# Help convince me that I did NOT see a ghost today

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-convince-me-that-i-did-not-see-a-ghost-today/552073
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 31, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-convince-me-that-i-did-not-see-a-ghost-today/552073 "2010-08-31T01:02:03Z")
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### Author: ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-convince-me-that-i-did-not-see-a-ghost-today/552073/21 "2010-09-01T02:01:34Z")

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Missed edit window:

Alternatively, you may have had brush with [SCP-342](http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-342).

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### Author: ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-convince-me-that-i-did-not-see-a-ghost-today/552073/22 "2010-09-01T03:48:42Z")

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Well, I once had somebody ask me, on a fairly empty bus, if the seat next to me was occupied (it obviously wasn’t) and, feeling kind of frisky that day I replied, “Oh my god, you mean you can’t SEE him?”

The guy moved on and sat somewhere else.🙂

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### Author: ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-convince-me-that-i-did-not-see-a-ghost-today/552073/23 "2010-09-01T05:24:23Z")

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> [@Autolycus](#):
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> I wasn’t creeped out, until reading **Shagnasty’s** post that is. Jeepers creepers! Tell me you made that up just to scare the OP!

I really hope **Shagnasty’s** story spreads like wildfire, eventually showing up at the snopes website. It positively screams urban legend.

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### Author: ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-convince-me-that-i-did-not-see-a-ghost-today/552073/24 "2010-09-01T17:17:00Z")

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> [@Pixiesnix](#):
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> > [@Autolycus](#):
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> > I wasn’t creeped out, until reading **Shagnasty’s** post that is. Jeepers creepers! Tell me you made that up just to scare the OP!
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> I really hope **Shagnasty’s** story spreads like wildfire, eventually showing up at the snopes website. It positively screams urban legend.

Go on – Google “James O’Mallie Chicago ghost”, and see what you find. 😃

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### Author: ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-convince-me-that-i-did-not-see-a-ghost-today/552073/25 "2010-09-01T17:29:34Z")

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> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#):
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> Well, I once had somebody ask me, on a fairly empty bus, if the seat next to me was occupied (it obviously wasn’t) and, feeling kind of frisky that day I replied, “Oh my god, you mean you can’t SEE him?”
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> The guy moved on and sat somewhere else.🙂

Geez, I would have been all over that. I love meeting fun people on the train.

Of course, around here, nobody asks permission. If there’s an empty seat, you take it.

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