Was it you or someone else who posted something similar lately? Or an old thread that got brought back up? I think I read it but I must not have committed any of it to memory because I don't remember what it was about.

It was on the old GW forum, maybe early last year. I think we were just talking about ghosts.

And just in case, if your loved ones (or hairstylist!) haven't had chicken pox or the vaccine, don't let them touch it until your doctor looks at it.

I've had shingles, and it's not like that. Mimi, I too didn't believe in ghosts until I saw one sitting under a big tree next to our house. I closed my eye's and it was still there when I opened them. Then I ran inside. :)

The scratch is a lot better, but it's still there. Google what I described and you'll see how this happens to a lot of people.

Funny thing is, I'm not bothered about it anymore.

I've seen shows like that. Very freaky!

Last night I was thinking maybe it could be shingles. But there are no blisters and definitely no itching. The scratches turned into tiny scabs overnight like a cat did it. I wish I hadn't of googled it but it is definitely interesting!

Interesting. They even have a name for it:

Dermatographic urticaria

Is this the long time poster to GW decoratong forum or a different oakley?

it seems to me that it's the original Oakley but I could be wrong.

OG Oakley!

If I believed in the paranormal, I would be committed. I just don't think I could handle knowing there were evil spirits hanging around.

Graywings, I read about the skin writing and this isn't it. I was sitting at my desk working, my hands were busy. At no time did I take my fingernails and make three side-by-side 3" long scratch marks. That would have hurt! lol

Magdalena, trust me, the paranormal is the last thing I want to believe. But there's no other explanation.

Again, google it and see how many topics there are on this. I couldn't believe it!

I wish all the old GW members would come back. There were a lot here who did believe in the paranormal.

Sounds like they may be hives.

If you google most anything you're apt to get lots of results. Try searching 'welts that look like scratches', there are probably just as many results as you get when you search 'demons marks'.

Good luck.

ML

I'm just happy to hear your son is home!

Is this Oakley whose son, DIL and GD lived with her while their house was being built nearby?

Yes oak, I AM familar with the scratches you've described! While living in a new, never-been-lived-in house in Ca, we had all sorts of weird happenings. One morning my then teenage son woke up with scratches on the upper center of his back. I thought he had done it himself, but there was no way in hell he could have reached that area with the scratches being too consistent. His were also welt-like then turned into cat like scratches, and there were 4. I think he also said it felt as if something was trying to force him to be 'taken away' as crazy as it sounded. It was only a one time happening, but he didn't sleep in the room for quite awhile, even though it was a very larrge bonus room turned bedroom he shared with his older brother.

I'll talk with him tonight to see what i'm forgeting since this happened 20+ years ago. Like your son, he's always believed in 'supernatural forces' as have I and my youngest DD who used to play with a Ouija Board. I believe that's what 'brought in' whatever was going on in the house. None of us ever felt comfortable being alone in the house.

And myself, as well as other members of the family ARE believers in what has come to be known as 'paranormal activity'. We call it good/evil spirits, although sometimes are trying to be playful and may go to extremes. I believe in God also and can't see him so why not spirits?

A couple houses ago, I had a neighbor with a husband and 2 daughters. I went over to visit one afternoon in full view of the stairs and the open bathroom door upstairs. Patty and I were chatting and I saw a dark shadow of a human walk out of one bedroom, cross the open bathroom door and walk down the upstairs hall and disappear into the room at the end. "Patty, who's home?" She says "Nobody." "Patty! I just saw someone upstairs!" "This house has shadows." Her oldest daughter arrived home from school just then, so we both went upstairs ready to evict the stranger. Found nothing, but I know what I saw. A shadow can't show across an open door. Period.

Patty, I was hoping someone else knew what I was talking about! It's downright freaky. I read that 3 scratches is mocking the Trinity, and the demon or spirit tries to get vulnerable people when they're down. I've been down in the dumps lately and it hits me the most when I go to bed and let my thoughts race. It got me. LOL.

My son's had a wonderful talk with me. They're both Catholic and told me to pray silently because demons can't hear our prayers. They told me how blessed I was and because of that, I've been going to bed in a wonderful mood and stopped my pity party.

I would love to hear how your son's began. Ask him if he got burning, redness, pain, welts, then it ends in scratches. It took about 3 hours for all the symptoms to start, and I was asleep when they turned into scratches...broken skin.

Maddie, it's not hives. I've had hives, and they come in blotches.

I know if I google something I'll get a lot of different meanings. Like I said, google this and you'll see that probably 90% of results is about paranormal. The only other result I saw was body writing.

If it was solely dermatological, there would be many results for it. It's not.

Yes, K. It's me. I've been here since the move.

Thanks oak, I didn't recognize the picture and when I clicked on your profile it was completely blank, that is why I asked (thinking it was someone new). But now when I click on your profile it comes up with your posts, etc. Just another glitch in the great Houzz machinery, I guess.

(Being relentlessly adhered to the notion of objective reality I would say you probably have less to worry about the scratches than your fear of them. Hope you are feeling better.)

Oak, will call and talk to him tonight when he's home and will ask more questions. I don't know your religion, but start reading books that are spiritual in nature to give your spirituality an extra 'boost' or a book that guides you in prayer before you go to sleep, even a bible verse. This is a nightly ritual for me and clears my head of any thoughts beforehand. Yes, being vulnerable can open 'channels' to unwanted spirits, good and bad, which is why many children see/hear spirits. That's yet another storty!

Thanks, K. I'm not really worried, and really I'm not very freaked either. I'd say 99% of the time I don't even think about them until I get a little pain there. It's just the darndest thing!

Patty, my sons talked to me about what to say (silently) to myself when I go to bed at night. I did it Saturday night, and I fell into a deep sleep in minutes.

Remember when I said I saw a ghost here? Back in the early 1900's to whenever, there used to be a house here sitting under a big tree. It would have been about 20' from where we built. We use some of the old rock foundation to decorate around our cellar. I can't help but wonder if someone died here. The old man (farmer) who sold us our acre in 1980 said he'd come here for dances every weekend. And back then, if a family member died, they'd keep the open casket in the living room. dum dum da dum. :)

The only history I know about the house is the daughter ended up owning the bank in town. Maybe that will rub off on me.

Sorry oak, didn't get a chance to talk to my son last night. Said he would be leaving work at his normal time this evening and will call after dinner.

Hope all is well. ;)

Thanks pattycakes. The scratches are almost gone. I'm still interested in how much your son remembers, so if you talk to him let me know.