Would you stay in a haunted house?

[Aquadementia]

At the strike of midnight should the long time dead
Wake you from a peaceful dream
Would you shrug it off and go back to bed
Or run away with a frightful scream?

How would you handle a real haunted house?

It seems pretty straight forward in horror movies that if there is a haunted house you get the heck out of there and never go back. Yet they always stay.
If someone told them they were in a horror movie maybe they would figure that out for themselves.

I’m the type that would keep thinking it couldn’t be real. That’s not to say I can’t be easily scared. I would just assume there is an ordinary explanation that I can‘t see because I‘m too busy running away. Those are about the stupidest people in horror movies because they keep finding stupid reasons to go back.

If it was a visit to a haunted house I think I would avoid it. Rationally I shouldn’t have an excuse to avoid it, but rationally who’s to make me go into a weird old house? And I think an excuse like expecting a living person might be haunting it is good enough to avoid it.
Although if I was part of a large party going in there is safety in numbers, since usually victims are taken one by one.

In the scenario where you’ve just bought a new house and you find it’s haunted, I’d move out instantly. Wait, am I sure. One look in the window. Yep. Easy come, easy go. People abandon homes because the property value dropped. I’m sure I can find any number of reasons to take a hike.

If the house I’m living in became haunted I’d be screwed. I’m too used to dealing with it’s problems. I feel too committed. I think I’d be dumb enough to try to stick it out. Maybe that would be a good thing. To interact with a ghost would be most informative. Except for the part where it would cost me my mind, in the least.

 

[The Huntsman]

You seem to have taken this thread in many directions. In real life, sure. I don't believe in ghosts, and would have no problem staying in the supposedly haunted homes dotting the landscape. In a hypothetical world where ghosts are confirmed to be real, then heck no. It always bugs me in movies, as you say, when people see obvious signs that things are not right and they just keep trying to live their lives as normal. I guess the same applies to slashers, as people always stick around in the house that has a murderer in it. People in movies are kind of dumb.

 

[defunctzombie]

I'm the crazy chick in the corner going "wait, come back" as everyone runs away. Kind of like in the movie "Frighteners".

I wouldn't like interacting with decaying things, though. I have trouble with bugs as it is.

 

[G. Wen]

I've visited supposedly haunted places. Although I'm open to the concepts of afterlife, none of these places struck me as actually being haunted. On a related note, why do people only see people ghosts? Why don't they see dinosaur ghosts?

 

[Yojimbo]

I've hung out in supposed haunted places as well, and I'm still normal. I think.

Why don't they see dinosaur ghosts?

Dinosaur Heaven doesn't run out of chairs ever.

 

[J. B. Warner]

I've always wanted to visit the Winchester House in San Jose, California. I love big sprawling houses with a million rooms, haunted or not.

 

[Dudley]

One of the dorms I stayed in were haunted. Stayed there for months.

 

[Aquadementia]

It occurs to me that most everyone who becomes a ghost is a jerk.
Sure, there are a few nice ones like Topper, but they are exceptions.

It’s always the kind of jerk that never gets over things. Most people get over things, even if it’s really really bad. They don’t go around for centuries trying to make everyone they run across pay for some slight.
The kind of person that would haunt a house is probably the kind of person you wouldn’t want in your house if they were alive.

I've visited supposedly haunted places. Although I'm open to the concepts of afterlife, none of these places struck me as actually being haunted. On a related note, why do people only see people ghosts? Why don't they see dinosaur ghosts?

Ghosts shrink over time.
They don't come with an infinite supply of ectoplasm, don't you know.
You would need a magnifying glass to see dino ghosts these days.

I've always wanted to visit the Winchester House in San Jose, California. I love big sprawling houses with a million rooms, haunted or not.

Sounds cool. I love architecture that goes insane.