THIRTEEN THURSDAY
Topic: 13 Thursday
Thirteen witnessed supernatural events, in no particular order, witnessed by myself or someone close to me!
One:
My Best friend Becky had a young brother pass away and we have always been under the impression that he visits her and her children quite often. He likes to turn things on and off and move things etc. One Friday evening we were hanging out and were actually talking about this very issue. Out of the blue we heard the toilet seat cover crash down onto the toilet seat - as if to acknowledge what we had been talking about. We were all in the living room together, including the children, making it impossible for one of us to have done it.
Two:
I was visiting Becky this past Easter and the first night I got there we were talking all about her new home and such. She was telling me about her visitors newest little trick. He would turn the x-tra TV, which was in her finished garage on and off constantly. It got so frequent and actually at times she would see it come on, walk into the garage to turn it off and would get halfway across the room before it would turn itself back off. So anyway, I got a little shivery about this story but she said not to worry, it hadn't happened in awhile - since the holidays. Neither of us thinking about the fact that the next day was Easter! That night (Easter eve but after mid-night) I had a clear view of the window connecting the garage and the living room when I started to see something glowing and then not. The TV had started to go on and off again. It did this all night long. On for awhile, off for awhile. It really was one of the most times for me (and I've had lots of experiences as you will read). It stopped the next day and has not happened again since. We are just waiting for the next holiday, which I guess would be Memorial day and probably quite fitting for a visit.
Three:
But... the visitor hasn't left, that's for sure. The other day Becky heard me shout her name "Bec" as I would if I were calling to get her attention from one room to the other. She came to my door and I was sound asleep. I had not said a thing.
Four:
This same thing happened to me once too. Samantha was about four and I was cleaning my kitchen cabinets while she was playing in her room. My back was to the doorway and I heard Sam walk into the kitchen and say "Mom" in her sweet little voice. I said "what" but got no response. I turned around and no one was there. I walked down the hallway to her room. It could not have been her because she was actually sitting inside her toy box which I could see was a feat for her to get in and out of.
Five:
I recently lost two uncles within one month of eachother. I was especially close to my uncle Jimmy. At his wake I wanted to leave a part of myself with him so I left the only thing I could quickly find. A penny from my pocketbook, which I placed in his right hand top suit pocket. Of course, I had to do the same for my other uncle when he passed a month later. A few months after the funerals, my grandmother was diligently working on the gravesites, when low and behold sitting on the stone were two pennies. No one knows where they came from or even why they were there. I don't think I need to tell you where I think they came from, do I?
Six:
My aunt wrote a book about my two uncles, called The Jim and Dan Stories (Buy her Book Here.... It's Great!!!!). My daughter Sam and I were visiting Colleen one evening. We had one of our normal short but sweet little visits and left at about 8 pm. It was dark. About a mile down the road my daughter looked at me and calmly said "Mom, your uncles are in the backseat, wearing tuxedo's. They got in the car at Colleen's house." Colleen and I had not discussed Jim and Dan during this visit - I know this because most of the time we were talking about a few problems I was having in one of my relationships and this took up most of our conversation.
Seven:
I totally believe that the young (and animals) can see so much more than we can. When my baby sister was about two, she was driving in the car with my parents. She was not yet talking fluently, just words here and there. She looked up and clearly announced "school" and pointed to an old empty lot. My parents were amazed because this actually was the site of her grandfathers elementary school decades earlier.
Eight:
My Mom heard three knocks, clear as day one night while she was laying in bed trying to get to sleep. She said they were very distinct and loud. They came from the top area of the wall that she was next too. One the other side of the wall was my bunk beds... The only problem was, I was not home and no one was on my bunk beds.
Nine:
I once saw what I thought was the Virgin Mary (could have been a ghost or an angel) when I was about eight years old. She was standing in the corner of my room glowing brightly. I was not dreaming. I closed my eyes because I was frightened, willing it to go away. When I opened my eyes again the being had moved to the bottom bunk of my bed. I could see the glowing springing out from the bottom bunk as if a bright light were lit below my bunk.
Ten:
One day I was driving to work when out of the blue I suddenly started to think of Timothy McVey. I really wasn't a big follower of his story at the time and do not know why I thought of him - but I did. Then I had a very strong thought.... something I would have no reason to even think of... but the Timothy McVey thought connected me to thinking about terrorists and I had a strong feeling something big was going to happen. I specifically remember where I was at when I was thinking all this... I was driving down Bent Mountain, not an easy road to forget. It was 7:30 a.m. A few hours later 9-11 happened!
Eleven:
Hmmm... talk about . Ok - I had a night of death dreams once. I was living in Florida and my boyfriend got up in the middle of the night, sleep-walking and sleep-screaming that there was something in our waterbed. When I finally woke him enough to get him coherent he remembered his dream and told it to me. He had thought that he saw a person where the water is in the bed, looking up at him. We were both too afraid to go back to the bedroom so I slept on the love-seat and he on the couch. Now it was my turn..... I dreamed that we were having a get together and we were all watching a Harlem Globetrotters basketball game on TV. One of our friends was someone lying on the floor, looking up at the game when the TV fell and smashed his skull. I could see his brains oozing out of his head. I woke up terrified but I did not wake my boyfriend. I finally got myself back to sleep and had another horrible dream. It was one of those where I was trying to drive a car but I couldn?t get control of it.... no matter which way I turned the steering wheel the car would go round and round. I finally got some control of the car and driving down the road I saw a girl lying in the road with dark hair. I drove by her and came upon a 7-11 store. As I was going into the store I noticed a woman giving a about the accident I had just passed and that three people had died in a horrible accident. She had three old fashioned wooden coffins as her backdrop for the report. Obviously, I again awoke terrified and never did go back to sleep that night. We had no telephone so the next morning I decided to run out and call home (Mass.) because I felt freaked out. I specifically remember the conversation. Me: "Hi Mom, how is everything there at home?" Mom: "Oh Ok, but I have bad news about Lynn." Me: "She's dead, isn't she?" Mom: "Yes, she was killed in a car accident last night?" Shivers ran through me and even worse when I realized the connections? 1. Lynn had died of head injuries 2. She looked like the person I saw in the road 3. There were three people involved. Two died and one girl broke almost every bone in her body.
Twelve:
My uncle Jimmy was an avid weather lover. The first snow storm that we had in VA after he passed I tribute to him. I was on the computer and my daughter asked me to take her sled out of the garage so she could sled in the snow that kept us home from school and work. We both trugged through the snow to get the sled. When I came back in - Jimmy's picture was sitting square in the middle of my mousepad!
Thirteen:
Lastly.... 
I took this picture the other night with my camera phone in order to show Becky some decorating the kids were doing upstairs.
I'd like to know if you can see anything?
Do you see what I see? Because I can see something clear as day!
While I was standing next to Becky at the computer showing the below picture. Someone or something clearly tugged at the bottom of my shirt. No one was behind me and the kiddo's were in bed. I felt two very strong tugs.
Note: For anyone interested, I will point it out tomorrow. I?d like to see what others see, if anything!
This is only the tip of the iceberg, I have so many more of these stories I could tell!
GOODNIGHT AND SWEET DREAMS!
Posted by chrisseas-corner
at 11:31 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, 30 November 2006 8:48 AM EST
It's 90 degree's right now and is 6:02 pm. It got up to 93 degree's today, according to the six o'clock news I can hear in the background. Feels more like Labor Day than Memorial Day! 
She had a blast! She also basked in the mud with the young boy... and she is a girl. I threw Ruby in the water a few times and sure enough she's a pro at the "doggy paddle". The first time she hit the water it shook her up a little, but beyond that first time she seemed to become a fish to the water. Samantha, who is also a fish, took Ruby out "deep" (about 5') and she hung onto Sam's shoulders and enjoyed the cool water. She eventually swam back to shore. It was so cute - she was like a little toddler, hanging onto her Mommy. I so wanted a picture of the whole scene but that would have entailed bringing my picture phone out into the water, which I didn't want to do. The one I took of the girls, I took from shore and it didn't come out too well, but you can get the idea. 
After about an hour and a half we saw the two cars that were parked at the Thunderstruck spot heading down the road and we knew they were leaving. We decided to go nab it quick, before anyone else did, but when we got there there were two young boys fishing, still..... Very annoying! We thought we had it for sure because when we pulled up there were no cars. I don't know if they walked, or how they got there, but they didn't have a car with them and you could only see them after we got out of the car - they were down the bank. We didn't swim because I guess it would be kind of rude to swim and scare the fish away from what they were trying to do. We were all a little bummed and decided to pack it up and head home. It was a good time though and I did tell the kids I would try to take them another evening this week, after work. (Yes tomorrow morning I start work) Maybe Wednesday evening because Becky is off on Wednesday too.
Mmmmm - yummy bagel. Just thought I'd throw that into the mix. I'm eating a bagel for brunch, as I blog. (It was Brunch time when I started this post, even though it's almost 2:30 now). When I was a kid I absolutely hated bagels. Funny how taste buds will change.
I called the 24 hr emergency locksmith man, who promptly came and took my steering wheel apart and made me a key. 
