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My son was born in July of 1995, by November 1995 the child could climb stairs and stand up - he talked really early and was obsessed with drawing - but he was wary of water. I remember the plughole in the bath used to make a slurping sound when the water went down and it terrified him. He...

Hi everyone! I posted this on SSPR before I found out about Fortean Times Message Boards. I had a weird experience in my own home, if someone could help clarify this for me it would be useful. This was summer 2006 and it was stinking hot. I couldn't sleep in my bed and so I went...

I've been meaning to come back and post some of the other strange things which have been happening in this house. The activity has slowed down somewhat lately, and it doesn't feel as 'sinister' I spose the word is, as it used to. One of the most intriguing things that have happened here...

Hello!! I have been lurking for some time now, and have finally decided to post my story! Just to give you a little background, I have had a couple of strange things happen to me, I would say I am quite psychic, although I have never actually seen anything strange, I have heard and 'felt'...

Me and my boyfriend went out today, and on the way to a supposed haunted location, (Northwood Park), we decided to tell each other our scary experiences. Whether or not the experiences we had MAY have been our imagination, some of them he told me left tingles down my spine. So, I was...

The following happened to me in Banglumphu, Bangkok, about 3 months ago. I'd be interested to hear any thoughts, as this was one of the most scary and inexplicable things I've experienced. I was walking up Rambuttri Road early one evening, on my way to a music venue in a backpacker ghetto...

As much as I would like to say this happened to me, it didn't. This is my mother's tale, recounted a few times to me (under duress, mind you), so I'm posting it here via her. This happened when I was about 5 years old. It was late January, and it was snowy and cold. The now old Christmas tree...

When visiting my old place of employment, after moving up north to 'Thurso' (coincidence it was same basis of name as day?), after an absence of 3 years, I found nobody I recognised at all. Going back a couple of days later, I bumped into someone I knew outside and half a dozen other co-workers...

I was reading in FT219 about SLI in the Letters when I remembered an incident that happened to me and a friend in college (Western Washington University, Bellingham WA, probably in winter 1993). As I recall, my friend had an argument, a nasty loud argument, with someone else and stomped off in...

Is it worth having a thread for minor IHTM strangenesses, that dont quite warrant their own threads, or should I be posting this in chat? I was in a bakers shop in chorlton, south manchester a couple of days ago. As I was walking towards the door on my way out, I noticed there was a poster in...

Not sure whether this should be here or in Cryptozoology, but here goes. A few years ago I was seeing a girl in Stevenage (luckily I have since moved ) who's sister was single with three kids. I never asked what happened to her husband - this being Stevenage I probably assumed she never had...

I was house sitting for my girlfriend's aunt last week as she (and most of the rest of my girlfriend's family) had gone on holiday for the week. My girlfriend's aunty has a dog, as does her mother and I had to look after both the dogs as well. My girlfriend had been away for the weekend as it...

In the summer of 1994, when I was unemployed for a while, I took a walk down to St. Mary's Church in Llanfair P.G., Anglesey, North Wales, U.K. The church is centuries old and the adjoining cemetery is full - there is hardly any room left for further burials. The church is right next to a...

This event happened to me when I was about 9 years old and living in Preston, Lancashire, which would make it 1989. I was playing in the street with two friends, it was late summer and a very warm evening. At about 6pm my friends were called by their parents to go and have their dinner. I...

I just thought I'd post this and see if anyone has experienced anything similar. From time to time I will hear a word or phrase that I've never come accross before. While this is not extraordinary in itself, I do have a fairly large vocabulary. The strange thing is, it always seems like...

Twice, within the past month I have been walking though a busy area of Liverpool City centre, and have distinctly heared someone shout my name. I look around and see no-one I recognise. I doubt it is someone passing by in a car as this particular area is almost a no-go area for cars due to...

Hi all :lol: new to this board. Some of the stuff is serious............... Can I ask opinions on 2 things????? 1/ I always used to mock my father for his story, when he was a child about 5/6, that would be in the late 1920's he claims he was playing in the road when he clearly saw what he...

First post, so will attempt to be interesting and succinct. In my late teens and early twenties (mid 1980's) I was a touring musician living in hotel rooms and out of a suitcase (my non-ghost related stories are probably FAR more hair-raising! haha!). One particular night, the band was...

I'm a long time lurker so thought It was time to post something. It's not all that exciting but has had me a bit puzzled ever since. About a month or so back I was sat using the PC when the mains power went off, whilst at the same time a loudish sound seemed to eminate from the top corner of...

after lurking in here for a while and posting the odd reply, I thought I'd come right out and post my own experience. I was in my last year of primary school, so thats what...10/11? I was lying awake in my bed (lights off, curtains open-- thats how I liked to sleep at the time, no idea...

About 3 years ago I was walking through a park at night near where I live with around 5 or 6 friends. The park has a tiny area of woodland next to the swings and such. We cut through there so we could get to the main road. However, on the way we saw a man with a big black bag. We stood aside and...

Hi all I am a first time poster so please bear with me if I make any mistake. I experienced weirdness earlier this year while I was driving. I drove a work colleague back to his house from Manchester England to Stockport which is about a 15 minutes drive. I took the motorway when taking...

I wanted to share a couple of what were to me at least inexplicable events. I live in a modern flat (about 15 years old). There is nothing odd or spooky about it, but around three years ago two strange things occurred. At about 3am on morning I found myself wide awake. Someone had turned...

Has anyone ever seen their cat inside, fast asleep and then minutes later had to let it in at the front door? I have heard of people having this experience and, being fairly cynical, would perhaps have been ready to dismiss it as a simple mistake, except..... Years ago I was at home with a...

I am an avid hunter, alway have been. When I was younger and living in my parents home (which was thought to have my deceased grandfather wondering around) I had several 8x10 hunting photos, in frames, hanging on the wall above my bed. One morning I awoke to find four or five of the...

I just want to post something. But am mildly curious as to whether anyone else gets this too. I frequently get the feeling of a presence just behind my left shoulder/ear. Sort of a feeling of pressure or a change in atmosphere - just as you would feel if someone was standing right behind you. It...

When I was 15/16 years old and still leaving at home I had some strange experiances with noise's. My mum would pop down the local tennents association 3 nights a week to play bingo leaving me alone in our flat with our 3 cats.My cats have this annoying habit of getting in the litter tray which...

I had a bit of an odd experience involving cars last sunday. How often do you see a silver Ford Sierra these days? They're pretty rare in London, anyway. Me and Mrs Zyg were riding on my motorcycle through London's Smithfield market, where I saw three identical ones at different times on the...

This happened to me twenty years ago. My (then) wife and I had recently had a baby boy die from SIDS at the age of seven weeks. The months of grieving following this were of course absolute hell on earth. But in the midst of it I had an extraordinary thing happen to me on two different...

:eek: I live in the eastern mountain region of Tennessee in the USA. I work second shift at a factory in a town about 25 miles away. I have to drive over a mountain to and from work. I usually don't start for home until at least 12:30 am. We don't all get out at the same time, so...

Belly Button Plant Last September I went alone on a canoe trip. On the very first day my canoe turned over in a rapid and I lost some of my equipment in the water. Fortunately, I managed to save my camping gear and my food. But I lost all my spare clothes. So I knew I would have to wear the...

Hi, I've been enjoying this message board for a while but never posted before. I don't have many fortean events which have happened to me, but I do have one tale to share which always struck me as odd. I live in the caribbean and there was a famous sort of "voodoo doctor" living not far away...

Hi, i am a new poster here, but after reading through all of this i feel like i should add my (only) supernatural occurence. First, a bit of backstory. I am a student in Bournemouth, and this happened only a couple of months ago (possibly April or May 2004?). I dont know if you remember, but...

I was randomly browsing for creepy stories when I came across these in the “It happened to me” section. The underlining is mine: Suddenly the room seemed to darken and thinking a cloud had moved over the sun I glanced to the window...but the sky was quite clear..the darkening was in the room...

We "adopted" two kittens in October, 2003: one gray and white (but not striped) about 9 weeks old and the other a Siamese-looking, blue-eyed sweetie who is probably of mixed heritage who was about 10 weeks old at the time. Right from the first day at our house, the Siamese, named Ursula...

To all: To recognize the realities behind a situation is certainly crucial in discerning overall truth, but it also says a great deal for someone if they are willing to acknowledge facts. At about 1:03 a.m., Monday, July 5, 2004, my wife finished a blouse she was making. I...

Back in the late winter/early spring of 2000, while I was living in a small studio apartment in New Orleans, a rather odd thing happened to me. Late one morning (around 8:00 am) I was awakened by the incredibly strong smell of roses. The scent was almost overwhelming, and I immediately...

I started at Huddersfield University in September 1993. I couldn’t move into Halls as I lived to close to the University so instead I moved into a shared house with 3 other girls. As I was unpacking my stuff I noticed a half penny coin on the floor near the door of my wardrobe. I found this...

I have always been bemused that ghosts are reported as turning up at people's bedsides. To me it seems perfectly logical that the person was either just falling asleep and misread the surroundings and external stimulae or had just woken from a dream and retained the image with the eyes now...

This is a weird one, In 1992/93 ( can't quite remember ), I was on a training course with work, it was an overnight thing, so we were given lodgings at a hotel in Nottingham, U.K, just down the road from Trent Bridge. That evening, after quite a boring day, I retired to my room and decided to...

I grew up in a terraced house in Bristol that had it fair share of freaky happenings. I used to play in my mums bedroom quite happily for hours some times, but occasionally Id suddenly get this feeling that someone had entered the room. Id go cold and feel panicky and have to get out and...

Ali, Chicago, IL, USA This incident occured to me when i was about 12 years old. There was a hobby shop I used to visit often on the north side of chicago. One day during my journey to it I noticed the sky getting rather overcast and as I was watching raindrops fall into a puddle by the...

Dover Demon on kids TV! I turned on ITV the other day and it was the usual hour of kids programmes they have before the news on weekday afternoons... and there was a seriously acid/ecstasy influenced CGI cartoon on called "Tiny Planets", featuring a creature very much resembling the Dover...

Well, it looked like one at the time and it was quite dark. It was 1983, I was 16 and had just been picked up from Gunnislake train station in Cornwall by my Mother and we were driving home to Lifton in Devon. It was a clear night, cold and very dark. We had just crossed the main...

Here's a story, for three nights running now I have been woken by disturbances in my bedroom. On Friday night it was the books on my bookshelf falling over (given that they are very tightly packed this near impossible bar an earthquake), on Saturday night a picture on my bedroom wall fell off...

GHOST HOTEL Jared Keeler I have long believed that spirits (ghosts, if you will) are present on earth. This opinion is, of course, from the multitude of accounts of sightings....some from my own family members. I have lived in a "haunted house" myself, and although I had not witnessed a...

I want to share a strange bus story from my childhood with you. One bright Summer evening as the sun was fading, I was a passenger in our family car. We were on our way home after visiting relatives and earlier that day I'd been playing 'spy games' with a cousin. I still remember that trip...

Hello all. First thread, hope I don't mess up too badly. I live in a secluded area, surrounded by nature and a heavily-wooded forest. My family and I often drive into town (around 15 miles away) because there's nothing to do at home but listen to the frogs croak. We don't have street lights...

Lee Stansfield In June 2001 my ex-partner and I went for a walk around the headland on the spectacularly picturesque south western tip of the Lleyn Peninsula near Mynydd Mawr, North West Wales. It was a beautiful day with blazing sunshine, few people about, choughs circling the cliffs and...

haunter semi. These events happend to me in the summer of 1997 in Cambridge (England) in an unasuming semidetached that me and three other students shared. The other major player is my brother who came to Cambridge to find work and stayed during the unfolding of these events. It all began...