unexpectedly.
About three weeks ago, when school started, my son was getting off the bus and my neighbors german shephard chased him home...TWICE....I was steaming mad and knew that if I contacted my neighbor she would turn it into a fight and not do anything about it...so I called the dog officer last week (not to complain on her) but to get guidance on what I should do should it happen again....(thankfully it only happened those two times).....Well,,,yesterday my neighbor came over to my house crying and asking if I'd seen her dog that day,,,,I told her no...but I heard a really horrible coyote fight that morning around 8:30 am....and sure enough when she looked back at the pits way deep in our woods...they found her beloved dog dead.
So....here's what my husband has concluded: Everytime I get that upset about something that I have to call in higher figures...that somehow they wind up dead LOL....so this morning he asked me to please just tell him if there's something I'm upset about and to not talk about it with anyone....he doesn't want to end up like the rest LOL............. 35|1|I have one to share|cinda68|lacinda68@gmail.com|20:35:48|09/21/2008|
Not necessary to include me in the raok, just want to share this from my childhood.
My grandmother lived over a mountain about 40 miles from us and my Mom drove us for visits and holidays. One Christmas the roads were icy and my Mom got halfway up the mountain and couldn't go back or forward. She noticed a road off the side and backed down it slowly to get out of harm's way and there was a small home there. The lights were on and my Mom was scared we would freeze to death so she knocked and an older man and lady welcomed us in, gave us dinner and we spent the night until my grandfather could come with his truck to take us home the next morning. They immediately welcomed us into their home and were so gracious, feeding us and making sure we were warm on that cold night.
My Mom had to leave her car there until she could get it when the roads were clear. So my grandfather picked us up the next morning and a few days later my Mom and him went back for her car. The house was abandoned, broken windows and deserted. There was my Mom's car, just where she left it and the people who took us in, nowhere to be found. Nobody had lived in that house for years. I get chills every time I think about this.
It reminds me of the scripture, be careful to entertain strangers for some have entertained angels unaware. Indeed.
36|1|the weirdest eeriest thing that ever happened to me >>>|lydzkydz|lydzmcss@yahoo.com|21:10:45|09/21/2008|
one day kendall was little and we were home brian was at work
and i walked in to the pantry room which use to be my grandparents bed room
and i smelled a sweet smell and i saw a haze in one spot of the room
well the fan would not blow it away
well i walked in to the living room where my granddaddy used to stay alot and there was the sweet smell and a haze in there and the fan would not blow it away
well i walked each room and in the room that is our bed room there was another haze and odd smell (not sweet)
kendall saw them too
well we left home
got back home later and they were gone
so i figure they were grandmother adn grand daddy and not sure who was in my bed room area
scared me tho
and then another quick on
this was when i lived at home and i had gone to sleep the nite after my granddaddy died well i woke up and he was standing in my room smiling at me
i thot i was going to fall out of my bed
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THANKS!! 38|2|HEY, JJ, NO I HADN'T SEEN THIS, BUT GUARDIAN ANGEL (JOE JR) SURE DID HIS WORK , I AGREE|JOYHAPPYONE|DAIDOLA5@AOL.COM|19:01:46|09/22/2008|
I'M TOO GOOD LOOKING TO BE THIS OLD...AT MY AGE I'VE SEEN IT ALL, I'VE HEARD IT ALL, AND I'VE DONE IT ALL..I JUST CAN'T REMEMBER IT ALL!!!!!!!! 39|3|:D |saint6811|waylan@comcast.net|19:02:56|09/22/2008|
"Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy." 40|1|Does anyone know how to remove a spirit from a room??|LindaOh|Martinl3@roadrunner.com|15:22:31|09/26/2008|
my friend has this older house and one of the bedroom has strange things happen their the door will open and close by itselfs or they feal a breeze when no wind is blowing and sometimes feal like someone is touching them, She is hoping somewone would know a way to make whatever this is go away she will try most anything no one will sleep in this room it only happens in this room, Linda 41|2|read up on "smudging" |athena|aburns1982@hotmail.com|15:34:49|09/26/2008|
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42|1|Here is a creepything that happened to me recently|mmj2236|sasha@mccarvill.mv.com|15:54:25|09/26/2008|
Back in July I had a weird dream and one of my good friends from college was in it. Her name is Missy. Well Missy and I have lost touch since college. So after the dream I thought I would give her a call and catch up but I didn't know her phone number so I did a google search for her. I didn't find her phone number but I found her obituary. She had died a week earlier of an accidential overdose of painkillers. That really feaked me out. I guess she wanted me to know and sent me a message in my dream.
I also had a ghost encounter while I was in college that really scared me. And it was the real thing. The ghost was in a fraternity house. One of the frat boys had asked me out and then tried to scare me with the stories of the ghost. So brave me wants to go back to the house after being out at a bar (yes I am most brave with a beer in me). This house was one that no one lived in. It was just for meeting and parties etc. We went thorugh the entire house to make sure no one was hiding out to scare us because I was pretty sure the whole thing was a hoax. So we hung out and chatted for a while. And of course nothing happened. So it was time to leave but we both had to use the bathroom. I went to the bathroom first and then came out and sat on a couch facing the front door. The room was large and on the far wall was a staircase that faced the front door. So when my date came out of the bathroom he sat down next to me (facing the door). All of a sudden all the hair on my arms and the back of my neck stood on end. I looked at my date and his eyes were huge and he was clearly freaking out. Then I heard a soft shuffle on the stairs but not on the top of the stairs...it was in the middle of the staircase that was in plain view but there was nothing there. Needless to say we both bolted from that frat house so fast. We were terrified. But I did make my date park the car across and down the street a ways so I could see if the ghost did anything LOL. This happened when I was a freshmen. My senior year I was at a party at the very same frat house and I hear this guy (not my former date)telling my story to a bunch of people and he is really exaggerating it. After he is done with his story I walk over and introduce myself and correct the inaccuracies. When he found out who I was he had to introduce me to all of the frat brothers because apparently my ghost story was a kind of legend within the frat. Too funny. Let me just add that the party was out in the front yard of the frat house ...I would not go inside that house again. 43|1|TY very interesting site I'll lyk how it turns out|LindaOh|Martinl3@roadrunner.com|15:54:40|09/26/2008|
I' emailed it to my friend it really is a problem with her just the one room, strange things happen in it, LInda 46|1|I have a few more...|sunriver|lithiasalt@cheerful.com|17:18:57|09/29/2008|
I was thinking about this as I was falling asleep last night.
Back when I was pregnant with Dylan (very, very pregnant-- in fact it was exactly one week before he was born/died), I went out yard sailing. It was August, very hot and I was miserably trying to jump start labor by walking. I stopped at a sale where I found these super cute little baby shoes and then I saw this book and without even looking at the back of it, I grabbed it and bought it. Now, I am and have always been a voracious reader and most of my books come from yard sales, so there is nothing weird about that, but I ALWAYS read the back of the book or the inside cover flap, like most people would. I got home that day and as soon as I could I remember I sat down on the couch and just read that whole book from cover to cover in one sitting. I could not put it down. The book was "The Lessons of Love" by Melody Beatty and it is about how she recreated a life after losing her son. I had never read a grief book before that book and yet there it was just days before I needed it. I re-read that book about once a year or so, when I feel the need to.
That whole week before his birth/death, I could not sleep. Late at night I just sat and read. I read books about angels-- some of them I had on my book shelf I had never looked at before that time. It was almost like I was getting prepared for what happened.
Now, the squirrels. At various times throughout my life when I needed signs to know that things would be okay, I would instantly see a squirrel. It's happened again and again. So right after Dylan died we were told we needed to stop by the funeral home on the way home from the hospital. We walked in and they said we would need to pick put a casket and normally they would have several for us to choose from, but at that time they were very sorry to say that there was only one style in stock. They showed us it was a simple design with a hand carved squirrel on top. The man said that a local guy did the carvings and they really hoped that it would be okay.
My dh just looked at me. He knew.
On the anniversary of his death just a month or so ago, I walked out of the apartment and right across the street sitting on the neighbors fence was a squirrel. I haven't seen him since, but he was there on the 29th.
47|2|Vanessa (((hug)))|Beaglesfly|lmllr77@aol.com|21:37:22|09/29/2008|
Your post, while it kind of made me sad because I can only imagine what you went through, made me remember how God guides us through some of the toughest times....often with little comforting signs.
I know what you mean about having something like your squirrels that shows up every now and then. Mine is white doves. There are always tons of doves around, but a white one has shown up when I needed it the most.
Another one is our Christmas cactus. It has grown and shriveled right in sync with the ups and downs of my marriage. And when I see a bloom on it, it's always been right before something good happened in our lives. Been a while since I've seen a bloom though.
Thanks for the reminder of those little "signs"
Lauren