Is your house haunted?

[John Jackson]

Forget those amateurs at ASSAP, there's a definitive, scientific test here: http://www.gm.tv/apps/quiz/interactivequiz27339.htm

It's devised by "Experienced ghosthunter Derek Acorah" so its integrity is guaranteed. O0

See, this stuff is easy when done by the professionals! ;D

Bloody hell. My house is haunted. :ghost::scared:

[chillzero]

::)

Me too!


What a crock. 8)

[John Jackson]

What a crock.

What!!!!! :shocked:

This is serious research I tell you! :cheesy:

[Dr B]

I would like to buy a 12-bore shotgun if anyone has one. >:-)

[chillzero]

Well, maybe you are right... I mean ... it is the famed researcher and complete non-fake Mr Acorah we are talking about.

And his own personal words of calm before taking the test definitely reassured me.

;D

Sorry - can't do it. ;D

[bindeweede]

I answered "No" to all but one of the questions - the one about batteries going flat (some rechargeables are better than others), and got this message...

Things are definitely going bump in the night! You could well be experiencing spirit visitation. Try to identify things which you recognise, like scents or smells, to enable you to identify the caller. Keep an open mind - the visitor could try and contact you at any time.

[John Jackson]

Derek wants to say a few words: "Please enjoy the quiz, but remember, that in the majority of cases where people hear or sense a spirit presence there is no need for fear as the presences will be friends or family members who have passed to the spirit world and who are in visitation through the links of friendship and love".

I'm intrigued now!

What is it we have to worry about in the minority of cases then? ???

Evil spirits, demons, malevolent entities that want to suck the life out of you......

[Melanie]

Same as Bindweede - only question I answered 'yes' was the one about seeing things out of the corner of my eye - I only answered yes because there wasn't the proviso '... that you know are not a result of tiredness or lighting effects'. And guess what? My house is haunted!

[bobdezon]

You live in a haunted house! There is a very good chance that your house is not what it seems, and there is a spirit person is trying to contact you...


As long as Im not naked and covered in lard inside my leather cupboard, molesting myself to my thora hird image collection when it does Im fine with that. O0

[John Jackson]

Actually, I answered the batteries going flat one too. ???

It's my rechargeable batteries. Sometimes I leave them charging for ages but when I go to use them they're flat!

I don't know how or why this happens but I've seen this mentioned in paranormal investigation reports (fully charged batteries going flat) - of course, in such reports, this is 'evidence' of paranormal activity!

[bobdezon]

A spirit is an energy vacuum john, they are a universal power adapter too. They can drain batteries, people and practically anything with a charge to manifest themselves. Ofcourse how they do this is unknown, also why they do this is unknown, also what they are comprised of and why it would need an electrical charge is unknown etc etc etc ;)


energies and vibrations my arse.

[MRT]

That faint crying sound is me! :smiley:

I did the same as the rest of you, answering yes to only one (!). I think it's a good guess that ANY answer other than 'No' to all will give the 'haunted' result.

It is difficult to define when a house is haunted. In reality, the most important test is if the occupant THINKS it is haunted, for whatever reason.

[MischiefMonkey]

Wow - I could well be experiencing spirit visitation. Just because my senile old cat mews and stares at nothing. And there was me blaming his medication. I know better now;)

[bindeweede]

Tried it again, answering "No" to all - but there could still be a presence I am not "attuned "to.

You're not haunted! It looks like you're not experiencing any direct spirit visitation at the moment. Having said that, there may be a presence which you are simply not attuned to, or which has not manifested itself yet...


http://www.gm.tv/images/interactivequiz/try_again.gif (http://www.gm.tv/apps/quiz/interactivequiz27339.htm)

[Muttley]

Hmmm. So now my house is haunted just because I bought some crappy cheap Chinese batteries that went flat before I used them.

That'll teach me to be such a tightwad.:cheesy:


Actually, I answered the batteries going flat one too. ???

It's my rechargeable batteries. Sometimes I leave them charging for ages but when I go to use them they're flat!

NiMH rechargeables self-discharge at anything up to 3% per day, depending on temperature. Nothing paranormal about it, I'm afraid. ;)

M.

[bindeweede]

Actually, I answered the batteries going flat one too. ???

It's my rechargeable batteries. Sometimes I leave them charging for ages but when I go to use them they're flat!

I don't know how or why this happens but I've seen this mentioned in paranormal investigation reports (fully charged batteries going flat) - of course, in such reports, this is 'evidence' of paranormal activity!

John, perhaps you should try one of these....for your battery-charger

http://www.hifigear.co.uk/site/scripts/product_browse.php?category_id=363&product_id=3232

[bobdezon]

£1750.00 for a cable? That beter be a fekkin suspension bridge cable, I mean wtf? ::)

[Cuddles]

£1750.00 for a cable? That beter be a fekkin suspension bridge cable, I mean wtf? ::)

£1750? Pfft, that's barely even pocket change. You want to try these (http://www.pearcable.com/sub_products_anjou_sc.htm) (£3,600), or these (http://transparentcable.com/resources/Retail_Pricelist_2007.pdf) (over £20,000). As featured on Randi's challenge.:smiley:

Incidentally, it seems I may be haunted. I think the question about funny smells was a bit unfair for a young male living by himself.:-X

[Julia]

You live in a haunted house! There is a very good chance that your house is not what it seems, and there is a spirit person is trying to contact you...


As long as Im not naked and covered in lard inside my leather cupboard, molesting myself to my thora hird image collection when it does Im fine with that. O0

Oh, thank God - I thought I was the only person in the world with a Thora Hird fetish....O0

[bindeweede]

Oh, thank God - I thought I was the only person in the world with a Thora Hird fetish....O0

I have a thing for Molly Sugden - at least she is still alive:cheesy:

[bobdezon]

I have a thing for Molly Sugden - at least she is still alive:cheesy:

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2091/sloyd1.jpg

[bindeweede]

Bob,

Brilliant. How do you do it? Anyway, a mate has now printed my "Doctor of Sciences in Quantum Feng Shui" certificate. Should be a nice little earner. Would you like me to come round and dangle my crystal for you????

[Lord Muck oGentry]

I've just read the last four posts.

I was wondering whether you chaps might have been stars behind the bikeshed at Borstal. Then it occurred to me that the relevant question is whether you may have been.

Strewth!

[bobdezon]

I got a couple of dangling ones meself mate O0

[bindeweede]

I got a couple of dangling ones meself mate O0

Do I detect just the slightest suggestion of vulgarity in your reply? I do so hope to the negative. As a refayned persona, I do so hate cruditude.

Mate.;D

[Lord Muck oGentry]

The Broth of a Boy himself, is it?

Bejayzus, after all these years!

[bobdezon]

If I had any more tongue in my cheek I would probably have to remove some teeth ;)

[Lord Muck oGentry]

Forget Friends Reunited, then?

Mind you, I said nothing.

[bindeweede]

If I had any more tongue in my cheek I would probably have to remove some teeth ;)

Fortuitously, I reside in the negative-denture scenario.

Chuck.

[bindeweede]

The Broth of a Boy himself, is it?

Bejayzus, after all these years!

Please correct me if I am wrong, but would I be right in thinking you are of Belgian origin?

They do make nice beer. Kriek.

[dee]

Forget those amateurs at ASSAP, there's a definitive, scientific test here: http://www.gm.tv/apps/quiz/interactivequiz27339.htm

It's devised by "Experienced ghosthunter Derek Acorah" so its integrity is guaranteed. O0

See, this stuff is easy when done by the professionals! ;D

Bloody hell. My house is haunted. :ghost::scared:

Ekkkk I live in a haunted house - maybe this could be due to the mice infestation that I've got that's causing me to hear the little furballs in the walls and under the floorboards - oh well :cheesy:

[tolman]

Even 'pets looking at things you cannot see' (pretty much a certainty for a cat) would be enough to make Der-Fake Acorah pronounce one's house haunted.

[Elin]

Yes definetaly! I knew that without taking this test :smiley:
Its haunted by my mother in law who is still alive, or at least i think she is ...;D

[dee]

Yes definetaly! I knew that without taking this test :smiley:
Its haunted by my mother in law who is still alive, or at least i think she is ...;D

I don't have that problem now my new mother in law is luffly, but the old one was erm 'witchified' springs to mind :cheesy:

[Scottish_Girl]

Great thread to post this little story!

We are in the property business, and have just bought a house to 'do up' and sell on. Got it at an incredibly cheap price as it was in a terrible state - stuck in a fifties time warp, no double glazing, original fittings etc. It was unfurnished and miserable, having lain empty for some months.

We have had the keys since last Thursday, and my husband and my nephew have been round there almost every night since, ripping up carpets, ripping out kitchen and bathroom, stripping walls and generally getting the place ready for renovation.

My 23 year old nephew is a lovely and gentle - but big and strong - lad, he has learning difficulties, and has a mental age of about ten.

On the first night in the house, Kevin came through to Steve (my husband) and said someone had put their hand on his shoulder as he was kneeling down, stripping wallpaper in the bathroom. He said he felt very cold and very scared. Steve said Kevin made a big show of letting him see the goosebumps on his arms. Steve made light of it, stuck the kettle on and they both got on with their jobs in the same room. The next night, Kevin said he had seen a lady in the mirror in the bathroom, frowning at him. He kept saying 'she doesn't like me'. It took some time to get this information out of him, but he was terrified, and refused to stay in the house. He has helped out loads of times in houses before...loves going around with a sledgehammer etc with his boiler suit on thinking he is the gaffer, but he just would not stay in this house.

Steve went back for the next few nights alone. He was sort of 'aware' of what Kev had said, but being a big brave boy :cheesy:just forgot about it and got on with what he had to do. He felt and saw absolutely nothing out of the ordinary.

As he was leaving the other night, the neighbours approached for a chat. An elderly couple in their late seventies, they were very friendly and asked him in for a cup of tea. Steve took the opportunity to say he had bought the house to renovate, apologised in advance for any banging and said we would do all the work during sociable hours, etc etc, even offered to clear their overgrown garden at the same time he did his own front garden. During the conversation, while he was tucking into another gypsy cream, the subject of the previous owner of our property cropped up. Apparently, she was a spinster lady Doctor who worked at the local hospital, had lived there since she was a young girl and had no family. She discovered she had advanced stomach cancer but refused treatment, and the neighbours discovered her lying dead on the bathroom floor having not seen her for a day or two.

Any thoughts? ;D

[bobdezon]

Speaking from a purely sceptical perspective, Id say it makes a nice ghost story. Lets lok at things logically though.

The hand on his shoulder might be a piece of wallpaper that fell on him/folded back.

The cold may be from fright because of the "hand" thing.

The woman in the mirror you did not describe kevin stating she was an old woman, maybe with his learning difficulties he thought he saw a woman in the mirror through simple pareidolia/simulacre of the pattern of the partially stripped wall behind him. Or if he does indeed have the mental capacity of a ten year old maybe it was just his imagination?

Please done take these comments as in any way meant to be offensive, they are just rational explanations fr the phenomena described, although they are only theoretical and are in no way being passed off as facts.

Maybe brighter minds than mine will have a better explanation.

[Scottish_Girl]

'm not hanging around waiting for replies...honestly...;D I just like this site!

Speaking from a purely sceptical perspective, Id say it makes a nice ghost story. Lets lok at things logically though.

The hand on his shoulder might be a piece of wallpaper that fell on him/folded back.

I'm all for logical! I hate the thought of ghosties, and am always looking for 'logical'. But, having had some very real 'odd' experiences myself, which I cannot logically explain, I have conclude that there could be something going on that is beyond our understanding.

Anyway. The wallpaper in the house is totally ancient, and does not come off in long or 'flappy' strips. If you have ever taken off crusty dried in wallpaper you will know what I mean. Steve went round earlier with the steamer and moved onto another room, and Kev was tidying up behind him with the scraper, taking off the stubborn smaller patches. So a piece of wallpaper falling from behind or above, with enough weight to feel like a hand being placed on his shoulder is, logically, unlikely.


The cold may be from fright because of the "hand" thing.

Yes, but they were both quite hot, working away in a house with a steamer, boiler suited, manual labour etc. Kev said he was 'suddenly' cold, and kept showing Steve the goosebumps that would not go down. Even on his legs. Lol. I know the hairs on the back of your neck can raise from a sudden fright ..but to suddenly feel cold in anotherwise warm environment? :-\

The woman in the mirror you did not describe kevin stating she was an old woman, maybe with his learning difficulties he thought he saw a woman in the mirror through simple pareidolia/simulacre of the pattern of the partially stripped wall behind him. Or if he does indeed have the mental capacity of a ten year old maybe it was just his imagination?

Although obviously I have no idea what she looked like, the woman who died was not a particularly 'old' woman, she was in her middle fifties, and still working as a GP. Indeed, on reflection, if Kev HAD said he had seen an 'old' woman, I would be more inclined to think he was faking it, or being silly to wind us up. (Not that he has that in him...he is an innocent, open faced lad.) Young minds like his usually think of 'ghosts', or dead people, as being old people. And, Kevin did not know it was a woman, let alone a middle aged woman who had lived and died in the house.

I've looked into the mirror, and the reflection behind is that of the plain wooden door and door frame, leading into the hall. Nothing at all to suggest a 'face'....

Please done take these comments as in any way meant to be offensive, they are just rational explanations fr the phenomena described, although they are only theoretical and are in no way being passed off as facts.

Offence?? Never. I just love discussing it.

[bobdezon]

Ok, how about the steam from the wallpaper stripper and the exhertion of hard work made his boiler suit clammy. It could feel like a hand touching his shoulder if it stuck as he moved?

I would still go with fright as the cause for the cold. In times of stress or fear the capillaries clamp down to restrict blood loss, this can leave you feeling cold regardless of the ambient temperature of the room.

Kevin claimed to have seen a woman in the mirror, and it was later discovered a woman had died in that house, and probably in that bathroom. This would appear to just be a coincidence, if a man had died there it would make no sense. However considering a woman did die there it is probably a causal relationship. Seeing a coincidence that is considered weird, or simply too good to be true.

While you state you also looked in the mirror and seen nothing, we cannot accurately ascertain what kevin seen. He may have made a pattern out that you could not, as our experiences and perceptions differ slightly. What might look like a figure to him might look like a stain to you or a cat playing a guitar. Infact my dad is convinced he has a polar bear stain on his toilet floor. I however cannot see it.

Ok Im out of ideas now, anyone else? O0

[ohp]

Well, I answered "no" to each question on the test (to be honest, I lied... There are always unexplained noises going on, I just don't automatically attribute them to ghosts) and I was still told that I might have ghosts, just that I wasn't attuned to them.

I wanted the question:

"Have you experienced a focused, non-terminal repeatingphantasm or a Class Five Full Roaming Vapor?"

I'd have still answered no.. A class four doesn't count.

[Mongrel]

I wanted the question:

"Have you experienced a focused, non-terminal repeatingphantasm or a Class Five Full Roaming Vapor?"

I'd have still answered no.. A class four doesn't count.

Do unexplained sponge migrations count?

[jamiefox]

i started that quiz and gave up since every answer was no,,but i did once have a mate here who said he could detect the presence of a ghost cat,but he also once claimed to have seen the holy ghost in his bedroom.