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Post by tillystar on Apr 1, 2009 16:29:31 GMT
So what do we think about this.
At 5.30 this morning Lil Star wakes up screaming the place down, I was a bit surprised as she hasn't woken early/in the night for months. We are staying at Mr Star's Mum's and I get up in complete darkness (as they have shutters) to go to her room and I get down the hall Mr Star's Mum is standing in the doorway looking through at Lil Star and signals to me to be quiet and wait.
So I stand about a metre away from my MIL and wait doing my usual count to 100 before going in to see Lil Star in case she settles. She does quiten down and I look at MIL who quickly turns back and signals me to quiet again as Lil Star starts screaming again. I say "I better go in she won't settle after so long" and step forward expecting MIL to either come in the rom with me or step out the way but THERE IS NO ONE THERE.
I have been stood in the darkness in the hall giving hand signals from NO ONE. I know it was dark but I really was there for a good couple of minutes convinced I was stood next to another human being having a silent "conversation".
I really don't think it was tiredness or my eyes playing tricks it was all to long and too natural. I was talking later and didn't feel like it was a good thing watching Lil Star, more like a naughty thing that was tricking me. I called it an imp as it felt impish.
Weird.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2009 16:36:54 GMT
That is downright creepy! Have you asked your mother-in-law about it? Perhaps she was there and simply moved quietly away in order not to wake up baby girl further. (I hope!)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 17:04:34 GMT
So, if I have understood correctly, Tilly, your mother-in-law resembles a weird imp. Isn't that enough of a reason for Lil Star to start screaming? The other possibility is that Weird Imp #1, who signalled for you to be quiet and wait, was just making sure that Weird Imp #2, whom you did not see, had sufficient time to steal Lil Star's soul.  |
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Post by tillystar on Apr 1, 2009 17:08:10 GMT
No, "she" was so close and in the doorway we would have brushed past each other and once I was in the room I could hear her moving in her room next door.
I mentioned it in the morning and she said that she had a lady who came to clean years ago who had said that she felt a "bad spirit" in the house. I kind of wish I hadn't mentioned it as she wouldn't talk about it anymore and pretended not to hear me carry on talking, I have never seen her ignore or change the subjext in all the years I have known her, but I don't blame her as the house is about a mile off the road and she lives on her own so probably doesn't want to think about ghostly goings on.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 1, 2009 17:59:56 GMT
Jesus, Kerouac ~ don't even joke about that!
Can you move Lil Star to a different room?
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Post by tillystar on Apr 1, 2009 18:06:40 GMT
Oh I missed K's post when I was posting, ha ha. I did spend the rest of the day looking at MIL pondering on her likeness to an Imp! I think Lil Star still has a soul only something with a soul could make so much noise  I am gonna put her in a different room tonight, I have told myself its so she is closer to us if she wakes in the night again, but you know the truth  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 18:12:51 GMT
;D
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Post by spindrift on Apr 1, 2009 21:14:12 GMT
Tilly - please please put Lil Star in your room....all three of you together. Don't put her by herself in that house.
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Post by BigIain on Apr 1, 2009 21:34:46 GMT
Yes, That way the Imp Demon can take all your souls at the same time.  |
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Post by spindrift on Apr 1, 2009 21:50:51 GMT
That's horrid. They must protect themselves. At once.
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Post by BigIain on Apr 1, 2009 22:55:25 GMT
Its a spooky story. Easy to blase about it, but if I were in Tilly's shoes I would be terrified. I would really struggle to be in that house. And the child would be next to me through the night no matter what!!
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Post by hwinpp on Apr 2, 2009 2:26:54 GMT
Wow, a haunted house story?
I hope the sequels keep coming!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 4:57:27 GMT
The sequels or the squeals?
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Post by gyro on Apr 2, 2009 6:43:14 GMT
Is writeon actually being serious in her response(s) ?
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Post by bazfaz on Apr 2, 2009 6:48:33 GMT
I've found that a surfeit of Spanish brandy can lead to such episodes.
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Post by BigIain on Apr 2, 2009 7:32:54 GMT
I thought Spanish brandy was the cure for such evils? I would certainly be dousing myself with the stuff to be on the safe side. On the inside of course.
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Post by gyro on Apr 2, 2009 7:44:42 GMT
Asbach Uhralt.
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Post by BigIain on Apr 2, 2009 8:19:17 GMT
The Quality GERMAN brandy... very very smooth. In fact, it reminds me of Pepe in its smoothness.
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Post by tillystar on Apr 2, 2009 8:29:00 GMT
Well we all survived the nght, souls intact...
Off home today so no more opportunities to see this imp. I am still adamant it wasn't a trick of the light/tiredness/brandy and very intrigued by it all.
Last winter everyone went out for the evening and I stayed in having a nice read by the fire. I got very nervous and brought the dog in (he is a guard dog that lives outside) and walked him throught the whole house before I would go to bed which is odd as I never felt nervous here before. Not sure I would stay here on my own in the evening at all now.
Its funny I have always been intrigued rather than scared by these kind of things but it really creeped me out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 8:36:05 GMT
I'm glad you made it through the night. Keep a video camera at hand.
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Post by spindrift on Apr 2, 2009 9:15:12 GMT
I'm not one of those who think that 'imps' and the like can steal souls. I didn't know about that.
In fact I (nearly) don't believe in the existence of a soul. I try to reason these things out for myself instead of believing, willy nilly, what I've been taught.
But I more or less believe in spirits and energy forces.
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Post by tillystar on Apr 2, 2009 9:19:32 GMT
No I didn't either, I am just reassuring K I think of Imps as mischeivious rather than anything else, this thing reminds me of an imp as it was tricking me and also as the house is built near a big area of marshland which seems an impy kind of place to live. |
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Post by spindrift on Apr 2, 2009 10:13:45 GMT
Not a vision one would want to see again though. Help!
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Post by rikita on Apr 6, 2009 21:55:12 GMT
might it not just be something with the eyes? like, i don't see well at night (well okay i don't see well in general, and soon i will finally get glasses), and my mind has a tendency to make up things i can't make sense of. i have "seen" the strangest things, convinced they are there - only to figure out it was something completely different when i stepped closer. i could imagine that in the dark, when sleepy, the movement of a shadow or something could turn into a person...
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Post by mockchoc on Apr 8, 2009 10:42:07 GMT
I agree with rikita, I had it happen to me once and I'm sure I just imagined it but I'd still keep the bubby near to me just because ... no good reason I guess. I just would. So we both feel happy/safe is a good enough reason.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2009 10:43:58 GMT
I just googled 'imp' and this is the first picture that comes up.  |
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Post by BigIain on Apr 8, 2009 15:40:38 GMT
Tilly, has Wee Star gone back to sleeping right through again?
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Post by tillystar on Apr 8, 2009 18:12:58 GMT
Yes, after that she went back to her sleepy ways. Yes, it may have just been her teeth and my eyes, of course that is the obvious explanation. It was just that I stood there for so long!
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Post by BigIain on Apr 9, 2009 6:43:16 GMT
what a very strange incident. Glad that it has not caused you are the Wee Star any more probs. Was the rest of the holiday ok?
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Post by tillystar on Apr 12, 2009 18:09:00 GMT
Yes, the rest of the holiday was lovely. Just nice days walking on the beach, eating good food and spending time with family. I keep meaning to post some pics on the food section when I get myself organised.
We spent time with Mr Star's grandma which was special as she died this week when we were home. She had been well when we saw her and it was suddenly in her sleep. Sad but not unexpected as she was in her early 90's. Glad we had good times with her when we were there.
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