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jujueye · 06-03-2003, 10:29 AM

Okay, I'm gonna take my shot at this, and spill some crap, too. I know this thread is old, but what the hell. Kadath has a great point: once you get freaked out by something, you'll be even more sensitive to it. Take a deep breath and relax. Put some music on or whatever to get your mind off of it.

The most interesting part of your post, to me, was the "hot spots" you mentioned in your house. I've done some research on paranormal (due to some peculiarities of my own house) and found that 'hot spots' are unique to paranormal research. Mostly because they can be measured. If they extend to areas of your house instead of chairs and objects, especially if they are combined with the smoke smell, you might want to search online for more information. They could be linked. As for the pipe smell itself, I dunno. You should research a few items for your own sanity: the history of your house and previous occupants; and the history of the land. If the house is old, focus on the first one, if the house is new, focus on the second one.

My house is 15 years old. Previous owner was single, and she had been married twice. We did not find out what happened with the marriages. One of her front bedrooms had been decorated with lots of antiques. Bedframe, dolls, etc. When we first viewed the house, she showed us a 100-year-old wedding gown she had just bought. I thought it peculiar, but interesting just the same. When we moved in, my computer room was in the other front bedroom, and for the first year we lived there, the antique room was just darker than the rest of the house. As I walked by to my computer, I occasionally thought I saw male figures in the room, out of the corner of my vision, but brushed it off. I knew it was freaking me out, so I ignored it. There was just a presence to that room that was nowhere else in the house. But then the smoke smells showed up a year later, in odd spots in the hallway. When I was out at work and my wife at home, she would hear footfalls coming down the hallway towards our room. They were so realistic she often thought I was home. They began occurring at night, also. It was unmistakeable. I would hear them come down the hall and stop in front of the closed door, sometimes going back down the hallway to where the floor doesn't creak. I slept facing the door for a year. We also experienced some warm spots in that odd room which were too far away from the floor mounted heater vent.

At this point, we began dreaming up stories of what fate the previous owners' husband had met, and joked about the two freezers she had kept in her garage. One hot afternoon, we were cleaning up left-behind stuff on the side of the house with a rented pickup truck, and found two odd items. One of them was a rather freaky looking totem pole (I still remember the top face). The other was an item tightly wrapped in plastic, and rather heavy. By shape, it would be the exact same size as a human thigh, and weighing possibly twenty-five pounds. We did not unwrap this item, although we should have. It was not potting soil as it had little 'give' to it, and did not bend in any way. It was quickly loaded into the truck and driven to the dump. Good riddance.

The upstairs phenomena continued. After writing to a California paranomal society and getting no response, I took my own course. I know this sounds silly, but hey, you never know what you'll do until you're faced with it. I began talking to them. Out loud. I'm happy to report I heard no verbal response. I began telling them they really were keeping up awake and freaking us out. I asked it if would be okay for them to go next door, or even down the street. I was really trying to be nice. Within a month, the phenomena stopped. I'm hoping for good. Except....

Our house was listed for sale last summer. All of the agents who toured it were jealous of our selected agent: they knew the house was in tip-top shape, had beautiful landscaping, and would sell quckly. While no noises showed up during the time it was for sale, no offers did either. We only experienced two odd things during this time: one shopper expressed to our agent that our house was 'too clean.' The other we watched: from a block away, we viewed a family and agent get out of the car, and walk to the front door. Someone spotted something near the front door, and they never went inside. They quickly got in the car and left. What did they see??? Our agent was not able to get any information from this, but I still wonder. I want out of this house.

I'll take some time later and describe a few other freaky items that occurred during my childhood.

Hey, are we going to get a paranormal board on tfp?

06-03-2003, 10:29 AM	#77 (permalink)
jujueye alpaca lunch for the trip Location: in my computer	Okay, I'm gonna take my shot at this, and spill some crap, too. I know this thread is old, but what the hell. Kadath has a great point: once you get freaked out by something, you'll be even more sensitive to it. Take a deep breath and relax. Put some music on or whatever to get your mind off of it. The most interesting part of your post, to me, was the "hot spots" you mentioned in your house. I've done some research on paranormal (due to some peculiarities of my own house) and found that 'hot spots' are unique to paranormal research. Mostly because they can be measured. If they extend to areas of your house instead of chairs and objects, especially if they are combined with the smoke smell, you might want to search online for more information. They could be linked. As for the pipe smell itself, I dunno. You should research a few items for your own sanity: the history of your house and previous occupants; and the history of the land. If the house is old, focus on the first one, if the house is new, focus on the second one. My house is 15 years old. Previous owner was single, and she had been married twice. We did not find out what happened with the marriages. One of her front bedrooms had been decorated with lots of antiques. Bedframe, dolls, etc. When we first viewed the house, she showed us a 100-year-old wedding gown she had just bought. I thought it peculiar, but interesting just the same. When we moved in, my computer room was in the other front bedroom, and for the first year we lived there, the antique room was just darker than the rest of the house. As I walked by to my computer, I occasionally thought I saw male figures in the room, out of the corner of my vision, but brushed it off. I knew it was freaking me out, so I ignored it. There was just a presence to that room that was nowhere else in the house. But then the smoke smells showed up a year later, in odd spots in the hallway. When I was out at work and my wife at home, she would hear footfalls coming down the hallway towards our room. They were so realistic she often thought I was home. They began occurring at night, also. It was unmistakeable. I would hear them come down the hall and stop in front of the closed door, sometimes going back down the hallway to where the floor doesn't creak. I slept facing the door for a year. We also experienced some warm spots in that odd room which were too far away from the floor mounted heater vent. At this point, we began dreaming up stories of what fate the previous owners' husband had met, and joked about the two freezers she had kept in her garage. One hot afternoon, we were cleaning up left-behind stuff on the side of the house with a rented pickup truck, and found two odd items. One of them was a rather freaky looking totem pole (I still remember the top face). The other was an item tightly wrapped in plastic, and rather heavy. By shape, it would be the exact same size as a human thigh, and weighing possibly twenty-five pounds. We did not unwrap this item, although we should have. It was not potting soil as it had little 'give' to it, and did not bend in any way. It was quickly loaded into the truck and driven to the dump. Good riddance. The upstairs phenomena continued. After writing to a California paranomal society and getting no response, I took my own course. I know this sounds silly, but hey, you never know what you'll do until you're faced with it. I began talking to them. Out loud. I'm happy to report I heard no verbal response. I began telling them they really were keeping up awake and freaking us out. I asked it if would be okay for them to go next door, or even down the street. I was really trying to be nice. Within a month, the phenomena stopped. I'm hoping for good. Except.... Our house was listed for sale last summer. All of the agents who toured it were jealous of our selected agent: they knew the house was in tip-top shape, had beautiful landscaping, and would sell quckly. While no noises showed up during the time it was for sale, no offers did either. We only experienced two odd things during this time: one shopper expressed to our agent that our house was 'too clean.' The other we watched: from a block away, we viewed a family and agent get out of the car, and walk to the front door. Someone spotted something near the front door, and they never went inside. They quickly got in the car and left. What did they see??? Our agent was not able to get any information from this, but I still wonder. I want out of this house. I'll take some time later and describe a few other freaky items that occurred during my childhood. Hey, are we going to get a paranormal board on tfp? Last edited by jujueye; 06-03-2003 at 10:50 AM..