Ouija Board Contact, Ceiling Entity, Ghost on the Patio & Spirit Visitations | 376

[00:00:00] Tonight's episode is brought to you by my newest supporters Charlotte, David and Stephanie.

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[00:00:25] Thank you for listening and welcome back.

[00:00:27] I'm your host, Nick Ryan.

[00:00:31] Tonight's first experience comes to us from Selena and Selena's experience is called

[00:00:37] Bedroom Scares.

[00:00:39] Selena says,

[00:00:42] Hello, Nick.

[00:00:43] I started listening to your podcast while cleaning my room one day and hearing the stories reminded

[00:00:47] me of experiences that I had as a child but never encountered again.

[00:00:53] Story 1

[00:00:54] When I was five, I would sometimes see a figure standing near my door before I went to sleep.

[00:00:59] It was a man about the height of my doorframe and when I flinched and closed my eyes,

[00:01:04] he would disappear.

[00:01:05] He would sometimes reappear above my bed as if stuck on the ceiling.

[00:01:10] I only remember seeing him two or three times, but never again.

[00:01:15] Story 2

[00:01:16] This also happened when I was five.

[00:01:19] When I got scared, I would hide under my covers or run in sleep in my parents' bed.

[00:01:24] I slept in a small bedroom with a window above my bed.

[00:01:27] To this day, no one believes what I saw.

[00:01:30] I always get told that my experiences were just dreams, but I believe this one felt

[00:01:34] the most real in the moment.

[00:01:37] One night, as I was trying to fall asleep, my heart began to raise and I heard it loudly

[00:01:42] in my ears.

[00:01:43] I hid under the covers paranoid about feeling watched.

[00:01:47] When I peeked over the covers, I saw what looked like cages and a man.

[00:01:52] Inside these cages were creatures I had never seen before.

[00:01:55] They were made from different parts of normal animals we all know and love, but

[00:01:59] these were not as lovable.

[00:02:02] These animals had sharp teeth and were looking at me.

[00:02:05] The man was standing near the bottom left side of my bed.

[00:02:09] I hid under my covers again, hoping that when I looked they would be gone, a mirage of my

[00:02:15] exhaustion plus my paranoia.

[00:02:18] But when I moved the covers, they were still there.

[00:02:21] I was too scared to get up and get out of my room, so I tried to call out for

[00:02:25] my dad who was in his gaming room.

[00:02:27] When I screamed, nothing came out of my mouth.

[00:02:30] I tried to ask the man standing at the end of my bed,

[00:02:33] who are you?

[00:02:34] While also screaming for my dad, but again, nothing came out of my mouth.

[00:02:39] Finally I summoned the courage to run out of my room to my dad.

[00:02:43] I told him what happened and he said that it was probably just a dream.

[00:02:46] He told me though that I could sleep in my parents room, which was right across from mine.

[00:02:51] When I looked back in my room, the figures were gone.

[00:02:55] I went into my parents room and when I closed my eyes, I felt something crawling on the covers.

[00:03:00] When I opened them, I saw a giant tarantula crawling on my blanket, going toward my face, super fast.

[00:03:08] I kicked the covers and it disappeared.

[00:03:11] To this day, I have never had another experience like this, but my dad does not remember it.

[00:03:16] It has been ten years now and I remember it as if it were a memory.

[00:03:22] Selena, our next experience comes to us from Macy and Macy's story is called

[00:03:31] Is It Me or the House?

[00:03:34] Macy says,

[00:03:35] Hey Nick, thank you so much for taking the time to read my story and giving your listeners a place to convey their experiences without judgment.

[00:03:43] I have always been one that was curious about the paranormal and if it was real.

[00:03:48] Well, after my father passed away suddenly in 2020 and the years since, I have no doubt in my mind.

[00:03:55] To give a little backstory, my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015.

[00:04:00] After many years of remission and good health, his cancer came back suddenly and with a vengeance.

[00:04:06] We were aware of his fragile state but tried to find normalcy any place we could.

[00:04:11] My two sisters and parents live in the North Georgia mountains while I live in central Florida.

[00:04:16] In February of 2020, my oldest sister planned to fly down to Florida to see me

[00:04:21] and we would spend a few days on the beach catching up.

[00:04:25] Well, the night before our big trip, I heard a voice or subconscious strike me with urgency to get to my dad immediately.

[00:04:32] The calling was so strong I called my sister and informed her of my intentions of canceling our trip

[00:04:38] and driving to see our dad as quick as I could and that something was definitely not right.

[00:04:44] My sister, as understanding issue was, still flew to the beach with her husband to enjoy the long weekend anyway.

[00:04:50] The next morning, my husband, son and I drove to see my parents.

[00:04:55] On our way, my mother informed us that my dad declined quickly and that he was rushed to the hospital.

[00:05:01] Needless to say, our emotions were on high.

[00:05:04] While my mom stayed at the hospital to keep an eye on my dad,

[00:05:07] my husband, son and I went back to my childhood home to catch up on some sleep

[00:05:12] before heading back to the hospital the next morning.

[00:05:14] Once we arrived at the house, we put my son to sleep being that it was past 10 p.m.

[00:05:19] My husband and I then sat in the living room and we tried to come to terms with what was happening with my dad.

[00:05:26] While talking, we suddenly heard a distinct wood creak that occurs only when someone is physically walking into the kitchen.

[00:05:33] At the time, we both froze, thinking that our son was awake and trying to sneak through the house.

[00:05:38] So we checked on him only to discover that he was sound asleep.

[00:05:42] My husband and I brushed off the occurrence and we chalked it up to the house just settling.

[00:05:47] Even though we were both well aware of the difference in stepping vs settling within the house.

[00:05:54] That night, while we were asleep, I felt a weird feeling that I was being stared at.

[00:05:59] When I opened my eyes, there was a boy, not my son, standing about five feet away, staring at me.

[00:06:05] He had dark hair and dark clothes on, but I could not clearly see the details of his face.

[00:06:10] I shot up immediately only to find that the boy was no longer there.

[00:06:15] Now I have never seen an apparition before and I was not really sure how to handle it.

[00:06:20] Naturally, during this time, I gasped and it woke up my husband.

[00:06:23] I told him what I saw and we again checked on our son only to confirm that he was still sound asleep.

[00:06:31] The next couple days following this event were some of the roughest days of my life.

[00:06:36] My father slipped into a coma and was sent to the ICU in preparation to pass.

[00:06:41] I called my sister immediately and told her to get home as soon as possible.

[00:06:45] By some miracle, my dad knew that my sister was not there yet and to hold on.

[00:06:50] He held on for eight hours just long enough for my sister to get there.

[00:06:55] She was there five minutes before my dad passed.

[00:06:58] It's like he knew that he could not pass unless he had all of his girls surrounding him.

[00:07:04] The next night following his passing, trying my best to console my mother, I slept in the bed with her.

[00:07:10] In the middle of the night, she got up to go to the bathroom when I heard her suddenly gasp.

[00:07:15] Being the light sleeper that I am, I rolled over and asked her what was wrong.

[00:07:20] She then giggled to herself and she said,

[00:07:22] I thought I just saw a boy standing next to you for a moment.

[00:07:26] Needless to say, I was shocked by this statement but I did not want to scare my mother

[00:07:30] who was about to be in her house alone after my sister and I went home.

[00:07:35] I saw several shadow figures and I heard footsteps throughout the house

[00:07:38] during the two weeks I was at my childhood home.

[00:07:41] I don't know how to explain it but I just knew that something was in our house now.

[00:07:45] Even when I asked my family about it, no one else seemed to notice.

[00:07:50] About a month after these events, my cousin reached out to tell me about a dream that she had of my dad.

[00:07:56] She said that in her dream, she was coming down a hill to a river

[00:07:59] and my dad was floating down the river with a boy that she had never seen before

[00:08:03] and they both had the biggest smile on their face.

[00:08:06] Now I never told her about my mother and I seeing a little boy

[00:08:10] but it was relieving to know that my dad took the boy with him on his way to heaven.

[00:08:15] Unbeknownst to us at the time, my oldest sister was pregnant

[00:08:18] and didn't know it during the time of my father's passing.

[00:08:21] I should probably also add that I am a hobbyist photographer

[00:08:25] so after my sister gave birth to a new baby girl

[00:08:27] we decided to take pictures of her at my parents' house when we all got together.

[00:08:32] I was floored when editing the pictures to find my father's face in the tree in the background.

[00:08:37] I have included this picture for your listeners to see.

[00:08:41] Fast forward to July of 2023,

[00:08:44] my husband and I are visiting my mother and decided to sleep on the third floor

[00:08:48] which happens to be my parents' old master bedroom

[00:08:50] before they created a new master bedroom on the main floor.

[00:08:54] The floor in this room creaks with every step.

[00:08:57] Well, during this visit as we were all heading to bed and brought our dogs upstairs with us

[00:09:02] while laying in the bed trying to go to sleep

[00:09:05] we heard what we thought was one of our dogs pacing the floor.

[00:09:08] We finally got annoyed enough that my husband and I both sat up to tell our dogs to go and lay down

[00:09:13] only to discover that both dogs slinked off downstairs at some point

[00:09:17] and there was no true source of the pacing that we had heard.

[00:09:21] My husband and I just gave each other a look

[00:09:24] and we tried to forget what just happened.

[00:09:27] The next morning my husband got up early to let out our dogs.

[00:09:31] While he was getting ready, we both heard a voice say,

[00:09:34] Hey! from downstairs.

[00:09:36] Again, we both gave each other a look confirming that we both heard a male voice say, Hey!

[00:09:42] Now it was not a voice I recognized so we proceeded to check the house

[00:09:45] only to find our son and mother were sound asleep

[00:09:48] and no one else was there.

[00:09:51] Now, I don't feel any evil associated with this entity

[00:09:55] and I try to be as respectful and not bother this being whoever it may be.

[00:09:59] Oh! and my family still swears up and down that they have never experienced anything like this in the house

[00:10:05] so I have to wonder if it's me or the house.

[00:10:09] Thank you so much for listening to my story.

[00:10:12] I am still trying to navigate this new reality of mine.

[00:10:15] If any of your listeners have any tips, I would love to hear them.

[00:10:19] Best wishes.

[00:10:21] Macy

[00:10:24] I have added Macy's photo to the forum and there is also a link in the show notes.

[00:10:32] Our next experience of the night comes to us from Erica.

[00:10:35] An Erica's story is called,

[00:10:37] Theatre, Fire.

[00:10:40] Erica says,

[00:10:41] Hi Nick, I am excited to share my story with you.

[00:10:45] A few years ago some friends and I went on a ghost tour in Chicago.

[00:10:48] We went to a theater house that today is still in operation

[00:10:52] although years ago it was a different building

[00:10:54] and our guide told us that it had been called the Iroquois Theatre before it caught on fire.

[00:10:59] The night of the tour we were in an alley beside the theater

[00:11:03] and I noticed a poster on the side of the building for an upcoming play

[00:11:06] which I knew my spouse would like to see.

[00:11:09] I wandered down the alley to take a picture of the poster

[00:11:12] and no one else was around me and there were no children on the tour with us.

[00:11:16] I snapped a few pictures then returned to the rest of the group.

[00:11:19] Now I didn't think too much more about that stop

[00:11:22] and it wasn't until later when my spouse was looking through the pictures that I had taken

[00:11:26] that I was called over to the computer to look at the images of that stop.

[00:11:30] In one of those pictures there is an image of a child.

[00:11:33] I believe it's a boy.

[00:11:35] He looks to be around 10 from what I can see

[00:11:38] and he is looking back toward the building as he runs away

[00:11:41] as if watching to make sure he is free of the blaze.

[00:11:44] Now as I stated there were no children on this tour

[00:11:47] and I was well away from the rest of the group

[00:11:49] and no one else was anywhere near me.

[00:11:52] I have always believed that we share this world with entities that we are normally unaware of

[00:11:56] and this just solidified this for me.

[00:11:59] The real bonus is having this amazing picture to share with and amaze all of my friends.

[00:12:05] A friend of mine took some other images where the sinking of the Eastland ship happened

[00:12:09] in the Chicago River

[00:12:11] but that is another story for another time.

[00:12:15] As so many others have said and I will restate

[00:12:18] thank you for your podcast

[00:12:20] and giving us a place to share our stories

[00:12:23] with so many others.

[00:12:26] I am currently waiting to receive the picture that Erica mentioned

[00:12:29] and when I do

[00:12:30] I'll be sure to add it to our forum.

[00:12:40] Before I continue

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[00:12:56] And if you've had a paranormal experience

[00:12:58] you can share it with me through email or voice message

[00:13:01] and all of my support and contact information

[00:13:03] can be found at paranormalmysteriespodcast.com

[00:13:07] as well as in the show notes.

[00:13:09] And with that being said

[00:13:11] I'll be right back

[00:13:12] after these brief messages.

[00:13:18] Our next experience comes to us from Zinnia

[00:13:21] and Zinnia's story is called

[00:13:23] patio swing.

[00:13:26] Hello Nick

[00:13:27] I have been enjoying your podcast for quite some time now.

[00:13:29] I think I've listened to all the stories

[00:13:31] so I'm re-listening to all the episodes.

[00:13:33] It is my go-to podcast when I'm traveling.

[00:13:36] I listen to it on road trips,

[00:13:38] plane trips,

[00:13:38] train trips, etc.

[00:13:40] and lately on my way home from work.

[00:13:43] You have a wonderful community here

[00:13:45] and I am thankful for it.

[00:13:47] I would like to share not just my own experiences

[00:13:49] but stories that were shared to me by friends and family.

[00:13:53] Hopefully this will be the first of many.

[00:13:55] So here it goes.

[00:13:57] This happened many summers ago

[00:13:58] when I was in my early teens.

[00:14:01] My siblings and I are friends

[00:14:02] with all the kids who lived in our street.

[00:14:05] Being that school was out

[00:14:06] our house became hangout central

[00:14:08] for our neighborhood friends that summer.

[00:14:10] All the homes in that neighborhood

[00:14:11] are all fenced in

[00:14:12] and made of cinder blocks and gated

[00:14:14] so no one can just really walk up to the front doors

[00:14:17] because of the fence and gates.

[00:14:20] Our street is on an incline or slope

[00:14:22] so we can still see our neighbors front door and patio

[00:14:25] even with the fences

[00:14:26] because of the way the street slopes up and down.

[00:14:28] The properties were fairly small

[00:14:31] and this will all make sense later.

[00:14:33] There were probably nine of us

[00:14:35] hanging out that hot summer day in our yard.

[00:14:37] Our friends C and J

[00:14:39] went to C's house

[00:14:40] which was literally one house away to get something

[00:14:43] and not even a few minutes later

[00:14:45] they came running down the street screaming

[00:14:47] and when asked what was going on

[00:14:49] C replied

[00:14:50] we saw this lady standing by our front door

[00:14:53] and she's a ghost.

[00:14:55] Now as I mentioned earlier

[00:14:56] the houses are fenced in and gated

[00:14:58] so no one can really just walk up to any of the front doors.

[00:15:02] Now although C and J look shaken up

[00:15:05] I don't think any of us took C seriously

[00:15:07] because C is known for being a little

[00:15:09] extra.

[00:15:10] However, I guess with kids just being kids

[00:15:12] we kind of moved on

[00:15:14] and continued doing whatever it was

[00:15:15] we were doing at that time

[00:15:17] but I think about five to ten minutes or so

[00:15:19] after C and J came running back to our house.

[00:15:22] C grabbed my arm

[00:15:24] and when I looked at her

[00:15:25] her eyes were wide with fear

[00:15:27] and she said

[00:15:28] that lady

[00:15:29] she's on our patio swing

[00:15:31] look

[00:15:32] from where we were at our house

[00:15:34] we could see C's front patio

[00:15:36] with their patio swing

[00:15:38] and when I looked up

[00:15:39] someone was sitting on their patio swing

[00:15:41] but all I could see was the back of their head.

[00:15:44] I remember kind of blinking

[00:15:46] and taking another step forward

[00:15:47] to get a better look

[00:15:48] because while I could see the back of the head

[00:15:50] the head was small like that of a toddler.

[00:15:53] I could see the entire back of the head

[00:15:55] but the rest of it was obscured by the backrest

[00:15:57] of the patio swing.

[00:15:59] The hair was thinning

[00:16:00] as I could see the scalp

[00:16:01] and the hair was wavy or curly

[00:16:03] but I remember it being a little

[00:16:06] wet.

[00:16:07] Now at this point I must have screamed

[00:16:09] because pandemonium broke

[00:16:11] all our other friends started screaming

[00:16:13] and running in all directions.

[00:16:14] I stayed where I was

[00:16:16] and so did C

[00:16:17] who still had a dead grip on my arm

[00:16:19] but I remember looking at C

[00:16:21] after I saw this head

[00:16:22] and then looking back up at the patio swing

[00:16:25] which probably took two seconds or less

[00:16:27] and when I looked back up

[00:16:29] it was gone

[00:16:30] but the patio swing

[00:16:32] was swinging

[00:16:33] on its own.

[00:16:35] Now I've been to C's house many times

[00:16:37] we know their family

[00:16:38] and no one in their household

[00:16:39] fits the description of what I saw.

[00:16:42] Her parents were both at work at that time

[00:16:44] and C and her brother K

[00:16:45] were with us hanging out.

[00:16:48] Years later I asked my siblings

[00:16:49] and some friends who were there

[00:16:51] if they saw what C and I saw

[00:16:53] and truthfully they said that

[00:16:54] they just got scared

[00:16:55] because they saw me look up and scream

[00:16:58] and they didn't even bother

[00:16:59] to look at C's patio swing

[00:17:01] and they just noped out

[00:17:03] of our yard.

[00:17:05] Thank you again Nick

[00:17:06] for this community

[00:17:07] and if the story somehow finds it

[00:17:09] to your podcast

[00:17:10] thank you for that as well.

[00:17:13] Good blessings to you

[00:17:14] and all your listeners.

[00:17:16] Sincerely

[00:17:18] Zinnia

[00:17:22] Our next experience comes to us from Morgan

[00:17:25] and Morgan's story is called

[00:17:27] The First Encounter.

[00:17:30] Hello

[00:17:31] my wife and I have been listening

[00:17:32] to your podcast for about a year now

[00:17:34] I decided why not go ahead

[00:17:36] and tell my stories

[00:17:37] the story I'm about to tell you

[00:17:39] I do not personally remember

[00:17:41] my dad is the one who told me

[00:17:42] about it later on

[00:17:43] in my childhood.

[00:17:46] Growing up I was in and out of the hospital

[00:17:48] for multiple health problems.

[00:17:50] When I was five years old

[00:17:51] I had to have heart surgery.

[00:17:53] I do remember waking up in recovery

[00:17:55] but it's very hazy.

[00:17:56] I remember a nurse talking to me

[00:17:58] after the surgery

[00:17:59] and after she left

[00:18:00] an older couple walked in

[00:18:02] smiling at me.

[00:18:03] I didn't know who they were

[00:18:05] and I just assumed that they were family

[00:18:07] since the older woman held my hand

[00:18:09] and they stood by me

[00:18:10] until the nurse came back in

[00:18:11] and took me to my hospital room.

[00:18:14] When I got home from the procedure

[00:18:16] and was bedridden

[00:18:17] my dad showed me a picture of the older couple

[00:18:19] asking me if I knew who they were.

[00:18:21] I immediately recognized them

[00:18:23] from my recovery room

[00:18:24] and I told my dad that they visited me

[00:18:26] while I was in recovery.

[00:18:28] I had mostly forgotten about the encounter

[00:18:30] after that

[00:18:31] since I have blocked out

[00:18:32] a lot of my hospital visits

[00:18:33] from my childhood.

[00:18:34] But my dad brought up the encounter again

[00:18:37] when I was a teenager

[00:18:38] and told me that the couple

[00:18:39] that I had seen in the recovery room

[00:18:41] where no family was allowed

[00:18:43] were his grandparents.

[00:18:45] They passed away a few years

[00:18:47] before I was born.

[00:18:49] That was just the start

[00:18:51] of my paranormal encounters

[00:18:52] and I will definitely send more of them

[00:18:54] later.

[00:18:56] Thank you very much for your time.

[00:18:58] Morgan.

[00:19:02] Our next experience comes to us from Morgan

[00:19:05] and Morgan's experience is called

[00:19:08] Ouija board.

[00:19:10] Morgan says,

[00:19:11] Hello.

[00:19:12] Growing up I was a devout Christian

[00:19:14] and didn't believe in the paranormal.

[00:19:16] However,

[00:19:17] the crowd of friends I hung around with

[00:19:19] who I'd met through my boyfriend at the time

[00:19:21] were all very into the paranormal.

[00:19:23] One of my close friends

[00:19:24] we will call her Rivi

[00:19:26] invited me and another of our friends

[00:19:27] Pat to her apartment after school.

[00:19:30] I texted my mother

[00:19:31] asking if I could go to her place after school

[00:19:34] and she said yes.

[00:19:35] So,

[00:19:36] Pat and I hitched a ride with Rivi

[00:19:38] and her mother to their apartment.

[00:19:40] Her mother stayed downstairs watching TV

[00:19:42] and Rivi brought us upstairs to her room.

[00:19:45] While we sat in her room talking

[00:19:47] Pat and Rivi started exchanging their

[00:19:49] paranormal encounters.

[00:19:50] I rolled my eyes and listened quietly

[00:19:53] trying to be polite

[00:19:54] and when they asked me if I had any encounters

[00:19:57] I informed them that I didn't believe in the

[00:19:59] paranormal as I had forgotten about

[00:20:01] the first one that I had when I was five

[00:20:04] and to Pat's dismay

[00:20:05] my friend Rivi suggested that we get out

[00:20:08] her Ouija board.

[00:20:09] At the time I laughed it off

[00:20:11] and agreed to do so

[00:20:12] but Pat refused to participate

[00:20:14] and said that he would just watch.

[00:20:16] Rivi put the board on the floor

[00:20:18] and her and I began to try to contact a spirit.

[00:20:21] We had contacted an entity who said their name

[00:20:23] was Magda

[00:20:25] and we asked how she had passed

[00:20:27] and it spelled out

[00:20:28] Holocaust.

[00:20:30] I rolled my eyes not believing any of it

[00:20:32] which Rivi saw.

[00:20:34] Then Rivi asked for a sign

[00:20:36] that she was with us.

[00:20:38] Now Pat was standing in the doorway

[00:20:40] and Rivi and I were in the middle of the room

[00:20:42] and across the room on the opposite wall

[00:20:43] was a dresser

[00:20:44] with an empty sprite can on top of it.

[00:20:47] The sprite can began to vibrate

[00:20:49] rapidly on the dresser.

[00:20:51] My heart sank into my stomach

[00:20:53] and we stared at it

[00:20:54] until it was knocked off the dresser

[00:20:56] rolling on the carpet towards us

[00:20:58] and then it stopped.

[00:21:00] I stood up and walked to the dresser

[00:21:02] trying to find some sort of explanation

[00:21:04] which there wasn't.

[00:21:06] I put my hand on the dresser

[00:21:08] and there was nothing

[00:21:09] no air from the vent.

[00:21:10] The fan was turned off

[00:21:12] and I couldn't feel any sort of vibration.

[00:21:15] After that, I went back to the board

[00:21:17] and said goodbye.

[00:21:18] I then went to the door

[00:21:20] and Pat sat down with Rivi

[00:21:22] to try to contact someone else.

[00:21:25] While I stood in the doorway watching

[00:21:27] the next entity they contacted

[00:21:28] was named Robert

[00:21:30] which was the name of my cousin

[00:21:31] who had died a couple of weeks earlier.

[00:21:33] I stared as they talked to him

[00:21:35] and when Rivi asked for a sign

[00:21:37] the fan turned on by itself

[00:21:39] and a gust of air washed over me

[00:21:42] but it didn't feel scary or cold.

[00:21:44] It was as if someone warm

[00:21:45] was gently hugging me.

[00:21:47] I started to cry

[00:21:49] and they said goodbye

[00:21:50] and they put the board away

[00:21:51] to console me.

[00:21:53] When we walked downstairs

[00:21:54] her mother was asleep on the couch.

[00:21:57] After that,

[00:21:58] I never doubted the paranormal

[00:22:00] again.

[00:22:04] This next experience

[00:22:05] comes to us from Kay

[00:22:07] and Kay's experience is called

[00:22:09] Ghostly Grandpa.

[00:22:12] Kay says,

[00:22:14] Hi Nick,

[00:22:15] I found your podcast a few months ago

[00:22:16] and I'm hooked.

[00:22:17] I love how you don't include silly sound effects

[00:22:19] like some other podcasts

[00:22:21] which instantly stops me listening.

[00:22:23] Your podcast is just pure

[00:22:25] raw experiences.

[00:22:26] So thank you for that.

[00:22:28] I live in the UK

[00:22:30] and I am in my later 30s.

[00:22:32] I've grown up fascinated by the paranormal

[00:22:34] and would binge watch spooky ghost hunting shows,

[00:22:37] UFO shows,

[00:22:38] and anything else mysterious

[00:22:39] that my sister and I could get our hands on.

[00:22:41] I wouldn't say that I'm sensitive to the paranormal

[00:22:44] though I am somewhat of an empath

[00:22:46] for the living.

[00:22:47] As a child,

[00:22:48] I spent most of my life in a house

[00:22:50] built around 1710.

[00:22:51] It was a beautiful house

[00:22:53] which oozed history

[00:22:54] and personality.

[00:22:55] So it may surprise you to hear

[00:22:57] that my most significant

[00:22:58] paranormal experience

[00:22:59] was not located there.

[00:23:01] Though I have had some strange

[00:23:03] head scratching moments there.

[00:23:05] Instead,

[00:23:06] my experience was in a friend's 1960s house.

[00:23:09] Me and some other friends,

[00:23:10] all in our 20s by this point,

[00:23:12] were crashing in the living room

[00:23:13] of my friend's family home

[00:23:15] which was owned by her mom and dad.

[00:23:17] We lived so far apart

[00:23:19] and were young and broke enough

[00:23:20] that having a sleepover on our friend's

[00:23:22] mom's living room floor

[00:23:24] seemed like a great idea to each other.

[00:23:26] We had a great evening

[00:23:27] having dinner in the nearby town

[00:23:29] before heading back to watch some junk TV

[00:23:31] and catch up some more.

[00:23:33] My friend had a smallish

[00:23:34] carrier type dog

[00:23:36] which my friend shut in the kitchen

[00:23:37] so that it wouldn't bother us

[00:23:38] when we finally settled down to go to sleep.

[00:23:41] I got the sofa

[00:23:42] which was located next to the living room door

[00:23:44] so when I was laying on it

[00:23:46] my feet were almost touching the door

[00:23:48] when it was open.

[00:23:49] Like I said,

[00:23:50] this house was in no way spooky.

[00:23:52] It was modern,

[00:23:53] warm and welcoming

[00:23:55] and my friends were asleep near me.

[00:23:57] I felt relaxed

[00:23:58] and very safe.

[00:24:00] We shut the living room door closed

[00:24:02] and I soon fell asleep

[00:24:04] as did my friends.

[00:24:06] At some point in the night

[00:24:07] I woke to the sound of the living room door

[00:24:09] opening

[00:24:10] bearing in mind that the door was shut fully

[00:24:12] when we went to sleep.

[00:24:14] The door slowly opened

[00:24:15] and naturally I expected to see a face

[00:24:17] pop around the corner of my friend's mom

[00:24:19] checking on us

[00:24:20] or something normal

[00:24:22] but nothing.

[00:24:24] No face.

[00:24:25] Nobody.

[00:24:26] Instead,

[00:24:27] I started to hear shuffling noises

[00:24:29] as if slippers were scuffing across the carpet

[00:24:31] and someone was not picking up their feet properly.

[00:24:34] I thought that it must be the dog

[00:24:36] but no dog was there.

[00:24:38] Besides,

[00:24:38] this small terrier would have to have needed to open

[00:24:41] two door handles to get to us.

[00:24:43] I didn't feel afraid however,

[00:24:45] just confused.

[00:24:46] The shuffling stopped

[00:24:47] and the door closed itself

[00:24:49] again seemingly all on its own.

[00:24:52] Strange,

[00:24:52] I thought

[00:24:53] before I drifted back off to sleep.

[00:24:56] The next morning

[00:24:57] I mentioned my experience to my friends.

[00:25:00] One friend went a bit pale

[00:25:01] and said that they had seen a figure

[00:25:03] standing near the glass doors

[00:25:04] near an armchair at the back of the room.

[00:25:07] They too were not afraid

[00:25:08] and went back to sleep after seeing this.

[00:25:11] On hearing this,

[00:25:12] my friend's mom told us

[00:25:13] that it was her father's birthday today

[00:25:15] and that they had lost him

[00:25:17] the previous year.

[00:25:18] The chair that my friend saw the figure by

[00:25:21] was the chair

[00:25:22] that he sat in.

[00:25:23] We all felt a bit spooked

[00:25:25] but I feel that my friend's mom

[00:25:26] felt some comfort by this

[00:25:28] and believed that her father

[00:25:29] had popped in to see the family on his birthday

[00:25:32] and may have gotten a shock instead

[00:25:34] finding a living room

[00:25:36] full of women.

[00:25:38] We haven't spoken about this again in a long time

[00:25:41] but your podcast reminded me of this experience

[00:25:43] so thank you Nick.

[00:25:45] Please keep the podcast going.

[00:25:47] It truly is

[00:25:48] a special thing.

[00:25:50] Lots of love to you

[00:25:52] and your listeners.

[00:25:54] K

[00:25:59] I hope you enjoyed tonight's episode

[00:26:00] and before I go

[00:26:01] I'd like to thank Selena,

[00:26:03] Macy,

[00:26:04] Erica,

[00:26:05] Zinnia,

[00:26:06] Morgan

[00:26:07] and Kay for coming forward with their experiences.

[00:26:10] And if you'd like to submit your experience

[00:26:12] or learn more about supporting what I do

[00:26:14] you can find all of my contact

[00:26:16] and support information in the show notes

[00:26:18] and at ParanormalMysteriesPodcast.com

[00:26:23] Until next time

[00:26:24] thank you so much for listening

[00:26:25] and please remember

[00:26:27] don't wait for the unknown to come to you.

[00:26:30] Get out there

[00:26:32] and find it.