A Ghostly Stay

So after all the other mysterious activities we finally come to the most popular and easily identifiable one .......GHOSTS.......

There are many questions associated with ghosts -

So What is a GHOST ???

Does it always deal with possession and physical harm as depicted in popular culture ??

Human's get the crap scared out of them  when they see a ghost  or is it their imagination  ???

Is sometimes living with a ghost in your house beneficial??

Yes...Yes....Yes... Before you absolutely murder me for suggesting it is beneficial to live with a ghost let us first describe what a ghost is !!!

A ghost is the spirit of a human who lingers on even after the after of the physical form ... A ghost can manifest itself in many ways :- 

Apart from the original full body apparition we may have the appearance in the form of shadow figures,mists , lights and so on .. The term ghost is generally used for the full body apparitions ...

So how does a ghost manifest ???

There are various theories but the most universally acclaimed one is that a spirit or an entity in order to manifest itself draws the energy from its surroundings..

Paranormal activists have found the presence of cold spots , sudden lowering of temperature as one of the foremost evidences of paranormal activities . They have also discovered the sudden drainage of batteries of various electronic equipments they were supposedly been carrying ..

Are all ghosts the same ??

For a normal person  conventional wisdom requires that a ghost is a ghost  . 

However in truth there are two basic type of hauntings 

1;- INTELLIGENT:- This is the type of haunting in which the spirit or entity knows the people around it and tries to communicate with them..

2- RESIDUAL;- A residual haunting occurs when a person is so deeply attached to a place or a thing that it does not realize that its dead now .The residual activity is repetitive and the entity does not care about its surroundings . Things like banging of doors or walking through walls where in the past doors had been present are evidences of residual haunting . Residual haunting can be described as living history of the place ..

There is also a third and more dangerous type of haunting which I'll speak of in the coming posts ...

Coming to the first of the post about hauntings . Let me take a place in which we always stay if we go on a trip ..

Yes Yes I'm taking about Haunted hotels .The last thing you would want to experience after a fun day of sightseeing ..

SO let's get on with the list -

1- STANLEY HOTEL, Colorado. 

A hotel which inspires the writer to write a groundbreaking novel along with its subsequent awesome movie ... NO wonder its at the first spot ....The infamous Stanley Hotel the hotel which inspired ( more like compelled)  Stephen King to write the groundbreaking novel The Shining . SO what was these experiences which led King to write this novel:-

Well in his own words 

" I dreamed of my three year old running through the corridors, looking back over his shoulder,eyes wide and  screaming while a fire -hose chased him .I woke up with a tremendous jerk ,sweating all over within an inch of falling out of bed . I got up lit a cigarette , sat in achair and by the time I was done  .  I had the bones of the book set in my mind ..

The Kings were the only two people present it the hotel at that moment but  King is said to walked into a full on paranormal party going on in the ballroom at the time ... Imagine that .

He claims that the party  closely represented to the ones which were prevalent during the 1940's . Well the hotel first opened on 1909 ..

Along with this he claims to have witnessed a women in 19th century attire knocking on his window  while he stood by the bathroom door .

Stephen King is not  the only one who suffered these paranormal activities  .There have been widespread guests who have experienced these activities especially in rooms 217 and 401 .Keep in mind that the Kings stayed in room 217 during their stay at the Stanley . 

Various paranormal activists like Ghost Adventures and Ghost Hunters have forayed to the Stanley to find reasons for the activity .Their Discoveries have further prove that the Stanley is one of the most haunted hotels in the world.

This is  a video of a voice heard by the ghosthunters team while they were investigating the tunnels beneath the Stanley hotel .. It is one of the many experiences they had at the Stanley hotel making it one of the most haunted places in the world ..

Well, the hotel seems to be doing well despite these activities so I guess the hotel's management might secretly be hoping that these activities continue so as to bring more "rational "people to stay and thereby their own profits or it might be their own doing ..... SEE WHERE I AM GOING 

2:-LE PAVILION HOTEL ,  NEW ORLEANS

"A place where guests can instantly conjure the days of genteel luxury ,romantic evenings and glittery nights "

Too bad the hotel does not warn its guest that they may have a brush with the dead turning the glittery nights to a harrowing one ..

Haunted by atleast 5 different ghosts the most famous one is Adda , a tearful spirit which predates the hotel itself and was killed by a runaway carriage .She is know to have stopped guests while tearfully pleading them to help her before vanishing .

   A grey haired lady has been observed along with a couple holding hands while walking and vanishing before other couples...Love is eternal they say .

The most amusing or frightening depending on your way of thinking is the residential hippie - a young man with no shoe is often seen running through walls and is the culprit of various pranks from objects missing to bed sheets being pulled from under unsuspecting guests.

So who claimed that all ghosts are scary and full of hate .The hippie here is quite a joyful fellow . Any ideas on how he died ... If you do don't forget to comment ;)

3;-FAIRMONT BANIFF SPRINGS HOTELS BANOFF CANADA

Such a beautiful place right !!!

Described as many as a place of paradise this beautiful medieval castle present int he wilderness is quite the dream place for a vacation. So for it to be haunted is not best for business right ?

  The management apparently thinks so and has vociferously denied any paranormal activity taking place .However tragedies in the past have left some spirits within the boundaries of this hotel.

One such sad spirit is that if a bride who was tragically killed in an accident just before walking down the aisle .

Another more helpful spirit is that of an old  bellhop named Sam McAuley who adored the hotel so much that he remained here after his death .He is known to have helped people with their luggage and have been known to diappear before they could tip him.

The guest who meet Sam would be quite pleased despite Sam being a ghost . No problem with luggage and no tip to give ...And then you say all ghosts are dangerous .

As for Sam :-Who would want to leave a place as beautiful as this ? Seriously what would you do if you were in Sam's Place ..... 

4:-QUEEN MARY CALIFORNIA

So converting a premier ocean liner ( a former troopship during WW2)into a hotel and  expecting  things to remain normal is quite improbable right. 

Well the Queen Mary transcends all the former liners in paranormal activity  which have been converted . Dozens of deaths during its time in sea have contributed to a very eerie presence within it. 

The spirit of a little girl is seen in the second class swimming pool area along with an old woman .The girl is believed to have drowned in the pool.

A man is said to have been crushed under  door 13 while closing of the watertight doors. A spirit is said to be seen in the corridor and vanish under the frame of the door.
Along with this Stateroom B340 is not rented out due to paranormal activity undergoing as a result of a murder in the room.

The management has ...eh.... used this paranormal activity to undertake ghost tours which are a hit with the public..Various people during the ghost tour have reported various paranormal activities making it one of the most haunted hotels in the world...

So basically people pay money in order to get scared  ....This thinking is beyond me ...There are enough people alive who can scare you rather than you wanting to be scared by the dead as well...

Earlier on I remarked that having a ghost  might be beneficial .These instances have shown that people have tended to make benefits on the presence of ghosts ..

The ghost tours have tended various profits to these hotels along with occupancy increasing manifold ..

So the idea of ghosts always causing misfortune is not prevalent in  these cases ..

These hotels are located at some of the most beautiful locations that one could as for but the quote

"There is more than what meets the eye " is never more adequate than these cases ..

So this was basically the first of the many on these ghost tours .. The main reason for this is embarking knowledge to people such that one knows the place he stays in rather than being woken up to a harrowing paranormal experience ...

N always remember that anything is possible in a world as mysterious as ours.

The Mysterious Men In Black

 

Yes!,yes !!....... Its true

The Men In Black

Immortalized in pop culture by the trilogy starring Will  Smith and Tommy Lee Jones . The MIB are said to be government agents who harass  and threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about it or suffer the consequences. The incidents with the MIB date to the 1940's way before Will Smith was born . Though it may seen to be far-fetched some actually believe that the movies were made specially to make the idea of the Men in black seem unbelievable . Here I look at 5 incidents of such supposed MIB incidents:-

5:-Harold Dahl-1947

One of the earliest cases of the Men In black .
The incident happened on 21 June when Dahl along with two men ,his son and dog were patrolling on a boat . Around 2 in the afternoon near Maury Island the men saw six floating objects floating above the boat . 
Scared at the sight  Dahl quickly directed the boat to the shore of Maury Island . Ashore he took some pics when one of the ships left their formation . The ship proceeded to drop thousands of pieces on the lake .These pieces were described by Dahl as lava rock . He recovered some of the pieces and found it to be a white metal . 
However some pieces hit his son's arm burning him and killed his dog. the objects then disappeared ...
Dahl then took his son to a hospital and then told his boss  Fred Crisman about it.
Fred didn't believe this story but still went to Maury Island to collect some evidence .  While he was collecting it he saw of the oval craft seeing him...
Fred and Harold then contacted the authorities and Captain Lee Davidson and lieutenant Frank Brown of the air force interviewed them..

The case goes stranger then :- Both Davidson and Brown died in an air crash after returning from Crisman and Dahl's interrogation . Dahl then received a visit from a man dressed in black at his house . The man threatened him of dire consequences if he didn't take back his story .

Dahl has remarked that the man sounded strange and was bald with no eyebrows . His movements were described by Dahl as strange and he also remarked that he felt eerie after the meeting .. Crisman also received a similar call...

The FBI then began judiciary proceedings against Dahl and Crisman . Both pleaded guilty claiming the story was a haox  and were charged .

However years later both came out stating that their story was true and due to the threats they had to admit the story was fake ...... The presence of the MIB had scared them ...

4:-Robert Richardson -1967

One night in Ohio 1967,Robert Richardson was driving a car when he hit something.The object disappeared on impact.He looked out and found a piece of metal .
A couple of days later around 11 pm two men wearing hats and sunglasses driving a black Cadillac came to his home to ask questions .. 
A week later two men in black suits came to visit him .They threatened him dire consequences if he didn't return the object . However Richardson had given the object for analysis and the men threatened to hurt his wife ...They then went away never to  be seen again .
Richardson described the men being  typically olive skinned and having no eyebrows .....

3:-Adele -1968

Adele(named changed ) answered the door to what she thought was an insurance salesman .He was tall ,wore a black suit and tie and had a florid complexion . While talking with the man suddenly he started sweating and took off his hat . Adele noticed that he was bald  and milky pale and wore make up to cover his face .

After asking for a cup of water he entered the house . Suddenly on noticing the clock on the mantelpiece the man started repeating -"your father ..time ..'' and "watch the lights" before leaving hurriedly .. Just after the room filled with bright lights leaving Adele unconscious ....

2:-The Man on the Loch

Loch Ness the place synonymous with the Loch ness monster is also full of other strange activity . One man who came to find the Loch ness monster  had a very strange activity . Frederick Holiday stayed for a month at the Loch . On his last day he saw at a hill near the lake a man dressed in black .. The man seemed to be looking at him . He was disturbed  and felt uneasy ... Before he could do anything there was a buzzing noise and the man disappeared. 

One year later Frederick  was again camping at the loch when he had a heart attack . He was found at the same place where he had seen the man .He was quickly carried to the hospital on an ambulance and fortunately survived.

1:-Men In Black in video

The video above describes the manager's point of view of the event from a hotel in Canada . One of the employees  had recently seen a UFO and had described the incident to others . The men came into the hotel inquiring about the employee in question ..The person was away so the two men started questioning the staff about ufo's and general conspiracy theories. They had no eyebrows and eye lashes , strange hypnotic eyes and bald faces . They went out quickly as they came never to be seen again ...


All the above incidents have the same characteristic of men in black .. Their bald face , no eyebrows and attire along with their strange behavior have led to them having quite a mystic air about them..

Many of these incidents have been claimed to be hoaxes but the about of evidence relating to each one is quite overwhelming . So whether or not you believe it to be true one must agree that it would be quite scary to have an encounter with the MIB or their imitators (if that's what you believe )


So does the MIB exists or not ???
A question which remains unanswered till this date ...
It may be true or just a myth but always remember that anything is possible in a world as mysteriously strange as ours.

5 Mysteriously Cursed Objects

People have always been fascinated by the mysterious and the occult (maybe that's why you are reading this ). So There's something about these scary stories which intrigues people . Scary stories are fiction RIGHT!!!

    People take comfort in the fact that the things within these stories never existed ...or DID THEY!!

 Not all horror stories are based on fiction and some of the objects  which made those stories actually exists in our world today !!!

  From dolls to paintings to chairs there are a whole host of everyday objects which are cursed . So next time you buy something be  sure to check its past or  misfortune would accompany you .Here are 5 such objects

5:-Thomas Busby's Chair

So do you have a favorite chair at home which you don't want to part with ..Well consider cursing the chair and all your problems are solved.

This was what notorious murderer Thomas Busby did . Before his execution for his father in law's murder his final request was to have a meal at his favorite pub .

However after finishing his meal he suddenly stood up and claimed-

"May sudden death come to anyone who dare sit in my chair"

Supposedly 63 people have died some mere moments after sitting on this cursed chair.  One incident is most striking

A delivery boy form the local vendor shop came to deliver some goods to the pub . By this time the pub owner had grown tired of the deaths and shifted this chair to the basement . The boy delivered the goods at the basement and while the owner went up to get the payment the boy (being tired) sat on this chair ..

And yes he was doomed!!!

 He went back to his scooter and had barely driven 100 meters when a truck crushed him .....

After this the  chair was kept at Thirsk Museum where the deaths continued till 1972 when the museum tied to chair to the ceiling (as shown in the picture) so that no more idiots challenge the curse..There it stands till this day in Thirsk Museum  in UK .

Man!!!!! This would be quite the challenge to play with your friends ..........

4:-Myrtles Plantation Mirror

The Myrtles plantation is said to be one of the most haunted places in the USA .

 According to legend a  slave named Chloe baked an Oleander-laced cake and poisoned three members of the Woodruff family. Sara ,the lady of the plantation and her daughters were the victims. 

   Visitors to this plantation have reported seeing children handprints on the mirror .Strange drip marks have been found on the mirror with old fashioned clothing been seen on the corners of the mirror .

Damn!!! Mirrors and haunting's go together so feel free to remember about this mirror the next time you go past one at night...

3:-The Basano Vase

Consider you'r digging in your backyard and you find a 15th century Italian vase inside is a note which reads 

"Beware ...this vase brings death."

What do you do???

Certainly not what an idiot in 1988 did . He threw away the note and sold it off to an auction house .The vase was bought by a pharmacist who died 3 months later . A surgeon bought the vase next and died 2 months later . Next an archaeologist bought it and you guessed it......died 2 months later . The next owner died a month later and this continued until the police confiscated it and buried it in a lead box at an unknown place ..... Where is it today???

Nobody knows....

One thing for sure the idiot who found it initially survived. So there might be some period before the deaths .

If you happen upon this vase you know what to do!!!

Just sell it off before death comes for you and enjoy the show which follows!!!!!!

2:-The Dyybuk Box

Some people just don't know what to curse!!!

The Dyybuk Box is a wine cabinet supposedly cursed by a holocaust survivor.Kevin Mannis bought this in 1988 and immediately started having nightmares about an evil old hag . So did his friends who stayed with him . He gave the box to his mother who had a stroke the same day .The subsequent owners of this box too had nightmares .The last owner Jason Haxton developed a strange skin disease and started coughing blood . He contacted local rabbis who sealed the box and hid it from the world .Its legen lives on and was the inspiration behind the 2012 movie The Possession.

A haunted wine cabinet .....That's something to think the next time you crack open a bottle !!!!!

1:-The little Bastard

 

Actor James Dean loved his 1955 Porsche Spider.He had it customized and affectionately called it his "Little Bastard"

However the car was so transparently evil that his firend Alec Guinness told him :-

"If you get in that car ,you will be found dead in it by this time the next week,"

Dean did die by next week in a car crash .The curse however didn't end there .

The mechanic who tried to repair the car had his legs crushed when the car fell on him.The new owner sold of the car's engine and door to two different race cars . One lost control and hit a tree thereby killing its occupant while the other rolled over and injured the driver.

Two thieves who tried to steal the car's parts were seriously injured when their car rolled over.

After this it was donated as an exhibit to Californian Highway patrol .

First the exhibit caught fire with the car undamaged and secondly a the car fell on a student crushing his hip.

Therefore the car was then transported to a museum but the curse didn't end there.

The driver of the truck died when the truck crashed and the Little bastard seemingly disappeared never to be found again.

Man next time you buy a car make sure its parts are not related to the Little Bastard.....

 Otherwise its the devil for you !!!!

One thing surprises me 

How the hell did Alec Guinness know the car was evil by just its look???

These documented objects have proved that despite what people would say about them there is something sinister attached to them..

"Rational" people claim it to be no more than superstition and attention grabbing ways ..

However I would gladly invite them to have a try at Busby's chair or own Dyybuk's Box..

These objects may or may not be cursed but always remember that anything is possible in a world as mysteriously strange as ours..

Mysterious Forests of the World

The rush of fresh air filling your lungs ....The chirruping of birds  and the natural greenery around you .... The Breadth of life which perks up your senses  and the intrigue of the unknown ........ Forests have helped in making man come to peace with nature . Despite all the destruction  dealt to these beautiful forests we still have the privilege of visiting them . However there are some that are just outrightly weird or have a mysterious atmosphere about them . Here I look at  five of the most mysterious forests of the world.

5:-Crooked Forest ,Poland

The Crooked Forest is a grove of well ...Crooked trees ..(Yes ,, Yes ..,.anybody could guess that from the title ) . Situated in Nowe Czarnowo in Poland this forests contain about 400 trees  with all bent  northward and surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees. T

 These trees were said to be planted in 1930s when the area was under German occupation . 

It is thought that some kind of tool was used to bend these trees though nobody have been able to attain the reason for the appearances or the use of such trees. Also new saplings which arise have been known to become crooked after a certain age leading to various conspiracy theories with yes ...Aliens being mentioned ...

I guess with Hitler being involved this was expected .. Probably had to do something with his obsession with the occult .What else can you expect from him

4;-Screaming Woods 

Yes .. Yes...Yes .. The title again gives it away ...

Are you afraid of screams ??? So just visit this forest and you'll get a lifetime quota of screams in one visit ...

Derin Woods or Screaming woods sit just south of what is believed to be the most haunted village in Britain, Pluckley .  A visit to this "charming " forest will enable you to hear blood curdling human screams for free!!!!  Also if you are "Brave" (see Mad )  enough to walk into this forest you'll get chased by  dark apparitions .. So Happy Hunting to all .

Seriously  you think with a haunted village nearby and screams coming from the forest people would leave this place alone  ....  Nope a lot of these investigators enter this forest to bad results ... Hats off to these guys ...

For me one scream of this sort and I'll be running off  to another continent ......

3:-Tsingy Forest , Madagascar

    

 ..One look at this forest makes one think that there is some mystery attached to it ..Situated in Madagascar this forest popularly known as "Stone Forest " consist of sharp limestone rocks jutting out 70 meters in the air .  Though it may the most dangerous forest you'll visit  the breathtaking  view which follows it is  well worth the risk ....

Compared to ghosts and aliens .... falling to your death may seem  to be  a  minor problem...

2:-Aokigahara Forest

Located at the base of Mt Fuji, Japan lies the forest most popularly known as Suicide Forest . Having a very thick outgrowth  and devoid of any animals this place has a very eerie atmosphere .. A visit to this forest makes one feel nervy immediately upon entering it .  A paranoid feeling grows on the mind helped up by the sight of decaying bodies hanging on trees and skeletons on the ground.

 It is said that the trees themselves have a hatred towards you because of the spirits of those deceased on it .. This ultimately have led to many killing themselves ..

Infact the problem is so widespread that the Japanese Government have put up various signs in English and  Japanese imploring people to consider suicide  .

The Japanese Government do yearly sweeps to remove bodies from the forest with the figures not being released in public

I cannot comprehend the justification of these idiots who want to end life early . Some have traveled from other countries  to commit suicides here !!!  

 I feel that the Japanese are secretly hoping Mt Fuji erupts and completely destroys this place ..saves them from trying to save people who want to die .... and then clearing the mass of bodies assembled there .

1:-Hoia-Baciu Forest

What could possibly top a suicide forest ????

Well How about THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE OF TRANSYLVANIA

Located in Romania this forest was named after a shepherd who disappeared in the forest along with his 200 sheep. 

This forest is the hotbed of every known paranormal activity . With disappearances  , physical harm ,anxiety  burns and other bodily sensations occurring to anybody entering it , this forest boasts of mysterious lights flowing from one tree to another. Some who enter this forest immediately remember their past experiences  but forget after leaving it . 

In 1968  a technician caught a UFO flying over the forest on camera . Trees which were completely normal are found to be wraped and crooked after some time . One thing is for sure you wouldn't want to be left alone in this forest.

Seriously the locals living nearby the forest are some of the bravest humans found on earth . This place fits clearly to what some claim to be a gateway to hell....

The intrigue which surround these places have led to many paranormal investigations .These investigations have often not taken kindly to the ghosts/paranormal residing within them . This have led to various attacks on crew members . So if you want to investigate this place I suggest that you think twice before doing it ..

However "rational" people have claimed these places to nothing more than folklore and myths  ..Its for you to decide but always remember that anything is possible in a world so mysteriously strange as ours.