Have you ever seen someone that no one else with you saw? Did you ever interact with them? In this account by Jannice Fadely, that is exactly what happened to her and her mother over 30 years ago. While browsing an occult book store in San Francisco that they frequented, they ran across an elderly employee who was very knowledgeable in matters of the occult. They spoke with this gentleman for over two hours while other patrons browsed the store. The store’s owner even brushed by the man as she walked to the register to ring up the purchase. At the end of the conversation the helpful employee even rang up some purchases for the pair. Excited to have found such a wealth of information, they returned to the store the next day, they could not find their new friend. When they asked the owner when he would be working next, she replied that there was never an old man working at the store. Why did no one else in the store see the old man? Why did no one notice the mother and daughter speaking with him?

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photo by dev nullOr Why I Never Told What I Saw

The problem with being a credible witness to unexplained phenomena is that the is simple act of seeing something outside of the scope of normal human experience seems to instantly negate any credibility you may have with the public at large. In a way, it’s easy to understand why the public is so skeptical of reports of the extraordinary. The Internet has allowed con-men into our living rooms, the mainstream media’s constant quest for ratings had led to more and more sensationalism where their used to evenhanded, responsible reporting, and there are no shortage of obvious paranormal hoaxes that face the public every day. It is no wonder that when an otherwise upstanding individual reports seeing ghosts, a UFO, Bigfoot or an other paranormal phenomena they are almost instantly classified as being “nut-jobs” or worse liars. The public has been conditioned into thinking that nearly everything they hear is at best only a partial truth.
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Malaysian state-run newspaper, the New Straits Times, reports that Sekolah Menengah Sains Dungun (a coed bording school in Malaysia) had to close due to hysteria caused by a mass ghost sighting on the campus. Beginning Sunday female students reported seeing ghost-like apparitions flying around classrooms, assembly halls, and dorms. The panic caused by the event forced school officials to cancel classes for most of the day. The event reoccurred the following day, causing classes to be canceled. As of Thursday, normal classes had not yet resumed.

The father of one student spoke to reporters saying, “My daughter kept telling me that she saw the figure of a woman wearing all white flying around her classroom before closing in on her. She said she felt a sudden chill just before the ghostly figure reached her, and she just screamed.” Other students claimed to have felt sick to their stomachs and passing out durring the event. Students whose families live nearby were sent home until the situation at the school could be returned to normal.

Bouts of hysteria after ‘ghostly sightings’ [via The Anomalist]

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