CAN SPIRIT ATTACHMENT BECOME MALEVOLENT?

Last week my blog on Spirit Attachment generated a lot of interest among my readers and some the questions I received were very interesting and from a reader's first hand experience.
Several of the more fascinating questions dealt with how people can be "haunted" and not just a place being "haunted", how long could a spirit attachment last and if a newly deceased person can possibly inhabit the body of one of its own family members.

As written about in last week's blog, an attached spirit is when an earthbound spirit is attracted to a living person and then begins to "hang out" with the living person.  After a while, the spirit finds that they become emotionally attached.  Often the spirit will feel safe or even complacent about being with the person. In most cases attached spirits don't have any ill-will and they don't mean to harm the person.

"Does Spirit Possession really happen?" 

My first contributor to the discussion on last week's blog, a long time paranormal researcher, who indeed confirmed that he and his team explore cases that are brought to their attention, of "haunted people" Their goal is to try helping them to identify this phenomena of either suffering either partial of full possession. They believe that they have found a far more higher ratio of personal haunting than haunted places; like abandoned schools, hospitals, and state penitentiaries. So, it does seem to happen.

In most cases the person won't even know that there's any spirit attachment.  Generally speaking, life is pretty normal.  But when a situation or event happens that triggers or annoys the attached spirit, it's as if something seems to "take over".

Such seemed to be the situation with our second contributor to the discussion as she has felt that there has been spirit attachment and its been going on all her life. She couldn't be specific when originally started to happen but she can sense something not quite right with her and her surroundings at different times.

On a more personal level, my son Chris was  directly affected at times when we were cleaning out my deceased friend's estate, The real Estate of Horror. We were not aware of it at the time, as we were very naive about paranormal situations, but he would  have terrible bouts of nausea and stomach upset at the house-some times running to the bathroom just in time or running outside and vomit. He would sense something almost stabbing him in the stomach with pain. He would feel better once we left the house for the day, but we experienced a spirit attachment to him several times when we were on our way home in the car and then at our house. You'll have to read this in my book to find out what happened.
www.estateofhorror.com

What is a Spirit Possession?
A spirit possession is when a spirit is able to either temporarily or permanently take over the thinking and/or body functions of a living person. They will have the feeling that when the spirit possession happens there's a feeling like, "it wasn't me doing it."   And effectively it's not.  

This question of spirit possession came up of a family member being possessed by another family member from a third contributor to our blog discussion, who shared with us his recent tragedy of the sudden death of a loved one. His girlfriend who had passed also had a twin sister. This twin is acting so much like his late girlfriend it spooked him. He asked, "Is it possible that the life energy from both sisters is in the same body?"


My response to him was that although I am not any type of expert on this, I have experienced personally with this type of phenomena. I am also a twin (fraternal twin-a brother-which means 2 separate eggs fertilized at the same time) and there is a special bond that is closer than with other siblings in the same household. My mom told me once that we even had our own secret language as children and no one else could understand us. Here is my personal opinion. If the girlfriend's twin sister is displaying character traits like her deceased twin this is very possible a spirit attachment going on and it may be temporary. If they were identical twins-(which means they were split from the same egg and thus have the same DNA) there is scientific evidence of strong psychic connections that identical twins have to each other-and this may be going on with this remaining sister.This is something that should be addressed by a professional in the field of parapsychology who can help her and him too in order to help heal them both.

For brief moments attached spirits can sometimes affect the behavior of the person that they're attached to.  This is sometimes referred to as Partial Possession because the spirit isn't in full control at all times. What's more common though are spirits that will influence people but not take possession of the person.  These spirits are still attached, but will not take over in the way that a possession happens.

Several options and methods are available to the person that is experiencing either Spirit Possession or Attached Spirits.  Traditionally, the removal of spirits has been dictated to the church or religious organizations. Most mainstream religions have their own way of dealing with spirit possession and releasing attached spirits.

In the movie, "The Exorcist" brought the Catholic Exorcism ritual into mainstream awareness. This is something that's been performed in the church from ancient times but was not shared with the public due to the extreme subject matter.

Recently on the internet news-feed Pope Francis has actively sought and put a call out to more priests to learn the rites of exorcism as he has been made aware of the increasing demand for this service and demonic possessions taking place world wide. This ritual is based on the belief of Demonic Possession.  In order to receive a Catholic ritual the person must first be witnessed having signs such as speaking in unknown languages, aversion for the name of God, Jesus, the Saints, etc. The Catholic church must first approve all request for the ritual to take place.  Request will typically not be approved for a person (only) having symptoms of Spirit Attachment.

Another Christian-based form of Spirit Release is known as Deliverance Ministry, which is similar to the Catholic model but without as much formal ritual. It doesn't require the person to be a specific religion only the willingness to be open to the possibility that they are being affected by a spirit attachment and they can be helped. 
One of the most respected people in this field of demonic possession and spirits causing havoc at a location and with people is Bill Bean. www.billbeanministries.com 
He has been helping people free of charge from some of the most horrific cases of this type you can ever image. He is a true soldier in this field and has the battle scars to prove it. He is a living testament to the power of good over evil as he himself is a survivor of one of the most terrifying cases of haunting/spirit attachment and demonic possession that you will ever read in his books, Dark Force and his second book, Delivered.

There are many who can help in spirit attachment and even worse spirit or demonic possession. There are many websites, books and other tools out there to educate yourself. First you have to be aware of the signs and that is why people in the paranormal community write articles, share their knowledge and even write blogs to help and spread the message that no one has to feel alone.



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WHEN SPIRITS ATTACH

Do spirits attach themselves to the living?

What is an attached spirit? 
An attached spirit is when an earthbound spirit is attracted to a living person and then begins to "hang out" with the living person.  After a while, the spirit finds that they become emotionally attached.  Often the spirit will feel safe or even complacent about being with the person. In most cases attached spirits don't have any ill-will and they don't mean to harm the person.  It's almost always just that the spirit had some connection to the person, either emotionally, similar life-experiences, or the spirit could have known the person in life or even a past life (this is an interesting concept).
This is just my take on it but I feel that spirits, like humans are very capable of 'liking' someone and seeking them out for companionship of sorts. This perhaps was the case that happened to me and my family after entering the home of my deceased friend shortly after his death and the weird things that started to happen soon after. Although several strange occurrences at my home were initially dismissed my son and I soon came to understand that something or someone was trying to get our attention and had possible followed us home. This was the beginning of our introduction to the world of the paranormal, the writing my book Estate of Horror which is being published and will be out in several weeks, the five years that have passed and the continuing impact that spirits have in our lives.
www.estateofhorror.com

I am always researching about the paranormal to learn what we are up against and I have read recently in a very interesting book called, The Ghosts of Cape May by Craig McManus, that many spirits really have no real sense of what they are, where they are or what they are doing. The live merely in the moment and know only that moment, thus have no concept of time or consequence, etc. like we do as living beings. Much to the dismay or delight of some of the inn keepers and proprietors of some of the most magnificent Victorian mansions in Cape May, New Jersey!

On the other hand, some spirits have knowledge of what they are doing and may just attach. As humans we often seek out relationships and friendships to form bonds, who can say it isn't the same in the other realm? 

Psychic mediums suggest that most spirits are very sorrowful, lonely and 'lost'. It would only make sense for them to feel some sort of comfort with someone who is living.

My son and I believe as we were very close to my friend Paul*, that he wanted to be near us as a loving presence and to also act as a guardian.We also have been told of the "children ghosts" that reside in our home by several mediums and investigative teams. My son is convinced, with his own psychic take on these mischievous ghosts that they are drawn to me because of my empathetic nature and my mothering and caring spirit. We have told them they should leave and join their families in the afterlife but still they linger. We still trying to understand the reason for this.
* name has been changed

Summer-2013  My son took this photo after I told him of feeling something very cold near me.

The little ghosts that refuse to leave our home-why do they linger?*
* not images of the true ghosts but artist's concept


What about someone or a group that seek out spirits during investigations or otherwise? Do spirits tend to attach themselves to people who have medium potential?

A medium friend of mine conducted a class several years ago which I attended and told of her experience soon after visiting the battlefield at Gettysburg for an investigation. It was at home she soon realized that a Union Soldier had attached himself to her and was being quite annoying. She had us laughing in class as she described the next 2 weeks of him following her around like a lost puppy and her telling him he had to go back to where he belonged. He was being stubborn until finally one day he got the message and left but not before he told her he how bored he was with her and her uneventful life!  Hopefully, he went back to Gettysburg or maybe to his final and just reward into the light!

Spirits, I think they are drawn to people for several different reasons. One being, and this is just my opinion, they are wanting help of some kind or just someone to "hear" them and listen. If they know that you can do that, then I'm sure they will attach themselves to you.

Next week I will go into the more dangerous side effects of spirit attachment.

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COLORED ORBS-WHAT DO THEY MEAN?

As with many of my blogs I write each week inspiration comes to me in many forms. I may be an article I have read about a recent particular event that has paranormal implications, something I have experienced concerning an supernatural episode that I have documented in the past 5 years or something that has recently occurred in my everyday paranormal life.

Such is the case with this blog on colored orbs. As recently as of 2 days ago (this post originally posted on December 27, 2013) I had an unusual thing happen to me at my brother's house on Christmas day. I'll get to that in a minute.

One of my most popular blogs with readers has been the one I wrote about ORBS.  Now as I continue this post I want to make this clear to everyone. This is a very sore and cantankerous point for some people in the paranormal community. (Indeed when posting anything related to orbs I have personally found it can bring out the most nasty, visceral comments, and name calling from otherwise nice people). There is no scientific proof to validate the theories that orbs exist or are ghosts, spirits or spiritual in nature. Bur, many of you my dear readers were kind and shared your stories about them and how they came into your lives.

With the invention of digital equipment, especially the digital camera, the proliferation of photos capturing the evidence of this phenomena is staggering. There is no doubt that this is not a new thing-there has probably always been the presence of orbs seen on older styles of photography but people didn't know what they were looking at. If you did see white circles on black and white photography you'd thought it was a error with the camera: glare, flare, dust on lens or water spotting when the negative and photos were being developed. And that's a possibility too.  One thing is evident to me now as a photo-restoration artist (for over 35 years) who has literary retouched and restored thousands of photos from the 1850's to present, I saw orbs on the photographs and did not know what they were until I started watching shows on the paranormal. I plea guilty (as I now realize) I retouched OUT orbs in old photos-thinking them defects. There is a big difference from what is a dust spot, a chemical stain from processing and an orb.  I know different now.

Old sepia photo of girl with doll and orb?

What I am constantly learning about the paranormal is- what I don't know-so I am always fascinated by the turn of events of new evidence of just how varied and unique the paranormal is. 

Colored Orbs? They have meaning?!

I learned of these while at my deceased friend's house back in 2009 and the subject of my now published book, Estate of Horror.  For more information on my book and where to buy it check out my website www.estateofhorror.com. While at my friend's house we saw white, gold and black orbs. I wasn't even sure what I was seeing but research now verifies that these can exist. Also that the color of the orb means certain things.

Then in 2012 when we were filming our book trailer at my house, we unexpectedly captured Transparent, White, Medium Blue and Red Orbs outside my house on camera.

Notice that there is a large almost Clear Orb over the dormer window.

Bill, our director, did not see the Light Blue Orb while filming the inside shots for the trailer. It showed up later on our still photos.

Getting back to what happened on Christmas day 2013, my nephew snapped some photos with his cell phone of the family gathering and one caught our eye when he posted it up on Facebook. There we are at my brother's house and in the kitchen getting dessert ready. My back is to the camera as is my daughter-in-law's and son is in profile. Another nephew's face is obscured by one of the low hanging lamps over the kitchen island and they are both giving off glare. But something else is there. On my black sweater is a Greenish Orb. My nephew who took the photo was blown away!

So what do the colors mean? I did some research on Google and here is what I found.
The colors of orbs are assigned various meanings that have become the accepted norm within the paranormal community. These include almost every color of the rainbow. The orb colors have been assigned an emotional attribute instead of a stage of life or some other characteristic driving the determination of color designation.
These include, but aren't limited to:
*Black: Malevolent
Blue (dark): Shy spirit
*Blue (light): Tranquil, peace
*Blue (medium): Protection
Brown: Danger or earthbound
*Gold: Angelic, unconditional love
*Green: Healing orb or spirit
Lavender: Messenger from God
Orange: Protection, forgiveness
Peach: Spirit sent to comfort you
Pink: Accepting spirit
Purple: Orb of information
*Red: Anger or passion
Silver: Messenger
Violet: Guide for spiritual matters
*White: Protection of holy light and power* 
*Clear: sign that an entity is trying to communicate with you. The spirit may be trying to let the living know that some kind of significant event happened in that location, and that the spirit wants help to move on.
Yellow: Warning

FYI *orb descriptions with stars are the ones we have personally experienced.

Do Auras Influence Orb Color?
Some researchers theorize that if an orb is that of a deceased person then the color is dictated by the aura of the person's soul in its disembodied form. Other paranormal and supernatural investigators espouse the idea that angelic energy creates gold and purple orbs. (Think back, if you ever known someone who was truly mean, hateful with no sense of moral conscience I am sure their accompanying auras would not give off anything but a dark or negative energy that represent that person's black soul.)

There's no proof that the various definitions of what each color represents or signifies is true. BUT anyone who has seen orbs with their own eyes and experienced paranormal activity associated with it knows these are a real phenomenon and need to be researched not ignored or dismissed as invalid.

It is within us who have witnessed neutral or colored orbs to draw our own conclusions and meanings. For me, I would like to think that my recently deceased mother and father (who died 3 years ago) were the spirits, represented by the green orb on my sweater on Christmas day, joining in and celebrating the holiday with their family. 

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THE SPIRIT OF SHACKAMAXON

It was with great sadness when I learned in December 2013 of the passing of one of my dad's dearest friends, Bob Martin of Roanoke, Virginia. Bob and my dad met when they were cadets in training in North Carolina to fly on a B-24 during WW 2.
They continued their training in Omaha, Nebraska and then were sent to Tucson, Arizona where they met the rest of the 10-member crew to train together and get ready to assemble and fly overseas on their B-24, called the Shacksmaxon.


Bob was the last living member of that daring 10-member crew.

I once asked my dad about the name of their plane and he told me he was the one who came up with it.
For those of you unfamiliar with the name Shackamaxon here's a brief history on it's origin.
Shackamaxon or Shakamaxon was a historic village along the Delaware River inhabited by Delaware (Lenape)Indians in North America. It was located within what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From the Lenape term Sakimauchheen Ing (pronounced Sak-i-mauch-heen Ing) which means “to make a chief or king place”; called “Shackamaxon” by the English, Dutch, and Swedes. It's where the Lenapi "crowned" their many family sakima (chief) or their three clan kitakima (big or clan chief) of the Lenape Nation. It is now modern Frankford-Kensington, Philadelphia, and there is a monument marking its relative location.

In 1682 William Penn reportedly signed a peace treaty with the leaders of the Delaware village under an ancient elm tree.

In the 19th century, the territory of Shackamaxon was developed as part of Port Richmond, Fishtown, and Kensington sections of Philadelphia. Today there is a Shackamaxon Street in Philadelphia which runs through those neighborhoods. My dad grew up in South Philadelphia and had many friends that lived in those parts of Philadelphia. No doubt that name stuck in his memory and meant something special to my dad. As they flew a B-24 also known as the Liberator, the name Shackamaxon perhaps represented to the men who flew her that their plane would indeed help to liberate the people in Europe and establish or make a new "Chief's" place to replace the Nazi regime.

Tucson, Arizona was a very hot place to train as my dad would recall many years later. One of his favorite stories was that all the soldiers had to remember to shake out their boots in the morning in case scorpions had crawled into them during the night! (it seemed they liked the cool damp interior of army boots!)
                

Later in the summer of 1943 my dad, Bob along with the rest of the crew of the Shackamaxon flew to Europe and settled in a tent camp in a olive grove outside of Foggia, Italy where their air base was set up.(ironically the village of my dad's father's birth in 1894 and who came to the U.S. at the age of 4).

These young men answered the call to duty for their country as so many of their "Depression age" generation did.
What must have gone through their minds as they sailed far away to face a enemy bent on conquering the world by forcing an ideology of domination through tremendous terror, the destruction of entire villages, towns, cities and countries and the whole-sale murder of countless millions who stood in their way? What courage these young men, in their early twenties, had to leave their families, friends, jobs and in the case of my dad and Bob-their fiancée's- and knowing they may never see them again.

They were members of the 451st, 15th Air Force Bombardment Group that flew over Europe on bombing missions to destroy roads, bridges, train depots and oil fields to deprive the Nazi army and their allies of supplies. 

                               

On one of their 22 missions, on April 1945, with their landing gear shot out from underneath them, they were forced to crash land in Yugoslavia. 

Luckily, none of the 10 member crew suffered serious injuries and were rescued by Tito's underground army (who were allies of the west), kept safe until they were picked up by a rescue plane and returned to their air base.

Years later their pilot, Gates Christensen, told us at a 30 year reunion of the 451st,  that he never had a doubt that they would survive that day. He gave the crew a choice to either parachute out over enemy territory or stay with the plane. The crew unanimously voted to stay with the plane praying and trusting in his skill to land the plane safely. He said he did not feel alone in the cockpit but that something of divine nature was with him at the controls. Miracle? If they all died that day I wouldn't be here-so I'll go with that explanation.

            

But unfortunately the mighty B-24 Shackamaxon was left behind,another victim of Hitler's War but had survived intact to protect it's crew.

It wasn't long after that victory was declared in Europe on June 5th 1945 and soon after my dad and Bob with their mission accomplished, returned home to civilian life, married their sweethearts, ran successful business, raised families and each celebrated over 65 years of marriage before they passed away. These men lived lives of integrity, honesty and devotion to duty and we their descendants are so proud of them. No wonder they are called the greatest generation!

So on this Memorial Day and all other holidays honoring our service men and women, may we all remember those who cannot be with us especially those who have served our country and will never be coming home. Their spirits remain in our hearts and memories for all that they represented that was good in our lives and our country. May they all rest in peace in our Savior's loving embrace for all eternity.

To Shackamaxon and her crew who have flown into the history books I say, "Mission Accomplished! 

All of your crew is safely home!"

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SPIRIT RODS-ARE THEY REAL?

One of the more controversial and recently questioned phenomena has been the "Rod" and if this is possibly a real spirit manifestation or just bugs on a camera lens or a common object unnaturally elongated that was created by a long stutter speed. 

For lack of a better term they are called "Spirit Rods" and they are indeed a fascinating subject that have been reported and photographed by many people throughout the world and witnessed- mostly accidentally.  

The Rods were first filmed by Jose Escamilla at Midway, New Mexico on March 19, 1994. Since that day in 1994, over 58 million people have visited his website: http://www.roswellrods.com/story.html (where Jose is originally from) 

Thousands have submitted photos, video clips and written reports from experiences they have had with Rods. What is extraordinary about most of the written reports submitted by people from all walks of life, are that some of them have relayed information that only Jose Escamilla and his team of researchers had found out for themselves. Information that has never been released to the public started coming in from reports made by eye witnesses from different parts of the world.

Here's what has been described and what they all have in common. They are mostly long, white rod shaped things that appear mostly invisible to the naked eye. They can be several inches in length or several feet long. Sometimes they have come in different colors but white is the most frequently seen. When caught on film, video or still photos, they appear gliding, flexible and darting at a high rate of speed through the air. They have been seen during the day in the sky, caught on photos that have been taken at night or day, indoors and out, and divers have been reported of capturing images of rods underwater in single incidents and in groups or "schools". 

An example of a Spirit Rod can be seen in action on this video: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZsS5RJgck8

So what are they?

Paranormal researchers know that ghosts are spirits that come into manifestation in ectoplasmic form. (They are spirits trapped between dimensions). As with all things - ghosts have their own frequency signatures. As the ectoplasm is the substance that enables spirits to manifest physically to some degree, sometimes the ectoplasmic energies can be seen - and other times photographed. Ectoplasm is not solid in consistency but more fluid and the shapes ghosts take can vary from almost human to animals, spiral rings, haze, orbs, balls of light, rods or ribbons. 

So is that what they are? Just a spirit form of ectoplasm? Or is it something else?

Theories abound on "spirit rods" that they could be possible extra-terrestrial or entities from the fourth dimension,but one thing is certain they cannot all be explained or dismissed by conventional standards. 

In 1991 during a space mission, astronaut Story Musgrave, reported seeing a rod or snake like object outside the window of the space shuttle Atlantis. The photo shown is one captured by NASA. Although it was explained away as random debris shaken loose by vibrations from the shuttle, it was later checked that no items were missing from the shuttle and all external materials were checked and accounted for. Today Musgrave lectures and contends this was something extra- terrestrial and not a man made object.    

Would you willing to challenge conventional wisdom when you have had your own experience with spirit rods?
It was such an experience my daughter-in-law had the week of  December 12, 2013 that prompted me to make this the subject of this blog. 
She was in my parent's home kitchen (she and my son moved there after the recent death of my mother) and was preparing dinner. As she and my son were sitting down at the table to eat she suddenly saw a flash of a long white rod dart from the left side of the kitchen to the sink. It happened so fast it totally startled her and her frightened reaction scared my son, too-who didn't catch site of it. 

My son and I apparently captured strange looking rods on one of our photos in our hallway several years ago (when we had a lot of poltergeist activity) and weren't sure what is was, and actually ignored it. After researching for this blog I am re-examining our other photos to see what we missed.

We are not sure what these are and don't make a factual claim that these are spirit robs. Just interesting what we captured on film.

My son and I captured these images with his digital camera in late August of 2013 in our living room. Our photos show there were possibly rods along with the orbs (coming out of the dining room) present that night.It would seem, as there is on our real plane of existence, there is a great diversity in the spirit realm, too!

My son and his wife have also been witnessing some very strong poltergeist activity since they moved to my parent's house. My son has reported to me being awaken at night with loud bangs, voices and destruction of some of his models he has been working on for a client. 

Some objects have moved in the kitchen, and a sun- catcher was smashed to the ground in the powder room next to the kitchen. These very similar occurrences happened in my house and it seems some spirits possible have traveled with my son to his new home; much to my and his wife's dismay.

In a future blog I will let you know what happened after Bill Bean, world renown spiritual minister, paranormal author and demonic survivor came to their house and his finding with his team. His finding and the results were both shocking and surprising!

CREEPY TOYS UNDER YOUR CHRISTMAS TREE?

Haunted Angels, Elves and Bears-Oh My!

Haunted doll and toys auctions during the holidays can be very entertaining. Here is my blog from last year that generated so many page views I figured I revisit a few of the most bizarre, interesting and weird toys that were selling or were sold on eBay last year. It continues to astonish me the hundreds of auctions for "supposedly haunted" toys and the people who buy them. After reading the clever, creative descriptions and stories behind these items you can only wonder: Would you want these toys under your tree?

( P.S. I've added my skewed views for a little spice in bold emphasis)

ANGEL DOLL FOUND IN CEMETERY 
Starting bid-$9.99

Here is the description by seller:
"Recently while going thrift shopping I saw this little angel in a sealed box and just had to have it.  The shop owner told me that it had been found in a cemetery a long time ago sealed in the box sitting on a bench. There was no one around and no one knew where it came from or who put it there or why? 
It has been the source of many stories and legends."

(I thought you said that no one knew where it came from-so how would you know it's the source of stories and legends)

"One story is that sometimes it glows at nights and when it does something usually bad happens.   One lady's dog died, another person went bankrupt.  Just a coincidence?  I don't know.
(Again vague, anecdotal and without any proof)
So buy at your own risk!  Someone or something does not want it opened-could it be a dybbuk box???" 

(Wooooo-it may be a dybbuk box-scary-we go again using the "dybbuk box" ploy to get you to buy this piece of junk) 

(I don't think this looks like an angel (where's the wings?) and that spirit energy coming from it-isn't that someone's thumb? Wow! You had me at dumb!)

The seller continues,"Buyers this is not for children.  This is not a toy.  Buyers should not be afraid of the paranormal! Buy at your own risk.
All items are as is.  They are not cleaned in any way as to keep the spirits from being kept in my home.  (What the...?)
Will also sell to Canada, Australia and the UK international shipping rates will apply."  (Oh, to be Globally haunted!)


HAUNTED OUIJA BOARD, ACTIVE WITH ELVES!
Starting Bid at $39.99

(It's not enough that a Ouija board can talk to ghosts or whatever, but this one has to actually be haunted, too. How does that work?)


Here is the description from Seller:
"This Ouija Board comes with the original box and the box is not in the best condition, but the board is in great condition! This particular board is an active board and I would only recommend it to someone with experience as entities that you do not wish to have communication with sometimes will come through. You need to be able to point out what is what and that comes with experience.
No Ouija Board is guaranteed to never let you communicate with something that has mislead you, but I have blessed this board with the power of protection for anyone who chooses to use it will have a less likely chance of communicating with a negative entity. I have used this board on almost a daily basis and I know it to be a very active board."

(After using the board for a few months, the seller recounts that something called "Ailfrid" started talking to her and claiming to be a clan of elves. Of course she looked it up, and sure enough, "Ailfrid" means "Elf Counsel" in Gaelic.  Proof!)

(Oh, and also, the ghosts are now elves? Looking at this scary self sitting elf you'd better be nicer than naughty!)

As to make the point stick, the seller finally adds, "I will also be sending a free gift on behalf of the holidays! My spirits always choose their new homes and whoever is meant to win will!"

(If you're ever worried about buying something like this based on a bunch of hearsay, the seller assure us that they never place an item up for auction unless they believe it to be truly haunted. Are the spirits the FREE gift and the haunting the bonus? I think I'll stick with a free coupon for a Dunkin Donuts coffee).



HAUNTED CHILD'S OLD TOY BEAR- SEEKS DEAD GIRL (HUH?)
Starting Bid $19.99


(Yeah, you read right. The toy bear is seeking a dead girl (because a live one won't do?) The seller is hocking a haunted plush bear that doesn't look remarkable or haunted-just old and dusty. But what sets this apart from all the other useless stuff one finds in one's attic is that it's possessed by the soul of a girl named Cindy who was killed in a hit and run. How is this a selling point? I don't know.)


Here is the seller's description: 

"You can hear Cindy's (the little girl that supposedly died in an accident) voice emanating from the bear, which sounds distorted and like an old record playing that will keep skipping.' Also there are orbs. Cindy's mother was understandably distraught by all of this, but as luck would have it, she was also an amateur paranormal sleuth who knew an "investigator" who could test the toy for "haunted-ness". (is that a word?) Sure enough, after the bear cried all over his floor, she concluded that it carries with it the ghost of the little girl." 
( Oh, for crying out loud!-no pun intended)

(So what does her mother do when she finds out that she's harboring the ghost of her dead daughter? She hires a person who sells it on eBay for 20 bucks. Thanks, Mom).

So if you take an ordinary, cheap, dull or ugly looking toy that is one step away from being tossed in the trash and want to make some money with it- just say it's haunted- or make up a fantastic story about it origins- say its possessed or take a lousy photo with a lens flare and say look at the "spirits" attached to it. It's always goes back to the old saying and it's particularly appropriate to this creepy subject, Buyer Beware! If you want to have a real spirited holiday-spike the punch! Cheers!