SimonBurchell
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As a further note, it's nice to see that this old thread still has legs.
Really great story PeteS. You say the old lady appeared to be looking at an actual photo on the wall. This would surely rule out the "stone tape recording" kind of apparition here, as she has some kind of conscious interaction with the present. Unless there had been a photo in exactly the same place while she was alive that is.
Or might have been Alternative Universe but with the same people just living a few years later.....so if that's the case there might be many versions of me both younger, older and the same ?Reminds me of the story on'ere about someone who had a house with a previous use as a dance school.
Faces were seen lined up apparently peering through a wall where there had been, it was discovered, an opening for people to watch through.
It seemed some long-dead dance pupils were still lining up for their next lesson!
Hasn't the Alternate Universe stuff come up recently from CERN?Or might have been Alternative Universe but with the same people just living a few years later.....so if that's the case there might be many versions of me both younger, older and the same ?
Re the photo, was the hook where it hung a permanent fixture (ie was it there when you moved in) or did you put it up? If you did, were there any marks to indicate that anything had previously been in that wall? The lady may not have been looking at a picture, she could have been looking in a mirror....Was the photo on the wall significant in any way?
Leading the witness m’lud.Re the photo, was the hook where it hung a permanent fixture (ie was it there when you moved in) or did you put it up? If you did, were there any marks to indicate that anything had previously been in that wall? The lady may not have been looking at a picture, she could have been looking in a mirror....
I thought of this, but unfortunately I had the wall re plastered just after I moved in. (yep I pealed the wall paper back slightly yesterday to confirm that was the case-it was nearly 30 years ago.)Re the photo, was the hook where it hung a permanent fixture (ie was it there when you moved in) or did you put it up? If you did, were there any marks to indicate that anything had previously been in that wall? The lady may not have been looking at a picture, she could have been looking in a mirror....
Yes what I should have said was that she was looking at the place on the wall where the photograph is. As Catseye suggested there could have been a mirror there when, or if, she lived in the house previously.Really great story PeteS. You say the old lady appeared to be looking at an actual photo on the wall. This would surely rule out the "stone tape recording" kind of apparition here, as she has some kind of conscious interaction with the present. Unless there had been a photo in exactly the same place while she was alive that is.
Whats that about ...do tellHasn't the Alternate Universe stuff come up recently from CERN?
I think it was just a suggestion, as it was unlikely that Pete would be able to verify what hung on the wall simply from a hook.Leading the witness m’lud.
That is a lovely sentiment. I hope you're managing to find some sanctuary there yourself, too - you've been through the mill a bit recently.Perhaps, when I'm not there, other things find a bit of sanctuary in that place. I shall ponder further.
Not sure on that one WM, adrenalin still circulating from last few weeks experience, but see my post on Vivid dreaming.Morning peteS hope you’re recovering okay.
Have you had a better time/feeling calmer since seeing her
You sure you didnt just follow some stranger?
Something similar happened to me years ago, just after one of my dogs had been put down. I went out walking with my brother and our other dogs, but kept thinking I saw the recently-deceased dog running through the woods around us in the mid-distance, as she liked to do. This only happened the one time, a day or so after she was put down. I mentioned to my brother that I kept thinking I could see the dog, and he said he could too!I’ve only ever ‘seen’ things in peripheral vision. When I was very young, it was the family dog after he died; I’d ’see’ him trotting around the side of the house etc. The same with anything that seemed to be a person — gone when you look at it directly.
I’ve only ever ‘seen’ things in peripheral vision.
This only happened the one time, a day or so after she was put down. I mentioned to my brother that I kept thinking I could see the dog, and he said he could too!
Something similar happened to me years ago, just after one of my dogs had been put down. I went out walking with my brother and our other dogs, but kept thinking I saw the recently-deceased dog running through the woods around us in the mid-distance, as she liked to do. This only happened the one time, a day or so after she was put down. I mentioned to my brother that I kept thinking I could see the dog, and he said he could too!
I do think there might be some mileage in the ‘stone tape’ theory, especially when ghosts are allegedly seen walking in the same places, etc, like a perpetual rewind-and-play sort of thing. Sounds, too. I’ve read so many accounts of people seeing, hearing or even feeling their deceased pets. They seem more common than ghost sightings of figures.Kind of a stone tape thing going on? Or, more likely for me, the fact that things get imprinted/burnt onto our minds and repeat themselves?
’ve read so many accounts of people seeing, hearing or even feeling their deceased pets.
The canary was part of your life though, whether you were fond of it or not. Like the squeaky window hinge or the noisy boiler.I'm pretty sure that's a testament to the intense bonds we have with our pets. Often even trumping those we have with our families.
I doubt the stone tape theory in these cases. I think it's more like the brain replaying images/sights/sounds of those animals we've had strong reltationships with...maybe even the brain yearning to experience these things again?
However - I couldn't care less about that canary so maybe that disproves my point!
The canary was part of your life though, whether you were fond of it or not. Like the squeaky window hinge or the noisy boiler.
I wonder if this is the same sort of thing as 'feeling' your mobile vibrating in your pocket when it's on the table? Something we get so used to reacting to that we still 'twitch' a reaction out of habit and maybe retcon the impetus?The canary was part of your life though, whether you were fond of it or not. Like the squeaky window hinge or the noisy boiler.
We had our pet cat put to sleep 3 weeks ago.I'm pretty sure that's a testament to the intense bonds we have with our pets. Often even trumping those we have with our families.
I doubt the stone tape theory in these cases. I think it's more like the brain replaying images/sights/sounds of those animals we've had strong reltationships with...maybe even the brain yearning to experience these things again?
However - I couldn't care less about that canary so maybe that disproves my point!
We had our pet cat put to sleep 3 weeks ago.
I believe this is called a manifestation. We have quite a few mentions of it around the 'board.Years ago when my Nan died, I saw her face on another woman, I was on my way to work on the bus and reading the local paper and looked up and saw my Nan.