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Principia Discordia => Two vast and trunkless legs of stone => Topic started by: Cait M. R. on December 08, 2009, 10:13:59 AM

Title: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 08, 2009, 10:13:59 AM
I've not slept in 24 hours. At least. I'm not really sure when I stopped sleeping and just starting staring with blank eyes at my slightly cracked door. And the dimly lit hallway, full of horrific things.

I don't even know what those things are, but I see them and hear them. And at first I thought it was just me, but then my family saw them. And then I thought living with me had drove them mad.

Then the sister's case manager saw them too.

There's several distinct ones. A faceless thing in a tuxedo that stands at the top of the stairs, half turned. A similar apparition in a dress that my sister has seen in her room. Something nameless that runs up and down the hallways, rattling the doorknobs only when everyone's doors are closed. A naked thing with nothing above the waist. A presence that exude pure, unadulterated panic downstairs. Black mists all through the halls but only when they're already sort of dark. And sounds all through the walls, all the time.

The one that gives off panic is in my room RIGHT NOW. My room is almost always safe. I can't sleep, I can't even lay down. I'm paralyzed with fear, back up against the wall, scared to turn my head too far to look at the computer screen in case I don't see SOMETHING IN FRONT OF THE DOOR that's only there for a split second. I can't even get up to open the window, even though I'm roasting in a poorly insulated house where the external temperature is approximately "frosty as Santa's balls". And the air here is so heavy I feel like I'm drinking it.

I can't stand this house. I have to sleep in the middle of the day, because when the lights are off and I can't beg someone to escort me around the house because they're all sleeping, I'm too scared to go down the stairs.

I'm frightened that my already tenuous grasp on sanity is slipping, and somehow I'm even hallucinating other people telling me this shit's happening. I don't want to believe in this sort of thing. I want to be coolly detached and say it's a track of the light or an overactive imagination or just the sleep deprivation getting to me. But I see it, and I hear it, and they tell me they see and hear it too. And right now, it's IN MY DAMN ROOM and there's another one rattling my doorknob like it wants in, and I hear yet another one moaning in the empty closet down the hall.

I don't know what to do. I don't even think I should be posting this here, but I'm panicking too much to not do it. I have to try and reach out and talk to living people, so I can imagine that this isn't real, or I really am going to lose my fucking mind.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞ on December 08, 2009, 10:33:29 AM
HE COMES?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 08, 2009, 10:35:07 AM
I'd laugh, if only the light were on and maybe it were a bit closer to sunrise. And if the moaning and rattling would stop.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Johnny on December 08, 2009, 12:27:02 PM

Thats creepy, ive had an experience like that, but not a shared one.

If it was just you id say its a case of perhaps temporary schizophrenia; but since its shared, maybe its collective hysteria.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Freeky on December 08, 2009, 03:22:27 PM
Contact Ghost Hunters! They can see for you if it's real or imagined, and give you advice on what to do if it's real!

http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/

They can't help you tonight, but they might be able to help you soon.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Lies on December 08, 2009, 03:24:52 PM
Fire crackers are usually pretty good at driving away evil spirits, they don't like loud noises for some reason.

That and loud, jammin music.

Also, proton packs.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cain on December 08, 2009, 03:25:38 PM
Screw that.  Stock up on salt, fire and cold iron.  Learn how to draw the Seal of Solomon from memory. Acquire a cool car and play lots of 80s rock songs.

Cain,
learnt everything about dealing with with the paranormal from Supernatural.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Dysfunctional Cunt on December 08, 2009, 03:32:58 PM
Quote from: Cain on December 08, 2009, 03:25:38 PM
Screw that.  Stock up on salt, fire and cold iron.  Learn how to draw the Seal of Solomon from memory. Acquire a cool car and play lots of 80s rock songs.

Cain,
learnt everything about dealing with with the paranormal from Supernatural.

:coffeemonitor:

Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2009, 03:39:55 PM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 08, 2009, 10:35:07 AM
I'd laugh, if only the light were on and maybe it were a bit closer to sunrise. And if the moaning and rattling would stop.

Okay, let's assume for a moment that this phenomena is really happening.  Has anyone been hurt by it?  Apparently not.  What you might have there is a bunch of pissed off dead people, but so what?  They don't have a BODY, so they really can't do shit.  Unless you listen to them.  Under no circumstances should you ever trust them, should they ever get around to talking instead of cheap theatrics...after all, they're probably someone like me, who hates the future, and wants to punish it.  I know I would.  I'd be handing out all kinds of fucked up advice.  In fact, when I die, I WANT to be some horrible ghost, keeping everyone awake at night, and telling them to buy more guns.  So, yeah, just ignore it.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 08, 2009, 03:48:13 PM
Its your house. Out loud order it to stop.

If you had a cat that was shitting all over the house wouldn't you scold it so that it wouldn't do it again?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 08, 2009, 03:59:45 PM
Dude.  Are you nuts?  Have you ever heard Coast to Coast AM???


CHARGE ADMISSION. 

and PROTIP:  make them sign legal waivers before allowing anyone to stay there.  Makes it seem more dangerous, and therefor more desirable.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Darth Cupcake on December 08, 2009, 05:42:52 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 03:59:45 PM
Dude.  Are you nuts?  Have you ever heard Coast to Coast AM???


CHARGE ADMISSION. 

and PROTIP:  make them sign legal waivers before allowing anyone to stay there.  Makes it seem more dangerous, and therefor more desirable.

TITCM
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2009, 06:05:13 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?

Well, that blows.  I wanted to hang around for a couple of centuries, fucking with my descendents.

But if they're playbacks, I wonder if there's a way to fuck with them, WOMP style?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 08, 2009, 06:10:16 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?
I don't have any idea what these phenomena are or what causes them.
I have only one experience of it
When we lived in london, the house we were in had the sound of someone walking up and down the stairs in the evening, there were no houses beside us and you could actually stand at either end of the stairs and hear it getting louder as someone approached you. I thought it was very funny at the time, I was ten and used to run out to look at it whenever it would happen.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 08, 2009, 06:11:26 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?


Must... avoid... posting...
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2009, 06:12:50 PM
My beef with the whole ghost thing is that they have to choose between interacting with the world, or being able to walk through walls.  They can't do both.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Iason Ouabache on December 08, 2009, 06:13:19 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 08, 2009, 06:11:26 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?


Must... avoid... posting...
But... but...QUANTUM GHOSTS, LMNO!!!! DO YOU THINK THE WORLD IS READY FOR THEM???
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2009, 06:14:23 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 08, 2009, 06:13:19 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 08, 2009, 06:11:26 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?


Must... avoid... posting...
But... but...QUANTUM GHOSTS, LMNO!!!! DO YOU THINK THE WORLD IS READY FOR THEM???

Oh, wait, forget what I said about walking through walls.  They just use the power of quantum stuff.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 08, 2009, 06:30:52 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 08, 2009, 06:11:26 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?


Must... avoid... posting...

Don't let me stop you.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Brotep on December 08, 2009, 06:36:37 PM
Cait, do your best to sget some sleep, and for God's sake stay away from quantum theory and Magritte paintings.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2009, 08:52:48 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?

According to my physicist friends, it's theoretically possible. Not studied, understood, or taken seriously, but possible. I haven't the foggiest. Makes more sense than "souls trapped in limbo", though, unless you believe in souls and limbo.

I think that there is a whole lot of shit we just don't know about the world, and it will take a really long time to understand a fraction of it, so I don't worry about it too much. I didn't think there were such a thing as ghosts, and then I moved into a house that had a nasty infestation of ghosts, so now I know they exist, but have no idea why or how.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2009, 08:54:08 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2009, 06:05:13 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?

Well, that blows.  I wanted to hang around for a couple of centuries, fucking with my descendents.

But if they're playbacks, I wonder if there's a way to fuck with them, WOMP style?

I have to admit, that's crossed my mind.  :lulz:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2009, 08:59:50 PM
Quote from: Faust on December 08, 2009, 06:10:16 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?
I don't have any idea what these phenomena are or what causes them.
I have only one experience of it
When we lived in london, the house we were in had the sound of someone walking up and down the stairs in the evening, there were no houses beside us and you could actually stand at either end of the stairs and hear it getting louder as someone approached you. I thought it was very funny at the time, I was ten and used to run out to look at it whenever it would happen.

We have one that seems unaffected by the remodel, which happens somewhere around midnight on October 29, which is the sound of the front door closing hard followed by someone in hard-heeled shoes walking decisively (and very loudly) across the living room floor toward the kitchen, at which point they disappear.

I alway tell myself I'm going to stay downstairs and see what happens, but by the time that time of year rolls around again I've always forgotten. It scares the fucking CRAP out of me, every fucking year; I think we're getting broken into.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
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Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Nast on December 08, 2009, 09:19:32 PM
These sort of things cause a nasty feedback loop in one's mind. The more frightened one gets, the more one becomes hypersensitive and paranoid, thus making one even more frightened. Being sleep deprived, you're already in a very fragile state of mind as it is. I'd say the best thing to do is go somewhere else for a bit, get some rest, and gather one's wits. If you don't have anywhere to go, try as best as you can to make your environment as non-threatening and comfortable as possible. Play some music, get cheerier curtains, close all half-shut doors, and for God's sake throw out any creepy clown dolls that happen to be lying around the place!

Regardless of whatever the phenomena may be, getting yourself to feel secure and calm will help.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 08, 2009, 09:23:49 PM
Also, keep in mind that you might just be having sleep-deprivation hallucinations, and your housemates might be fucking with you.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Iason Ouabache on December 08, 2009, 09:49:06 PM
Quote from: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
(look into Ball Lightning for another example of how limited our true scientific knowledge is).
Ball lightning is more than likely vaporized silicon. It's been repeated in the lab.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070122-ball-lightning.html
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Dysnomia on December 08, 2009, 10:04:31 PM
I've had a couple experiences in my house, so I believe in "ghosts" if you will.  But I also believe a lot of "paranormal activity" can be explained away.  So I'm somewhat of a skeptic. 

While everything that I've experienced has been in my house, I wouldn't call it haunted.  They've also seemed pretty harmless as well.  The last one was even nice for a while since I had some company around the house (till it became a creepy stalker).
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 08, 2009, 10:07:00 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 08, 2009, 09:49:06 PM
Quote from: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
(look into Ball Lightning for another example of how limited our true scientific knowledge is).
Ball lightning is more than likely vaporized silicon. It's been repeated in the lab.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070122-ball-lightning.html


Probably true.  That doesn't prove that our scientific knowledge isn't limited, though.  Not that its possible to prove a negative, but I'm sure you understand my meaning.

Some things just aren't scientifically testable.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 10:07:06 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 08, 2009, 09:49:06 PM
Quote from: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
(look into Ball Lightning for another example of how limited our true scientific knowledge is).
Ball lightning is more than likely vaporized silicon. It's been repeated in the lab.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/01/070122-ball-lightning.html



And this is what i've learned today.

New example: Quantum Entanglement.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 10:10:26 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 10:07:00 PM


Probably true.  That doesn't prove that our scientific knowledge isn't limited, though.  Not that its possible to prove a negative, but I'm sure you understand my meaning.

Some things just aren't scientifically testable.


No, but my point was that there are things that as of this moment we can't explain, solve, or even begin to understand. Ball lightning's just my favorite example of nature shit that we don't know.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 08, 2009, 10:20:04 PM
Yeah yeah, I agree... 'supernatural' is a rather bullshit term.  If what the phenomena is isn't plain old fraud, then there has to be SOME explanation for it, therefor its natural... just rare, I suppose.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 09, 2009, 12:15:02 AM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 10:20:04 PM
Yeah yeah, I agree... 'supernatural' is a rather bullshit term.  If what the phenomena is isn't plain old fraud, then there has to be SOME explanation for it, therefor its natural... just rare, I suppose.

Yes, exactly. It's natural, just not necessarily explainable with our current knowledge.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: East Coast Hustle on December 09, 2009, 01:08:59 AM
PROTIP: If you ever want anything you say to be taken seriously, don't say things like:

Quote from: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
The stripper companion i've been dating since july does work with the East Tennesseean Paranormal investigation society. She's a twin, and is much more in tune to extra-planar activity and such.

:lulz:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 01:21:36 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
The stripper companion i've been dating since july does work with the East Tennesseean Paranormal investigation society. She's a twin, and is much more in tune to extra-planar activity and such.

You know, there are so many ways to have fun with the above post that I have gone into reset mode and cannot proceed.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 09, 2009, 01:38:34 AM
 :lol:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:40:54 AM
I just woke up from the first sleep I've had in awhile. And there's a couple points I think I should address.

First off, RE: Da6s' comment of lack of malevolence, I have a feeling that won't last long. When we first got here it was just a slightly unnerving presence in the downstairs, quickly added to by weird black mists in the hallways if the light was dim. Then that was followed by screams and moans and weird smells, but it was still only a minor curiosity. It stayed at about that level for awhile, then the unnerving presence downstairs turned into a horror-machine. I immediately panic and go into runrunrunrgetthefuckoutofhere mode when I feel it now. It's no simple uneasiness, I feel like I am in very real danger. It's sort of the panic you'd feel if you walked downstairs to get a glass of water and a FUCKING BEAR CHARGED AT YOU.

Anyway, soon after that the first physical manifestations started. We've experienced doors slamming as well as the aforementioned doorknob rattling (which is very easy to physically feel if you hold the doorknob) and my mother has seen objects fly off of tables and across rooms. We've had sharp temperature increases (roughly 73->80) in the vicinity of the "hauntings", which goes against my normal understanding of ghosts. And then the first visual apparition appeared (faceless tuxedo guy) which everyone saw and it's been more common ever since. We've also been getting strange scratchings in the walls (plaster) but I'm more likely to dismiss those because my sister has a history of doing that shit. The other things, though, we've experienced while she's in the same room as us and staring in terror.

The progression strongly suggests (to me) that it's not over. And I really don't see where it can go after this except to openly malevolent acts.

Next, regarding the suggestions of music and etc from Nasturtiums -- that's not going to work. I know only because I've tried. Generally, if I'm playing certain music, the manifestations get more overt and threatening. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it, and the songs that have that effect change monthly (but always "work" within that month). I've learned to keep my music off if I feel threatened. Last night was the first time that failed to work. And FTR, music didn't help either.

Regarding the other suggestions, only one door in the house (bathroom) is usually open, and that's only because our hall would otherwise be pitch black at night and NO ONE wants that. The curtains are as cheery as you can get without having patterned curtains (worse for me, pareidolia running wild in the dark while I'm freaked out will lead to screams and begging for someone to get me the hell out of the house), being lavender. And my room is barren, except for a dresser, a fan, a table for my computer (and obviously the computer) and a bed. The last thing I need, period, is dolls of any sort. Creepy blank eyes and shit, fuck that.

About the nature-of-ghosts discussion, I NEVER took "paranormal" stuff seriously till this place. Despite having several classical hauntings in past locations. This place is the real deal because I'm not the only one noticing it and the stuff is TRYING to be seen. It has manifested in the day time, for example (but never the panic one unless I'm completely alone in the house).

I agree that it's natural, and I think it's got something to do with concentrations of "energy" (physics kind) in a given area as to whether or not something is "recorded" or "played back". (But I disagree that that's the only kind.) My reason for thinking so is because ghost reports have gotten more common over time, and before (to my knowledge) they were associated with marshes (full of marsh gas), rail roads (fires [lanterns and steam engines] and hardcore kinetic energy), house fires (obvious) and violent murders/accidents (kinetic energy and the like). Of course, this is all just a theory by someone who knows little of both "ghosts" and physics.

I don't know about "sentient" "ghosts", it all seems a bit farfetched, but in my current case there's more than simple playback. It seems targeted. My best idea to explain these is that maybe there's something to parapsychology and this is the effect of someone using such abilities (possibly including those affected). And that's making a lot of very big assumptions. I don't want to do that, so I'll just say I'm fucking confused.

And lastly, Nigel's idea of renovation: I can't. It's owned by the state, technically, we're just renting. I wish that wasn't the case.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:42:15 AM
Also, this might fit better in High Weirdness. I posted it here while having a panic attack and sleep-deprived, so I didn't think it through beyond "MUST MAKE CONTACT WITH HUMAN-LIKE BEINGS THAT ARE ALIVE"
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 09, 2009, 01:49:35 AM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:40:54 AM
quickly added to by weird black mists in the hallways if the light was dim.

Quote
We've had sharp temperature increases (roughly 73->80) in the vicinity of the "hauntings", which goes against my normal understanding of ghosts.

Smoke, screams, and temperature increases. Not that I buy into any of this and you are probably crazy but has there ever been a fire in that place?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: East Coast Hustle on December 09, 2009, 01:50:18 AM
I've found that an easy way to do away with the unpleasantries visited upon you by paranormal activity is to not believe in paranormal activity.

that said, I hope that you come to some sort of resolution to this since it seems to be causing you plenty of problems.

Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:52:19 AM
Quote from: Faust on December 09, 2009, 01:49:35 AM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:40:54 AM
quickly added to by weird black mists in the hallways if the light was dim.

Quote
We've had sharp temperature increases (roughly 73->80) in the vicinity of the "hauntings", which goes against my normal understanding of ghosts.

Smoke, screams, and temperature increases. Not that I buy into any of this and you are probably crazy but has there ever been a fire in that place?

That's an unnerving thought. Many of the weird smells I mentioned are of burning substances. Food, electrical-fire smell, birthday candle smell. I'll have to ask.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 09, 2009, 01:54:41 AM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:52:19 AM
Quote from: Faust on December 09, 2009, 01:49:35 AM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:40:54 AM
quickly added to by weird black mists in the hallways if the light was dim.

Quote
We've had sharp temperature increases (roughly 73->80) in the vicinity of the "hauntings", which goes against my normal understanding of ghosts.

Smoke, screams, and temperature increases. Not that I buy into any of this and you are probably crazy but has there ever been a fire in that place?


That's an unnerving thought. Many of the weird smells I mentioned are of burning substances. Food, electrical-fire smell, birthday candle smell. I'll have to ask.
Do, humor me please. Try googling your place with fire for news results too.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Da6s on December 09, 2009, 01:56:59 AM
I forwarded this to the lady friend.

I'll let you know her take on the matter.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Nast on December 09, 2009, 02:06:53 AM
It may be a bizarre comfort, but as a human being, you are capable of inflicting far greater terror and horror than these pissy apparitions can. Doesn't that just cheer you up? 
Maybe you could try threatening that if they don't behave themselves in your home or GTFO, then you'll kick their ectoplasmic asses to the curb. After all, smoke, weird moaning in the middle of the night, property damage:
they sound like unruly college roommates.

But more seriously, I'm sorry that all of these happenings are causing so much disturbance and grief among you and your housemates. I wish I had some practical solution, but as you know, this isn't by any means a common or mundane problem.  :sad:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Nast on December 09, 2009, 02:17:34 AM
Quote from: Faust on December 09, 2009, 01:54:41 AM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:52:19 AM
Quote from: Faust on December 09, 2009, 01:49:35 AM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 01:40:54 AM
quickly added to by weird black mists in the hallways if the light was dim.

Quote
We've had sharp temperature increases (roughly 73->80) in the vicinity of the "hauntings", which goes against my normal understanding of ghosts.

Smoke, screams, and temperature increases. Not that I buy into any of this and you are probably crazy but has there ever been a fire in that place?


That's an unnerving thought. Many of the weird smells I mentioned are of burning substances. Food, electrical-fire smell, birthday candle smell. I'll have to ask.
Do, humor me please. Try googling your place with fire for news results too.

Yes, research is a good idea. If this were a horror movie, now would be the point at which you and the attractive supporting character go down to the local library and find that the house's foundation is made of ground up Indian bones or somesuch.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 09, 2009, 02:20:42 AM
Kai will be my attractive supporting character.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 09, 2009, 03:24:10 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 01:21:36 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 08, 2009, 09:09:52 PM
The stripper companion i've been dating since july does work with the East Tennesseean Paranormal investigation society. She's a twin, and is much more in tune to extra-planar activity and such.

You know, there are so many ways to have fun with the above post that I have gone into reset mode and cannot proceed.

It triggered my Somebody Else's Problem reflex.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: East Coast Hustle on December 09, 2009, 03:24:27 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 09, 2009, 01:56:59 AM
I forwarded this to the lady friend.

I'll let you know her take on the matter.

East Tennessee Ghost-hunting Twin Strippers to the rescue!

:lulz:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 03:38:03 AM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on December 09, 2009, 03:24:27 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 09, 2009, 01:56:59 AM
I forwarded this to the lady friend.

I'll let you know her take on the matter.

East Tennessee Ghost-hunting Twin Strippers to the rescue!

:lulz:

This movie is fucking writing itself, no!?
:lulz:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Lies on December 09, 2009, 03:38:42 AM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on December 09, 2009, 03:24:27 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 09, 2009, 01:56:59 AM
I forwarded this to the lady friend.

I'll let you know her take on the matter.

East Tennessee Ghost-hunting Twin Strippers to the rescue!

:lulz:
This makes me wonder if there's a porno version of ghost busters, and if so, where.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 03:51:19 AM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on December 09, 2009, 03:24:27 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 09, 2009, 01:56:59 AM
I forwarded this to the lady friend.

I'll let you know her take on the matter.

East Tennessee Ghost-hunting Twin Strippers to the rescue!

:lulz:

You damn near finally killed me.

TGRR,
Just choked on a tuna fish sammich.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Da6s on December 09, 2009, 04:53:14 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on July 25, 2009, 06:24:48 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on July 24, 2009, 11:27:38 PM
I say get the fuck out of dodge.  You clearly don't respect this girl very much, save her the trouble of having to learn that later on.

FUCK THAT SHIT.

Dude, go fucking nuts.  Burrow into this bizarre bullshit, and see just how far the fucking weirdness will go.

You'll never forgive yourself if you don't.


Still working on it  :lulz:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on December 09, 2009, 12:17:08 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2009, 06:05:13 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?

Well, that blows.  I wanted to hang around for a couple of centuries, fucking with my descendents.

But if they're playbacks, I wonder if there's a way to fuck with them, WOMP style?

Best I can come up with is make a point of masturbating, at the same time every night, in the same spot in the house. Ideally somewhere and sometime where masturbation doesn't ought to happen - living room at 7:30pm, right in front of the teevee or kitchen at breakfast time, on the table. Make sure to moan as loudly as possible for eerie sound fx purposes. Also don't masturbate any other time so there will be as much "ectoplasm" as possible.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Vaudeville Vigilante on December 09, 2009, 02:49:06 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on December 09, 2009, 12:17:08 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 08, 2009, 06:05:13 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 08, 2009, 06:03:25 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 08, 2009, 05:40:12 PM
So I never believed in ghosts until we moved into this house. We had ghosts, in a big bad creepy way. I noticed they always do the same thing in the same places, like they're just a recording of someone who used to live here. I don't think they're really interactive, or that they can do anything to you.

Then we remodeled, and they mostly stopped. Go figure!

Maybe a renovation is in order?

I agree with you Nigel, I've seen two "ghosts" (one of them on a few different occasions) and I have come to the conclusion that they are a genuine phenomena, but that they are not the remainders of people who have died.

I think they are exactly what you stated, recordings.  Perhaps the materials around the phenomena have something to do with the 'playback' feature?

Well, that blows.  I wanted to hang around for a couple of centuries, fucking with my descendents.

But if they're playbacks, I wonder if there's a way to fuck with them, WOMP style?

Best I can come up with is make a point of masturbating, at the same time every night, in the same spot in the house. Ideally somewhere and sometime where masturbation doesn't ought to happen - living room at 7:30pm, right in front of the teevee or kitchen at breakfast time, on the table. Make sure to moan as loudly as possible for eerie sound fx purposes. Also don't masturbate any other time so there will be as much "ectoplasm" as possible.
This is absolutely amazing stuff.  :lulz:

I was a skeptic also, until a friend of mine moved into a house that had apparitions and invited me over to see when I didn't take him seriously.  That panic induction thing is odd, because I'm not afraid of this kind of thing (I'm with the Rev, see how far it can go), but I felt very intense anxiety with the apparition in the room; it seemed to be very difficult for me to move.  The house had been sold to him cheap, because the former owner had been murdered there with the same hammer he tried to defend himself with, against an intruder (the flesh and blood kind).  Scott (my friend) had this recurring red stain in his carpet, at the bottom of the stairs, and after unsuccessfully cleaning it several times, he got new carpet.  The stain returned. 

I would never have believed him if I hadn't seen the apparitions myself, and even then I would have been more skeptical about what I saw, if not for the fact that there were two other people in the room at the time.  The "playback" idea is really intriguing.  I'm not sure I've ever come across that take on it before, but it seems pretty sound.  I've never known anyone who has reported this sort of thing and been harmed.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 04:27:22 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on December 09, 2009, 01:50:18 AM
I've found that an easy way to do away with the unpleasantries visited upon you by paranormal activity is to not believe in paranormal activity.

^This^

I'm suprised to see the number of people on here that have seen ghostly activity.
why hasn't the Amazing Randi been called to claim his prize?

hell, i'd pay a few buck to see some of the stories that have been told here.


Iptuous,
ghosts don't like him...
:cry:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 09, 2009, 04:30:38 PM
Because the phenomena is rare.

I lived in said house for fourteen years, and saw something bizarre once... Randi doesn't have time like that to spare I would imagine.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 04:41:12 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 09, 2009, 04:30:38 PM
Because the phenomena is rare.

I lived in said house for fourteen years, and saw something bizarre once... Randi doesn't have time like that to spare I would imagine.

Yes, but he could show up to Nigel's house on October 29th, and wait for her story....
or he could analyze the bloodstained carpet and then set up a camera to record the stain appearing on totally new carpet....
Or he could go to the OP's house and record the good number of phenomena that he reports regularly seeing for what sounds like extended periods of time....
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:44:27 PM
Unfortunately, some "theories" of paranormal activity indicate that the effects work directly on consciousness, and cannot be recorded by standard instruments.

Cuz it's KWANTUUM.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 04:45:15 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:44:27 PM
Unfortunately, some "theories" of paranormal activity indicate that the effects work directly on consciousness, and cannot be recorded by standard instruments.

Cuz it's KWANTUUM.

This.  It's all particles.  And stuff.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:50:16 PM
NO.  IZ  WAAAAVVVVES.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 09, 2009, 04:51:12 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:44:27 PM
Unfortunately, some "theories" of paranormal activity indicate that the effects work directly on consciousness, and cannot be recorded by standard instruments.

Cuz it's KWANTUUM.
urk, but lots of quantum effects are measurable, the the casimir effect, hell even a good scanning electron microscope can measure tunneling.
If they are going to use mushy psudoscience to justify their shit they should at least keep up to date with the latest difficult to explain scientific effect.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:52:35 PM
DON'T BE A SKEPTIC!
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 09, 2009, 04:55:59 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:52:35 PM
DON'T BE A SKEPTIC!
But I'm not I've observed odd stuff, I just don't make any presumptions about its cause. If anything they are hampering interesting phenomena by associating it with a poor hypothesis and undermining any credibility that could be associated with something that at the very least is a REALLY interesting psychological effect.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:57:13 PM
IS GHOST!
   \
:hashishim:









LMNO
-see, this is why he shouldn't be posting in threads like these.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
Weird things happen

In the last few years I've seen and heard what most people would call "ghosts", but only in this house

Dunno what it is or what causes it.

It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured. Stay out of my fucking house. Quantum bullshit or whatever. My  home is not a staging ground to satiate other people's prurient curiosity.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
My home is not a staging ground to satiate other people's prurient curiosity.


Except for potential lovers, of course.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 05:07:48 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 04:50:16 PM
NO.  IZ  WAAAAVVVVES.

IS PARTICLES.  JIHAD!
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 05:08:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
My home is not a staging ground to satiate other people's prurient curiosity.


Except for potential lovers, of course.

Um, RWHN is gonna kick your ass.

Was that intentional?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:11:02 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 05:08:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
My home is not a staging ground to satiate other people's prurient curiosity.


Except for potential lovers, of course.

Um, RWHN is gonna kick your ass.

Was that intentional?


It depends if you're observing it, really.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 05:14:04 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:11:02 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 05:08:26 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
My home is not a staging ground to satiate other people's prurient curiosity.


Except for potential lovers, of course.

Um, RWHN is gonna kick your ass.

Was that intentional?


It depends if you're observing it, really.

It occurs to me that what quantum physics I understand is offensive.

TGRR,
Expects that the universe should obey its own fucking rules.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:15:30 PM
It's true.  Quantum Mechanics is basically just trolling the Universe.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 05:17:18 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:15:30 PM
It's true.  Quantum Mechanics is basically just trolling the Universe.

If I was God, I'd grab the universe in a Phelpstien choke hold and scream "DECIDE!" before anyone opens the box.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.

Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 07:33:36 PM
speaking of swamp gas,
what the fuck is this?!
is picture hoax?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html#ixzz0ZDhSekIz
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/09/article-1234430-07887B10000005DC-48_634x421.jpg)
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 09, 2009, 07:34:55 PM
No, that was me.  I was fucking around with Suu's deathray.

Boy, is SHE pissed.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 09, 2009, 07:44:20 PM
The word "orgone" being mentioned ITT, in 5... 4... 3... 2...
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 07:47:23 PM
IZ ORGONE!
\
:ronpaul:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Darth Cupcake on December 09, 2009, 07:49:32 PM
I farted. :oops:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Dysnomia on December 09, 2009, 08:03:25 PM
SHHHHHHH!



Did you hear that?  I heard what sounded like feet shuffling down there....


Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on December 09, 2009, 08:12:14 PM
I have no problem with unexplained phenomena. The problem I have is when idiots deal with unexplained phenomena based on pop culture.

There was a scare tactics where the living undead appeared. The dumb victim was freaking out and saying things like "Did it bite you?" "Did it get blood on you?" as though Hollywood was the correct place to base your zombie info off of.


Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Iason Ouabache on December 09, 2009, 08:19:12 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 09, 2009, 07:44:20 PM
The word "orgone" being mentioned ITT, in 5... 4... 3... 2...
Orgone? Is that some new photoshopping program?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 09, 2009, 08:19:30 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on December 09, 2009, 08:12:14 PM
I have no problem with unexplained phenomena. The problem I have is when idiots deal with unexplained phenomena based on pop culture.

There was a scare tactics where the living undead appeared. The dumb victim was freaking out and saying things like "Did it bite you?" "Did it get blood on you?" as though Hollywood was the correct place to base your zombie info off of.




Say WHAT?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 08:23:52 PM
That took me a couple of read-throughs, as well.

I think there's a show called "Scare Tactics", which is kind of like a Candid Camera, only you scare the fuck out of the victim.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 08:24:38 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on December 09, 2009, 08:12:14 PM
There was a scare tactics where the living undead appeared. The dumb victim was freaking out and saying things like "Did it bite you?" "Did it get blood on you?" as though Hollywood was the correct place to base your zombie info off of.

If something appeared out of a hollywood flick, like a zombie, what the hell else are you supposed to base your initial reactions on?
would you make no assumptions and go shake the zombies hand?  :?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on December 09, 2009, 08:24:54 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on December 09, 2009, 08:19:30 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on December 09, 2009, 08:12:14 PM
I have no problem with unexplained phenomena. The problem I have is when idiots deal with unexplained phenomena based on pop culture.

There was a scare tactics where the living undead appeared. The dumb victim was freaking out and saying things like "Did it bite you?" "Did it get blood on you?" as though Hollywood was the correct place to base your zombie info off of.




Say WHAT?


Scare Tactics... wherein people are put into insanely halloweenish situations without their knowledge as a prank.

http://www.syfy.com/scaretactics/

LMNO is correct and my semantics were FAIL.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on December 09, 2009, 08:32:38 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 08:24:38 PM
Quote from: Doctor Rat Bastard on December 09, 2009, 08:12:14 PM
There was a scare tactics where the living undead appeared. The dumb victim was freaking out and saying things like "Did it bite you?" "Did it get blood on you?" as though Hollywood was the correct place to base your zombie info off of.

If something appeared out of a hollywood flick, like a zombie, what the hell else are you supposed to base your initial reactions on?
would you make no assumptions and go shake the zombies hand?  :?

That is exactly the conversation Sjaantze and I had afterward.

I would like to think that some rational part of my brain would say "Uhh... No",  but I don't know and I guess I wouldn't know till I was involved.

There was another where someone was trapped with their new Boss, which ended up being a Vampire. So I thought about that...

You're alone in a room with a vampire. How do you react? Do you scream in terror and run like any normal prey? Do you try to make a cross with your fingers?

I decided that if such a situation ever happened, I would HOPE that my response would be to ask the Vampire to explain himself before he ate me. At least then I would know something more about the world before I died, and I wouldn't go out crumpled in a corner screaming....

But of course, I may scream like a little girl and desperately try to run...

Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cain on December 09, 2009, 08:34:53 PM
I'd break a leg chair off and stab him in the chest with it.

This is why my friends never recommend me for practical joke programs.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 08:36:02 PM
Quote from: Cain on December 09, 2009, 08:34:53 PM
I'd break a leg chair off and stab him in the chest with it.

This is why my friends never recommend me for practical joke programs.

I think that would be the entire reason to recommed you for practical joke programs.



Personally, I think I'd burst out laughing.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: hooplala on December 09, 2009, 08:45:37 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 08:23:52 PM
That took me a couple of read-throughs, as well.

I think there's a show called "Scare Tactics", which is kind of like a Candid Camera, only you scare the fuck out of the victim.

Ooooooh right... used to be hosted by Shannen Doherty, yeah?  I remember that.  Yeah, that IS lame then.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on December 09, 2009, 08:51:19 PM
Quote from: Cain on December 09, 2009, 08:34:53 PM
I'd break a leg chair off and stab him in the chest with it.

This is why my friends never recommend me for practical joke programs.

On one of the episodes, a large guy thought he was on one of those "Catch your friend cheating" shows... however, things went badly and one person "killed" the other person... just as the mark was supposed to come around the corner and deliver the "Gotcha! Cheater!" kind of line...

Before anyone could say "You're on Scare Tactics" the mark bum rushed the "murderer"  and flattened the poor actor like a pancake.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Iason Ouabache on December 09, 2009, 08:52:31 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 07:33:36 PM
speaking of swamp gas,
what the fuck is this?!
is picture hoax?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html#ixzz0ZDhSekIz
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/09/article-1234430-07887B10000005DC-48_634x421.jpg)

Sorry, not photoshop. It was a rocket

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/09/awesomely-bizarre-light-show-freaks-out-norway/

QuoteSo that's my hypothesis. A rocket got out of control, perhaps losing a stabilizer, and started to spiral. The two spirals, different in shape, size, and color, indicate something happened in the middle of all this (the rocket second stage fired while still spinning, or something else started leaking out), changing the rocket's direction. Then, when the fuel or whatever ran out, the white spiral began to disappear from the inside out as the material expanded in space.

So who launched it? The Russians are a likely guess, but –shocker — they're denying it. I'd love to know and find out what the details are, but whoever shot it up and whatever the purpose, I'm pretty sure what we're seeing here is a rocket launch that didn't go exactly according to plan.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 08:57:53 PM
IS GHOST!
  \
:argh!:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: on December 09, 2009, 08:59:40 PM
I'd just like to say that Skepticism and Disbelief are two completely different things.


Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 09, 2009, 09:00:55 PM
Am I the only one who sees it as a giant hermit crab materializing on top of the mountain
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on December 09, 2009, 09:02:14 PM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on December 09, 2009, 08:52:31 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 07:33:36 PM
speaking of swamp gas,
what the fuck is this?!
is picture hoax?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html#ixzz0ZDhSekIz
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/09/article-1234430-07887B10000005DC-48_634x421.jpg)

Sorry, not photoshop. It was a rocket

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/12/09/awesomely-bizarre-light-show-freaks-out-norway/

QuoteSo that's my hypothesis. A rocket got out of control, perhaps losing a stabilizer, and started to spiral. The two spirals, different in shape, size, and color, indicate something happened in the middle of all this (the rocket second stage fired while still spinning, or something else started leaking out), changing the rocket's direction. Then, when the fuel or whatever ran out, the white spiral began to disappear from the inside out as the material expanded in space.

So who launched it? The Russians are a likely guess, but –shocker — they're denying it. I'd love to know and find out what the details are, but whoever shot it up and whatever the purpose, I'm pretty sure what we're seeing here is a rocket launch that didn't go exactly according to plan.



OMGZ ITS A GIANT SPIRAL CHEM TRAIL!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU Bilderbergers!!!
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 09:02:53 PM
rocket is what i have heard from several sites, too....
i can't see the videos behind my nanny wall at work...  :cry:

Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 09, 2009, 09:11:20 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 07:33:36 PM
speaking of swamp gas,
what the fuck is this?!
is picture hoax?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html#ixzz0ZDhSekIz
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/09/article-1234430-07887B10000005DC-48_634x421.jpg)

Light and dark fringes formed by interference similar to those that appear when imaging stars (airy disc). Its distorted slightly to the right so either the camera used to take it was not properly collimated or far more likely that the light source is at an angle to the camera taking the picture.
The blue smoke shows a trail of something as it moved away from that bright center, as the smaller blue smoke contracts as it approaches the mountain it implies that it was moving in that direction. Obviously there is nothing supernatural about it.



It was just another alien ship firing off a probe.

I wonder what the bright white light source is.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Johnny on December 09, 2009, 10:42:43 PM

About 3 years ago i made a little experiment that included:

-Stocking up on food
-Only being awake during nighttime
-Going to psychoanalysis
-Quitting pot/cocaine
-No caffeine/nicotine
-No alcohol
-Not any kind of sex (with others or myself)
-No social interaction
-Keeping an introspective diary

After the 3rd week, between 11pm and 3am a grey smoke-like apparition manifested, with red glowing eyes; if i looked away, it would float to stay in my visual range.

After several days of half my nighttime waking hours spent just freaking out, several out of schedule sessions with my analyst...

I decided that sublimation of enough energy CAN induce a mild state of schizophrenia.

Was a nice experience in retrospect, not sure when ill do it again, for it requires not doing anything really productive for about a month.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: on December 10, 2009, 10:54:32 AM
I want to hear a story of Cait fucking this ghost up.
Try yelling at it, force it to manifest as violently as possible, and then attack it physically.
Also you should insult it, call it a cocksucker, or otherwise try to immasculate it (if its dressed as a gentlmen.)
Troll the Spirit World, because few of us will ever get the chance.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cain on December 10, 2009, 11:03:59 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 07:33:36 PM
speaking of swamp gas,
what the fuck is this?!
is picture hoax?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html#ixzz0ZDhSekIz
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/09/article-1234430-07887B10000005DC-48_634x421.jpg)


HIMEOBS - it spins the rocket
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on December 10, 2009, 11:50:33 AM
Blue trail is a result of firing the Quake3 railgun after point release 1.3
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: LMNO on December 10, 2009, 12:47:55 PM
Quote from: Z³ on December 10, 2009, 10:54:32 AM
Troll the Spirit World, because few of us will ever get the chance.

This.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 02:14:54 PM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on December 10, 2009, 11:50:33 AM
Blue trail is a result of firing the Quake3 railgun after point release 1.3

That's the first thing i thought of, too!
:lol:
(http://cdn-www.cracked.com/articleimages/dan/weapons/railguns2.jpg)
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Vaudeville Vigilante on December 10, 2009, 03:35:27 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:15:30 PM
It's true.  Quantum Mechanics is basically just trolling the Universe.
This made me  :D
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:21:29 PM
Quote from: LMNO on December 09, 2009, 05:07:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
My home is not a staging ground to satiate other people's prurient curiosity.


Except for potential lovers, of course.

No.

They do not come to my house until they are established lovers. All prurient curiosity takes place in neutral territory.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.

Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....

What do you mean? Isn't that for someone who can prove psychic phenomena? How does this relate?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:26:46 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 07:33:36 PM
speaking of swamp gas,
what the fuck is this?!
is picture hoax?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234430/Mystery-spiral-blue-light-display-hovers-Norway.html#ixzz0ZDhSekIz
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/12/09/article-1234430-07887B10000005DC-48_634x421.jpg)


Damn, that's cool!
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:29:54 PM
Quote from: Faust on December 09, 2009, 09:00:55 PM
Am I the only one who sees it as a giant hermit crab materializing on top of the mountain

WHOA

New religion, ITT.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 07:26:00 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.

Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....

What do you mean? Isn't that for someone who can prove psychic phenomena? How does this relate?

Oh.... mebbe.  i was thinking it was for providing proof of anything 'paranormal' or 'supernatural'...  i thought i saw him mention it when debunking somebodies ghost...
perhaps i'm mistaken.
but never the less, if you could document your case, i would image you could bridge the gap to 'step3 - profit' without too much effort, right?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 10, 2009, 09:30:14 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 07:26:00 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.

Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....

What do you mean? Isn't that for someone who can prove psychic phenomena? How does this relate?

Oh.... mebbe.  i was thinking it was for providing proof of anything 'paranormal' or 'supernatural'...  i thought i saw him mention it when debunking somebodies ghost...
perhaps i'm mistaken.
but never the less, if you could document your case, i would image you could bridge the gap to 'step3 - profit' without too much effort, right?

You think that if I can record/document 30 seconds of a weird sound that happens once a year in the middle of the night at the end of October, I can make money off it?
:lulz:

I don't even have any reason to think it's documentable. If I remember to stay in the living room next year, I'll make note of the time and date so that I can try to record it the following year.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 11:03:38 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 09:30:14 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 07:26:00 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.
Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....

What do you mean? Isn't that for someone who can prove psychic phenomena? How does this relate?

Oh.... mebbe.  i was thinking it was for providing proof of anything 'paranormal' or 'supernatural'...  i thought i saw him mention it when debunking somebodies ghost...
perhaps i'm mistaken.
but never the less, if you could document your case, i would image you could bridge the gap to 'step3 - profit' without too much effort, right?

You think that if I can record/document 30 seconds of a weird sound that happens once a year in the middle of the night at the end of October, I can make money off it?
:lulz:
I don't even have any reason to think it's documentable. If I remember to stay in the living room next year, I'll make note of the time and date so that I can try to record it the following year.

Why not?
get it documented by some paranormal researcher that has some respectability within that circle of ppl, and then, if they validate it, you can charge others to study it, or mebbe sell rights to those ridiculous ghost hunter shows.....
or at least you could get some twin psychic stripper ghost-hunter to come investigate and report back... that would be worth something, right?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 11, 2009, 12:12:31 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 11:03:38 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 09:30:14 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 07:26:00 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.
Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....

What do you mean? Isn't that for someone who can prove psychic phenomena? How does this relate?

Oh.... mebbe.  i was thinking it was for providing proof of anything 'paranormal' or 'supernatural'...  i thought i saw him mention it when debunking somebodies ghost...
perhaps i'm mistaken.
but never the less, if you could document your case, i would image you could bridge the gap to 'step3 - profit' without too much effort, right?

You think that if I can record/document 30 seconds of a weird sound that happens once a year in the middle of the night at the end of October, I can make money off it?
:lulz:
I don't even have any reason to think it's documentable. If I remember to stay in the living room next year, I'll make note of the time and date so that I can try to record it the following year.

Why not?
get it documented by some paranormal researcher that has some respectability within that circle of ppl, and then, if they validate it, you can charge others to study it, or mebbe sell rights to those ridiculous ghost hunter shows.....
or at least you could get some twin psychic stripper ghost-hunter to come investigate and report back... that would be worth something, right?

Unfortunately the local ghost-hunter is NOT HOT.

I was talking to him about my ghosts a couple of years ago, and he wanted to come check it out. Maybe I'll let him.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 11, 2009, 03:38:51 AM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 11, 2009, 12:12:31 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 11:03:38 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 09:30:14 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 07:26:00 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.
Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....

What do you mean? Isn't that for someone who can prove psychic phenomena? How does this relate?

Oh.... mebbe.  i was thinking it was for providing proof of anything 'paranormal' or 'supernatural'...  i thought i saw him mention it when debunking somebodies ghost...
perhaps i'm mistaken.
but never the less, if you could document your case, i would image you could bridge the gap to 'step3 - profit' without too much effort, right?

You think that if I can record/document 30 seconds of a weird sound that happens once a year in the middle of the night at the end of October, I can make money off it?
:lulz:
I don't even have any reason to think it's documentable. If I remember to stay in the living room next year, I'll make note of the time and date so that I can try to record it the following year.

Why not?
get it documented by some paranormal researcher that has some respectability within that circle of ppl, and then, if they validate it, you can charge others to study it, or mebbe sell rights to those ridiculous ghost hunter shows.....
or at least you could get some twin psychic stripper ghost-hunter to come investigate and report back... that would be worth something, right?

Unfortunately the local ghost-hunter is NOT HOT.

I was talking to him about my ghosts a couple of years ago, and he wanted to come check it out. Maybe I'll let him.

how much do you think he would pay to see it?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 15, 2009, 01:39:57 AM
Any update on this?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 15, 2009, 01:40:51 AM
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/9527/image22j.jpg)
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 01:43:37 AM
(http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr126/TGRR/image22ja.jpg)
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Nast on December 15, 2009, 01:55:30 AM
Hellz yeah.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 01:56:39 AM
Quote from: Nasturtiums on December 15, 2009, 01:55:30 AM
Hellz yeah.

Richter's gonna pull my skull out for that.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2009, 02:02:39 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 11, 2009, 03:38:51 AM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 11, 2009, 12:12:31 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 11:03:38 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 09:30:14 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 10, 2009, 07:26:00 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 10, 2009, 06:22:55 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 09, 2009, 06:24:26 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 09, 2009, 05:03:31 PM
It's never occurred to me to have anyone come to my house and try to research it. I hate people. I especially hate strangers. Why the hell would I do that? I could give a flying fuck whether anything gets documented, proved, or measured.
Umm... because one million dollars, thas why....

What do you mean? Isn't that for someone who can prove psychic phenomena? How does this relate?

Oh.... mebbe.  i was thinking it was for providing proof of anything 'paranormal' or 'supernatural'...  i thought i saw him mention it when debunking somebodies ghost...
perhaps i'm mistaken.
but never the less, if you could document your case, i would image you could bridge the gap to 'step3 - profit' without too much effort, right?

You think that if I can record/document 30 seconds of a weird sound that happens once a year in the middle of the night at the end of October, I can make money off it?
:lulz:
I don't even have any reason to think it's documentable. If I remember to stay in the living room next year, I'll make note of the time and date so that I can try to record it the following year.

Why not?
get it documented by some paranormal researcher that has some respectability within that circle of ppl, and then, if they validate it, you can charge others to study it, or mebbe sell rights to those ridiculous ghost hunter shows.....
or at least you could get some twin psychic stripper ghost-hunter to come investigate and report back... that would be worth something, right?

Unfortunately the local ghost-hunter is NOT HOT.

I was talking to him about my ghosts a couple of years ago, and he wanted to come check it out. Maybe I'll let him.

how much do you think he would pay to see it?

Motherfucking ghost-hunter be a broke ass mofo.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 15, 2009, 03:43:29 AM
an ugly, poor, ghost hunter.... shit i wouldn't let him in my house either.
he doesn't have clout in the 'ghost hunting' community?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:48:38 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 15, 2009, 03:43:29 AM
an ugly, poor, ghost hunter.... shit i wouldn't let him in my house either.
he doesn't have clout in the 'ghost hunting' community?


I think the issue is that the "ghost hunting community" doesn't have any "clout".
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 08:49:54 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:48:38 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on December 15, 2009, 03:43:29 AM
an ugly, poor, ghost hunter.... shit i wouldn't let him in my house either.
he doesn't have clout in the 'ghost hunting' community?


I think the issue is that the "ghost hunting community" doesn't have any "clout grasp on reality".

Fixed?  Or  :?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:50:00 PM
Look at these people. Just look.

http://www.gercsa.com/Portland/
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 08:55:10 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:50:00 PM
Look at these people. Just look.

http://www.gercsa.com/Portland/

Their founder and lead investigator:  Steven Wolff.

Good call, Nigel. 

WAIT.  His "Bio" page is THREE PAGES LONG, with pictures.  It's his whole fucking life story, not just the relevant bits!

WTF?  :lulz:

THE WOLF RULE:  PROVEN ONCE AGAIN.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 08:55:10 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:50:00 PM
Look at these people. Just look.

http://www.gercsa.com/Portland/

Their founder and lead investigator:  Steven Wolff.

Good call, Nigel. 

WAIT.  His "Bio" page is THREE PAGES LONG, with pictures.  It's his whole fucking life story, not just the relevant bits!

WTF?  :lulz:

THE WOLF RULE:  PROVEN ONCE AGAIN.

YEP.

Now, anyone need to ask me again why I don't want them in my house?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 08:59:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 08:55:10 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:50:00 PM
Look at these people. Just look.

http://www.gercsa.com/Portland/

Their founder and lead investigator:  Steven Wolff.

Good call, Nigel. 

WAIT.  His "Bio" page is THREE PAGES LONG, with pictures.  It's his whole fucking life story, not just the relevant bits!

WTF?  :lulz:

THE WOLF RULE:  PROVEN ONCE AGAIN.

YEP.

Now, anyone need to ask me again why I don't want them in my house?

I would.  Then I'd be all like "everything happens in the basement."  Then, when they walked down, I'd slam the door shut and scream "I'M YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN" through it.  When they finally break the door, I'd claim I was possessed.

But I don't have a basement.  :sad: 
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2009, 09:00:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 08:59:21 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:56:32 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 08:55:10 PM
Quote from: The Right Reverend Nigel on December 15, 2009, 08:50:00 PM
Look at these people. Just look.

http://www.gercsa.com/Portland/

Their founder and lead investigator:  Steven Wolff.

Good call, Nigel. 

WAIT.  His "Bio" page is THREE PAGES LONG, with pictures.  It's his whole fucking life story, not just the relevant bits!

WTF?  :lulz:

THE WOLF RULE:  PROVEN ONCE AGAIN.

YEP.

Now, anyone need to ask me again why I don't want them in my house?

I would.  Then I'd be all like "everything happens in the basement."  Then, when they walked down, I'd slam the door shut and scream "I'M YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN" through it.  When they finally break the door, I'd claim I was possessed.

But I don't have a basement.  :sad: 
:lulz:

I might just have to give this a whirl.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Jasper on December 15, 2009, 09:01:23 PM
Thank you Roger, for making me snort and cackle in public.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: The Good Reverend Roger on December 15, 2009, 09:03:06 PM
Quote from: Felix on December 15, 2009, 09:01:23 PM
Thank you Roger, for making me snort and cackle in public.

It's just one more service I offer.

Which is good, because the "Inarticulate howling into your voicemail" service is temporarily on hold until my lungs work.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: P3nT4gR4m on December 15, 2009, 10:08:49 PM
QuoteGERC is proud to own and operate one of the newest State-Of-The-Art Digital Video Recorders (DVR's) on the market ! Used exclusively for Paranormal Research we call this  The Soul Catcher 2

GERC can monitor up to 8 High definition day & night vision cameras all in Real Time Recording & Audio!

Be not so hasty to dismiss them. It appears these fuckers have actually invented bog-standard CCTV :eek:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Jasper on December 15, 2009, 10:17:03 PM
I think I just noticed something.

GERC?  Pronounced like jerk?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on December 15, 2009, 10:49:19 PM
Quote from: Felix on December 15, 2009, 10:17:03 PM
I think I just noticed something.

GERC?  Pronounced like jerk?

It is now.   :lulz:
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 15, 2009, 11:23:03 PM
I've been doing some testing. It might just be in my head, as said before, but it seems like there's more activity when I do certain things. For example, having either a lot of lights on or no lights on both seem to cause the activity. Having just 4 or 5 seems fine.

The louder I am downstairs, the more obvious the panic presence is. If I'm dead quiet it's just a little nagging itch at the back of my head telling me I'm not welcome the entire time until I'm back in my room. If I'm loud, it'll make me feel significantly less uneasy until I get to the stairs when it becomes blinding "GET THE FUCK OUT".

The black mists are connected to low light. If it's too dark they won't appear (or maybe they just blend in) and if it's too bright they won't appear. The smells and sounds are connected to people in some way. If more than one person is awake, the smells appear. The sounds only occur when one person is awake and are at their peak when that person is trying to sleep.

The apparitions are mostly unconnected, but they appear MOSTLY either at early morning (like just before dawn) or dead middle of the day, always up stairs and usually near the stairwell. They are ALL faceless, headless, or in one case without anything above the waist. (Though my mom said she recently saw one with huge black stitches all over the blank face, I don't buy that because it doesn't fit the pattern and sounds like fucking Silent Hill. Plus I haven't seen it.) They appear in predictable patterns, but they seem very aware. I had the misfortune of being menaced into my room by a headless man earlier today, for example, who then slammed the door shut.

Mostly I've felt rather safe in my room, which is why I've been ignoring this. It doesn't seem as important so long as I have a Safe Place, which was being violated strongly when I posted this.

For the curious, I've looked some of the stuff up regarding the history of the place. There WAS a fire, but no one was home when it happened. The history of the land is pretty vague, but apparently it was never much of anything until the county bought it from the land owner and turned it into a housing project. (Yeah, it's the projects. I'm poor, stfu.) The city DID have a lot of citizens involved in the civil war, but to the best of my knowledge there were never houses in the area of where I'm living until recent times.

I've also contacted some people in the "ghost hunting" field, and they're all telling me that it fits a "demonic" haunting. I'd giggle at them, except that faceless people in offensively formal clothing and things that are missing everything above the waist are fucking scary as hell and these "experts" all admit that they don't know what "demon" means except "definitely-not-human".

FTR, I don't really take ghost-hunters seriously but I DEFINITELY take ghosts seriously and these are different from all the hauntings I've read up on. (And if anyone knows of any similar hauntings that they've read of, hook me up, I'm interested.) That being the case, I say the ghost-hunter "demon" is as good a guess as anyone is capable of offering.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 16, 2009, 02:23:49 AM
I have to admit...
i've been following this thread under the assumption that you were just light heartedly trolling, and weren't going to keep it up long term.
So.... if you have found patterns that you can exploit, have you tried filming the apparitions?
presumably not?

1 film ghost
2 youtube
3 profit

Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 16, 2009, 03:22:56 AM
Four big reasons I haven't.

A: I have nothing to film them with. Really.

B: The "patterns" aren't perfect for the apparitions. There are no circumstances where they will appear for certain no questions asked.

C: These things are fucking SCARY. All of them (except the mist, which I imagine would be hard to film) carry with them a feeling of pure, unadulterated piss-all-over-the-floor, scream-and-run-and-hope-you-can-hide, heart-thumping, pants-shitting TERROR. My tests led to a lot of screams and at least one occasion of minor injury. If I could think enough to get the camera out, I could make no guarantee of holding it straight enough to film jack shit.

D: Even if none of the above were true, I'm scared of finding out it's all in my head. That would be the worst thing for me. I already KNOW I'm nuts, but I don't want to be -that- nuts.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 16, 2009, 04:37:59 AM
Quote from: Cait M. R. on December 16, 2009, 03:22:56 AM
Four big reasons I haven't.

A: I have nothing to film them with. Really.

B: The "patterns" aren't perfect for the apparitions. There are no circumstances where they will appear for certain no questions asked.

C: These things are fucking SCARY. All of them (except the mist, which I imagine would be hard to film) carry with them a feeling of pure, unadulterated piss-all-over-the-floor, scream-and-run-and-hope-you-can-hide, heart-thumping, pants-shitting TERROR. My tests led to a lot of screams and at least one occasion of minor injury. If I could think enough to get the camera out, I could make no guarantee of holding it straight enough to film jack shit.

D: Even if none of the above were true, I'm scared of finding out it's all in my head. That would be the worst thing for me. I already KNOW I'm nuts, but I don't want to be -that- nuts.

if they are that fucking SCARY and yet you remain where you are, you must either have some interest in them or you are forced to stay there for some reason.  Either circumstance would, for anybody, induce a desire to understand what you are exposed to.
The only excuse you give that seems to hold weight is 'D'.  Assuming you actually believe these stories, i would say that your primary concern should be that it's all in your head, and of course, the associated fact that people you know are fucking with you in a malicious way...
If that's the case, then you should probably find out sooner rather than later.
Get yerself some way of filming the events, and put it to rest.  It really shouldn't be that hard to record something that is happening in a predefined location on a regular basis. set up a little webcam or something...
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 16, 2009, 05:23:53 AM
I am in fact stuck living here. Sucks, but we can't move. I personally am moving sans family, however, as soon as I can make my computer and important data something I can carry in a bag. (I'm hoping I can buy that laptop soon...) It's scary, yeah, but like I said, I have a Safe Place and that makes it something I can deal with for awhile.

D is the big one, yes. (How is A not valid? Video recording devices are damn expensive, especially ones worth half a damn. I have a broken webcam. Broken as in doesn't work at all.) I know I'm not being fucked with, I've seen the things appear and disappear before my eyes, we've all been in the room at the same time during such occasions, the screams and such often occur when everyone's asleep, etc. (Also worth mentioning that these are NOT stories. The stuff in my last post is stuff that I have personally witnessed with the (noted) exception of stitches-face, who I don't believe exists.)

I don't WANT to find out I'm hallucinating hardcore all the time though. If I start seeing things in every day life, that's different. But while these things do (rarely) interfere with my life, they are strictly confined to the inside of my house. The panic presence can follow me out the door by ten feet at most, and after that point I see nothing, hear nothing, feel nothing. I'm fine. I don't want to end up taking drugs enough to put me in a waking coma for days at a time, or being locked up in the psych unit just because of something that occurs solely in my house that OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED. Even if I'm hallucinating them noticing it or other Matrixy "What is actually fucking real?" stuff.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Nast on December 16, 2009, 05:32:43 AM
You said the house is rented, yes? Do the owners know of these phenomena at all?
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Cait M. R. on December 16, 2009, 05:39:10 AM
I said we live in the projects too. The  so-called "owners" have never set foot inside any of these places and probably don't even know what the outsides look like.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 16, 2009, 05:42:30 AM
I guess i wasn't considering 'A' valid because webcams are pretty freaking cheap these days, and you already have computador with interwebs...
So, if you had a webcam, there wouldn't be any good reason that you couldn't get some shit on video, right?  because webcams are pretty cheep these days... as in, like, 10 bucks...
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Triple Zero on December 16, 2009, 01:01:46 PM
how convenient that those things that would be incredibly interesting to figure out scientifically what the fuck they are, always tend to be things that are impossible to get solid evidence about for usually more than just a few contrived reasons.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Requia ☣ on December 16, 2009, 02:47:55 PM
If it was easy somebody would have done it by now.
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Elder Iptuous on December 16, 2009, 02:51:57 PM
Quote from: Requia ☣ on December 16, 2009, 02:47:55 PM
If it was easynot horseshit somebody would have done it by now.
fixt
Title: Re: ATTN PD.COM: I'm losing it
Post by: Faust on December 16, 2009, 02:53:21 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 16, 2009, 01:01:46 PM
how convenient that those things that would be incredibly interesting to figure out scientifically what the fuck they are, always tend to be things that are impossible to get solid evidence about for usually more than just a few contrived reasons.
This is a webforum, even if a video was posted here its not a reliable source. Try not to read into this too much. For me its just a bit of spooky fun (no offense cait).