Last night, I got up to fetch a drink of water. As I made my way from the bedroom to the kitchen, I noticed the TV was on. This may not seem strange to any of you, but my wife and I are diligent about shutting everything down before bed (save for the computer). I turned it off, and chalked it up to some electronic anomaly.
A couple hours later, I was pulled awake again by an attack of indigestion. (I cannot ever remember being affected by an egg sandwich in such a way, though it could have been brought on by the vegetarian sausage I had with it). After fumbling in the drawer for my heartburn meds, I made my way back to the kitchen for more water, and I noticed the TV was on again! I have to say, this gave me a bit of a chill, so I decided to look around a bit. I opened my office door, and saw the computer looked as though someone had just been using it. Now I say this because the computer is set to go to screen-saver after 5 minutes of inactivity, then go to standby mode after 20 minutes. But there it was, ready and waiting for me to open a program and set to work. After looking around, it was obvious that there was no intruder – all doors were locked, all lights were off, and the alarm hadn’t been tripped. I turned the television off again, and returned to bed.
Around 7:00 AM, my wife went into the living room to discover the television on AGAIN! This time, however, the computer was in standby mode, just as it should have been. At this point, I must say that I believe that just about anything is possible in this world. As a result, I do not doubt the possibility of para-normal experiences. Though I really want to believe that this television situation is just the product of an equipment malfunction, something inside tells me that’s not the case. (FYI, it’s now 11:30 AM and the TV has not come back on by itself).
What to make of all this? Well, there is no conclusive evidence either way at this point. And even if I actually saw the remote floating in mid-air changing channels, I suppose the majority of readers would think I’d had a bad dream. Actually, I’d be thinking I had a bad dream this time, only my wife witnessed the same thing. I doubt we’d be having the same dream simultaneously. All we can do is wait and see if our TV watching/computer using spirit returns.
By the way, the television was broadcasting an infomercial about women’s beauty products…