What's The Strangest Thing That Ever Occurred To You On Halloween

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I realize that by now, for many people Halloween is winding down, the kids who went trick o'treating are probably home by now and full of all the goodies they got and probably nothing strange occurred. But have you ever had a Halloween experience you just couldn't explain? As you may know the belief is, is that on Halloween the veil between the worlds is the thinest, and the dead can mingle amongst the living. It was Houdini himself, a great believer in the metaphysical hoped to "come back" on Halloween...never did though. In many cultures, particularly Latino, it is the tradition to go to the cemeteries where the departed loved ones are, and stay the night, brining food to celebrate the night away and to be near their deceased ones. Two years ago, an odd occurrence happened to me, which unfortunately has never been repeated but am still hoping. I've been subject to unexplained "paranormal" experiences before so nothing freaks me out...LOL A few days before Halloween of 2007, one of my friends who adopted one of my cats, named Footie sadly told me he had gone to Rainbow Bridge. I was only allowed to keep two cats otherwise be evicted, so Lisa had taken Footie in 2006. (Many of my friends know about my "cat" story so don't need to repeat it here). Well now he had passed on, and naturally I felt grief as he was a wonderful baby and just plain wish I didn't have to give him up. So that Halloween, as is the custom with me, and being a follower of the wiccan/pagan path, set up my special Halloween (Samhain) table, with candles, incense burner and all my other wiccan paraphernalia and even decorated it with small pumpkins, a witches figurine, stuffed small black cats with witches hats, and fake fall leaves...all to give a special touch to it. Then of course, remembering about the veil between worlds being thinest and that Halloween is a celebration of the departed I wanted to do something in memory of not only Footie, but ALL my cats that are now in Rainbow Bridge. So I also added a small dish to the table with some cat food on it. Now here's the setting...I go to the living room..my bedroom which is where I set up my special Halloween/Samhain table is right behind me and I can see into it as it's more an alcove with an arch (meaning no door)....So in my living room is my computer and I'm sitting in front of it...right next to the computer desk is my sofa and my two cats are sleeping on the top of the sofa...in other words they are in plain sight of me the whole time and neither moved the whole time. After awhile I had to go into the bedroom to get a book that was there, so get up, go in grab the book and as I'm on my way out I look at the table and my jaw dropped. The dish with the cat food was completely EMPTY--yes folks I swear this is true..and like I said my two cats never, ever moved within sight of me. Now instead of freaking out, all I could do was smile since I firmly believe that night, I was visited by my cat Footie and who knows, maybe a few others that are no longer with me. And it's not only Halloween when I swear I've been visited by my former cats...every once in awhile out of the corner of my eye I see movement, or even hear a sound like a cat jumping down from a high place...and yet, when I check, my two living cats are sound asleep. Well tonight, as usual I have my special table set up,...it's still set up and it's 11:51 p.m. as I write this, but unfortunately I haven't been visited this year nor was I last year by my furbabies...it only happened in 2007. Okay to make this a discussion. Have you ever had a strange unexplained "paranormal" occurrence happen to you on Halloween? And for you pet owners....have you ever felt the presence of one of your former "babies" that are no longer in this world?