Have you had an encounter with a Ghost

[skinfan13]

Now for the best story, which is a tie in to my own experiences at VMI.

The room I lived in last year was part of one of the tower rooms over an archway. I'll post a picture since it's hard to describe.


the room under the tower to the right was mine last year. In those towers they used to hold cadets who were going to be drummed out for honor violations. as many as 3 to 4 of those cadets committed suicide up there, either by jumping or strangling themselves. Southern honor used to be a much bigger deal.

anywho, my room was right under that inaccessible room. here are the stories I've heard about the room, but have not experienced.

ok, I've moved to the library, I'm writing the rest now...

ok so here's the main thing I had heard about room 401 (the room I lived in) prior to coming to VMI.

as some of you may recall VMI was an all male school until all the way up until 1997. the next year females became a part of the corps, and the number has increased ever since. many old timers and alumni are still upset with this.

2 years ago, 401 was occupied by females from my company, charlie. they are going to be juniors this upcoming year. basically they held a seance in the room late one night with a Ouija board. They asked the following questions and got the respective replies:

"if there are any spirits here that live above us or with us, make yourselves known."

"Yes, I am here"

"Are you the deceased spirit of a cadet who committed suicide after being convicted by the honor court?"

"yes"

"What do you think of us and the other women being in the corps?"

"Get the **** out of my room"

the board was thrown against the wall. That's a second hand account, I've never heard the story from those it happened to.

supposedly also, if you tap the inboard wall, it will tap back. I tried it a few times and nothing happened, but based on the other stuff that happened in the room to us, i wouldn't doubt the authenticity of it.

for clarifications sake I had 5 roommates for a total of 6 guys in the room.

now for my own experiences in the room. about 2 months into the school year, 5 of us were gathered around a computer in the dark while my other roommate slept. I looked up from the computer and saw someone cross the room from his rack (bed) to the sink and turn on the water. I looked down and back up again and no one was there and the water was off. I called out to my roommate. he was fast asleep. thoroughly freaked out, the five of us start to panic. my one roommate is fascinated by it and takes out a camera and starts taking pictures. orbs are showing up like crazy in certain areas of the ceiling under the upper room where the cadets killed themselves. we hear thuds above us. deep low thuds, it almost sounds like heavy footed marching. about 20 minuted later, in the area of the room under the tower, the contents of our wall lockers (like a closet) start to rattle and all our toiletries are flung off the shelves. at this point we start to shout and fight our way to the part of the room that isn't under the tower and toward the door. just then the officer of the night, I think it was one of the Colonels, comes in with his flashlight and asks us what the commotion is. we tell him, he looks around and up at the ceiling, flashing his light around. he looks at us and tells us to sleep in the area of the room not under the tower, and to let him know if more happens. after that point nothing happened that night. we also did an experiment the next night; we took pictures of the same spots in the dark and not a single orb showed up. I have some of the pictures, I'll post them.

that was the major event. other little things happened throughout the year, but that night was one of the most terrifying things ever. what was worse is that you can't change rooms or move. we had two choices: face the room and whatever it had for us, or leave the school. of course we all stayed and not much happened afterward, but stuff did happen.

i saw a laundry bag swing at a 90 degree angle and suspend itself in air one night. My roommate provoked whatever it is that inhabits the room above us one time during the day and something flew off his desk. I heard footsteps pacing above us occasionally from time to time. crazy thing is that the stuff almost always happened below the tower portion of the room.



on an unrelated note, one time I was on guard at 3 AM. a swirling wall of mist 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide descended over the walls of barracks and swirled in the courtyard and dissipated rapidly. at that point i had 6 months of paranormal activity under my belt and I just rolled my eyes and shrugged. i was definitely more pissed than scared lol.


If I think of more stories I'll post them.
Photos coming up

[Spartacus87]

I found this online about the Yellow Ghost:

http://ghosts-hauntings.suite101.com...stitute_ghosts

The Yellow Peril

One of the most feared spirits lurking at VMI is the “Yellow Peril”. A wretched yellow face and bony shoulders are all that have been seen of this apparition, but it is known to surprise Cadets walking the halls of the third floor of the barracks alone at night. Students have reported strange wails in the corridors when no one is around and attributed it to the Yellow Peril.

[skinfan13]

Oh I'm also going to be in the library all night tonight like I was last night. I got really creeped out around 2-4 AM. I'll keep you guys posted

also, couldn't find any good pics on my computer, my friend must still have most of them. if I get my hands on them again, I'll post them.

[CAPT_CHAOS47]

One thing i am really afraid of is passing away out here in Iraq and my soul/ghost being stuck here forever...

I could never rest in peace out here in this **** country...

[chipwhich]

One thing i am really afraid of is passing away out here in Iraq and my soul/ghost being stuck here forever...

I could never rest in peace out here in this **** country...

Instead of worrying about that, how about getting your wife to post those pics you mention in your OP.

[CAPT_CHAOS47]

Instead of worrying about that, how about getting your wife to post those pics you mention in your OP.

Just waiting on her to email them to me

[Johnny Punani]

I'm not too sure if what I saw can be labeled as supernatural. I think a lot of people have similar experiences. I just don't like organized religions.

So if what you saw could be labeled as not being "supernatural", then what could you label it then? You think maybe you are trying to avoid the conflict between what you saw and your views on God/Religion?

[Capt Rich Fla]

So if what you saw could be labeled as not being "supernatural", then what could you label it then? You think maybe you are trying to avoid the conflict between what you saw and your views on God/Religion?

That must really freak out people who don't believe in God.

[Vicious]

So if what you saw could be labeled as not being "supernatural", then what could you label it then? You think maybe you are trying to avoid the conflict between what you saw and your views on God/Religion?

Just like ghosts don't prove God, God does not prove a particular organized religion. We don't really know too much about the universe or how it works. We can do some amazing things, even teleport. What a lot of us experience could, and most likely are, in line with the physics of our universe.

[CounterTrey75]

While waiting for my wife to pick me up from work one night, I got a call on my cell from my home phone. I of course thought it was my wife calling to say she was running late but leaving now to pick me up. But it wasn't. I immediately called her on her cell to see where she was and she said downstairs waiting on me. You can imagine going home that night was pretty hard.

[TD_washingtonredskins]

While waiting for my wife to pick me up from work one night, I got a call on my cell from my home phone. I of course thought it was my wife calling to say she was running late but leaving now to pick me up. But it wasn't. I immediately called her on her cell to see where she was and she said downstairs waiting on me. You can imagine going home that night was pretty hard.

That's creepy. Was there anyone/anything on the line when the call came in from your home phone?

[Old Bay]

I don't know why I read these things. I always freak myself out.

I've had experiences with smells and random lights and radios coming on for no reason.

One of the scariest things that happened to me was when I was doing a project for a public speaking class on, wait for it...ghosts. I was putting together a powerpoint presentation and had all sorts of creepy pictures that I was lining up when the pull down blind I had in my room sucked up against the window for about 5 seconds and then released. Window wasn't open, door to my room was closed. No air pressure change or anything. I immediately left my room.

My cousins told me some pretty creepy stuff happened in that house when I left for college. I don't know if it's totally legit, but it ranged from seeing shadowy figures staring inside the window to floating knives. There was a time when I think my grandfather (who has passed away) was upset with the way my grandmother was acting at the time. That's the only thing I could think of.

Related to that is a dream I had of him. I don't really know how to fully get across the feel of it, because it was more of a feel than anything else. I rarely dream about my grandfather (he was like a father to me) and after he died I only dreamt about him a couple of times. But, in those dreams he was always happy and things were well. In this one dream I had, things were different...

I was asleep on the couch (in the dream) and the tv was on. I heard a knock at the door, it was rainy out and I see my grandfather standing there. I wondered why he was standing out in the rain, and knocked, since it was his house. But, I could see through him, and he had this very disgruntled look upon his face. Being half asleep in the dream, I just asked him what he was doing and to come inside. He just shook his head and waved to me to follow him, like he was telling me to leave behind all of the bad stuff (some complicated family issues with my grandmother whom I lived with at the time). I told him to hold on, let me get my shoes, and I'd come with him. When I came back to the door, he had vanished.

I know it's just a dream, but like I said, there was a feeling about it that was so incredibly heavy...hard to explain.

[section 130]

http://farshores.org/pghos314.htm

Check this out. Its pretty spooky.

[CounterTrey75]

That's creepy. Was there anyone/anything on the line when the call came in from your home phone?

There was no one on the line just silence. I held the phone to my ear for a bit just in case my wife was doing something that prevented her from answering. After waiting for a few seconds I hung up and called her on her cell.

Btw, while going home, I got another call from home and this time I waited a bit longer on the line to see if someone in the house would make a sound and again silence. Even though we have an alarm system, I immediately called my neighbor and asked him to check my home to see if there was a break in. He called back and said everything was okay.

Yes, it was very creepy.

[twenty-eight]

Zoony's thread on ghosts reminded me of this .....Now, this isn't a ghost story.....but I was freaked the **** out!

Exactly five years ago I was visiting my family in lebanon. I was staying in my grandfathers house in the mountains. He passed away years ago but at that time my grandmother still lived there.

I was my grandfathers favorite grand kid. He only spent two or three summers with me while the majority of his grand kids lived in Lebanon and he saw them pretty frequently. I was named after him...and when I was in Lebanon, I rarely left his side.

I was sleeping in his old bedroom when I woke up in the middle of the night to my entire body vibrating. The scary part was, I wasn't really awake. I was fully conscious but my body was sleeping. My entire body was shaking/vibrating pretty intensely. I looked down and I was almost hovering over my body...my head and neck were above my body and I was just staring at the rest of my body as it lay on the bed. I don't know if this was the beginning of astral projection or some sort of out of body experience. I began screaming at the top of my lungs for my aunt....this lasted probably 10-20 seconds. I just kept on screaming...but nobody could hear me. I don't think I was able to make any sound.

I woke up a little later was freaked out. I was able to go back to bed....I don't know what the **** happened...or what it was all about

and thats my story