I have had some sort of encounter with something, for want of a better word, supernatural.
When I was thirteen or so my family and I were staying in a farmhouse close to the Welsh border. I was up in my bedroom listening to music and I got the strong feeling that I wasn't alone. Nothing else was in the room, so far as I can see, but I started feeling progressivly more and more disconcerted. I won't say I saw a ghost, as that isn't strictly accurate. I had the strong impression that something was in the room with me. This was in the middle of a summer's day, so it wasn't sleep apnoeia or any of the other usual sleep-related explanations.

After that, I wouldn't sleep in that room any more. A couple of days later, I found out that my parents had also felt that something was wrong in the house. Nothing they could specifically put their finger on, they didn't see anything either but my stepdad felt sufficiently threatened that he would leave their bedroom light on at night.

It got that bad that my parents cut the holiday short. The visitor's book was full of people commenting on the ghost in the house.
( Kroney, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:25, 4 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I stayed there before you did
and produced such a repulsive fart that it hung around and made people uncomfortable for years to come.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:27, Reply)

While you are a total animal
it is nice to know that it wasn't Geronimo or Houdini or someone, but your arse.
( Kroney, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:30, Reply)

Whilst it pains me to quote Harry Hill,
that would be the Power of Suggestion right there.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:28, Reply)

Except we didn't read the visitors book until we were actually leaving.

( Kroney, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:29, Reply)

A clarification.
I dont' actually believe in ghosts. Logically, I find them highly improbable. However, this did happen.
( Kroney, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:39, Reply)

Logically, Darth having a girlfriend is highly improbable
Which just goes to prove statistics are a load of shit
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:41, Reply)

This is true
I'm a walking - OK, mincing - talking disprover of statistical likelihood
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:46, Reply)

There's a simple scientific explanation for this:
you are gay.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:50, Reply)

Does homosexuality lead to a higher instance of supernatural encounters?
If it weren't such a potentially devastating loss to the gene pool, I might consider re-thinking my life style.
( Kroney, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:53, Reply)

I heard
if you go wandering around Hampstead Heath in the middle of the night you get a horrifying feeling that you're not alone, and you can hear all this tortured moaning coming from the bushes. And even in daylight you can see little puddles of ecotplasm everywhere.

It's eerie to say the least.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 12:59, Reply)

I thought the moaning was Bill Oddie
complaining about not being taken seriously, and shaking off his Goodie image.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:04, Reply)

Yeah and Ron Davies 'looking for badgers'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:15, Reply)

They should get that Yvette Fielding and Derek Acorah to look into it

( Kroney, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:04, Reply)

They should get you and Jimmy Somerville to look into it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 24 Mar 2011, 13:08, Reply)