was she watching me?????

brooksy · Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Location: birmingham, england

when i lived in a little village called paulton, near bath, UK, i heard lots of stories about this quaint village, i took it with a pinch of salt. yeah yeah, heard it all before, until one particular day.
my flat was an unusual layout, with my shower in my bedroom, which was in the attic.
i could never get my dog up the stairs, and my mom used to say something wierd was on the stairs.
now i was in my shower one afternoon, it had a clear, see through curtain.
as i grabbed my shower gel, something caught my eye.
as i looked around, there was a middle aged lady, wearing old fashioned clothes with her hair in a bun, walking down the stairs!!
i couldn't believe it.
i dived straight out of the shower and ran down the stairs.
no-one there. so i went back up, and without drying myself got dressed, went out of the only door in or out of my flat, and called my mother from the local phone box.
as i was talking to mom, explaining what had happened, we were finishing each others sentences. she was right!
i only stayed in that flat for another 6 months, but i used to have fun when friends came to visit, as you could hear footsteps coming from my bedroom and the stairs. i hope she is still there, living peacefully with the current tenants Smile

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 5:04 pm Post subject:

Brooksy, did any of your friends also see 'her' or did they just hear the footsteps.
Did you ever look up the history of the building?

Thanks for sharing your experience. Smile

Bitter

flossy · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:14 pm Post subject: shower

did you see her again after that, or did you just hear stuff, Shocked

i wouldnt of lasted another 6 mounths i would of been away Very Happy

YB · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject:

Great story Brooksy, as always, my question is: "did you try and communicate with her?"

brooksy · Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 7 Location: birmingham, england

none of my friends ever saw her, it was only by chance that i did, i never saw her again, but always heard footsteps etc, i never left because i knew i was perfectly safe with her around.
my mom had loads of experiences as a child (i will try to get her to join here to share her stories with you ) and she helped me through it.
i know the village was pretty much wiped out by cholera, and the scariest story i heard happened while i lived there.
my next door neighbours, a fairly elderly couple, with their son and his girlfriend, were all in bed late one night, when out of the blue they heard a baby crying as if in pain coming from their living room. there were no babys anywhere around there, so its kinda spooky, and if THAT was my house, i would DEFINATELY of left!!!!! sod that, thats too scary! i will post a link up for paulton park, very haunted place, and one i never visited....... Shocked

i did used to sit on my bed at night and just say stuff like, if your'e here, do something to prove it, im kinda glad she didn't though, because i think i would have done a runner Embarassed

YB · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject:

Sometimes it is not a spirit but what is called a residual haunting. I found a good explanation on the Shadowlands website:

What is a Residual Haunting?
by Dave Juliano

Do you see the same apparition doing the same things all the time? Do you hear the same noises, possibly at the same time of day, each time they are heard? Does that ghost seem to not even realize that you are there? If the answer is yes to any of these, you may be witnessing what is known as a residual haunting. Some of the most famous hauntings appear to be residual ones.

A residual haunting is a playback of a past event. The apparitions involved are not spirits, they are "recordings" of the event. I believe that this will be the first type of haunting that main stream researchers will recognize and study. There are numerous theories on how these residual hauntings come to be. The main one will be discussed here.

Video and audio tapes capture sounds and images on a film of special material that has been oxidized or rusted. Certain building materials, such as slate used in older castles and stone structures and iron nails used in many older buildings, have properties similar to that of the tapes. When a traumatic event occurs or a time of heightened emotions, these materials record the event for future playback. Everything is made up of energy and energy cannot be destroyed. The materials store the energy created by these traumatic events and plays them back at a later time. The Tower of London's ghost of Anne Boleyn and the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall are two famous examples of residual hauntings. We are not sure what causes the playback of the events, that still remains a mystery. Is it the right weather conditions, the witness's energy or sensitivity or some type of energy release? That is the question that we as researchers are trying to answer.

As I said, in a residual haunting, there is no spirit involved. This type of event is not dangerous at all so if you ever have the chance to witness one, do so without fear and enjoy it. This type of haunting has to be considered when investigating a haunting. When my group goes to a haunted location, we spend the first hour split into two teams. One team maps out the area, noting any EMF readings and Temperature readings so we have guidelines to judge other readings by. We also make note of how the building is constructed and set up. The other team is conducting interviews with witnesses. The questions are setup to find out if the activity sounds like a spirit, poltergeist, residual haunting, etc. If we feel the activity is a residual haunting we will set up a stakeout in the location the ghost is often seen or heard. This is the best way to observe and possibly capture evidence of the event. It may take many return trips and hours of sitting there staring at nothing. It is very tedious but if it something occurs, you will forget very quickly about all the time you sat waiting for it to happen.

flossy · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:50 pm Post subject: wow

wow that was a good read
ive heard of that before like some thing re-playing from the past like a video almost, so would you call them ghosts cos i dont think i would

flossy · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:07 pm Post subject: rooms

hey brooksy
do you go on any other chat rooms, reason i ask is that ive seen your nick name on one and woundered if its you Very Happy

bitterbuck1 · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:50 am Post subject:

Haven't heard from you Brooksy.
You all right then? Confused