I'm dead serious I will do this. I have a webcam that I can use. Any good software to do this with? Screw it I don't think my cheap webcam will work at night. I need to find something that can record night vision. What can I buy? I will literally go online and buy it right now assuming it's not incredibly expensive.
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I think my apartment may be haunted.
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I'm dead serious I will do this. I have a webcam that I can use. Any good software to do this with? Screw it I don't think my cheap webcam will work at night. I need to find something that can record night vision. What can I buy? I will literally go online and buy it right now assuming it's not incredibly expensive.
So I'm convinced my apartment is haunted. Just to give a bit of back story here, I live in a studio apartment in Brooklyn New York that cost $1075 including utilities. This may seem expensive but the cheapest price of a usual apartment in my area the same size is about $1500 excluding utilities.
The last few days I have noticed a weird smell coming from my apartment. I couldn't find a source of the smell, as I keep this place very clean and there is not much space to check for anything that would cause a smell like this. It smelled similar to a dead animal, and I was convinced that something died behind the walls. I just want to emphasize that the smell started 2 days ago and I have searched the room in every possible space for the source of the smell to no avail.
Now just tonight I come home from work and notice this on the wall near my kitchenette that I haven't used or been near for 2 months.
http://i.imgur.com/sp6S69n.jpg
Upon inspection of it, I find out it's ketchup but fresh. It comes off easily with a wet towel. The strange thing is I am the only one who has access to my apartment, and I don't have any friends that every come near my apartment. Basically it's just me in here, and no one else ever enters the place.
I'm convinced now that this place is legit haunted. Just as I was typing this I had my desktop pc on a search page for YouTube and on it's own it went to another website. Is there anywhere I can go on the internet to see if either this place is documented as haunted or had someone commit suicide in it or something? I know they have to disclose this kind of stuff but who knows maybe the Landlord kept it hidden.
If you have any other theories how the ketchup ended up on the wall like that I would be interested to hear them as well.
TDLR: Weird smell like dead animal in apartment for two days, discover ketchup smeared all over wall as in picture. Now computer acting on it's own. Is my apartment haunted?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzDvpT-MjYs
CoolZombie360
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Nope not haunted, ghosts don't exist. Weird though :-/
Zeyphersan
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Why does every incarnation of a ghost just throw random shit against the wall and maybe move one or two things
Maybe only the most boring people on the planet turn into ghosts when they die
Maybe only the most boring people on the planet turn into ghosts when they die
Put a very fine layer of some flour/talcom powder loosely on the floor. If it's someone or an animal, they'll leave tracks and not notice hopefully if you make it a thin enough layer.
You should be able to only see it by shining a flashlight very horizontal to the ground. It will make the flour visible and any footprints.
Pray to god it's a ghost because all the real world scenarios are pretty shitty to downright dangerous.
edit: Also, notify your landlord and concerns of infestation/breakin immediately.
You should be able to only see it by shining a flashlight very horizontal to the ground. It will make the flour visible and any footprints.
Pray to god it's a ghost because all the real world scenarios are pretty shitty to downright dangerous.
edit: Also, notify your landlord and concerns of infestation/breakin immediately.
Circle Jerk
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Dude... its not night time you need it for. Someone is coming into your house. You use the webcam to figure out who. This isnt a ghost because they arent real.
riskVSreward
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Your first response should've been to consider that an actual living person may be fucking with your apartment. We have evidence that people actually exist and have been known to interact with physical objects.
SoulUnison
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It's not haunted because that's not really a thing that exists.
Unfortunately, the truth is scarier.
Somebody has access to your apartment and is there without your consent, apparently repeatedly and often.
You need to set up some sort of surveillance system, maybe invest in some additional locks, check closets, attics, basements and crawlspaces, and generally be slightly paranoid until you get this figured out.
Unfortunately, the truth is scarier.
Somebody has access to your apartment and is there without your consent, apparently repeatedly and often.
You need to set up some sort of surveillance system, maybe invest in some additional locks, check closets, attics, basements and crawlspaces, and generally be slightly paranoid until you get this figured out.
Jorok Goldblade
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The next step is using hidden cameras to see exactly what's going on when you're not there.
As for the browser automatically going to other sites, that can be explained by malware.
As for the browser automatically going to other sites, that can be explained by malware.
Why would ghosts install malware on his computer though?
Get the demon to provide you with some tech support, maybe fix your computer in exchange for free room and board.
Yes, Eugene did it.
Jorok Goldblade
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It's from all the ghost porn they're watching.
Unmasked Ferret
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At least its not eating out your girlfriend while you're sleeping right there. Maybe the ghost prefers a different brand of ketchup, was it Hunts or Heinz?
But seriously either someone is messing with you, you have a vermin problem, or someone broke into your place.
But seriously either someone is messing with you, you have a vermin problem, or someone broke into your place.
Correct. The most likely scenario is that someone else has access to your apartment, or some sleepwalking stuff is going on (I don't know much about sleepwalking). Ghosts do not exist and should not be the first thing you think of.
ghostofsparta
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That's scary OP. I would be scared as shit to sleep.
Well good luck 😲
Well good luck 😲
I just took 2 more pictures and something deeply concerns me after people mentioning someone living in my room and me not knowing. There is a fireplace that has been closed off in my room. The door feels a little loose but I was afraid to take it off in case I could not get it back on.
The windows btw have bars on outside so no one could get in that way.
The windows btw have bars on outside so no one could get in that way.
nah man. we live in a demon haunted world. computer problems, mystery ketchup stains, and strange smells are all the traditional signs of a Haunting. Occams razor, my dude.
That week old taco in the couch? Ghosts.
but for real, set up some $50 IP cameras and keep us posted.
I am on good terms with my Landlord. He is not the kind of person that would ever do something like that. But yes, my work hours are consistent.
I just took 2 more pictures and something deeply concerns me after people mentioning someone living in my room and me not knowing. There is a fireplace that has been closed off in my room. The door feels a little loose but I was afraid to take it off in case I could not get it back on.
Weld it shut. Takes care of your unwanted roommate problem. Might exacerbate the smell problem down the road though.
Why would someone break into my house, not steal anything and splatter ketchup on the wall like that? And thanks for suggesting I'm going insane. For some reason that's the most terrifying thought out of all of this.
Man, just reading this thread is creeping me out! Not for the ghost thing (they aren't real), but for the possibility that you may have an intruder in or with access to your place. If it were me, I would either be up all night with a bat nearby or get the fuck out and go sleep at a friends place.
The Silver
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what kind of piece of shit lazy ass troll ghost just smears condiments on the wall? not even a message
amateur ass ghosts these days
amateur ass ghosts these days
MrCunningham
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Get a cheap camera and hide it somewhere in your kitchen, OP. Record the room and see what happens while you are away.
LostMyNarbles
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Damn, if this were me I'd be sleeping somewhere else tonight. I seriously doubt your place is haunted and I'm more scared of the fact that you could have someone breaking in and using your stuff.
Is that fireplace big? As somebody else mentioned I'd worry someone is living in one of the crevices of your house like that cupboard lady and it looks like somebody could squeeze through that opening.
Is that fireplace big? As somebody else mentioned I'd worry someone is living in one of the crevices of your house like that cupboard lady and it looks like somebody could squeeze through that opening.
To confirm someone is actually in your apt, close all the doors and on each door knob, put like a very thin line of sauce or something on each doorknob. Inspect the door knobs when you get home to see if they are smeared. You dont have to use sauce but just something that lets you know that someone has touched it.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Did you not consider there was someone getting into your place until after people here mentioned it? You seriously thought there might be a ghost splattering ketchup on your walls? Like, that was the only obvious choice for you?
old manatee
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Your apartment smells like there is a dead rat in the wall because you live in a cheap Brooklyn apartment and there is a dead rat in the wall. Your landlord is a fucking asshole who enters apartments while the tenants are at work and eats food. The ketchup splattered the wall when he was shaking it without the lid on tight.
It is a ghost and it probably stands behind you in the shower.
Suggestion on camera? I've been looking on Amazon last 20 minutes and this is the cheapest one I can find that seems to be decent.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00H3Q8QB4/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I remember reading a reddit thread way back where someone mentioned they noticed stuff went missing while they were gone for the day. They put up hidden cameras, which then caught someone coming down from their attic and eating their shit. Person freaked out understandably.
Replace all the locks in the apartment with new locks and keep the keys for yourself. Put up ghost detectors to film the ghosts; get famous.
Replace all the locks in the apartment with new locks and keep the keys for yourself. Put up ghost detectors to film the ghosts; get famous.
Who would break into an apartment, accidentally spray ketchup on the wall, and leave without cleaning it up?
So you're the other person who saw Housebound.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Worked with a girl years ago whose parents were divorced. One day her mom discovered her dad had been living in her attic for something like 6 months. Pretty fucking freaky.
Ghosts.
Orbis Tabula
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If you get a webcam, make sure you open it so all of GAF can watch the stream for you and keep an eye out.
old manatee
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A fucking degenerate who breaks into apartments and picks through the food like a raccoon.
Dexthepleb
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ghosts aren't real
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