Comments on: Monday Mailbox #6 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/ The Ramblings and 'Ritings of a Big-Dicked Country Boy Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bob TuYu http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47395 Bob TuYu Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:38:50 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47395 Oh goodness Yes...ghosts Do exist. I grew up with two of them! My parents lived in a huge, old house that had previously been the ghosts' home place. Other than scaring the bejesus out of my dad (he was devoutly superstitious), our ghosts were quite helpful, i.e. turning off lights, shutting doors, and even picking up clothes. My mom usually sat a spell in the living room after lunch. We had a sofa on the far west end of the room, and she would watch the cushions depress when they came and sat with her. My mom and sister nor I were afraid of them, but Dad was a different story. They never harmed any of us, and we always knew when they were with us. You felt their presence. Like Chris, my mom would talk to them. What was freaky was the way they found a means to answer her! I suspect Granny knows a lot about haints. This was a terrific post. Oh goodness Yes…ghosts Do exist. I grew up with two of them!
My parents lived in a huge, old house that had previously been the ghosts’ home place.
Other than scaring the bejesus out of my dad (he was devoutly superstitious), our ghosts were quite helpful, i.e. turning off lights, shutting doors, and even picking up clothes.
My mom usually sat a spell in the living room after lunch. We had a sofa on the far west end of the room, and she would watch the cushions depress when they came and sat with her. My mom and sister nor I were afraid of them, but Dad was a different story.
They never harmed any of us, and we always knew when they were with us. You felt their presence. Like Chris, my mom would talk to them. What was freaky was the way they found a means to answer her!
I suspect Granny knows a lot about haints.
This was a terrific post.

]]> By: sue http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47393 sue Wed, 07 Feb 2007 03:33:42 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47393 I don't know if I believe in ghosts or not. I haven't seen evidence one way or the other yet so I keep an open mind. There are some really great stories written by Anne Rice that begin with the book, "The Witching Hour". If you love old families and houses in New Orleans, you will love this book. I don’t know if I believe in ghosts or not. I haven’t seen evidence one way or the other yet so I keep an open mind. There are some really great stories written by Anne Rice that begin with the book, “The Witching Hour”. If you love old families and houses in New Orleans, you will love this book.

]]> By: Rich http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47387 Rich Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:07:26 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47387 i was once haunted by this ghost. he(it, whatever) was full of attitude and he just ignored me. i was once haunted by this ghost. he(it, whatever) was full of attitude and he just ignored me.

]]> By: rayrayJ http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47380 rayrayJ Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:17:15 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47380 My grandfather was a cigar smoker. Years after he died, and after the interior of his house had had been repainted, we would sometimes experience a odor as if someone had been smoking a cigar in the house. Several members of my family also reported hearing someone walking on the closed-in back porch, when no one was there. A neighbor once asked my sister if she wasn't scared by the idea of a ghost in the house, to which my sister replied, if anything, she felt safer knowing our grandfather might be watching over her. My grandfather was a cigar smoker. Years after he died, and after the interior of his house had had been repainted, we would sometimes experience a odor as if someone had been smoking a cigar in the house. Several members of my family also reported hearing someone walking on the closed-in back porch, when no one was there. A neighbor once asked my sister if she wasn’t scared by the idea of a ghost in the house, to which my sister replied, if anything, she felt safer knowing our grandfather might be watching over her.

]]> By: Blobby http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47378 Blobby Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:21:33 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47378 I totally believe in ghosts. In an apartment building I once lived in I saw one in the unit next to mine. Two visitors to my apartment saw it too - on separate occasions. "It" being a man. I had heard afterwards that someone had commmitted suicide in my apartment, but I never did get that verified. I totally believe in ghosts.

In an apartment building I once lived in I saw one in the unit next to mine. Two visitors to my apartment saw it too - on separate occasions. “It” being a man.

I had heard afterwards that someone had commmitted suicide in my apartment, but I never did get that verified.

]]> By: chris http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47366 chris Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:11:43 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47366 i have a ghost in my house. ive been living in the same house now for 9 years and ever since i moved in ive felt a presence. its definitely female and stays on the 1st floor of the house. its never harmed anyone but it has given me the willies every once in a while. i talk to her when im in the kitchen...my roommates think im nuts but im not taking any chances! i have a ghost in my house. ive been living in the same house now for 9 years and ever since i moved in ive felt a presence. its definitely female and stays on the 1st floor of the house. its never harmed anyone but it has given me the willies every once in a while. i talk to her when im in the kitchen…my roommates think im nuts but im not taking any chances!

]]> By: Cooper http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47363 Cooper Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:16:55 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47363 Spirits who have left this earth will sometimes take the form of animals in order to reassure or say goodbye. I've had several experiences myself. My Nana has twice come to me in the form of the birds which were her totem spirit. This belief is central to First Nation Peoples spirituality, and comforts me immensely. There is a whole realm out there which is essentially untapped by our human minds. Very interesting post. You've inspired me. I think I may write something about this, myself. Spirits who have left this earth will sometimes take the form of animals in order to reassure or say goodbye. I’ve had several experiences myself. My Nana has twice come to me in the form of the birds which were her totem spirit. This belief is central to First Nation Peoples spirituality, and comforts me immensely. There is a whole realm out there which is essentially untapped by our human minds. Very interesting post. You’ve inspired me. I think I may write something about this, myself.

]]> By: Curtis http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47359 Curtis Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:42:22 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47359 Well, it makes sense if you think about it. Our bodies are not who we are but only contain the spirit for a while. After my Gran died, I would suddenly get a whiff of her perfume at the strangest times. Others too have made some kind of contact in various ways. Sometimes, however, the ghosts are memories of our own minds that we allow to haunt us. Things we said goodbye to, but never left behind. Well, it makes sense if you think about it. Our bodies are not who we are but only contain the spirit for a while. After my Gran died, I would suddenly get a whiff of her perfume at the strangest times. Others too have made some kind of contact in various ways. Sometimes, however, the ghosts are memories of our own minds that we allow to haunt us. Things we said goodbye to, but never left behind.

]]> By: Jay http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47358 Jay Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:23:54 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47358 The devil's on your back/chest. It's what people used to say when you couldn't wake up from a dream and felt pressure on your back or chest and couldn't scream out for help but you could hear everything going on in the house. It's like you're awake but still dreaming. The devil’s on your back/chest. It’s what people used to say when you couldn’t wake up from a dream and felt pressure on your back or chest and couldn’t scream out for help but you could hear everything going on in the house. It’s like you’re awake but still dreaming.

]]> By: BewilderedofLondon http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/05/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47348 BewilderedofLondon Tue, 06 Feb 2007 11:43:22 +0000 http://blog.largetony.com/2007/02/06/monday-mailbox-6/#comment-47348 My sister heard my (then tiny), nephew chatting to someone in an empty room. She asked him who, he said he was "talking to Grandma, she's alright you know." I've heard my Mum saying "I love you', I've heard her call my name but I think that's just the synapses flashing at random when I'm tired, the brain firing on a long-unused circuit in a benign way; mellowed grief. But I've never ever met a ghost. I'd love to. My sister heard my (then tiny), nephew chatting to someone in an empty room. She asked him who, he said he was “talking to Grandma, she’s alright you know.”
I’ve heard my Mum saying “I love you’, I’ve heard her call my name but I think that’s just the synapses flashing at random when I’m tired, the brain firing on a long-unused circuit in a benign way; mellowed grief.
But I’ve never ever met a ghost.
I’d love to.

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