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First-hand encounters, strange experiences, and stories from every corner of the unexplained.

Strange childhood

My parents got me into delivering newspapers at the age of 9 in our rural town of Jerome, Idaho. It was a fairly quiet town and very small. We were brought up Lutheran and then made a switch to Baptist, but I was always...

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The Man in the Basement

When I first moved into my new house in Brooklyn, I always felt an eerie feeling; even at age 6. The most terrifying times were in the basement where all my life living there I felt cold, almost like my chest cavity was...

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Old Anja's House

I was spending a small vacation time with my old friend Anja, who claimed that her house was haunted. She was currently illegally inhabiting an apartment in Pripyat. I had come over and was staying with her and immediate...

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Jersey Devil

The Basics: I'm 18 and most people think I'm schizoid due to the fact that I think I'm somewhat psychic. I've been through a bit. My uncle has a cabin out in the pineys. One night I stayed overnight, but couldn't sleep,...

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familiars

I’ve suffered from demonic oppression all my life. My great-grandmother was a powerful witch from Hungary, with a familiar spirit to boot. That spirit "belonged" to my family. My grandmother appeased it with ouija boards...

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Bathroom Ghost

I'm really not sure what age I was, but when I was young. I always loved to go over to my grandma's house, but strange things happened. She lived right across the street from us but that didn't make it easy to see her. O...

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Astral Projection

I have recently been researching a phenomenon called Astral Projection, which is the act of your astral body or spirit body leaving your physical body. In this you have to be completely relaxed, have your mind cleared of...

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Family History

My family has somewhat of an interesting history with the supernatural. My mother has seen things ranging from ghosts to UFO's. My one sister Cody has seen UFO's as well. I personally have seen and heard ghosts (or "spir...

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Haunted House...I know I know a cliche

My husband and I had just moved into our first home and on the Memorial Day weekend, we were putting boxes away in the closet under the stairs (yup you guessed it in the basement) when I heard loud heavy foot steps walk...

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My other ouija board experience

This last experience with my ouija board was when I had some friends over and they wanted to "play" with the ouija board. Thankfully they did respect it. So we asked the spirit to show itself in the mirror to us. It did....

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Ouija Board Experience

If I remember correctly the first experience I had with my ouija board was in 1985. In my parents basement they have a spot where they keep games and such and that's where my ouija board was at. I never used it alone. Bu...

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Broken Window of Bone

Now this is my second story, you must be thinking that I'm making this up. I'm not, I'm eager to share. I've been working on my writing skill so excuse the 'story' style writing. ~ Airplane -- "Ladies and gentlemen, plea...

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Scary Vampire Chase

I am a 17 year old boy and I lived in New Jersey in Edison, I hang out at a mall with my friends. My friends usually have a Gothic style in clothing along with me, but we had competitions on who can run fastest or jump o...

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life of the dead

Getting locked in your room is nothing, but getting locked in your room with the living dead is something. When I was seven I got in trouble for stealing $2 to get some ice cream from the ice cream man. I got sent to my...

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When I Was Screwing Around in India

I was in India, that was my vacation. I had a good time. It was fun. I bought trinkets, none of them gave me a reading. I should explain myself though, I'm a Objectionist. My own little word for someone who Professionall...

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