Came across this thread by chance, and read all the spooky stories.

As to why bad things happened to TS at 5 a.m., it's because 5 a.m. is spiritually the darkest hour before dawn-- this is when human energy is at its lowest.

Here's the scientific study to support this claim:
Usually, demons are highly active around midnight, and their activities peak between 3-5 a.m.

I'm a Christian, but a gifted one because I can see, hear and sense the spiritual realm and its entities (angels and demons). I wasn't born like this; my spiritual gift was only activated when I was 21 years old, after I dedicated my life to the Christian God. I thought I was hallucinating at first, but after more than 10 years, I got used to it, and I use it to help people (my family, relatives and friends). I don't see things 24/7; think of me as a human who can turn into some superhero when needed, like Superman or Spiderman or Constantine-- you get the idea.

I've had dozens of 'spooky' encounters already; seen a lot of demons too. They don't like me, and I don't like them. However, they don't dare to touch/injure me physically because they know I'll smack them real hard with God's power. I do not allow them to hurt my loved ones too. If they piss me off, I'll hunt them down, and we get into spiritual warfare. I do not feel any fear because I have extremely strong and solid faith in the Christian God.

Sounds like a fiction, but it's not. It's as real as it gets.

As Christians, we believe that spiritual realm exists, and spiritual warfare is real. Not every Christian can see it; only those gifted with Discernment of Spirits (mentioned in the Bible) and those anointed (filled with God's presence and power) can see because of their divine calling.

Bible verses:

Next time, if you encounter any paranormal activity, and if you severely fear and need immediate protection, call upon the name of Jesus Christ.

Pray this way:

"LORD Jesus, You are the highest authority, and there is no spiritual power above You.
Therefore, I hide in You, as You are my refuge, my safe shelter.
I'm confident that in submitting my personal safety to You,
no evil will ever be able to conquer me.
Therefore, in Your mighty name,
I trust You to send Your angels and protect me wherever I go.
In Jesus name I pray, amen. "

This prayer is based on the Bible verse of Psalm 91:9–11: If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Will the Christian God listen? Of course.

The Bible says in Romans 10:10-13, "For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in Him (Jesus Christ) will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile (means: no difference between believers and unbelievers) —the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on Him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved .”
I feel kinda bad for reading about all those physical injuries and horror fears those demons inflicted. Hence, I'm sharing what I know that will help people. I strongly believe that my God-- the Christian God-- will help you if you allow Him to protect you.

Well, it's a cemetery after all. Definitely spooky at night but day time can be rather peaceful. Everyone reacts differently.

Welcome. Btw, my nickname is R-A-L-N-A.

I'll answer your questions one by one, as follows:

My friends... usually I can sense if something is following them or nearby them. I can't physically see those things, but I can sense them like a radar with signals of height, shape and some details about what type of spirit it is.

My Real Story 1: Haunted SG Condo and Teddy Bear



My Real Story 2: Ghosts from Japan


I still have a lot of such encounters, macam-macam la over the last 15 years-- in hostels, at home, in other people's houses, in hotels... Usually, these spirits visit me because they are curious/surprised why I can sense them; they don't like to be exposed to humans. Also, they hate it when I interfere in the work by helping my friends and family, so they'll kacau to give warnings or sorts. This is when we get into direct conflicts.

Usually, these spirits and demons are attracted to people who are broken-hearted, or have some traumas, or lots of fears inside them. In fact, they enjoy those negative aura and low-frequency energy from humans-- it attracts and nourishes them. Such humans are usually frail in willpower, which makes it easy for spirits to control, manipulate or possess.

People who die will have their souls and spirits (roh, 灵魂) going to heaven or hell. Those spirits that hang around on earth are mimicking those deceased-- they are not the deceased, contrary to popular beliefs. Christianity has a term for this type of spirits: familiar spirits.
Hence, Christians usually don't hang photos of the deceased at home nor pai-pai (pray to the deceased or ancestors). To us, these open doors to those familiar spirits to come into our houses and disguise themselves as our deceased ah gong ah ma.

If really wanna test familiar spirits, very simple. Just take out the Cross, our Bible, and make our prayers. Those familiar spirits disguised as ah gong ah ma will immediately flee. They cannot stand the holy presence of God.

Lastly, the lower-class spirits and demons maintain their ugly form (goblins, white ghosts, light orbs, headless ghosts, etc-- quite disgusting la, and they know it). The higher-class demons can shapeshift into human form. The highest class I've seen... looked like Roman soldiers, generals, and some looked like handsome princes. Some even disguised as Jesus leh, but we usually test them with the power of God-- and they'd flee.

I have Christian books on those different types of demons, from different countries and cultures. There are such encyclopaedia, journals, personal accounts on how to exorcise-- or, in Christian term, to deliver someone from demonic oppression or possession. However, we don't easily do it unless we are sure the person will accept Christ.

The Bible records what Jesus Christ said in Luke 11:21-26. The 'house' here refers to our body.
This is why you don't see Christians doing deliverance (the layman term is exorcism) often, although we can. This is because if the person isn't strong in faith nor spiritually protected, he will get harassed, oppressed and possessed again by the original 1 spirit + 7 more even stronger and more wicked spirits.

Interesting, huh? I spent many years studying and reading these because I was trying to make sense of what I was experiencing first-hand. Usually people won't believe me until I 'read' their past or current thoughts-- yes, I can do so too, if I want, but usually I don't.

As a human, my spiritual power is not unlimited; I'm merely a vessel who can use a tiny bit of God's power when I am close and obedient to God. Think of role-playing games (RPG) where the hero/heroine doesn't have unlimited power, but needs to keep going to shrines/temples to collect some magical potions and drink to regain the superpower again. That's how gifted Christians like me operate, but by studying the Bible, praying, worshipping God, etc-- to recharge our spiritual power.

I'd say out of the Christian population, only less than 5% have such gifts of seeing the supernatural. Not every Christian want to or are chosen to serve God this way, because, honestly, need a lot of guts to go through all these. It's not fun when dealing with demons; can be as bad as horror movies without the dramatic sound effects.

It's okay; just pointing out only. No hard feelings.

Yeah, I thought I was hallucinating and crazy when I first saw all those things. Like, was I mentally insane? This was why I began reading all those books to make sure I was still a sane human, just with supernatural abilities this time.

Spirits cannot be killed by humans. They can be banished by humans, but can only be killed by angels or God. I had seen angels and demons fighting before in a real-time vision--- I was seeing both realms with my eyes. I thought I was hallucinating at first, but I opened and closed my eyes several times to make sure I wasn't making things up in my mind.

Physically, I was in the church singing worship songs, but spiritually when I closed my eyes, I was on the battlefield looking how angels killed demons with spears and swords, piercing demons and chopping their heads off. No blood, though. Spirits ma, not flesh. That spiritual battle lasted for an hour-- as long as the worship session lasted, and it was the most realistic and panoramic experience I ever had, around 25-26 years old.

God created archangels and angels first, and then humans later. Archangels are leaders of angels. The Devil (Satan) was an archangel (originally called Lucifer), and demons are fallen angels. When Lucifer rebelled against God, 1/3 of those angels in Heaven followed him and became fallen. When they became fallen, they lost the glory of God: became ugly, deformed, sinful, evil, nasty, lawless, etc.

God didn't destroy them immediately because they were part of God's bigger plan. It touches on Christian theology. You can read more here: If God Is All-Powerful, Why Doesn't He Destroy Satan?

Familiar spirits mimic the deceased so that we would be entangled in our past memories and its emotions (grief, regrets, pain, etc-- which further nourish those spirits). Also, mimicking the deceased make it easy for humans to believe whatever those familiar spirits say. If the fake ah gong ah ma tell you to do something, you'll just do it without questioning, because of blind belief-- and this is a form of easy control and manipulation by those spirits, disguising as someone familiar to humans. Such control and manipulation will increase their ranking, you know.

I haven't come across 'good' spirits. To me, there are only 2 types: harmful or harmless. The harmless ones are usually because they have low ranks and can't easily control or possess humans or damage items. They usually appear around humans as 'good spirits', so that they can keep absorbing negative aura/bad emotions until they become powerful spirits.

You see, if a spirit stay with a human long enough, it can easily discover loophole to oppress or possess that human, because this is what it's assigned to do-- to kill, steal and destroy humans eventually. Think of spirits as pet snakes: They may look cute, good and harmless at first, but will devour you when you're at your most unguarded. A snake is still a snake, after all. You cannot change its nature.

On the other hand, the harmful spirits can inflict physical injuries and material damages. We usually call them demons. Think of them as terrorists, with missions and modus operandi.

As for your friend who has frequent nightmares of dead bodies and funerals, it is likely she's under demonic oppression/possession already. Hence, she's not afraid anymore, as a human. However, if she is exposed to God's presence, I bet she'll react strongly, or the thing inside her/beside her will react. These are often in Christian records.

Years ago, I have personally prayed for a friend of mine who frequently saw weird stuffs (like, bloody tears from family photos, or suddenly the human faces in photos smiled at her), and her body twitched and curled up when I recited Bible verses and prayers over her-- and she was a Catholic. To me, this meant she was under some demonic oppression. She had grown up in a broken family, with lots of inner hurts since she was a child, and she was a shy, quiet girl who had low self-esteem.

It is the evil mandate of all spirits and demons to tempt, seduce, lure, steal, kill, destroy, oppress, possess, etc as many humans as possible. They hate humans, because God loves humans and makes humans in the image of God. Hence, what God loves and what resembles God, they destroy. This is just how it is, and has always been in the past thousands of years, and will always be until the Final Judgement comes. It's all written in the Bible already; I'm just explaining here in layman term + based on what I read/experienced myself. I recorded these in my journal.

In my younger days, I used to discuss these with one or two Christian friends/pastors whom I could trust. As I aged, I got used to it and didn't really tell; at most, just share with close friends and family.

Nowadays, I just get the job done without questioning myself anymore. I got used to those things and my abilities already. LOL.

My pleasure. I just feel such knowledge and experience shouldn't be kept to myself.

When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, their downfall caused their descendants to inherit their sinful nature. The separation from God and the effects of sin caused humans to fall further, experience all sorts of defeats and negative emotions, and have shorter lifespans.

In the Bible, humans used to live for nearly a thousand years before they died, but due to sin and its effects on our body and our surroundings, the human lifespan has significantly decreased from 1,000 years to around 70 years only. The Bible recorded this lifespan:

Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
(Psalm 90:10)

This lifespan stated in the Bible is still valid until today. The average human lifespan, even with modern technology and medical care, is still around 70-80 years.

As the psalmist wrote, our life is just full or troubles and sorrows until the day we die...

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Answering your next question, where did spirits come from?

The general consensus is that demons are fallen angels (the 1/3 that followed Satan in his rebellion against God, as I explained earlier), where as spirits are, hypothetically, demon-human hybrid offspring before and during Noah's era.

Back then, demons and fallen angels were not supposed to make human women pregnant, but they did-- and it was an abomination that produced half-demon, half-human giants, as recorded in the biblical book of Genesis. There was so much evil and suffering in the world at that time, which prompted God to destroy the whole world with the Great Flood and saved only the righteous Noah's family with the Ark.

Those giants and their evil descendants died in the Great Flood. In the Old Testament, these giants were warlords, and were described as frightening, sinister disembodied spirits (“the shades”) in the Underworld, called Sheol in Hebrew. The disembodied spirits of these giants were therefore associated with the abode of the dead, something everyone feared, since everyone feared death.

These half-demon, half-human spirits can't go to Hell, and they can't go to Heaven, so they probably linger on earth or somewhere in between Earth and Hell. They aren't as powerful as demons, but they're still stronger than humans. (Again, this is a hypothesis based on scholars' deductions on ancient Jewish texts. The Bible does not explicitly explain where spirits came from.)

Yes, spirits and demons live in lakes, seas and oceans too, not just on land and in air. 

In Mark 5:1-13, Jesus exorcised impure spirits from a possessed man who lived in the tomb:
Matthew 8:28-34 recorded a similar story, except that the author wrote the pigs were drowned in the sea.

Here's the animated video if you wanna watch. I thought it was kinda cool:



Yeah, we know that those pigs would definitely die, but where did those impure spirits go? Probably stay underwater.

It is believed that water entities-- ponds, waterfalls, lakes, seas and oceans... today, which cover 70% of Earth's surface (a probable result of the Great Flood), contain spirits of those dead half-demon, half-human spirits AND also demons-- which is why you hear of shipwrecks due to mysterious appearances/disappearances or paranormal activities on the sea. This is also why most Chinese people pantang swimming in the sea, lake, pond, waterfalls etc. alone or at night... because of 'water ghosts' that will suddenly pull humans into water and drown them.


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Interesting, right? I bet most people have not been exposed to this part of Christianity before, not even the majority of Christians. Churches do not preach these, because not everyone can take it nor believe it. I gain the knowledge from my own reading of Christianity books and Bible study + my own experiences prompt me to seek the truth behind all those weird stuffs.

Yes, I can feel demonic vibes easily, even over the phone. Just feel extremely uncomfortable when they are nearby; my 'spiritual radar' is able to pick up their demonic vibes immediately.

In the spiritual realm, there is no time and distance. Everything happens in lighting speed without geographical restrictions.

We humans live in a world of 3 dimensions. Humans move through space, either left or right, forward or backward, up or down. Everything around us, from the houses we live in to the objects we use in everyday life, has three dimensions: height, length, and width-- known as 3D.

However, in the spiritual realm, there are higher dimensions: 4D, 5D, 6D and 7D.



In physics, the fourth dimension is time and the fifth dimension is space. It is in 4D realm that time travel happens, and in 5D realm, teleport happens. In other words, spirits can travel at lightning speed, while demons can abduct a human with teleport.

The 6th dimension, also known as the hypothetical space, would contain an infinite number of possibilities and realities with time travel + teleport

The 7th dimension is where all the six other dimensions interact to give one experience of everything at a point-- to become ONE in the end-- the Heaven.

I hope I have explained this clearly enough. I know it sounds so uhh other-worldly, but these concepts exist long ago in physics and spirituality.

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Recently, I do not have odd encounters because I stay at home and work from home. I 'cleanse' my place regularly, so I don't feel any disturbances. It's only when I go out and meet people, then I can start noticing... but I usually just wanna be a normal human being and not use my spiritual ability. It makes people scared when I turn it on, because I can 'read' them sharply and 'see' into their past/future sometimes. I know it sounds like a fiction, but when you're spiritually activated, you can see what's beyond the body/outward appearance of a person. Think of having a pair of X-ray eyes activated and you can just see through easily. Not a nice feeling for people who kena scanned. 

haha yeah, it is indeed fascinating to explore all these.

Christianity is actually far more complex and deeper than what most people and Christians know about. In my opinion, because of the 'wrong' way of preaching and spreading the gospel + bad experiences of meeting hypocrite and judgemental Christians, most people do not get the full picture or good experience, and hence, misunderstand and dislike Christianity.

When I tell people I'm a Christian, they're utterly shocked because I don't behave like those Christians whom they have met before. This is when their perception towards Christianity changes, and they want to learn more about my faith. Yes, I've had people who proactively asked me to bring them to church, and I asked them why instead. Then they said they would like to know my God and my faith.

Then I'd tell them... I dropped out of church long ago, because I felt the worship and sermons are not deep enough to feed my hunger for God. They got another shock. haha~ Nonetheless, I still brought them to church to experience the uhh newbie beginner stuffs, and they had a good time.

I go to the church sometimes, but most of the time, I prefer to worship God at home, and do my own Bible study and book reading. I can spend about 3-4 hours x 3-4 nights/week studying about Christianity, because it's just so fascinating to discover all the hidden mysteries and supernatural knowledge.

I'm thinking of starting a thread in Real World Issues so that I can give a full-picture overview of what Christianity is truly about and the biblical views about the supernatural realm. As you said, connect the dots. Perhaps we can further discuss in depth there, too, as I will share rarely heard concepts about angels, demons, heaven, hell, etc...

As for this thread here, I think it should just stick to eerie experiences. I hope my earlier posts has shed some light about those demons and spirits, and if people ever need SOS, I hope they'll remember the protection prayer that I shared. ^^