Are too many strange occurrences going on in your house? Have you thought now it may be paranormal or a ghost? If so you have come to the right place. Read on..
What is Paranormal?
First of let’s first clarify paranormal, it does not always signify spirits or ghosts, it could be other energies at work. It really just suggests an occult situation where what is happening is very unusual and is a mystery to you and to others that experience it.. What I first suggest to anyone to do is as each paranormal incident happens in your house or whoevers house, write it down. A lot of the time it is an energy trying to communicate in some way and possibly working out how to answer the question may help the entity or energy move on..
Secondly, be strong mentally. Remember the golden rule with paranormal or the occult is fear can only attract bad, so if you be positive your energy will only react as a defense. Another aspect to consider is maybe the paranormal activity is not trying to communicate, maybe more it is just replaying itself like a residual haunting. A common example of this is a light switching on at 8 o clock every night but nothing else happens, next day same thing happens.
Okay so here are Six Ways to Detect Paranormal / Occult Activity in your House
1 ) Lights On and Off - A common paranormal activity is lights switching on and off. This happens because an energy passes by the light and sucks or drains the electricity from the source temporarily. Occasionally it is a electric fault so ruling this out is important. An interesting experience happened to me once when I was visiting my sister, each light in the house switched on one after the other and then backwards in the same sequence and then the last one flickering. Interestingly none of the lights were on except the room we were in.. Spooky hey..
2 ) TV Switching Channels or Turning On and Off - TV is another common one, ever had your tv turn off and then before you turn it back on it switches back on. This is a very common paranormal activity, the TV turning off or changing channels. The theory is that as a paranormal energy passes by it disrupts the on / off frequency. Commonly most of the time this paranormal is a spirit.
3 ) Items Moved – This is a frustrating one, you check for your car keys or house keys and they are not there. Then later on after searching your house you find them where the were not in the beginning. A lot of people shrug this one off, but it definitely is a paranormal occurrence. The theory with this one is a spirit or intelligent energy is delaying your day for a reason. It may be a foretold car accident or something similar. Some people refer to this action as being looked after by an angel, who likes you. While others say it is just a mischievous spirit. Maybe when this happens next time it may be because of a reason..
4 ) Car not Starting – This is another common one, the car will not start and then the next day before you decide to get it towed to get fixed, it starts for some reason. In a way like the car knew it was about to be towed to a mechanics.. A lot of the time this could be a coincidence and a standard mechanical fault, however if it happens in certain patterns chances are it is paranormal. I have a friend who has a spirit in his car, it was a good spirit and if at any time his car would not start all he did was talk to the car and the spirit and then five minutes later the car would start. I am unsure as to why spirits or energies would attach themselves to cars but it does happen..
5 ) Doors Opening and Closing - Hey that’s strange, how did that door open or how did that door close? This is probably the most easily confused one as doors could open or close with the wind. However when there no breeze that day and it happens it indicates something different. Doors are easily pushed and if you have a spirit in the house they can be moved lightly with there spirit passing by. This one really needs due time of trial and error to work out if it is paranormal. Make sure to check for breezes even from the floor and close all external doors and windows to see if it still happens..
6 ) Voices and Footsteps – These two are probably the most spooky of the lot and are massive signs. The first one being voices is interesting, try to record the voices. It may sound like hard to hear whispers, but on a recorder you can turn it up to work out what may be the spirit or paranormal energy is saying. The second one footsteps is a spooky one also. Basically said this is a common one when sleeping, waking up to footsteps. You go to investigate but there is nothing there. With this one it could keep recurring until you are certain there is something going on..
This happened to me in a haunted house I lived in in Dorrigo when I was younger. Footsteps were very common and sometimes even the footsteps could be heard outside my room and then stop at my door. This was a nightly haunt so every night it was the same. Footsteps and a bad smell of a sweaty older man.. I have more to say on this haunt but will include it in a future post as there is a lot of detail.
Overall Paranormal is Real
There are many other ways to tell as well, these 6 ways are some of the standard ones I find in any paranormal haunting situation. In other extreme situations, it could be moving objects, doors slamming, seeing a apparition or even being physically abused by the spirit or entity. These ones I refer to as upset energies. They are not common however if you do come across one in your life be cautious and be wise on handling. It is important to remember that to some spirits or energies, they may be upset or angry because they want you out of there house..
hi timon,
ok so for the past 3 weeks my bed has been shaking at night, my gf feels it too. its increased and we are having strange dreams. also my 14 month old son is having trouble sleeping and often i see him laughing or talking when theres no one there. we keep hearing footsteps up and down the deck, and noises and shadows in the kitchen. my gf and i keep our athsma inhaler under our pilliow, it wasnt there and we searched the whole room then when my gf woke up at 4am it was there under the pillow.the shaking is increasing and this morning i heard a voice in my room, i couldnt make out what it was saying though.
please help!!
Hey Jade,
What i would recommend doing is starting to record your experiences on paper and look for a pattern. Also try sleeping in another room and see if you get a better rest, if so it is something to do with that room ( or a spirit in there ).
hey timon me and my girl and two sons justo got and apartment and started hearing footsteps going towards my five year old son room and my 4 month baby toys turned on by itself and its weird cause in order for it to turn on you have to actually push it then the past two nights ive been sleeping with my shirt on and woke up in the middle oferta the night soked in sweat do you think its an entity
Hey Gabriel,
Sounds like the spirits are letting you know they are there.. Spirits have been known to turn baby toys on and focus around kids and babies because they are more sensitive to the paranormal. In time as we become adults most of use become less sensitive unless we focus on this part of ourselves.
from 8th feb 11 my younger daughter is experiencing a very difficult phenomena. As soon she stars studying (her mother sits beside her for teaching) and as soon she starts writing, on her arms many marks appear as if it is cut by sharp blade and she starts crying due to severe pain. we consulted doctor for any allergic effect but doctor told rashes may appear this is some which he also could not explain. almost daily this is happening and marks are appearing on arms, neck, back and even on chest and abdominal region. can you please explain this phenomena and any remedy?
i think i might be paranoid but it seems my house is playing tricks on me. awhile ago i was in my basement and in the reflection of the tv i saw the shape of a person standing behind me..it was white ..i was freaked out so i ran upstairs and was realy jumpy for awhile then for some reason i was completely calm and i went back to my basement and the reflection wasnt there anymore so i continued what i was doing .then just lately around my house things get weird, yesterday everyone was asleep and i was thirsty so i went 2 the kitchen to get a drink..im always a bit paranoid so i turned a bunch of lights on as i went down the hallway, to the kitchen..then my basement door is always open and [again i think im just paranoid but out of the corner of my eye i swear i see something moving up the steps soo i went to the living room out of fear and started playing the keyboard piano thing..out the window i see something white sitting there ..it may have just been an animal but my cats were staring at it with their ears slightly back looking a bit uncomfortable ..looking maybe like they wanted to fight it ...it was a little creepy ill admit but i shrugged it off and jus didnt look towards the window because it seemed it was looking straight at me. i tried playing the piano keyboard thing a bit more to distract me but it wasnt helping ..so i stopped playing and i simply got up and went to sit on the couch..the white animal was still there in the exact same spot..the only reason i didnt asume it was an illusion of some sort was because my cats were still acting weird. my mom walked into the living room scaring me horribly lol ..but as i got up to turn off the lights i noticed the animal thing was gone. again today i was sitting in my living room bored [my family was all gone in different places so yah im all alone] but i sat in my living room jus a few lights on ..the hallway is very dark and scary O.o lol and im sitting on the couch and i can see about halfway down the hallway..it seems that at night [usually wen no1 else is around fer some reason] that the hallway has an illusion of someone who you can just start to see as they are walking down the hallway, but you never see the person because the illusion ends there.. i asked my family about this several times and they never get this illusion, is it just me? then i also for some reason looked out the window and to my creeped outness, the white animal thing was back, sitting in the same spot..i could really feel its stare on me and i was very creeped out. i was suree it wasnt jus a spot this time becuz im pretty sure i saw it move O.O .in my whole life of living at this house [13 years] -[ im 14] i have never seenthe kitchen light flicker before but guess what happened, it flickered. this scared me because for the second that the light was off, it was EXTREMELY noticeable that it went off. Years ago i was in my basement walking around and a picture of the family that lived here before us fell down from the ceiling or something and right in front of me. we also just around that time found out that the attic was screwed shut [i dont evn want to think about what could be up there] but as a small child, one of my qreatest fears was where the corner of the attic was [no one had ever been in the attic in my family], there were no decorations that ever could have scared me, but i didnt have many memories as a baby, but a strong one was a dark shadowish thing in the corner, and basically that part of the ceiling around it, i dont know why but i noticed several times it being there. was it a spirit that i saw as a child? i just want to know if i jus seem paranoid or if something could really be here, there are plenty more small occasions but these are jus a few off the top of my head
I just moved into a house and the past three places i have lived the same things have been going on. I hear a little boy running at night he gets into things in my room while i am sleeping these things could be anywhere right next to me across the room it doesn’t matter…I have a 5 year old son who talks to him like he knows him but when i ask him who he is talking to he tells me that he isnt talking to anyone but i have just stood out side his door and i could hear him say yeah i know she is there too. I just don’t know if i have a “something” that has followed us from house to house. What can I do? Please help.
Hey Brit,
Sometimes on occasion spirits can become attached to a person, I would recommend because it does not sound threatening to do a house cleanse which involves helping the spirits move on.
Be careful with the house cleanse.. There are many levels of spirit/ demons..if it is just moving your stuff it’s more like being a kid spirit, if your son is starting to get bad dreams start using night lights or living hall lights on.( none of the astrology lights that show on ceilings.) it’s weird that I’m reading your post because this happen to me hope it works out.
By the way if he starts having bad dreams at certain places he sleeps or tells you something comes out of a room or closet believe him and find some holy water and bless that area.. If no bad dream occurs then it is just a kid spirit showing interest..
Well I am use to seeing and hearing things, But we have moved in this house that we are renting and never really uses the basement . My Husband bought a large screen tv and we moved all the relciners and a couch and the large screen tv to the basement. Since the we have been hearing odd nosies! Now I know a house makes nosies when its shifting of raining or there is a strong wind outside, but this is really strange, there are doors closing upstairs when we are down stairs, there are doors closing down stairs when we are upstairs. The we have footsteps going upstairs and then we you get out of bed there is no one there. One Night my husband and I was in bed and there was soemthing in our room which held him down and was breathing near me. Once we got the courage to get out of bed there was nothing there but a strange oder. ( Like a musty smell). Now there are still the odd things that are happening but nothing to worrying . Do you thing that there is something here!
Hey….Ive been having weird dreams at night and my cat has been looking at weird spots at in the room…and ive caught orbs on pics…and had a really good one and saw a face in it and it looked like they were smiling and my grandmother have had stuff flew from the shelves…..the list goes on and i dont need to write down when it happens im trying to get them out of the house what should i do….should I let the room in smoke with herb…and maybe the ghost will leave..i dont know what to do…
Hey Johnny,
I recommend doing a cleanse of your house as it sounds like it is haunted. For more on how a cleanse works.
I’ve lived in my home for five years, and I have known of energies within, but they have always been positive. My daughter has been seeing the spirit of a cat since she was very small. Last night was the first time I actually heard voices. I had put my 3-year-old daughter to bed, and she had been asleep maybe 10 minutes when I heard a humming. Kind of like when a plane or helicopter flies over the house, it feels like a humming. The house is vibrating. I was convinced I had a helicopter hovering over the house. Looked out the windows, saw nothing. So I listened and realized, it was only over my half of the house. So I went into my bedroom closet and looked out the window expecting to see a diesel truck or something sitting outside. Nope. I called her father, and asked him to shut the tv off and come downstairs. He stood there and listened for a few minutes, but didn’t hear it. It had stopped.
I thought, ok, I am overtired and he thinks I am hearing things. So, I ran a hot bath, and soaked for a bit. At the end of the bath, I was getting out and as I was drying off I heard, clear as day, my daughter in the hallway. It sounded like she was crying/whining to her daddy about not going to bed. Her voice started to get loud so I sighed heavy and wrapped the towel around me and went flying into the hallway fully expecting to pick her up and bring her back to bed. In the two seconds it took me to get into the hallway, I looked and didn’t see either of them there. So I thought, ok, they are in her room now and he is trying to get her back to bed.
I opened her door, her light was off, she was laying in bed exactly how I had put her for sleep, and was snoring. There is no way she could’ve been crying that loud, and asleep that fast from the moment I heard her til I opened the bathroom door. I looked at my phone, I had a missed text from her father. It said, “what was that?1?” so I wrote back, “you heard it too?” he said, “it sounded like a loud crash” so I said, ” I dropped the shampoo bottle in the tub..” He didn’t reply.
So I huffed and walked up the stairs. The lights were off, he was laying in bed. I asked him again, “what were you two arguing about?” He had no idea what I was talking about. What he heard, was me arguing with her. He didn’t come downstairs because he thought I had put her back to bed. I think it’s an intelligent spirit. How is it that we both heard the same thing, but each other’s voices arguing with our daughter?
Hello i am 12 and my uncle had died my family and i have expirienced paranormal activity in the house even when he was still alive………. Ok so we have been expiriencing toys turning on and of,someone opening the door but the door dosent move,footsteps,objects moving,and even once the t.v turned on… what does the spirit wants to tell us?
Heyi beleive in ghosts mostly beacause i remember seeing my nana about 3 months after she was killed i was about 6 or 7 at the time but i know it was something because tue bed sheets lifted and she got into the bed and dissapeared,it didnt scare me,nothing really scares me in my house until recently. The door to the A/C unit is stuck and wont come open because the house has shifted,but me and my grandmother have heard it shake,rattle,and we got up to check it one time and it was wide open,she turned the air off,but about an hour later i had just laid down in bed and i heard a loud slam,i went and woke my grandmother up and we went to look and it was shut,we hadnt closed it,and it was stuck like usual and i couldnt open it,plus i keep seeing things out the corner of my eye,like a little black thing go around a corner,and i had a freind over for the nite who said he woke up to go to the bathroom and saw a face over the shelf in my room and theres nothing on it,i constantly hear little noises at night and i always feel like im being watched,could this be some kinda spirit? I wouldnt ask but its just gotten to where it freaks me out to much now,it always happens about 30 minutes after ive gone to bed that it starts rattling and slamming and stuff,its freakin me out to where im almost afraid to sleep so close to the A/C Door,my grandfather died in the room across from it but if it was his spirit i think it would have done stuff before now,please help me
By the way im 15
Hey! I’m 17 old boy i staying in india, bangalore. I’m alot interested in paranormal studies since from wen i was 12, i used browse many sites tat regarding to supernatural, abnormal, etc. Many of my friends will warn me about getting deeper in ghosts stories, i never mind! I used to explore how things can act as paranormal… Recently(day before yesterday) i was in my home watchin tv, my bro was out(playing with his friends in play ground) so i thought to call him. (i’m havin a dog her name is Rexy) i went near the door to go out for calling my bro… Tat time my dog was acting wired by seeing the entrance of the door. Without doubt i opened but i saw nothin, then my dog had seen something and barkin in fear! She went closer and sneaking then again she barkin and running inside our bedroom and hiding… Again she came out and looking at the door very fearly… I thought some ghost might have standing out there so i opened my phone (nokia 5233) camera and start snapping at the entrance… I took about 30 snaps but it didn’t workout.. And hour later my dog came to calm down and she became assuaal playing wit everyone, but my dog keeping an eye on the entrance door ever minute! Wat you think about this? Please explain me its freaking out in me…
Hello, i am staying in a rented single room house with attached toilet. During sleep I am feeling someone catching me tightly and i cant move anyway, it feels like it is taking my life/ stretching my life from my body. If i am not trying to oppose/escape from it , it feels it will take my life from my body and i will be finished.
It happened for 3 separate night including today, i cant sleep properly in night. Please help me.
Hey, I’m 16 years old and your last point ‘voices and footsteps’ really got to me. More than often I’ve woken up to footsteps and shadows walking outside my bedroom door, it seems to stop outside my door, i also hear voices. although I feel like I’m being watched.
I have Alot more evidence of paranormal ativity happening around my house.
I would really really appriciate a reply as I’m losing so much sleep over this.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Ciara.
x
Hello Timon,
Me and my husband have just rented a house. We are expecting our first child in December of this year. There have been weird things going on throughout the house. I’m here alone quite often while he is at work, but when he’s here, he notices them as well. The room we have set as the baby’s room is where the most energy can be felt. Our dog, a miniature schnauzer, will often growl or begin to bark wheter it’s just her walking past the room or going into it. I’ve noticed that she will also do this in the kitchen while I’m doing dishes or cooking. I don’t feel threatned by it, whatever it is. I mean it is a bit creepy to me because there were old items left in the house, such as an old painting & recipes, etc. I have had experiences with the paranormal before though, but this particular case worries me, being as we’re expecting. While I’m in the living room, things will fall off the top of the fridge (our fridge is not cluttered on top, just two boxes of cereal and a loaf of bread,& i also do not keep things close to the edge). Also, I’ve noticed that cabinets will be opened when I go into the kitchen, or whenever we wake up & go in there, we discover the cabinets opened. Mostly, I just want to know if it’s something I should be alarmed about, given I don’t feel this is a threatening entity. & what is your opinion on what you would do if your baby’s room was “haunted.” Thank you so much(:
sir,
i hear too often footsteps and anklet’s sounds……my sister too hears it…one night i found my bed displaced by 5 feet away from the initial position.it is a heavy cot that at least 2 or 3 are needed to lift….i am hearing these sounds for 2 years(possibly from12pm to 3 am)…i m just 17 yrs old…help me
Hi Timon,
I’ve been living in a house for four years, which my parents picked out at that time for us to live in. Since then I’ve never liked the house, I had a strange feeling to it. I’m really not sure if i’m just simply ridiculous, but my mom, since a few months can’t seem to get any rest. It’s gotten to the point where she literally falls asleep with her eyes wide open (i’m not sure if its related). Also, I always get this wierd sensation that i’m being watched and only happens when going up the stairs at night ( it gives me a serious chill to the point I try to basically run to my bedroom). Last night I experienced a sound, similar to that of a groan to which my dog immediately reacted to. It was even loud enough to be heard by my parents who sleep accross from my bedroom.
Note: previosly thinking there could’ve been some spirirts in the house my mother went all around the house burning sage and to me at least, seemed to have help for the moment. I’m not really sure what could be going on in my house…….
Hey Jorge,
Thanks for the comment, sounds like some type of haunting and the sage helped a little bit, but the spirit is hanging around still. You may want to get a professional psychic it help do a full on cleans and see if that helps. Also you may want to record what is happening to work out a pattern and look into the history of the place as well.
hey timon,
im 16, i have had many experiences with paranormal things. One for instince is last august my friend and i were playing with a ouiji board in my basement. by the way my friend has had a lot of paranormal happenings in her life too, thats why we thought it would be an interesting thing to try. we asked it a lot of different questions, but when we asked our age that we were going to die it went to “goodbye”. after that happened i told my friend to get away from the board. i had a cold/errie feeling something bad was with us. I felt possessed, as if something was taking control of me. My friend felt this too. i dont take risks, anything to hurt myself i have nothing to do with it whatsoever. I started to see dead people in my mind. they were carrying all kinds of weapons. and it seemed like they were coming closer and closer to us. you probably get what im talking about when u see them in your mind but yet infront of you. i heard voices in my mind telling me to go get a knife and cut until i bleed to death. The voice said we were going to die no matter what. i didnt want to die painfully neither did my friend, we never have. so we decided get pills instead. -I have NEVER done anything to hurt myself.- I took the pills, there were over 20 of them. My friend ended up vomitting them up. Me?, i ended up waking up in the hospital with the errie/cold feeling still with me. I was in the ICU with an IV in my arm. all i can remember was what im telling. My dad told me i went into a deep sleep for two days and was rushed to the ER. My brother is the tough, non-emotional kind of guy. when this happened he was 19, he was in his room asleep and he woke up to footsteps in our kitchen. He went downstairs to see what it was and there was no one there. He fell back asleep and later woke up to a very uneasy feeling inside him. He told me he would of felt more comfortable if someone held a gun up to his head than be in the house. He got out of bed and walked down the hallway and the closer he got to the stairs and my room the worst he felt. He ended up sleeping in my moms bed. Thats not himself, he thinks it was completely childish when i did that when i was 10! he would of been 14 years old. he was 19 when this happened. His mind never changed about being afraid of this stuff, he thought it was stupid and make-believe. But he was in tears when he told me about this when i came home from the hospital. I dont know what was going on, but i need your input. please.
Another happening is that i can see shadow people also. Except i see them on my ceiling, but they make a film from shadows. I always try to make out what they’re showing, but i never can. Once i thought they showed a girl being hurt somehow, like murdered. I dont know. I can also contact the dead like you can. I picture their face in my mind and it takes me to where they are at. For example my aunt died of cancer in 2001, and i pictured her face and she’s in the hospital where she died of cancer, roaming the hallways. My grandpa, he died about 2 years ago. he had a stroke before i was born, and it got worse and worse. he ended up passing away in a nursing home. my grandma is still living at 86 years old in the house that my grandpa built and my mom and her sisters grew up in. I picture his face in my mind and it takes me to my grandmas house. He’s looking at the stuff in the bedrooms. Can you help me out? what do you think this is? Email me, i would love to share experiences with you.
Hey Lauren,
It sounds to me like you are haunted yourself. Also a Ouiji board is a serious tool when used. My best advise would be to see a good psychic, clairvoyant and a medium, separately of course and get there advise. A Medium will be able to contact any spirits around you and ask them to leave while the psychic can help give you advise on keeping them away. It is also a good idea to not let the fear take over as this can give nasty spirits more power. Instead try to be strong and face what ever it is and also get help as well.. I hope this advise helps you. Let me know how it goes after seeing a Medium.
hey Timon,
On 6 feb my gf have a panic attack and it happens every week on sunday. I don’t know what to do is she is suffering from paranoid disorder or it resembling a ghost which is haunting the house……………..
Hey Pramod,
Panic attacks can happen to anyone due to stress usually. If you feel it may be paranormal related then you should try seeing if at another place triggers it as well. Sometimes also a panic attack can happen when in a certain place as well.. I hope that helps.