Paranormal experiences

[Trailblazer]

Although I wouldn't dismiss the paranormal explanation offhand, I would tend to go through all the possibilities as to why this might be happening first, and one technician's opinion is just that.

Yes, that would be the logical thing to do if I really wanted to rule everything out, but it would not be worth the trouble to go through all of that, especially because I am satisfied with my explanation.

Not only that happened, but something of my husband's that was in a closed drawer magically appeared in the middle of the carpet one day. How did it get there?

 

[Mock Turtle]

Yes, that would be the logical thing to do if I really wanted to rule everything out, but it would not be worth the trouble to go through all of that, especially because I am satisfied with my explanation.

Not only that happened, but something of my husband's that was in a closed drawer magically appeared in the middle of the carpet one day. How did it get there?

Of course you are entitled to see your explanation as being right for you, but as with so many other things, if it doesn't correspond with reality then you are just deceiving yourself. Do so many others do likewise to choose the explanation they prefer over the actual truth?

 

[Trailblazer]

Of course you are entitled to see your explanation as being right for you, but as with so many other things, if it doesn't correspond with reality then you are just deceiving yourself. Do so many others do likewise to choose the explanation they prefer over the actual truth?

Conversely, if it does correspond to reality, those who disbelieve it are missing out on a part of reality.

It was not the explanation I preferred. I already tried to find another explanation and the Comcast technician who is familiar with all the equipment told me there was no other explanation.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Conversely, if it does correspond to reality, those who disbelieve it are missing out on a part of reality.

It was not the explanation I preferred. I already tried to find another explanation and the Comcast technician who is familiar with all the equipment told me there was no other explanation.

I still think you are relying on this one other person as to his opinion and where, as the link mentioned, there might be other explanations.

 

[Trailblazer]

I still think you are relying on this one other person as to his opinion and where, as the link mentioned, there might be other explanations.

No, I wanted to know what he was going to say, but in my mind I already knew what was causing the TV to go on.
I was using my logic and reason, because it makes no sense that a TV would come on sporadically, with no human intervention.

Many things might have other explanations but we don't investigate all of them. It depends upon how important it is to us to pin it down. Besides, my TV works fine, so I don't want anyone messing with it.

 

[Mock Turtle]

No, I wanted to know what he was going to say, but in my mind I already knew what was causing the TV to go on.
I was using my logic and reason, because it makes no sense that a TV would come on sporadically, with no human intervention.

Many things might have other explanations but we don't investigate all of them. It depends upon how important it is to us to pin it down. Besides, my TV works fine, so I don't want anyone messing with it.

OK, I'll leave it at that, given you have already made your mind up.

 

[Trailblazer]

OK, I'll leave it at that, given you have already made your mind up.

I'll let you know if there are any further developments.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

As an experienced paranormal investigator, I believe that it is important to rule out any natural explanations for an unusual event that appears to be paranormal at first. It's important to make a concentrated effort to debunk the incident and properly document it using ghost-hunting equipment in order to establish that the incident was indeed paranormal. I can't emphasize enough how important it is to ensure that any evidence of the paranormal is genuine so that skeptics can't rationally refute it. As I often say, "seeing is believing."

A professional paranormal investigator and researcher won't immediately assume that an unexplained and unusual occurrence is paranormal. An expert paranormal investigator will first make an effort to disprove the phenomenon, and if that fails, he or she will ask the spirits to repeat the incident so that it may be accurately recorded using specialized ghost-hunting equipment. An expert paranormal investigator will conduct an extensive comprehensive investigation with their equipment to either prove or disprove the phenomenon, and they will seek the assistance of other seasoned investigators to verify their evidence. A professional paranormal investigator may also seek the assistance of a trusted psychic medium or a sensitive while investigating a known haunted location.

I've been investigating and researching the paranormal for the past 15 years, and despite being a psychic medium and a sensitive, I don't always assume that an unusual occurrence, such as lights flickering or a loud bang, is paranormal. Even if I sense the presence of a spirit, I don't always assume that an unusual occurrence is paranormal. However, as a medium, I also have the psychic ability to see and hear spirits, so if the unusual occurrence is caused by a spirit, I am immediately aware of it. Despite the fact that I am a medium, I make every effort to adequately document the incident with my ghost-hunting equipment to prove that it was paranormal.

As an experienced paranormal investigator, I will not leave my paranormal evidence (recorded videos and pictures of spirits, EVP recordings) wide open for skeptics to harshly rip apart. In fact, I'm my own worst critic when it comes to the potential evidence of the paranormal that I collect, because my objective when analyzing the evidence is to try and debunk it so that I may authenticate it.

I also allow other seasoned investigators and even skeptics that I know and trust to thoroughly analyze the potential evidence of the paranormal that I collect during an investigation. I never take any pictures I take or videos I record at face value, despite my abilities relating to the paranormal. If I'm conducting an EVP session, then I make sure that the people around me hear what I hear via the Spirit Box. I've asked the other people around me, "What did you hear?" rather than repeating what I heard myself. I could tell them that I audibly heard the spirits speaking directly to me because of my abilities, but that isn't sufficient evidence for the skeptics in the crowd. If I show other people the pictures I've taken at a haunted location, I don't tell them what I see but rather ask them what they see. I don't try to influence how other people interpret my evidence. In addition, before I enter a specific location that is believed to be haunted, I'll ask the people I'm with not to tell me anything about the place or any experiences they have had there. I don't want to be influenced. I prefer to go into a location with a clear mind so that I can be certain that what I sense as a medium in the area is real.

After explaining all of that, I would like to conclude my post by saying that as a medium, I'm aware of paranormal occurrences that can't be verified by ghost-hunting equipment, rationally explained by science, or legitimately explained away by religious dogma that adamantly opposes belief that the spirits of the dead can communicate with and interact with the living. Personally, I believe that there are supernatural occurrences that happen in the world that brazenly defy scientific explanation and even religious explanation.

 

[Trailblazer]

An expert paranormal investigator will first make an effort to disprove the phenomenon, and if that fails, he or she will ask the spirits to repeat the incident

Sometimes I wish I was a psychic medium so I could ask my late husband to repeat the incident.... then again after I have heard from you what this entails I think I will leave it to the experts!
But what if I went in the bedroom and made my desires known? I would probably not make any contact but it sure be interesting if it resulted in the TV coming on again.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Sometimes I wish I was a psychic medium so I could ask my late husband to repeat the incident.... then again after I have heard from you what this entails I think I will leave it to the experts!

I have good days and bad days, and then I have really, really terrible days, as I recently described to you in private. Being a psychic medium is a 24-hour, 7-day-a-week, lifelong commitment that doesn't stop when you are completely exhausted or fed up with it.

But what if I went in the bedroom and made my desires known? I would probably not make any contact but it sure be interesting if it resulted in the TV coming on again.

That is something you could try if you wanted to, but I will tell you that spirits are often unpredictable, and it takes a lot of energy for them to communicate with and interact with the living. I've been in locations that weren't known to be haunted, and I was completely bombarded with poltergeist activity. On the other hand, I've also been in locations that are notoriously known to be haunted, and the spirits stubbornly refused to communicate with and interact with me or with the other paranormal investigators who were present. Spirits don't always respond to a polite request to make their presence known to the living, and they certainly don't like provocation like you may see on some of the paranormal shows. It doesn't usually end well for the idiotic paranormal investigators who provoke the spirits in order to get a response. I don't have any sympathy for them when they run out of the building screaming like little girls.

 

[Trailblazer]

But what if I went in the bedroom and made my desires known? I would probably not make any contact but it sure be interesting if it resulted in the TV coming on again.

That is something you could try if you wanted to, but I will tell you that spirits are often unpredictable, and it takes a lot of energy for them to communicate with and interact with the living.

@Mock Turtle
Another development occurred, although I don't know if you would call it "new."
The TV was on in the bedroom again when I woke up early this morning. Maybe my desires were known?
Anyhow, I am leaving it on for now and I removed the remote control from that room again, it is in the kitchen.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

@Mock Turtle
Another development occurred, although I don't know if you would call it "new."
The TV was on in the bedroom again when I woke up early this morning. Maybe my desires were known?
Anyhow, I am leaving it on for now and I removed the remote control from that room again, it is in the kitchen.

Even if I wasn't a psychic medium, I'm sure I'd be intrigued enough by the paranormal to want to research and investigate anything that I thought could be paranormal, and I'd still go ghost hunting. With that in mind, if I were in your situation, I'd set up a digital recorder near the television and wait to see if any EVPs were captured. I'd also use a spirit box so that I could possibly communicate with a spirit. Finally, I'd install security cameras in the room so that I could monitor the television from various angles and possibly capture a manifestation of a spirit (an orb, a light mist, or a full-body apparition) near the television. If I were really ambitious, then I would set up a couple of REM pods near the television, and I might even consider setting up a motion detector near it as well. But I'd have to make sure that there weren't any curious humans or pets in the room that could set off the pods and the motion detector.

 

[Mock Turtle]

@Mock Turtle
Another development occurred, although I don't know if you would call it "new."
The TV was on in the bedroom again when I woke up early this morning. Maybe my desires were known?
Anyhow, I am leaving it on for now and I removed the remote control from that room again, it is in the kitchen.

I would just comment that such issues do seem to be common - given an internet search for such occurrences.

 

[Trailblazer]

Even if I wasn't a psychic medium, I'm sure I'd be intrigued enough by the paranormal to want to research and investigate anything that I thought could be paranormal, and I'd still go ghost hunting. With that in mind, if I were in your situation, I'd set up a digital recorder near the television and wait to see if any EVPs were captured. I'd also use a spirit box so that I could possibly communicate with a spirit. Finally, I'd install security cameras in the room so that I could monitor the television from various angles and possibly capture a manifestation of a spirit (an orb, a light mist, or a full-body apparition) near the television. If I were really ambitious, then I would set up a couple of REM pods near the television, and I might even consider setting up a motion detector near it as well. But I'd have to make sure that there weren't any curious humans or pets in the room that could set off the pods and the motion detector.

That would be super cool. No, I don't have to be a psychic medium to be intrigued by the paranormal.
Shoot, I sure wish you lived near me, as I don't think I could ever do all that by myself.

 

[Truthseeker]

My husband passed on last summer. I have not slept in the bedroom since he passed on, I have been sleeping in the living room on the couch. About a week after my husband passed on the TV in the bedroom that we had been sleeping in came on all by itself and the music channel we always listened to was playing.

The TV in that bedroom is in a cabinet behind closed doors. The remote control was on the bedside table upside down. I wondered how the TV could go on without someone turning it on with the remote control, and when I tried to turn it off with the remote control with the cabinet closed it would not go off. I had to open the cabinet and turn off the TV off. I did that on the night the TV went on by itself and took the remote to the kitchen, but when I woke up the next morning the TV was on again! Of course, I questioned how it could have come on spontaneously when it came on again the next morning, when the remote control was not even in the bedroom. Then I opened the TV cabinet and turned the TV off with the remote control.

About a month later, on September 1, the TV came on again and I turned it off as before. Then on September 6 the TV came on again and I turned it off as before. Then on September 21 it came on again, and I turned it off. Each time I had heard the music channel playing through the TV cabinet I opened the doors to the cabinet and turned the TV off with the remote control.

I had my own ideas about why this was happening since there is no logical explanation. I thought to call Comcast cable and talk to the technical support staff to ask what could be causing this, but I was too busy so I just put it in the back of my mind, since it did not happen again after September 21; in October or November all was quiet in that room.

Then on December 19, I went in the bedroom in the morning and the TV was on again, playing the music channel. Well, this time, I decided to leave it on for a while since I though that whoever turned it on might want me to leave it on. So I left it on all day and later I opened the TV cabinet and turned it off and closed the doors. Nothing has happened since that time.

It just so happened that this week my land line phones were having problems. I had no dial tones and no ability to receive any calls since the phone was not ringing, so the Comcast cable man had to come to fix the phones yesterday. While he was here, I had planned to tell him about the TV problem in the bedroom. When I explained what had happened, just as I explained in the paragraph above, he was very curious and he said he had no explanation for why the TV would come on all by itself without me turning it on with the remote control. He also said that he has never seen a TV turn on using the remote control when the cabinet is closed because there is no way for the signal to get through the cabinet.

Then the technician wanted to see my calendar where I had recorded the days that this had happened. After that, I demonstrated to him exactly what had happened and he looked very befuddled. This had to be the strangest house call he had ever gone on! He said that there is no 'normal' explanation for the phenomenon and I told him I think it was paranormal. He said he could not argue with that since there is no other explanation.

I asked him if he had ever seen this kind of thing before and he said no. Here I was, expecting him to try to fix it or at least looking into what might be going on with my equipment, but he knew right off that it was not the equipment. That poor man! I really gave him an earful, and I cannot help but wonder what he was thinking as he drove away. It’s a good thing it was his last appointment of the day.

That nails it down conclusively, then, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Trailblazer]

That nails it down conclusively, then, as far as I'm concerned.

So now what do you think I should do, leave the TV on or turn it off? I have left it on all day because the cats like the music and it is kind of comforting to know how it got turned on, and it uses very little electricity since it is a LCD TV.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

That would be super cool. No, I don't have to be a psychic medium to be intrigued by the paranormal.
Shoot, I sure wish you lived near me, as I don't think I could ever do all that by myself.

I wish I lived closer to you so I could confirm whether your late husband was still in your home or not, and if he was, I could assist you in communicating with him. I could provide you with validation and closure, as well as assist him in crossing over into the spirit world.

I could also bring some of my ghost-hunting equipment over to your house and demonstrate how to use it before letting you use it. Maybe we could find a haunted location near you so you can see me in action. I have been investigating the paranormal with ghost-hunting equipment for the past fifteen years, and I set it all up now without a second thought. My dear husband says I can probably set up the equipment with my eyes closed. I've accumulated quite a collection of reliable ghost-hunting equipment over the years.

 

[Trailblazer]

I wish I lived closer to you so I could confirm whether your late husband was still in your home or not, and if he was, I could assist you in communicating with him. I could provide you with validation and closure, as well as assist him in crossing over into the spirit world.

I could also bring some of my ghost-hunting equipment over to your house and demonstrate how to use it before letting you use it. Maybe we could find a haunted location near you so you can see me in action. I have been researching investigating the paranormal with ghost-hunting equipment for the past fifteen years, and I set it all up now without a second thought. My dear husband says I can probably set up the equipment with my eyes closed. I've accumulated quite a collection of ghost-hunting equipment over the years.

I wish you could be here too.

Last night, before I went to bed, the TV in the bedroom was still on and I decided to leave it on. Then just in case my late husband was about, I said "Goodnight Lewis." Then when I went in the bedroom this morning, I could not hear the Easy Listening music playing from behind the cabinet as it was playing last night, so I opened the cabinet to see what was going on. There was no sound and the TV screen had no picture, just a bunch of zigzagged lines running across the screen in all directions.

At that time I thought maybe something untoward had happened to the TV so I went into the kitchen to get the remote control and then I turned the TV off and back on again. The picture was perfectly clear and the TV was working fine. Then I turned it off because I had had enough fun for one day! I returned the TV remote control to the kitchen.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

I wish you could be here too.

Last night, before I went to bed, the TV in the bedroom was still on and I decided to leave it on. Then just in case my late husband was about, I said "Goodnight Lewis." Then when I went in the bedroom this morning, I could not hear the Easy Listening music playing from behind the cabinet as it was playing last night, so I opened the cabinet to see what was going on. There was no sound and the TV screen had no picture, just a bunch of zigzagged lines running across the screen in all directions.

At that time I thought maybe something untoward had happened to the TV so I went into the kitchen to get the remote control and then I turned the TV off and back on again. The picture was perfectly clear and the TV was working fine. Then I turned it off because I had had enough fun for one day! I returned the TV remote control to the kitchen.

If you would like to attempt to communicate with your late husband on your own, then I can advise you about what to do. You don't need to buy a lot of ghost-hunting equipment to accomplish it. A digital voice recorder (see here) or an EVP recorder (see here) are two of the least expensive pieces of paranormal equipment to buy. A spirit box (see here), also called a "ghost box," will be more expensive than a digital recorder or an EVP recorder, but it allows you to speak with spirits in real time. There is also the REM-Pod (see here), or radiating electromagnetism pod, which radiates its own electromagnetic field. The pod provides energy for spirits, which enables them to communicate, and also serves as a device to communicate with the spirits. There is more advanced ghost-hunting equipment like a SLS camera (see here) and a thermal imaging camera (see here), but you may not want to get into that right now.

 

[Trailblazer]

If you would like to attempt to communicate with your late husband on your own, then I can advise you about what to do. You don't need to buy a lot of ghost-hunting equipment to accomplish it. A digital voice recorder (see here) or an EVP recorder (see here) are two of the least expensive pieces of paranormal equipment to buy. A spirit box (see here), also called a "ghost box," will be more expensive than a digital recorder or an EVP recorder, but it allows you to speak with spirits in real time. There is also the REM-Pod (see here), or radiating electromagnetism pod, which radiates its own electromagnetic field. The pod provides energy for spirits, which enables them to communicate, and also serves as a device to communicate with the spirits. There is more advanced ghost-hunting equipment like a SLS camera (see here) and a thermal imaging camera (see here), but you may not want to get into that right now.

Thanks. I might think about doing that, but I think it is wise to wait and see what the psychic medium I plan to use to contact him says. I will tell him what has been happening with the TV but I don't want to give him too much other information about my late husband or the circumstances of his death. I plan to play it by ear when I contact him.