Post by A Reasonable Rat on Oct 31, 2011 17:07:07 GMT -5
I've seen some weird stuff over the years... things I honestly have no explanation for. Two in particular stand out, one because there were other witnesses, and one because it caused things to visibly move around.
The first one was a ghost kitten. At the time, I had two cats, one big black one, and one smaller grey one. And I was only one of several people - my mom, guests, who would see a very small black cat out of the corner of their eye... and then look the other way and both cats would be laying on the sofa as if they'd been there for a while, no sign that they'd moved a moment earlier. As well, the kitten was a lot smaller than either of them, and seemed to be a shadow, rather than a three-dimensional animal. This was a regular sighting, once every couple months, for all of the 5 years my mom and I lived in that apartment.
The other one was a one-time thing, where I saw a small object blur past me and disappear into a wall. The thing was around the size of a mouse, with no visible wings or limbs, just a round, sort of furry dark brown egg-shaped thing. My cat was again involved (I only had one at the time.) because she jumped up and ran after the flying thing. I could hear it pass by, making a faint moving-air sound, and then it struck a lampshade just before disappearing into or at the wall behind the lamp. There was a definite *whap* when it hit the lampshade, which also moved as if struck by a solid object... but I never found any trace of what might have been there. I also never saw it again.
I suppose there's a possibility that it was a very large moth, but I looked behind all the furniture and never found anything alive or otherwise of comparable shape or size. Whatever it was, it had mass and weight, it wasn't merely a visual hallucination.
I'd happily accept sound explanations, but man, right now, just thinking about this stuff is super creepy.
The first one was a ghost kitten. At the time, I had two cats, one big black one, and one smaller grey one. And I was only one of several people - my mom, guests, who would see a very small black cat out of the corner of their eye... and then look the other way and both cats would be laying on the sofa as if they'd been there for a while, no sign that they'd moved a moment earlier. As well, the kitten was a lot smaller than either of them, and seemed to be a shadow, rather than a three-dimensional animal. This was a regular sighting, once every couple months, for all of the 5 years my mom and I lived in that apartment.
The other one was a one-time thing, where I saw a small object blur past me and disappear into a wall. The thing was around the size of a mouse, with no visible wings or limbs, just a round, sort of furry dark brown egg-shaped thing. My cat was again involved (I only had one at the time.) because she jumped up and ran after the flying thing. I could hear it pass by, making a faint moving-air sound, and then it struck a lampshade just before disappearing into or at the wall behind the lamp. There was a definite *whap* when it hit the lampshade, which also moved as if struck by a solid object... but I never found any trace of what might have been there. I also never saw it again.
I suppose there's a possibility that it was a very large moth, but I looked behind all the furniture and never found anything alive or otherwise of comparable shape or size. Whatever it was, it had mass and weight, it wasn't merely a visual hallucination.
I'd happily accept sound explanations, but man, right now, just thinking about this stuff is super creepy.