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[Blyss]

I just read the whole damn thing. Very interesting.

Indeed, some parts are very well written and can't be found in any book whatsoever.

I think that people that create an (internet) hoax should admit it after two years or something. Would be intresting to find out why they did it, etc.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

I just read the whole damn thing. Very interesting.

That guy was either very intelligent or he devoted a long time to preparing a lot of responses to possible questions before engaging that community. That was a really fun read.

 

[Tonay]

Fine. Well basically for about 15 years this house was, as far as I can say, haunted and the focus of it was around a single room. Everyone in the house including my parents(and we aren't religious and my parents, especially my dad are very skeptical about paranormal stuff) have seen, heard or sensed things. For years the living room was off-limits at night to me and my sister because of the feelings we got in there. It was a horrible sick feeling like you were in there with a thousand people watching you from above, you felt suffocated and wanted to scream. It was only ever in that room and we were pretty freaked out when we talked about it and found out we both experienced it.

There were several times my parents(who's door looks into the living room) claimed they saw movement at night in there. Once my Dad even jumped out of bed and rushed out there saying he was sure he saw a guy moving around and thought it was a thief.

There have been other times when we have heard things too. There are 2 I remember the most. First was when I was about 14 or 15 and I was in my room reading and all of a sudden I heard out front door slam, hard, I thought it was my Mum and wondered why she closed it so hard but a few seconds later my Mum walks in wonders why I was slamming the door. We searched the house and front yard but there wasn't a sign of anyone else and the front gate was closed too, I can't image if a robber broke in he'd leave without anything, bolt off but close the gate.

The second time was when my sister was home sick and she was waiting for my Mum to return home from dropping me off at school. She heard the door open close and lock, then heavy, slow footsteps come in and stop in the kitchen. She called out but there was no answer. She started to freak out thinking it was a robber or something, when my Mum came home she found her hiding in the backroom with our dog. After searching the house there was no sign anyone had come inside and everything was still locked.

It got so serious at one point and strange things happening so frequently that my Mum got a priest to give the room an exorcism. And yeah...that did shit all. My Mums not even religious so it was pretty weird she even did it.

It finally ended a few years ago when I started hearing voices in this room(and no, I'm not crazy). I kept hearing my name being called, random words and things front the doorway. I always thought it was my mum as the voice was clearly female. I even tested my headphones about 10 times thinking it was them. One night as I got up and went to the toilet, as I walked past the doorway I heard "goodbye" right behind me. I thought it was my Mum. I turned around expecting to see her but there was nothing, I searched everywhere but my mum was sleep like everyone else was. From that day on no one has heard, seem and felt anything in this house.

Oh and the previous owners of this house from before my parents moved in were into really weird shit, witchcraft and stuff and there son died in a car crash. Finding that out later on really didn't make me feel comforted.



Oh oops.:lol

I've seen moving shadows at night and thought it was people. I've heard noises when I'm alone and thought it was someone walking around. We all have. Our brains misinterpret some sounds and when we find out we were wrong, we get creeped out. Moreso if we already suspect a house is haunted. Have you ever been on the phone and misheard what someone said? Thats what this is.

You don't have to answer this if you don't want to, and you probably don't know anyway, but just in case you do: how much did you pay the exorcist guy?

 

[speedpop]

I've seen moving shadows at night and thought it was people. I've heard noises when I'm alone and thought it was someone walking around.

 

[Jackson50]

I hate ghost stories. People under (emotional) stress, tired or hungry, sleeping, outside their normal environment or expecting something weird to happen see ghosts. Colour me shocked..

I do not believe in ghosts, but some people I have conversed with have classified my experience as a "ghost story." I simply tell them that I do not believe in ghosts, but that it is possible that I witnessed a ghost. I was not suffering from any such conditions. I was simply conducting research for my research project. Really, the experience baffles me to this day. I cannot account for their sudden appearance and then disappearance. Unless the elderly couple traversed a gully and an unusually thick woodland or the cornfield full of mature corn...I am stumped.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Haunted Ms. Pac-Man machine.

http://stupidgamer.com/2008/03/10/do-you-want-a-free-ms-pac-man-what-if-it-was-haunted/

And small follow up: http://stupidgamer.com/2008/03/12/update-on-the-haunted-ms-pac-man-machine/

The original thread that is linked to in the first post gets derailed fast, so don't bother. There have been a couple of more ads for the machine over the past year or so. People have verified that there is indeed a free machine being offered, but nobody within the BYOAC or KLOV communities has managed to snag it.

 

[Darklord]

I've seen moving shadows at night and thought it was people. I've heard noises when I'm alone and thought it was someone walking around. We all have. Our brains misinterpret some sounds and when we find out we were wrong, we get creeped out. Moreso if we already suspect a house is haunted. Have you ever been on the phone and misheard what someone said? Thats what this is.

You don't have to answer this if you don't want to, and you probably don't know anyway, but just in case you do: how much did you pay the exorcist guy?

It seems a bit strange everyone in a house experiencing stuff, all focused around one room that much though. It's not just the odd blurry thing in the corner of your eye or a strange noise in another room.

And the exorcist guy was free. Actually, I think it was more of a priest blessing the house. It wasn't any crazy shit.

 

[speedpop]

Haunted Ms. Pac-Man machine.

http://stupidgamer.com/2008/03/10/do-you-want-a-free-ms-pac-man-what-if-it-was-haunted/

And small follow up: http://stupidgamer.com/2008/03/12/update-on-the-haunted-ms-pac-man-machine/

The original thread that is linked to in the first post gets derailed fast, so don't bother. There have been a couple of more ads for the machine over the past year or so. People have verified that there is indeed a free machine being offered, but nobody within the BYOAC or KLOV communities has managed to snag it.

Pretty spooky. That thread is good though for some yarns.

 

[Purkake4]

It seems a bit strange everyone in a house experiencing stuff, all focused around one room that much though. It's not just the odd blurry thing in the corner of your eye or a strange noise in another room.

And the exorcist guy was free. Actually, I think it was more of a priest blessing the house. It wasn't any crazy shit.

I should really start selling exorcisms, people are paying for stupider stuff these days.

 

[LCGeek]

I should really start selling exorcisms, people are paying for stupider stuff these days.

That wouldn't work most who ask for your services might want to see your credentials. Religious types usually stay away from people who aren't. Unless you're going to pretend you're priest, healer, shaman, or various other types who make such claims why would they desire to ask for your service.

 

[speedpop]

Something happened to me last Thursday when I was driving home. I had a couple of miles to go. I looked up and saw a glowing orange object in the sky to the east. It was moving very irregularly.. suddenly, there was an intense light all around me.

When I came to, I was home. What do you think happened to me..?

 

[Jeff-DSA]

I've seen moving shadows at night and thought it was people. I've heard noises when I'm alone and thought it was someone walking around. We all have. Our brains misinterpret some sounds and when we find out we were wrong, we get creeped out. Moreso if we already suspect a house is haunted. Have you ever been on the phone and misheard what someone said? Thats what this is.

You don't have to answer this if you don't want to, and you probably don't know anyway, but just in case you do: how much did you pay the exorcist guy?

I've refrained from personal stories and the like because there are just some things that happen that if you weren't there, nobody can understand just how vivid the event was or just how sure you were of what you saw.

I never believed in ghosts all that much until I saw one. It wasn't a situation where I was dazed, and I wasn't alone. I literally watched a figure of an old man walk through a closed door.

I saw something I couldn't identify or explain while on a vacation to Tucson, AZ. It was a UFO in the sense that I couldn't explain it's movements or its nature, but was a REAL object.

I have also seen a man who was possessed on more than one occasion (same man, different times). While under possession the man knew details about my day that the man could not have known otherwise (where I had been throughout the day, what I had eaten, who I had visited). This same man was speaking different languages that he didn't know (his only known language was Spanish but he spoke clear English to me, spoke some other stuff too), his voice changed, and he got absolutely hostile when we'd try to convince the spirit to leave his body. I can't explain this, but it happened, and I was a witness along with about 10-12 others over the course of the weeks it was going on. When I met him, he was a strong and physically fit man. 6 months later he was so withered away from dealing with these things that he couldn't even walk without aid and his complexion was that of a broken man. Never had he had a history of mental disease before, and he was always perfectly sound in mind outside of the possessed moments. One day I'll transcribe my journal entries that detail what happened during these encounters, and if I'm lucky, I'll track down the audio recordings (a friend who lives in CA has them).

So you can be as skeptical as you want, but the fact is that MANY of us have things that have happened with no rational explanation.

 

[speedpop]

So you can be as skeptical as you want, but the fact is that MANY of us have things that have happened with no rational explanation.

That's the thing. We're not just talking about a minority group that has experienced such things.. it's on a global scale numbering in the millions. Call it the powers-that-be behind our brain's hallucinations or what have you, or possibly even the more logical reasoning behind magnetic forces and atmospheric conditions, but to have these things happen regularly around the world without confirmed plausible explanations is a bit discomforting.

 

[Count Dookkake]

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[Dresden]

Agreed.

If people are going to post strange stories, Tonay should be free to debunk them.

Why should the supernatural get a free pass when any other topic would not?

He's not debunking the stories, though. He's just attacking the posters while bringing up unrelated cases.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Agreed.

If people are going to post strange stories, Tonay should be free to debunk them.

Why should the supernatural get a free pass when any other topic would not?

How is he possibly capable of debunking something that he wasn't there to experience and he has no direct access to to investigate? He's just being a knee-jerk jerk.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

Why should the supernatural get a free pass when any other topic would not?

trolling 101.
telling creepy stories. must be serious bizz.

 

[Purkake4]

crap

 

[Purkake4]

Agreed.

If people are going to post strange stories, Tonay should be free to debunk them.

Why should the supernatural get a free pass when any other topic would not?

It's not even a religion...

Tonay defense force assemble!

How is he possibly capable of debunking something that he wasn't there to experience and he has no direct access to to investigate? He's just being a knee-jerk jerk.

Almost like a bunch of people are believing them with no additional information.

 

[Count Dookkake]

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[speedpop]

Almost like a bunch of people are believing them with no additional information.

I'm struggling to find any posts where people are proclaiming a certain poster's words as the truth. In essence this thread was created for entertainment, so why drag it down? To make yourself feel better?

If there is any compelling evidence to the contrary, then we would all love to see it. It would be pretty cool to finally have proof of ghosts, goblins, etc.

Proof has nothing to do with this thread. Majority of posts are simply tales told from a personal perspective of people who have been in an event throughout their lives, quite possibly questioned their sanity, and come to a conclusion that they are not mad and decided to share it with GAF.

If this was Poli-GAF or some other religious crap, then yeah go for it with pitchforks and shovels.. but this thread is barely touching that realm.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

I haven't seen him "attacking" anyone.



Quite easily. If a story needs a supernatural explanation in order to fit in with our current understanding of reality, it is probably bullshit. If there is any compelling evidence to the contrary, then we would all love to see it. It would be pretty cool to finally have proof of ghosts, goblins, etc.

Perhaps Tonay could be a bit gentler, but I don't think he is doing anything wrong.

Funny thing about your statement of evidence...there's probably more evidence that support the fact that UFOs (not necessarily aliens) and ghosts exist than that they don't. Personal accounts, videos, photos, and even freaking cave drawings all are pretty good supporting evidence.

 

[Purkake4]

I'm struggling to find any posts where people are proclaiming a certain poster's words as the truth. In essence this thread was created for entertainment, so why drag it down? To make yourself feel better?

To be the balance to the crazy people who believe that their mother was abducted by demons and those who are somehow convinced that because we don't have information to explain everything, it must be supernatural.

 

[JavaMava]

I've seen moving shadows at night and thought it was people. I've heard noises when I'm alone and thought it was someone walking around. We all have. Our brains misinterpret some sounds and when we find out we were wrong, we get creeped out. Moreso if we already suspect a house is haunted. Have you ever been on the phone and misheard what someone said? Thats what this is.

You don't have to answer this if you don't want to, and you probably don't know anyway, but just in case you do: how much did you pay the exorcist guy?

fuck the haters, fight the good fight Tonay

 

[speedpop]

To be the balance to the crazy people who believe that their mother was abducted by demons and those who are somehow convinced that because we don't have information to explain everything, it must be supernatural.

Shrug. I'm sorry I missed the part where it was obviously affecting you enough to want to stay in this thread and update your thoughts on the subject at hand. I'd hate to see how you'd cope over at the crackpot nirvana known as ATS.

 

[Tornado Condor]

Can you tell us about what happened? We might be able to come up with some explanations if you let us discuss it (plus, I'm sure it'll be a entertaining story regardless).

Would you please stop "analyzing" these stories? Dude, we know most have explanations or are just a coincidence but we like reading them and we don't need someone to explain how fake they are.

So basically, just stfu.

 

[datruth29]

So you can be as skeptical as you want, but the fact is that MANY of us have things that have happened with no rational explanation.

See, this is the problem I have with the "paranormal". I strongly hold that the universe is perfect; it doesn't "break". You let go of a ball, gravity will pull it down. If a ball does not get pulled down, you shouldn't say "Oh, god/a ghost/whatever must of did it". You should say "Well, something has changed, and there's a reason for that change".

So let's say for instance, your sense did not betray you that day. What you saw was really an old man walk through a door. You observe that the door did not open, that there was no other way to get around the entrance. And your ultimate conclusion ends with "Oh, it's a ghost". And then you stop with all investigation, because that has to be the conclusion. Well, define to me, what is a "ghost"?

 

[Dresden]

To be the balance to the crazy people who believe that their mother was abducted by demons and those who are somehow convinced that because we don't have information to explain everything, it must be supernatural.

:lol Yeah, because you see a lot of that on GAF.

Seriously, this is a fun thread about paranormal stuff in a fucking gaming forum. If you really want to 'balance' the loonies, go to abovetopsecret or something.

 

[Count Dookkake]

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[Purkake4]

:lol Yeah, because you see a lot of that on GAF.

Seriously, this is a fun thread about paranormal stuff in a fucking gaming forum. If you really want to 'balance' the loonies, go to abovetopsecret or something.

I can actually balance something here, because both sides are (somewhat) represented. I don't go to the crazier places, because it's pretty much a huge circle jerk of people agreeing with each other.

 

[Mr_Kitty_Fantastico]

Shrug. I'm sorry I missed the part where it was obviously affecting you enough to want to stay in this thread and update your thoughts on the subject at hand. I'd hate to see how you'd cope over at the crackpot nirvana known as ATS.

Some people need to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian, without any real legitimate reason for being so.

 

[Herpes Reasons]

Stories can be creepy and complete bullshit.

complete bullshit based on what? one person's eyewitness account?

plus haters blahblah

 

[speedpop]

Tonay, if anything, is helping people realize that they are not insane. Our brains are funny things and we can easily be convinced of strange phenomena. There is nothing shameful in that.

Or maybe he could stop resorting to coming off as a dickwad and merely point people to wikipedia's entry on hallucinations. Or I could always pour through my psychology books and find a reasonable explanation to each situation, but I choose not to be a fuckwit about this thread.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

See, this is the problem I have with the "paranormal". I strongly hold that the universe is perfect; it doesn't "break". You let go of a ball, gravity will pull it down. If a ball does not get pulled down, you shouldn't say "Oh, god/a ghost/whatever must of did it". You should say "Well, something has changed, and there's a reason for that change".

So let's say for instance, your sense did not betray you that day. What you saw was really an old man walk through a door. You observe that the door did not open, that there was no other way to get around the entrance. And your ultimate conclusion ends with "Oh, it's a ghost". And then you stop with all investigation, because that has to be the conclusion. Well, define to me, what is a "ghost"?

As far as I know, that's really the only explanation. It was in the house we were renting, and none of us knew who he was, so this wasn't a public place. It was a controlled environment and something happened that plain just shouldn't have.

 

[Purkake4]

As far as I know, that's really the only explanation. It was in the house we were renting, and none of us knew who he was, so this wasn't a public place. It was a controlled environment and something happened that plain just shouldn't have.

You may want to recheck the meaning of "controlled environment"

 

[Tonay]

Something happened to me last Thursday when I was driving home. I had a couple of miles to go. I looked up and saw a glowing orange object in the sky to the east. It was moving very irregularly.. suddenly, there was an intense light all around me.

When I came to, I was home. What do you think happened to me..?

I think either you're lying, or you don't remember driving all the way home and you're confusing yourself with a dream you had. I think if we were to look at the traffic cameras from that day from the point that you were 'transported', along the roads reaching upto your house, we'd see your car in every single one.

I know that if I was transported from one place to another, I would investigate that shit forever. I'd lie to the cops and say that I'd seen a murder or something at one of those camera zones and see if they actually say "yeah, we checked the road cameras, we didnt see no murder, and we couldn't see your car going past either. stop wasting our time".

When you say you were transported home, do you mean parked in front of your house or on the street? Did no one see a car appear out of nowhere? Was it parked in your regular parking space? Was the engine still running? Did you wake up in a daze like youd just woken up or were you fully alert? Did you call everyone you knew telling them something impossible had just happened? Did you make a thread on neogaf about you'd just witnessed the laws of physics being fucked up the ass? Did you spend the next three days on google trying to find others who'd experienced the same thing? Has it fundamentally changed your outlook on life in any way? Or did you simply forget the drive home?

 

[J-Rod]

I don't believe human spirits roam the earth or that martians are inside UFO's, but I also don't see the need to thread-crap a topic that is meant to be fun.

 

[Canova]

I think the real problem is that you see yourself as some sort of courageous defender of intellect and wisdom. Everyone else in this thread sees you as the guy who tries to ruin the fun. If we were at a magic show and we all thought it was really cool that a magician just passed a cigarette through the quarter, you'd be the guy that's like "Well, a cigarette simply can't get hot enough to burn through a quarter, so it's obviously a trick." No shit, dude. We all realize that there are probably logical explanations to most paranormal events, but that doesn't mean we can't have a thread where we appreciate the wonder and oddities of them all.

Also, it would be different if you were factually debunking any of these events. You're not. You're simply saying, "I know this can't be true; therefore, it isn't." Then you talk about birds and flashes of light and mass hysteria. You have even less answers then the people reporting the events, and you think we're not smart enough to figure out that, hey, maybe this girl that disappeared wasn't actually possessed by demons, but instead she might be mentally ill. Again, no shit, but when the guy DID give you a situation that couldn't be logically explained (her disappearing and reappearing minutes later many miles away), all you could muster was, "Uh... well... she was clearly lying and your whole family is exaggerating and suffering from mass hysteria." If we just assume everyone is lying and exaggerating, then yeah, it's pretty fucking simple to debunk anything.

In short, please shut the fuck up. You're like that 12 year old kid that just got a science set for his birthday, and now you think you know everything about science.

well said, I knew Tonay is a party-pooper the first time he posted in this thread. The problem is that he's too stupid to know that he's annoying and too dumb to find his way out of this thread

 

[Leunam]

I think either you're lying, or you don't remember driving all the way home and you're confusing yourself with a dream you had. I think if we were to look at the traffic cameras from that day from the point that you were 'transported', along the roads reaching upto your house, we'd see your car in every single one.

I know that if I was transported from one place to another, I would investigate that shit forever. I'd lie to the cops and say that I'd seen a murder or something at one of those camera zones and see if they actually say "yeah, we checked the road cameras, we didnt see no murder, and we couldn't see your car going past either. stop wasting our time".

When you say you were transported home, do you mean parked in front of your house or on the street? Did no one see a car appear out of nowhere? Was it parked in your regular parking space? Was the engine still running? Did you wake up in a daze like youd just woken up or were you fully alert? Did you call everyone you knew telling them something impossible had just happened? Did you make a thread on neogaf about you'd just witnessed the laws of physics being fucked up the ass? Did you spend the next three days on google trying to find others who'd experienced the same thing? Has it fundamentally changed your outlook on life in any way? Or did you simply forget the drive home?

:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Jeff-DSA]

You may want to recheck the meaning of "controlled environment"

Oh goodness, I just mean that it's not like I can trace it to some reflection off of an unseen series of mirrors or windows or something like that. I knew the house very well and no little light trick could have been the cause.

 

[Alivor]

In all seriousness, I actually have seen something...weird. It was Christmas Eve and I was about 6 or 8 years old. I was heading to my bedroom, and I looked out my window. The lawn was covered in snow, and then a bright yellow stream of light sped across my backyard. I know for a fact that I saw it, it made my room light up and I saw it's reflection in the snow. No idea what it was or could have been though.

 

[Alucrid]

In all seriousness, I actually have seen something...weird. It was Christmas Eve and I was about 6 or 8 years old. I was heading to my bedroom, and I looked out my window. The lawn was covered in snow, and then a bright yellow stream of light sped across my backyard. I know for a fact that I saw it, it made my room light up and I saw it's reflection in the snow. No idea what it was or could have been though.

Santa. Duh.

In all seriousness, I would like to ask Tonay if he's ever actually experienced some strange/paranormal event for himself. So? I think it's different if you're saying that these things don't happen if you've never seen it for yourself. Obviously you may be able to prove these things false after experiencing them, but experiencing it would be the only way to know for sure.

 

[speedpop]

I think either you're lying, or you don't remember driving all the way home and you're confusing yourself with a dream you had.

*snip*

Or did you simply forget the drive home?

It's called taking dialogue from a game called MGS2.


In other paranormal news, I am currently taking photographs of Jupiter and its four Galilean moons due to the fact that the gas giant is at its closest approach to Earth. How is this possible?

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Edit: It's all in good fun, though. I'll be the first one to acknowledge that Tonay (or anyone else, for that matter) has all the right in the world to try and offer a rational explanation for many of the stories shared here, but many of his posts are soaked in condescension. That ain't cool. There are plenty of ways to get your points across without belittling whoever you are talking to.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Something happened to me yesterday while taking a dump. I sat down in the toilet, pushed hard, and squeezed out a big log, I heard it splashing when it took the dive, and felt the water refreshing my buttocks, but when I got up and turned around...it wasn't there! There was no sign of the turd! Where did it go? I promptly flushed with a feeling of uneasiness, and am afraid now to use the toilet again.


What happened?

Spoiler

Lol. It's all in good fun, though. I'll be the first one to acknowledge that Tonay (or anyone else, for that matter) has all the right in the world to try and offer a rational explanation for many of the stories shared here, but many of his posts are soaked in condescension. That ain't cool. There are plenty of ways to get your points across without belittling whoever you are talking to.

Spoiler

BTW, the turd story was REAL. It happened to me. I'm still looking for an answer.

Nothing in this post is funny and your use of spoiler text is obnoxious.

Just a heads up.

 

[Tonay]

In all seriousness, I would like to ask Tonay if he's ever actually experienced some strange/paranormal event for himself. So? I think it's different if you're saying that these things don't happen if you've never seen it for yourself. Obviously you may be able to prove these things false after experiencing them, but experiencing it would be the only way to know for sure.

I've heard creaks in the house when I'm alone that sounded exactly like footsteps. Instead of calling an exorcist, I tend to just accept the fact I mistakenly attributed it to a human, when it was actually just random old house noises.

 

[Count Dookkake]

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[speedpop]

Something happened to me yesterday while taking a dump. I sat down in the toilet, pushed hard, and squeezed out a big log, I heard it splashing when it took the dive, and felt the water refreshing my buttocks, but when I got up and turned around...it wasn't there! There was no sign of the turd! Where did it go? I promptly flushed with a feeling of uneasiness, and am afraid now to use the toilet again.


What happened?

You've got coprophobia son!

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Nothing in this post is funny and your use of spoiler text is obnoxious.

Just a heads up.

I stand corrected then. I still stand by the assertion I made between spoiler tags.

 

[datruth29]

As far as I know, that's really the only explanation. It was in the house we were renting, and none of us knew who he was, so this wasn't a public place. It was a controlled environment and something happened that plain just shouldn't have.

I don't think you understand what I was getting at. Last week, I thought I saw somebody going into my room. I assumed it was my friend Jaymes. Jaymes comes out of the bathroom. So it wasn't Jaymes that went into my room. I go to my room to check, and nobody was there. So, did I just experience the same thing as you? If not, what's the difference between the two?