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Seeing signs from deceased loved ones

Hi everyone. I'm sure that there have already been many forum threads on this topic, but I'm really curious to hear about your experiences.

When you lost someone close to you, did you see signs? I've heard of feathers, electronic disturbances etc. but I've never had a conversation in the real world with anyone about it.

I'm not exactly an atheist - my boyfriend says I'm an agnostic atheist or something...in other words, I don't subscribe to any organized religion, but can accept that we just don't have very many answers to a lot of things, so I'm open.

I just find this all very interesting! I'm really not the kind of person to believe in any of this kind of stuff, but I will share the things that I have experienced (and a few things my sister has mentioned)

The last day my mother was alive, my sister went to say good bye with her children. She said that when she left the hospital, across the street there was loud jazz music playing from someones house. It startled her, because jazz was my mothers favourite. Throughout her illness I would play her jazz music on my phone. In her last couple of days I asked her for special requests and she said "Charlie Bird" (a jazz musician).

The day after she passed my sister noticed a white feather in her jacket. I had heard about the feather phenomenon, but didn't say anything to her. She wasn't aware of any kind of meaning. It was just funny to me, she offhandedly said "where did this feather come from?" or something like that...I just shrugged. But I never forgot it.

At my mothers funeral and visitation, I played music by Charlie Bird on my bluetooth speaker. A week later I popped into a second hand store, and right above the cash was a Charlie Bird record. 

I have witnessed some weird bird activity outside my condo townhouse. There aren't many birds in the area, a few crows, robins and various small birds here and there. But mostly squirrels. A few times since she has passed I have heard a loud gathering of birds right by my house. Hundreds of them in a tree, or on the ground right by my deck, making quite the racket. One time my boyfriend noticed and he said "wow, that's weird...we don't normally see birds here". I teared up and said "it's my mother". 

I've had weird experiences suddenly smelling things that aren't there, one time it was peaches and another time strawberries. The best way I can describe it is like a halucination only with smelling not visual. I've never had that before she passed. She used to make peach pies when they were in season, and she was obsessed with buying strawberries every week.

Sorry if this is a bit long. I hope some of you will share some of your experiences.

Sarah

  • My grandma died 14 years ago this year, and ever since I've always had experiences that I put down to being supernatural. Very soon after she passed, a lot of things happened. The stereo turned itself up to full volume when we were going down to her grave on the first Mother's Day after she'd passed away. The day her house was sold, my mum had an iPod at the time and was woken up in the middle of the night to it randomly playing Led Zepplin's "stairway to heaven". I remember myself having such a pure, vivid dream not long after she passed away - We were sitting on a bench surrounded by vibrant flowers and everything else around us was a calming white colour. She was trying to talk to me and tell me something but of course I couldn't make out what she was saying and to this day I remember it so well, and it still frustrates me from time to time when I think back to it, because it really did feel like I was having a conversation with her! But it was obviously just muffled (as it always is in dreams). Even to this day I know she's still around, many little things happen - I recently went to visit her grave and I had been struggling a lot in life, and low and behold, a robin comes to visit. Hops around on her stone, and perches itself comfortably for a few minutes to observe me, less than 3 feet away. I felt so emotional, burst into tears but it was because I felt so comforted, and it was such a surreal experience. Since I've seen the robin I've had a lot of good luck and things have been looking up. I know it was her sending a message, and it's a gentle reminder that loved ones are still with us, just in a different form, whatever that might be. I am also not religious, simply because I don't know what to believe in and until it happens to us, we really don't know! But things happen for a reason and a lot of things are unexplainable. But if you've experienced something like that, there's absolutely no reason to believe it isn't a loved one showing a sign they're still with you :)

  • My darling wife died at home of cancer in July. The following morning I noticed that both our wall clocks had stopped at exactly 2350. Gill died at 1150 but I thought it beyond normal proability.

  • My dearest daughter Wendy passed away on the 12/7/2020 from cancer age 53 my daughter had got married on the 12/9/2019,she passed away on the 12/7/2020 and on the 12/8/2020 I had this stranged thing happen I was sat in electric recliner looking for something for when her ashes get buried at the cemetery when I saw what looked like a cloud came over me and I was being told my chair was tipping up  ,it seemed as if I was not there till after it happened it was quite frightening at the time and not long after came out of kitchen in hallway could smell perfume daughter always smelt nic 

  • What a heart warming story, thank you for sharing. Funny the way so many people have these experiences with Robins in particular. 

     

    I recently had another bird experience, hardly ever see birds in my neighbourhood, but just a few weeks ago suddenly there were hundreds of birds all chirping and dancing around right outside my back fence. They were obviously migrating somewhere, but the fact that they stopped in right at my house warmed my heart so much. 

  • Two and a half years after my mums passing, I still smell her from time to time. It's sudden and doesn't linger for too long.

  • Hi Len, thanks for sharing! I have also smelled my moms smoke a few times. I thnk she is having a blast wherever she is. It's been really comforting to read about all these experiences people have. I thought it was really strange to experience anything at all, but it's nice to know that I'm not alone. 

  • Hi serapine, when my husband passed i had many signs, only him and i would know about, the day he was burried , a clear blue sky it started to snow, he loved snow, also as his coffin came out of the church, one lone pigeon, was sat in the eves of the gated entrance a pigeon used too visit our garden and we always joked about him, the night he passed away at home, i felt him stroking my hair, and the day after in my kitchen whislt chatting to freinds, my front door opened and in front of us all a little white feather floated down onto the kitchen table

  • Hi everyone, today I'd like to share what's been happening to me... I lost my beautiful husband to this awful disease he was only 45...  you don't realise how much you take someone for granted do you? Anyway since we lost him (his funeral one year ago today) I heard random songs playing over in my head... now I know to most people that's insignificant but I hate music ... but my Austin was the opposite... I'd get in his car and the first thing I'd do is turn the radio off which he let me do, even though this really annoyed him so to hear songs that I haven't heard for years and years might sound like I'm clutching at straws, but I just know it's him xx should add and the feathers we as a family find just when we need them ... I just know he's still around us xx 

  • My Mum had a severe stroke 3 weeks ago at 80 and we all preyed She would recover enough to see her my Son 3 and Daughter 2 after not seeing them for 10 months before it happened due to a seperation from their mother who took them away. Tragically She fought multiple infections on top of the stroke. She passed away this morning at hospital around 5am. I was reunited with my children a day after she had the stroke which took her speech and most communication. Covid 19 restrictions meant i said my goodbuys last week before the final decline. I had video calls and spoke to yer on the phone with live links with my children. When i first said i'm seeing them again she made the only sound on the phone since the stroke with releif. She didn't make such a sound again. The past 3 weeks  completely broke my heart. I only got to visit twice as only had my Dad or sister going in as regular visitors. I managed to see her before She lost more senses. I found out this morning and cried again as have been crying for 3 weeks desperate to be in contact somehow. While crying walking up the stairs i just wanted a sign. Just a month ago we were chatting about spirits as my the bin in the kitchen kept making a noise with it's lid at my parents home. My Mum got on the subject of seeing if She vould contact me after she goes. I joked it depended what i was doing! 

    As i walked up tye stairs at 8 this morning i cried out 'please Mum just show me some sort of sign you're alright as soon as i get upstairs just a sign!'

    Then as soon as i reached the landing a tiny chafinch bird flew around me. The windows weren't open. It flew around wildly at first as i called out 'Mum!!!' as it darted about until it calmed down and flew in the spare room with it's door open. Then it flew on the landing on a the wooden chest and was as still as a statue looking out. I peered through the crack in the door so as to keep it calm and opened the spare room window. All summer windows were open and never had a bird flew in and now is November the 12th. The bird flew in the spare room again and even though the window had been opened it sat on the carpet and calmly looked straight at me i knew it was a message from my Mum. I knew what the message was. I said to it out loud 'i know Mum i will be lead a happy life for you and acheive so much for you from now on. I will give Teddy and Lucia (my children) such a great father for you!'I knew the message was for me to be happy and keep striving for success in my life, family and work and not dip into a terrible depression. The message was so clear. 

    I said again how much I love her so very much and slowly closed the door for the bird to fly out. And as i closed the door i felt a presence, a swoosh sound of gentle clamness behind it with a suction of force, a warm powerfull reassurance that was lije a charge of soothing breeze. I went downstairs and came up 3 minutes later and the bird had gone. 

    I'll never forget it and tonight I'm writting it in a diary i write for my Son and Daughter. X

  • What a brilliant storey sounds amazing these little birds have some very special powers to connect to the other side there are the messagers from after life there clever so glad you got a sigh are open to these sighs I have had many