Captain Hookup
Earning My Ears
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- Nov 24, 2011
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Hi everyone
Ive had some interesting experiences lately and id really like another opinions. My family doesnt really want to ask friends about this because they are all afraid people will make fun or think we are crazy.
My aunt died 3 months ago. she lived in this house her whole life and loved it. After she was cremated she was buried on our property. We cleared the area where we decided to bury her. We made a nice circle and covered it in a nice red mulch. we planted some flowers and statues and a bench. It really is quite beautiful because most days i will down the path to the clearing and sit and talk to her. It felt very peaceful.
About a month after she died we had some strange things start to happen.
The first thing we noticed happened after midnight one night while lying in bed. I woke up to sounds in the kitchen. I heard someone walking around and heard the cabinets opening and closing. I turned to look towards my bedroom door which overlooks the living room. Any light that is turned on downstairs can be seen from the upstairs bedrooms. I didnt see anything but still heard the noises.
i didnt think it was that weird until the next day my cousin Cal (my aunts son) and his wife, Sheila and their daughter started talking at dinner.
Sheila asked her daughter why she was up so late in the kitchen and commented on how noisy she was. The daughter said she wasnt in the kitchen and heard someone and figured it was me or her parents. at this point i looked to cal and he looked to me and thinking back we were both hoping the other would say it was them in the kitchen. Once Cal and I both said we heard the same noises we all looked at each other and then started laughing when his daughter said maybe it was our aunt. She would go to bed early and would often wake up by midnight and have something to eat in the kitchen. She wasnt as loud as what we heard but sometimes we were still up when shed come down.
We had a good laugh but another strange part of it was that we all heard it at different times. Cal and his wife heard but when each was woken up from it they saw the other still asleep. Cal even went out into the hallway to look over into the livingroom, where you could see part of the kitchen but it was dark and he saw no one and the sounds has stopped.
After that night we didnt mention it again more than once or twice and sort of forgot. i think it was about a little over a week later that the tv in the living room turned on during the night. It was blasting and I saw Cal pass my door to go down and turn it off. It woke us all and he was annoyed and asked who left the volume up so high. His wife sheila said she was watching before bed and no way did she leave it that loud. This happened two more times over the next week and that was enough for Cal get a new tv. He used this really as an excuse Sheila said as he wanted a flat screen down there. He bought a flast screen and a speaker system and tuner.
The second night after it was set up the same thing happened again but the part that was freaky is that you need to turn the tuner on before you can turn the tv on now and both got turned on. i asked if a neighbors remote could turn them on and he said I guess its possible but he bought different manufacturers for the tv and the tuner. Another night it went off it was to the sound of the emergency broadcast system. the loud buzz sounds made us jump right out of bed. Cal ran down as soon as we heard it but it stopped and he said a tv infomercial was on. He realy did get downstairs so fast and he thought it was weird the noise stopped and he didnt see the usual "this is a test" announcement. the tv still goes on to this day and once in a while it turns off as we watch.
Cals Daughter tried to be funny saying ghosts can interfer with electronis signals. I do not know honestly if she was serious or kidding but we also began to have problems with our wirelss signal. Verizon has had to come out 4 times so far because the wireless signal will just go out. The router is on, internet light is on, and yet we just lose the signal. Each technician who comes out says it must be the router (because my computer picks up my neighbors signal) and sets up a new one and it works for some period of time until the same problem happened. I actually had an arguement with verizon after it happened the third time as they were implying i had to be doing something to cause it.
Weve had many other things happen too but this is getting long but i will say what scared me most so far is when i was sitting in the kitchen having coffee one night. only the light over the stove was on. my black lab was sitting next to me as she does always. Shes a big people person, i guess most labs are, and if i get up to walk into other room just to get something she will follow me. No matter where I walk she follows and once she sees im ready to stay put then she will lay down next to me. Anyway i was sitting there for probably 15 -20 minutes thinking of my Aunt and all the strangeness and i wondered if she could be there somehow. I said outloud "are you here?" not really expecting a reply but about less than a minute after i said my lab started growling looking out of the kitchen into the dining room. she is the friendliest dog and i cant even rememeber her growling at anyone so when i heard this i really froze. she was just staring. and not out the window and not looking around . just standing and growling. That spooked me and i decided to go up. I patted her on the back and said lets go. I walked up and got into bed. I was just laying there thinking of my aunt and everything when i realized cassie (my lab) wasnt lying next to my bed. She always follows me to bed and i didnt even notice she hadnt come up.
I walked back down and saw her sitting in the living room staring into the dining room again. I called her name but she didnt move. i called again two more times and louder but she still didnt move. Her ears didnt even move towards the sounds of my voice. I thought she might have fallen asleep but when i walked toward her i saw her eyes open. I called her one more time, it was like she was in a trance. So when she didnt respond i touched her collar and her head whipped around and it was like she was normal again. I said to her lets go and she followed me up.
I really didnt mean to write this much but We havent told anyone and its been bottling up in me for the past 3 months.
What i really want is just some perspective. Things have happened more frequently in the past month (some cute,some silly and yes some scary) and i just dont know what to think. Im sure we could think of some logical explanation in every case but we never had any weird stuff like this happen before and now there is just so much.
i feel better just getting this out but im curious how would you guys feel? What would you do?
thanks
Ive had some interesting experiences lately and id really like another opinions. My family doesnt really want to ask friends about this because they are all afraid people will make fun or think we are crazy.
My aunt died 3 months ago. she lived in this house her whole life and loved it. After she was cremated she was buried on our property. We cleared the area where we decided to bury her. We made a nice circle and covered it in a nice red mulch. we planted some flowers and statues and a bench. It really is quite beautiful because most days i will down the path to the clearing and sit and talk to her. It felt very peaceful.
About a month after she died we had some strange things start to happen.
The first thing we noticed happened after midnight one night while lying in bed. I woke up to sounds in the kitchen. I heard someone walking around and heard the cabinets opening and closing. I turned to look towards my bedroom door which overlooks the living room. Any light that is turned on downstairs can be seen from the upstairs bedrooms. I didnt see anything but still heard the noises.
i didnt think it was that weird until the next day my cousin Cal (my aunts son) and his wife, Sheila and their daughter started talking at dinner.
Sheila asked her daughter why she was up so late in the kitchen and commented on how noisy she was. The daughter said she wasnt in the kitchen and heard someone and figured it was me or her parents. at this point i looked to cal and he looked to me and thinking back we were both hoping the other would say it was them in the kitchen. Once Cal and I both said we heard the same noises we all looked at each other and then started laughing when his daughter said maybe it was our aunt. She would go to bed early and would often wake up by midnight and have something to eat in the kitchen. She wasnt as loud as what we heard but sometimes we were still up when shed come down.
We had a good laugh but another strange part of it was that we all heard it at different times. Cal and his wife heard but when each was woken up from it they saw the other still asleep. Cal even went out into the hallway to look over into the livingroom, where you could see part of the kitchen but it was dark and he saw no one and the sounds has stopped.
After that night we didnt mention it again more than once or twice and sort of forgot. i think it was about a little over a week later that the tv in the living room turned on during the night. It was blasting and I saw Cal pass my door to go down and turn it off. It woke us all and he was annoyed and asked who left the volume up so high. His wife sheila said she was watching before bed and no way did she leave it that loud. This happened two more times over the next week and that was enough for Cal get a new tv. He used this really as an excuse Sheila said as he wanted a flat screen down there. He bought a flast screen and a speaker system and tuner.
The second night after it was set up the same thing happened again but the part that was freaky is that you need to turn the tuner on before you can turn the tv on now and both got turned on. i asked if a neighbors remote could turn them on and he said I guess its possible but he bought different manufacturers for the tv and the tuner. Another night it went off it was to the sound of the emergency broadcast system. the loud buzz sounds made us jump right out of bed. Cal ran down as soon as we heard it but it stopped and he said a tv infomercial was on. He realy did get downstairs so fast and he thought it was weird the noise stopped and he didnt see the usual "this is a test" announcement. the tv still goes on to this day and once in a while it turns off as we watch.
Cals Daughter tried to be funny saying ghosts can interfer with electronis signals. I do not know honestly if she was serious or kidding but we also began to have problems with our wirelss signal. Verizon has had to come out 4 times so far because the wireless signal will just go out. The router is on, internet light is on, and yet we just lose the signal. Each technician who comes out says it must be the router (because my computer picks up my neighbors signal) and sets up a new one and it works for some period of time until the same problem happened. I actually had an arguement with verizon after it happened the third time as they were implying i had to be doing something to cause it.
Weve had many other things happen too but this is getting long but i will say what scared me most so far is when i was sitting in the kitchen having coffee one night. only the light over the stove was on. my black lab was sitting next to me as she does always. Shes a big people person, i guess most labs are, and if i get up to walk into other room just to get something she will follow me. No matter where I walk she follows and once she sees im ready to stay put then she will lay down next to me. Anyway i was sitting there for probably 15 -20 minutes thinking of my Aunt and all the strangeness and i wondered if she could be there somehow. I said outloud "are you here?" not really expecting a reply but about less than a minute after i said my lab started growling looking out of the kitchen into the dining room. she is the friendliest dog and i cant even rememeber her growling at anyone so when i heard this i really froze. she was just staring. and not out the window and not looking around . just standing and growling. That spooked me and i decided to go up. I patted her on the back and said lets go. I walked up and got into bed. I was just laying there thinking of my aunt and everything when i realized cassie (my lab) wasnt lying next to my bed. She always follows me to bed and i didnt even notice she hadnt come up.
I walked back down and saw her sitting in the living room staring into the dining room again. I called her name but she didnt move. i called again two more times and louder but she still didnt move. Her ears didnt even move towards the sounds of my voice. I thought she might have fallen asleep but when i walked toward her i saw her eyes open. I called her one more time, it was like she was in a trance. So when she didnt respond i touched her collar and her head whipped around and it was like she was normal again. I said to her lets go and she followed me up.
I really didnt mean to write this much but We havent told anyone and its been bottling up in me for the past 3 months.
What i really want is just some perspective. Things have happened more frequently in the past month (some cute,some silly and yes some scary) and i just dont know what to think. Im sure we could think of some logical explanation in every case but we never had any weird stuff like this happen before and now there is just so much.
i feel better just getting this out but im curious how would you guys feel? What would you do?
thanks
Not sure if I "believe" or not. Guess time will tell.
I may try this!
