Thread: My Creepy True Happening - Got one?

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(A "Happening" is different then a "Story". A story can be true or false.
Where as a Happening is an event of something that actually happened.)

This is the true story of my Happening.

The event happened nearly 40 years ago in a small average sized school for that time. It was 5th grade science class, the teacher was a man well into his 40's with long bushy eyebrows that overwhelmed his large rimmed glasses he wore. It was an normal size class with wooden flip top desk and chair and perhaps 17 to 20 students with an average weight of approximately 100 to 120 pounds.

The week previous we had just finished our study of Tesla Coils and Magnetics, so we were open for something new. And what we studied next was definitely something new and different. What the teacher did next still sticks in my mind even today and that is why I'm sharing this now.

The teacher stood at his desk and said "today students we will be learning about gravity and weightlessness". He then walked to the back of the classroom where he placed a wooden swivel pedestal chair in an open area. He then asked for any volunteer's he needed 5 to start with, so 5 of us raised our hands and walked to the back of the room where the chair was.

He asked for 1 to sit in the chair and the other 4 to stand next to each corner of the chair, and we did. He then asked for each of the 4 to place their hand on the top of the head of the student sitting in the chair, which we did. He then placed his hand on top of ours and firmly pressed down on the students head (slightly compressing the students vertebrae). He then told us to lift the student and the chair simply by only using 1 index finger each, which we did!

The 4 of us lifted the student up approximately 6 to 12 inches off the floor using nothing more than 4 index fingers. The students weight was approximately 115 pounds and the weight of the old wooden swivel chair was approximately 30 pounds. That makes the total for chair and student of at least 145 pounds.

I witnessed this happen 3 more times with 5 different students each time, and the results were the same. Creepy or Not, Thats what Happened.

This was my true Happening, whats yours?

For the last several years many people trying to come to see my haunted house (The Ravens Grin Inn, Mount Carroll, Ill.) enter my address into their GPS and it sends them four blocks south of here on Carroll St.
July 11, 1940 a man went nuts, put his family in the car in the garage (even the family's dog too) 12 yr. old daughter, 13 yr. old son, his Wife, started the engine with the door closed but made sure of their demise by shooting everyone too, himself included. The garage is long gone, it was on the outside of Carroll St. where it takes a 90 degree curve and then goes uphill behind the Baptist Church.
This is where the GPS sends people, to the scene of that 1940 family tragedy!
One child in the family was not there when it all happened, she was visiting at Grandma's house/
MY HOUSE was Grandma's House!
Kind of strange, huh?
"Life Is Strange, If You Take The Time To Notice!"

wow, that is a strange one!!!

Gym Whourlfeld
Is it like all gps inquires go there, or is it like just a few?

Thats a little creepy, have you noticed anything else?

These kinds of things facinate me.

I believe that the scene of a particularly traumatic event is "stained" with what I like to call "psychic residue." It's been widely proven that the human brain - and the central nervous system - operate through electrical impulses. Perhaps there is a link between that and the electromagnetic phenomenon that accompanies paranormal activity. That would partly explain the GPS anomaly; if the location has enough of this "psychic residue," it's acting as sort of an electrical "magnet."

I agree on the residue theory, because it seems most really tragic events leave behind residuals of some kind.

Is the girl from the 1940's still alive?
Is she directing signals to the scene of the crime?

Interesting case!!!

I've actually done that as well, I still can't figure out how it works. It's pretty amazing and the person really feels light, I don't know what it is, but it's weird how light the person feels and you lift them effortlessly. We still do it in special occasions always a fun fan favorite that gets everyone laughing.

Originally Posted by carnagemaster

Is the girl from the 1940's still alive?
Is she directing signals to the scene of the crime?

Could very well be. If the electromagentic signature is strong enough, she could still be sending out a plea for help after all this time. It could be either a residual or intelligent haunt; no way to tell for sure unless the location is investigated a few times.

I'd love to check it out.

Carnage, your science teacher should be commended on his inventiveness as that is an awesome activity to give the kids something to talk about. But yeah, its science.

The reason, as it was explained to me once by a person in the field, is that simply a flat surface and evenly distributed weight make lifting and average sized person well within the groups lifting ability. A flat surface in that, a 50 pound box of flour is easier to carry than a 50 pound bag of flour. Distributing the weight puts only about 10 or 15 pounds of actual lifting on the each member of the group.

The pushing down on the student before starting may have to do with something called muscle memory. Uh .. the best way to explain it is if you stand in a door way or close hallway. Raise your arms from your sides, as if you were trying to spread your arms outstretched like wings, and until they meet walls or door jam. You strain against the walls/door jam for a about a minute or so. Then stop and step out of the doorway or out of the hallway, you'll arms will raise with no effort on your part.

This muscle memory may cause your to put more 'muscle' into lifting the student than you are actually aware of.

My happening is mild, comparatively... When my new stepfather moved in, he brought his 6 parapsychology books and placed them on an empty tall, sturdy bookshelf in the family room, which was being changed into a nursery for the new baby. The bookshelf toppled over that night. We moved the books to the bottom shelf, and the next morning we noticed it had fallen again. So, for the upcoming baby's safety, he screwed it into a stud in the wall, then built a crib. Problem resolved. When we came home from the hospital after the baby was born, we found the bookshelf had fallen over the crib with such force it almost shattered it and the books were situated inside the crib. Mom removed the books and the shelf from the house without further incident (mom is sorry she didn't also remove the stepdad, but that's another story - lol). ......2creepy4me.......

Originally Posted by HDawesome

Carnage, your science teacher should be commended on his inventiveness as that is an awesome activity to give the kids something to talk about. But yeah, its science.

The reason, as it was explained to me once by a person in the field, is that simply a flat surface and evenly distributed weight make lifting and average sized person well within the groups lifting ability. A flat surface in that, a 50 pound box of flour is easier to carry than a 50 pound bag of flour. Distributing the weight puts only about 10 or 15 pounds of actual lifting on the each member of the group.

The pushing down on the student before starting may have to do with something called muscle memory. Uh .. the best way to explain it is if you stand in a door way or close hallway. Raise your arms from your sides, as if you were trying to spread your arms outstretched like wings, and until they meet walls or door jam. You strain against the walls/door jam for a about a minute or so. Then stop and step out of the doorway or out of the hallway, you'll arms will raise with no effort on your part.

This muscle memory may cause your to put more 'muscle' into lifting the student than you are actually aware of.

VERY well stated!

In my old house I've had several things happen. Sitting at the computer I heard a womans voice and laughter just behind me. No tv on, and it was a back room so removed from the street by several walls.

I've laid in bed and heard foot steps coming down my hallway... I lived alone at the time.

And mostly once when I was sitting in the living room watching tv, there was a hallway you could look down. The hall had several pantry doors, and for some reason I felt compelled to look down it. As I did the doors swung open. All I did was get up and closing the doors back said out loud "stop that", and went back to watching tv.

I'm not a believer in paranormal, ghosts, or an afterlife. I can offer explainations for all of these but they make for great stories.