I have had one very inexplicable paranormal experience in my life; and still ponder upon it often; even though it happened over ten years ago. I am a very rational person and am not given to flights of fancy. I had never given much thought to ghosts, but believe that life continues after death in a better place than this.
At the time I was pregnant, it was the middle of the day, the sun was bright and I was wide awake. My Dad had been dead for three years.
I had just got my toddler son to sleep and sat down to watch a film. My father walked into the lounge from the kitchen, I was shocked but not afraid. He sat down on the couch at the side of me and took my hands in his. He felt solid and warm, just normal. As he took my hands he said he had something very important to tell me. These were the only words that he actually spoke with his mouth.
He then looked me intently in the eyes and though I have no way to explain how he delivered his message with his eyes, he did and it was very powerful and I knew instantly that it was the truth.
He told me that the child I was carrying was dead and had been for two weeks. He said I needed to go to the hospital. He said I already had an infection that if left untreated would have terrible consequences for me. Also that I must not be afraid (I’m terrified of surgery), and must think about the children I already have and how much they need their mother. With this he was gone. From solid warm human form holding my hands, to nothing.
I must have looked a real sight because later that day when my husband came home from work, he was immediately concerned. I told him what had happened, he was stunned.
As I stated above, I am a very rational person. My husband didn’t think I was going mad, or having delusions. As he said at the time, your convinced that this was a real experience, I believe you, so lets get down to the hospital fast.
I was not bleeding or in any pain, I was not displaying any symptoms that anything was wrong. When we got to the hospital I had to tell the midwives that I was experiencing pain. I felt so awful telling fibs.
They sent me for a scan. I knew by the scan operatives face that my baby was dead. The doctor told me that I had an infection as the child had died two weeks previously and my body had failed to respond naturally to that event. I needed surgery, I was so scared that they were wrong and I could be destroying a life that they gave me two more scans. I was on an antibiotic drip for days afterward. the medics told me that I was very lucky, if I had left it until the next day the infection could have gone too far.
Some people think that I went to sleep and had a dream that connected my conscious mind to my subconscious and conjured up my father as an authority figure to get me to seek medical help. I maintain that I was wide awake. I don’t have a rational explanation for it. I know that it happened and I know I was not asleep.
To this day I believe that my father saved my life three years after he died. My father was the most beautiful and gentle of gentlemen, he always looked after us well and I guess he hasn’t let death stop him from doing that.
Written by “Clara McAndrew”, Copyright 2009
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Hi Clara,
I believe that your father came to you, as well , to save you from that infection. I’m so sorry that your unborn baby had died. But, thank the Good Lord you are alive and are with your husband and your children. I know that they are thankful as well!
Wow, that is a truly amazing story. I have never had anything that interesting or serious happen to me, plus I am only 13, but my dad died when I was 10 and I felt very guilty about it, because I hadn’t seen him for a few years, and he was in much pain and missed me and my mom. I remember the night I found out, I could not stop crying. I sobbed and sobbed, and then, just like he always did when I was little, I felt my dad’s big warm hand on my forehead, and immediately stopped crying and looked up at the window. I saw the curtains gently fly up, and I knew it was him. Sorry for the long comment, but yours is a very beautiful story, and I like to think my dad looks out for me in the afterlife too.
Dear Clara,
What a wonderful experience for you to share!
Thank you so very much!
My father has communicated with me, he has helped me by guiding me through
some very dangerous situations, esp. ones while driving.
I always just knew it had to be him.
When my mother’s house caught on fire, she was asleep on the sofa in the den,
she sleeps with her deaf ear up, so she hears nothing, she was awakened by
someone shaking her shoulder. As she lives alone, I always thought it was my
father waking her to save her from the burning house.
When my niece was a baby she would babble to someone as though she was talking to
them, my sister-in-law thought she saw a shadow of a man with a cap (Daddy always
wore a cap) walking away from the baby’s room. She was home alone and no cars were anywhere around, they lived in the country on a gravel road, so, anyone coming to visit,
would be driving. We all decided that it was Daddy coming to see the baby.
He has been gone from this dimension for twenty years now, but, I know that he comes
to see us, looks in on us and watches after us still to this day.
I must admit I am looking forward to the day that I get to see him, my grandparents, and all of our wonderful pets that have passed, on the other side.
I think that if anything that serious was ever to be happening to one of us Daddy would
show himself to us.
Thank you again for sharing your experience, I most certainly don’t think that you were
asleep, no matter what your well meaning friends may say, your Daddy did come
to see you!
God Bless You!
Camille
thang god you are saved.your dad loved you very much and according to your tellings he had been a great man
I believe that was most likely your father too. It tells in the Bible of when the dead were allowed to come back in very rare instances to communicate a brief message with the living. So it must be so. Other than that there is a great gulf (never specified) between the living and them that cannot be breached. Sadly, when we lose a loved one the desire to communicate with them is so great that people will grasp onto anything that remotely resembles a sign. A great many charltans (fake psychics) or fallen spirits (demons) will take advantage of this. When the truth is that it is few and far between. It is especially true that the souls of the dead do not answer to phychics through any incantations or ouija boards, those would be the fallen who impersonate those who have passed, and yes they know all that the dead have done and said so there would be no question they could not answer or form they could not manifest to in order to decieve.
Yours is a very touching story and hopefully when you share it with friends it will bring to the reality that there is a part of us that goes on after this life if there is any doubt.
Clara,
I believe it was your father as well. All these things are very believable, and thats proof that your father was keeping an eye on you, even after death he cares about your well being. I have also heard that loved ones who have passed on can also communicate with us through our dreams, and I strongly believe that, because well my grandfather passed away when I was 12 years old, so he didnt get to see me grow up, graduate high school, get married,etc. But through all these things and difficult situations he was always there in my dreams. When my son was born, I had a dream in the hospital that He was standing up holding my son and I was there in front of him, and he said ” so this is your son”. I cry every time I dream about him because I always see him standing up, and when he passed away he had lost both legs to diabetes.
Thank you for sharing your experience and I’m glad you’re ok. I’m really sorry about your baby. God bless.
Camille and Camila,
What wonderful comments you both left, Camille, about your father, and Camila, about your grandfather. I totally believe that when our loved ones pass on, they continue to watch over and communicate with us. Tony, that’s a very interesting statement that you made concerning the Bible and it makes alot of sense.
Thank you to all of you for your comments, oppinions and for sharing your similar experiences. It’s so good to know that other understand and know what it feels like to experience these things.
The bible says that love is the only thing that exists on Earth as in Heaven and that love cannot die. I believe that your experiences that you have shared here are real, be they dreams or physical phenomion.
I also think that Tony is right. I would love to see my Dad again, but it hasn’t happend. Having said that, He was a devout Christian who firmly believed that Heaven is to live in the full knowledge and presence of God. I would never do anything to disturb his rest.
I just wanted to add one last fact that probably has no relevance to my Dads visit but I think is worth mentioning. Two and a half years after losing my baby my youngest son was born on my Dads birthday. I named him in honour of my Dad.
Thank you all once again for sharing your lovely experiences. God Bless You all.
Clara
oh what a bittersweet story!! how your father must love you, he saved your life!! thank you so much and i hope you can have another baby. i’ve dreamed of my dad coming to me and just asking how i am with a big smile on his face. peace be with you!!
Clara,
I can not even begin to tell you how your story touched me. I sit here with tears in my eyes. I truly believe it was your father protecting you. What a beautiful, comforting act.
I am sorry for the loss of your baby, but I think your father was there to help you and to bring your little one up to heaven with him.
What a wonderful gift. I am just speechless.