Whatever they are called, I do believe in them. I also believe there is life after life. When my sister died of cancer, we spent 24/7 with her. She was moved to a room at the hospital that did not get any sun light. She told me she sure wished she could see the sun shine again. The day she died, at the moment she stopped breathing, the sun came shining through that window. Both my older sister and I saw it. We studied that window to try to figure out how that sun came through and why at that moment. Still have not figured it out. I have also heard from her and others since they have died. It is usually in the form of a dream, but I feel their touch and hear their words. I do not care if it is real or not. It sure makes my life easier to know they are there.

yes, had 2 encounters myself

Yes, I believe in ghosts and angels. I have had "visits" from my Mom and my son on several occasions (my angel ghosts). And I bought the house I live in now in 2004....from the daughter of the owner. He was in a nursing home. When anyone would take him out for a ride he would drive by the house to see what I was doing to it. I didnt change much for fear of hurting his feelings. right after he passed away I would hear someone talking and then smell cigarette smoke. It took a while but I figured out it was him. He makes him self know regularly. I have told him time and time again that he can visit anytime but cant smoke in the house... LOL he just doesnt listen. It freaks out some people but I am used to it now. (It is just me and my dogs so there isnt anyone sneaking a cig somewhere and it is even in the winter when all the windows are closed.) I cant make out what he is saying but there have been several times when I think it must be his wife with him becasue I can hear a conversation between a man and woman. My kids think I am "nuts" hehehe.. but my grandaughter heard and smelled the cig one night too!!
When my husband passed away his daughter was pregnant and we were in the process of looking for a new home and selling the old one to her. I followed through on that. She really wanted her Dad's house. The baby's room is the room my husband was in when he was sick. My daughter would hear her talking and go in and ask her who she was talking to and she would say: "Papa... he came to play with me, see..." and she would point to "him". She certainly wanst making it up... she was too young to.

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Absolutely!

Absolutely! I lived in a haunted house for five years.

I do, very much so but ghost is such a generic term. I believe it is a spirit if you will from a person who has business to finish or feels their presence can offer comfort to those they leave behind.

In my case I had a visit from my grandpa Hawk when he passed. My mom says I was dreaming but to this day I tell you I was as awake then as I am this moment. He came to me to let me know it is okay, he was okay. That he loved us that it was okay that he was gone because he no longer was in pain or suffering. Next day during the funeral my cousin and I who were both close to this grandpa were in good spirits. Our parents were not happy that we were laughing and smiling during the service, we were being disrespectful and not honoring our grandfathers memory. We were because I wasn't the only one he spoke to that night to say it was okay, he is okay.
I'm of the opinion just because I can't explain it or touch it or take a picture of it, it doesn't mean it isn't there. Same with UFO's, big foot and Loch Ness. Just because there isn't defenitive proof and I haven't seen it doesn't mean they don't exist. New speices are being found every year that people thought were dead or didn't know exsist.

But i'm all for everyone having their own beliefs. Oh and I believe that the husband of the former owner of our house is still here and makes his presence known from time to time. More when we first moved here, but now still from time to time.

Yes I do. When my daughter passed away for the first couple of years I felt her all the time. When I was feeling really sad she would cause certain songs to come on the radio that would cheer me up. One day when I was driving to Costco I said outloud "Katie I am so lonely" immediately Faith Hill's song "You can't lose me" came on the radio. That was our song.

yes and angels, too. i have had many experiences. my neighbor was more psychic than me and she and i had many experiences that went together. i live in a very historical area and i have had the experience of hearing people singing while they were walking to church in the old days. i got a small doll at a festival that was old and when i brought it home, often i would smell apple pie right under my nose when i would sit down or something with cinnamon. i think it was connected to an old woman who loved to cook and she was offering me some of what she had made. i have a mother in law who did not believe at all and this spirit would go with me to her house. she came to believe, when we moved our son to go to college, we went by a sign advertising a very old house for sale. i wanted to see that house so badly that my husband finally agreed he would go by there after the last load. when we went by there, i felt i had come home. the house was built in the 1700's and this family that built it had strong influence over the community. there was also a tavern close by and another old house that was built by the father of the original owner of this house. i came to have visions of that time long ago. i felt i had lived in that house all those years ago. to this day, i still feel a deep connection to that house. on a side note, my husband did not like the house. it was like he was afraid of it, he made the comment that he felt if he lived in it, he would die there. my neighbor who was psychic felt he had died there in a previous life and that was why he didn't feel comfortable in it.

Absolutely. My older brother passed in May 2009. At Christmas that year - we all went to Florida because no one wanted to celebrate with out him. He was there - I'm sure - because he pushed the christmas tree over.

The following year - I was sitting in my living room during our Christmas get together. For no reason - one ornament came flying off the tree and rolled into the middle of the room. It was my Detroit RedWings ornament - that my brother gave me as a gift.

No one can tell me there aren't ghosts. And - I am happy about it.

Yes I am a firm believer! Seen them! Smelled them! Heard them!

I do!!

Beautiful...thank you for sharing!

I believe...have had several experiences but never actually saw one. Smells, strange happenings, etc. My daughter has had things happen to her such as when she walked into our church when it was empty to plan her wedding decorations and distinctly heard her grandma say "Well, hi there sweetie." That was her pet name for my daughter. Also, one day my daughter and I were talking on the phone and talking about memories of mom when all of a sudden my daughter exclaimed, "you're not going to believe this...the rocking chair on the other side of the room is spinning around all by itself!" I think it's comforting to believe sometimes.

I am really enjoying those stories being told here. Thanks for asking and thanks to those sharing thier stories.

Yes, Most Definitely. J J

Amazing...didn't it make you feel good to know your sister was communicating with you? The same thing happened when my brother died of cancer. We were in the church for his funeral and it had been grey and raining all day. His friend got up to say a few things and all of a sudden a bright ray of sunshine came through a window way up high and shined right down on the urn. After the service, we went outside and it was still grey and raining...no explanation except that he was there. Kid you not...everyone saw it and talks about it still even though that was 13 years ago already!

I believe in Jesus Christ........do I believe there is a spirit world AND that they communicate with us....yes, very much. One just has to be open to it.

I believe I was pranked by a poltergeist as a teen. I had a cassette tape player. I know I had left it on my bed. When I went to get it, it was not there. I tore my room up looking for it. I asked my brother and my folks if they had seen it. Nope, nope and nope. I went back to my room to look again, and there it was on my bed right where I left it.
Strange.

Absolutely! Ghosts and angels both. the ghosts can be good, bad or ornery. I'm sure my daughter had one in the house she just moved from. She saw shadows several times and the kids didn't want to sleep in their own beds. The other daughter had a ghost cat. They saw it batting the curtains frequently in just 1 room.

My husband was visited by his family during the week before he died. He had always said they visited frequently.

Yes, my son said that his great-grandmother visited him a few years after she died.

I have not seen any and am not going to go looking for any but do believe there are ghosts/spirts. My brother in law as a child saw his grandmother have a conversation with his departed grandfather. His rocking chair started rocking and he could smell his cigar. The windows were closed and no one was in or near the chair.
My ex's aunt had tvs come on in the middle of the night when everybody was sleeping and lights would be turned on and off.
Two other people I know also saw some.

I grew up in a haunted house, and if they are around, they generally come out to play. When my ex and I first moved into a haunted house, he did not believe, and the ghost made it clear that they do exist.

It would ring the phones in certain parts of the house and not others, and start the vacuum cleaner and move it (not self-propelled). My Great Dane would actually back out of the living room with his hackles up when ghost wanted the room. One other time, he tore an advertising sign off the wall and threw it down where I had been standing a minute earlier.

A friend of mine died right after we got out of HS. He and I went to the Muppet Movie together. We both had that child like quality. When he was hit and killed by a drunk driver he had the Muppet movie tape playing in his car. They played "Why are there so many songs about Rainbows" by Kermit the Frog at his service. When the service was over and we walked out of the chruch there was the biggest brightest most brilliant rainbow over the church that I have ever seen. To this day he will send me a rainbow on occasion just to say Hi.

Be careful what you entertain. There are angels and there are demons. I do not look for those folks who have departed and the reason for this is I know of too many greiving people who have been tortured by what they thought was the spirit or ghost of some one they loved and lost.

Thanks for sharing this. Sometimes I don't talk about it because those who do not believe say it's all in your head. Thanks again. It gave me goosebumps to read your post.

While in the hospital a few years ago, I saw a woman come through a wall into my room and then walk out the door with it being closed.

After my Siamese died of old age in the fall, well the next spring I saw her three times in my house. I actually got up and followed her down the hall where she went into the bathroom, but by the time I got there she was gone.
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I believe those "voices" we hear in our heads are from deceased love ones. Example: My family has always had horses for 3-4 generations. Well, I was going to put a old mare in the barn for the night, she seemed a little "poorly" that night. So on the way to the house a "voice" said to me 'Dana, what if Gay dies in the barn, how will you get her out?" Very good question??? Sure enough she died that night. But I listened to that voice and put her in the barn lot, so I didn't have to cut the barn to pieces . I have had many good suggestions from my family over the years.
So, yes I believe!

Absolutely. I have had numerous experiences. I have a ghost living in the house I live in now. She is harmless.

I'm very scientific based however, I have witnessed some strange unexplained things in old houses. I have also experiienced older patients who telll of these visitations only to pass on themselves within days or months after reposting these visitations. Without any concrete findings one way or the other I'm on the line of the the "could be something to this group." :D

My Aunt, died at age 94. The hospital phoned the family to have us come in, as it seemed to be time to say goodbye. When I and DH went into the room my Aunt was clearly not doing well. She woke up for a bit that night while we were still there, and got the most amazed, surprised and happy expression on her face as she looked around the room. I asked her what she saw, and she replied that all of her brothers and sisters were there and her mother and father. (she was the last surviving of 13) I asked if my mom was there (almost praying that she was) and my Aunt looked around and said no. Darn.

But here's where it gets rather odd:

She pulls me to her and quietly asks me, "Who's that guy?". I reply with, "Aunt Cornelia, I can't see them, I'm trying so hard, but I can't see any of them. Is it an old neighbor?". She says, "The man in the dark suit." Again I tell her that I don't know who he is. Then she says, .... get this............. "I don't know him, but he's new and he's scared."

And that's all I have to say about that.

same here

We have an old Native American woman's spirit living with us. A spirit of a cat and a yellow lab puppy too.

Every once in awhile my Aunt's spirit visits because I smell cigarette smoke when she is around. And my Grampa who passed away when I was 6 weeks old stops by, I know when he has been here I smell cigar smoke.

I believe there is more to the spirit world than we at this day and age allow.
My grandma died in 1970. Suddenly. About a month after her death, my dad and my sister and I were visiting my grandpa. He was telling some story that we had heard many times, and one that my grandma always corrected the facts on. While he was talking, my sister and I both heard her laugh. We turned together to face the sound. She looked at me and I her and said"you heard it too?" It was a distinct laugh that no one else in the family could imitate. There was a warmth next to us also for a few minutes. I bleieve there are spirits from our family to help us, that are sent to give us comfort and guilde us- if we are receptive to the thought.

They do communicate to us. For years after I was married at Thanksgiving I would call my mother and say, "hey Ma, how do you make stuffing?" It became a joke. After a while I knew but I still called. Well she died in 2001 in October. One month later no one to call to say, "Hey Ma" to. Well soon before Thanksgiving my phone rang and it was my brother. He says, "Hey Karen, how do you make stuffing?" I think I laughed for 5 mins before I could tell him why he actually called.

yes! the night my father in law passed, my 15 yr old son called me at the hospital within minutes of him dying and said that he had just walked in the door and told him good bye. Also when my mother in law passed i felt his presence.

No, but I do believe that people we have loved live on in our hearts and minds so strongly that their presence can be felt in an immediate and very real way. My dad died about eight years ago and my mother still "feels" his presence; even talks to him sometimes (and no, she's not senile by a long stretch). Maybe that's all ghosts are.

No I don't believe in ghost.

Yes, if you are open you knwo they are around you. They often come to protect, help and guide you. But sometimes they need our guidance to get to the other world too.

yes,and angels and everytime I hear a "hoot" owl I know someone near to me will die. My grown daughter tells me now not to tell her when I hear an owl hoot.

I believe. We lived in a "haunted house" in MA and have seen, heard and felt spirits in this house in ME. One actually patted my behind and I thought it was my dog since he used to do that. I had one scream in my ear, that wasn't at all fun.