[banjoman]

We have a ghost in our house, we call him Caspar as he is very friendly!

He has only been around since my son was born (now 3), and I think he`s getting ready to move on anyway. He almost feels like a guardian angel..

1/ At 12:15 one night I was asleep and had only been asleep 10 minutes. I then had this "dream" about a face appearing through a hole and saying "I`m here". My missus then woke me up and said "my waters have just broken". After the birth she said she was amazed at how cool and calm I had been and I said it was because the dream warned me

2/ We had a piano. One day I noticed this big nail on the keyboard bit. As our son was crawling at the time I said to the missus "oh well done for picking that up as it could have hurt him". She never moved it there and neither did I and I know for a fact it wasnt on their about an hour earlier.

3/ When we lose "things" they magically re-appear where we know they werent because we both checked not five minutes earlier. It always happens when we both say "well it ought to be there....."

4/ We had a christmas gift of 4 photo sessions at a photography studio for the little one. We got a special deal on one of the BIG pictures and we ordered two smaller ones. When we picked up the big one the woman said the little ones were in the box, but they werent as we both checked. We rang up the studio who apologised and said they would send replacements. As soon as we put the phone down , I moved the box and the photos came out....I guarantee they werent there before. However the two extra photos were given to grandparents

5/ We brought the little one home when he was still in his pushchair and left him strapped in whilst we carried the shopping to the kitchen. When we turned round he was out of his pushchair, stood up and talking to ...no-one. The straps had been released (so he hadnt wiggled out) and at the time he wasnt dextrous enough to release them himself.

6/ We often use to catch the little one talking to nobody and having a really good conversation.

7/ There are very familiar smells at certain times and areas in the house. Sounds weird, but you know how some people have a specific smell you identify with them, this one if from my grandfather who I was very close to and has been dead for 10 years. And I honestly believe he`s around somewhere

As I said its going away now as he is getting older. At no time were we scared by this ghost, as we honestly believed he was there to look out for our son.

And I am a sceptic BTW. Most haunted...tosh. Mediums etc ...charlatans (thats my basic views). But this is different.