I am was too scared to view it. (Paranormal)

[s0_fam0us]

I only skimmed through the thread, so if this has been mentioned, forgive me! lol... Danvers State Hospital was actually turned into condos. This happened about 2 years ago. I had a chance to go up there before they redid everything (and haven't been back since, mostly because I'm jealous of the people living there) and have some really good pictures of the outsides of the building. We didn't get in, sadly... but I'll dig up my pictures and post them. Also, the movie Session 9 was filmed there... for those of you who like horror/thriller movies that play mind games and aren't really gory, I HIGHLY recommend it.

I also went to Fairfield Hills State Hospital, in Newtown, CT. I don't know if any of you watched that show on MTV years ago called Fear, but if you did, FHSH was the place where the guy had to lay in the drawer in the morgue... I've got some pretty interesting pictures from inside there, too. I used to be big into "ghost hunting," but my friends kind of lost interest.

 

[Fataliya]

I believe in ghosts.

Matter of fact, there is one in our apartment.

Yes, I'm kinda freaked out, lol.

 

[allthatgl1tt3rs]

I can't watch those videos because I know I'll freak out! When I see things like that they play on my mind for ages afterwards.

I was gonna say I've never had any personal experiences but there is one that to this day I'm not 100% sure about: I came home for lunch one day on a workday 2 years ago. This was in a house I shared with my friend for 6 months. Anyway we had told the estate agents we were planning to leave so that lunchtime the guy from the estate agents came to erect the "To Let" sign in the front garden.

I was in the kitchen at the back when I heard running as if someone was running around in the front room. The footsteps were really loud and I was convinced they were in the house but no one was home. I froze and was like "what the...?!" At this point in time I had no idea that the guy was erecting the sign (when I finally realised it was being put up I thought it could be his footsteps and him knocking the sign into the ground).

But we had polished wooden floorboards downstairs and it sounded just like someone in socks running across the floor then sliding a bit - as if someone was skidding around on their feet! I know the difference between noises outside and inside and let me tell you I swear it was inside!! The walls weren't the thickest and sometimes you could hear nextdoor going about their daily business but I was convinced it was in our house - especially when I hear that 'swish' in my mind, it was so like someone sliding on their feet.

It took me 5 minutes to bottle up the courage to go into the front room and see if anyone was there. Not a single thing. But my heart was pounding and I don't think I stayed there very long for my lunch! I'm surprised I even had the guts to go back there at lunchtimes again but I did. But I guess it's because I end up convincing myself it must have been the noise from the guy putting up the sign...

It's interesting reading how many of you as kids used to see things/people you no longer see since you grew up. I had a friend who lived round the corner from me when I was teen. She said she and her brother used to see an old woman standing at the bottom of their garden when they were young - but as they got older they no longer saw her. They experience doors locking and unlocking themselves in that house all the time and the TV switching itself on. Weird.

My Nan had an experience a year or so after Granddad died. I'm very wary about sharing it probably because for me it's so personal and sensitive so I won't go into detail.

When my other Granddad died my parents were convinced they smelt his aftershave in my room on a couple of occassions - I have nothing that smells like Old Spice so it can't be from anything I owned! They're convinced he watches over me.

I also have a friend who's mum is very sensitive to stuff and she picks up on things a lot!

I do wonder how you guys cope after seeing what you have seen/hearing the stuff you've heard etc. I wouldn't ever want to witness/encounter any of this because I'd get so scared! I think even if nice, "friendly" ghosts wanted to let me know they were there, I'd hope they'd do it in a very, very subtle way so as not to scare me. And I mean uber subtle!