Encounter

The Holy Spirit Surrounded Everyone

March 18, 2013 by Cynthia 1 Comment

If you are a sensitive and you have the chance to witness an ordination of someone into the priesthood, I highly recommend you take the opportunity. Several years ago, I had the pleasure of witnessing one and it provided me with a tremendous experience.

At the time I was attending church on a regular basis and found that during “Sunday Service” I felt a presence come into the church. I often thought of it as the Holy Spirit entering the church. I also found that this presence would become stringer during certain prayers and certain times of the year. So when I was given the honor of attending a person’s ordination, I knew it was going to be different but I wasn’t prepared for what happened.

During the ordination the Bishop and several priests consecrated the candidate by laying of their hands on him and speak a prayer. Once the service started, I felt something with a higher vibration had enter the church. During the consecration of the candidate, the air began changing even more as if a warm tropical breeze came and all the lights appeared to be brighter.

At this moment, a sense of peace came over me and I couldn’t help but smile and feel a love that surrounded everyone in the church. I believe that I witnessed the Holy Spirit enter and blessed the person taking his vows as a priest. I also believe that the Holy Spirit blessed all those who witnessed this.

It amazed me how a simple act and a prayer could create such an encounter. I know that I was blessed to have witnessed someone’s Ordination, but I was also blessed because I witnessed the power of the holy spirit first hand.

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Late Night Encounter at School

January 26, 2013 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

Christ Church, Oxford University

Back in the 1990s I was given a tremendous opportunity to study abroad. For several summer months, I attended Christ Church, Oxford University studying Monasteries and Cathedrals of Medieval England. Not a very practical subject but I found it fascinating.

During my time there, some my classmates and I rotate whose dorm rooms we would study in for the next day’s class. I remember one evening towards the end of my stay, I stayed late studying in my friend’s room which was across the campus from mine. We had our final the next day so I stayed later than usual.

To get back to my room I had to pass the cathedral, under a tower to cross Tom Quad. It was late a little foggy so I was a little uneasy to begin with as I started walking alone back to my room. After all isn’t this how most horror scenes start. The girl walking alone near old stone buildings with plenty of hiding spaces so the murder could hid before jumping out of the shadows.

A murder didn’t jump out at me, but I did see a man as I was walking near the cathedral. A first I thought it was one of the professors taking a late night stroll around the campus until I took closer look. The man had no legs or feet, he was hovering above the ground. Not to mention the strange clothes he was wearing. Just as quick as I saw him, I blinked and he disappeared into thin air.

I quickly ran the passage under the tower and thru Tom Quad all the way back to my dorm room. I stayed there until day light showed itself and I rarely walked the campus at night alone.

For the remainder of my time at school, I never mentioned it to anyone for fear of being ridiculed. However, since then I have read stories of similar encounters there.

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Was It Haunted or Just Creepy?

November 4, 2012 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

Once upon a time, I used to travel a lot for work. I would stay in all sorts of hotels due to their proximity to the conference or event I was attending.

A short time ago, I took a business trip out to LA and had the opportunity to stay at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel. This hotel’s haunted history, as legend has it, is the last place the Black Dahlia (aka Elizabeth Short) was seen in 1947 before her dismembered body was discovered in a weedy patch south of town. I completely blanked on this fact until I was mentioning to my fiance that I hated passing one of the staircases near my room. I always felt like there was someone standing on the floor above watching me as I walked past it. He reminded me of where I was and that it had a long history.

It was at that point that I started to think about other locations that I stayed in that were creepy and wondered if they too had shady pasts that could have left either residual energies behind.

There was one location in NYC that I stayed in. It was a small boutique hotel not to far from where my conference was being held. From the moment I saw it I had an uneasy feeling about it, but I attributed it to the fact that it was under construction and in an unfamiliar part of the city and it was getting dark. I checked in and went up to my room on the third floor. The elevator was small and smelled a little funny. The worst was when I stepped off of the elevator onto my floor. I was met with something that made me feel so uncomfortable, I ran to my room.

Mind you this, was years before I learned how to set boundaries with entities and how to protect myself and my space. I went to the evening conference event and returned around 11:00 because I had an early start the next day. Again, I reached my floor and was met with the uneasy feeling I had as I got off of the elevator. As a light sleeper, I could hear footsteps pacing up and down the hall. However, I never found anyone in the halls when I would look out my door. The next two nights, I had similar experiences.

Back then, I didn’t have the nerve to ask the hotel staff what it may have been for fear of being ridiculed so to this day, I still don’t know if the hotel was haunted or just creepy.

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Working in a Haunted Location

July 22, 2012 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

Many years ago, I worked in a haunted location. For over two years, I would encounter or hear of co-workers having encounters with an old woman who perished in a fire in the original house. The original house was knocked down and a larger one was built in its place. About 20 years ago, the house was converted into an office for our company. My desk was on the second floor located within the floor plan of the original house. Our desks were cubicles with six foot partitions to create a small space of our own.

While there, this woman made her presence known in several ways.

The first sign was phantom breezes and rustling of papers. Some coworkers would hear papers moving on my desk and walk around the corner to speak with me. More than once, they found my area empty because I was either out of the office or on the first floor. This was one of the most common occurrences.

The next common occurrence we encountered were phantom footsteps on the second floor. This happened during our late night meetings in the first floor conference room. Many times, we would be waiting for the meeting to start and hear someone walking knowing that no one was upstairs. The footsteps were easier to hear at night because the office was quiet and it was easier to hear.

I had a great experience with her although it only happened one time. I was having a bit of a stressful day, which was an oddity for me with this position. I had crazy days but I rarely felt stressed. Before my my boss stepped out for lunch, she gave me a few words of encouragement to help me push through the issue at hand. I went back to my desk with her words ringing in my ear and I started to work thru what I needed to do. I soon started to let it get to me again but instead of hearing words, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I thought it was my boss who had come over to offer some additional encouragement, however I was surprised when I turned around to find that I couldn’t see anyone there. Was this the woman providing her support and encouragement just like my boss.

Maybe one day I will have the honor of investigating the location to know exactly what I experienced but until then, I will only have experiences to explain what or who is there.

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A Familiar Man Appears In The Hallway

January 17, 2012 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

I always wondered if all the spirits who have visited me over the last few years were people I have known at some point in my life. A few years ago, I got my answer.

One night, I had a dream where I woke up in my in my bed. The bedroom door was open and I could see out in the hallway. I saw a man standing just beyond the door. Although I didn’t recognize him. His spirit seemed familiar to me. He never spoke; he just stood there and smiled at me.

When I woke up, I tried to figure out who this man was. I had started to give up because he wasn’t anyone that I had met or seen before. Although I couldn’t figure out who he was, I realized that one day I would find out the identity of this man.

A few nights later, I woke up in the middle of the night and the bedroom door was open. Like in my dream, the man was standing just beyond the door in the hallway. He didn’t say anything, he just stood there and smiled. I was relaxed and was never fearful. His spirit felt familiar to me although I still could not recall who he was.

It wasn’t until a few weeks later when I was going through family photos did I discover who his identity. He was my father’s father. He and I had never met or spoken in my life. He appearing to me confirmed the notion that kindred spirit who may not meet while on this earth can visit each other. It showed me that family connections can be made in life after death.

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It Is Your Reputation as a Paranormal Investigator!

December 1, 2011 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

In a field where there are no clear cut rules or guidelines, people must use commonsense and objectivity when collecting, analyzing, and presenting evidence. I have watched the evidence presented by numerous groups and TV shows. One thing that always baffled me – how can they discount orbs as airborne particulates, yet they are the first ones to post them as verification of paranormal activity when there is a lack of other evidence.

My rule that I use when presenting orbs as evidence is to have cooperating evidence to accompany it. I suggest an EVP or at least personal experiences. I would say that if the orb is all you have, you can’t claim it as paranormal. There are too many airborne particulates that could create the same effect.

The only orb I have ever claimed as paranormal was captured in 2010 in Casemate 11, Fort Mifflin. While there, I had a feeling that someone was standing on the other side of the doorway peering around to see what we were up to. So I snapped a picture which captured to be a large orb slightly hidden behind the wall. Before I presented this as paranormal evidence, I had a skeptic on my team take a look at it. He couldn’t explain what caused it because it is a substantial size and it is partially covered by the wall.

I have numerous other pictures which have orbs in them, but because I have no other evidence to prove that is definitely paranormal and not not just an airborne particulate.

As an investigators, your reputation is all you have to stake you claims on so, my advice, be careful what you claim so that your reputation stays intact.

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Just An Angry Man

September 8, 2011 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

Hallway of Angry Man

People who experience or investigate the paranormal know that there is the good, the bad and the ugly. The bad and the ugly I refer to is the angry and evil entities which are around. It took me many years to recognize that there are many differences between the bad and the ugly.

When I was younger I didn’t understand the difference so I lumped them all together in the same scary category. However, over the years of research and investigations, I have learned to differentiate between the two.

There is one particular entity I have dealt with most of my life. When I was younger, he was confrontational and challenging. I misread his “get out” attitude as the behavior of an evil being. He never harmed anyone, however he gave you an unwelcoming feeling until you vacated his space. As I learned more about my personal experiences with the paranormal I was given an insight that this person wasn’t evil. He just wanted to be left alone and to keep everyone out of his space.

A few years ago, I learned to talk to him as I entered his space. I announced who I was, what my intentions were and how long I would be there. This helped ease the confrontational attitude he had.

For example, some friends and I created a haunted house as a fundraiser for the church. Part of the exhibit was in his area including the hallway and several classrooms. Before setting up, I explained what we were doing and why we were doing it. That evening I felt him watching the transformation of the regular hallway and rooms into a prison cells and vampires lair.

During the entire event, I was left by myself in the last room of the haunted house. Although I had been on investigations before, this was different because this was someone I grew up being afraid of. I was happy that I was not harassed by him once throughout the evening, although I sensed him checking in on his space.

Since then, I have announced myself and my intentions to him. This appeases him because when I do this, I don’t get challenged. He just quietly watches as I go about my business.

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The Return of My Cookie Monster

August 7, 2011 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

My Cookie Monster

Over eight years ago, I received a fabulous gift for my birthday. Her name was Cookie. I also called her my Cookie Monster. She was a black and white cat adopted from a local shelter.When you flipped her over onto her back, her stomach looked like a big Oreo cookie.

I didn’t have kids, so she became my first child and after some life changes, she became the closest thing I would ever come to it. She was never shy; she always hung out with me whether or not there were other people in the house. At night time, she always followed me to the bedroom and curled up by my feet to sleep. I loved having her around and felt the unconditional love only a pet like that could provide.

In 2009, she started loosing weight and with little explanation from the vets office, I did what I could to keep her going. However, by the end of 2010, her body gave out and it was time to say goodbye to my baby girl. That morning I kept telling her that I loved her and that I would see her again on the other side. After all, I hunt ghosts, so of course I believed that I would see her again.

I should have known what would happen next but I never thought it would have been possible. I woke up in the middle of the night a few weeks after putting Cookie down. I walked out of my bedroom door and looked down the hall and couldn’t believe what I saw. There sitting by my grandfather’s writing desk was a small white shadow in the same location Cookie use to like to sit in. From that spot she could see not only down the stairs but down the hallway as well.

Cookie Sleeping in the Sun!

I halfheartedly figured out what it was that night but I shrugged it off as part of my sleepy imagination and the wishing of her return. It wasn’t until a few days later that I got confirmation it was her. I had just settled into bed and my other two cats were sleeping soundly in other areas of the house. Without the noise of the cat-door opening, I felt a cat jump on the bed and settle into the same spot which Cookie claimed every night. I looked immediately to see which cat is was and to my surprise there wasn’t one there.

After this happened several times in a few weeks, I finally allowed myself to believe that it was Cookie. The next time it happened, I whispered, “Good night Cookie Monster, I love you,” and then I drifted off to a peaceful sleep.

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An Unexpected Passenger

July 13, 2011 by Cynthia Leave a Comment

Delaware Memorial Bridge

A short time ago, I was sent on a last minute business trip to a Charity Golf Outing in Virginia, a six hour drive from my house. My job was to network with the clients and vendors before they teed off for the day’s golf scramble.

As I was getting ready for the day, my phone rang. It was a long-time friend of mine whose mother had been battling cancer for several years. I had known the family since I was 16 years old and loved this woman like she was my second mother.

My friend was looking for my mother’s phone number to request her presence at the hospital. I was also asked to come, it was our time to say good-bye. Stunned by the call I had just received, I hung up telling her that I would be there as quickly as I could leave the event. Knowing that I had a six hour drive, I decided to do what I needed to and then quickly head back north.

Unfortunately when I arrived at the golf outing, I learned that I had been given a spot on one of the foursomes heading out. Since it was a client, I was unable to refuse. I spent the next few hours trying to concentrate on the golf game, but truly unable to focus. After what had to be the worst game of golf I ever played, I managed to politely get out of the event and on the road.

I traveled as fast as my pickup truck would allow me. I traveled past Washington DC and thru Maryland. After I traveled through Delaware, I tried calling my Mom but there was no answer. She didn’t have a cell phone yet, so I assumed that she was still at the hospital. This gave me hope that I wasn’t too late.

However, when I crossed the Delaware Memorial Bridge the air in the truck changed. When my front tires hit New Jersey soil, I had a feeling I was no longer alone. I felt like I had gained a passenger. I knew at that moment that I was too late.

I started crying and saying what was on my mind and in my heart. The things that I wasn’t able to say to my friend’s mother face-to-face. I know she was there and that she heard me because as soon as I was done, she went on her way.

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He Still Loves His Parish

April 23, 2011 by Cynthia 1 Comment

The Parish Hall

In my opinion spirits aren’t always souls trapped. Some choose to visit places and people which they love. Like angels sent from God to check in on them. There is a priest who headed my church over 100 years ago. As I learn more about his ministry, I feel his love for his church and community.

He passed away in the sacristy of the church after suffering a heart attack. To this day many parishioners have seen him or felt his loving presence. I happen to be one of them.

When I was younger, I would eat sugary jelly donuts before church. I knew I wasn’t suppose to but I did anyway. One hot Sunday morning service in the summer, I did my usual jelly donut breakfast. This time I got a great sugar rush. However, what goes up must come down.

Halfway through service, my sugar level crashed and I fainted on the alter steps. Later my brother laughed and said I did a back somersault off the alter stairs. So as to not disrupt the service more, I was taken to the parish hall and laid on the floor.

I remember waking up surrounded by concerned adults, my parents at my head. I noticed one gentleman just past my feet. He was keeping his distance. He didn’t look like the other adults. He was transparent and not saying a word. In my heart that was our old priest. Watching over his flock more than a 100 years later.

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