Ghosts and other Supernatural/Paranormal Events

[sumire]

Has anyone had an experience with Hawaii's Night Marchers?

Nope. But then, I'm pretty damn insensitive to the supernatural.

As a kid, I knew what Night Marchers were, but they were more like generically badass T-shirt iconography, like eagles or sharks or monster trucks, than something to actually fear(1). Then, too, I could never imagine Night Marchers marching through thickly-grown forest like my local wilderness--if they were marching, they probably were marching somewhere else, like a broad, barren lava flow or some scrubby grassland. Or on Oahu, probably (2).

For our sixth-grade volcano sleepover field trip, I had the brilliant idea of suggesting "The Night Marchers" as my group's team name, and all the other groups were totally jealous that we thought of it first. Our team flag was in the shape of one of those gourd helmets (that, apparently, Hawaiian warriors didn't actually wear.)

(1) Such as skulls/skeletons, vampires, E.T., and the Edward Gorey opening of "Mystery."

(2) When you grow up on the neighbor islands, television teaches you that Oahu is the only place where interesting things (other than natural disasters) happen.

[kateln]

Eh, depending on where you are on the island, Oahu is either the suburbs with access to nice beaches, over-crowded with tourists, or stunningly beautiful. We lived in the suburbs, but got over to the stunningly beautiful parts every week.

No night marcher sightings though. My mom tried to convince us that there was a ghost in the valley we lived in, but that might have been more to keep my friend and me from sneaking out to go swimming in the next door neighbor's pool at night (they'd moved out).

[tabby]

I grew up in Hawai'i in the 60s and 70s. I don't remember night marchers specifically, but there were some scary Hawaiian ghost stories. I remember we used to tell stories about the menehune, too. (Mischievous little people, sort of like leprechauns.)

[famvir]

Aloha with Brady Cooper had night marchers in it. You were supposed to look down and not catch their eye (maybe that was the part where you would be marching with them if you looked directly at them). It was a very weird schizophrenic movie. But lovingly and authentically representative of the Hawaiian native experience.(MY SIL grew up on a coffee plantation, and her description of hula lesson was spot on in the movie.)

The plot is weird, (like the husband who never speaks. What is that about?) It's like it's one half fictionalization documentary, and one half very out of control messed up romcom/spy movie. The Hawaii documentary part is very interesting. The rest is totally WTF able.

There was a big controversy on Emma Stone being (1/4 ?) Hawaiian in the movie, and why they didn't hire an Asian actress for her part. So it seemed that that was the main publicity that came with the movie and may have soured Hawaiians from watching it. But it might be worth a look.

[forever1267]

My co-worker, a baseball nut, is working her way through all of the baseball stadiums in America. This weekend, she will be in Milwaukee, and staying at the hotel where the Visiting MLB and NBA players stay: The Pfister Hotel.

It's a beautiful hotel from the Industrial Revolution, and seems to be haunted by the owner and some pesky poltergeists.

I'll report back if she survives.

And since we need video, here is... some terrible ghost hunting footage of probably nothing. Dude, you're never gonna make Ghost Hunters with that camera work.

[Smilla]

Mar 9, 2005 22:29:02 GMT -4 forever1267 said:

My co-worker, a baseball nut, is working her way through all of the baseball stadiums in America.

forever1267, that is hysterical. I admire your coworker's fortitude.

[sumire]

May 25, 2016 19:40:12 GMT -4 forever1267 said:

This weekend, she will be in Milwaukee, and staying at the hotel where the Visiting MLB and NBA players stay: The Pfister Hotel.

Maybe I've got Scooby-Doo on the brain, but I'm picturing home-team-fan hotel staff staging the hauntings to deliberatly unnerve and exhaust the visiting players.

But then again, the ghosts are probably fans of the home team, too.

[forever1267]

Last night in the middle of the night, I was woken up by loud voices that started and stopped abruptly after a few seconds, then there was a tap sound, not a knock, but a tap. The voices didn't sound like they were coming from next door or from the hallway, in the morning I heard people in the hallway and the quality of sound was muffled, the night voices were very clear. I think it was a haunt because as you know we're staying at the most haunted hotel in America. [Husband] slept through the whole thing.

...and that's what she wrote after staying the night in the Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee.

May I add that she works in psychology healthcare, so she's not some Nervous Ninny. She's heard it all.

[Smilla]

I've become somewhat obsessed with online tales of the infamous Black Eyed Kids. Even though I've long believed they were an urban legend, a lot of the vids on YouTube creep me the hell out.

Here's a short collection of BEK encounter stories. Including a rare testimony from someone who actually let a pair into his house and lived to tell about it. Warning: not the best bedtime reading, or something to read if you're going to be home alone.

[forever1267]

We've seen video like this before, but maybe it will revive the thread with some new stories: Chupacabra spotted in Portugal.

Real, or a sequel to the famous Bigfoot footage?