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Recent Paranormal Experiences

Linkwood House by K8lyn003

I would love to share the several stories I have! I have been trying to tell others my stories my entire life and have gotten looked at like I was nuts. My stories go back to before I was even born, and as far back as I can possibly remember up until I was around 17 when I moved out. In Brack-Ex...

Local Hero? Or Is It Actually My Guardian Angel? by blosomes

Remember I use to go to a particular shopping mall back in my hometown in Brazil? I used to experience or should I say witness a ghostly boy in blue shirt saving people or kicking bad guy's a$$? Well, for those who are new or do not remember those stories there is one story posted with this account ...

Knocking At My Window? by Sign_Me_up

I still get the creeps when telling this story. About 9 months ago, at the end of July, my family and I went on vacation to a spot in Virginia (We've been going to the same spot for 5 years straight.) It was the middle of the night when I woke up to this light tapping at the window across fro...

Seeing Red Eyes At Night, Need Help by StarBird

Bit of background first, the first time this happened it was a number of years ago and I was probably at least 13 or 14 years old the first time it happened. The area I live in is kind of rural. I live across from an orchard, with one house on a small hill above us right next door, and one slightly ...

I Met My Grandpa's Doppelganger by reinzta

This happened to me back in the year 2022 when I met my lolo's (grandfather's) doppelganger. It was a very cold night and the time was 2:30 AM in the morning. Let me explain so you can understand it clearly. My grandfather was in an inuman which is like a drinking event here in the Philippines wh...

A Traffic Controller's Ghost Story Part 3 by AussieRedDog

The new year crept in like a thief in the night and already I was back out Traffic Controlling. Yep, got my daily dose of abuse from drivers, marking another effing year of no thanks but how dare you hold us back for five minutes, wasting our days blah blah blah. This time I was doing another one of...

The Haunting Of My House by I_love_ducks24

During the first 8 months of me living here in this house that was built in the 1800s. I saw a black shadow figure of a girl that dragged my dog under the bed. My dog was held under my bed for 10 minutes. My parents didn't believe what I saw until they had their own experience. One night my sister...

Unfortunate Events by I_love_ducks24

I'm sorry but this is going to be a long story. In 2017 my family moved into a new house that was built in the 1800s. Our first 8 months were fine even though I felt really uneasy. My parents got me a little dog to help calm my nerves which helped me. Until one night I was bringing food to my room a...

What Is This Entity? by T0PH4T

My name is Brooke, this story isn't mine, it is my dad's story, however my dad is a psychic medium and doesn't lie when it comes to things like this. This story involves my dad who we are going to just call John (not his real name for privacy reasons) and three women who I'm going to call Linda, Jan...

New Home New Haunts by Tweed

As the title suggests this is about moving into a new home and I'm pretty sure it comes with ghosties. Most of this narrative was written before the move. There's a bit at the end which was added today, 30th March. Since I moved back to Australia I've wanted to live in my childhood hometown ag...

Is That Me? (my Doppelganger) by sudabi777

I am working as a BPO employee in BGC, Taguig. Originally, I am from Laguna, but I am currently renting an apartment in Taguig by myself. Every weekend, I travel back home in Laguna, ideally after shift. I am on a graveyard shift, my schedules starts at 2 in the morning. Let me also describe a l...

Black Panther, Trying To Get My Foot by Garm99

Before I lived where I do now, I use to live in a neighborhood in the suburbs of Alabama, specifically in Crestwood, on south hall RD. The house was not really old and had been built in 1963 or there about. From what I remember we really did not have any other kids in the neighborhood it was full of...

Two Fiascos, Two Unusual Rescues by Linjahaha

This date of infamy took place in 1972 just two weeks after I turned 18 years old. I became engaged to Bill, my former first husband, and biggest mistake of my life. Unfortunately, that misfortune was not known to me at the time. It took some years to learn. I was dating him for close to a year whe...

Haunted Encounter by dazybloop

On a Wednesday night, my boyfriend and I went on a romantic date to a hotel. Everything seemed perfect as we cuddled together, but suddenly, my boyfriend's demeanor changed. He expressed feeling negative vibes in the room, particularly near the cupboard where I had retrieved my blanket earlier. Goos...

Rum Runners Torment by granpaul

I used to be an atheist until this happened. A friend of mine bought a house with his wife and invited me and my spouse over for the housewarming party. We brought some dishes and a cake as gifts and put the dishes and the cake in the kitchen while we went to the living room to watch a movie. The m...

Somebody Wants Attention, I Think! by MW

I moved to Suffolk around 9 years ago with my son. I met my (now) husband a couple of years prior to that. We both had unhappy previous relationships. We decided to move in together. We have a blended family and kids are now 12, 16 and 18. We were essentially "starting again" and had to look for ...

The Lady On The Abandoned Road! by Its_roshhh

So this incident took place in Mumbai back in 2016 when I was 16yo. I was preparing for board exams and used to take classes for late. Once I got very late and left the class around 10:30pm. So there were 2 routes that lead to my home, 1 was a long route that takes around 45min to reach the home...

Clicking Noises by Dindin

I just moved to Kentucky from Illinois. I've been here a month and until last night I've not experienced a haunting. The place I left had a lot of action that was happening regularly. I even accidentally recorded 2 ghost voices and heard those voices myself afterwards a few times. The reason I'm ...

New House For Rent-the Ghost Is Free by Linjahaha

This incident happened back in 1982. My sister, J told me about it just recently. Matter of fact. She told me about it last week. She 'thought' she told me years ago, but forgot to. Instead her 3 friends know about it. J and one of her friends-call her Lori-were there when it happened. It took place...

Was It My Guardian Angel? by SashB

Today I am going to share an experience I had in 2021. My family and I had Covid, and I had to be admitted to hospital. It was really scary for me because it was my dad's 3-year death anniversary on the day of my admittance. I was really scared as I am diabetic and hypertensive. I had been running h...

A Dream Or Reality Part 2 by SashB

Today I am sharing what has recently happened to me. Last year I would always wonder why I was always sick and we were having constant financial issues to the point that we won't have food to eat. I became so fed up that I had given up hope, I just stopped praying. This was until I came upon a v...

Gaping Black Holes For Eyes by Different444

My first paranormal experience happened when I was around 7 years old. I was in my mom's bedroom, snooping through her things. I looked up into the mirror of her vanity and standing in the corner facing and watching me was a young girl, she wore a white dress that was torn. The thing that truly f...

Trespassing Taking Toll by Theomniscient

The account which I am going to narrate, was experienced by my uncle. 8 years have passed since these events. My uncle owns a clothing shop. And travels Amravati which is city in Maharashtra, from there he purchases all required commodities for the shop. He was on his way back and it was 1am, and a...

Grandmotherly Touch by MsTea

This one happened in Durban, 2018. My grandma had planned a five day vacation for her, my brother, my niece and I in Winkelspruit. We were driving up from the Eastern Cape on a Thursday and returning the following Thursday, but the morning of our departure, whilst on the road, we received a call...

Naughty Ghost Child? by MsTea

This is my first post, but have many more to share. Been reading for a while now, but this recent occurrence made me sign up. It happened on the 17th of this month (February), to be exact. My "friend" and I were at home. It was past 10 to 11pm and I was already in bed. My friend, was preparing fo...

Waiting For The Deceased by blosomes

I was listening to one of my favorite Japanese Ghost story teller on YouTube this afternoon. It was about a journalist interviewing a spirit. I will not say the details since it is not related to my experience at all. (I may comment the story of the journalist interviewing a spirt if requested.) L...

Haunted Tv by Phoenix07

This happened in the year of 2016. I was 18 years old and had just cleared my 12th Board examinations. Myself and 3 of my friends had planned a overnight trip on a weekend to a location which is quite famous in Mumbai. Let's call them R,S, and T. We reached the hotel by 12 pm and were allotted a ...

One Last Class by sudabi777

Ola. I have been a fan of this website for almost 1 year now. This time, I'd like to share my story/experienced with paranormal activity. This story made me fascinated about afterlife and gave me a lot of questions in my head about it. I was wondering if someone can help me, maybe I can get a certif...

Reality Or Dreams? by SashB

Today I am posting a few occurrences that took place starting since 2008 It may be a little sensitive to some but please forgive me. To begin with I am going to give you a little background insight about my culture and religion. I am a South African Indian. I am a Hindi speaking Hindu. I have n...

The Ghost Of An Innocent Person Whom My Father Saw by Amchi1986

I am going to tell about a very scary incident that took place with my father about forty five years back when he was unmarried. We had an old terrace which has been broken long time back about forty years back where my father, along with his cousin brothers used to sleep at nighttime. Now let me ...

A Misty Memory by GingerRead

My parents were married in the summer of 1984. The reception took place within a small church in my hometown of Kingston, Ontario. The church was adjacent to a vast cemetery, renowned for being the burial site of Sir John A. MacDonald, Canada's first prime minister. My maternal grandfather was in at...

Sinister Smile Of A Black Ghost by Henry

This happened about 40 years ago, I'm 43 now and since I was so young, I don't remember everything that happened, so the first part I will tell you is what I do remember, the rest is what I was told by my parents. My dad had just been stationed at Fort Huachuca, AZ, and while we were waiting for ...

The Time I Saw My Grandma's Spirit by Wandering24fox

I was visiting family in a country for the first time 3 years after my grandma passed. We made it to my grandma's house and there were 6 family members waiting for us at the house. I saw a lady that looked like my grandma peeking around the kitchen door smiling and waving like she was happy to se...

Nursing Home 2nd Experience by Mbcmsj6

So tonight, about 45 minutes or so ago, I was in a residents room, he was talking about how the lady above him wouldn't leave him alone and let him sleep. I asked what she looked like... (he described the same lady that my other residents described in my last post đŸ˜±)! I was trying to ease my mind...

Nursing Home 1st Experience by Mbcmsj6

Hey y'all! I'm new to the group, and wanted to say Thanks for having me! I love reading your stories during my down time! I have one I'd like to share as well. I work in a nursing home. I have a resident who has had a lot of falls recently, so I was told to sit in the hall to his room. (There ar...

My Amazing Mother-in-law by Linjahaha

Not too many people have good things to say about their mother-in-laws, but mine was wonderful. Actually, Mary was like another Mother to me in many respects. She was so thrilled when John met me, and he introduced me to her about four days after we met on our first date. Like I said in previous po...

Fascinated And Shook by Linjahaha

I just 'had' to submit this as it happened this past Tuesday on 2/6/2024. I was driving to the credit union early in the morning. I had just gotten off of work, and wanted to take care of a bill, and draw a little money out. The road I take is called Rocky River Drive. It takes me to Brookpark roa...

The Shadow I Saw At A Hotel I Was At by Wandering24fox

Last month I was staying in a hotel and I couldn't sleep. I went to sleep at 1am and as I was waking up, I saw a shadow peeking from the bathroom and I decided to use the toilet. Although I saw a shadow there peeking from the bathroom I just used it because I really needed to use it As I turne...

The Weeping Woman! by harshmakwana2001

YGS readers! Harsh here, this is the first story posted by me on YGS India. So let me come straight to it. We are a well to do Gujarati family living in Mumbai since past three generations. This story occurred in Gujarat and is of my father. We had bought a piece of land at Botad (a town in Gujarat)...

Short Paranormal Story By My Grandma by Priyu1709

This narrates the tale of my maternal grandmother, who departed four years ago. She recounted to me her own paranormal encounter during the birth of my second aunt. I have three aunts, and my mother holds the position of the eldest daughter in the family. She was in hospital and the baby (aunt) w...

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