Paranormal (?) experiences

As Witzend's story illustrates, the credibility of a third person depends to a large extent on the personality of the person. The local woman who interpreted bad luck as bad spirits believed in spirits before the event.

While Witzend's story is interesting anthropologically it's not a credible explanation of a run of bad luck.

The more credible evidences of paranormal goings on concern unwitting and unprejudiced witnesses.

Precognition is a strange thing,too. When I was working I told our receptionist that one of the senior managers had died. I was convinced of this and said how sad it was. She was horrified and said she had spoken to him that morning and he was very much alive then. He died suddenly in an accident a week later, run over by a tractor on his farm. I have heard of similar things happening, very strange.

Just had a really strange thing happen. Had a terrible experience this week, I put the story on the estrangement page. My neighbour died, I found him and called the emergency services, it was really upsetting.

Just sitting here by my patio doors, sitting completely still, when a bright light shone on the inside step to the patio doors. I watched it, it was dancing around, about 5inch squared in a kind of triangle shape. I could see nothing that it was coming from, it suddenly shot away. I sat for a few minutes, trying to work out where this light had come from, but couldn't. There was then a knock on the door, a delivery of a big, beautiful bouquet of flowers from my neighbour's daughter, saying ' Thank you for everything you've done.' It actually upset me as I question if I had done enough.