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Recent Paranormal Experiences

Odds And Spiritual by blosomes

Caution, if you do not like tarantulas or have phobias against them, kindly skip this story, otherwise read on, because it is kind of spooky. (Sorry mods, I just need to share this story) I keep tarantulas and I breed "Baboons" which are tarantulas from Africa, no, nothing personal or against an...

Family Experience by Dev19

The day before my grandpa's funeral was a somber one. I found myself staying in a hotel just across the street from the funeral home. I had never been close to my grandpa, my dad's father, but his passing still left a heavy weight on my heart. I couldn't help feeling a sense of sadness and loss, kno...

I Just Wanted To Make A Reservation...? by Aeropostale

This story, we're getting in the Way Back Machine and travelling back to the year 2015. It was about a week before my senior prom and I was going to make reservations at the local Olive Garden for me and my best friend. I got the normal greeting, "Thank you for calling Olive Garden at ____. How can ...

A Friendly Reminder by Dev19

I remember like it was yesterday, the day that changed everything. It was a sunny day, the kind that makes you feel like anything is possible. As I walked out the door, I couldn't help but smile, enjoying the warmth of the sun on my skin. I made my way to the car port, ready to start my day. But as ...

My Experience At Work by Dev19

Working at Food City in Mesa, Arizona was both mundane and chaotic. As a part-time employee, I had seen my fair share of strange occurrences within the store's walls. But nothing could have prepared me for the series of events that took place one fateful day. It was a typical afternoon shift and I w...

Abduction It Seems by CantunSEEit74

On April 15, 2023, I entered my Stick Indians story here on YGS. Within 3 weeks of it popping back into my mind I sent the story here. I really had no idea 2 visions were going to break loose from my memory in a little over a year. In my stick Indians story this happened in 1990 alone in my cabin. I...

The Longest Haunting Of My Life by Neandarthunder

Both my parents were living in Canada when covid happened. I was in high school and living with my maternal grandparents, mostly to take care of them. When covid became big in April 2020, and all the schools and colleges were closed, we moved away from the city to avoid the possibility of them getti...

Spirits Of The Death March Of Hakkoda Mountains by blosomes

A brief explanation on Hakkoda Mountains March, it was a training to prepare for the possible attack of Russia during 23th January 1902, which cost 199 soldiers death. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) had hidden many incidents of them being not prepared for the march, YES, the incidence is caused be...

Almost Killed By 2 "ghosts" by angelspit

A couple of days after my grandpa's death, I was in bed with my sister, she was sleeping and I was watching Spanish telenovelas on the TV that was next to the kitchen door. As I was watching I saw a light from a flashlight. I was very confused because I could see where it came from. As my eyes adj...

Doorbell Camera by unknown_

When I was younger, my cousin and I were really into the paranormal. One day, we went over to our grandma's house while all of the adults talked in the backyard. Considering we were really into the paranormal, we decided to look at my grandma's doorbell camera to catch 'scary' stuff. After a few m...

Cemetery Night To Remember by Dev19

A couple of years ago, on a cool autumn night, I had an unforgettable experience that will stay with me forever. It all started when a group of friends and I decided to visit the local cemetery after hours. Rumors had been circulating that the cemetery was haunted, and we were curious to see for our...

Loved Ones Visiting by Rebelmama

My best friend from elementary to high school got in a car accident, and it was two days after he turned 17. He died prom morning. I can smell the Black and Mild that he smoked every now and then, and I can feel him sit on my bed. It's been 20 years ago now. My Nanny died in 2008, I was pregna...

Unexpected Visit's by Indigoalien

I need to know something. I see and have seen ghost and I have seen and heard angels as well as demons. The other night 3 black winged what I believe to be demon's flew down to me. They said nothing they were about 60 yards from me. I just had one of the least good day's of my life. I did not appr...

Possible Sprite And A Special Sunset by Tweed

Here are three pictures I took a few hours ago. Https://postimg.cc/FYdS5Bhr Https://postimg.cc/WhQ3rbPV Https://postimg.cc/Fkkvs3zL In each of them there is a small yellow thing in or near the center of each photo. Is it light flare or is it some intelligent observer? Really can't decide, looks ...

Legends Of Ochi-musha by blosomes

First to explain, Ochi-musha are ancient Japanese legends or some real stories on ancient Japanese soldiers whom have ran away during a battle. Musha, the word itself is very old, means an armed person. You can imagine a samurai guy wearing a suit of traditional Japanese armor, dirty looking, with a...

The Little Girl's Ghost by AussieRedDog

I decided to take some time away from traffic controlling with my best friend, whose name I am changing over to Heather. Heather and I have a platonic relationship. She's like a big sister to me. I've known her since I was 17, nearly forty years now, we've been very close. Heather has this fantastic...

The Silent Cowboy by Kiestonia

This happened when I was much younger. I was about 6-7 years old at the time, being half Irish we would always come over and visit and stay in the country side, where it was nothing more than fields upon fields. Little to no street lights. It started how it normally would; getting shopping, going to...

The Ghostly Face And Voice On The Video Cassette by Amchi1986

Friends today the story I am going to tell you all is about an very horrifying and strange incident that took place with me way back in the early nineties when I was young. We had recently brought a video cassette player (vcp).For those who are not familiar with the video cassette player let me expl...

Possessed By A Spirit by meggi_1512

This is about when I was 15 years old and was enjoying my school days. My father being in the Construction business had a construction site going on. We use to visit the place on weekends with Papa. It was random Sunday in month of August, we had been with papa to the construction site and there i...

The Arp Warden by tigerfeet

These events took place in SE London, back in the 1980s. A long time ago, when I was dating my ex-husband, he was living in a dingy basement flat that was so damp a previous tenant had actually nailed the wallpaper to the wall! I was OK going there for the first couple of weeks, until I needed...

Camping By The Riverside by blosomes

I went camping at out of Hokkaido last 2 days. It was hot like hell at Honshu Area (the main island where big cities like Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka are located). My destination was Gifu (famous place is Hida Takayama), indeed there are lots of steeps and mountainous area but I headed to a camping area ne...

Landlord Lady by imperfect

This is the story of when I was in class 10th. We were living on rent and one another family was also living on rent with us (Separately). Our landlord was living with his children after the death of his wife but he would definitely come home once a day to check his house. His wife died a lot of y...

What Was It God Or Satan? by imperfect

This is happened when I was in my post graduation and under training during the summer vacations. Due to extreme heat, my health became very bad and I remember I remained ill for 22 days. One day my supervisor saw me and said that your face is becoming blue like you are going to die any moment. I ...

Carol Street Has Some Reflecting To Do by MichelleS

I moved in the brick home on Carol Street in 2012 not long after my divorce. I didn't meet the folks while we negotiated the deal, but I did work out plans for me to keep several rooms of furniture and many pieces of pictures and art work that were on the walls. One particular art piece was a thre...

What Did I Do? by blosomes

"Você pagará pelo que fez." (You will pay for what you did.) I heard a deep voice in my dream and woke up around 4am. I was begging for forgiveness the moment I woke up, but will then become conscious, and would wonder what really or who really did I talk or was with. I always forget what I have d...

Apparition On Water by Neandarthunder

My first time posting on this forum. I've been experiencing unexplainable phenomena ever since I can remember. I want to engage with opinions from different backgrounds about my experiences. I'm open to discussion and no opinion you form about it is unwelcome. In any case, I'll skip to the experienc...

Someone Is In My Friend's Hotel by jessica2k67

Hey everyone! I haven't posted anything much in a long time! Quick update on me, I've learned to live with everything around me, I still do feel a presence around me from time to time and can feel how harmful it is. No one exactly knows I'm still facing this but oh well. This story isn't about me...

A Helpful Soul by Lost-soul

I am a person who believes in both good and bad energies that we have in the universe existing parallelly. And also since I was a kid, I have had some sightings of spirits and sense negative energies around me, but I was too naïve to ever notice them. This incident confirmed everything that I have ...

Spirits On The Old Banyan Tree by blosomes

I did not know if what I experienced is what people of the Ryukyu Island considered as Kijimuna, a child like spirt which is red in color. But I am going to share it because what I experienced was similar to stories told by people as an urban legend about Kijimuna. This is actually a continuation o...

Haunted In The Desert by Kathyfugatt

Back in 2006, I decided to move out of the Inland Empire. It proved to be a mistake due to numerous issues. I found a decent home that was Spanish style built in 1993. In the City of Adelanto in the high Desert. Shortly after moving in odd things began happening. My black and white cat, Sylvia,...

The Midnight Drive by Bhaloo

It was winter of 1984. I was waiting for my classes in medical school to start. I had gone vacationing to a hill station, about 250 miles from my home town. My mother was with me and I was driving my car myself. After staying there for about three days, we wee returning home. We left during late eve...

I Think My Dead Grandmother Is Haunting Us! by sp00kyleafbug

Just for reference the ages in this story are from the time this happened, not current ages. This started when me (30F), my husband (31M), my sister-in-law (26F), her husband (25M), and my mother (52F) and father-in-law (57M), had gone on a trip to the Gold Coast while we were all off work for Chris...

A Message To The Other Side by blosomes

My friend and I went to The Ryukyu Islands (now we call the place Okinawa). The place itself has many spiritual stories. We happen to meet a local Yuta (a spiritual person). I am not too familiar with the term but my friend said that local Yuta depending on their practices have very strong power...

Lilly Are You There?! by A_stoney

I have never experienced this type of fear. One day I was having a peaceful bath away from the hustle and bustle, and I would like to say before I go on that my family was away shopping for my birthday, it was just me and the dog. Recently my favorite cousin in the world, Lilly, had passed away. Thi...

Reunited With A Spirit by sp00kystickbug

I have always been a believer in the undead. Whether it be simple lights flicking off, or bookshelves falling over, I have always considered myself connected to the undead. When I was younger, I remember very distinctly a young girl who would float around my house in a Victorian-style nightgown. She...

Grandma Are You There? by G_Bozzy

When my son, Ari, was three years old, he started seeing things. Now, they weren't hallucinations, but he is a spiritual child and is highly intuitive. One day, in our brownstone in Brooklyn, Ari was trying to sleep. He had trouble getting himself to bed and seemed preoccupied. He was looking in fro...

Timothy's Story by xxANARCHISTSxx

Ever since I was about four years old, I have believed that there is a little boy named Timothy that lives in my house. At first it was just an excuse I used whenever things went missing, but as I got older, I realized it was much more than that. I started to become more and more interested in the p...

Ghosts Waking Me Up by Gh0st_Knight

A couple of years ago I mentioned there was a girl's voice I would sometimes hear in my bedroom and if you've been following my stories this would probably make this a continuation. Over the years I've kind of developed a sixth sense and been able to see the beyond. As stated in my previous stor...

Our Pet Poodle Barked At An Apparition by Keeperofpeace64

This occurred back in the late 1960s in a old shotgun framed house we lived at in Houston, Texas when I was a little boy. My father worked nights and I had a case of the chicken pox. My mother let me stay up late and watch TV on the couch since I couldn't go to school. We had a pet toy poodle nam...

The Hippie Stared At My Brother by Keeperofpeace64

This true event occurred back when I was in high school at a house my parents were renting in Houston, Texas back in the early 1980's. One day my brother Joel and I were home alone while my parents were out. I was sitting on the couch watching TV while my brother was in his bedroom asleep. To ...

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