# My apartment has been taken over by a fucking POLTERGEIST **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435 "2002-06-22T14:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/1 "2002-06-22T14:22:44Z")
No, really. Things keep disappearing, or moving while I sleep. What happened to that nice beer stein I ripped off from the Cock & Bull Thursday night? It’s nowhere to be found. Why was my keyboard unplugged from my PC tower this morning? Where’s my Saturday paper? Why do my glasses keep disappearing and re-appearing in strange places? How the hell did the ottoman move across the room? Why did Windows not detect my mouse upon startup? Soon, there will be a haunted tree outside my window (even though I live on the 17th floor), and maggots on the meat, instead of faggots on _my_ meat. 😃 I’m not Catholic, but maybe it’s time to call an exorcist. Are they listed in the Yellow Pages? - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/2 "2002-06-22T14:26:34Z")
Hee hee hee. Make sure to get a psychic, and don’t turn the television to a static station! As for the ottoman, maybe it’s a feng-shui poltergeist. Your ottoman is destroying the flow of the room! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/3 "2002-06-22T14:35:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skerri \* > \*\*Hee hee hee. Make sure to get a psychic, and don’t turn the television to a static station! > \*\* They’re he-ere! 😃 - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/4 "2002-06-22T14:36:59Z")
Oh, I forgot to mention: my TV went to static last night, for no reason… :eek: - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Skerri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Skerri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skerri)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/5 "2002-06-22T14:56:04Z")
Are you building a pool in the back? Don’t go out there at night! Do you have mirrors in the hallways? Take them down! NOW! Tell me you don’t own a clown doll. TELL ME YOU DON’T OWN A CLOWN DOLL! RUN SCOTT! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/6 "2002-06-22T15:16:14Z")
My first thought upon seeing the thread title: “No, if it’s fucking, that’d be a succubus, not a poltergeist. Well, in **scott** ’s case, an incubus.” ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/7 "2002-06-22T15:29:44Z")
Okay, I’m going to be called a complete whacko–but them, I’m used to that. 😃 Your apartment _could_\* be haunted. How old is the building? How long have you lived in that apartment? I live in a 100-year-old former hotel and it truly is haunted. Not only have I seen ghosts, but I’ve heard my keyboard type by itself at night (I can only presume the phenomenom in question thought it was a typewriter, lol), several neighbors have encountered mysterious “cold spots”, etc. You don’t need an exorcist. You just need to shrug it off and figure that you have a roommate who won’t steal your dates or leave their socks all over the place! ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/8 "2002-06-22T15:38:57Z")
**Squish** , I believe your haunting has affected your keyboard skills. 😉 Anyway, my last apartment was haunted. They (whatever) stayed in the hallway closet. (OK, so I believe in this stuff, get over it.) It was evident to me every time I opened the door to that closet. I had first seen that building many years earlier when my best friend lived there, and I _knew_ something was wrong with the place. I can’t explain why I was drawn back there, and through fortuitous circumstances, ended up living there. I didn’t think anything would follow me to where I live now, since I haven’t had strange phenomena up until recently, but maybe I was wrong. _For the record, **scott evil** believes in many things supernatural._ - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/9 "2002-06-22T16:06:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > **Squish, I believe your haunting has affected your keyboard skills. 😉** Yeah–some damned ghost drank all my coffee! 😃 > [@](#): > > **(OK, so I believe in this stuff, get over it.) It was evident to me every time I opened the door to that closet. I had first seen that building many years earlier when my best friend lived there, and I _knew_ something was wrong with the place. I can’t explain why I was drawn back there, and through fortuitous circumstances, ended up living there.** I believe in it, too. I’m naturally a skeptic, so I wouldn’t if I hadn’t experienced a lot of supernatural stuff personally. Of course, having a mother who was scarily psychic didn’t hurt (or help, depending on your point of view). I don’t think a ghost or poltergeist would have followed you; I think that something has recently brought about an increase of the supernatural activity in your apartment. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/10 "2002-06-22T16:13:47Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Squish** _ > \*\*I live in a 100-year-old former hotel and it truly is haunted. \*\* _ **REDRUM! REDRUM! REDRUM!** _ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/11 "2002-06-22T16:32:44Z")
Isn’t that a brand of heroin? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/12 "2002-06-22T16:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > **I’m not Catholic, but maybe it’s time to call an exorcist. Are they listed in the Yellow Pages?** Nah, call [these guys](http://www.okemosweb.com/ghostbusters/index2.html)😃 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/13 "2002-06-22T16:58:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Squish \* > \*\*Isn’t that a brand of heroin? 😕 \*\* Assuming I haven’t been whooshed… The movie “The Shining” was set in a 100-year-old hotel, and the gradual influencing of the young son by the resident spirits was characterized by his increasing incidents of writing “redrum” (“murder” backwards) on the walls. jayjay ---
**Author:** ![white-tigeress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f475e1/32.png) [@white-tigeress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/white-tigeress)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/14 "2002-06-22T17:05:53Z")
Call father damien he is good lol… ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/15 "2002-06-22T17:07:36Z")
Go and get a camera! It doesn’t matter what kind of camera really. I got some cool pictures with a crappy 110. Take some pictures for me. If you get anything other than orbs let me know! I have a really cool picture of a little girl who isn’t there. I would link you to my pictures of it but I am link impaired. It’s at picture [trail.com](http://trail.com) under MistressKricket. Got some hokey ones in there and then the good ones as well. Just let them know that they can play with anything they want except for the important stuff that you really need for everyday living and work. Mistress Kricket who doesn’t want any grief for her beliefs just trying to be helpfull. ---
**Author:** ![musicguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@musicguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/musicguy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/16 "2002-06-22T17:09:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by scott evil \* > \*\* Why did Windows not detect my mouse upon startup? > > - s.e. \*\* While the other stuff is a little freaky (providing alcohol plays no roll in any of this 🙂 ), if Windows not detecting a mouse is signs of a poltergeist, we are all doomed. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/17 "2002-06-22T17:23:38Z")
**Kricket** , I went to your gallery and could not find a picture of “a little girl who isn’t there.” Which one do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/18 "2002-06-22T17:25:57Z")
Kricket, here is the link to your album: [http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=552998&uid=455912](http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=552998&uid=455912) ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/19 "2002-06-22T17:32:43Z")
A couple solutions come to mind… 1. Make sure your apartment isn’t being victimized by a prankster…either an annoying neighbor who’s just trying to fuck with you, or a packrat that enjoys grabbing things. 2. Watch a bunch of cheesy ghost movies, just to piss it off. 3. My fundie friends would suggest getting rid of anything “evil” in your apartment. Enjoy a lovely fire as you burn your Dungeons & Dragons set. 😃 4. Move. Advertise the place as haunted; charge a finder’s fee to the ghost-obsessed freak who moves in after you. 5. Go on “Crossing Over.” 6. Demand its fair share of the rent. 7. Open up a side business by running a Magical Mystery Tour of your apartment. 8. Leave yourself logged in at the SDMB; see if it posts any messages. 9. Nail down everything. Problem solved. 10. Motion-sensitive cameras. Everywhere. Have them hooked up to a webpage so Dopers can periodically check for supernatural activity while you’re out. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435/20 "2002-06-23T04:34:15Z")
Don’t forget to submit your story [here]([http://theshadowlands.net/ghost/#real](http://theshadowlands.net/ghost/#real) ghost). **Kricket** , I’m curious, too. Which is the pic with the extra girl? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-apartment-has-been-taken-over-by-a-fucking-poltergeist/115435.md?page=2)