Hello,


I have not posted in awhile but with increasing activity in my house I figured I would post and see what you think. The last couple of months things have been happening around the house.I was cooking dinner one night and turned the water on in the sink I turned back to the stove and the water turned off. I turned around to tell my son that I needed it on and nobody was there. My wife and son were watching tv in the other room.I spent about ten minutes trying different things to see if the water could turn off by itself.
Another time I put my 2 year for a nap on my bed went out to my son's room turned the tv off shut the cabinet doors and went and layed down with my 2 yeard old.About 15 minutes later I heard the tv on and the cabinet doors were stiil shut. I thought my son's sneaking skills had improved but he had not come home from school yet.That was the second time the tv has come on in my son's room.Other experiences include the bathroom sink turning on while my wife is in the shower, and a couple of nights ago I was talking to my wife when something hit her on the arm.That kind of freaked her out.
We have done alot of construction this last year by adding on a new room and kitchen.We think the spirit likes it better now so she is coming around more.I tend to think it is my wifes grandmother. She was close to my older son and when my wife felt her on her arm it was after she said something negative about herself.My wife doesn't think it her grandmother she thinks it has been here since we moved here.
I have a picture that i want you guys to lookat but I will post it when I have more time.Thanks for reading.

Ian

Sounds interesting, Eccman. I had some similar incidents with a radio turning on by itself when I lived in a particularly active house years ago. The water turning off is what struck me. Unless your water system was having difficulties, I can't imagine a logical explanation for that one. Of course, that would not explain the knobs on the sink being turned.

Construction/remodeling can really stir up activity in a home, and this may be at the source of what is going on. I'm looking forward to the pic. You may want to document the times and dates of what is going on as well as anything leading up to or after the incidents. That may help you in seeing a pattern to the activity. Keep us updated!

It does sound as if you've got a lot of activity going on. The water thing is weird. We had someone post some time ago that she was on the toilette and the bathtub turned on full blast. Like Carrie, I've had weird things happen with a radio too. I think ghosties just like tinkering with electric stuff. I'd bet that the remodeling has trigger the activity. I'm glad that your seeing this spirit as a positive force, though no doubt messing with the water would be annoying sometimes.

That's interesting Ian, seems someone may be trying to get your attention. I agree with Carrie remodeling can stir up activity. We have had tv's and our stereo turn themselves on, change volume and/or channels in past also (I posted about it before).

It's important to rule out common causes as at times one can be found. We had our electrical and the tv/stereo checked and all was fine, do you feel there could be something wrong with the tv or the plug? It happened a few times while we were in the room and could see the remotes sitting there on the table, so we knew it wasn't a case of sitting on it, or one of our cats stepping on it, or even someone playing a prank with it from another room. Do you have any pets, if so, could the remote have been sat or stepped on by chance? Are the homes in your area close together, could a neighbour using their remote (universal type) have caused the tv to go on? Not saying any of these things are the cause, just considering plausbile causes to rule out.

The water is curious especially since you and your wife were in the room each time it happened. I've only had a weird water thing happen once however I'm still not certain there wasn't a plausible cause for it. But won't highjack your thread with going into that. It's odd that for you the water turned off and for your wife it turned on. Also curious that it happened in two different rooms so it can't be a faulty tap. Plus you tried to recreate it and couldn't. You noted your wife feels this is not her Grandmother but you do. Was there activity in the home before her Grandmother passed away, and was it similar to this? You know even if there was activity prior to her passing it doesn't mean that Grandma hasn't come to visit. Given she was close to your son and the tv instances happened in his room, your wife felt the nudge after saying something negative about herself, and the water was turned off while you were using it (something a woman would do LOL), it may well be her? Maybe she wanted the tv left on for your son when he came home, and her turning the water on while your wife was in the shower was a sign to say ok time to get out of the shower. What was going on when she was in the shower, did she need to tend to one of the kids as soon as she got out or did the phone ring etc? I know it's a stretch but if there was something that needed her attention and if the water going on made her end her shower sooner, maybe that's the reason whoever did it, did so? Did Grandma have a thing about water, is there something about water that would make you think of her? I ask because I think at times the signs our loved ones give are things that they feel may make us think of them. Turning taps off and on is a way of drawing attention to water. In our home I'm always knocking on the doors telling the guys to get out of the shower already, I only do full loads of laundry and we seldom use the diswasher in the winter months (we're on a septic system) so I'm sure if I was on the otherside and odd things happened with water the guys would be thinking that's Mom. When things have happened here before, at times, it made us think of a particular loved one so who knows maybe it was them, or maybe it was just our way of explaining something we couldn't find a cause for? I think listening to your heart and your instincts can also help.

As Carrie noted keeping track of things can help, we've noted patterns at time by doing so, plus if things increase and you decide to bring in a team to investigate one day that info will be helpful to have. Looking forward to seeing your photo. Keep your camera handy and the next time something happens or you feel something take lots of pics. Be sure to take at least two from the exact spot/distance/angle so you have a comparison shot. You may even want to ask if you can take their picture, I know a few ppl who investigate find that can help. Have you tried to obtain an evp? Good luck and please keep us posted. =)

The water thing is very weird. Hmm...also is your wife feeling something hit her. Have you seen anything, take some pictures to see if you can catch some orbs.