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I've had some weird things happen to me in the past. I've heard things, smelled things,seen things, etc... What just happened to me about an hour ago is a new one for me. I apologize for the length, but the story is pretty complex.
I've got to preface this with a little background information, some of which I've meant to post about for a few weeks. I'm not sure if any of this is relevant for what happened to me today. For about the last year of my mother's life, she lived with James and I. She knew her health was failing and she enjoyed being near us. She past away a year and a half ago. My husband and I have both missed her terribly. I don't think what happened today is connected to her, but it is background information. After her passing, we turned the bedroom she used into a den. There is a small bathroom to the side of the room.
Now, a little about this land. I do not believe this house is haunted. I think I may have an occasional "visitor", but to be an old house, this one is the most "spirit-free" I believe I've ever lived in. However, the land around it is another story. I've seen and felt some things on this property (which belongs to my husband's family), that have given me the occasional heebiejeebies. Next to us is an old dog trot house that my husband is planning on demolishing this fall. The woman who lived there supposedly went insane. Her husband would have ironically been a distant relative of mine. I've also posted about our eerie "ghost train" that we've heard.
In the back of the property, stands the remains of an early 1900's barn. A family lived there when their own home was destroyed by fire. As far as I know, no one was killed in the fire.
Another family, in the early 1900's occupied the land to the right of our house. I've fussed at my husband for not putting our house there, because it is in the most beautiful little meadow, flanked by huge oak trees. This family that lived there is involved in a truly eerie coincidence. Before I married, I lived in an old Victorian home in town that was built by either this particular family, or relatives of their's. The woman was named Carrie, the husband was named James, and their daughter was named...China. (My little girl is adopted from China). Years ago, while metal detecting at their homesite, my husband found a small porcelain pig buried in the ground that was actually made in the city we received our daughter in.
To shorten things as much as possible, I've had some odd things happen in the last few weeks. Things going missing, Brianna talking to someone I don't see, etc... While on the phone with a friend one morning, I was sitting in my living room, looking out into the front yard. I saw what appeared to be a person running/walking fast, past our gate. Thinking this person was coming up my walk, I told my friend on the phone to hold on. I opened the door, no one was there. I called out, but no one answered. It was like whoever it was vanished into thin air. I couldn't make out any features, but the person appeared to have been wearing pink or red.
Now, for what happened today: My little one had gotten into some mischief and was in the process of a "time out". She was quite upset about it, carrying on like I had just wounded her deeply by making her sit and turning off Dora the Explorer for a period of 3 minutes. In that time, my husband called on his lunch hour to say hello, which he usually does. No sooner had I hung up the phone, I hear a crash coming from the bathroom in the den. Not just a crash, but what sounds like things being hurled. Brianna runs to me, hysterical, I think she thought she was going to get the blame for breaking something else.
I open the door, and see my bathroom cabinet literally torn off the wall and glass everywhere. This cabinet had been on the wall very securely, and did not have a lot in it to weight it down. It was like someone had violently ripped it off the wall. Had Brianna or I been in there, we would have been severely injured or killed. Oddly enough, things I had on the back of the toilet, just under the cabinet where not a bit out of place. The remains of the cabinet and all that was in it was against the bathroom door.
I'm wondering if something on this land could have decided to make it's way into my house? Could it be something that is overly protective of Brianna and was expressing extreme displeasure over even a mild form of discipline? This was pretty scary stuff today. I'm not sure what to think, any ideas? Just by coincidence, or maybe not, the incident I had in the living room when I saw someone running outside, and today's incident were both shortly before thunderstorms.
I've got to preface this with a little background information, some of which I've meant to post about for a few weeks. I'm not sure if any of this is relevant for what happened to me today. For about the last year of my mother's life, she lived with James and I. She knew her health was failing and she enjoyed being near us. She past away a year and a half ago. My husband and I have both missed her terribly. I don't think what happened today is connected to her, but it is background information. After her passing, we turned the bedroom she used into a den. There is a small bathroom to the side of the room.
Now, a little about this land. I do not believe this house is haunted. I think I may have an occasional "visitor", but to be an old house, this one is the most "spirit-free" I believe I've ever lived in. However, the land around it is another story. I've seen and felt some things on this property (which belongs to my husband's family), that have given me the occasional heebiejeebies. Next to us is an old dog trot house that my husband is planning on demolishing this fall. The woman who lived there supposedly went insane. Her husband would have ironically been a distant relative of mine. I've also posted about our eerie "ghost train" that we've heard.
In the back of the property, stands the remains of an early 1900's barn. A family lived there when their own home was destroyed by fire. As far as I know, no one was killed in the fire.
Another family, in the early 1900's occupied the land to the right of our house. I've fussed at my husband for not putting our house there, because it is in the most beautiful little meadow, flanked by huge oak trees. This family that lived there is involved in a truly eerie coincidence. Before I married, I lived in an old Victorian home in town that was built by either this particular family, or relatives of their's. The woman was named Carrie, the husband was named James, and their daughter was named...China. (My little girl is adopted from China). Years ago, while metal detecting at their homesite, my husband found a small porcelain pig buried in the ground that was actually made in the city we received our daughter in.
To shorten things as much as possible, I've had some odd things happen in the last few weeks. Things going missing, Brianna talking to someone I don't see, etc... While on the phone with a friend one morning, I was sitting in my living room, looking out into the front yard. I saw what appeared to be a person running/walking fast, past our gate. Thinking this person was coming up my walk, I told my friend on the phone to hold on. I opened the door, no one was there. I called out, but no one answered. It was like whoever it was vanished into thin air. I couldn't make out any features, but the person appeared to have been wearing pink or red.
Now, for what happened today: My little one had gotten into some mischief and was in the process of a "time out". She was quite upset about it, carrying on like I had just wounded her deeply by making her sit and turning off Dora the Explorer for a period of 3 minutes. In that time, my husband called on his lunch hour to say hello, which he usually does. No sooner had I hung up the phone, I hear a crash coming from the bathroom in the den. Not just a crash, but what sounds like things being hurled. Brianna runs to me, hysterical, I think she thought she was going to get the blame for breaking something else.
I open the door, and see my bathroom cabinet literally torn off the wall and glass everywhere. This cabinet had been on the wall very securely, and did not have a lot in it to weight it down. It was like someone had violently ripped it off the wall. Had Brianna or I been in there, we would have been severely injured or killed. Oddly enough, things I had on the back of the toilet, just under the cabinet where not a bit out of place. The remains of the cabinet and all that was in it was against the bathroom door.
I'm wondering if something on this land could have decided to make it's way into my house? Could it be something that is overly protective of Brianna and was expressing extreme displeasure over even a mild form of discipline? This was pretty scary stuff today. I'm not sure what to think, any ideas? Just by coincidence, or maybe not, the incident I had in the living room when I saw someone running outside, and today's incident were both shortly before thunderstorms.
Wow, that sounds scary. You don't have a pet that maybe tried to jump up on it or anything like that do you? What about the little pig that was found? Do you still have it? Did the new activity start before or after the pig was found?
You said the cabinet was in the bathroom, you don't have any leaky pips that would maybe make the wall soft do you?
What a interesting story, I would have been scared to death. please let us know if anything else happens. How old is your daughter? I bet she was scard too.
You said the cabinet was in the bathroom, you don't have any leaky pips that would maybe make the wall soft do you?
What a interesting story, I would have been scared to death. please let us know if anything else happens. How old is your daughter? I bet she was scard too.
Shana, we don't have any pets. The little porcelain pig was found years ago, long before James and I met. We do still have it.
My father-in-law just came by to look at it. He's as baffled as I am. He says it looks like it was just pulled off the wall and thrown. The cabinet didn't have that much in it. The typical medicine bottles, a curling iron, lotion, etc... I did have some sea shells from a long ago family vacation and some little glass bottles my parent's had given me on top of it. They were unharmed. I had some candles in glass containers next to them, and they were in a million pieces. The pipes are fine. The mirror that was next to the cabinet and the floral arrangement that I have above it aren't the least bit out of place.
Brianna is two and a half. She was terrified when this happened. I think I'm more confused than scared. Hubby just called again to check on me and told me though someone must not have liked me putting Brianna in time out.![[No]](graemlins/no.gif)
If this was caused by something paranormal, it now has my full attention. The destruction and force that it took to do that is what amazes me.
My father-in-law just came by to look at it. He's as baffled as I am. He says it looks like it was just pulled off the wall and thrown. The cabinet didn't have that much in it. The typical medicine bottles, a curling iron, lotion, etc... I did have some sea shells from a long ago family vacation and some little glass bottles my parent's had given me on top of it. They were unharmed. I had some candles in glass containers next to them, and they were in a million pieces. The pipes are fine. The mirror that was next to the cabinet and the floral arrangement that I have above it aren't the least bit out of place.
Brianna is two and a half. She was terrified when this happened. I think I'm more confused than scared. Hubby just called again to check on me and told me though someone must not have liked me putting Brianna in time out.
If this was caused by something paranormal, it now has my full attention. The destruction and force that it took to do that is what amazes me.This is so interesting, so is this the first of the new activity or has it been going on for a while? It seem's like what ever it was did not like your daughter being in time out. You said she's adopted? For some reason I keep asking myself if her birth mother is still alive. Of course I could be way off base.
My daughter is 2 years and three months old. You said that your daughter has been talking to something that is not there. Well my grandmother passed three months ago. We have been going through her stuff and my daughter will point to a glass on the table and say "that's grandma mae's glass." What's weird is that there is no way she could have remembered that glass. She's been doing stuff like that all the time.
It's interesting how small kid's are so intuned to what we can't see.
My daughter is 2 years and three months old. You said that your daughter has been talking to something that is not there. Well my grandmother passed three months ago. We have been going through her stuff and my daughter will point to a glass on the table and say "that's grandma mae's glass." What's weird is that there is no way she could have remembered that glass. She's been doing stuff like that all the time.
It's interesting how small kid's are so intuned to what we can't see.
Carrie, this is all very strange. I have read about things like this happening. In one story, a glass display case had been torn off a wall when nobody was in the room. Like you, they heard the crash and went running to investigate. Also similar was the fact that nothing else was disturbed, or broken, including everything beneath it. They also could not figure out how it came off the wall, in fact the brackets that were still secured on the wall.
What I find most interesting is the number of elements in your story regarding China and Brianna. You recently made a post Briana's Red Thread[/URL] where you found a picture that looked just like Brianna, you also mentioned adopting again. Have things started happening since that post? Also, you said the person running by was dressed in red or pink. I know this sounds like a bizarre thing, but it immediately reminded me of your recent "Red Thread" post- especially since you said that Brianna has been talking to somebody. Your mention of the family that used to live next to where your house is also reminded me of the Red Thread belief, perhaps you and James and Brianna have had a connection for a lot longer than you know, it's amazing how things connect. Maybe somebody connected with Brianna is trying to get your attention. Obviously you already know about ghosts and thunderstorms. I'm wondering if the combination of the approaching thunderstorm and Brianna being upset gave your visitor a little more "energy" than they're used to, rather than it being a response to the punishment. Do you know any Chinese rituals or traditions for calming the house? Maybe if the visitor is acknowledged they'll settle down.
What I find most interesting is the number of elements in your story regarding China and Brianna. You recently made a post Briana's Red Thread[/URL] where you found a picture that looked just like Brianna, you also mentioned adopting again. Have things started happening since that post? Also, you said the person running by was dressed in red or pink. I know this sounds like a bizarre thing, but it immediately reminded me of your recent "Red Thread" post- especially since you said that Brianna has been talking to somebody. Your mention of the family that used to live next to where your house is also reminded me of the Red Thread belief, perhaps you and James and Brianna have had a connection for a lot longer than you know, it's amazing how things connect. Maybe somebody connected with Brianna is trying to get your attention. Obviously you already know about ghosts and thunderstorms. I'm wondering if the combination of the approaching thunderstorm and Brianna being upset gave your visitor a little more "energy" than they're used to, rather than it being a response to the punishment. Do you know any Chinese rituals or traditions for calming the house? Maybe if the visitor is acknowledged they'll settle down.
Wow Carrie. That is scary. I am very thankfull you and Brainna were not hurt! Well, thats alot that has happened on that proprety, to me it's hard to say. There could be a number of things. I wondeering tho, if you have put Brainna on time out before this hasnt happened, why havent they done it before? Also if "they cared about Brianna i dont think they would have done something so violent like that to scare both you and her. Just my own opion. But again, i'm glad you are both ok. Oh and btw could have something to do with that person you saw walking up your drive, thats to starnge that that happened so close. Blessings and Hugs, Alicia
Interesting story Carrie, I can sure understand why this latest incident has you rattled. Lucky you or Brianna were not in the bathroom when this happened that is for sure. Sorry if this is on the long side as well but lots to consider here.
I don't believe in coincidences but rather everything is meant to happen as it does. It is eerie but also very interesting that you share the same names as the ppl connected to your previous home and the property close to your current one. It's also wild that their daughter was named China. Like Renee I too thought of your red thread post when you noted the person you saw was wearing red or pink. It's almost as if whoever it was you saw was using the color as a symbol to say we have a connection. You mentioned they lived there in the early 1900's do you know when or how they died by chance? Have you considered that you may be closer connected then you realize, in that you were apart of that family in a former life perhaps? It may sound stretched to some but if you believe we have more then one life time here there very well could be a deeper connection to these circumstances for one or all of you?
The cabinet being ripped from the wall reminded me of what recently happened to my folks which I posted about. They too remain baffled by the glass shattering as it did. This has been a record summer for us with intense storms and high humidities, excellent conductors for ghost/spirit activity. You noted thunderstorms as well so as Renee mentioned maybe that gave the spirit/ghost that extra energy needed? This may sound silly but with the atmoshpere so charged maybe a spirit doesn't realize just how much energy they are using (don't know their own strength) which results in a far more dramatic result then intended? My Grandfather was a kind man so if it was him I know he wouldn't do anything on the negative side. If this is not connected to the land I too have to wonder if this could be someone connected to Brianna? They may not intend to scare or cause harm just being very protective of her.
It's possible the person you saw has entered your home or they have been there longer then you think seeing you've noted other activity as well. Also likely you have more then one visitor there.
Have you asked Brianna who she is talking to at times when this happens? I recall you mentioning you feel your Mom visits with her but if there is someone else there she may provide some clues to who it is. My youngest was around 2 when he first reacted to someone unseen to me and when I asked him who was tickling him he replied "the man". That happened in our former home which we came to learn we were sharing with an elderly man (previous owner).
I like the idea Renee gave of doing something that may help 'calm' the house. I would also envision a white protective light surrounding not only you, Brianna and James but your house and property as well. Do keep us posted Carrie.
I don't believe in coincidences but rather everything is meant to happen as it does. It is eerie but also very interesting that you share the same names as the ppl connected to your previous home and the property close to your current one. It's also wild that their daughter was named China. Like Renee I too thought of your red thread post when you noted the person you saw was wearing red or pink. It's almost as if whoever it was you saw was using the color as a symbol to say we have a connection. You mentioned they lived there in the early 1900's do you know when or how they died by chance? Have you considered that you may be closer connected then you realize, in that you were apart of that family in a former life perhaps? It may sound stretched to some but if you believe we have more then one life time here there very well could be a deeper connection to these circumstances for one or all of you?
The cabinet being ripped from the wall reminded me of what recently happened to my folks which I posted about. They too remain baffled by the glass shattering as it did. This has been a record summer for us with intense storms and high humidities, excellent conductors for ghost/spirit activity. You noted thunderstorms as well so as Renee mentioned maybe that gave the spirit/ghost that extra energy needed? This may sound silly but with the atmoshpere so charged maybe a spirit doesn't realize just how much energy they are using (don't know their own strength) which results in a far more dramatic result then intended? My Grandfather was a kind man so if it was him I know he wouldn't do anything on the negative side. If this is not connected to the land I too have to wonder if this could be someone connected to Brianna? They may not intend to scare or cause harm just being very protective of her.
It's possible the person you saw has entered your home or they have been there longer then you think seeing you've noted other activity as well. Also likely you have more then one visitor there.
Have you asked Brianna who she is talking to at times when this happens? I recall you mentioning you feel your Mom visits with her but if there is someone else there she may provide some clues to who it is. My youngest was around 2 when he first reacted to someone unseen to me and when I asked him who was tickling him he replied "the man". That happened in our former home which we came to learn we were sharing with an elderly man (previous owner).
I like the idea Renee gave of doing something that may help 'calm' the house. I would also envision a white protective light surrounding not only you, Brianna and James but your house and property as well. Do keep us posted Carrie.
Well guys, we had a quiet night. James is baffled also, although he's chuckling that none of this ever happens when he is around. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
Someone connected to Brianna: Possible, I just don't know. Like most children in Chinese orphanages, Brianna was found abandoned, so we have no information at all about the birthparents. However, we do know there was a horrible flood in the area she was born shortly after her birth in which many people lost their lives. I've often thought about whether her birthparents were still alive.
The Red Thread post: Turns out to have been a false alarm. (Needed to update that, just haven't had the chance) After seeing a few more pics of the other munchkin, there wasn't much resemblence. The one picture we saw was absolutely eerie, and there were some parallels as to the area she was from.
As for whatever it was that I saw, I don't know that it would be connected to Brianna. Like I said, I didn't see any features, couldn't tell if it was male or female, but it appeared to have light colored hair. That rules any Chinese relatives out.
Cat, I've asked her about who she was talking to, but she just laughs. Earlier yesterday, before the incident, I had been at the computer, my back was turned to her, but she had one of her books and was saying, "No! That's mine!" like she may have been arguing with another child.
I can't see it being connected to my parents, because both of them were very gentle people and I know they wouldn't have objected to me putting the little darling in time out (for jumping off the couch and crashing into some things -- I swear this kid is going to give Evel Knevel a run for his money).
The other family we seem to be linked to -- pretty weird. I don't know how they died, but I might be able to find out. China certainly was an unusual name for a child in the early 1900's, that couldn't have been common at all. I've got to say, I felt nothing but good vibes in that little clearing where their house stood.
Our house was built as a CCC project in the early 30's. It was originally built as a home for the superintendent for the local school. In the early 90's, it was auctioned off, James bought it and moved it to this property. As far as I know, nothing traumatic ever happened here. However, the road in front of our house has been the site of several car accidents and at least one fatality that I'm aware of a few yards away from us. If I recall, the accident was alcohol related. This was several years ago, before James and I ever married.
It is really a mystery. Like we've theorized, I can't help but think the thunderstorms have had something to do with it, almost like gathering strength. As Cat said, maybe this was a spirit who underestimated his strength and intensity. Incidentally, the brackets were still on the wall.
As far as I know, Feng Shui is the Chinese method of encouraging "good energy" in a home. I've got to brush up on it a little and see what I might do.
Okay, as I was finishing typing this, one of Brianna's toys started going off by itself. This is just weird!
[ July 21, 2005, 08:30 AM: Message edited by: Carrie ]
Someone connected to Brianna: Possible, I just don't know. Like most children in Chinese orphanages, Brianna was found abandoned, so we have no information at all about the birthparents. However, we do know there was a horrible flood in the area she was born shortly after her birth in which many people lost their lives. I've often thought about whether her birthparents were still alive.
The Red Thread post: Turns out to have been a false alarm. (Needed to update that, just haven't had the chance) After seeing a few more pics of the other munchkin, there wasn't much resemblence. The one picture we saw was absolutely eerie, and there were some parallels as to the area she was from.
As for whatever it was that I saw, I don't know that it would be connected to Brianna. Like I said, I didn't see any features, couldn't tell if it was male or female, but it appeared to have light colored hair. That rules any Chinese relatives out.
Cat, I've asked her about who she was talking to, but she just laughs. Earlier yesterday, before the incident, I had been at the computer, my back was turned to her, but she had one of her books and was saying, "No! That's mine!" like she may have been arguing with another child.
I can't see it being connected to my parents, because both of them were very gentle people and I know they wouldn't have objected to me putting the little darling in time out (for jumping off the couch and crashing into some things -- I swear this kid is going to give Evel Knevel a run for his money).
The other family we seem to be linked to -- pretty weird. I don't know how they died, but I might be able to find out. China certainly was an unusual name for a child in the early 1900's, that couldn't have been common at all. I've got to say, I felt nothing but good vibes in that little clearing where their house stood.
Our house was built as a CCC project in the early 30's. It was originally built as a home for the superintendent for the local school. In the early 90's, it was auctioned off, James bought it and moved it to this property. As far as I know, nothing traumatic ever happened here. However, the road in front of our house has been the site of several car accidents and at least one fatality that I'm aware of a few yards away from us. If I recall, the accident was alcohol related. This was several years ago, before James and I ever married.
It is really a mystery. Like we've theorized, I can't help but think the thunderstorms have had something to do with it, almost like gathering strength. As Cat said, maybe this was a spirit who underestimated his strength and intensity. Incidentally, the brackets were still on the wall.
As far as I know, Feng Shui is the Chinese method of encouraging "good energy" in a home. I've got to brush up on it a little and see what I might do.
Okay, as I was finishing typing this, one of Brianna's toys started going off by itself. This is just weird!
[ July 21, 2005, 08:30 AM: Message edited by: Carrie ]
Hi Carrie! Okay, that would have been terrifying! I don't have any advice, sorry, however, I think that you should definetly try for a blessing/ clearing of your house. I do that in our house once in a while. With sweetgrass, just to clear out the house... Usually we sleep better, and just generally feel better in our house.
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arguing with another child? HUmm. I think the other child was mad at you for the time out you gave your daughter and taking away a playmate, even for a second. Thats just my openion. BTW Could you daughter see the cabnet from her time out spot? Or is it a direct line or so even thru walls of where she was? Was she mad? I ask b/c when I have rare moments of pure rage things have broken, fallen, or moved.