Ghost, Spirit Updates

Posted by scarygeek on February 4, 2010 at 20:31 pm

So now that we have decided to move, and hopefully keep the spirits that we found here in this house from coming with us, it seems they are making their last efforts to be seen and heard.  The last couple of days I have seen quite a few shadow figures on and around the stairway, as well as walking around the living room and kitchen areas of the house.  It seems that the one upstairs is also picking up its game, as it keeps walking into my room and standing at the side of my bed.  I just keep telling it that I need my rest and I can’t talk now, and it stays for a bit and eventually goes away. 

My daughter has also been seeing a lot more of them in the house, and is now seeing them at her school.  Today, she finally told me that she has been seeing this almost full apparition in class.  She says that she thinks that it knows she can see him, and that he looks like he is trying to avoid the other people walking around the classroom.  She said that it appears to look lost, and just keeps looking around the room.  She also said that it is wearing dull gray clothing.  She said that her friend saw that she was looking at something today, and asked her what was wrong.  Unfortunately, she was not able to just tell her. 

The other day I slipped on the stairs.  Now, I am a very athletic and have great reflexes, and don’t just go around falling everywhere.  I can’t even remember a time that I have tripped and fallen down.  In fact, I don’t think I ever have until now.  It was strange, because it felt like someone had put roller blades on the bottom of my feet.  I slipped down five steps, and luckily I was able to grab the railing and use my other arm to stop my fall.  It just didn’t feel like an accident, and I can’t say that it was anything else, but I have my suspicions.  Anyway, as I am writing this I just saw one of them run up the stairs, and about an hour ago, the dogs were barking at nothing we could see or hear, but it was at the bottom of the stairs.  These next few days are going to be interesting.

Ghost Updates, Face in the TV

Posted by scarygeek on February 1, 2010 at 23:29 pm

I love getting to be early once in a while, but it seems that lately whenever I do get a chance to do it, I am rudely awakened.  Well, last night we had the kids pajamas on, protection spell done, and all in bed by 9pm.  I was actually in my bed and talking to my husband by 9:06pm.  I was feeling pretty good. 

I fell asleep pretty quickly and about 35 minutes after I fell asleep, I woke up to a text from my 13-year-old daughter.  The first text I missed, and it just said, “Mommy,” the next one that I woke up to said, “Mommy Help.”  So once again I ran down stairs to find my daughter lying in bed and very scared.  I asked her what was wrong and she said that there is a face in the television.  I looked, but I could not see anything.  She refused to look in the direction of the screen, and said that it was the scariest thing she had ever seen.  She just described it as a white face with no eyes, but “very scary.”  When I touched her she was trembling.  I really hate that she is going through this, and I know that she tries to make them go away, and isn’t really afraid.  She just does not like it when they are persistent and won’t just leave her alone. 

I sat with her for a while so that she could go to sleep, and of course I could hear the footsteps in the attic again. I have heard rodents and know what those sound like, but these are not rodents.  They are the sound of the footsteps of a large person. 

The other night we went up stairs to get bins from the attic.  I had a funny feeling in my gut and my daughter looked towards the back of the attic, and claims she saw a full apparition.  She said it was as if it were a real person standing there.  I decided we would come back up later when my husband got home, just in case it were a real person.  I have heard crazier stories. 

Well, that is all that has happened during the last week.  I do keep hearing them in the stairway, attic, and in my room, but have not seen what my daughter sees.  I only have that feeling that something else is present.  I try to speak to them, but no response so far.  We will let you know though.

What Is a Wraith?

Posted by scarygeek on January 22, 2010 at 10:25 am

I have decided that I am going to start to watch a few of the new programs that have come out recently on television, especially the Fox Network.  In New Braunfels, Texas, and using Time Warner Cable, that would be channel 111.  Well, last night I started by watching the series “Bones.”  It was the first time I had watched this show, and it seemed to be serious with some humor, and I enjoyed it.  In this particular episode this “Bones” team, was trying to determine whether or not this set of skeletal remains were those of JFK.  It was entertaining, but the one show that seemed appropriate to speak of here on ScaryGeek, is the new show called, “Supernatural.”

I think that I have missed a few eipisodes, so I am not sure how these two brothers, Dean and Sam, became Monster Hunters, but apparently they are fighting to save the world from Lucifer.  This particular episode took place in a Mental Hospital, where Dean and Sam, have become patients, in order to investigate some deaths, that were reported as suicides, but thought to be the work of a supernatural being, in this case, a Wraith.  This is the first time I have heard of this word, and even after trying to do some research in the encyclopedias, and reference books, could only come up with a few definitions.  Most of the information online is from gamer sights, so more of a fantasy take.

From what I can gather, the word Wraith, comes from Scottish dialect.  It has a few different meanings and those I could find were, ghost, spectre, apparition, messenger of death, holy figure, the apparition of a dead person, and the best of them all, a black man-shaped cloud, that seeks to absorb human energy.  So, I think it is more of a general term used for all of these, and it is used most in Scottish literature, fantasy, folklore.  The word seems to have first been used as far back as 1513, in fantasy literature, and was used to describe evil or dangerous beings.

I have also read that a Wraith is a body double, which acts a messenger of death.  To see your own Wraith, it then becomes a Fetch, and is a messenger of your own death within the year.  So, this definition reminds me of what a Banshee might also be, or at least similar to.  If there is anyone that knows more about the Wraith, I would love to hear about it, and also add it to my site.  Please, email me at lisa@scarygeek.com.

Combermere Abby – Apparition of Lord Combermere 1891

Posted by scarygeek on December 11, 2009 at 13:14 pm

Combermere Abbey, is located in Cheshire, England. In 1891, British Calvary Commander, Lord Combermere, was accidentally stuck by a horse and carriage, and was killed. His funeral was held four miles from the Combermere Abby, and his entire household was attending the funeral. A photographer by the name of Sybell Corbet took the picture below. Remember, this was taken in 1891. In the photo you can see that there is a man sitting in the chair to the left of the photo. This is what you would call a partial apparition. You can see some of the detail of his jacket, hair, face, arm and hand, and he appears to just be sitting there. Apparently this photograph was taken at the same time Lord Combermere’s funeral was taking place.  

Werewolf, Dogman, Bigfoot?

Posted by scarygeek on November 23, 2009 at 14:30 pm

There have been stories of the existence of werewolves since the early Roman times. Where did these stories originate and why do we continue to have reports of their sightings to this day. My theory is that there must have been some truth to those old stories. In France there was the case of the Beast of Gevaudan that attacked over 200 people, killing over 100 people during a period of four years. Survivors reported a large, red, short-haired, wolf-like creature with large teeth and tail. There are also the court cases of Gilles Garnier who confessed to being a werewolf after he was seen carrying the body of a partially eaten child, while in a wolf-like state.  Apparently unable to provide for his new family he came across an apparition who gave him a salve that turned him into a werewolf. He then murdered several young children and ate from their thighs and bellies before he was caught. He was accused of witchcraft and was burned at the steak.

More recently there are reports of sightings here in the United States in Michigan, Georgia, and Wisconsin. The Dogman or Beast of Bray Road has been seen several times in Michigan and is described as a wolf-like creature standing on two feet and or on all fours, usually seen walking, running, or jumping.  I have an uncle who was driving home late at night with his wife in Palmdale, California. The were driving on a two lane road and both claim to have come across a white van with two men standing in the road, screaming at them to stop and to not go any further. Thinking they were being set up for a crime, they decided it would not be a good idea to stop. As they continued driving farther down the road they saw a large hairy creature coming at them. They stopped the car and it came to the window. It made a loud noise and they drove away, but it was able to keep up with them for a short time. Eventually they were able to get away from it. Both my uncle and his wife were terrified and both of them were unable to identify what it was, but both claim it was very large and appeared to be a wolf-like man. They called my father the next day and told him about it, but my father laughed. What I don’t understand is how they could both see the same thing if it was not real. I for one, believe that they saw something that night….maybe it was a werewolf, or maybe an escaped government experiment? Either way it was scary and driving in Palmdale will never be the same!