True story about a ghost
Wednesday, 23. May 2007, 12:18:44
Fanny (Funz81) has a post on her blog about a ghost experience she had had recently. This reminded me of a ghost story which my paternal grandmother experienced in 1940. She was stuck with my father (who was 2 years old) in her parents-in-law place, in a very small village in Lithuania, in 1940. My grandfather, a Polish naval officer, was interned in neutral Sweden together with his submarine (ORP Sep). Somewhere in 1940 she got the dreadful news that a sister ship of my grandpa's submarine had been lost in the North Sea with all hands (ORP Orzel). Dreadful because she knew some members of the crew very well: they were personal friends of my grandfather and her. 
Sometime later, early in the morning in her bedroom, my grandma noticed a man, in naval uniform, and she recognized him as being one of their best friends who had been on the lost submarine!
She exclaimed to him: "What a joy to see you, so the news of the sinking was not true!" and he calmly answered "It is true, our submarine was sunk and I'm not alive anymore. However, this doesn't stop me from visiting you. I want to thank you for taking care of my wife when she needed help a lot and now I want to help you. If you want to see your husband again, you must leave today, and I MEAN TODAY, to Sweden."
After that, family-in-law came in the room, and the "ghost" disappeared. My grandma, pretty shaken, immediately took the advice. She travelled to Kaunas (Kaunas which was Lithuania's capital at the time ), quite a long and difficult journey in 1940, to go to the Swedish consulate. She arrived at around 19:00, just at that time the Swedish consul was leaving. In fact, the consulate was being closed to be evacuated back to Sweden! My grandma explained the situation and the consul gave her her visa to enter Sweden. When he asked who told her the consulate was being shut down, especially in that remote village, she answered: "A ghost". A few days later, my grandma together with my father were already in Stockholm. The story is written down in a (Polish) book by a mutual friend of the people in question. Unfortunately my grandma died in 1992, when I was 21 and I never really got the chance to ask her in person about the story. the lost submarine)
Sometime later, early in the morning in her bedroom, my grandma noticed a man, in naval uniform, and she recognized him as being one of their best friends who had been on the lost submarine!
She exclaimed to him: "What a joy to see you, so the news of the sinking was not true!" and he calmly answered "It is true, our submarine was sunk and I'm not alive anymore. However, this doesn't stop me from visiting you. I want to thank you for taking care of my wife when she needed help a lot and now I want to help you. If you want to see your husband again, you must leave today, and I MEAN TODAY, to Sweden."
After that, family-in-law came in the room, and the "ghost" disappeared. My grandma, pretty shaken, immediately took the advice. She travelled to Kaunas (Kaunas which was Lithuania's capital at the time ), quite a long and difficult journey in 1940, to go to the Swedish consulate. She arrived at around 19:00, just at that time the Swedish consul was leaving. In fact, the consulate was being closed to be evacuated back to Sweden! My grandma explained the situation and the consul gave her her visa to enter Sweden. When he asked who told her the consulate was being shut down, especially in that remote village, she answered: "A ghost". A few days later, my grandma together with my father were already in Stockholm. The story is written down in a (Polish) book by a mutual friend of the people in question. Unfortunately my grandma died in 1992, when I was 21 and I never really got the chance to ask her in person about the story.
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By solid copper, # 24. May 2007, 00:37:28
By pkmink, # 24. May 2007, 06:05:16
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By orsomannaro, # 26. May 2007, 18:14:00
By pkmink, # 29. May 2007, 12:49:58
They mostly occur between family members or close friends.
I have expirianced such situations 3 or 4 times,not as a warning but as a "Thank you for services rendered".
By p.mansoor, # 2. June 2007, 16:59:41
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By pkmink, # 3. June 2007, 09:19:45
oh yeah... i forgot to tell you... my grandma (from my mom's) half dutch. i never got the chance to meet her, she passed away few years before i was born
By funz81, # 3. June 2007, 12:18:47
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By orsomannaro, # 3. June 2007, 16:38:31
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By funz81, # 14. June 2007, 23:58:27
My Mum lived in a haunted house for a while when she was younger and when her grandfather died he visited her in a dream...
Sorry lol not much relevance just thought I'd comment
By Torchwood rocks!, # 4. July 2007, 14:54:01
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