1 Name: Kanoumi : 2010-09-20 08:28 ID:iVYocu0r [Del]
Hehe, i just want ask
what is name of popular ghost in your country?and what is the history of that ghost?
In my country (indonesia) i think the most popular ghost is kuntilanak and pocong.....
("~.~)// sorry for my bad english.
2 Name: Firo : 2010-09-20 09:56 ID:UPwZVh71 [Del]
you should explain/describe what they are ;o
3 Name: Nelorzoul : 2010-09-20 18:50 ID:gf2XIQBI [Del]
I doubt that this is specific to the U.S., but Poltergeists have been popular in the past - we've even had a movie made about them. According to Wikipedia, poltergeists "in mythology and folklore are ghosts, spirits, entities, demonic spirits or beings that manifest themselves by creating noises or moving objects"
Sorry if I don't know much more than that, but nonetheless there it is :)
4 Name: Tatsuya!Ly7MRw0CGU : 2010-09-21 17:30 ID:1rpY6GbD [Del]
haha and 'poltergeist' is a german word XD
there very common here too^^ but its not a specific ghost so....
btw do you really call it poltergeists with a s at the end in the u.s? O_o cause the german word for more than one of these special ghosts would be 'poltergeister' with an er at the end XD
thats so funny never knew this was an english term also!! *laughs*
5 Name: Ayanavi : 2010-09-21 19:58 ID:i7mKrn5+ [Del]
Yeah, the germanic roots of Poltergeist can be pretty clearly seen in the "Geist" part - Also note the movie, Geist.
Most common ghost around here is the Will'o Wisp (Will'o The Wisp). It originates in Celtic folklore and is thought to be the souls of the ancestors who lived in the land around you, wandering their homes in the form of balls of light.
They're often supposed to found in wooded and swampy areas, due to their place of origin. These days, however, we attribute their appearance to Swamp Lights (phosphorescence caused by swamp water).
Originally, the Will'O Wisp is why jack'o Lanterns were made. Though, to be more specific, the Jack'O Lantern we know of isn't exactly accurate - They were carved out of Radishes back then and placed in groups within the low hanging branches of trees to ward off/comfort the Will'O Wisp spirits and help them find their way.
When Christianity got a hold of the pagan holiday, they kept the motions but lost the spirit. A time of rememberance for the spirits of ancestors was punted to the side in favor of what many believe to be a devil related holiday - The carving of the radish replaced by pumpkin carving, which was used much like a ward to keep evil from your door.
Tricker Treating came later.
6 Name: Misuto : 2010-09-21 20:14 ID:qEb+W76x [Del]
Will'o Wisp also causes burns to non-fire pokemon.
I actually did not know that about Halloween. Very interesting piece of trivia.
Somewhere along the line, guiding the dead with radish'o lanterns evolved into dressing up like batman and demanding candy from your neighbors every year.
I feel disrespectful now. At least Easter never changed.
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7 Name: Ayanavi : 2010-09-21 20:16 ID:i7mKrn5+ [Del]
8 Name: Ayanavi : 2010-09-21 20:26 ID:i7mKrn5+ [Del]
A Ghost that most Dollars will be familiar with is the Chat Ghost. Some of us encounter the chat ghost every night and can vouch for it's existence among the rooms.
One such sighting just occurred actually.
-- Nameless logged in.
Nameless: Ghosted
Nameless: kick my ghost please~
-- NoName got disconnected.
The Dollars chat Ghost appears mysteriously, possessing the user with an unknown criteria and agenda, forcing them to vanish as they take it's place - much like a silent doppleganger. It then watches the chat dutifully, waiting, for what? We do not know - But one day...
9 Name: Firo : 2010-09-21 20:59 ID:UPwZVh71 [Del]
>>8 ..my lolling has gone out of control.
10 Name: Kaori : 2010-09-21 21:10 ID:DpOqmNNd [Del]
aya....ure scaring me Q_Q IIII DDDOOONNNTTTT LLLIIIIKKKKEEEEE CCCHHHHAATTTT ANNNYYYMMOORREEEEE Dx
11 Name: Thanatos : 2010-09-21 21:13 ID:tE4fYSD4 [Del]
>>8 Yeah I know that one too.
12 Name: Nakura : 2010-09-22 01:29 ID:LRQGgQgV [Del]
>>8 LOL someone messing with our chatroom.
13 Name: Tatsuya!Ly7MRw0CGU : 2010-09-22 03:32 ID:48Ao52CD [Del]
o.O
i wanna see that chatghost *immidiatley logs in*
14 Name: silverb : 2010-09-22 07:30 ID:wKxZwAnA [Del]
kanoumi indonesia ya!! salam kenal!!
15 Name: king : 2010-09-22 12:07 ID:7WEQX5j4 [Del]
a neat one going around the internet is the haunted majoras mask cartridge. here:
http://inuscreepystuff.blogspot.com/2010/09/majora.html
plus anything on the slenderman has caught my attention recently, here is a good place to start:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSlenderManMythos
go and check it out. or then again, maybe you shouldn't...
16 Name: Thanatos : 2010-09-23 15:02 ID:4q1qa11d [Del]
>>15Actually, the Majora's mask story was a hoax.
http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/
17 Name: Nakura : 2010-09-23 23:56 ID:4sl3rnhA [Del]
I need a Malaysian to share the ghost story with me.
18 Name: king : 2010-09-25 23:19 ID:7WEQX5j4 [Del]
>>16 i figured as much, but sometimes its nice to pretend. who's to say anything is real?
19 Name: Misuto : 2010-09-25 23:42 ID:qEb+W76x [Del]
I just read the first chapter of the Majora's mask thing, that's pretty messed up even for a fake, lol
20 Name: Nelorzoul : 2010-09-26 00:39 ID:gf2XIQBI [Del]
>>15 Haha that was a pretty entertaining story, wasted an hour or so on it :) Credit to the guy for doing something quite enjoyable.
21 Name: Tierce : 2010-10-01 04:34 ID:vXS8hvdL [Del]
We don't have one.
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23 Name: Araya : 2010-10-08 19:53 ID:LWLzuVSu (Image: 700x495 jpg, 116 kb) [Del]
My city probably has the highest ranking ghost in the world. Or at least I don't know any other Ghost Emperors.
Mikhailovsky Castle - Paranoid Paul
This is reported to be St. Petersburg’s most haunted building. Designed by Pavel I (who was mortally terrified of being assassinated) as an impenetrable fortress, the Tsar managed to live here for only 41 nights before he was strangled to death in his bedroom by his own guards. Ever since his grisly murder, Pavel’s ghost has haunted the halls of the castle. Sometimes he is seen playing a flute and at others wandering around in his night clothes trying to find the people who betrayed him. Most museum workers refuse to stay in the palace at night, while even security guards and the police are not very keen on the idea either. If you’re passing by the castle at night, look carefully at the windows, you might see the city’s most popular ghost staring right back at you.
24 Name: Yuma : 2011-12-24 02:53 ID:Rd6MVuC5 [Del]
I know I'm late to this thread but if you've ever heard of shadow people, ghost, or whatever you know them as, they are pretty real. I've had only a couple experiences but they were enough to scare me.
25 Name: Summer : 2011-12-24 04:01 ID:wSCH95dR [Del]
popular ghost in my country? Abe Linken, i guess
26 Name: sleepology : 2011-12-24 04:10 ID:IV31qlWm [Del]
I am my own ghost of christmas past
27 Name: sleepology : 2011-12-24 04:10 ID:IV31qlWm [Del]
I am my own ghost of christmas past
28 Name: Misuto!M4ZBq07Cs. : 2011-12-24 06:39 ID:QNcFYVH4 [Del]
Oh wow, I remember this thread. Brings back memories. This is actually really interesting to me, I like mythologies and folk stories and the like.
Anyone else have anything to add to this? Any ghost stories you're familiar with?
29 Name: Shokua : 2011-12-24 07:30 ID:KVa2AEBu [Del]
I think the most popular ghost here in California is Bloody Mary; the ghost of a girl who was murdered violently. Legend has it that if you close yourself in the bathroom with the lights off and say "Bloody Mary" into the mirror three times, her reflection will appear.
30 Name: Shokua : 2011-12-24 07:30 ID:KVa2AEBu [Del]
I think the most popular ghost here in California is Bloody Mary; the ghost of a girl who was murdered violently. Legend has it that if you close yourself in the bathroom with the lights off and say "Bloody Mary" into the mirror three times, her reflection will appear.
31 Name: Ayanavi : 2011-12-24 08:47 ID:SHlQSghM (Image: 680x212 png, 35 kb) [Del]
32 Name: SaintSoul : 2011-12-24 10:27 ID:OvsKDj8o [Del]
Eh, well the most popular ghost in my country, as said before is prolly Bloody Mary. But the most popular ghost in my state is Abigail Pettibone.. . -.
33 Name: Krillin : 2011-12-24 10:34 ID:cRes3Su8 [Del]
34 Name: Kokoro : 2011-12-24 17:14 ID:xlAKpnPc [Del]
>>16 Even for being a fake, it's pretty creepy
35 Name: ???? : 2011-12-24 21:42 ID:V2m/+/0v [Del]
the most popular in my state has to be the ghost children my the train tracks
STORY:
A few years ago a family went out for a drive,there car stoped in the middle of train tracks,a train passed by and ran them over.
LEGEND:
If you go by train tracks and stop your car,put baby powder around your car and after a while you find little hand prints on the car.
36 Name: Name !Lup0uZudWo : 2011-12-24 21:55 ID:yQYWR6wr [Del]
>>35 LEGEND CONTINUED:
And your vehicle will be pushed over the train tracks by the ghosts of the deceased.
37 Name: Riko-chan : 2011-12-24 22:23 ID:QDuIjml7 [Del]
>>35>>36 THAT LEGEND HAS A MOVIE ABOUT IT!!!!
38 Name: Name !Lup0uZudWo : 2011-12-24 22:28 ID:yQYWR6wr [Del]
39 Name: Yuma : 2011-12-24 22:33 ID:Rd6MVuC5 [Del]
>>35>>36I've heard a story like this but it wasn't a family, it was a busload of kids. Don't know if it's the same but there's more to this story.
The tracks they were crossing didn't have those bars that come down when the train is coming so the bus driver didn't know until he got to the tracks and CRASH!!! The streets surrounding the railroad tracks were named after the deceased kids and on one occasion a passerby saw a lone child walking near these tracks. She offered to take her to her house and told her to wait in the car when she got there. After talking to the parents, who thought she was playing a sick practical joke and told her not to joke about their dead daughter, she went back to her car. When she looked inside the car the girl was gone but the seatbelt was latched as if someone had been sitting there and the seat was still warm too.
The rest is basically the same as the other legend. The ghosts of the deceased kids will push your car to safety if it's stopped near the train tracks.
40 Name: Name !Lup0uZudWo : 2011-12-24 22:39 ID:yQYWR6wr [Del]
>>39 yeah, that's a different one...the one we were talking about, or at least the one I was talking about, takes place in the country where there's no houses anywhere near where it happened...
41 Name: Yuma : 2011-12-24 22:43 ID:Rd6MVuC5 [Del]
>>40Guess these sort of things happen everywhere and you just gotta look for 'em
42 Name: JessePwns!Q7t.srvWZ6 : 2011-12-24 23:16 ID:wuDxUNNO [Del]
For anyone Latino or "mexican" there's a popular ghost named "La llorona" or The Weeping woman.
Basically this woman drowned her kids and now wanders around by rivers taking bad kids with her. It's something told to us when we are bad. Kinda like the Boogey man but latinos have there own boogey man named "El cucuy"
wikis for them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuco
43 Name: Koniko !gMFwps0fbU : 2011-12-24 23:23 ID:+7n/InLi [Del]
Slender man! :D
44 Name: Mael !DoMiNUIT9I : 2011-12-25 02:46 ID:xH+BOV4V [Del]
45 Name: Yui182769 : 2011-12-25 05:26 ID:/d00MICu [Del]
Have a lot of ghosts. But, I guess it is Pocong! Pocong is a corpse that come back to life, much like zombie in a way. And sundel bolong, the ghost of woman who died when prego... mah. not so scary...
46 Name: Weems !mcKHokXXuA : 2011-12-25 09:42 ID:ebPHJ7kN [Del]
47 Name: Starrrk : 2011-12-25 09:49 ID:aymV6TZZ [Del]
La llorona is a crying women who killed her children and roams the earth. If you hear her cries it shows you're about to die.
48 Name: kuroji_shizue : 2012-01-23 21:51 ID:alYKE4qH [Del]
the white lady at the balete drive, maybe?
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51 Name: anubis !uSezxvwowc : 2012-01-24 15:53 ID:ibEb6lJD [Del]
I live in VA's "historic triangle" anyone who has visited this area knows we have ghosts out the wazoo.
Most famous? I'd go with Matthew Whaley. He was a nine year old white boy who was best friends with a black boy. It was the early 1700's and it was pretty rare for children of different races to be friends. When his friend got sick Matthew kept playing with him and got sick too. They both died. According to legend Matthew's mother didn't want her only son to be alone so she buried his best friend next to him. Later, she opened a school and named it in honor of her dead son.
Children who pass by Bruton Parish, Matthew's burial place, at night often report seeing two boys playing in the graveyard. The third grade teachers at Matthew Whaley Elementary often refuse to work after school because of the weird noises. Janitors will come in to find chairs stacked up "potergeist" style in the third grade hall.
Pretty creepy.
52 Name: Tree !N13m0ewMrQ : 2016-05-25 23:24 ID:ZGQihjox [Del]
Where I come from, we call ghosts, wait for it........... "ghosts." /necrosage
53 Name: Tree !N13m0ewMrQ!!pay7Ps22 : 2018-01-20 23:24 ID:J10qEFaQ [Del]
>>52 you dense idiot... that's not what the question was about.
54 Name: Tree !N13m0ewMrQ!!pay7Ps22 : 2018-01-20 23:24 ID:J10qEFaQ [Del]
^
55 Name: Lulu !8/3Iy.BIiQ : 2018-01-22 02:14 ID:2kaHIMYJ [Del]
>>52 &
>>53I really like your response! :)
