“This can’t be happening … They pop into my head and then they die.”

Coincidence beyond chance. Jay in Texas writes:

My story starts when I was a junior in high school; I was 16. I had a friend whom we played softball together when we were younger, but not in the later years, so even though we had class together would rarely talk unless to say “hello”, maybe ask each other for help in class. Then out of the blue we would talk a lot more in class and once I did think, “Wow all this time in class and barely talk to each other now but didn’t read into then. We went back to the normal “hello” being we didn’t have the same group of friends therefore there wasn’t much we could talk about.

Within 2 months she was dead—died while drinking and driving maybe around November 2005. At that point beyond the shock, all I could think was why her. She was such a good person.

Within a month, not exactly which order because I never read into it before these two accidents, I saw a classmate that I hadn’t seen all through high school and we go to a relatively small school. We passed each other in the school parking lot. We said “hi” and that was the end of that. Then I thought wow, how weird I’ve never seen him all these years. As I’m typing this I’m remembering that he did play softball with me and the previous girl mentioned, but I don’t think we were ever on the same team. Anyways back to the story. After seeing him, or before, not sure, I thought “man you know who I haven’t seen and thought of, another male classmate” and put no more attention to it.

Well about three weeks later in December 2005, they were both involved in a car accident where one died at the scene, while the other boy died the following morning from his injuries.

At this point I was like how weird that I never seen them for a few years and finally see or think about them and this happens.

Next was another classmate that randomly popped in my head after we had all graduated, and within a month or so, he had also died in a car accident at the age of 20 in February 2009.

At this point it was just a little eerie. Some years passed and one day I called my cousin over to fix something for me, again we don’t hang around the same group of people, but are the same age so never really talked, but he came, fixed it for me free of charge and was on his way. When he left I kinda thought I wonder if he would die too because I hadn’t seen him in a while and now I saw him. And brushed this off because I thought, no, it can’t happen because I called him. I didn’t just randomly see him. Well I was with that for a few days and then forgot about it. Well within that month, I got a phone call from another cousin that a car similar to my cousin’s was involved in a wreck and friends had called him to let him know just in case turns out it was his car. He died In a car accident in July 2011. He was 22.

I was like this can’t be happening I need to stop thinking or seeing people I haven’t talked to, because they end up dying. Now in November 2011 a few months ago I finally told my cousin that had informed me of my cousin’s car accident of all these crazy things that seemed like a coincidence, and he didn’t put to much mind to it and said, “Well just don’t think about me.” When I finished telling him, I was like you know who I was thinking about, said the girl’s name and we both were like yeah that we hadn’t seen her in a while since we graduated high school.

Then within a month in December 2011, I was driving to college out of town when I seen a wreck on the other side of the highway, the police had white sheets out meaning someone had passed away. Well I went on my way to school and that weekend it was on the front page of the local paper there, the accident was the person who had died was the girl’s mother who had randomly popped into my head a month ago.

I thought to myself, there is definitely something to this of people popping into my head. Again I kinda brushed it off because I never believed in “that kind of stuff.” I will also add to my cousin’s accident that both sides of his family after the fact that there was at least one accident or multiple near accidents leading up to his death. We all thought what if we would have known this, we might have came to a conclusion that death was coming for someone that joined the two families.

The absolute final straw came when, about a week ago, my mom seen my aunt, her sister, and asked if someone was sick in the family because she had dreamed someone who was sick would die. My mom said, no, then recalled that a few people were sick such as aunts or uncles. Then my mom asked if this happened before, and she said yes, that she dreamed of my cousin’s accident, not in detail just an accident. She says her dreams usually happen, but she never knows who it’s gonna be. Also that my other aunt will have dreams of death, but can say who it is.

So I thought this is definitely something I should look into and came across your page. Feedback on if there are some spirits, forces or whatever going on here. And is this a gift? Or how can I use it or develop it?

Might be useless, but I clearly recall when I was about 12 when a few of my cousins and siblings were playing cards, decide to be dumb and guess cards. No one could do it but me! I guessed about three or four cards correct down to the suit on two of them. I believe then stopped cause I got bored and didn’t want to concentrate that hard to guess a card. But it’s stuck with me so long because I thought guessing that so many times was impossible and I’ve never really tried it again.

Please put this on your blog so I can get your opinion on my situation, thanks.

I think you have a gift to tune into the collective consciousness (the oneness of all, our connection to all living things); it’s been manifesting itself by hinting at coming losses. (I believe major events in our lives, including our deaths, are predetermined, and you’re plugging into that knowledge.) I believe using your sixth sense makes it stronger and more accurate, like exercising a muscle. There are plenty of books available, probably at your local library, with exercises to awaken your sixth sense. There might even be a local parapsychology group that meets near you. Meditation works. I did all that as well as studying spirituality, after death experience, various believes about the human soul — anything to open the door to the other side, except Ouija Board; it’s equal to opening your front door to strangers. Be careful who or what you invite in. Specifically state you only invite positive energy that is beneficial to you. Find a process that rings true for you, don’t blindly believe anyone, not even me. Find out for yourself.

Do good works. They’ll come back at ‘ya.  — Kat

Coincidence beyond chance? I’m sold. What do you think? Leave a comment, or read other stories that test fate at Fate & Destiny at Dreamwatch.com.

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Friday Ghost Stories: Spirits Seen Around the World

A father’s spirit says goodbye to his son.

Brian in LA writes:  When I was two, my father died in bed. The same night my mother went to check on me in my crib and saw a white figure over me. Next morning she found my father dead.

A spirit prepares to pass.

Rhonda in Canada writes:  I awoke to an image of a young boy looking at me. Two days later an acquaintance passed away. During the service they showed a slideshow, and the boy that had visited me was a younger version of the acquaintance.

Spirit dressed in white. A spirit guide to the next world?

Jacqueline in N. Ireland writes:  My dad was dying of lung cancer. He was in my home as that was our wish to care for him. Two days before he died at 8:00 a.m., I was sitting in my kitchen looking out to the hall and a person dressed in white walked through my hallway. I do not know what it was. No one was in my home—only me.

A ghost in the mirror.

Lawliet in the Philippines writes:  One day, my grandma’s mother died and she was very sad. Three years after, we went to Manila; when I was the only one left in the living room, I heard a noise in the bathroom. I looked inside but I didn’t see anyone in there. When I looked at the mirror, there was a woman staring back at me and I heard her voice talking to me. I ran upstairs as quickly as I could. I went to bed and closed my eyes; then (the next day) I told my family what I saw and heard that night, but they didn’t believe me. My mother said, “That’s what you get for watching horror films.”

Afterlife communication. A father’s spirit visits his child.

Rhonda in the USA writes:  My son passed away 2-1/2 years ago. It was a motorcycle accident. It was 5 days before Christmas and he was a policeman. My granddaughter was 10 months old at the time. Now for the past month she has been seeing a policeman in her room. Even if she is at her other grandmother’s house. She is three years old now. Is it possible that my son is visiting her? Her mother has asked her what the man looks like. She doesn’t say. Her mother has also heard her talking to someone on several occasions. When asked who she is talking to, she says her daddy.

Please leave a comment or submit your own ghost story—it’s easy and anonymous. You’ll find more True Ghost Stories at Dreamwatch.com

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Dreams of Grandmother’s Passing

(from California)  So my dreams went like this … I entered a hospital with my family and my grandmother. The interior was all white and it was glistening. A doctor came to my family and told us that my grandmother had only one day to live. Throughout that one day [when] she was alive, she took care of me. As we were having lunch all together at the hospital, she gave me some of her food, telling me to eat more.

Then finally the day has come. She was lying on a hospital bed … waving at me to come to her. I am her granddaughter. I was crying a lot and I woke up from the dream crying my heart out. What can this mean? I have had my past dreams come true in real life. I am so scared. I don’t want my grandmother to leave my side.

 Dreams like you describe can be disturbing. They often symbolize the end of something and beginning of something new—or they predict the future. Maybe they’re intended to prepare us for what is to come. I wish I knew how to tell the difference. One thing’s for sure, sooner or later, we’re all leaving this life—then we’ll have the answers … I hope. Until then, I cherish and am grateful for every moment.  —Kat

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When Dreams Come True

(from South Africa)  I need help. When I dream my dreams come true. To some point I’m okay with that, but when I wish for something bad or good to happen for someone, it always happens in 13 days. I’m so scared.

I’d be scared too if I had been wishing for something bad to happen to someone. In my opinion, you are creating bad Karma and eventually it will come back to bite you. Put out good energy, and good energy will find its way to you. At least try to be neutral, or only make wishes for yourself.  —Kat

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Friday Ghost Story: Fragrances and Smells from the Other Side

Sometimes we see them, hear them and feel their touch. The following four short stories suggest that spirits reach out to us through most of our senses. Sight. Sound. Touch. Even our sense of smell.

Smelling Flowers in Winter

Linda in the U.K. writes:  Just last week I was sitting in the lounge. And a really strong smell of flowers was around my nose. It was so strong. Then about three days later it happened again. Then my husband said he had it as well. It’s never happened before. It was very overwhelming. Just wondering if anybody else has experienced the same thing.

We sure have! Here a few typical examples.

Smelling Pipe Smoke of Deceased Former Homeowner

Kat in Conn. writes: I bought my house from an elderly woman who had lived here with her recently deceased husband. The couple had been well-liked and active in the community, and lived many happy years in the house. One evening after I was settled in my new home, and working in my home office, the strong aroma of pipe smoke drifted in. The smell was unmistakable and not unpleasant, and was strongest in the smallest room that I used as a guest bedroom and for storage.

This became a regular happening, two or three times a week, around the same time of early evening. I talked to one of my new neighbors, a longtime friend of the couple. He told me the man had used that small room as his den, where he would retreat after dinner to enjoy smoking his favorite pipe.

Incidents of pipe smoke gradually decreased as the house became more mine, until they completely stopped.

Spanish Seasonings Linger after Departed Dad

Tammy in New Jersey writes: About a year ago I was driving to work and in my car I could smell my deceased father. My dad was Spanish and his home and he always smelled of seasonings. Yesterday October 24th I was once again driving to work (no food in my car) and all I could smell was my dad. On November 13th next month he will be dead for 6 years. I have been going through a lot of problems lately in my life, and I’m wondering if it’s my father’s way of letting me know he’s with me. I was told it means he was by my side in the car. I just know the smell and all I could smell was my dad.

Smelling Perfume at the Moment of Grandmother’s Death

A young man from Virginia told Kat: During a long drive home from meeting a client, a young man’s car suddenly filled with the distinct fragrance of perfume, the same scent his grandmother always wore. A phone call shortly after he arrived at home informed him that his grandmother had passed—at the exact time he was on the road smelling her perfume.

Please share your experience with unexplained smells. Comment here or use the Dreamwatch Submit Your Story form. I know you’re out there! Tell us your story. — Kat

For similar personal stories of paranormal experience, visit our special page: Physical Manifestations—Unexplained Sounds, Smells and Orbs

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Friday Ghost Story: Revenge of a Warrior Spirit?

My wife and I were backpacking out of the red rock wilderness of the Utah canyonlands. We spent three and a half days in there enjoying the rugged beauty and quietude of the area, traveling by compass and getting our water out of seeps. The year was 1993 and we had been married only a year.

We came upon what looked like an artifact tool, a translucent piece of quartz, laying on the sand. We hesitated about taking it (a no-no), but decided to take it back with us. We got back to the trailhead and the truck, and then drove the 44 rough miles back to the hard road. The whole area is incredibly beautiful, mysterious, and very rugged.

We regrouped in the town of Green River to get a motel room, clean up, wash clothes, and relax a bit. We had some pizza and a few beers and went to bed fairly early. I had placed my eyeglasses (then made of actual glass) on the nightstand next to me and the bed. I also had the artifact laying there as well, next to the glasses.

When I awoke in the morning, I picked my glasses up—and my mouth dropped. One of the lenses was shattered. You could see the impact point where something had hit it, and hit it hard, as this was not thin glass, and then all these cracks radiated out from that point.

The glasses were fine when we went to bed. I have no logical explanation of what could have caused this, and I had to drive back to New York with one lens killed in action, and hoping nothing else would happen. We found out later, that (the quartz tool) was indeed an artifact, probably a knife.

(This story was submitted to Dreamwatch.com)

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Friday Ghost Story: A Mother’s Comfort from the Other Side

My Mom passed away June 2011, from a terminal illness. Before she was even sick we had talked about keeping in contact after death if it is possible, no matter who passed first. We believe in God’s words and Angels sent from above to help people in difficult times. I talk to Mom every single day, I know she can hear me. I know there is life after death.

It has been over 6 months since the Lord took her home, and stopped her suffering. Every day I ask, “Mom why can’t I feel you, we promised each other that even death wouldn’t keep us apart.” I finally accepted the fact that it’s just so long for now, and one day we will be together again. I took comfort knowing where she is at, for why come back to this earthy world when she is in Paradise. No worries, fear, suffering nothing but pureness and love.

This morning out of the blue (I wasn’t even thinking of her at these moments), I smelled her, and felt like a pulling tickle feeling in my stomach. This experience didn’t last but a couple seconds, but WOW it was amazing. I really wish I could put into words what I felt. Then maybe a half hour later it happened again. I wish that feeling would have lasted longer, but I’m greatful for having that experience at all. I wonder why now? What has changed if anything? Why did it take her so long? Will it happen again?

The only thing I can relate it to is … The past week I have not been feeling well with stomach problems. I have had stomach problems since I was a child, it comes and goes. I have been to many docs and undergone many tests when I was younger. When I was feeling this pain as a child I would cry and say, “Momma please take my pain away.” She would comfort me the best she could as any Mom would do for a child. Well last night the pain was so bad I said the same thing, “Momma please take my pain away.” Is this why I felt her? Is this her way of comforting me now? Did she not come to me before this because she knew I was okay? Why? Why? Why? Oh so many questions. Can anyone help explain this to me? Please I need to know. God Bless You.

Thanks to Carol in USA for this story. What do you think? Please leave your comment and opinion.

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Happy New Year 2012!

Happy New Year 2012Thank you all for visiting Dreamwatch and for sharing your personal—and often intense—adventures into the unknown. If we’ve learned anything from your stories, it’s that no matter how strange was your paranormal experience, it is similar to others.

You are not alone. We believe!

Sincerely, Kat 

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