The Paranormal - Page 2

suanni · 03-21-2004, 01:36 AM

From personal experience I have found from time to time that spirits let a person know of their presence via scent, its usually a scent that isn't usual in the household (even after exhaustive searching, particularly when one gave off a scent/pong like really sweaty socks, and the scent can't be found) and it is acknowledged that it maybe something else. We often associate people in life with many things, one being scent and maybe that's why they do it this way. Those that announce their presence with a pleasant scent IMO they are alerting those in the household that they are there in a non-threatening/frightening manner. Once we associate the 'unusual scent' with the spirit in question, it goes.

Phi · 03-21-2004, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by suanni

Those that announce their presence with a pleasant scent IMO they are alerting those in the household that they are there in a non-threatening/frightening manner. Once we associate the 'unusual scent' with the spirit in question, it goes.

How interesting that you should say so. Not long after those guests had left I was working on yet another room's restoration, and in a happy mood appraising what I was just finishing, I said aloud, "Well, Mrs. McMinn, how do you like it?" And no, I didn't get any answer, just laughed at my own silliness and continued my happy chore. but your comment makes me recall this. So if you are correct, and if it really was a ghostly visitation, perhaps I associated the scent correctly, and Mrs. McMinn could go back to being "inscentable?"
If she is still around, I certainly don't mind: it was built for her, so to me it is still more her house than mine.

suanni · 03-21-2004, 02:50 PM

I think with your attitude towards the house and if Mrs. McMinn is still about (if the house was indeed built for her she may well be, looking after her 'baby') she will no doubt approve. Sounds like she is most certainly approving of your restoration of the house.

I wonder what kind of grief she gave the occupant who brought in the 60s stuff!!!!

I have a friend who lived in an old house, and like you was in the process of renovating it. He was aware of the spirits in the house and would talk to them, explaining what he was doing. He didn't get any odours, probably because he could 'feel' them but felt that they weren't threatening to his occupation of the house. His attitude was it was their house before he took it and they had as much right to be there as him, if not more so.

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03-21-2004, 01:36 AM	#16 (permalink)
suanni Confused Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NE, England Posts: 184	From personal experience I have found from time to time that spirits let a person know of their presence via scent, its usually a scent that isn't usual in the household (even after exhaustive searching, particularly when one gave off a scent/pong like really sweaty socks, and the scent can't be found) and it is acknowledged that it maybe something else. We often associate people in life with many things, one being scent and maybe that's why they do it this way. Those that announce their presence with a pleasant scent IMO they are alerting those in the household that they are there in a non-threatening/frightening manner. Once we associate the 'unusual scent' with the spirit in question, it goes.

03-21-2004, 02:50 PM	#18 (permalink)
suanni Confused Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NE, England Posts: 184	I think with your attitude towards the house and if Mrs. McMinn is still about (if the house was indeed built for her she may well be, looking after her 'baby') she will no doubt approve. Sounds like she is most certainly approving of your restoration of the house. I wonder what kind of grief she gave the occupant who brought in the 60s stuff!!!! I have a friend who lived in an old house, and like you was in the process of renovating it. He was aware of the spirits in the house and would talk to them, explaining what he was doing. He didn't get any odours, probably because he could 'feel' them but felt that they weren't threatening to his occupation of the house. His attitude was it was their house before he took it and they had as much right to be there as him, if not more so.