Freaked Out

[Anonymous]

DH and I moved into a new home several weeks ago. It’s an older home (1940s), I am already in love with it. I also want to point out that I think it has a very nice feel to it…meaning I don’t get an uneasy feeling and generally feel positive in the house alone or otherwise.

Though we didn’t have incidents the first few weeks, this week there have been a couple of weird things happened.

DH said his nail clippers were missing from the master bathroom, I kind of brushed it off and figured he misplaced them. Then last night my contact case was missing. I searched high and low and its so strange bc I obviously take my contacts out every night (and have done so for the last 20+ years) and have never ever misplaced it. And now its vanished. And oddly enough, in helping me look for my contact case my husband found his nail clippers right where they should be and was adamant they were not there before when he had looked previously.

So at this point I am a little freaked out and am in bed by myself while DH closes up the house and the phone rings. I spring to answer it bc I don’t want it to wake DC and when I answer no one is there. I look at the caller ID and the number never registered.

So I am sufficiently freaked out that we just spent a sh**load of money on a house that’s haunted.

Please make me feel better (or worse) and what you would do?!?!

[Anonymous]

If you believe in haunted houses, do a cleansing.

[Anonymous]

My mom used to think people broke into her house and moved things around. It was the early stages of dementia. My point: There's a logical explanation for what happened.

How old is your DC?

[Anonymous]

it is very plausible. in many cultures, there is a house cleaning ritual. you may want to look into that.

[Anonymous]

A few weeks after moving my house was such a mess that nothing had a place. Sorry I can't relate lol

[Anonymous]

Whatever you do don't watch American Horror Story season 1

[Anonymous]

DC is two.
how the hell do I do a cleansing????

like get it cleaned? We definitely did that via merry maids!

[Anonymous]

you are nuts.

[Anonymous]

Change the locks. Completely.

If that doesn't help you to feel safe, then ask neighbors about the house and neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

OK, this will sound nuts, but a friend of mine had a similar experience and went to see a psychic (or some such). The psychic advised my friend to stand in the middle of the house and talk to the spirits directly -- tell them you understand the house meant something to them once, but it is your house now. Then tell them to leave.

I know. Nuts. But it worked. My friend never experienced another weird event. Could be a placebo, but what have you got to lose?

[Anonymous]

cleanse your house with sage
http://blog.beliefnet.com/freshliving/2009/07/how-to-cleanse-your-home-with-sage.html

[Anonymous]

This is very interesting. I would ask neighbors to find out how long the previous owners lived there, and if they ever experienced anything out of the ordinary. Also, I thought realtors had to disclose if a house was haunted, but maybe not. My friends lived in a haunted house for years. The spirit was not evil, but every once in a while would let them know that it was there by opening all cabinets in the kitchen or flicking the lights. They just got used to it.

[Anonymous]

Use olives and salt water and cheerios... Place them strategically around the house and then chant leave now. i command you to leave now!

[Anonymous]

Did you find the contact lens case? Where was it?

[Anonymous]

No, PP, a realtor doesn't have to disclose if a house is haunted. They do have to disclose if someone died in the house.