Wow, there's a lot of people on this thread. Cool!
One item I wanted to mentionthat goes right back to Kadath's early post: smell and memory are very well linked. They are side by side in the front of your brain. This is why you can easily remember the smell of Grandma's house, or Grandma's cooking.
Next, Atropos4: if you're s/o is gonna leave you outside for over an hour, he should be smacked upside the head! In fact, give him a good smack for me when you see him again!
Finally, I'm so glad to see so many people sharing these stories without any interjected jokes or people telling us that we're nuts. Very cool.
Found some links I used previously.
Bay Area Paranormal
http://www.linkdot.com/altbapi/
Atlanta PS:
http://the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/