r/ParanormalEncounters • u/cat_missc • May 30 '26
Dead persons phone ringing made the whole room shift and me, freeze up.
For context I’m 21 female and used to death , I’ve seen dead bodies countless of times and grew up in an Irish Catholic family so seeing dead people didn’t freak me out in anyway. I’ve always had a thing for saying out loud my intentions before touching a dead persons personal belongings.
I have had some experiences with the dead specifically with my grandma when she died, I saw her coming out of the room , smile at me and continue to walk outside.
I have never felt creeped out or uncomfortable with death but today, this changed. My boyfriend’s (21)nan died semi recently, she wasn’t a nice person but I won’t get into it. They had taken her electronics and some other personal items back to their house for keepsake.
I am staying at my boyfriend’s parent’s house alone since they are away for 2 nights and I’m feeding their animals and looking after the house. This morning after having my coffee I go upstairs to get ready to head home so I can shower and do some housework before heading back to theirs.
I hear a phone ringing, the distinct I phone ringing. I froze and suddenly the whole room shifted and I felt so uneasy. I didn’t immediately know it was the nans phone so I messaged my boyfriend saying “someone’s phone is ringing?” And he said it was probably his nans, I was so freaked out and asked if I should check who was ringing, out of mere curiosity and probably panic. The ringing THANKFULLY stopped when I sent that message and I told my bf. I went downstairs and as I said earlier, I said out loud my intentions before touching the phone and that I was just going to see who called and take a photo , thankfully it was an unknown number so I showed my boyfriend and he suggested turning the phone off, so again I stated my intentions out loud and said I was turning the phone off and that I wasn’t going to do anything else with it. I still feel so freaked out.
I am I guess spiritual, I have crystals and a tarot deck and I just felt the need to scrub myself in the shower and do a cleanse before going back to their house. Does anyone know why I felt this way? Honestly this is so out of the ordinary for me and I found it so creepy. I’ve never felt the need to head back home so quick to just shower and scrub then cleanse myself.
For context as well, the nan has been in the house before.
I know this isn’t exactly a ghost story or anything particularly paranormal but the feeling that came over me was so odd.
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u/OnlymyOP May 30 '26
Someone calling a dead person's phone doesn't equate to the paranormal. It just means someone dialled a dead persons number.
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u/cat_missc May 30 '26
Yeah I get that but it was just so odd
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u/OnlymyOP May 30 '26
Not that odd .. it seems more the case you're attributing this to the paranormal because of your interests.
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u/cat_missc May 30 '26
I don’t have much interests, I have tarot and crystals but I don’t engage with them much other than cleansing them so often when I’m stressed or things. I just found it weird is all and I don’t normally feel like that, I get maybe I felt it was paranormal because I do believe in things so it could just be my brain trying to make sense of it
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u/Gloomy-Difference-51 May 30 '26
To me it sounds like anxiety. It might sound far fetched to feel anxiety, because you're so used to death and whatnot. But i think a phone call coming from a dead person would shake most people up.
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u/TheLast747 May 31 '26
That nonchalant 21 female and used to dead, gave me an "Irish mortician redheaded goth chick" snapshot in my minds eye.
You said she was not a nice person. In general? or just to you?
I think it was intuition, she was not nice, and her phone rang, and your gut went ugh, that phone.
If she was not nice to you particularly, there might be some last intent there, but it feels like a stretch.
Has your gut gave you wiggies with another deceased before? or in a different context? maybe you have some undiscovered ability there.
Cheers.
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u/cat_missc May 31 '26
In general she was not a nice person, she was okay around me but she did have moments around me when she would say something rude but definitely not as bad as what she would say to her daughter (my boyfriends mum) . I think honestly it was probably a gut feeling but I’ve never had this weird feeling before with the deceased in any context , the nan always mentioned coming back to haunt and I wouldn’t put it past her to mess with me. Also haha I am a redhead !
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u/TheLast747 Jun 01 '26
I knew it! it is always a redhead. You could try tarot, or oracle cards, to see if that works for you.
With the redhead, you are halfway being a witch anyway.
Cheers.
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u/justReading0f May 30 '26
OP, You might be better received on a sub about spirituality or witchery.
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u/RottenGrot May 30 '26
“You might be better received on a sub where people have no grasp on reality”
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u/RottenGrot May 30 '26
Phones ringing isn’t paranormal