We would keep the room door closed but when you would open it smoke would be blown in your face. I looked toward the room and saw a mist a figure like and it followed me into the bathroom and nudged me. Then I was in the living room with several candles lit on the table. All of the sudden my dog looked toward the hall and into the living room, the candles burning flames, all together, went into a 45*angle for about 5 seconds and stopped.

Was this experience difficult to express in words?  No

Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?          No

Did you see the deceased?         Yes

dark grayish mist...didn't see a face

            How clearly did the deceased appear?            transparent like mist

            How much of the deceased did you see?       mist

            Did the deceased appear or not appear to be the age at which they died?       mist

            Is there any possibility what you saw was from any other source present in the surroundings at the time of your experience?           thought that until I had a reading at my home and the reader told me the name of the mist I and my daughter saw...confirmed her identity

Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased?      No

How long did the experience last?        about a minute or two

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?         just there....I felt someone there and it was there, the mist...left as fast as it appeared

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?           No

How do you currently view the reality of your experience?           Experience was definitely real

            Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:            because it was so clear! and other experiences I have had at different locations and times with different people involved make me know that they are all real

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   No     

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:           surprised when I saw the mist but very interested and didn't bother me that she touched my shoulder and the candle flames moving sideways just confirmed with me

Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience?           No

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      best part was the confirming of the feelings I have gotten in the past ... makes me happy and waiting for more

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         No      

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   No      
 
What emotions did you feel during the experience?            not sure if I should tell others. but wanted to learn more

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?           Yes

my daughter also saw her, in fact she was the one how told me she or someone was in the room

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   Uncertain

not sure could have, I have these senses often

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    No

Did you become aware of future events?       No

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?  Yes

I started working at a private beach club in the same town and have seen things and have had things happen there.

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     No

Did you meet or see any other beings other than the deceased?            No

Did you see a light?           Uncertain

Did any part of your experience seem to occur in a place other than the location described above?          No

Have you shared this experience with others?        Yes     they don't believe me and think that I am nuts or something except for my daughter due to the fact that she senses things too

Have you shared this experience formally or informally with any other researcher or web site?            No

 Is there anything else you would like to add regarding your experience?       just that I have had several experiences

Were there any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience? No

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No 

Did you ever in your life have a near-death experience, out of body experience or other spiritual event?       Yes 

I was very ill, in the hospital. My family was having me moved to another hospital. While in the ambulance I saw no workers just this intense bright bright light with no sounds.

another time I was a passenger in a car, its a long story but we were in an accident. I knew we had hit a huge tree but it felt like someone put an airbag in front of the tree. When I awoke which seemed like only a second, I was in the dash of the driver side and driver was hanging upside down from her seat with the seatbelt on. The car was upside down in a pond. I was not hurt at all, I proceeded to get the driver and the other passenger out of the car.

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?                     No

I have so many more things that have happened, feelings I get, I know sometimes when things are going to happen.... 

Please offer any suggestions you may have to improve this questionnaire.    just a spot to include all the experiences...

Experience description #2 OTHER:  

Every summer I cook at this old Beach House in a private subdivision on Lake Michigan. It was built I believe in 1910...the place use to be a hotel, now just the bottom floor is used for special events. I arrive early every Tuesday to get ready for the dinner and usually the lights flicker, I can't get the CD player to work or the radio. This day was a big dinner, I had the help coming in, one came early. She was setting tables came in with four dirty pieces of silverware, I told her to just put them in the sink. She left the kitchen and I was at the counter preparing food with my head down, I saw someone walk by and I just assumed it was the other help coming in, and kept working, I said hello. Few minutes later the dishwasher came in and went directly to the sink, he turned to me and held up the four pieces of silverware laughing and saying, " is this a joke Sandra?" I went over to him and every piece was bent in different ways! This has happened before but we have just found a piece lying on the floor bent...never like this! putting them in normal and then having this happen. Then, all of sudden the other help walked in and I said, "where did you go?" she said "I am just arriving"...so that wasn't Katie who walked by me earlier? hummmmm? we went on with our dinner as usual.

This happened like I said several times and one other day I was there alone setting up the dining room....needed a baby chair, knowing it was over on the other side of the room in the corner, turned to walk over to get and it was right there behind me!. I feel presence when I am there alone, but I have not seen anyone or a mist just bent silverware and flickering lights and other electrical problems that come and go.

Was this experience difficult to express in words?  No

Did you ONLY sense an awareness of presence of the deceased without actually seeing, hearing, feeling or smelling them?        Yes

Did you hear the deceased or hear something associated with the deceased?          No

Did you feel a touch or experience any physical contact from the deceased? No

Did you see the deceased?         No

Did you smell a distinct smell, scent, fragrance or odor associated with the deceased?      No

How long did the experience last?        after we found the silverware the dishwasher wouldn't work and then it did...so about 10 minutes.

Was the beginning and end of the experience gradual or more sudden?         all of a sudden the silverware were bent and then that was it with that.

Could you sense the emotions or mood of the deceased?           No

How do you currently view the reality of your experience?           Experience was definitely real

            Please explain why you view the reality of your experience as real or not real:           this was one of many things that have happened to me especially at this location. I just know its true and real.

            Was the experience dream like in any way?   No

Describe in detail your feelings/emotions during the experience:           surprised when found the bent silverware but use to it...so went on working.

Was there any emotional healing in any way following the experience?           No

What was the best and worst part of your experience?      The best part was having someone else find the silverware and that another person actually put them in the sink.

Has your life changed specifically as a result of your experience?         No      

Did you have any changes of attitudes or beliefs following the experience?   No      

Did the experience give you any spiritual understandings such as life, death, afterlife, God, etc.?  Yes            well, with all that has happened with me and these type of things ...the experience is justified and it's real so I have the same understandings of God and life ...only have the question, " why me"

Death Compacts are when two or more living people promise among themselves that whoever dies first will try to contact the other(s).  Have you ever made such a compact?   No

What emotions did you feel during the experience?            wanting to learn more...because this has happened so many times there ...now I would like to know who this is bending things.

Was the experience witnessed or experienced by others?           Yes

one waitress was present setting tables in the dinning room. Shortly later the dishwasher came in.

Did you have any sense of altered space or time?   No

Did you have a sense of knowing, special knowledge, universal order and/or purpose?    No

Did you become aware of future events?       Yes

they are pretty accurate. Recently I was visiting Niagara Falls and while standing looking at the water I had a feeling of a big boom....in darkness of the water....icky feeling and actually the entire time I was there I had an ill feeling until I left, then I was fine. A week later they had an earthquake.

Did you have any psychic, paranormal or other special gifts following the experience that you did not have prior to the experience?  No

Did you experience a separation of your consciousness from your body?     No

Did you meet or see any other beings other than the deceased?            No

Did you see a light?           No

Did any part of your experience seem to occur in a place other than the location described above?          No

Have you shared this experience with others?        

Yes     they laugh at it....non believers I guess, even the ones that were present don't believe it except for Katie, she didn't return.

Have you shared this experience formally or informally with any other researcher or web site?            Yes

I contacted some west michigan ghost hunter people. After feeling out several forms they wanted to come out and investigate. The owners of the Beach House and board (who's families built these places, same families since 1910) Did not want to be on TV or any kind of news so we just dropped it.

 Is there anything else you would like to add regarding your experience?       I am going on my 12th year of cooking at the wonderful place and at least once a year or more...something happens to me there just to verify their presence. Looking forward to this summer.

Were there any associated medications or substances with the potential to affect the experience? No

Following the experience, have you had any other events in your life, medications or substances which reproduced any part of the experience?         No response 

Did you ever in your life have a near-death experience, out of body experience or other spiritual event?       Yes 

Once I was up in Traverse City, Mi for dinner at this old Inn and Winery. After dinner I wanted to walk around, walked by an old elevator shaft and had an icky feeling kept walking to the bathroom up stairs. Entering the stall, soft music started to play, like from older times. When finished I went to wash my hands and looked up into the mirror. I looked really different, younger, wait, it's not me and then I was back in the mirror...very strange...lasted for only a few seconds and when my face was back in th mirror the music stopped. I told my friends about it....they of course did not believe it...it must have been my imagination.

Did the questions asked and information you provided accurately and comprehensively describe your experience?                     Uncertain

its hard to explain with words ..... I hope I did this correctly