Yesterday a close friend and I went out to lunch and while we were at one of our favorite little nook cafés (there are so few left,) we had a bit of an event happen and she, for the first time in her life, got to experience a real haunting.

Several items on our table (including the salt and pepper shakers…messy!) tipped over on their own, several napkins popped out of their dispenser and my iced tea boiled over (yes it was icy cold.)

A few other interesting things happened while we were there including the unlocking of my car as we approached it and the relocking once we were both inside, all without my doing anything (that I was aware of) to cause it of course. Most of these incidents were the type of thing you might ignore, unless all clustered together…then it becomes difficult not to at least allow for the possibility that something quite out of the ordinary is taking place.

I was able to confirm it for myself when I saw what I believe was the source of our paranormal experience standing near the kitchen inside of the café and again near my vehicle.

Now as my friend is aware, but had yet to be truly acquainted with that side of life, she was, needless to say, a little awed by the experience and a little frightened.

We drove back to my home where we continued to have interesting things happen. One being that the windshield wipers kept turning on and off, seemingly on their own and that a driver next to us had an obviously out of control horn. The driver shrugged and motioned toward the device in his car clearly trying to explain that he wasn’t honking. It stopped after about ten times or so.

Once home, I sat her down, by then she was quite upset and we discussed everything that had happened.

Naturally she had a lot of questions and I tried to answer all that I could, but I also told her that even after all this time I have no real answers, no concrete evidence, nor do I try much for it anymore. I showed her some photos and voice recordings and other such popular pieces of what passes today for evidence. I reminded her that even though these things currently go without explanation, it doesn’t mean that we may not find one in the future. I explained that so much of what I experience has to come from trusting my instincts and being reasonable.

By the end of the afternoon she had calmed down and I believe may very well now be hooked on the paranormal, I found her enthusiasm both charming and humorous. I often forget how exciting it would be to discover these things at a point in your life where you felt as though you had a firm grasp on what was real and what was not.

I chose to jump ahead of my earlier experiences in this post for two reasons:

One: Though my friend and I have been close for some time I realized that she never really understood or believed my stories about the paranormal or the ability to see ghosts. I suppose one can’t expect people to believe when they haven’t had a personal experience and even then it is very difficult to trust those of others. After all, we are trained to learn the difference between fantasy and reality at a very young age and if you believe the paranormal side of life to be fiction, it might be difficult to trust the opinions of others.

Deep down I think I always knew that she felt that way and we had never had any truly lengthy discussions about it prior to yesterday’s events. The realization however still took me by surprise and I know that there are others who feel as though they cannot discuss their own experiences with people, even those closest to them. I hope that they will find comfort in knowing that many others have the same problem and that they are not alone.

Two: One of the questions my friend asked struck me as funny, though it was perfectly logical. She asked how many times a week or month I have experiences like the ones we had just gone through. I honestly couldn’t say. It has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember and at this point I feel comfortable enough that it seems normal to me.

Because of her question I will, over the next month, be keeping a paranormal count. I say that rather than ghost because I do not believe that all of my experiences include the ghosts of the living.

Each time I experience an event that I feel certain of I will post it here, though I will keep the descriptions short so that I may go into further detail in the future. I will also be keeping a count on Twitter, so that others can follow the progress easily and I welcome you to follow me (to follow me simply click on the button on this blog) if you would like to keep tabs on the count.

I think it will be very interesting to see what the total is, as I honestly haven’t paid attention in years. I look forward (and am a little nervous about) changing the way I look at these events for a month, but I believe it could turn out to be an informative and interesting experience.

As always, thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy following along!

Goodbye for now, another end.
Until a time we meet again.

-Seline