Things that scared you as kid
I don't remember where this came from but it scared the fuck out of me.
I'm serious
I faintly remember this thing, Here's where it's from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4x9ZwFJUwI
In the film "the Gate" ( the original one). There was a scene with an eye and a hand with an eye in the middle painted with blood on the wall of the staircase. Was scared of that for years when I was a kid. Didn't help with all the abandoned apartment blds around our area at that time. And the music videos by 'the Information Society' around then, ditto.
I've been a lucid dreamer since childhood -- I am usually aware of my dreaming and I can control the elements and entities of my dreams. However, the complexity of my dreams is so much stronger than that.
I am capable of walking through doors in my dreams to other dreams I've had throughout my life, dreams I've had weeks or years ago. As far as conflict goes, antagonistic entities in my dreams have long ago inherited my abilities of rule making, and it is difficult for me to engage with them so I usually enter another dream instead to avoid an exhausting conflict.
My dreams constitute another life and a network of experiences I visit regularly. All of my dreams are first person, and as far as senses go, they are about as vivid as real life. I can feel intense pain and reconstruct sounds, smells, and touch in my dreams.
I've seen and done terrible as well as beautiful things in my dreams. I'd rather not discuss the extent of all my experiences here, but I've walked through many phases of life. I've been tortured, I've fought in wars, I've flown over cities, I've walked through valleys of flowers, I've seen my friends and loved ones die, and I've met beings which purport to be supernatural. Of course, I've also been cornered many times and I've made decisions which I regret.
My dreams are sandbox through which I can understand myself and the context of the real world that I live in. I'm curious -- is this kind of dreaming at all common? I'm not trying to be a special snowflake or anything. I'm genuinely curious to the extent at which this kind of dreaming is a documented phenomenon.
As far as I'm concerned, dreams are an integral part of my life and identity. I'm just wondering if someone else out there has these experiences, and I don't know who to ask.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate your responses.
Yes I have had success lucid dreaming and shaping and controlling the dreams. Not quite to your extent though. My main problem remembering them after they happen, I have been keeping a journal to help with that.
I've tried the whole dream journal thing, countless guides, changing my diet, and even reality checks. I've only had one dream where I realized I wan dreaming, and that didn't last long.
Any advice? My sleep paralysis is shit too. I wake up often to my body reacting to something in my dreams.
>>18286247
I forgot to answer your question. As for lucid dreams being an integral part of myself. I think they are, I just don't remember them. I think they have there own impact maybe on a sub conscious level or the memories are still coating in my head somewhere. Often times remember bits and pieces out of nowhere at random times during the day but not the full dreams.
>Post your costumes
>Post your plans
>Post your candy
>What are you gonna watch?
>Post info for meet ups etc.
COME ON GUYS IT'S ALMOST HERE
>>18284950
hmm, i'm not doing shit for halloween. i might watch another spooky movie though.
>>18284950
>Post your plans
>>18284954
>This.
I was planning on breaking into an abandoned hospital here in town that people say is haunted. Unfortunately, I couldn't find people to go with and I am not down to clown with going alone.
More than likely, I'll lock my doors, turn off all the lights, and work on college assignments
Greetings, and welcome to The /x/ Files, the weekly news digest for 4chan's Paranormal board. Every Sunday, we take a quick snapshot of the mysterious world around us and bring it, in an easily readable magazine format, to the board. I am The Editor, the anonymous creator of this idea and collector of the news that will be following below. In the interests of legitimacy, I will be using a secure tripcode to post the thread; once the posts are completed, I will take the tripcode off and return to my anonymity.
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Table of Contents:
1: Redpill Me On ... Halloween
2: Radio Show Roundup
3: Paranormal Podcasts
4: Editor's Note
Redpill Me On ... Halloween
Straddling the line between fall and winter, plenty and lack, life and death, Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition. It is thought to have originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the 8th century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1st as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Over time, Halloween evolved into a secular, community-based event characterized by child-friendly activities such as trick-or-treating. In a number of countries around the world, as the days grow shorter and the nights get colder, people continue to usher in the winter season with gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.
Samhain was one of the four main festivals of the Gaelic calendar, marking the end of the harvest and beginning of winter. Traditionally, Samhain was a time to take stock of the herds and food supplies. Cattle were brought down to the winter pastures after six months in the higher summer pastures. It was also the time to choose which animals would need to be slaughtered for the winter. Bonfires were lit on hilltops at Samhain and there were rituals involving them. Accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries suggest that the fires (as well as their smoke and ashes) were deemed to have protective and cleansing powers. People also took flames from the bonfire back to their homes -- in some places, people doused their hearth fires on Samhain night, then each family solemnly re-lit its hearth from the communal bonfire, thus bonding the families of the village together. The bonfires were also used in divination rituals.
Samhain was seen as a transitional time, when the boundary between this world and the Otherworld could more easily be crossed. This meant the spirits could more easily come into our world. It was believed that the spirits needed to be appeased to ensure that the people and their livestock survived the winter. As such, offerings of food and drink or portions of the crops would be left outside for them. The dead were also honored at Samhain. The beginning of winter may have been seen as the most fitting time to do so, as it was a time of 'dying' in nature. The souls of the dead were thought to revisit their homes seeking hospitality. Places were set at the dinner table and by the fire to welcome them.
Dressing in costumes was a part of Samhain from at least the 16th century and was recorded in parts of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. It involved people going from house to house, usually reciting songs in exchange for food. It is suggested that it evolved from a tradition whereby people impersonated the souls of the dead, and received offerings on their behalf. The modern custom of trick-or-treating may have come from the custom of going door-to-door collecting food for Samhain feasts, fuel for Samhain bonfires and/or offerings for the spirits. Alternatively, it may have come from the All Saints' custom of collecting soul cakes. The traditional illumination for guisers or pranksters abroad on the night in some places was provided by turnips or beets, hollowed out to act as lanterns and often carved with grotesque faces. They were also set on windowsills. By those who made them, the lanterns were variously said to represent the spirits or supernatural beings, or were used to ward off evil spirits.
Today's Halloween customs are also thought to have been influenced by Christian dogma and practices derived from it. Halloween is the evening before the Christian holy days of All Hallows' Day on November 1st, thus giving the holiday on October 31st the name All Hallows' Eve. By the end of the 12th century All Hallow's Day, along with All Souls' Day on November 2nd, had become holy days of obligation across Europe, and involved such traditions as ringing church bells for the souls in purgatory, and criers dressed in black to parading the streets, ringing a bell of mournful sound and calling on all good Christians to remember the poor souls. "Souling", the custom of baking and sharing soul cakes for all christened souls, has also been suggested as the origin of trick-or-treating. The custom dates back at least as far as the 15th century and was found in parts of England, Germany and Austria. Groups of poor people, often children, would go door-to-door during Allhallowtide, collecting soul cakes, in exchange for praying for the dead, especially the souls of the givers' friends and relatives. Soul cakes would also be offered for the souls themselves to eat, or the 'soulers' would act as their representatives.
Celebration of Halloween was extremely limited in colonial New England because of the rigid Protestant belief systems there. Halloween was much more common in Maryland and the southern colonies - annual autumn festivities were common, but Halloween was not yet celebrated everywhere in the country. However, in the second half of the 19th century, millions of Irish fleeing Ireland’s potato famine immigrated to America and helped to popularize the celebration of Halloween nationally. Taking from Irish and English traditions, Americans began to dress up in costumes and go house to house asking for food or money. Young women believed that on Halloween they could divine the name or appearance of their future husband by doing tricks with yarn, apple parings or mirrors.
What is the scariest state in the United States?
Ghosts aren't usually that scary, I'm talking about creepy stuff here.
I'd say the desert in New Mexico and Arizona, or West Virginia because it's a whole lot of nothing. Very few towns, crazy rednecks and meth labs out in the woods.
Stories welcome
Finally, a worthwhile thread.
I'd say some rural areas of new york state are kinda edgy. There are a lot of depressed broken towns.
>>18284416
This. Jamestown is especially bad.
does the paranormal recognize arbitrary borders?
How do i find a cult to join?
cults find you
http://www.ic.org/directory/communes/
>>18282141
You're either about that life, or you ain't.
Black Cat images
Spooky clowns keep popping up everywhere, but that doesn't mean several threads on /x/ have to. Post everything about the clown creepers here.
The fad seems to have died down here, but since Halloween is coming up, I figured we needed at least one more thread.
Last thread >>18221859
Clown news articles:
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/24/495298587/sinister-clowns-are-scaring-people-in-multiple-states
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/nov/28/norfolk-police-warn-alarm-clown-norfolk
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/the-conversation/sdut-wasco-clown-instagram-california-town-2014oct14-htmlstory.html
http://www.oregonlive.com/trending/2016/09/scary_clown_epidemic_reaches_o.html
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2016/9/30/pasco_schools_put_on.html
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/a-nightmare-coming-true-gangs-of-clowns-terrorize-n-s-drivers-1.3097450
https://www.dailyfinesser.com/fort-wayne-man-dressed-clown-shot-head-condition-critical/
http://komonews.com/news/local/sheriff-2-puyallup-schools-closed-tuesday-by-threat
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/boy-injured-by-person-dressed-as-clown-in-sterling-heights-police-say
http://metro.co.uk/2016/10/04/clowns-are-terrorising-schoolchildren-in-newcastle-6171278
http://www.ktvu.com/news/209840527-story
http://wafb.com/wafb/db_330682/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=YEHHDSyA
http://torontosun.com/2016/10/05/harry-ainlay-high-school-locked-down-after-alleged-online-threat-against-staff-member
http://claycord.com/2016/10/06/clayton-valley-charter-high-school-calls-police-after-clown-picture-posted-online/
http://claycord.com/2016/10/05/update-clown-grabs-1-year-old-child-on-willow-pass-rd-in-concord/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/85115578/clown-attackers-assault-woman-walking-home-in-hamilton
http://overmma.com/pranking-going-far/
http://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nederland/nu-ook-in-nederland-politie-almere-waarschuwt-voor-killer-clowns
http://trib.al/r4HJPJ0
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/creepy-clowns-armed-with-chainsaws-enter-dublin-city-school-35116498.html
>>18274321
Now too long for just one post!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/12/man-dressed-as-batman-chases-killer-clowns-in-cumbria/
http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/jesper-skraemt-af-oekseklovn-pludselig-stod-han-midt-paa-vejen/6346548
http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/svensk-politi-jagter-mand-med-klovnemaske-angreb-19-aarig-med-kniv/6348929
http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/svensk-politi-traekkes-rundt-i-manegen-70-har-ringet-om-klovne-paa-36-timer/6350939
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/art-2000001933831.html
http://yle.fi/uutiset/18-210000
http://satakunnankansa.fi/kotimaa/pelottava-ilmio-tuli-jo-satakuntaan-klovni-seisoi-oisella-tiella-luvialla/
http://www.msn.com/fi-fi/uutiset/kotimaa/poliisi-tuusulan-uhkailijaklovnit-kantoivat-vasaraa-ja-naulapyssy%C3%A4/ar-AAjaU63?li=BBr5KbI
http://www.msn.com/fi-fi/uutiset/kotimaa/klovnikauhu-kasvaa-%E2%80%93-poliisihallitus-rauhoittelee-pellepaniikkia/ar-AAj7Rbb
>>18274276
Hate to sound like a buzzkill but I don't think the whole clown thing is even relatively spooky anymore.
It's scary when it's an isolated incident and has some sort of mystery behind it but when it's happening everywhere in America you realize it's just become a dumb viral fad.
Dressing up like a clown and having your friends overreact on camera isn't very scary.
Skeleton thread. Skeletons check in and post your spooks
hey there
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8XfV8aPAyQ
This board is work safe. Please don't post boning.
>>18268120
Don't be rude!
...I'm going to miss the skeletons
>>18290724
Don't worry anon, the real skeleton was inside you all along
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Hi /x/, I thought I would try this thread out again. Also, since it is Halloween, let's have a spooky thread.
AS SUCH...
Ask someone in a relationship with a clairvoyant, anything.
Background Info:
1. A clairvoyant is a person that has psychic powers that enables them to possess the ability to perceive events in the future, or perceive events beyond normal sensory contact.
2. She has the following abilities, these include the ability to use psychic senses to see and commune with spirits, certain animals, detect human thought and emotions, to sense demons and aliens, as well as other paranormal creatures, psychometry also known as token-object reading, and clairolfactus (smelling ghosts or entities).
3. I myself have no actual psychic ability that is turned on 24/7, but I have seen a ghost and I have smelled one (it's perfume).
So, ask me about ghosts and people that have crossed over. You may be surprised about what I have experienced, or not. Skeptics can fuck off. Serious questions only, please.
Have a Happy Halloween!
She is mentally ill and you are mentally unstable.
>>18290260
Has she tried to use these abilities to influence other people? If so , does she feel like certain people can't be influenced and suffer "consequences" from trying to control people
>>18290336
I'm not going to argue with you. Skeptics can fuck off.
>>18290453
No, but people have asked her if their house was haunted and she has gotten the spirits to do things like move furniture or clothes racks, or other items.
Fuck fuck fuck I just heard a metallic popping noise, like hitting a hollow bar with wood or something, but there's nothing in my room that can make that noise what the fuck is going on I'm fucking spooped
Now there is a noise like a small electric motor like in a toy car coming from out of my window, which is on a flat wall 35ft above the ground.
>>18290088
RC Copter or drone.
>>18290103
OP back. I went and got a drink. It's not an RC. The metal noise was from my wooden bedframe, and the motor noise was to low pitched.
So /x/ my girl friend and I intent to go camping somewhere far from people. Her dream is to see the night sky with little light pollution. It's agrees that I'm bringing my 12 gauge and specialty rounds. Wither thinking I'd the great Plains mountains or dessert. Any information on any weird shit I might run into ex skinwalkers witches etc would be great.
You might run into some deer shit and hear coyotes, stop being a faggot.
you're more likely to run into a wild animal than something from cryptozoology. You'd be better off with a revolver loaded with birdshot. My dad always kept a loaded one close by because there were always copperheads and rattlesnakes by his house. Things like a (east coast) black bear or coyote will run away if they here you fire so you should be safe.
>>18290069
>this is what Boston tea party was for
Hey guys, my friend just moved into a new appartment, and I found NILBOG written on the back of the bathroom door. Should we be wprried abput goblins or some shit?
You're in the kingdom of the goblins, Joshua. You have to leave. You have to get your family out of there!
>>18289936
.esrever ni neppah tihs gniees trats uoy sselnu ti tuoba yrrow t'ndluow I
can we do anything to get rid of the goblins?
Do any of you get a hopeless rotten feeling when you see this pic?
>>18289848
A little bit, it is dismal to a degree
>>18289848
The black hole is nothingness, pulling humanity in. The stairs are created by humanity to get closer to death to learn more about it. The burning bush is Christianity's take on death, while the pyramid is the eqyptians. The child knows nothing of any of this, and the men in suits are just studying the reactions of innocence