HELP!! Strangest Experience needs explanation!

[InForAPennyInForApound]

What I experienced 6 years ago was very weird, but shortly after this happened, I immediately put it out of my mind, as neither my children nor their friends who were present at that moment, including myself had an explanation of this scenario. ???

I am a writer/poet but not by profession, was presently compiling an anthology of poetry, having been introduced to a artist some 1200 miles away from where we were residing at that time. He was to paint pictures of what my poetry was based on. Bear with me, as I need you to know a short background in order to offer me your explanations.

During our artistic interaction, this person frequently mentioned he would one day travel to visit with us. Travel in my mind was either going by car, train or plane... However, I to this day do not understand what happened!! Told him you welcome, that way the book and artistry will be completed in a shorter time frame etc., than always sending via internet/fax or DHL.

A very cold, dark wet and windy winter's morning, we all awoke to the doorbell ringing, very early for visitors on a Saturday morning. My children's friends came over for what reason still vague to us to this day. I remember voices, then a knock on my bedroom door, and the girl asked to enter as there was a phone call for me (8 a.m) on her mobile! She looked extremely confused, well, we all were!! Odd, I have my own mobile next to my bed, why hadn't it rung? I took the call and yes, it was for me, and I asked the person calling, why have you called on a mobile number that isn't mine? He repeated that he had phoned my number... Why had it then rung on hers? Strange? yet this is the truth... He thought I was a nutter!

We were all taken aback at how a phone call from a stranger's line could be linked to/for me when I hardly knew this girl and what made it "jump" to her phone? I to this day don't get it..I have googled this many times but have not found a single fact to answer that question! At first I thought my children and their friends were playing a trick on me, but they were too shocked to find this strange discovery.

When I opened my bedroom door, I walked straight into what looked like a huge spiders web, it was white, almost like a type of white silicone, it was hanging from the ceiling and concentrated around the end of the passage where our bedroom doors were. We turned on all the lights and there was this white web like things hanging all around the ceiling and sides of passage walls. It was hanging and was really drooping from the ceiling especially at my bedroom door!! Mine was the worst! We all got a fright, thought there must be a huge spider in our condo, as we had just moved to a new home and country. We had to brush it down and when we felt it, as I mentioned previously above, it felt like silicone.

My question to everyone out there who reads this, I want to know what happened that morning? I really am seeking answers. Why did the phone call come through on a stranger's phone and not my own? What is this white silicone web like substance and what was it doing in my home?

I have asked numerous people who think this the strangest story and actually asked if we weren't dreaming, no! This happened, and I to this day wonder about it. Strangely, after that morning, the artist became withdrawn and eventually we lost contact. Why?

I want you to know, that I have no idea what happened that morning. I have not spoken out too much about this experience, as people thought we were crazy! They kept telling me that my kids must have sprayed some silicone in the home, how could they when we were all asleep and awoken by the doorbell, and how come a phone call which is supposed to ring on my mobile rang on a strangers mobile.

Can anyone shed light on this please? I now more than ever want to know what that was.

[bobdezon]

No idea about the phone, maybe the call was forwarded via the closest cell to you location but it was her phone that responded?

The web things are odd, did you take pictures or retain a sample of it?

The artist might have just had real life concerns and could no longer work for/with you and been too embarrased to speak about it with you.

[InForAPennyInForApound]

We were very squeamish and actually got cold chills when we touched it, as we walked into it! No, unfortunately we threw it away, as my son and I put our hands inside a plastic bag once he had swept it off the ceiling, walls and my door to collect it in there. I have really tried to find an explanation for this but to date, nothing on the internet.

The phone call was very strange, it seemed like crossed lines, but how does that happen with a mobile phone? Each mobile number correctly dialed is answered by the recipient. We checked her mobile and the man's mobile no was on her phone. He has never met her, does not have her mobile no, plus we were at the time using different servers.

It was weird! The artist stopped taking my calls after I had told him of this experience. Perhaps he thought I was from cuckoo land!

[Janot]

How did this stranger know that it was you who was supposed to take the call? I can't work out who was calling.

This sounds like a wind-up. Can you give more detail?

[InForAPennyInForApound]

How did this stranger know that it was you who was supposed to take the call? I can't work out who was calling.

This sounds like a wind-up. Can you give more detail?

It sounds crazy! If we had not witnessed this, I would say its a lot of baloney! The girl answered her mobile, the person calling me had actually phoned me on my mobile number, somehow the call went to her phone??, and the person who called asked to speak to me thinking it was my daughter who answered! I was then handed her mobile to take a call which was supposed to be on my mobile. To this day, I have no explanation for what happened. Neither do we know what those white silicone web like things were! I wish there is a more logical answer for this. I have searched online for answers, asked people about this, but no one can give me a answer to why this happened. The white web strings is strange. Some have said perhaps it was a form of sudden energy which caused the phone calls to switch from one mobile to the other, but I don't buy that! There was no thunder storm or lightening, although it was raining. Do you see why I have not spoken out about this experience before? Its not exactly a daily topic and it sounds unbelievable, however, I am speaking the truth, and I doubt I will ever know what happened.

[chillzero]

It sounds crazy! If we had not witnessed this, I would say its a lot of baloney! The girl answered her mobile, the person calling me had actually phoned me on my mobile number, somehow the call went to her phone??, and the person who called asked to speak to me thinking it was my daughter who answered! I was then handed her mobile to take a call which was supposed to be on my mobile.

How did this stranger find you to give you the call?

Why would she not just say "Wrong number, sorry" and hang up, like any reasonable human would do?

I think you had a vivid dream, to be honest.

[InForAPennyInForApound]

How did this stranger find you to give you the call?

Why would she not just say "Wrong number, sorry" and hang up, like any reasonable human would do?

I think you had a vivid dream, to be honest.

Wish it was a dream. I have 5 people as witnesses. The person called me thinking he was calling my mobile, the girl who answered the call on her mobile was a friend of my daughter who stopped by that morning. He asked for me by name, that is what caused the confusion and still does to this day. He called me to my mobile no and the call came through on her mobile, naturally being in my home she brought the phone to me as the caller asked for me by name.

[chillzero]

So, not a stranger after all.

Well... you mention you were in bed at the time, so dreaming is really an option when it comes to this 'web' that was so odd yet no-one thought to keep a piece, or photograph it, or anything. (Or maybe the kids were playing with silly string / spray snow, and just didn't own up. )

As for the phonecall, we all know technology isn't infallible, so I don't know if calls can accidentally route to a nearby phone instead. How close is your number to hers? Perhaps he thought he had dialled correctly, but got a number similar to yours, which happened to be this girl's? I've had that happen when we bought a couple of phones at the same time for family / friends - the last digits are the only ones that differ.

[Fiona]

I am also confused.

1.Who was the person who phoned?
2.Why do you call him a stranger if he asked for you by name?
3.What were the two mobile numbers?
4.What is the relevance of the artist saying he would travel to see you? You include this without making any overt connection yet the implication is that it was important in some way. You also say "Travel in my mind was either going by car, train or plane... ". You seem to be smuggling in the idea that a. he did travel:b. he did so by unusual means: c. he was in some way involved in this incident. Can you be more explicit about your ideas, please?
5.Did the web appear after the girl brought you her phone? It was not there when she knocked on your door,I assume, so what is the time interval?
6.How do you know you were all asleep? Indeed given the web was not there when the girl entered your bedroom, and was afterwards it seems very unlikely
7. Given your children's friends arrived very early and unexpectedly how can you be sure your children were not playing an elaborate hoax on you?
8..You say you just moved to a new home and a new country. Can this have an effect on phones? I do know that I have sometimes phoned a number on a landline and got someone else entirely - not many digits in common and when I apologise and try again it happens again. I have no idea how this happens nor whether mobile phones can do the same thing

[Janot]

I am even more confused now. Look, if you are any kind of sceptic, why didn't you or somebody keep a part of the web as proof that something weird had happened? I mean, physical evidence is needed here, otherwise one could conclude the whole thing was just a confused dream.

[bobdezon]

some mobile phones automatically add an incoming phone number to the list (internal phonebook) That might be why she had his number on her phone maybe?

[InForAPennyInForApound]

Hi Fiona,
I have replied to you in blue.

I am also confused.

1.Who was the person who phoned? A car dealer
2.Why do you call him a stranger if he asked for you by name? As he isn't a friend or member of my family
3.What were the two mobile numbers? one started with 083 which was mine, hers was with 082, two different mobile servers
4.What is the relevance of the artist saying he would travel to see you? When one writes poetry and another paints for an anthology of poetry, in order to get the book right, one has to meet at some point in order to put paintings with words, get the feel of each other as artists You include this without making any overt connection yet the implication is that it was important in some way. To work on the book and paintings instead of scanning, emailing and faxing etc. You also say "Travel in my mind was either going by car, train or plane... ". You seem to be smuggling in the idea that a. he did travel:b. he did so by unusual means: c. he was in some way involved in this incident. Can you be more explicit about your ideas, please? Traveling as in what I expressed which is the normal way, however, it was something that he mentioned on the last contact we had, that he had been there! Been where I asked, he just replied, I have been there!! I had no further contact with him, his line was disconnected for some reason.
5.Did the web appear after the girl brought you her phone? According to my children it was there, because it was them that brought the webbing to my attention, once I had fully opened the door, it was like walking into a spiders web, it hung down. It was not there when she knocked on your door,I assume, so what is the time interval? Yes it was there. They came into our home, the phone rang as she walked down the passage and the caller asked for my name, she told my daughter and they came into my room
6.How do you know you were all asleep? We were awoken by the doorbell, and my children let their friend inside Indeed given the web was not there when the girl entered your bedroom, and was afterwards it seems very unlikely it was there before and after, however, me leaving my bedroom brought more attention to it, as we flicked the lights on and saw it was on the ceiling as well, mostly by my bedroom's door, nothing inside my room
7. Given your children's friends arrived very early and unexpectedly how can you be sure your children were not playing an elaborate hoax on you? My children are not the kind to play elaborate hoaxes on me, which did cross my mind, but when I saw the confusion and surprise on all their faces, no this wasn't a hoax at all, to this day we still wonder what it could be
8..You say you just moved to a new home and a new country. Can this have an effect on phones? I have no idea! I do know that I have sometimes phoned a number on a landline and got someone else entirely - not many digits in common and when I apologise and try again it happens again. this does happen I have no idea how this happens nor whether mobile phones can do the same thing Once again I have no idea at all, I know of wrong numbers being dialled to land lines, and to mobiles, but this was not a wrong number. The car salesman dialled my mobile and it was answered on the girl's mobile.. It remains a mystery to this day. I at times wonder if something supernatural happened, but I am NOT a believer and can't find any info on anything like this. I like to research but to date have no indication from anything what this was and could be. I understand you will have a million whys, I don't have a million answers. I have honestly quoted what truly happened and wish that someone can shed light on this.

What other site would you recommend I post this on? My husband suggested I post it on here, hoping some light can be shed on this.
Perhaps you will understand why one doesn't speak of such strange experiences, it is very unbelievable, but believe me, I will not suck this out of my thumb. It's not a joke.

[InForAPennyInForApound]

I am even more confused now. Look, if you are any kind of sceptic, why didn't you or somebody keep a part of the web as proof that something weird had happened? I mean, physical evidence is needed here, otherwise one could conclude the whole thing was just a confused dream.

My kids just wanted to get rid of it. I called my Mum and my Sister, both said just throw it away and that its a strange thing to have happened. Also blamed my children, who really did nothing. My family is very religious, and I got told think no more of it. Well, for years I didn't until now when I thought perhaps there may be someone who also had the same experience as we did.

If you are confused, imagine how confused we were that morning! My friend seems to think its got to do with some kind of energy and that the children coming into the house had disturbed it. What is that energy? She can't tell me!! She doesn't know! So its now become the main topic of conversation!! We are assuming what if it's this or that... Your help to solve this is greatly appreciated.

[Fiona]

Your daughter and her friend walked through this as they entered the bedroom, it seems. Did it break? or resist? I am afraid I do not really know what you mean when you say it was like silicone, so I cannot picture it.

I understood why the artist was to travel, but what I am confused about is what is the relevance to the other events. Now you say he said "I have been there" but without a context I cannot see why you connect him with this at all. Sorry if I am being dense

[bobdezon]

My family is very religious, and I got told think no more of it. Well, for years I didn't until now

Thats what I love about the religious element

Its good that your now questioning your experience though. Incidentally your friend who insisted it was "disturbed energy" is just repeating crap shes seen on TV. It has no basis in facts. Good job you caught that and did not accept that explanation.