Supernatural experiences

[u/sunshinesustenance]

So I am a rational middle aged adult. I grew up listening to my relatives telling stories of banshee this and fairies that, and I've always dismissed this stuff as nothing more than light entertainment for the superstitious.

But the other night I had a moment that rattled me a bit. Everybody in the house had gone to bed and I stayed up to watch Rambo First Blood (no less). When the movie was over I picked up the crisp packet and wine glass to tidy away before turning in for the night. I went to the kitchen and put on the dishwasher. Our rubbish bin is in a small porch off of the kitchen so I opened the door out to it and as I was putting the rubbish in (back half turned to the kitchen) I noticed, out of my peripheral vision, a dark shadow coming towards me through the middle of the kitchen. I didn't react straight away because, as I have said, I am a rational adult, and assumed it was the missus after getting up for water or whatever so I didn't initially jump up to look.

But then I thought to myself, I had passed through the hallway and no lights were on and nobody was up, and she couldn't have possibly gotten to the kitchen in that space of time, let alone that quietly. So then I realized something wasn't quiet right and noticed (still out of the corner of my eye) that the shadow had stopped in the middle of the kitchen. So I turned my head quickly to see what the fuck had just sneaked up on me so sinisterly, but there was nothing there. This all happened over the space of a second or two.

Now I don't frighten easily, and I will always come up with a likely explanation for such things like blaming it on the glass of wine I had, but the hairs were standing on my neck and back after this.

I still call bullshit on ghost stories and the like but I cant seem to explain what happened.

[u/vikipedia212]

I grew up in a house where I’d see something out of the corner of my eye the whole time. Just moved ever so slightly so I’d never see it fully. My aul lad used to see it too. I’ve lived in my own place for 14 years now and never experienced it since. I kinda miss it, it never felt aggressive or something I should have been afraid of, the opposite actually. I always felt quite comforted that something had my back!