For what its worth, here's my experience.

Back when i just graduated from high school (yay early 90's), in the summer before hitting up college, i was hanging out at my buddy's house in Daly City. This is one of those one story houses...the front of the house has the garage on left side, the living room on the other. As you walk towards the back of the house, you go through the dining room and kitchen. The back half of the house has you going through a hallway. On the immediate right there is the bathroom, on the immediate left, a bedroom. Finally, at the end of hallway, there are bedrooms on the left, straight ahead, and the master bedroom to the right.

Just chilling in the living room with my boy, we were watching TV. Then, i remembered i left something in my jacket, which was in my friend's bedroom (down the hallway, straight ahead). So i walked to the back of the house.

My friends family consisted of him, his sister, mom, dad and usually a foster child or two. So, as i walked past the kitchen, and then past the bathroom, out of the corner of my eye in the bedroom to the left, i see a young girl (but turned away from me). She was standing next to the dresser drawers right next to the door. She was about 4'10" to 5" tall, with long brown hair. I'd say she was less than 6 feet away from where i was walking in the hallway.

After i pick up the stuff from my jacket and go back to the front living room, i sit down and have the following conversation with my friend.

Me: Hey, so who's the new kid?
Buddy: ...Huh? What new kid...
M: Uh, duh--the girl in the bedroom. The girl with the long brown hair!
B: (after pausing 5 seconds) "...F*** YOU..."
M: (stunned, b/c he normally doesn't talk to me directly like that) uh...what? I just asked who the new foster kid is?!?
B: F*** you, did my mom tell you to say that to me?
Me: No really, I just saw a girl in the bedroom--is she a new foster kid?

(His Mom in the kitchen starts laughing hysterically.)

Mom: "hahahha you saw the ghost!"
Me:

Suffice to say, i then heard all about how my friend regularly saw this girl kid ghost while growing up. Seems like they had a relationship in the sense that on the last night before the family moved out (they rented it for some 15 years), my buddy was the last one out the house. He did a quick check of the house to make sure everything was clean and gotten. He told me he heard soft crying when he passed through the master bedroom, and he said Goodbye.

He hasn't experienced anything unusual at the next house, or in the home he bought after college. Guess it was attached to the first house.

CLIFF NOTES:
I was hanging out at buddies house, in the front living room. went to back of house to get something, saw a young girl in one of the bedrooms. They normally housed foster children, so i thought nothing of it. asked him who the new girl was when i got back to living room.
He told me off, thinking his mom put me up to it.
Found out i had just seen a ghost!

 

Shot I captured while in a cemetery in the town of Bodega (where Hitchcock filmed "The Birds").

 

Yup, seen possessed people. Helped exorcise some for my pastor.

 

So do the ghosts use the Bowfle..., oh wait, you said exOrcise. Here I thought the Catholic church required years of special training and a blessing from the Pope or something to be qualified to exorcise.

 

nothern light surf shop ftw

 

top 5 worst analogies ive ever heard... wtg

 

Never see a Ghost speak English

 

Just as bad as saying you saw a clothed ghost, no? You don't believe in other dimensions? Well, then you disagree with science.

 

Care to elaborate?

I've never personally seen a ghost speak at all, so I can't say anything about that.

 

aaa

 

You'd think that of all the millions of ghost stories people have and now all the T.V. shows dedicated to ghosts, there might be one, just one single piece of photographic evidence or a video that proves their existence. There just isn't. Not a single actual verifiable source that can't be immediately debunked. Seriously, not a one. I'm a firm non-believer.

 

I believe that these spirits are attracted to those who search for them. Horror flicks, tele shows, etc. In my own personal opinion I believe these to be demonic as opposed to some deceased persons "spirit". I don`t believe that the dead sometimes manifest themselves in spirit form or anything like that, but do think that they`re energy may be contained inside a premises hence actual recordings.

Many years ago I was fascinated with the occult and things of that nature. I`ve had a few encounters back then, but not many. One of the scariest one that I had was after watching a few horrors flicks this night. I was by myself for about a day and headed off to bed around 11:30ish PM. I could not sleep as I was awake thinking about these demonic beings. As I lay in bed I thought of the way my grandma used to run her fingers through my hair as a child and as soon as that though kicked in I felt these fingers caressing my hair. This went on for almost a minute while I was petrified with horror. I though it was Just my imagination until whatever it was started stroking my head a bit harder, then my hair was literally being pulled which was actually hurting. This was probably the longest couple minutes of my life and I was sweating bullets. It finally stopped so I through my blanket off ran up and hit the light switch. My pillows had pulled hairs of mine and when I looked in the mirror there was redness on top of my scalp where I felt my hair being pulled. Well, earlier that day and before this event I was in the basement with the lights off. Only with a dim book light attached to an Anton Lavey book.

Not into that stuff, btw.

 

This.

Once you're dead, you're dead.

 

Maybe Catholics do but I'm not a Catholic.

 

There have been plenty of evidence from Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures that have made national news just because no one can dis-prove or explain it.

Im a believer in something, it could just be residual energy or a spirit but I think something is happening. I also have a few stories that can be interpreted how ever you want.

Most recently: The apartment complex I live in (off Lickmill and Montegue in Santa Clara, near Rivermark) was actually built on top of an Indian burial grounds that may or may not contribute to it, the remains were moved to a dedicated cemetary now across the street. Well a few weeks ago my wife and I were sleeping and around 3AM we both got woken up by the **** on our bedroom door giggling, I was scared as ****! thinking someone was in the house. So I got up and checked the house out, nothing inside, doors all locked, TV turned off. Scary.

My wife is in the property management and ask the other co-workers who've worked there longer and I guess a lot of residents have un-explained experiences and see stuff. Fun.

My earliest experience was when I was around 10 and I grabbed my grandparents Ouigi Board which I thought and still think is moved all subconsciously but this time was weird. Its a board from the 30's so very old and original, my mom and I played around and found a "spirit" who wanted to hurt my mom, said when he died, and everything. We finally asked him to make something happen around us and right then 10 glasses suddenly broke in our cupboard without cause and it stopped talking. Investigating found no reason for all of them to break. We also found a man did die in the house that was murdered by wife the year that was given, my grandparents didnt even know of this...creepy.

Plenty of other strange stuff Ive seen, but take it all how you want.