I have heard this said so many times. You ask people if they believe in ghosts, hauntings, anything like that, and they say no, but...

They then go on to tell you about something that happened to them, or to somebody they know and trust, which they know is not made up, but cannot be explained. 

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An introduction to Project Maybe?

The name gives a clue to what this is all about. I call this Project Maybe for a few reasons. It is for people who think that maybe there is something as yet unexplained behind some of the stories that are told, what you might call ghost stories, or the paranormal, just maybe. It also fits with my approach of keeping an open mind, or at least trying my best to do so. We are all swayed by beliefs that we pick up as baggage as we go through life, but I intend to put those to one side as much as I am able. And also, I have no idea yet where any of this will lead. That will depend on the picture or pictures that form over time.

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What I am looking for.

I am looking for people's stories, experienced and told without added drama. Things that felt real at the time, but for one reason or another do not make sense. It is very important that they were experienced unexpectedly, and without any sort of preconditioning. They could make you think of ghosts, what is called extra-sensory perception, anything unusual at all. Maybe you don't know what to think about a curious event, it really doesn't matter. If you have an account, your own story, I would like to hear it, so scroll down and you will find the red button saying Tell Me, so press the button and see what happens.

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It is probably easier to describe what I am not looking for: Nothing found on a ghost hunt or tour. That does not rule out experiences from locations reputed to be haunted if you didn't know the building was haunted at the time and only found out afterwards. Nothing to do with UFOs, and nothing to do with spiritualism, seances, or ouija boards. UFOs and spiritualism are entirely different subjects, not related to what I am looking for. Nothing detected by gadgets, meters or photographs. I am only concerned with lived experiences, things that involve what people have sensed in some way. No cryptids, which means things like Bigfoot, large cats, or Nessie. No superstitions please. If you have seen a white feather and believe it is a communication from beyond the veil, try living where I do which is plastered with the things and you will get bored by white feathers. If your cat or dog has been staring blindly at part of the room, it is just what they do.

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Anything else is fine, no matter how strange or unreal it may seem, as long as it appeared to be real at the time. My own couple of very ordinary (possibly) paranormal experiences don’t make any sense at all, but this of course is exactly why we regard such things as possibly paranormal. It doesn’t have to be your own story, it can be a story you have been told by somebody else who experienced something, but only if it is somebody you have complete faith in.​