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I saw a ghost this evening, I believe! The moon was very bright and I saw what looked like a shadow of a deer. I got closer and it made some kind of hissing or huffing sound, then I saw the shadow run off and a sound of various hooves rustling through the leaves and around trees.
I tried to get a picture of it but this is all I could get:
Very spooky if I do say so.
Maybe you guys are more technical or the Photoshop type and may be able to see if the camera's detected anything.
Anyway. Now I'm really spooked and won't be able to sleep for hours.
I tried to get a picture of it but this is all I could get:
Very spooky if I do say so.
Maybe you guys are more technical or the Photoshop type and may be able to see if the camera's detected anything.
Anyway. Now I'm really spooked and won't be able to sleep for hours.
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Not to rain on your parade, but I don't understand why you don't think this was a live deer. Deer hiss and huff, and they have hooves which they stomp when they feel threatened, and run away when approached.
I believe in the spirit world, but if it looks like a deer and sounds like a deer and runs like a deer, it's probably a deer.
I believe in the spirit world, but if it looks like a deer and sounds like a deer and runs like a deer, it's probably a deer.
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Of course they are real. Although, "ghost" isn't what we call them. Spirits, Souls, Remnants...that seems more fitting.
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When evening shadows and the stars appear
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I could hold you for a million years
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Fly...fly high against the sky...
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When evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love
For Mom--
Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
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Fly...fly high against the sky...
Thank you, thank you, thank God for you
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Hard to say for this particular case - could be an actual deer, or the noises and shadows of the wood, but no guarantee. Did what you see look like a shadow cast by a deer, but surely without the actual deer there? Looks like that from your description. And I can't see a thing on the photo, except for the trees and the ground - though I understand you mentioned it wasn't caught well - can you point out the place on the photo to look at? Looks like something vague near the center, slightly to the left.
As for the supernatural forces in general, absolutely.
As for the supernatural forces in general, absolutely.
Very well said, thank you for quoting this here.Fire Daughter wrote:Of course they are real. Although, "ghost" isn't what we call them. Spirits, Souls, Remnants...that seems more fitting.
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Well, you are an authority on deer, deer.deer of the dawn wrote:Not to rain on your parade, but I don't understand why you don't think this was a live deer. Deer hiss and huff, and they have hooves which they stomp when they feel threatened, and run away when approached.
I believe in the spirit world, but if it looks like a deer and sounds like a deer and runs like a deer, it's probably a deer.
I will try to remember that the next time I encounter a "sighting" and not let my camera get so shaky.
Anyone else who has encountered or "felt" a ghoul in their life please tell us your story!
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Don't believe in ghosts, but Richard Matheson had some very interesting ideas regarding them in his books What Dreams May Come and Hellhouse. What Dreams May Come in particular dealt with questions of afterlife, where the soul is in relation to the body, what people see when they see 'ghosts', reincarnation, etc. You have to read the book, the movie glosses over all that commentary and replaces it with "Your wife will be in hell forever because she committed suicide! Whelp, you somehow saved her, how would you like to live again and risk losing her forever again?" Bah!
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Yeah, Harry's was a stag, while I think Snape's was a doe, wasn't it? I can't really remember his though, so don't hold me to that!Menolly wrote:Nah.
Harry's patronus is a stag as well, isn't it?
But on the topic of ghosts, I really don't know, so I'm just throwing in a vote for 'Maybe'. However, deer may be right there, and you may have just seen an actual deer/shadows, (while hearing a deer or other animal/s nearby, sort of thing) there.
Also, Morning, I had a good chuckle at your story! Seems like something my dad would also do..
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My in-house HP expert confirms that Snape's Patronus is a doe.
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IMO, a very good thing.Major Isoor wrote:Heh, I guess my sister's near-constant playthroughs of the HP audiobooks on her laptop over the past few years have rubbed off on me!aliantha wrote:My in-house HP expert confirms that Snape's Patronus is a doe.
...Now whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, that is the question!
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Worm, if you haven't read HP your education is sadly lacking. No spoil, small detail, much more to it than that. Don't get the films first, there is so much more in the books, especially the last one.
If I can be persuaded to read the Gap series, you can jolly well read HP.
If I can be persuaded to read the Gap series, you can jolly well read HP.
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1+Iolanthe wrote:Worm, if you haven't read HP your education is sadly lacking. No spoil, small detail, much more to it than that. Don't get the films first, there is so much more in the books, especially the last one.
If I can be persuaded to read the Gap series, you can jolly well read HP.
And, nope, definitely not a spoiler.
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