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SaltPork · 07-31-2003, 06:40 PM

Okay, so things have been calm at home for the past month or so, metphysically speaking. A few weird things are still happening, like the occasional smell of cig. smoke or pipe smoke in a very finite area, like a 2ft x 2ft area. I just see it as my Grandparents making sure that everything is alright.

Well, sometimes the freaky things don't always happen at night...or at home.

I was at work the other day, a Friday, and I was the only one in the office except for the guy in the QA (quality assurance)lab, which is at the other end of the office about 200ft away from my desk. I was reading email when I heard the sound of a phone receiver being picked up. Nothing out of the ordinary, it's cube space, easy to miss someone walking in, I called over to the guy that sits on the other side of the wall and he didn't answer. I hopped up on my desk and he was not there.

No big deal. I go about my business. It happened three more times in different cubes in about the span of one minute. The same sound of the phone reciever picking up and hanging up.

Then I heard mouse buttons clicking in my cube, which I share with two other people, who were not in that day. That was enough for me. I went to visit my buddy in the QA lab for the next couple of hours.

Around lunchtime, the guy that sits next to me (on the other side of the wall) came in. I told him what happened and he explained that he had been getting freaked out by the very same thing when he was there late at night.

This has apparently also happened to one other person in my office. Not one of us can figure it out, but none of us has been brave enough to stick around and find out what is going on.

TerresqueÜ · 07-31-2003, 07:00 PM

Hmmm sounds like restless spirits.

I suggest you look at security camera footage since cameras can often pick up ghastly presences.

Or a dog, dogs have super strong senses so if you bring a dog and it start barking for no apparent reason you can suspect your work place has a little haunting.

Who ya gunna call...

GakFace · 07-31-2003, 07:06 PM

GHOST BUSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!
heh, can't resist that reference

Many times I'll hear something "tap" into the line as well. But no one ever replies... I've more or else shrugged it off. My friends would hear it too at times, and then we'd just sit there on the phone talking to the government as it was the most logical conclution...(of course they wouldn't respond... )

SaltPork · 07-31-2003, 07:59 PM

Gak, it wasn't something tapping into the line. I wasn't on the phone. I heard the handset get picked up in other cubes.

WhoaitsZ · 07-31-2003, 09:43 PM

dude, sorry but right now I have no fuvking clue.

get details and some history. sound like what i've about decided to call "pain the ass spirits".

no chills, electrical flow or anything along those lines?

johnnymysto · 08-01-2003, 12:08 PM

Weird, dude. I want to come live with you for a week so I can share in these weird experiences.

GakFace · 08-03-2003, 03:48 PM

no I didn't actually mean tapped... which is why I put it in quotes

I said "tapped"... similar but not quite a tap...

I know the feeling, and I'm still completely clueless about that one. Next time you'll just have to look at the bat signal. When Z said it was such last time.. it soon went away..

[edit]oh crap... I just re-read your post... you didn't hear it get picked up ON the phone.. you heard the phone get picked up.... as a co-worker getting on the phone to make a call... weird. That I don't know. I never heard the phone getting picked up. Next time just call that cubicle. Sure it'd be kinda freaky, so I suggest playing some music or something thats soothing to you. Then call and see what happens. Just don't feel scared or freaked out, just make a call. If you're freaked out and some entity replies... well.. not a good combo. [edit]

Johnny Rotten · 08-04-2003, 10:27 PM

Do any of your relatives have health problems related to smoking? A recently deceased relative who died of a smoking-related illness? Tossing "normal" explanations aside, that's the most likely paranormal one I can think of. If was just another ghost, it would be a bit unusual for him or her to appear at work as well. It's unusual in either instance for this to be occuring to a co-worker while you're not around.

However, sticking with the paranormal explanation, it's possible you're dealing with more than one spirit. One at work, one at home, and tied to you somehow--probably a blood relation.

I don't claim any expertise, mind you. Just some intuitive leaps that you're free to use or discard.

Looften · 08-04-2003, 10:38 PM

It's the ghost of Milton!

Keep your eyes out for objects the restless spirits may feel connected to, such as any mysterious red swingline staplers.

Markaz · 08-04-2003, 11:52 PM

Where the hell are the ghost busters when you need em?!

BentNotTwisted · 08-08-2003, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Looften
It's the ghost of Milton!

Keep your eyes out for objects the restless spirits may feel connected to, such as any mysterious red swingline staplers.

LOL, I love Office Space. I'm going to have to go out and buy the movie.

I have heard of ghosts or psychic phenomena following a person around. I know I read somewhere about research showing poltergeists tend to associate with teenage boys. Even if the family moves, the same phenomena happens in the new home. IMO, some people unconciously project a psychic energy around them that affects inanimate objects. They don't realize they are doing it and look for answers outside themselves, like ghosts, etc.

tehblaed · 08-09-2003, 11:01 PM

How about this "kooky" explanation - You work in a office building (this is a safe assumption). You know those drop ceilings? Very, very weak. Sound goes right through em.

If that is shot down, how about this.

You know those drop ceilings and the flourescent lights? Well, depending on the make of the light fixture, there could be transformers and capacitors in the lighting. They click when charging and discharging.

?

Beltruckus · 08-10-2003, 10:43 AM

Except for he said he heard the mouse clicking in his same cubicle thing.

Are you in an old building? You should try to find out the history of the building it would be cool to see what was there before if it's a relatively new building.

SaltPork · 08-11-2003, 10:51 AM

The building is one story and built on what used to be farmland. I believe that the farmhouse was either on or near the site of our office. I grew up around here and I remember the house being run down and hearing that it was haunted, but you know how those stories go...maybe they were right!

nullPointer · 08-11-2003, 11:56 AM

Creepy....get a webcam and d/l some shareware that has motion detection features that automagically save pics when it senses movement...helped me solve the following caper:

Almost every morning when I would come into work, I would find my seat in a different position, with my walkman tuned to a different station...finally, my buddies and I setup a webcam positioned on top of my cabinet...turns out the cleaning lady would rock out for about an hour between 12-1AM...okay, so not exactly paranormal, but still a good suggestion.

Katyblu · 08-11-2003, 05:01 PM

Thats really creepy but I remeber as a kid having a poltergeist in the house doing stuff. The tv would randomly turn on and the channels on the cable box would flip. Sometimes when we already had the tv on the channels would change. There would be messages written in steam on the mirror when I got out of the shower (the door was always locked and you couldn't unlock it from the outside). Plain old weird things would happen... I just attributed it to "someone" who was pissed off.

Beltruckus · 08-11-2003, 05:12 PM

I can just imagine some old farmer ghost saying "gosh darn these new confounded contraptions what is this thing attached to some covered wire, why do they keep saying mice, i dont' see any mice. WHERE ARE MY CHICKENS!!

SaltPork · 02-17-2004, 08:25 AM

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Originally posted by Beltruckus
I can just imagine some old farmer ghost saying "gosh darn these new confounded contraptions what is this thing attached to some covered wire, why do they keep saying mice, i dont' see any mice. WHERE ARE MY CHICKENS!!

And just today we heard footsteps in the attic, but no one was there....freaky.

TawG · 04-25-2004, 05:17 AM

or... it could all be in your head...

edit: ok, it might not be. I have a few relatives who are known for some kind of black magic and dealing with the dead, and they freak me out

I think maybe i also have gotten something from them when it comes to these things, or it might just be my head playing tricks on me. I never ever liked to travel my paths, roads or even walk in stairs ever since i was little. Its like i have a mental image looking down the stairs even before i see them, or walking up the stairs. When it comes to paths and such in the forrest, i have never liked to follow them, i get this really bad feeling and i get tired when following them, and roads allways gives me the sence of never beeing alone. I also have a bunch of freaky dreams sometimes, its allways about looking for something for someone who has lost it... and im allways looking for it in places that look to be old (you didnt get modern stuff up here untill atleast the 60-70s).

Chingal0 · 05-02-2004, 01:57 AM

Every time I read threads in this forum I get goosebumps. Unfortunately I have no wisdom to add, as I have never encountered a 'ghost'. Or maybe I am just oblivious to it, still deciding.

UtterlyConfuseD · 05-02-2004, 07:12 PM

The mouse-clicking sounds could very well be the air-conditioner or your computer acting up (ie. the fan's jammed) or something; but the phone being picked up by no-one in partucularly is....disturbing...

shakran · 05-02-2004, 08:02 PM

computer got a modem? Modem got a speaker? Amazing how that can sound like a phone being picked up. Well. . .i guess. . technically it IS a phone being picked up so I guess it's not all that amazing

Quote:

Originally posted by Katyblu
Thats really creepy but I remeber as a kid having a poltergeist in the house doing stuff. The tv would randomly turn on and the channels on the cable box would flip. Sometimes when we already had the tv on the channels would change. There would be messages written in steam on the mirror when I got out of the shower (the door was always locked and you couldn't unlock it from the outside). Plain old weird things would happen... I just attributed it to "someone" who was pissed off.

And what did the messages say?

Drider_it · 05-04-2004, 05:46 PM

ok.. its bob.. he died missing a valuable client call because everyone was out on a firedrill.. and the phones were ringing all at once... then he tried to email them and sent it to audabi...

bob has some serious issues..

anyways.. here is what you do.. set up a pack of cigs with a wireless camera.. set it to your notebook puter. have a buddy keep the notebook and watch.. you hear the sound .. turn the pack to face the sound.. if you hear your friend go.. "holy mary mother of god!" dont panic.. just quietly get up.. mumble that your outta coffee, tea, etc. and move towards the break room.. cuz the sucker will home in on your firend for busting him.. you have 40 sec to get out..

but man that is freaky. btw the cig thing and the notebook was a good idea though.. you would just have to rip off the plastic housing to stash the camera innards in the pack of cigs.

PsychoMan · 05-06-2004, 03:47 PM

FWIW, part of the ventilation system where I work makes a sound exactly like someone typing on a keyboard. I hear it whenever I pass by my friend Dan's cubicle, and I always pop in to say "hi", but most of the time he's not there - it's just the damn air conditioner.

The mouse clicking you hear could be something similar...

07-31-2003, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
SaltPork Everything's better with bacon Location: In your local grocer's freezer.	It's following me!! Okay, so things have been calm at home for the past month or so, metphysically speaking. A few weird things are still happening, like the occasional smell of cig. smoke or pipe smoke in a very finite area, like a 2ft x 2ft area. I just see it as my Grandparents making sure that everything is alright. Well, sometimes the freaky things don't always happen at night...or at home. I was at work the other day, a Friday, and I was the only one in the office except for the guy in the QA (quality assurance)lab, which is at the other end of the office about 200ft away from my desk. I was reading email when I heard the sound of a phone receiver being picked up. Nothing out of the ordinary, it's cube space, easy to miss someone walking in, I called over to the guy that sits on the other side of the wall and he didn't answer. I hopped up on my desk and he was not there. No big deal. I go about my business. It happened three more times in different cubes in about the span of one minute. The same sound of the phone reciever picking up and hanging up. Then I heard mouse buttons clicking in my cube, which I share with two other people, who were not in that day. That was enough for me. I went to visit my buddy in the QA lab for the next couple of hours. Around lunchtime, the guy that sits next to me (on the other side of the wall) came in. I told him what happened and he explained that he had been getting freaked out by the very same thing when he was there late at night. This has apparently also happened to one other person in my office. Not one of us can figure it out, but none of us has been brave enough to stick around and find out what is going on. __________________ It was like that when I got here....I swear.

07-31-2003, 07:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
TerresqueÜ Hiding Out	Hmmm sounds like restless spirits. I suggest you look at security camera footage since cameras can often pick up ghastly presences. Or a dog, dogs have super strong senses so if you bring a dog and it start barking for no apparent reason you can suspect your work place has a little haunting. Who ya gunna call... __________________ Say yes to the 'Tilted Roleplaying' Forum http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1932&highlight=petition

07-31-2003, 07:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	GHOST BUSTERS!!!!!!!!!!! heh, can't resist that reference Many times I'll hear something "tap" into the line as well. But no one ever replies... I've more or else shrugged it off. My friends would hear it too at times, and then we'd just sit there on the phone talking to the government as it was the most logical conclution...(of course they wouldn't respond... ) __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

07-31-2003, 07:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
SaltPork Everything's better with bacon Location: In your local grocer's freezer.	Gak, it wasn't something tapping into the line. I wasn't on the phone. I heard the handset get picked up in other cubes. __________________ It was like that when I got here....I swear.

08-01-2003, 12:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
johnnymysto Overreactor Location: South Ca'lina	Weird, dude. I want to come live with you for a week so I can share in these weird experiences. __________________ "I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request." - Capt. Barbossa

07-31-2003, 09:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
WhoaitsZ Crazy Location: right behind you...	dude, sorry but right now I have no fuvking clue. get details and some history. sound like what i've about decided to call "pain the ass spirits". no chills, electrical flow or anything along those lines?

08-03-2003, 03:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	no I didn't actually mean tapped... which is why I put it in quotes I said "tapped"... similar but not quite a tap... I know the feeling, and I'm still completely clueless about that one. Next time you'll just have to look at the bat signal. When Z said it was such last time.. it soon went away.. [edit]oh crap... I just re-read your post... you didn't hear it get picked up ON the phone.. you heard the phone get picked up.... as a co-worker getting on the phone to make a call... weird. That I don't know. I never heard the phone getting picked up. Next time just call that cubicle. Sure it'd be kinda freaky, so I suggest playing some music or something thats soothing to you. Then call and see what happens. Just don't feel scared or freaked out, just make a call. If you're freaked out and some entity replies... well.. not a good combo. [edit] __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it. Last edited by GakFace; 08-03-2003 at 03:51 PM..

08-04-2003, 10:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
Johnny Rotten lost and found Location: Berkeley	Do any of your relatives have health problems related to smoking? A recently deceased relative who died of a smoking-related illness? Tossing "normal" explanations aside, that's the most likely paranormal one I can think of. If was just another ghost, it would be a bit unusual for him or her to appear at work as well. It's unusual in either instance for this to be occuring to a co-worker while you're not around. However, sticking with the paranormal explanation, it's possible you're dealing with more than one spirit. One at work, one at home, and tied to you somehow--probably a blood relation. I don't claim any expertise, mind you. Just some intuitive leaps that you're free to use or discard. __________________ "The idea that money doesn't buy you happiness is a lie put about by the rich, to stop the poor from killing them." -- Michael Caine

08-04-2003, 10:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
Looften Crazy	It's the ghost of Milton! Keep your eyes out for objects the restless spirits may feel connected to, such as any mysterious red swingline staplers.

08-04-2003, 11:52 PM	#10 (permalink)
Markaz Tilted	Where the hell are the ghost busters when you need em?! __________________ Tu madre está muy sabrosa

08-09-2003, 11:01 PM	#12 (permalink)
tehblaed Insane Location: land of the merry	How about this "kooky" explanation - You work in a office building (this is a safe assumption). You know those drop ceilings? Very, very weak. Sound goes right through em. If that is shot down, how about this. You know those drop ceilings and the flourescent lights? Well, depending on the make of the light fixture, there could be transformers and capacitors in the lighting. They click when charging and discharging. ?

08-10-2003, 10:43 AM	#13 (permalink)
Beltruckus Psycho Location: Salt Lake City	Except for he said he heard the mouse clicking in his same cubicle thing. Are you in an old building? You should try to find out the history of the building it would be cool to see what was there before if it's a relatively new building. __________________ The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings. Words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out. -Stephen King

08-11-2003, 10:51 AM	#14 (permalink)
SaltPork Everything's better with bacon Location: In your local grocer's freezer.	The building is one story and built on what used to be farmland. I believe that the farmhouse was either on or near the site of our office. I grew up around here and I remember the house being run down and hearing that it was haunted, but you know how those stories go...maybe they were right! __________________ It was like that when I got here....I swear.

08-11-2003, 11:56 AM	#15 (permalink)
nullPointer Upright	Creepy....get a webcam and d/l some shareware that has motion detection features that automagically save pics when it senses movement...helped me solve the following caper: Almost every morning when I would come into work, I would find my seat in a different position, with my walkman tuned to a different station...finally, my buddies and I setup a webcam positioned on top of my cabinet...turns out the cleaning lady would rock out for about an hour between 12-1AM...okay, so not exactly paranormal, but still a good suggestion.

08-11-2003, 05:01 PM	#16 (permalink)
Katyblu Crazy Location: Here and there and everywhere	Thats really creepy but I remeber as a kid having a poltergeist in the house doing stuff. The tv would randomly turn on and the channels on the cable box would flip. Sometimes when we already had the tv on the channels would change. There would be messages written in steam on the mirror when I got out of the shower (the door was always locked and you couldn't unlock it from the outside). Plain old weird things would happen... I just attributed it to "someone" who was pissed off.

08-11-2003, 05:12 PM	#17 (permalink)
Beltruckus Psycho Location: Salt Lake City	I can just imagine some old farmer ghost saying "gosh darn these new confounded contraptions what is this thing attached to some covered wire, why do they keep saying mice, i dont' see any mice. WHERE ARE MY CHICKENS!! __________________ The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings. Words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out. -Stephen King

04-25-2004, 05:17 AM	#19 (permalink)
TawG Crazy	or... it could all be in your head... edit: ok, it might not be. I have a few relatives who are known for some kind of black magic and dealing with the dead, and they freak me out I think maybe i also have gotten something from them when it comes to these things, or it might just be my head playing tricks on me. I never ever liked to travel my paths, roads or even walk in stairs ever since i was little. Its like i have a mental image looking down the stairs even before i see them, or walking up the stairs. When it comes to paths and such in the forrest, i have never liked to follow them, i get this really bad feeling and i get tired when following them, and roads allways gives me the sence of never beeing alone. I also have a bunch of freaky dreams sometimes, its allways about looking for something for someone who has lost it... and im allways looking for it in places that look to be old (you didnt get modern stuff up here untill atleast the 60-70s). Last edited by TawG; 04-25-2004 at 05:36 AM..

05-02-2004, 01:57 AM	#20 (permalink)
Chingal0 Something like that.. Location: Oreygun.	Every time I read threads in this forum I get goosebumps. Unfortunately I have no wisdom to add, as I have never encountered a 'ghost'. Or maybe I am just oblivious to it, still deciding. __________________ "Eventually I became too sexy for my gym membership fee."

05-02-2004, 07:12 PM	#21 (permalink)
UtterlyConfuseD Upright	The mouse-clicking sounds could very well be the air-conditioner or your computer acting up (ie. the fan's jammed) or something; but the phone being picked up by no-one in partucularly is....disturbing...

05-04-2004, 05:46 PM	#23 (permalink)
Drider_it Junkie Location: Louisiana	ok.. its bob.. he died missing a valuable client call because everyone was out on a firedrill.. and the phones were ringing all at once... then he tried to email them and sent it to audabi... bob has some serious issues.. anyways.. here is what you do.. set up a pack of cigs with a wireless camera.. set it to your notebook puter. have a buddy keep the notebook and watch.. you hear the sound .. turn the pack to face the sound.. if you hear your friend go.. "holy mary mother of god!" dont panic.. just quietly get up.. mumble that your outta coffee, tea, etc. and move towards the break room.. cuz the sucker will home in on your firend for busting him.. you have 40 sec to get out.. but man that is freaky. btw the cig thing and the notebook was a good idea though.. you would just have to rip off the plastic housing to stash the camera innards in the pack of cigs. __________________ It means only one thing, and everything: Cut. Once committed to fight, Cut. Everything else is secondary. Cut. That is your duty, your purpose, your hunger. There is no rule more important, no commitment that overrides that one. Cut. The lines are a portrayal of the dance. Cut from the void, not from bewilderment. Cut the enemy as quickly and directly as possible. Cut with certainty. Cut decisively, resoultely. Cut into his strength. Flow through the gaps in his guard. Cut him. Cut him down utterly. Don't allow him a breath. Crush him. Cut him without mercy to the depth of his spirit. It is the balance to life: death. It is the dance with death. It is the law a war wizard lives by, or he dies.

05-06-2004, 03:47 PM	#24 (permalink)
PsychoMan Upright Location: Waterloo, ON	FWIW, part of the ventilation system where I work makes a sound exactly like someone typing on a keyboard. I hear it whenever I pass by my friend Dan's cubicle, and I always pop in to say "hi", but most of the time he's not there - it's just the damn air conditioner. The mouse clicking you hear could be something similar...