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The Call
from Grandfather
Sometime in 1999, our phone was out. My mother was at work and I was asleep when
the phone rang and woke me up. I answered the phone, but didn't hear anything. I
listened and then this man said something that I did not understand. I said,
''What?'' Then the man repeated himself. He said, "Is this the barber
shop?'' And I said, ''No.'' Then I didn't hear anything else. The phone sounded
dead, so I hung up. But I soon realized that the person sounded exactly like my
grandfather, who had been dead for four or five years. The phone wasn't even
working at the time it rang, because after it had rung I picked it up and the
phone was still out! I'm convinced it was my grandfather. - Judy
W.
The
Message from the Afterlife
My sister has had some
pretty interesting activity on her answering machine and phones. I have heard
messages from the other side left on her answering machine. We know someone or
something is trying to communicate with her using electronic energy as the mode.
What we both want to know is how we can better receive these messages. The
messages are sometimes hard to make out, yet some of the words are very clear.
These messages are not left by human vocal chords (that much we know). We do not
know where to go for this. I mean, it is not like we can call Ghostbusters or
anything! She recently has had a good friend pass away, and I also have had a
friend pass. It could be one of these two ladies, or it could be any lost soul
in need of assistance. Today's message said (as far as we could make out),
"I'm calling from the afterlife. Pick up the phone." - Patrice T.
The
Anniversary Call
I was asleep one Sunday morning and heard the phone ringing. I tried to wake
myself enough to answer it and when I did... it was my father. I was stunned. He
had a big voice, like James Earl Jones, so there was no mistaking who it
was. He asked me how I was doing. I'd just had major surgery a few weeks earlier
and was in recovery. He asked me if I'd heard about the death of two people. I
told him I hadn't. He told me that things would get better and to hang in there,
he loved me and he had to go. When I hung up the phone, it was as if I stepped
from another level back into this one. I immediately called my siblings to tell
them daddy called! My father called on September 13 - the second
anniversary of his death. - Michelle
The Call
That Got Back at the Telemarketers
I worked as a
telemarketer to earn a little money before fall quarter started for nursing
school. A friend was a manager there and got the temporary position for me. I
had been working there for a couple of months. There was a dialogue on the
monitor in front of us to read from while talking with people. The computer
dials the number, so I had no say in who I call. I cannot remember the last name
of the folks I called this one day, so I'll just use the name Smith.
The phone rang and a man answered the phone. I asked to speak to Mr. or Mrs. Smith, please. The man very nicely said, "It depends on what you want." So I went into my spew of mailers for donations for the particular charity we were doing that day - spew being the number of letters they would have to send and what to do with any money they should get back. I asked if I was speaking to Mr. Smith. He answered with a chuckle, "Yes. And just how much in postage would I have to pay? I'm on Social Security, and my wife and I have to watch our money pretty close." I think it was like $3.40 in postage.
As I was explaining the amount of money and options to mailing, a woman comes on the call and says, "Hello." I said, "Excuse me, I was talking to Mr. Smith." The woman said, "Miss, I'm sorry, Mr. Smith has been gone for three years now. He passed away."
I asked, "Is there someone else there I could have been talking to?" She said, "No, honey. I'm here by myself. Can I help you with something?"
By her voice, I believe she was being sincere. Stunned, I said, "No, thank you, ma'am. You have a nice day."
When the call was
disconnected, I looked at the girl sitting beside of me. She said, "Terrie,
are you okay?" I guess my face was pale and I had a vacant stare on my
face. I went out to a break right then, and proceeded to tell my friend, who was
also the manager of the floor. She went in and called the main office and asked
them to pull my operator number calls for the day. I told her the name and the
next day she called, concerned someone may have been in the house with the woman
and she didn't know; she sounded elderly to me. The answering machine came on
and sure enough, she sounded like an elderly woman to my boss. Shelly left the
number to our office and asked that the woman call back and reverse the charges.
The woman called back a few hours later and just said she was fine. She recalled
the phone conversation and thought maybe I was a prankster. - by
Terrie 
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