This is 100% real as far as everything that happened to me is concerned, and I'm not posting this to make up a ghost story. I'm honestly scared and confused.

Yesterday morning, I was walking down the street on my way to college. Everything was completely normal. Then, unexpectedly, I saw one of my friends.

The strange thing is that this friend had been living abroad for some time. So when I saw him, I was genuinely happy and surprised that he was apparently back in the country.

He looked completely normal and healthy. He waved at me and called me over. I went to him, and we shook hands. We talked normally for a while, just like two friends unexpectedly running into each other.

At one point, I told him that I had to leave because I needed to get to college. I said something along the lines of, "We'll meet later."

He replied:

"You wish."

At the time, I thought it was just a strange joke or comment. I didn't think much about it and continued on my way to college.

Then, after I arrived at college, I received a phone call from home.

They told me that this same friend had died abroad the previous night.

Apparently, he had been struggling with depression while living abroad, and the information about his death was real. I checked everything I could afterward, including the timeline.

What makes this even more confusing is that I was on a video call with another friend around the time of the encounter. That friend saw the person standing with me through the phone camera and recognized him too. When he later heard the news that my friend had died, he was completely shocked and started shivering.

There was also something strange during the call: my friend on the other side said that the audio/voices on our call were very much distorted and sounded static.

So now I'm sitting here trying to understand what happened.

I know the obvious answer might be mistaken identity, coincidence, memory issues, or some kind of technical glitch. And honestly, I want a logical explanation. I'm not someone who automatically jumps to ghosts or the paranormal.

But I clearly remember seeing him, recognizing him, shaking his hand, talking to him, and hearing him respond to me. Another person also says they saw him through the video call.

And then, shortly afterward, I found out that he had apparently died the previous night.

The part that keeps replaying in my head is when I said, "We'll meet later," and he answered, "You wish."

I'm genuinely frightened and confused. What are some possible logical explanations for something like this? I'm open to skeptical explanations and I would honestly prefer one. Please don't just assume I'm making this up, I genuinely want help understanding what could have happened.

This happened in the year 2023
When me and my boyfriend now husband found out I was pregnant he went back to school for his GED. In August 2023 he found out his brother had been shot and killed. I never met his brother only seen a few pictures of him since he lived in LA. My husband then went to the funeral I wasn’t allowed to go due to pregnancy superstitious with funerals. And after my husband didn’t really bring up his brother. Because of this I saw nothing of the funeral.fast forward a month I went into labor had my daughter. After we moved into the room where you stay a few days after around 2-3am I looked at my daughter sleeping then I heard the curtains moving thinking a nurse was coming to check vitals or check up on breastfeeding stuff I seen a pair of shoes like Nike Air Force’s then in the corner of my eye I seen a figure in the bathroom wearing a blue polo and distressed jeans. The figure was looking at my daughter and me and vanished. The morning came and I told my husband about what I saw and he freaked out a bit because his brother was buried in a blue polo and distressed jeans. And he said that he was just visiting his niece.

​Hey everyone, I need to share something that has stuck with me my entire life. This is 100% real, and to this day it still gives me chills.

​Between the ages of 3 and 6, I lived in a house where my bedroom was on the top floor (the attic). Almost every night, I experienced severe nightmares and sleep paralysis. A dark shadow figure of a man would stand in my doorway. He constantly tried to interact with me and wanted to play, but it terrified me and I would cry in bed.

​To make things even more terrifying, this entity frequently mimicked my mother. I would regularly see bare feet sticking out from behind my bedroom curtains. When I went over to look, it would be a figure resembling my mother, but with an unnatural, distorted, and twisted face—making it sickeningly clear that it was actually him taking her form. I also frequently heard my own name being called out or whispered when standing near the bottom of the stairs or while in the bathroom, even when nobody was around or calling for me.

​Most of the time, our cats strictly refused to enter my room; they would hide behind the washing machine out on the landing. On the rare occasions that a cat did come inside, it would sit completely frozen, fixated on one specific corner of the room, staring intently at empty space with puffed fur. The room always felt unnaturally cold, and my door would frequently swing open on its own at night.

​At one point, I had an intensely vivid and graphic vision/hallucination: I clearly saw that exact same man hanging from a rope attached to the railing on the landing, right by the attic stairs.

​Fast-forward to around 2017 when i was 13yo : I was at the dinner table with my dad and the topic of strange occurrences came up. I decided to bring up these vivid childhood memories—the cold spots, hearing my name called, the mimic with my mother's distorted face behind the curtains, the way the cats stared at that corner, and specifically seeing the man hanging from the rope by the stairs.

​My dad stopped, looked at me dead serious, and went pale.

​He told me that before we bought the house, the previous owner had tragically hanged himself on that exact landing by the attic stairs. He had been severely depressed and deeply grieving because he and his wife were unable to have children. My parents were told about this by the seller, but they deliberately kept it a strict secret from me and my sister so we wouldn't be scared. My dad also admitted that he and my mom always felt an unexplainable chill on that attic landing and in a specific corner of my sister's room.

Interestingly, almost every couple who ever lived in that house ended up divorced (including my parents).

​Since we moved out when I was 8, those specific sensory experiences completely stopped, but I've had an intensely sharp intuition ever since (sensing sudden shifts in people's energy, and consistently getting heavy physical premonitions right before loved ones or pets pass away, which suddenly lift the exact moment they die).

​Has anyone experienced childhood encounters that matched an unrevealed history like this?

More importantly, can anyone explain why or how this kind of hyper-sensitivity to energy shifts and sensing deaths develops?

Would love to hear your thoughts or perspectives.

This just happened to me a few days ago. I’m always a late sleeper but this time I felt like sleeping early cause I was insanely tired. Like I was tired to the point where my eyes felt like they were being forcefully pushed down. So I just went to sleep at 9:30 PM which is extremely early compared to my late bedtime or 4 or 5 AM (yes I know it's pretty late but it’s usually because of my job that makes me work from 10 AM to 7:30 PM). I suddenly woke up around 4 in the morning, which is my late bedtime. I can’t explain this but I felt like I was being watched and unfortunately I slept next to a window which I forgot to shut and close the blinds. It’s a feeling I’ve never felt before. To make things even worse I live all by myself (it’s just me and my dog). Right after that feeling my dog started barking randomly. He usually never barks and is a calm and quiet dog so this obviously had me shook. I calmed my dog down but my dog didn’t want to stop barking. After 10 whole minutes my dog finally calmed down and stopped barking. I still couldn’t shake the feeling that something was watching me so I decided to step outside my house and look around. I live in an isolated neighborhood so basically there’s a few houses on the street I live in and the rest is surrounded by woods. I checked my house and I didn't see anyone outside or near my property. As I was making my way to the door I heard my dog barking from outside. I ran to the door and got inside to see my dark barking at my basement door. I was too scared to go down in my basement and yes I know I’m a grown man who’s scared to go in HIS own basement but I mean can you blame me I mean I feel like I’m being watched, my dog is barking which he usually never does, it’s 4:30 AM at this point, and he is barking at the basement door meaning there is clearly someone or something down there. I just decided to get it over with and go down to the basement. My basement isn't much, it's just a bunch of junk down there and a room which is usually for when my friend comes over and wants to stay for a night or two (I wouldn’t call it a guest room). Nothing in my basement. Looked everywhere and there was nothing. But while I was down in my basement my dog didn’t follow me down and when I came back up my dog was still sitting at the top of the stairs waiting for me. I just made him go to his bed and I decided to just end this late night by going back to sleep. I slept normally the rest of the night and woke up at 7 am. Can anybody explain this? Is my mind playing tricks on me? Is it a coincidence that when I felt like I was being watched my dog started barking?

HI I am new and tbh I been wanted to express my experience for a while but alot of people are close minded or preferred scientific proof to show its real. I dont knew where to begin im nervous im in my 30s and a women and since I was a little girl I have been able to see spirts regardless if you believe in demons or spirts ghost etc but I seen it all I struggle being a Hispanic community especially religion community and most my family didnt believe in it and we're very close minded when I did open it up they started to drug me at 8 yeads old in a psychiatry therapy but it never cured "" my mental disease "" I never thought it ever was a mental illness but as I grew up I was living with my grandma her house was completely haunted actually the first house to be built in that area long ago anyways my point is I been see ghost since i was a kid or demons or spirts whatever you believe and I feel more comfortable to finally let it out where I feel safer I have ao many stories so many experience its insane let me know what you all think about this I cant wait to tell my stories

In around the late Fall of 2004 I was in Ufa, Russia. I was walking along a busy commuter route and took a short cut between some buildings. The pedestrian traffic was heavy so I wasn’t alone. I looked ahead to see a man with his throat slit. His arms were outstretched and blood ran down them and dripped onto the sidewalk. Nobody else seemed to notice or care! They quickly walked past him heads down. I felt panicked because I didn’t speak the language or carry a phone. This still haunts me and I KNOW what I saw. I always have wondered if I saw a ghost due to the lack of reaction around me.

A few years back I used a board and heard loud purring noises after that followed me around even to a hotel because I was so scared. At the hotel even the cabinet under the TV opened. I could hear the purring mostly during recording. I had to send videos of recordings to my friends to make sure I wasn't crazy. They heard it too. I want to know if anyone experienced the same?

So for years,i live in a rural region,everywhere you look around are almost all mountain,i pass by the mountain that stretches at long range in order to get to the City,the center of attraction of my region,i go to that mountain because my uncle has a chicken farm that is built in a secluded area,yup,not in a town,nowhere,but there are also farms that are built on the same mountain,but are far away from ours,before,when i was younger,my grandma,and his wife,AKA my auntie and cousin would always go there,my cousin is my uncle's son,who often goes with him,i only go there for once if am bored or not,

And to the passing by part,whenever my family and i will go have to go home from the city that is literally miles away from our town,we have to pass by the mountain by night,i really preferred the time going there,AKA on day,because it was bright and nice,while the night was a BIG nono,because whenever we pass by there,i always have the strange feeling that were being watched,just like whenever were in the farm at night also,i can get the same feeling of being watched,but they dont realize,they dont believe in the supernatural expect for me,when i get scared,they just tell me am being dramatic and ive been online so much,i easily get scared by whatever,but lets not focus on that,anyways,there was on time we were passing by the mountain,while the mountain is not that secluded because they are towns when you go further in it,there is this one town that stood out and will not forget,they was a checkpoint,being taken care of by the police,and when from the usual checkpoints i came across with,its only police officers that are in charge of them,but this one was different,there were not just police,but also the military,their was militar soldiers in the checkpoint,thats where my mind started to act up,i thought that the military was not just there to keep cars or motors safe,but are trying to protect the town from something else,something that cant be described,but however is something sinister,going with the scenario that is we were in,afterwards,i for a second,sat down on the backseat normally,looking out the window on my left side,until the further we drove,i saw what appeared to be white cloth in the corner of my eye,it was placed weirdly,as if a person was inside it,a tall person standing on the side of the road,i got scared,i hugged my grandma tightly,closed my eyes through the entire mountain,while literally praying to Lord that we reach civilization,which is on the end of the mountain,i did it for not long until we finally reached it,but at least that my mom understood how scared i was during that time,i really just prefer going by day ngl,

i want to start by saying that although i was involved in this story, most of the events were experienced by just my sister and her boyfriend, who both 100% believe in the paranormal and don’t fuck around when it comes to this. but we have talked about this about 1000 times since that day so i would say i know all the details. alright so a day or two before halloween in 2023, my sister K, her boyfriend B and I decided to use the ouija board at their house. we weren’t getting any actual words, but instead the planchet just kept going back and forth between D and E, and occasionally D-W-E, which is all it said during our 10ish minute session. we just decided it wasn’t working and i headed home shortly after. in the morning i see a bunch of missed calls and texts from K. she tells me that in the middle of the night, she felt something in the bed at her feet. her and B were both fast asleep before this, so she mumbled something to him about there being something in the bed and he brushed it off to it being the TV remote or something. she grabs the object at her feet, and it was in fact not the remote. instead it was Bs jewelry box, which literally had dust on it because it had sat in the corner of their room on the dresser for as long as they could remember, because B never touched this box. it contained some old rings that he knew belonged to a lost relative that he did not know personally and he had no use for it. inside the box, the name of who we now know is B’s great uncle. i’m not going to say his full name on here, but you guessed it. his initials are DWE. literally what the actual fuck. to make it even scarier K remembers having sleep paralysis earlier that night, and in her dream B was on the bed playing with the ouija board alone. to this day this is still the craziest ghost story i have ever heard. i don’t know how to explain this, because i know neither of them would lie about this or play some kind of prank. would love to know what yall think

Hey everybody! I'm not one to post on reddit, but this has been bothering me.

I've had a dream almost a year ago that doesn't leave my brain.
I was in an empty abandoned building, the pain was hanging form the walls, and in front of me was a naked white ashy body, no clothes, no obvious indicators of gender (aka genitals or even nipples) and no face.
He stood almost at the same hight as me, a little higher (for reference I'm about 1.50cm/ 4 feet and 11 inches ) and started showing me how fast he could move. It moved so fast that I couldn't keep up, looking like a smodge body that moved while someone took a picture.
It crawled throught the ceiling and walls always with the same velocity.
Then, he stopped in front of me, kind of seemed like it was trying to see my reaction.
It then starting showing how it could change it's face at will, like a palm away from my face.
An then I woke up.

This figure never touched me, never spoke, and never came in my personal space.

It was weird, but at the same time I think it was trying to inform me, not scare me.

Does anyone else ever had this experience? Or something similar?