[Jeannie143]

Hi there. I am from Orillia too but live out in Calgary now and work as a psychic. I wanted to address Avadore... Orillia itself has a great deal of psychic activity, as I remember growing up. But when one is a sensitive, as you are, it can be even more interesting. You need not worry about the cigarette smell, at this point, as I suspect you have a friendly spirit with you. The name Gord comes to mind and he comes in visitation. He is of slight build and not well... coughs a lot. The prescne I feel is one who passed in the late 1940's or early 1950's. Although if you are living in one of Orillia's beautiful old homes, it wouldn't hurt to get the wiring checked.

Water turning on and off is a common way spirit gets our attention. Once again, this can also happen if washers are loose in the mechanism. Only you know will know the difference.

I sense that you are as sensitive and have some abilities yourself. You might want to try to find out some of the history of families who lived there before you.

Above all, please be aware that this is not an angry spirit and your family is safe.

Know too that you have a special gift yourself. You might want to develop your gift at some point in time, but for now, enjoy all the everday kind of excitement.

Please email me at [email protected], anyone, if you wish. I probably won't be on this site again, as I found it by accident.
Ava Jean (Jeannie)

[corryT]

Well when io use to live in barrie, my dad owned a small restaurant down town. It was named toppers. My mom was stitting down at a table around 7:30 and she just happened to look over at the stairs , and she saw a head floating through the air. That city is definitely full of paranormal activity. You can feeli it. Also wheni was 6 I went to the stephen leachoc home with my mom. I remember the whole time I was holding onto my mom, I felt so terrified. The only room that felt safe was the library wher I can remember was very large with allot of windows. But the stairs and one bedroom felt so evil. Especially near o trunk that was by a bed. . Orrillia was my first expirience of anything. Then I started seeing things in my parrents house in barrie. Like dogs. And my dad saw a man sitting on a wicker chair in my baby sisters room. The reason my dad went into the room was because my sister was screamin. But we live in alberta now. And I ve expirienced a fair share of things I can't figure out or even explain with out looking crazy.

[sunnyinseattle]

I would look into having someone come and do a blessing on your place.Also, if they are constantly around, they are most likely an earthbound spirit. Do you feel nervous around it, or do you get any negative thoughts or feelings around it? It could be that this spirit needs to be sent to the light so they can cross over where they belong. If you do have someone do a blessing and that doesn't work, I would look into paranormal investigators in your area, and see what they charge to do a small investigation, and I am sure they could send them to the light. If you don't have a feeling of "doom" when its around, I would be more on the side of it just being an earth bound spirit that is "stuck" or just has some attachment to your place.
Good Luck!

[transportation]

I have had similar things happen in my apartment of 5 years not in the very beginning but it seems like a 2yrs. After I have had the airconditioner turn on and a toy run by batteries play by it self at night 2 times but the most disturbing was the bathroom scale I would always find it move from one side to the other as if some would move it with the foot turned sideways it really freaked me out t hen someone suggested to move the scale out of the bath room of which I did.a t this point my cat is always looking at something I try not to pay it no mind my cat will be sitting with me and all of a sudden look up as if there were something over my shoulder. So that is my story I figure as long as it is not harming me...

[transportation]

I also lived in an apartment house which I could hear foot coming up the stairs at night I would think it was my son coming home late. But it was no one then one day my 2yrs old grandaughter at the time was very frighthed while standing in the hallway.. I have seen things out of the corner of my eye. I was told to burn certain insence frankensence & mere I did that but sometime something's don't want to leave..

[leebeef]

Hi 70
You have spirits in your apartment. That is what the problem is. You need to have someone that deals in removing them and then providing protection around you and your home so they can not return. Ghostgone.com has a good site that explains what is happening and they are in Canada as well

Good Luck

[ariesties]

You people are going way to far into extremes. There are much more simpliar ways to handle this. Did you ever think that maybe they still think that this is their place? Have you even bothered to try and communicate with it. Ghosts are not bad. They are just lost and confused. They are stuck in a world of uncertianty. If you just took the time to communicate with them. If there is no response and things are constantly increase of things missing or flying off the shelf. Or things start happen to show there is negativity. Do this. Salt barrier.
Go around the outer walls of your apartment. (Not out side-do this inside.) You want to do this with a lot of sea salt. The salt has a element that buffs the spirit out of the house. Burn this one Erb to warn off spirits and purify your apartment. Do this continuous for like a week. Look up online about warning off spirits and roaming spirits. Keep the salt barrier for a couple of months. And make sure you section off rooms at the doors. You will know what room this spirit likes to reside in. Burn the erb in that room a lot more. Do your studies. One of the best things to do. Try it.

[JoeyNewman]

What road do you live on? Where all this is happening?. is is Coldwater Rd?
Close to the main street... about a block away

[kco4321]

I would call the Ghostbusters, or the lady from poltergeist. Just kidding. In my case I curse at the presence I feel is watching me. It makes me feel better and strength seems to scare the scarers. Good luck!

[justinmichael22]

If you're christian you can get rid of it by telling it to go in Christ's name. Pray over the apartment and ask God to close of any doors that would allow anything in your apartment. If you're not, then ask someone who is christian.

[wonderingspirit]

Hi there sweety if you are pregnant don't burn sage, try burning something like sweet grass or buy dragon's blood incense sticks and burn those. The best thing I can suggest here is to go to your church or a church near you and ask someone to come bless your home and if you feel threatened the best thing to do is to be firm, tell the spirit quite firmly, "This is my home now and you don't belong here I want you to leave." and then command it in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit to leave. If this does not work... MOVE.

[torielisaalana]

I think my apt is haunted I hear stuff knocking noises things falling seeing shawdows on the walls and stuff like that my name is tori

[hauntinghelper]

Tori - if you don't mind starting a new thread, I'm sure there are several of us here that would love to help you with your situation. Begin a new thread by clicking the "ASK" button at the top of the screen.

[help411]

Hey there everyone,

Over the past few days, strange things have been happening in my apartment that I moved into about a month and a half ago. Appliances turn on and off by themselves...it started out with the DVD player - at first I thought maybe our DVD player had some loose wiring since it was the only thing that was turning off & other things were plugged into the same outlet. Then other appliances started going on and off one at a time. When this happens, I really don't feel unsafe. I don't feel like I'm in any sort of danger - it's more irritating than anything else (especially when I'm watching a movie & have to re-boot & find my spot on the DVD again). When this happens, it's almost just like someone is trying to play a joke on me.

The scary thing that is happening is when our bathroom taps turn on by themselves. I can hear them creaking like someone is turning them on really slowly. Then when I go into the bathroom, the water is running. I shut it off and the same thing happens again - never when I'm looking at the taps but when I am standing outside the door in the hallway or in my bedroom. When this happens, I feel scared and threatened. I feel like someone is watching me & I don't like being in the apartment. I feel especially scared when I actually have to go into the bathroom to turn the taps off - like I'm not wanted there. Around the same time that the taps have been turning on, I have been smelling smoke - cigarette smoke to be exact - I checked outside and didn't notice anyone smoking outside. I checked the hallway of our building & didn't notice the smell there. The smell tends to be in my livingroom. The first time the taps turned on and I went to turn them off, I noticed that the door to the baby's room was opened - I specifically remember closing it earlier (so I didn't have to look at the boxes I have yet to unpack from our move).

I feel like I'm going crazy. I think my boyfriend thinks that I'm losing it partially because it doesn't seem to happen when he is at home. I am having a baby soon & don't want to feel unsafe in my apartment...is there something easy I can do to get rid of whatever is happening? I noticed on another page that someone recommended burning sage - maybe I'll try that but I'd love to hear others' thoughts.

Thanks!

This tends to happen when your living in an old area and the houses or apartments are really old. You might have to check the history of your home, to see if there was any murders or if a death has occurred in your home. If you feel like your unwanted by the identity, then I suggested you contact a local physic or a local church and get your house blessed. (if that does not help you can try to see if your local church can perform a house exorcism) That will get rid of the spirit. If your feeling unsafe I suggest you resolve this quickly because it may get worse, and you or anyone in the house will get hurt. Hopes this helps. Good luck

[sammybaby199]

The same thing happens in mine and my fiance's apartment. You'd think because it's an apartment things would be easy to explain. And I won't lie, I thought I was crazy too when I first started hearing things. I was always checking for a rational explanation. Until I decided to leave an audio recording device in one of the bedrooms and the voices and sounds were right in the room with it. No, you're not crazy it may feel that way but if your taps are anything like ours they're tight and you have to physically turn them to get them to run the water. I literally sat in the bathroom for an HOUR watching the facet to see if it would turn on again and a few days later it happened again.

Burning sage isn't the best idea if you're pregnant. The first thing I would try if you don't want it there is to tell it 'okay, you've had your fun, now it's time to stop.' Most of the time just saying that out loud will work. You'd be surprised how many people I've told that to and it worked. It's not a 100% guarantee that it'll work but a lot of the time it does.