My bf says he doesn't exactly disbelieve nor believe in aliens or the paranormal. He is, however, very cynical and makes fun of me for having these interests.
He had an experience almost exactly one year ago that has made him a little more... open minded.
It was not a 'dark and stormy night' but it was a late, dark, and chilly mid-October night in north-western Georgia when he saw what he believes was a ghost.
He was getting kicked out of a 'friend's' house he'd been staying at for a week, and went to hide his belongings in the woods, which was really about a few acres or so of trees that separated the subdivision and the local Kohl's. He returned to the house to use the phone, and after making arrangements, proceeded back to the woods with the evictor's dog by his side to claim his bags.
As he was making his way through the woods in complete darkness- save for his lighter he used as a mini torch- he thought he saw what looked like a person a few yards ahead. Convinced he was just seeing a trick of the light, he moved foreward confidently. The closer he got, the more concerned he became. It looked like a person, deffinately. But what would some random person be doing standing out in the woods at this chilly hour? Using his lighter to see, he krept closer and was happy to know the dog was still by his side. Closer, he realized it was a teenage girl, wearing what looked like a white dress. He called out "Hello?" several times with no response. He got up to about three feet away when the realization came that this young lady was neither moving nor speaking, and with confusion and adrenaline he turned and ran back out of the woods to the somewhat-comfort of the house.
He called his father and told him what happened, and when he came to pick him up, demanded that he accompany him back in to the woods to get his bags. He showed him where he had seen this apparation, but of course, nothing was there.
He has said that at first, thinking it over, he thought it could have been maybe some crazy and/or drugged out girl just mindlessly being in the woods. He expressed that the county he was in is a huge meth county, one of the worst and has even been on A&E shows due to its epedemic.
But more thinking lead him to believe and actually admit that he thought it was a ghost. I was actually excited to hear him say this!
One year later, in this present day, he still unenthusiastically admits he belives he saw a ghost. The "woods" he experienced her in are now completely torn down, to make way for yet another commercial establishment in the quickly growing county.
Personally, I remember seeing TONS of shows about Georgia hauntings; Cival War related and other. I once considared that maybe this girl died in those woods, from whatever cause, and her spirit was restless because she knew that the woods would be cut down and that maybe, she wanted her body to be found before some wal-mart-type-thing was built on top of her grave.
That last part is just creative wonderings, but the fact remains that even skeptics can be humbled!

Kitten...I've spent a few nights camping on several different battlefields....including 5 or 6 from the Civil war...I don't think I've seen anything yet...but I have heard things in the mists that always come up.

peace to you

I think the most important point of this story is that even skeptics can have a change of mind. And another thing, I remember always hearing that animals get jumpy or act different if they're around the paranormal. However, he says that the dog by his side never acted strange. Still, this story is coming from someone I trust my life with as well as the fact that he looks down upon "silly things" like ghosts and UFOs, and he only admitted his experience to me reluctantly so there's no way he'd make something like that up.

Hi kitten, I`m in no way trying to be funny here, but considering you have a web site dedicated to shrooms, is it at all possible that your boyfriend was tripping?

Seth...then what is my excuse?...I was sober with out any drugs....and I've heard things in the mists at Antietam....and to top it all off I'm a skeptic at heart

That question was not for you, if you notice the link in her signature they seem to like shrooms and I have no problem with that, it was just a question.


I was in no way saying that paranormal experiences are drugs or crazies because if thats the case then I must be crazy because I have had some of my own paranormal experiences.

Seth, you have no idea how valid your reply is. That was my thought as well, as I'm no dummy when it comes to effects of hallucinogenic chemicals. Although he admits to consuming weilii days prior to his experience, he feels that he has enough knowledge as well as experience with the fungus to state that what he saw was no hallucination, nor trick of light and shadows.
Your explination is something I still, in the back of my mind, considar- however, his woodsy apparation happened so long after any mind-altering substances were used, and because he strongly affirms that when he saw this he was clear-headed and alert, I believe him and almost applaud him for sharing this. I do NOT believe the ghost had anything to woth with anything other than a real-life, non-substance-related experience. The day before he told me about it, I had been watching a Travel Channel show about Georgia hauntings and how common they are.
Whether anyone believes him or not- or, anyone else who has a paranormal experience for that matter- is not up to me. I believe him, he believes it, and is now more accepting of my interest in otherworldly things. So, yay:p

Thank you for your reply I'm sure it was an experience that will change his views on life....I know it has for me I still remain slightly skeptical even of my own experiences but I still have no logical explanation for my experiences.

I will chalk them up as unknown

you could always visit the commercial establishment if open to the public and wander about and look for it again .

Seth...my apologies...I was having a bad night last night and misunderstood.

peace to you

I actually suggested this, half jokingly: We are now both on good terms with the people he used to live with, and the place he saw this is now bulldozed and treeless. My idea was to visit the spot on Halloween (or just a random night at dark, since it's still right around the year-later marking point), maybe with a ouija board for fun, or not, and have a mini 'seance'(sp?) with him, myself and the two others. It would be fun to try even if nothing came of it.