Where to begin … where to begin …

Well, those who know me know that I have had paranormal experiences pretty much my entire life. You also know that I'm a believer in all types of paranormal phenomena, reincarnation, near-death experiences, etc.

Anyway, recently, we moved (mid-September) and we have been experiencing strange activity in our new place. Chad has had some strange experiences, but he can reveal those if he wants to chime in. But, right now, I'm only going to share mine.

A few experiences are not significant and can be explained by natural means I'm sure, like strange sounds that can't be placed, whispering-like audibles that I just can't seem to place, feelings of presence, etc. But, there have been two significant events that i am trying to reason out, but can't.

The first one happened when Chad was out of town, and I was home with my son. I was in the kitchen putting something away, with my back to the kitchen entryway, when I heard a strange voice behind me say, "Behind you."

It was an odd voice, like a muffled little kids voice, but kind of higher pitched. Well, my son and I are always joking around, and I thought he was disguising his voice and messing around with me. It didn't sound anything like him, but I figured that's what I heard. I turned around, but he wasn't there. So I peaked around the corner into the hallway, and he wasn't there either. I walked down the hall and found his bedroom door closed. I opened it and found him across the room playing video games in his game chair. This was all within about 10 seconds, I'd say. The voice was not his.

The TV was not on. The radio was not on. His game was not audible in the kitchen. I am 100% sure it was not a voice from outside. It literally sounded as if it was a couple of feet behind me.

Significant experience #2:

Room set up … we have a pretty small living room/family room. The couch and coffee table face the tv, which is against the back wall. Next to the TV, is my desk and desk chair.

Experience: The other night, Chad and I were watching a movie, a pretty boring one at that. We were both on the couch, and Chad said he was pausing the movie and taking a bathroom break. He walked past me and started into the hallway. As he did, something caught my attention toward the right of the room. I looked over from my place on the couch and watched as my desk chair spun around 180 degrees. I had left the chair facing us on the couch. It spun from that position all the way around and stopped once it faced my computer. This is not just a few inches of movement, but much more.

With mouth gaping open, I called out to Chad that he needed to hurry back. He didn't hear me, so I just lay there (I was kind of laying down with my head perched on the arm of the couch) with my mouth hanging open and my eyes wide, as you can imagine. I sat up and waited to see if it would move again. It didn't.

Chad came back, and I explained what happened. Chad had not gotten near the chair. He hadn't accidentally bumped into it. It was too far away. There were no breezes. The chair is a heavy-duty executive leather chair. It's not flimsy or wobbly by any means. It does recline, and it does rotate.

After the event, I tried for awhile to figure out why the chair moved. We recreated our movements before the chair moved. Nothing. I jumped around the chair to see if I could make it rotate by floor vibrations. Nothing. I gently pushed on the arm of the chair. It barely moved. I put more force into pushing on the arm of the chair. It moved a few inches. The movement I had originally witnessed was a slow but steady 180-degree rotation. I could not even recreate it myself. I would either push it too softly or too hard. It was like someone had their hand on the top of the chair or the side or the chair and was rotating it into position facing the computer.

There is one other thing, but I was hesitant in mentioning it. A few days before the "moving chair," I was home alone and at the computer (where I usually am when I'm home LOL), and I felt something gently poke my right shoulder … twice. Even though I was home alone, I still turned around to look behind me. I was not sitting back against the chair, put sitting straight up typing on my keyboard. I couldn't figure out what else would have caused the poking sensation on my shoulder.

Well, there you have it. If you've read this far, thank you. I do have to say that after evaluating everything, I believe the chair moving and voice to be paranormal and not caused by natural means. I do realize that because these are my personal experiences, no one else can fully understand what happened. Alas, this is the nature of a personal experience.

I welcome your thoughts on what you think might have happened!

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Awesome catch with the "behind you", milomilford! I should have picked that one up, myself. I must say, having worked both in catering and in bistro style delis, that is definitely used a lot- the "quiet" version of that is to just place your hand gently on the small of someone's back so they know you're going behind them and there won't be a collision, but it's not a situation where the staff can either talk much or be heard easily. Both of these methods I use to this day in my own home out of habit. Perhaps the ghost even just worked at one of these many restaurants downtown…

Also- I was wondering what your background of personal experience was because I have my own theory that certain people always seem to attract that kind of stuff no matter where they go. Perhaps something has always been following you. For me, I've had spirits come to my home that passed on land around where I live. My house isn't "haunted"- but it's constantly going through phases of visitations. It just might be less that the homes you've been in are haunted and more so that something about you draws the activity in. Or maybe you're just drawn to homes that have activity…

Great thoughts Jill!

I think I've reached the point where I believe that we all share space with spirits/ghosts . . . they are everywhere. Sometimes they notice us, and sometimes we notice them. But mostly we don't notice each other.

I can't remember exactly, but I want to say my first paranormal experience was when I was between 8-10 and I saw full-bodied apparitions. Since then I've experienced some strange things indeed. LOL

I do believe that certain people can attract spirits that "attach" themselves, if you will.