Steph (crisis version)Mar 21

I would consider myself a sensible skeptic, in that I do not believe in the supernatural, but if I saw something that looked like a demonic possession or a hostile ghost or whatever I would immediately LEAVE.

Like, I can tell myself it was a hallucination AFTERWARDS. I'm not risking my shit on that 0.1% chance I'm wrong about demons.

Show threadSteph (crisis version)Mar 21
I've consumed far too much horror media where the skeptic refuses to believe the evidence in front of them and ends up microwaved by a demonic head laser or whatever. Couldn't be me.
Show threadSteph (crisis version)Mar 21
I think this is a characteristically Irish POV. Faeries aren't real. But also, you don't fuck with the faeries.
Show threadSarah E Bourne
@astronomerritt That's how we feel about the ghost in our house. 3 have seen her: my mother (let me tell you about my mother…nevermind…there's not enough time), a worker when we had the house renovated (she told him he was cooking his lunch wrong), and our cat, Kona. But we know there's no such things as ghosts.
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Show threadRobot Diver 🌊🌬️🍃🌿🌸🌱🌱🌱Mar 22

@sbourne @astronomerritt

I definitely saw one walk through my house, but I also firmly believe it could have been a hallucination from sewer gas or black mold. Gotta keep your options open.

Show threadSteph (crisis version)Mar 22
@RobotDiver Sensible. You can know you saw a thing without coming to any hard conclusions as to what the thing was and whether it was real. What did it look like?
Show threadRobot Diver 🌊🌬️🍃🌿🌸🌱🌱🌱Mar 22
@astronomerritt Like an old b&w tv broadcast. A man in an old style coat and hat walked through my desk and then through a wall that apparently used to be a hallway. It was weird though. I didn't freak out, it felt very calm. I was vacuuming the hallway at the time.
Show threadSteph (crisis version)Mar 22
@RobotDiver That's really interesting, thanks for sharing. I've heard other people say they felt very calm during similar experienced.
Show threadSteph (crisis version)Mar 22
@sbourne I love that your ghost has strong opinions about how lunch should be cooked. The ghost in my partner's childhood home, which of course they do not believe in, really didn't like it when the TV was left on.