Ghosts, Goblins, & Ghouls

Halloween is on its way, the time of year when people like to be frightened out of their skin, for some unknown and little understood reason. I've never been one for scary movies or ghost stories around the camp fire. I can remember once when I was about 5 or 6 I talked my parents into letting me stay up late to watch Johnny Carson. There was a commercial for a scary movie that came on and I started thinking someone was sneaking up behind me. It was not long before I went to bed.



For as long as I can remember strange, unnatural things have happened to me. I tried not to think a lot about it, but my friends always were amazed...especially when I seemed to be able to predict the future. I knew my friend Wendy was going to have a baby before she told me. I had a dream that she told me she was pregnant. The next day she said she had something on her mind that was bothering her. I told her I knew she was going to have a baby and she was shocked that I knew because she had not told anyone.



Another time, I had a dream that my co-worker Doris brought a cat to work. I know that sounds like a strange dream, what was even more strange was the fact that Doris hates cats. She told me I should quit eating spicy food right before bed, it gives me strange dreams. Just minutes after that conversation I went outside (during the days I was a smoker). I heard a faint meow coming from her car. I called her outside to pop her hood. When she did an orange tabby cat jumped out. I said, "See Doris, you brought a cat to work."



I have many stories like that, I won't bore you with anymore...just let it be known that I can't harness this ability, so don't ask.



There are other things, unexplainable events that have happened to me that are very unsettling. In addition to dreams of visits from those gone from this earth, I have deja vu type experiences...but we all do right? I can't be the only one with these odd events, can I? Here are some more samples of the oddities.



When I was a teenager I had a cat, she was indoor/outdoor versatile. Once, while I was home alone, I let her outside. A few minutes later I noticed she was sitting on the floor in front of me. How did she get back in the house? I was the only one there. I let her out again...she wanted to go outside. About 20 minutes later, the same thing happened again, she was in the house and wanted out again. I can't figure out how she got back in the house.



Another time, my friend Wendy and I were "playing" with her Ouija board in my bedroom. I never put a lot of stock into that thing...until this night. The planchette pointed to letters and spelled out "Watch this. I'm going to scare Linda", my mom is Linda. She was in the laundry room. A few minutes later, my mom came into my bedroom and asked me what I wanted. I told her I didn't need anything. She said, "You came into the laundry room and just stood there, you didn't say anything." I insisted I had not left the bedroom, but I can't imagine she ever believed me...especially if she saw me. How did that happen? How did she see me in the laundry room when I never left my room?



As I said before, there are a lot more experiences...not all I want to share with everyone. If you want to share your experiences with me, please post a comment or e-mail me. Please let me know if I can share these experiences here or if you want me to keep them confidential.

I'll have more stories next time.



Until then, be safe.