Totally convinced i saw a dead relative today?

Question

he was so real and solid and not ghost like at all.. and he appeared to aknowledge me... it was like he really was there in person

i actually found it a little disturbing...

any ideas

Answer 1

sometimes it happens that a visit from a loved one passed over comes thru in a very solid like form.  i have seen that myself.  and i have seen an ecto mist as well.  he really was there.  in person.  why did you find it disturbing?  did you not believe before today?

Answer 2

Chances are you did see him. That happens from time to time, it's rare, but it can happen. I have a friend who sees them all that way. But where were you when it happened?  

Answer 3

if it was someone out on the street or something, then i am sure they 'acknowledged' you. who wouldn't? you were probably staring at them lol.

that happened to me all the time. after my dad died i thought i saw him everywhere. even people that looked nothing like him upclose i could have sworn were him from far away. it happens. your brain kind of 'fills in the gaps' and makes a person look more like the one you want it to be

Answer 4

How do you know this was a relative?  Where were you?  What were you doing?  Were you sleeping recently?  When did this happen?  How far away was the ghost?  What was the ghost doing?  How long was it visible?

There are a lot of questions I would need answered before I could offer any sort of suggestions.

Answer 5

i would keep that to yourself unless you want someone to take your show laces away from you.

Answer 6

There are many explanations for this. the most likely one is you saw someone that looks like him. I have been approached by strangers who think I am someone else and say I look exactly like that person.

You may just be missing them and see people that resemble him and think it is him.

Answer 7

You've apparently convinced yourself.You'll need to give the rest of us a little more information.Until then I'll remain convinced you didn't

Answer 8

Searching behavior (as described in the paragraph below) is common for people who have lost loved ones.  This is a direct copy and paste from this website  http://www.helpstartshere.org/Default.as...

There are two more aspects of normal grief that should be mentioned. The first is what is called “searching behavior.” The grieving person is preoccupied with thoughts of the dead loved one. They simply can't stop thinking about them. These thoughts may include responses that are like auditory or visual hallucinations. They think they see their loved one on a bus or on a crowded street, or they think they hear his or her voice or hear the car pull into the garage at the usual time each night. These thoughts are caused by psychological cues (instances that mentally trigger thoughts of the deceased loved one) and will decrease in time. Persons who are grieving are often frightened when this occurs, and fear that they are going crazy. It is helpful to note that these instances are common and normal during acute grief.

Me again:  That is about 1/3-1/2 way down the page.  I guess those who want to believe in ghosts could claim that all of the peoples experiences with this behavior could be them actually being visited by ghosts, but that doesn't seem likely to me.

Answer 9

If you really miss someone who has died, you will look at someone who reminds you of him or her, either by their appearance or manner, and that will trigger a remembrance.   There are many people who are similar in appearance.  It could be that those people were distantly related somehow.

Answer 10

Well.. I can relate to that cuz when i was 3 i saw my great grandpa Donnie And a few nights later i saw my Great great grandma Zelma Wolfe and my great grandpa died 3 years before i was born... And on the night i saw my Great Grandpa he told me how he died.... and the next morning i told my mom and i said how great grandpa died.. and she was surprisedcuz i did not know who he was.. they never talked about him around me when i was little...

Answer 11

you could be a pretty powerful/ sensitive medium.

Answer 12

What, a person on the street that looked like your relative, or a person that suddenly appeared in your bath tub (for example) and then vanished?

Answer 13

  Be glad you were able to see him .He was just paying a visit, maybe saying ,"see, I am still around, just in a different form. " This is not something you could tell just anybody, except those you know are receptive. Don't worry about his being "Earthbound" or anything like that. Spirits are free to go on to the heavenly dimensions and come back mol at will. He would not be back to see you if he hadn't wanted to. THis kind of occurrance is actually quite common, but ppl are afraid to talk about it. PPl who pass on keep the same affections for those they left behind as they had here, and may just like to pay a friendly visit.  

Answer 14

Where did this happen? In public or private?

Answer 15

Hmm, could be. A lot of people report that a relative will come to "say goodbye" if they never got a chance to.  

Answer 16

Well, it was either an actual person who looked like your relative, or you were having a visual hallucination.  

Answer 17

if your looking for it you can see anyone in passing strangers, the slight acknowledgement could be this person about to confront you for staring