I doubt the TV turning off is an electrical issue. I'll bet you hit the sleep timer on the remote and it shut itself off after the time ran out. DS used to have a TV in his room that would randomly turn itself on. Turns out, it had an alarm setting that turned it on at a set time. It came from the store with the alarm set to "on".
The tv thing alone wouldn't freak me out. We get mini power surges a couple or few times a year. It leads to either 1) the tv shutting off when we're watching it or 2) finding the living room stereo on when I get home from work.
The door thing sounds weird. At first it sounded like something was actually jammed around where the hinges are, and then fell down. But from your description I feel like your DH would have noticed that.
I would feel silly but I'd probably burn some sage and ask them politely to GTFO.
When we were looking at houses, we were all set to make an offer on this one. Took our parents to look at it, they loved it, I didn't walk into the basement with MIL. We get in the car and MIL is like, "I don't like that house. I got a bad feeling, shiver down my spine when I walked into the basement."
And h was like, "it's so weird you're saying that, because I felt the same way. Just a bad feeling in the basement."
It was enough to make us change our mind about the offer.
Post by darthnbjenni on May 1, 2017 15:20:41 GMT -5
We're getting rid of our Alexa because she has creeped us out beyond belief, even though I don't believe in ghosts/spirits/hauntings. A few nights ago, I thought I had dreamed her say "now connected to LaRhonda's iPhone". Weird, especially since that's my neighbor's name. But two days later, out of the blue she says it again, twice, and my son hears her. Then, I step in the closet to get a pair of shoes and hear a camera shutter go off twice. My son runs in and says Alexa just took his picture (we only have an Amazon Dot, so not possible). I ask my neighbor, and she doesn't even have an Amazon account, but she does have an iPhone. The icing on the cake was when I was folding laundry and heard children screaming and giggling in my room. I have a video of Alexa going in and out on a radio song (you can hear people in the background talking), police or air traffic control chatter, children yelling on a playground, and freaking clown laughter. No commands spoken to her, the noise would only last for a few seconds, she'd turn off, and then play again. NOT TODAY SATAN!
Post by Mrs. Meerkat on May 1, 2017 15:21:35 GMT -5
First exhaust all logical and natural explanations. Call an electrician for the tv; make sure all of the outlets/power strips are working properly. Call pest control to come do an inspection for the random weird noises.
Alexa, I wouldn't worry about. She's probably a part of SkyNet, so you're screwed no matter what with her. lol
If the electrician/pest control finds nothing, move on to dealing with the supernatural. Start off with just telling the ghost firmly that this is your house and they are not welcome. You want them to leave. See if that helps. If it doesn't, move on to the sage. Burn the sage in all four directions of the house, all corners and repeat "only love and light can enter this home. All other energies must leave." Start in the basement and work your way up to the top floor. If you ever feel threatened you can put salt on your property in all four directions.
We had (have?) what I assume to be a ghost in our house. Many knocking noises (no pests), footsteps up and down our stairs. My son (when he was 1.5-2.5 years old) would always point behind me and say "man." And when o would turn to look, there is nothing. I've asked him "where" and he replies "he's gone now." I asked in what the man's name was and he tells me Steve. The last man to live in our house was named Steven. He passed away a few years before we bought the house. I've also heard a lady ssshh-ing DS over the monitor when he was 6-9 months old.
The only time I have ever had to say anything to him/them was one night, I was home alone and my beagle was eating in the kitchen. Suddenly he gets pushed and I hear him slide across the floor. He comes running to the living room and turns back to the kitchen hair up on his neck and growling. And he is not a growler. Aside from this time he's only ever growled if you try to take a bone from him. So I said out loud, "I don't mind having you here, but if you touch me or my dogs, I will have this house exorcised so fast you won't even be able to say 'who ya gonna call?'"
But I think they have moved on. DS is 3.5 and hasn't mentioned the man in a year. The dogs don't randomly bark at nothing anymore. I don't hear footsteps. No more knocking noises.
I had actual ghost hunters come out to my haunted house and as others have mentioned, their advice is just to tell the ghost you are aware of his/her presence and to kindly leave you alone.
I had actual ghost hunters come out to my haunted house and as others have mentioned, their advice is just to tell the ghost you are aware of his/her presence and to kindly leave you alone.
There is a poster here on GBCN who is a ghost hunter with her SO, but I can't remember who it was, so I don't know if she is still an active poster. If anyone can remember who it was, page her and ask what to do!
Anything that works with a remote is susceptible to turning on/off at random. Remotes work by sending infra red pulses and there are plenty of those running around. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control I used to have a fan that did this at least once a week.
If you really think there is an entity messing with you you're supposed to cast is out confidently, exert your power in your space over it, 'you're not welcome here'...that kind of stuff. I know that sounds coo-coo lol.
In March when DH was in Dominican Republic my motion sensor under my dresser kept going off at like 3-4am. It was weird. I got up to go to the kitchen and turned on the light and my cat was standing in the room with his tail ploomed and poofy like he was spooked. The next day when DH got home he did a cleanse of the house and it stopped lol. Of course there could be another explanation, but it doesn't hurt to try and rid your space of an entity for a little reassurance!
Post by thecatinthehat on May 1, 2017 16:19:16 GMT -5
None of these would bother DH but it would bother me greatly. I get spooked easily and I work from home all day everyday so this would suck and I would have to beg DH to move!
I don't think I believe in ghosts anymore really, buuuut we moved into our house in October and one of the neighbors, upon introducing himself to H, mentioned that the husband of the woman we bought from hanged himself in the garage in 2014. H sat on this info for a couple of months, and in that time period L started talking a lot about an imaginary friend named Leah, and one night we were in my bedroom and she very clearly looked past me and waved to someone -- I'm sure because of those things I just felt really uncomfortable, especially upstairs. H finally did tell me a couple of weeks before the two year anniversary, so the morning of, before work, I went into the garage and just said I was so sorry to hear of what happened, that I hoped he is at peace now, and that we love and will take care of his house. I felt completely ridiculous and it might have only served to make *me* feel less jumpy, but L stopped talking about Leah shortly after that and things have been/felt fine here since.
So though I'm conflicted, because the mind is a really powerful thing and a great trickster, I vote that it can't hurt to burn sage and/or ask any potential spirits to leave.
I don't think I believe in ghosts anymore really, buuuut we moved into our house in October and one of the neighbors, upon introducing himself to H, mentioned that the husband of the woman we bought from hanged himself in the garage in 2014. H sat on this info for a couple of months, and in that time period L started talking a lot about an imaginary friend named Leah, and one night we were in my bedroom and she very clearly looked past me and waved to someone -- I'm sure because of those things I just felt really uncomfortable, especially upstairs. H finally did tell me a couple of weeks before the two year anniversary, so the morning of, before work, I went into the garage and just said I was so sorry to hear of what happened, that I hoped he is at peace now, and that we love and will take care of his house. I felt completely ridiculous and it might have only served to make *me* feel less jumpy, but L stopped talking about Leah shortly after that and things have been/felt fine here since.
So though I'm conflicted, because the mind is a really powerful thing and a great trickster, I vote that it can't hurt to burn sage and/or ask any potential spirits to leave.
I thought sellers had to disclose any deaths in the house? Or maybe there's a statute of limitations on that disclosure?
I don't think I believe in ghosts anymore really, buuuut we moved into our house in October and one of the neighbors, upon introducing himself to H, mentioned that the husband of the woman we bought from hanged himself in the garage in 2014. H sat on this info for a couple of months, and in that time period L started talking a lot about an imaginary friend named Leah, and one night we were in my bedroom and she very clearly looked past me and waved to someone -- I'm sure because of those things I just felt really uncomfortable, especially upstairs. H finally did tell me a couple of weeks before the two year anniversary, so the morning of, before work, I went into the garage and just said I was so sorry to hear of what happened, that I hoped he is at peace now, and that we love and will take care of his house. I felt completely ridiculous and it might have only served to make *me* feel less jumpy, but L stopped talking about Leah shortly after that and things have been/felt fine here since.
So though I'm conflicted, because the mind is a really powerful thing and a great trickster, I vote that it can't hurt to burn sage and/or ask any potential spirits to leave.
I thought sellers had to disclose any deaths in the house? Or maybe there's a statute of limitations on that disclosure?
Lol. It wouldn't have changed anything about our offer, honestly, and I can understand not really wanting to talk about something like that... the woman we bought from was in her 70s, though I'd understand at any age.
Lol that 1) someone though Alexa was your kid And 2) people think a shushing sound from the baby monitor is anything other than...the sound of a baby monitor
my motion sensor under my dresser kept going off at like 3-4am.
I keep reading this over and over and can't figure out what it means or what it might be an autocorrect for. Why do you have a motion sensor under your dresser?