Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Man, talk about a vivid dream...some of y'all know how into ghosts and the supernatural realm I am, well, I sure had me a fittin' dream last night. In my dream I went to this big old bed 'n breakfast in Bardstown (where I've stayed at The Talbott Tavern and The Jailer's Inn). It was pretty dark inside with a kind of ominous, foreboding mood, and I slowly walked down a large, long hallway past several rooms. I decided to go in this one room (there was no door, just a doorway/entrance) and it was some kind of big Victorian-like sitting room---very high ceilings, very old and elegant furniture (maybe a suite with a bed, I don't remember that for sure). I start lookin' around wonderin' if I'll notice anything odd, when I'm lookin' at the seat of a chair. There's an impression in it like somebody (or something)'s sittin' there, and then all of a sudden the impression vanishes---as if someone arose from their seat. I stare at it in awe, and then feel a strong force behind me; I'm picked up by the back of my shirt collar and on the left hip, carried over to the entrance, and forcefully ejected from the room, landing in a gangly heap on the floor. I go back in again a few minutes later, see the impression on the chair, and once again it disappears as if someone sitting down has just risen, and I'm taken out of the room a 2nd time. Naturally I'm flabbergasted, with a mixture of excitement/caution. I take off down the hallway and find a 5 or 6 stairs going down to an outside door, and then at the landing there's a turn and 5 or 6 more going down halfway below ground. There's a kitchen there, and I run down the stairs and stop just inside the kitchen. People are milling about making food, when finally a manager-type man notices me and asks me if I need anything. I tell him in my shocked tone what just happened to me, a waitress overhears me, and they follow me back upstairs. The 3 of us go down the long, dark hallway and enter the same room, and as I show 'em the chair, we see an impression in it again---and then again it vanishes. They step back amazed, and then the spirit picks me up again; this time, *way* up. It lifts me into the air and kind of "tosses" me around the upper airy "canopy" of the room, all the while having a hold on me...I'm smacked against the upper parts of the walls, flopped on the ceiling, hustled through the air...but not painfully, just enough to have the wind knocked outta me. Eventually the spirit sets me down and we hastily leave the room. This was such a blast---that 3rd time was almost like a DL ride, lol. Man, I could *totally* feel the physicality of the unseen being hurtling me up from my independent standing...the hard thumps of whappin' me against the walls and ceiling...the rush of the air past my body as it does its acrobatics on me in the upper plane just below the ceiling...the utter astonishment at seeing the appearance and disappearance of the impressions...the uncertainty and erieness of the dark, tall, large, quiet ominous surroundings...just one of those dreams where you feel like you really lived it had you not been asleep, because your senses were so engaged in the dream. I may have had a few experiences with "the unknown", but this unconscious one just about takes the cake, lol.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Sounds as though your holiday dairy beverages are past their sell by date.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I also have dreams once every few months involving ghosts. They usually contain two common elements: 1) The light switches in the room I am in will not work. I flip them up and down trying to get the lights to come on but nothing happens. 2) I usually get away from the ghosts by flying. I "take off" by raising my arms over my head and then thrusting down (one big flapping motion). Once off the ground I can pretty much soar wherever I want by thinking about where I want to go. What seems pretty interesting to me is that both of our dreams involve movement through the air. You experience being tossed by ghosts and I experience flying to get away from them. (No pharmaceuticals have been consumed in the manufacture of these dreams.)
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder In all seriousness, TDG, your dream probably was a supernatural experience. I've dabbled into it somewhat myself, not quite to the extent you have, but the fact you could actually feel the physicalness of the dream makes me say that in all likelihood, you didn't just merely have a dream, you got visited. It's a fact among those who believe in such things that ghosts and, let's say, dead friends or relatives visit you in the guise of your dreams. Husbands or wives or sons and daughters or mothers and fathers who appear in a dream to say they're okay do so in this fashion. Even more than just delivering that simple but meaningful message people often have extended conversations in their dreams with these people. the train of thought is these things are real in the supernatural sense, in other words, you'll be able to confirm they actually happened when you pass on. Sounds to me like someone in your hobby/genuine interest has decided to take you to the next level.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Your ghost dreams sound cool, RT. STPH, hmmm...that's a little erie, lol. I did just watch John Carpenter's "The Thing" not too long before bed, but I'm glad I dreamt of a spirit and not a killer alien. I've had several other dreams where I can 100% feel and sense things in it like I'm *so* totally there, but it had been a while since I'd had one that intense. I wish I could've had a movie camera and filmed it---I just loved the spooky ambience...
Originally Posted By RoadTrip TDG, Have you ever read about "projection of the astral body"? I read a couple of books about it back when I was in college (30 years ago). I experimented with trying to make it happen for a while... then one night it did!! I got a HUGE body rush and absolutely started to feel AND SEE myself leaving my body. It scared the out of me. I snapped myself back to reality and have never tried it since. Does anyone here have a similar experience?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I've never tried that RT--or heard of it--but I think I'll just stick with wanting to see other spirits, and not my own! ;-) (btw, don't you just LOVE flying dreams?? They feel so COOL!)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<(btw, don't you just LOVE flying dreams?? They feel so COOL!)>> Yes, I absolutely adore flying dreams. I don't only have them in my ghost dreams, but in many other dreams as well. I've been surprised that when talking with others that very few ever seem to have had flying dreams. I truly feel that my life has been made better by them, although now I'm probably starting to sound like a kook! As an aside... "Soarin'" at DCA came closer to the feeling of a flying dream than anything else I'd ever experienced. I actually got teary thinking about how I was experiencing something that I never thought I would experience outside of a dream.
Originally Posted By Kylesmom I've had flying dreams, but it's been a long time. For me it's like swimming in air.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Kylesmom that is EXACTLY what its like for me, only I haven't had a flying dream since I was very young, but back then I could easily "dog paddle" through the air, but if my concentration wained a little I would start to decend, so I had to keep my mind on flying, all this within the dream. Falling dreams are fun too, and that nonsense about you die if you hit ain't true. I have hit the ground a couple times and it woke be with a start but I am still here.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Yes Soarin' was awesome, RT...another soooo-close-to-flyin' thang fer me was when I rode a suspended roller coaster called T2 at King's Island in the '90s---where you're hangin' from the track, yer feet 'n legs danglin' and soarin' over trees and grass a hundred or so feet below you---kinda scary (thinkin' what would happen if suddenly you became detached), but *awesome!* <but if my concentration wained a little I would start to decend, so I had to keep my mind on flying, all this within the dream.> Yes, me too! And again, feeling all of that experience with every fiber of your being...in your subconscience, no less...amazing...
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Geezus TALL Disney Guy, you are cool in my book! You have a way with words.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Gawrsh, thanks, DVC_dad My dreams can certainly have a way with me! lol
Originally Posted By JazzCat Hey Byron, I don't know if I have the correct e-mail for you so I post here. I have four ghost books that I probably won't read again. Would you like to have them? They are: Historic Haunted America by Michael Norman and Beth Scott Ghost Sightings by Colin Wilson Collected Ghost Stories by M.R. James The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce If you would like me to send them to you I would be glad to do so! Just e-mail me at jazzcat1123@hotmail.com.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Thanks, Jazzy...my e-mail's in my profile. The next night after this dream I dreamt I was "living" in the TV show 227 with Marla Gibbs as Mary and Jackee "Hi, I'm SAAAAndra!" Harry. Go figure.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Perhaps you should refrain from anything but water for 3 or 4 hours before bedtime. And set a limit on the water, too.
