My dead best friend is haunting me and I need advice... please, I'm serious...

United States
September 7, 2008 8:21pm CST
Ok, please bare with me here, a bit long... I had a best bud I knew since I was a baby, he died two months ago at 21 yrs of age, but I didnt find out until a few days ago (!) cuz we hadn't spoke in ages, some crap happened when we were younger, stupid crap that was my fault, we made up since then but it wasn't really the same, he was always too busy to call me. I was about to reconnect with him myself but then I found out he died. His head got caught in a conveyor belt and he died from cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. He's been haunting my family and I for the past couple days. Nothing bad, he's not violent, just stuff to get your attention. Here's a list of what's happened so far: 1. I was in the living room, my girl was in the bedroom napping before work. She kept laughing and saying "Papi, stop pulling my sheet", I came in the room and told her I wasn't. She didn't believe me at first. 2. About 5 minutes later, my girl woke up and turned around and saw my best friend sitting in my computer chair at the foot of the bed! He had a sad/upset look on his face and was looking right at my girl, as if he was waiting for her to help him or get her to get my attention. She screamed my name, I screamed "What is it!?", then he slowly started to disappear before I came in, she said he got scared when I shouted back. 3. That same day, my girl was in a completely different part of the house talking to her sister on phone and I was in the shower. I usually leave the bathroom door open so the heat/steam doesn't build up, my girl leaves it open for me too cuz she knows this. All of a sudden the door closed gently, not slammed, but just closed, I yelled out my girl's name and asked her why she closed it. She couldn't hear me though. I guess my friend was trying to give me privacy? 4. Yesterday, we had a family get together at our house. He kept touching a couple of the guests, some who didn't even know about his death, they kept asking is someone else here? He also moved a pastry container aside in the kitchen, right before my girlfriend's eyes. Then, in the bedroom, I was alone, the door was shut, and we have one of those shoe pockets that you hang up on the wall or door, well one of the slippers was thrown out from the pocket and on to the floor, not RIGHT below it, but AWAY from it (impossible if the slipper just fell out on its own). 5. Later, my girlfriend closed our daughter's door (she wasn't home at the time), then it creaked open very slowly. She started calling his name and asking if he's here and to give her a sign, he gave no response. So she was like "whatever" and closed the door again. About 5 min later the door opened on its own once again. 6. Last but not least... this is the most puzzling of them all and the most frightening event that happened to me: Last night and this morning... I closed my eyes to go to sleep, I kept thinking about him, but then I started thinking about something else and went to sleep. Every time I thought of something else, I would hear a slight noise -- I heard two of them, first it sounded like someone picking up a paper, the 2nd sounded like a paper clip dropping on the dresser, it felt as if somebody was creeping around the bedroom, and the door was locked, nobody else was in there except me and my girlfriend. Here's the scary part: Between 7am-9am, while still asleep, I had two dreams... more like "out-of-body experiences".... The dreams took place in the exact bedroom in the exact present time. In each dream errr experience, I saw his shadow on the wall walking back and forth behind me, right beside my side of the bed. In the first experience, his shadow was walking by real fast on the wall. In the second, it was walking back and forth very slowly, his head in my direction. I could recognize EVERY detail of his figure/shadow. In each experience, I FROZE when I saw his shadow, but I couldn't turn around to look at him for some reason. It was hard to move, hard to scream, eventually I let out a few grunts and slight "no's" over and over again, that's when my girlfriend woke me up and I told her what happened. She told me to be careful otherwise he could take me with him and I won't wake up. We feel that he doesn't know this though, that's he dead, he doesn't know what he's doing. I'm guessing everyone he knows wont acknowledge him or the existence of spirits, but WE do so that's why he's over here. He didn't want to die, it was an accident, he obviously wants to talk to me and is trying to get my attention to tell me something -- Maybe he wants my help to help him understand whats going on, maybe he wants closure, to say he's sorry... I don't know. We're having a very trusted medium from our family come over next week to see if we can get any message out of him. In the meantime though, what do you all make of this? Especially my experience with his shadow... Jesus Christ, it was scary, I couldn't move! Not that my friend is scary or violent, just the fact that I'm seeing the shadow of somebody who's dead period.
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14 responses
@MOMMASAM (1004)
• United States
8 Sep 08
i am hoping the medium can explain how frightened you are to these spirits and they stop. personally, i think you are feeling very,very guilty about being out of touch with your friend. and that the break came from something you think you did. take it as a teaching lesson, too. don't do this to any other friend. make up with people you have angered before it's too late.
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9 Mar 09
hi jus commenting to say i think he feels you need to make ammends before he passes.instead of panicking and being scared because this will send out a negatifve energy and scare him away try talking to him find out what he wants it doesnt look like hes there to harm you.just tell him your sorry for his passing and sorry for not being there for him as much and if he feels its his fault give him forgiveness.that al id like to say thankyou x
@scammerwear (1433)
• Singapore
13 Sep 08
Hi handsomeitaliano, What I'm about to say might be a little hard to swallow, and it might not be the right answer too, its just me sharing a little of my personal experiences. Test it out, if it doesn't work, I could be wrong. Based on your describes of the apparition, it is likely to be a entity similar to a poltergeist. Before you get Hollywood flashbacks, poltergeist are not what the sliver screens want you to believe they are. They are often a projection of someone's own sub-conscious thoughts and emotions. It could be that your sense of guilt and stress from daily life has found a way to project itself into reality. I'm not saying that its all in your head, I'm saying that its found a way out of your head. Poltergeist activity is often linked to a person, or a group, unconscious creating uncontrolled telekinetic behavior and thought forms. All that you have described seem to fit the pattern. If I'm right, then the best way to get rid of all the activity is to deal with your own inner struggles. If I'm wrong, hey, it won't hurt too :) May that which you hold divine, be with you always.
• Singapore
14 Sep 08
Hmm, its hard to draw a conclusion without being on-site, but some of the additional information you have provided is interesting. Perhaps the medium can provide more insight (and hopefully draw a closure) Do keep me updated. p.s. It would be wise not to attempt a forceful closure, incidents always seem to get worse after that.
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@maean_19 (4655)
• Philippines
9 Mar 09
For the meantime, pray for your friend's soul. However, there are times that demons use someone's soul to get the living's attention. One is your friend which is used as an instrument to scare you.
@commanderxo (1494)
• Canada
8 Sep 08
Hello... It sounds to me like your friend has already forgiven you, but that he his seeking your guidence. He may be "lost" and not know exactly where he is. He wants you to tell him. I suggest that you tell him that ALL is forgiven between the you two of you first of all. Then tell him to go toward the brightest light...he will find peace and his answers there. Send him away with all your love. I'm not sure if this will work, but it has been known to do so for many others, who have shared your same experience. Warmest wishes commanderxo
@redchase (347)
26 Sep 08
i think the majority of the people who have responded to this are right. i thin kyou just have to talk to whoever is in your house, you never know it might not even be him but it probably is. you just have to talk to him and tell him whats going on and that you dont want him making his presence known that way. as far as i know you just have to tell them sternly that you want all that to stop. i think you're lucky though to have someone contact you that way, i wouldve loved it if my brother couldve done that for me. he chose dreams instead.
• Philippines
13 Sep 08
Don't be afraid of your friend coz that's the real essence of your friend. He was only translated. He may not have what you call a physical body but he has a more subtle Morontial body , just like the rest of us. It very natural for the spirit to gravitate towards the people he cares about.
• United States
8 Sep 08
My brother is haunting my house, and a few people around him, and the only thing we could do was listen to him and what he had to say, and tell him over and over again that he was not alive anymore. Mediums are the best way of dealing with spirits. They can talk directly to them.
@rsa101 (37969)
• Philippines
8 Sep 08
Yes you seemed to be disturbed by his presence. I think he needs some prayer for you and maybe wants that you accept forgiveness or maybe ask forgiveness yourself if you still have those in yourself with him. I think once you have does this things he might finally decide to crossover the next life. For now what you can do is relax and be calm when his presence is felt since I really do not see any threat to you.
@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
8 Sep 08
i don't know if it's true what you said, that if you follow him you won't come back. but since you are dealing with a spirit, i don't think you should do anything without a medium's help. you can still try to talk to him or sit down and get a pen and paper. tell him to use your hand to write on the paper the reason why he is here. tell him that if he is mad at you, you are sorry about what happened in the past but other than that he needs to tell you why he is here because it is scaring you and soon everyone else that lives with you.
@vijigopi (991)
• United States
8 Sep 08
From what you have written, I doubt if it is your friend who is haunting you. Because every time you say his name, he does not respond. So, I was guessing if it might be another spirit that is trying to get in touch with you. As for the nightmare, that would have been him because you had been thinking about him a lot. Whatever it is, do keep us updated. We would all like to know what the medium does.
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
8 Sep 08
I think you have a rather scary experience. Perhaps you have to see someone 'clever' to settle this for you. Maybe there is something that is telling you about something. I think there is something serious that you need to seek help with. There's a message perhaps..? If you choose to ignore, see if things get worst. Then work it out from there. Keep us posted of the next outcome. And do take care, friend.
@bmorehouse1 (1028)
• United States
8 Sep 08
I think that you need to tell your friend that you forgive him and that its okay for him to move on. Just talk to him like he is in the room. If talking to him doesn't work, then you need to say "Please leave, in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord." Hopefully that should work. Good Luck!
@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
8 Sep 08
Wow. I think I would be Scared too. Even though I would love to communicate with some that have passed. I would have freaked a bit too. I totally believe that the spirits can communicate. Good luck with the Medium.
@eddie42 (270)
• United States
8 Sep 08
sounds like you need a P