The narrator recalls a school incident: a rattling door handle was heard from an empty locked classroom, and when they knocked back, blows came from inside, though no one was found there.
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An account of paranormal phenomena in a rented apartment: footsteps, clinking dishes, a bathroom door handle being yanked, a hit on the back, and clicking sounds near the ceiling. Later it was discovered that a woman had died in the apartment. Also mentions an incident where an invisible force pulled the narrator away from an open manhole.
GhostSpirit of the deadA machine-building plant worker describes two unexplained incidents: the appearance of dirty footprints in a toilet and the anomalous behavior of a lathe that eventually maimed a worker and was mothballed.
Domovoi in a Nakhodka apartment block: duplicated earrings and an egg
Second-hand accountIn a new apartment block in Nakhodka, according to the narrator's mother, strange things happened: a cat meowed at a corner, the brother pointed at an "uncle," items vanished and reappeared, and red earrings multiplied to five. After a mysterious egg appeared and then disappeared, the disturbances in the apartment stopped while the neighbors' got worse.
DomovoiA construction worker recounts how guards at a Kazan building site heard footsteps on an empty floor, and after a human bone was found, a string of accidents and injuries followed. The bone was eventually thrown out, and the ghost, according to the narrator, never found peace.
GhostA convinced skeptic and his mother cannot find a missing grey T-shirt he left on a coat rack. Two weeks and several cleanings later, the T-shirt suddenly reappears in the same spot.
After spilling water on his keyboard, the narrator unconsciously grabbed a towel that turned out to be from Omsk region, dated 1991, and could not have been in his new apartment. He and his girlfriend cannot explain its appearance.
Jar Flies Off Shelf and Moving Boxes in Store Warehouse
Second-hand accountThe narrator's mother works at a Perekrestok store where a jar flew off a shelf by itself, and camera footage shows boxes in the warehouse rising and lowering by a meter at night. A coworker called the store cursed.
PoltergeistThe author describes four incidents in his apartment: nighttime appearances of his dog with an invisible entity, a spontaneous swap of light switch buttons, a toy pistol rotating on its own, and loud cracking of the parquet floor.
The narrator sees the wrecked car of a deceased relative move out of the parking lot on its own and block the road, then slowly roll forward in his presence, even though it cannot move due to damage.
Spirit of the deadAt a dacha near Konakovo, after building a sauna, the narrator's mother heard a distinct knock on the metal door while all family members were inside the house, and later found herself locked from outside in the outhouse. The family jokingly attributed these events to a bannik, and this version became a local meme.
BannikTwo Accounts from the DPR: The Torn-Out Lock and the Creaking Wardrobe
Second-hand accountTwo accounts from the DPR: the mother encountered a torn-out door lock, and the father — a wardrobe that opened by itself.
The narrator comes home late in the evening and sees their cat in the dark hallway, but after turning on the light the cat is gone and turns out to be asleep in an armchair across the room. Given the cat's age and size, the narrator doubts she could have moved that fast.
DoppelgangerA young man and his mother rent an apartment where strange things have been happening for three weeks: he feels a presence, a plant moves, objects fall and relocate. The last straw was his mother's dress, which at night moved by itself to the floor and was neatly smoothed out.
PoltergeistA guy renovates his deceased grandmother's apartment, where items vanish abnormally and a cold draft and creaking come from the bedroom with the "dark corner." The climax is a call to his lost phone: someone answers, footsteps and scraping are heard, and he flees in panic, never returning.
PoltergeistA young man staying at his grandma's village in summer went to the banya late at night without drinking, and encountered knocking on the stove, footsteps above the ceiling, soot-stained clothes, and scattered utensils. His grandma explained it as the bannik and devils who wash at midnight and don't touch drunks.
BannikPoltergeistTwo Stories: Poltergeist in an Apartment and the Voice of a Deceased Great-Grandmother
Second-hand accountTwo stories: the first is about a poltergeist in the apartment of the author's girlfriend's friend — sounds, missing items, and scattered makeup; the second is about a girl who, according to relatives, was possessed by the soul of her deceased great-grandmother, a healer, speaking in her voice.
PoltergeistSpirit of the deadIn an old private house in a settlement near a city, spontaneous activations of TVs, smartphones, and appliances occur, along with nighttime knocking. The author seeks an explanation, including theories about military interference or electromagnetic disturbances.
The author describes six incidents in different places: knocking and footsteps in childhood at his grandmother's, falling objects and footsteps at home, a face in the window, a ghost cat, a black eyeless cat and a domovoi, and a poltergeist in a rented apartment after an acquaintance's fortune-telling.
DomovoiA young man woke to the sound of something falling and found a chocolate candy in his locked room that couldn't have been there. Despite his materialist views, he can't explain it and is afraid to turn off the light.
The narrator recalls how a toy soldier disappeared in childhood and later hit him in the back, plus two nighttime incidents with a black silhouette and footsteps in the house, resembling sleep paralysis.
Shadow personIn a basement gym where the narrator worked out as a teenager, a weight plate rolled across the floor on its own. The gym owner reacted casually and warned not to touch anything in the far corner.
An office worker describes poltergeist-like phenomena: footsteps on an empty second floor, disappearing and reappearing items, objects spontaneously falling from a printer. A coworker confirms similar incidents.
PoltergeistA first-person account of an apartment where small items—a credit card, a phone, and hair ties—repeatedly vanish and reappear, which the narrator attributes to a domovoi.
DomovoiA boy aged 11-13 was tossing sea pebbles in his grandmother's house when one of them suddenly veered off course and slammed into a wardrobe. His sister thought he threw it that way, but he denied it.
In 2020, the author moved into a rented room in Moscow, where two months later poltergeist phenomena began: sounds of rolling jars, a feeling of presence, cold, a whisper of his name behind the door, and a lightbulb exploding. Later, a roommate artist had a panic attack during which an icon flew off his nightstand, after which the phenomena stopped.
GhostStrange occurrences in an elderly woman's apartment
Second-hand accountAn account of strange events in an elderly woman's apartment: missing items, knocking, voices, and visions of two women who allegedly came and never left.
In 2007, a witness in an abandoned building saw a cinder block fly out of an adjacent room, glide past him, and disappear into a corridor, despite there being no people in the building and no sound of impact.
PoltergeistAt 18, the narrator was staying with relatives in a Ural settlement when something invisible repeatedly tugged and pulled the blanket under the bed at night. He clung to the blanket, sat up until morning with the lights on, and found nothing under the bed.
Strange Events in a Rented House in Suponevo
Second-hand accountA family story about strange events in a rented house in Suponevo: a heavy piece of sofa mysteriously moved across the attic at night, and years later the father heard footsteps above with no tracks in the snow. 40 years later, the narrator and his mother found the house.
The narrator's phone went missing for months, then was found sealed inside the foam of a couch cushion, which had to be cut open.
In 1998, the narrator witnessed the corner wardrobe door opening by itself with force, despite no draft and closed windows. Afterwards, an icon fell from the shelf, which he linked to his deceased grandmother.
Spirit of the deadA collection of seven personal stories: paper moving without a draft, a shared hallucination of a black cat, anomalous star behavior, a mother's prophetic dream, a nighttime visit before a grandmother's death, a debunked mouse poltergeist, and a creature peeking from around the corner in childhood.
A depot worker sleeps in a former barracks where a man allegedly hanged himself. At night a radio turns on by itself, a presence is felt, and after a rude response mattresses fall from the top bunk. Later the narrator looks for an obelisk with a photo of a murdered woman but finds only his drunk coworker.
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