Redditors who believe in the paranormal, what’s the experience you had that gave you not doubt that ghosts are real?

Right so a few things happened actually. First of all, I am a strong believer in paranormal activity. The stories my friends told me fascinated me even more and I was so jealous that I never got to experience that, that was until this year. (If you want I'll tell you my friend's story later on, I think you guys would like it, it took place in a hospital).

I caught covid in November last year for the first time after a trip to the dentist. My family thought it was better for me to isolate next door in the annex. So then since that day I lived next door. My grandma died 2 years ago because of cancer and the annex was where she used to live. The whole house is over 300 years old and we've never experienced anything paranormal, that was until 24th of February.

[Occurance 1]: It was around almost 1am, I left the light on in the bathroom because I was on voicecall to my friends while I sat on my bed. Next to my bedroom there is a small room full of creepy paintings, small statues and boxes you would have to walk through in order to get to the bathroom. Both of the room lights were on, the door leading to the small room was half way open. I was sitting on the bed looking at my phone laughing and all that. Then all of a sudden I see an obvious black figure in the corner of my eye immediately drawing my attention. I caught a glimpse of it passing the door in the other room until it vanished to the other side. It stood out so well with the light on that I thought someone had broken in wearing all black. I was still on voicecall to my friends and said that was strange. I went to have a look then got scared in case someone was hiding there. So I ran next door and woke my dad up, then he went to have a look and he said to me there was nothing there. We checked all the possible ways someone could break in but everything was shut. There was no way someone could get in without us knowing. We checked the doors, the attic in the bathroom, the window that I can only open from the inside. I still wasn't convinced that someone didn't get in, so I slept at 5am with a knife next to me in case.

The next day at the dinner table my mother said around the same time she thought she saw a light pass, she looked to her side as she was lying down and nothing was there then that was when she heard me running into the house, going upstairs to tell my father. Basically around the same time we saw something. I kept saying I saw it, but my mother said maybe I was hallucinating. Thing is I never ever hallucinated in my life and the figure looked too real, real enough to be noticed that quickly.

[Occurance 2]: 27.03 It was 3am and I was in bed on my phone texting friends then decided to go sleep. My dog was fast asleep snoring next to me (she started sleeping here ever since the first occurrence happened.) I put my phone down where I usually do on the table behind me then tried to sleep. 20 minutes later I was still awake and suddenly I heard something drop. I got up and looked around to see what it was, I saw my phone on the floor and wondered how did it do that? I picked it up to see what time it was and it was 3:20am. I looked at the table and tried to see if the phone can drop by itself to the floor because I was certain I did not place it on the edge. It has to be on the edge to fall, vibrate mode is always off, it has never dropped from the table before. There is a slight distance between the table and my bed, they don't even touch eachother. I was more happy and shocked because I knew I saw something a month ago. I kept saying to myself it's impossible. My dog didn't even bother she was still fast asleep. My other dogs don't dare to step into this house for some reason.

The next day I told my family about it but my mother and brother still don't believe me, only my father does. They thought I've gone mad and my mother didn't like me talking about it anymore. But I still bring it up sometimes because it really is impossible and I knew since that day there really was something that came to visit. My guess was grandma.

[Occurance 3] 15.04 Me and my family were at the dinner table having lunch then my mother said she had a strange dream. She said she dreamt of both of my grandmas and said they were together now. Then she saw my grandma (my grandma that passed away 2 years ago) speaking to someone. She said she was either speaking to my aunty or it was me since we are similar to eachother. She said my grandma was complaining saying why she doesn't have a gravestone yet and why we didn't say happy mother's day to her. It is true she doesn't have a gravestone yet because my father doesn't know what to write on it so I told him she wants a gravestone and he said yes we need to sort that out. Bear in mind that in occurance 2 the date 27.03 is mother's day, the same day my phone was pushed off. She didn't know why she had that dream and said maybe it's because of all the things I experienced that I kept telling my family. My mother does not believe it after everything that happened and she won't until she experiences it herself. But I am convinced it was my grandma that came to visit after 2 years.

[Occurance 4] 16th of April, Now that I was convinced grandma was there I decided to try and talk to her with my friend and smurf through my Ipad and phone on 2 discord accounts to maybe try pick up something. At 1am I had both devices on and asked if anyone was there to give me a sign. Nothing happened and I kept trying and still nothing happened, so I gave up and went to sleep. I may not have been given a sign but someone else got it instead.

The next day at the table, my father said something happened to him last night. He said he was sleeping and then something pushed him a bit from behind and it woke him up, it was around the same time I was still awake trying to communicate with her. He said he felt something push him because he sprung back from being pushed. He couldn't tell whether it was something to do with his body or something actually did push him.

[Occurance 5] 20.04 at night (not sure what time, probably between 2-3am since I already brushed my teeth) I was on my phone and I had a weird feeling, I shook it off. I had my earphones on listening to music. I saw my dog stare at the door to the little room and I asked her why is she awake at this time since she's normally fast asleep, so I petted her back to sleep.

The next morning I went into the bathroom, while I was getting dressed I saw my cup and toothbrush in the sink. My cup was upside down and my toothbrush was next to it. I thought nothing of it because maybe my mum came in and touched it. I asked her while I was ironing and she said she didn't. I started to think was it a presence I felt last night? She asked why and I told her. She didn't believe me and said "if it happens again don't touch it and show me". Maybe if fell by itself? Or something actually touched it? I can never know but that was the first time it happened.

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