Paranormal activity is worsening around my house, and I'm getting freaked out?

Question

Paranormal activity has always been pretty recurrent around my house. We've had shadowy figures, I've heard things that no one else can hear, and wierd stuff has happened. Lately, however, its become worse. For the past week or so, there have been tappings at windows, thuds on the staircases of my house, my cats have been hissing for no reason, even my dogs are having nightmares, there have been thuds and bangs outside, and my mom and I have been hearing things. Also, there has been a sense of something prowling, I guess, outside. My little brother and sisters have had nightmares that they can't remember much about, other than they involve shadowy people, and they've also experienced the tapping and thuds. Is my house full of crazys, or do we need to call someone, because last night, someone knocked at the door and no one was outside. I'm getting pretty freaked out.

I think all of this activity could be connected with my dad, due to it getting worse right after he visits (my mom and dad are divorced), which really isn't all that often. Also, I live in a relatively new house (it was built in the 1970's), and no one has died here, could this still be a person haunting me?

Ok, the bumps and bangs down the staircase sound like someone running down the stairs, a big someone. The noises my mom and I have been hearing are breathing noises when no one is around to make those noises (not even and animal). Its really creepy!

O.o today, as I was petting my cat on my stairs, I heard someone walk up the stairs, stop, and stand behind me. My cat was looking at the someone, and I thought that my sister was behind me. When I turned around to talk to her, however, there was no one there, and there had been no time for her to go anywhere and I would have seen her get passed me. It freaked me out, especially since it was during the daytime.

Answer 1

What a bunch of superstitious answers you have here. Do not perpetuate ignorance and fear by listening to what some of these people are saying. Confront the real world with reality.

This sounds like nothing more than a self-induced frenzy. Your state of mind plays a big part in how you interpret the world around you. If you think something freaky is going on then you will look for data that support this idea. Unrelated events like nightmares and the occasional hiss will be seen as contributing factors or as a result of this freaky state rather than just independent and unrelated events. You sense something prowling? Unless you have reason to believe or evidence indicating something is prowling outside then this is just in your imagination.

The divorce understandably upset you and now perhaps it's taking a mental toll on you. Maybe you should seek family therapy to address your concerns.

Answer 2

Reading this scared me and i am not even there. That is so freaky, have you ever considered getting a spiritualist in because if you are standing there and not responding to anyone then i am afraid to say that you are being possessed and there is nothing you can do to control that, i would say get an expert in because whatever is possessing you may have evil intentions. I would also say that do not shout at it because you may anger it, This is really creepy stuff. If murders took place at your house when it was a farm then i would say these whispers may be spirits of the victims looking for revenge so i would not anger them. I really don't know what to say, i would talk to an expert in these things though and i would push your mum and dad to move house, preferably another town although these things can follow you. I hope you get it sorted because this has me freaked out.

Answer 3

First, whoever claims that a paranormal investigating team would cost hundreds of dollars is sorely mistaken. No legitimate team in their right mind would charge. Accept donations yes, but charge, no.

Second, you don't have to call TAPS. There are tons of groups that do the exact same thing they do. They aren't the first, and I guarantee there are some groups closer to your locale that would be willing to help you free of charge.

Third, it sounds as though none of the activity is hurting you physically. I understand that unexplained activity can be pretty frightening it seems, from what you say, that it doesn't mean you any harm.

I would just just call a local investigating group and see if they capture anything or give you non-paranormal reasons for why these things are happening. I found in my investigations (yes, I'm a founder of my own group) many things can be explained.

Good luck!

Answer 4

It certainly sounds like there is something going on.

I suspect you have a sound basis to be concerned, however I would question whether your understandable nerves are playing tricks on you and making you interpret everything as paranormal. In saying that I in no way discount that at least some of what is happening is probably real.

Now, here are some questions for you to think about... Has anyone in your house been ill? Or depressed? Or negative?
If so, you might have a manifestation of negative energy. They are sometimes called shadows or shapeshifters or "black things", but one thing they all have in common is that they feed on negativity, illness and fear. Without those things to feed from, they are nothing. They don't like to be seen, so probably a lot more people have them than know it.

We had one in our house a few months ago. I saw it up on the ceiling. I told my husband (a super-qualified braniac with a scientific brain) about it, he stopped me, pointed to where I'd seen it, described it in detail and told me he'd seen it three times in the previous 2 weeks. I was really peeved that he hadn't told me.

To make a long story short, I had a professional clearing done, then a few days later I did a smudging... no more shapeshifter.

The first thing to do is to make sure there is lots of light, and smudge with a cedar and sage smudgestick, which drives negativity out (cover smoke alarms while you do this). Then a final smudge with a sweetgrass braid to invite positive energy in.

For the sceptics who want to laugh at this, all I can say is that you're lucky because it means you haven't had to confront anything like this....yet :o)

Answer 5

Not having a male figure in the house can create an insecurity in the household and individually. If each individual senses fear in their sibling or mother, then it will escalate. Fear is contagious and snowballs until every shadow is the shadow people and every sound the wind makes is a burglar.
i find the best thing to do if you think there is something spooky in a room or outside, is to just run out there and confront it. I have never been eaten by monsters.
I pay to have a great alarm system that calls the police if something happens like a window breaks and the security co. cannot reach me by phone.

Answer 6

First of all, I am sorry that you are getting freaked out.

They are not intended to hurt you intentionally.

Secondly, the reason why they are there is something involving in that house had caused some kind of injustice or coming some time in the near future that they want to protect you.

Thirdly, I would pay a lot attention to the animals. I learned through my past experiences that they can sense them, whereas I can sense them only after they had chosen to reveal themselves to me.

Fourth, I don't know or understand what the "prowling" is about so I am not able to help you there.

Personally, I would look up to what happen to the people before you moved in. The tapping and thuds noises could be pranks. The shadows are usually from the moon.
After you investigate what happened to the people completely and you understand the scenario, only then I would call the priest to bless the house with holy water. If you don't understand what had happened to them, no holy water will remove them because they didn't do anything evil. It is just some type of injustice or they are trying to protect you from something would be coming.

Answer 7

I can't tell you how often I am awakened in the middle of the night to the sound of my front door opening, and no one is there, or how often I hear a footstep in the dining room (usually around 2:00 AM). Sometimes at night I will feel a sudden pressure on the side of the bed and think my cat has jumped up next to me. When I sit up and look, the cat is sitting on the window sill looking out or asleep on his favorite chair.

I'm not particularly freaked out by this because I was raised in a haunted house and had a grandmother who was a medium. I have, however, been jumped at times when on the computer in my home office I have heard a sudden very clear sound of a person exhaling loudly--like a sigh--right behind me.

This house is 104 years old and has been added to many times. There are staircases and doors to no where throughout. When I first moved in my friend said that the dining room looks like a stage set for "The Tell-tale Heart." And it does!

Answer 8

from what I'm getting it sounds like something you can create yourself.If there is tension in the house are your creating negative energy, it can be coming from someone within the house.Its almost like acting out your emotions and having them show up or create the energy into something unseen.did you do any research on the grounds that you live on?and have there been anything but noises?If your not in harms way and there playing but not scaring,then you should be fine.If you are worried about your safety,call your local paranormal group,and ask them some questions,they should do it for free.smudging will also help and is easy to do.use cameras and recorders to see if you pick up any activity.....you can also ask them to stop and tell them that they are dead and its your home .always consult archives and land lord leases..just because some one didn't die there, doesn't mean that there wasn't any kind of unknown practices held there. do the research and stay calm until you can find out more.let us know how its going.......Blessed be!

Answer 9

Wow, those answers were ridiculous.

Nothing you said couldn't have a perfectly rational explanation - so why jump to the paranormal, which has NEVER been actually shown to occur?

Tappings at windows? Trees, wind, neighborhood kids, house settling.

Thuds on staircases? House settling.

Cats hissing? Cats are weird. Mine is biting me right now for no reason. Ignore them.

How can you tell when animals are having nightmares? Looks the same as dreaming to me.

Hearing things? Maybe an overactive imagination? Or just the house settling?

It sounds like you guys are freaking YOURSELVES out. Get over it. Call a house inspector if nothing else. They'll tell you the same thing.

Answer 10

Always eliminate physical causes first !

Is your house built of timber or brick?

Are there any hollow spaces air could be moving thru?

Do you have cracks?

Do you have mice rats possums squirrels or birds that could be nesting in a hidden space you dont know about?

Ask your neighbours if they are hearing any strange noises?

What sort of soil or rock is under the foundations?

Are you near any fault lines?

Check all this first!

Though having the house blessed by a pastor or priest cant hurt!

Are there any tree branches in the yard or your neighbours yard that need trimming?

It is getting close Hallwoe'en

Could your brother and sister or neighbour kids having heard you talk about the noises be playing pranks?

If it is paranormal anxiety will only create more negative energy that will feed whatever it there!

Meditate Pray and find out if your builder has a bad reputation!