THE UNEXPLAINED

So did you click on the blog post because of the title? I bet that's what brought you in... Isn't it always a fascinating topic, things unexplained, a mystery wrapped in a riddle. I chose this topic because, I am a horror movie buff, my stress relief is, watching horror movie a day, keeps the doctor away. October is my favorite month, as we say in America- Octoberfest because it's Halloween. Anyway, Growing up I was always fascinated by stories, incidents and articles regarding the Paranormal. In fact I am a big fan of Edgar Allan Poe. I was always a skeptic as well, for me it was just entertainment through movies and writings and never really gave much thought to anything beyond. Until few years ago, after reading immensely and hearing quite a lot about it and also having experienced little energy flips around me here and there, I began to believe the unexplained phenomena. I don't yet believe in ghostly foggy images, but that is because I probably haven't reached that mental capacity...It's creating a belief, one step at a time. It's not just the ghostly images that are fascinating, it includes everything from crop circles to the whole nine yards. Paranormal is a word derived from Latin - Para, means "outside or beyond". There are studies like Parapsychology, telepathy, clairvoyance, cryptozoology and many more... Even though people that believe in Science, might be very skeptical, and they call it Pseudo-Science, however so many things happen in people's lives and the unexplained around us, so how do we explain the "Pseudo-Science" if not the Paranormal, the question will still exist! Everyone has their own beliefs and ideology. Religious organizations might believe the lingering spirits are waiting to enter the gates of heaven, they are stuck in a limbo, while others might believe they have some undone work that needs to be completed because their souls are still restless. Whatever the case, the point is, I do believe we have unseen around us, if not all the time then sometimes. We all share the same realm of existence even though the unexplained are unseen or non-existent or some ghosts or spirits are comfortable with their existence in our reality, and they feel familiar with it and just don't want to leave. Most of these scientifically minded people believe that the paranormal is nothing more than an overactive, deluded imagination. But I also suppose there are some scientists, who may be just open minded enough, to at least acknowledge in the possibility that the paranormal is real. And I would also suppose, that the ones who do believe in the possibility of the paranormal, probably would believe that spirits or ghosts reside in another dimension altogether. We have heard of stories that spirits function on a completely different level of sound frequency. Sometimes impossible for a human ear to hear. So with an open mind and the thirst for curiosity, I have accepted the fact we do have the unexplained around us. Here are my personal Experiences.

I lost my uncle when I was teenager, and few weeks after his death, I was watching TV before heading to bed, I always felt something in my peripheral vision, around the same exact time everyday for few months. I was quite young to have pondered on it much. It was always a foggy vision, sometimes a movement of someone passing by but by the time I looked it was gone. Months later, someone we knew confirmed, his spirit was lingering around our house protecting us. I am still not sure, if that was the case but I could not explain the peripheral visions I experienced. So I concluded the idea as any skeptic would. My second incident was when I was apartment hunting, I had very specific requirements- I was given the key to look at it before I sign the lease. It was a rainy month of October,  I remember the color of the fall trees in my wooded backyard, and mind that, I am not one of those girls that freak out every minute. I have quite a high tolerance when it comes to darkness, lonely places, abandoned houses and that eery spooky silence. I guess years of watching horror movies, I am immune to these things:-)) And I remember very well, how spooked out I was to be standing in a messy, unclean apartment, but that was not my concern, as they would start the renovations as soon as I sign the lease, the main problem was the energy of the place, as if someone or something is left behind in these walls. It would take a lot for me to get spooked out and apartment 711 did the job. I didn't even bother looking around much and just got out. When I went to drop the keys, I asked the lady at the desk what was the story of the place? She said there was an unpleasant life and memories left behind, in that apartment by a foreign couple. And the place had been vacant for six months, for some reason no one wanted to move in. I was not surprised at all with my predictions because I already knew something was left in those walls, and that was chaos and unhapiness. It was a perfect apartment though, everything just the way I  wanted, just the eeriness was holding me back, but to my own surprise I signed the lease for the very same place. Well it was a happy ending. Not every energy is harmful or destructive, but I am very sure there was something there, even though once I moved in I didn't feel it much, but there were times when I felt, I had a visitor here and there, or just a presumed notion, I guess I am mentally strong not to get consumed by such things. My third and worst experience was many years ago, in fact that should be under my first experience, but nevertheless, I had just relocated and a friend offered me to stay with her until I find my own apartment. She lived with her husband and two kids in an expensive neighborhood in a house built 100 years ago, now it's probably 111 years old to date. My first day of moving in, she was giving me the tour of her house, when I stopped in my tracks right at the front door of the guest room. She looked at me and said "What's the matter"? I told her I was not going to stay in the guest room, I asked her if she didn't mind, I would sleep on the couch in the living room or maybe share the bed with the kids in their room. She was alright with whatever was comfortable for me, even though I knew she had questions regarding the guest room. I wasn't sure why I felt what I felt but all I knew was I was not going to reside in that room. Well my first day, sleeping on the couch was just the beginning.... Middle of night, here I am blissfully sleeping on the couch even though it took me a while because the house was creaking and cracking but finally I slipped into slumber, and it was around 3 am or so, I leaped out of my couch like a frog, because every electronic device was turned on at the highest volume ( tv, cd player, amplifiers,lights even the radio )...So after going through the commotion for the next ten minutes with the owners rushing down the stairs, we all rejected the idea as an electric fault and went back to sleep. I slept with one eye open, believe me!! So I shifted my base to the kids room the next day, well to my surprise that was the worst idea. It was around 4pm, day after, I was heading upstairs to the kid's room to take a quick nap, while the rest of the crew was outside barbequing with couple other people invited. While later, I was not able to sleep much, but was just laying in bed, with my back facing the bedroom door that was left half opened. I heard someone climbing upstairs, open the kid's bedroom door all the way and move towards the couple's master bedroom and slammed the door shut. The whole house rattled with the slam, and right instantly, I heard my friend yell out "Saloni, are you ok"?. I came out of the room casually, assuming it's the husband who went in his room and maybe he slammed the door because he probably got into an argument with his wife or whatever drama married couples practice everyday..... Well the reason, my friend yelled out was because they weren't sure why would I slam the door so hard to a point where I startled everyone downstairs. Now, here is the climax..... When I looked down to respond to her, I saw everyone sitting in the living room including the husband, whom I thought would be in the bedroom at this point, so who was in their bedroom??

I looked down at them from the upstairs railing and casually asked everyone, "Did anyone come up couple of minutes ago"? Obviously no one else is going to go to the master bedroom unless it's the owners or kids, and everyone responded with excitement, " We are waiting for you to come down, so we can start the beer party"!! At this point I knew I needed to get the heck out, as I felt the chills right behind me and ran downstairs,  I asked my friend and her husband once again, if they came upstairs at all after I retired for a nap and they said they never came up neither did the kids, in fact they thought I was the one who slammed the door!! Well that was it for me, and a week later I found an apartment and got the heck out. The question regarding the guest room still remains. I have no response to that, all I knew was the whole house had a story and someone was all over the house, because every corner of her house had a presence except for the two bathrooms. I guess spirits don't really need bathrooms or who knows. Those were the only two spots in her house, I spent a lot of time in. :-) The owners were immune to it, even though my friend herself experienced few things when she was alone in the house. There have been many subtle incidents after that, but not enough to spook me out. I guess I am too sensitive of my environment or alert, but in reality my life is pretty normal, so please don't think I walk around with candlesticks, hunting spirits in the dark. I respect the world they are in and I prefer to leave them alone wherever they are instead of provoking them. They say, the bad spirits always target the weak one's well they ain't getting nothing from me. I have been trained by Netflix, they won't find much luck with me. So open your mind and believe we are not alone.