The Ghost of La Parva Ski Resort

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  11 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  3 years ago

“Tabke does not believe in ghosts.”

Storyteller: Drew Tabke, professional skier Throughout Latin America, you’ll hear variations of the story of La Llorona, or the wailing woman. Sometimes she’s lost her husband. Sometimes she’s lost her children. Sometimes it’s both. But in La Parva, a ski spot in the Chilean Andes, the wailing...

Was It People or Was It Aliens?

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  56 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  3 years ago

“America was obsessed with aliens”

Storyteller: Doug Averill, retired owner and manager of the Flathead Lake Lodge Doug Averill grew up as one of eight boys on his parents’ sprawling dude ranch, the Flathead Lake Lodge, in rural Montana. As a teen, the Averill boys ran wild. “We rode around as a little gang of cowboys,” he...

The Ghost of Oxford Milford Road

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  23 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  3 years ago

“Rumor has it, however, that his lovestruck ghost still haunts this stretch of Milford Road. ”

The storyteller: Writer and editor Brad Culp  When Brad Culp was a student at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, there was a rumor that the town was one of the most haunted places in America. When Culp started an on-campus magazine, he couldn’t wait to write about several of the area’s most...

A Fever Hallucination or Real Ghosts?

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  8 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  3 years ago

“"It is just the fever" mom said....”

The little girl lay on the couch in the TV room.  Her mother swabbed her forehead with a damp cloth.  The fever had not broken in a couple of days and mom was at her wits end.  No money to go to the doctor or get meds.  St. Joseph aspirin remained the treatment.  Her mother leaves the room to...

Delving Deep

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  7 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  3 years ago

“I was always talking to an "imaginary friend", ”

When I was very young we moved into the house I grew up in (a different one from the article "Let Us Begin").  It was an old farmhouse sitting on 19 acres with 2 barns and a chicken coop.  My sister and I shared a room, but we got new twin beds.  Two of my brothers shared a room and the two...

Was It a Sign?

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  31 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  3 years ago

““I remind myself that not everything is a sign, that some things simply are what they appear to be and should not be analyzed, deconstructed, or...”

So, I spoke of how out all of the animals I have had that have passed on, only one has not "visited" me after death and that was Darkness who passed 2 years ago.  His death broke my heart and I felt such guilt - he was only 7.  I still feel the guilt and wish I had stayed home that day.  I think...

A Spine Tingler

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  12 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  3 years ago

“"I got a stern reprimand from my parents for being up out of bed playing with my toys well past my bedtime"”

This is not my story.  It is one I have found to be a little hair raising when you picture the words.... "The Rocking Horse" One night, when I was maybe 10-12, I had trouble falling asleep. My bedroom was the entire top floor of our house with my bed and such being on the left side and...

For the Love of Pets

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  26 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  3 years ago

“ “Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.” James Cromwell,...”

I am not sure about the rest of you, but when a pet is brought into my home it becomes part of my family.  They are just furry kids.  I have a tendency to treat them like babies.  And I love them so.  I am an empath so I feel the emotions of other people and often the feelings emanating from...

The First Road Trip

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  35 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  3 years ago

“"Towanda!!!!" Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg”

A few years ago my sister, fresh from her divorce, and I decided to take our first road trip together as adults.  It was the first trip we had taken just the two of us.  We were headed to Lilly Dale.  When we got onto the freeway we both yelled "Towanda".  We just looked at each other and burst...

The Hinsdale House

By: Veronica  •  Paranormal Stories & Stuff FOR FUN  •  18 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  3 years ago

““Do you believe, when YOUR time comes, that you will simply pass over, or do you think there’s a chance that you too will decide to stick around...”

In October of 2020 my sister and I made a road trip to the Seneca ALlegany Casino to spend a couple of nights to get away.  Very close to there is the Hinsdale House.  It is reported to be one of the most haunted houses in Western NY, but there are those that do not agree.  We decided to check...