Hello.. Have been reading FT for donkey's years and lurking on the forum for a while. Had a spot of bother with the confirmation email system not sending to my email for some reason so have been unable to post. Seems ok now though so thought i'd share a weird experience for you guys. Probably fairly run of the mill for most of you but weird for me nonetheless 
It was the early 2000's and we had lived in our old house for around 4 years with nothing at all happening out of the ordinary. It was an odd pre-fabricated type building built in the 1960's over what I believe was farm land. Houses were built of concrete slabs, terrible cold in winter, in places where the mortar had perished you could see daylight from the insides around the ill fitting windows. It was rented and the council's idea of fixing this was to gloop some sealant in the cracks and move on.
My daughter when very young used to talk (babble) to something unknown towards the wall near the hall but would stop when you talked to her or entered the room if she'd been on her own. She remembers none of this now as a young adult or when queried as an older child. Child's imagination?
I'd had a few experiences when in my late teens/early twenties - nothing exciting but simply knowing things. I knew when the telephone would be about to ring. When a friend would call me sometimes i'd pick up to call him and he'd be on the line without it even ringing. The odd premonition or sense of deja-vu. I'd have dreams that would come true weeks later. Feelings of being watched. Insignificant stuff I think, nothing really sensational.
We started to see strange shadows in the house, mainly around the hallway area. I would happen day or night, no real set pattern. I put this down to passing cars or something casting a light or shadow in the hall through the front door window. It always just seemed to catch your attention but nothing too odd. Winter came and we put up a big thick light blocking curtain which helped with the insulation and maybe block the car lights. However, the shadows continued. It was mainly when you were in the kitchen washing up, out of the corner of your eye you'd see a shadow as if someone had walked past the kitchen doorway along the hall. Family saw it, friends saw it. It wasn't just me being "sensitive". Most people who saw it didn't say anything but you noticed that it had caught their attention.
I saw the shadow enter the living room a few times when I sat on the sofa watching TV, you turned to look to see who had come in but there was nothing there. Even when the door was closed to the hall and no way a shadow could be cast you would see it. Once myself, my wife and the cat all turned to look when a shadow entered through a closed door. We saw nothing but the cat was interested and after a while he got up and went to investigate the door. I used to say hello to "it" on occasion.
Keys went missing and returned in obvious line of sight places, table, mantelpiece etc. Usually a bit quicker if you asked aloud for them back. My wife became a little un-nerved and did not really like me talking to "it". I never felt like whatever "it" was meant us any harm.
One instance I was watching tv. My wife went up to bed and I said i'd follow when the news ends as it had nearly finished and I wanted to catch the weather report. I heard her go upstairs and into the bathroom. About 5 minutes later the programme ended and as I was getting up and switching off the tv I distinctly heard the kitchen light switch go on and a cupboard door open. I thought she'd popped back down for a glass of water but the tap didn't run. When I went into the hall the kitchen was dark so I turned on the light, there wasn't anyone there and all the cupboard doors were still closed. My wife swore she had not been downstairs, the kids were fast asleep and the cat was out. When you've lived in a house for 4 years you KNOW the sound of the light switch and cupboard doors!
This lasted about 2 years, nothing more than shadows really aside from the odd thing I mentioned above. We moved out not long after that as had chance to buy a better place with a better school for the kids. Nothing seems to have followed us and the strangeness has ceased..
Ray
It was the early 2000's and we had lived in our old house for around 4 years with nothing at all happening out of the ordinary. It was an odd pre-fabricated type building built in the 1960's over what I believe was farm land. Houses were built of concrete slabs, terrible cold in winter, in places where the mortar had perished you could see daylight from the insides around the ill fitting windows. It was rented and the council's idea of fixing this was to gloop some sealant in the cracks and move on.
My daughter when very young used to talk (babble) to something unknown towards the wall near the hall but would stop when you talked to her or entered the room if she'd been on her own. She remembers none of this now as a young adult or when queried as an older child. Child's imagination?
I'd had a few experiences when in my late teens/early twenties - nothing exciting but simply knowing things. I knew when the telephone would be about to ring. When a friend would call me sometimes i'd pick up to call him and he'd be on the line without it even ringing. The odd premonition or sense of deja-vu. I'd have dreams that would come true weeks later. Feelings of being watched. Insignificant stuff I think, nothing really sensational.
We started to see strange shadows in the house, mainly around the hallway area. I would happen day or night, no real set pattern. I put this down to passing cars or something casting a light or shadow in the hall through the front door window. It always just seemed to catch your attention but nothing too odd. Winter came and we put up a big thick light blocking curtain which helped with the insulation and maybe block the car lights. However, the shadows continued. It was mainly when you were in the kitchen washing up, out of the corner of your eye you'd see a shadow as if someone had walked past the kitchen doorway along the hall. Family saw it, friends saw it. It wasn't just me being "sensitive". Most people who saw it didn't say anything but you noticed that it had caught their attention.
I saw the shadow enter the living room a few times when I sat on the sofa watching TV, you turned to look to see who had come in but there was nothing there. Even when the door was closed to the hall and no way a shadow could be cast you would see it. Once myself, my wife and the cat all turned to look when a shadow entered through a closed door. We saw nothing but the cat was interested and after a while he got up and went to investigate the door. I used to say hello to "it" on occasion.
Keys went missing and returned in obvious line of sight places, table, mantelpiece etc. Usually a bit quicker if you asked aloud for them back. My wife became a little un-nerved and did not really like me talking to "it". I never felt like whatever "it" was meant us any harm.
One instance I was watching tv. My wife went up to bed and I said i'd follow when the news ends as it had nearly finished and I wanted to catch the weather report. I heard her go upstairs and into the bathroom. About 5 minutes later the programme ended and as I was getting up and switching off the tv I distinctly heard the kitchen light switch go on and a cupboard door open. I thought she'd popped back down for a glass of water but the tap didn't run. When I went into the hall the kitchen was dark so I turned on the light, there wasn't anyone there and all the cupboard doors were still closed. My wife swore she had not been downstairs, the kids were fast asleep and the cat was out. When you've lived in a house for 4 years you KNOW the sound of the light switch and cupboard doors!
This lasted about 2 years, nothing more than shadows really aside from the odd thing I mentioned above. We moved out not long after that as had chance to buy a better place with a better school for the kids. Nothing seems to have followed us and the strangeness has ceased..
Ray
