Working alone in an empty house can drive you insane

[ProDave]

Or so I thought today.

CU change in a presently unoccupied house. Borrowed neutral fault to fix (oddly on the kitchen light, not the landing)

so I'm working away in the loft, tracing the wiring out, and I hear someone laughing behind me.

I turn round, somewhat startled, but nobody was there.

I carry on, and again, the laughter starts again, but still nobody there.

I don't know whether to be worried, or scared, or laugh myself.

Every time I touched a wire to try and trace it's path, the laughter starts.

Turns out to be a black bin liner full of childs toys. whenever I pulled the wire, it moved the bag, and triggered a stuffed monkey in the bag to laugh.

Anyone had any similar spooky happenings? did you S**t yourself?

 

[sprocketflup]

Once when I was a yoof my mum screamed at me to tidy up my tip of a room, and eventually in a sulk I did so. Because I dragged my heels about it so much it was getting late as I started hoovering. My mum told me to get to bed and finish in the morning so I did.

During the night at some point the hoover ( upright type) fell from its upright stance to its locked at 45degrees stance, which left the handle centimetres from my face. At some point I awoke, in the pitch dark and could just make out something...........mere centimetres from my face.....not movingggggg.......uuuurrrggggghhh......

took me ages to eventually pluck up the courage to move, let alone reach out and touch it lol

 

[Evans Electric]

I've posted this before but here goes again. I'll keep it brief.

When employed ,I start a rewire in Kingswinford (YamYam land) Apprentice is on day release.

While pulling up some floorboards in an empty room I get the impression there is someone watching me from the doorway, it persists and I get goose bumps and hair rises on back of neck, gripping the hammer I turn round with trepidation, no one there but I imagine it was an old man, I check but house is empty.

Next day I leave apprentice in same room pulling cables while I go to wholesalers. I had said nothing of yesterdays occurance.

When I get back apprentice is sitting outside ,ashen faced, he says, "I'm not working in there on my own , there was an old man watching me from the door but when I searched he wasn't there."

WWWhooooooooooOOOOOoooo !!!!

True story.

 

[lineman]

Have repeatedly been working alone in various houses that have been empty. Walked around corners / into rooms and seen people staring back at me. Jumped out of my skin to only realise that there is a mirror on the wall and it's my reflection! Am a sucker for it.

 

[monkey5]

never had any experiences like that but will now be crapping my self tomorrow when working in an empty house middle of nowhere all on my todd.

cheers guys:O :|

 

[Evans Electric]

Enjoy !!

Just remember its the living you need to worry about .

 

[cornish terrorist]

worked in large house few years ago was working upstairs in a bedroom

came down after i heard a thump coming from a room which had wall to wall book shelves , found book on floor went back upsairs to work later that day heard same thump, same book back on the floor and no there was no way it could of fell and i was alone in the house cant remember what the book was

always felt like i was being watched there was a country manor house reqisitioned during second world war had government carpets on landing and strairs very good carpets 60 year old cant find out wat house was used for

 

[Evans Electric]

Ohhh you should have looked at the title , a message from beyond no doubt.

 

[OnOff]

My first house built circa 1865, an ex tied cottage in Dartford. Back in the early 90's my Dad and me were gutting it ready to re-wire and re-plumb. Dad's chasing out for new sockets and I'm levering up floor boards to get rid of the old gas pipes and water pipes etc (even had the mantles in the wall). Space under the ground floor of about 2 foot down to dirt. That was until I found the ashes and started hauling "things" out......"Dad! What's this?". "Looks like a small shoulder blade Son!". Then found a burnt, serrated knife. Filled a bin bag with bones and drove to Dartford nick. Walked into reception and the seen it all / done it all copper on the desk gave me the "What have we here then Sir?". Laid the bag on the counter, he took one look made a call and CID came running. Ushered into a room for a few questions. They say they want to come and investigate further. I tell them that as I've only just moved in could they be discreet! Photographer turns up with all the gubbins. Senior lady detective (v.fit). 2 young CID lads in jeans and t-shirts. All plain clothes save for the last one. Boiling hot day and he knocks on the door, his idea of discretion was to wear his police overcoat buttoned up whilst keeping his hand over the badge! One of the CID lads takes me to one side and says "Have you found a skull yet?". I say "No" and he comes back with "We can get you one, we could do with the OT!". Presumed he was joking!

Never did find a skull. Police decided that as the bones were so old they wouldn't pursue. Seems back around when the house was built it was common for unwanted pregnancies to shall we say not go to term and be disposed of! All very sad!

Still the police took up all the downstairs floorboards which saved me a job and made the wiring / plumbing much easier! Found loads of interesting things;

- old coins

- 3rd Class Return Ticket to Herne Bay

- And, THIS, under the floor was the ORIGINAL box for the electrical fitting on the wall above, hauled out the box, removed the fitting and stuck it back in the box:

THEN when digging the footings for the shed we found more "things". Stuck em back in the trench and fired up the mixer!

 

[batty]

I like ghost stories, Dave yours was a disappointment.

 

[steptoe]

**** that,

Im gone,

**** that that freaks me out at work,

maybe thats why I drink? :C

 

[husky2013]

it wasnt working in a house on my own, it was being in my own house on my own!

since some work started on a house a few doors down some freaky things started happening, late at night id go into the bathroom, switch the light on and then hear a click of the light switch, and the light would go out! this happened numerous times! id hear things being moved around upstairs and when i checked nothing had been moved!

last year me and streetlighter lost 2 concert tickets to see jo satriani, a few weeks ago whilst going through some stuff in out bedroom, the tickets appeared sitting on top of a draw, a draw that wasnt there when we originally lost the tickets! i had also lost a pair silver n diamond earings, i thought theyd well n truly gone as id lost them before i even moved into the house with streetlighter, when cleaning the kitchen the same day as we found the tickets, next to my new coffee machine (noting the kitchen has been cleaned probably thousands of times since iv been here) was the earings that was lost! all of this has only started happening since the house a few doors down started being ripped apart. the only information that we know about that house is that the old man that lived there died! i dont know if he died in that house or what! but iv learnt to live with the creepy goings on!

 

[batty]

I like a good ghost story.

 

[hxsarge]

had a spooky light switche before. lights switching them selfs on/off at random times, while watching tv etc, turns out its some dodgy 1970s switch, i caught it doing it one day, when you shook the wall or jumped really hard upstairs the switch broke contact, really freaked me out for a few months first though!!

 

[husky2013]

Hxsarge it's a new switch, initially I thought that may b the case but tried n tested that! And it only does it with me! Iv learnt to live with it now just to b on me guard in case the light goes out

 

[Manator]

I was working in Germany on a large development in the early 1980's, it was a very large building being refurbished and changed into multiple uses.

The cellars were huge, and we was told by the German site foreman that it was used by the SS during the war. The first evidence of this was when we ripped out some shutters revealing swastikas in iron barring over light shafts to the yard above. Anyway we had no idea what the building was used for and apart from the very unsettling swastika shadows cast on the floor we just carried on working. One day a mate came back from another area of the cellars totally ashen faced after he calmed down he told us he is not working alone anywhere in this building, then went on to say he heard marching feet and when he turned around he said he saw a German soldier. We of course laughed and called him a soft lad and the like.

The next few days went without incident, and then two lads just ran right past where we was working heading for the stairs, I and another lad went to investigate we saw a large bloke probably 6 ft 4 in standing in a door way, in total shadow we called out to him and he just vanished in front of us both, when we entered the room it was empty and no other way out. For years I have tried to find an explanation but never have, and just put it down to the trick of lighting and the general feeling in the building.

 

[OnOff]

There is a line of thought that highly emotionally "charged" events, such as traumatic happenings (MURDERS, DEATHS) within a building can become physically imprinted within a building's fabric almost like a recording and that this psychic "energy" gets "played back" every now and again! So, who ya gonna call? AVO? Maybe they do a meter for it OR better still that Melinda Messenger - welcome any time to check my equipment!

BUT if you're ALONE on a job today don't let any of this bother you

 

[Evans Electric]

Not exactly " In a house alone" but do a search for my post on here on the haunted Lincoln Bomber at RAF Cosford . Or theres a reference online if you Google it.

I promise you , I heard what I heard.

 

[cadspark]

I start a rewire tomorrow in a cottage where the old owner had a heart attack in the kitchen whilst he was doing the place up. The new owner related a grisly story of a Policeman he had to give counselling to. The Policeman had been called to look at a house where the owner had not been seen for some time. He broke down the door and a very friendly dog greeted him and started licking his face. Upon entering the living room he was met with a half eaten rotting body. Needless to say this freaked the said Policeman out.

I don't think I could work in a property where I knew something grisly had happened. It's often best not to ask too much!

 

[OnOff]

I start a rewire tomorrow in a cottage where the old owner had a heart attack in the kitchen whilst he was doing the place up. The new owner related a grisly story of a Policeman he had to give counselling to. The Policeman had been called to look at a house where the owner had not been seen for some time. He broke down the door and a very friendly dog greeted him and started licking his face. Upon entering the living room he was met with a half eaten rotting body. Needless to say this freaked the said Policeman out.I don't think I could work in a property where I knew something grisly had happened. It's often best not to ask too much!

One of the neighbours at my Dartford house above told me that the previous owner, "old Fred" was found dead in the bath! Fantastic bath though, huge & cast iron. I was going to bin it initially but so heavy I took it out, could hardly move it so put it back. Admittedly, before we had it refinished there was always a particular "stain" we couldn't shift!