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birdeatingspider
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Deceased Grandfather Made Contact 1
#26914082 - 09/02/20 04:43 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I had a mystical experience, and it impacted me. Posted in pub, but I'd like to contribute to this forum.
Don't even know how to describe what happened.. I shall attempt to keep this contained.
Have always had an interest in WWII and the Holocaust- Both of my grandfathers fought, one in the navy, other in army.
My Pop pop was an amazing man, he deteriorated via dementia/alzheimer's, and departed at 97… I now live in my grandparents house, which was left to me. So it’s pretty normal for me to remember good times and think of them.
My Pop pop was one of the first on the scene at Dachau, his company invaded and took control.. He drove tank destroyers- Fighting valiantly, receiving a star as well as a Purple Heart. He took photographs of Dachau, and as a child I always knew they existed, and it was something I knew I should be older to witness.
When my grandparents passed, my father acquired much of the memorabilia, including the photo album. I asked to borrow it, to finally see what my pop pop saw. He gave it to me, and it sat for months, waiting for the right time to look.
A few nights ago it was hurricaning, lightning and thunder crashing, fierce winds, and it felt right, I took the opportunity and went through it slowly, analyzing each photograph.
There was a little booklet, a message from his commander, I can only explain it as reverse propaganda.. Don’t talk/associate with Germans, ‘Defeat German efforts to poison my thoughts or influence my attitude.’ And at the bottom it was signed by Jacob L Devers, Lieutenant General.
So I Wikipedia Jacob Devers, and I’m skimming through.. there was a list of his battles, and I recognized the one my Pop Pop belonged to. When I hit the link, it took me to another page, the Tank Destroyer Battalion. There is an emblem, this is their symbol:

The storm passes and the next day my friend puts on Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I was drawing but happened to glance over, the kid in the movie was wearing a vest- he happened to turn around and there was the Tank Destroyer Battalion emblem. He wears it the entire movie.

If I hadn’t muscled up the nerve to look at that album, I would have had no idea what that symbol was.
When it happened, I would imagine being super freaked- but I felt a soft, comforting warmth, something familiar.
That’s my story!
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pachoo
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Dude, that is so cool!! I actually watched that movie a few weeks ago with my kiddo and never even realized the symbol was from a Battalion.
Signs are usually very small like that, sometimes even hard to catch. I wholeheartedly believe that we get some sort of otherworldy communication in small messages and happenstance from our loved ones. Even if it's just to say 'hi'.
One of my grandfather's is also a Pop Pop too!!! He contacted me in the late night/early morning a week before his passing saying he needed to tell me something but he didn't get a chance to. It's been years since that message. But also I got a reading from a spirit box reader, he told me it was the lack of protein that eventually did him in (he had lung cancer). And to eat the orange peels. Haha Another psychic told me that he showed her like him with candies in his pockets, which he gave to me as a child, and working on his car in the garage. Where I would just watch him and learn. Everyone else in the reading got specific worded messages from their loved ones but his came out symbolically, lol. Of course, which is how everything is communicated to me mostly through spirits. Always gotta figure them out. Heh
Great story OP!!
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Asante
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That's a truly wonderful synchronicity. You are blessed.
Might I ask you to digitize the Dachau photos and send the digitized versions to Yad Vashem, the world holocaust rememberance center?
I think your grandfather wouls have approved
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Re: Deceased Grandfather Made Contact [Re: pachoo] 1
#26914868 - 09/03/20 02:49 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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pachoo said: Signs are usually very small like that, sometimes even hard to catch.
So true. But isn't it amazing when you start listening, they can start to happen all the time.
Not only do other spirits communicate like this, but God himself I believe. (as all spirit is an aspect of God, is there a difference?)
Anyway, awesome experience. Kinda rocks you doesn't it?
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birdeatingspider
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Re: Deceased Grandfather Made Contact [Re: Forrester]
#26915129 - 09/03/20 08:05 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thank yall for responding. Was debating whether to share this here. I haven't felt 'contact' from a deceased loved one in awhile, it wasn't in my mind, and without a doubt I know he was checking in. It has affected me positively, and means a lot. There is a sadness, that both survivors and liberators have or are passing on, and I feel like the history is slipping away. In one aspect, that's great, let the evil and it's mark die off. However, hearing his story, and seeing those photographs, I'm honestly proud of what he did, and I feel like it should be remembered.
On that note, Asante- I'm in the process of donating to the museum, other than sharing my mystical experience, the story must be documented. They shouldn't be tucked away in an album on a shelf. During this trying time, it's more important than ever to never forget the horrible evil that once took place. It is a reminder.
Pachoo, that's ironic that you recently watched HIStK! Seems like the more loved ones pass, the pieces of me go with them, and I do feel rather connected to the spirit world. It's absolutely true, there is constant communication to be felt/heard if open to it. When I come across someone without faith, it hurts a bit. What a lonely existence. To truly believe that once someone passes, they are gone for good.. When I lose someone, there is faith that through our relationship and interactions, they will always be with me. Knowing I have an angel backing is comforting. And it eases grief. That's sad you missed saying good bye to you Pop Pop. But the way you handled it it seems like you have found peace. 
Forrester- Yah rocked is a good way to put it, gave me lasting good feels.
Any other recent mystical experiences?
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From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal.
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