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orleans

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7. interesting story from a non-believer
Wed Oct 29, 2014, 12:56 AM
Oct 2014

how do you blend the belief with the incident?

do you think it was possible you were dreaming or still half asleep?

i know i was a staunch believer in the "when you're dead, you're dead" line of thought for a good part of my teens, twenties, & thirties. yet i had a similar type of run in with a family member when i was a kid--but it was in the daytime when i was playing. it scared the crap out of me! she looked as real as anyone and she spoke to me.

the "when you're dead you're dead" belief lead me to finally wonder how i could explain or justify what happened to me when i was a kid if, in fact, when you're dead you're dead is true. and i couldn't.

i tend to be a rather cynical "i'll believe it when i see it" type of person and eventually came to the realization that i did see it with my own eyes and had to admit that even though "when you're dead, you're dead" is so easy to be dismissive with, (such an easy go-to response)--it just isn't accurate.

so i'm just curious. you're reply of "I do not believe in ghosts. That being said, I've seen two of them" sounds like something i've probably said at one time. and i smiled when i read it.

I like this one. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #1
Apparently it's a fake frogmarch Oct 2014 #2
I don't believe in ghosts, so I assume all of these are fakes. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #6
The only ghost I believe in is this one... pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #3
I do not believe in ghosts NightWatcher Oct 2014 #4
interesting story from a non-believer orleans Oct 2014 #7
probably a German tourist Kali Oct 2014 #5
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