smokey aroma saved my son !!

Angelwings · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 120

one of the other common odd things that used to happen to me through the night was,i would often wake smelling burning..it was similar to burning toast..looking back since the investigation..i guess it could have been linked with the spirit gentleman who was haunting my home..

i am well known in my house to sleep through most noises..but this smell would always arouse me..

i would wake through the night to smell this burning aroma..but soon worked out it wasnt a real fire as nothing was smouldering and the smoke alarms were never activated..

i soon got used to it..and when it happened,i lay there in bed knowing it would soon pass..

but this night..as usual i woke to the again familiar smell..and again lay there waiting for it to pass.....after a minute or so..i heard a very faintly "mam"..
i knew i heard it..but it was so faint i questioned what it could have been or indeed if i had heard right the word mam.

non the less i got up out of bed to check on my sons who shared a room at the time..

i walked into their room..and popped the light on (which wasnt unusual as their room was the most active in the house)...i will never forget what i saw..

my youngest son(then age 4) was sitting up,hunched over choking but silent.he was totally unaware of me even being there..too far gone i had thought..i ran over to help him..and thank god i did at that time..he was choking on vomit..luckily he suffered no ill effects..

he obviously had the very brief second to know something was wrong and shouted for me bless...

but i know deep down ,normally i wouldnt have heard him being so quite..i truly believe this time the burning smell was meant to happen and i was meant to wake up in order to help my choking son who if happened any other night could have ended up a very different outcome..

this man who haunted my home i feel could have been making himself aware to me with this paticular smell..but this one night..did so for a very different reason..

Firecracker · Joined: 30 Oct 2007 Posts: 46 Location: Leeds, UK

Wow, what an amazing, although very scary incident! I do believe that there are spirits out there looking out for us. Thank goodness the smell woke you up!!

Something similar happened with my sister and her kids. She had put them to bed and was sat downstairs. The dog started barking and she couldn't figure out why. Then she suddenly started thinking of my grandad who had recently passed and she got a really strong impression of him been around.

And for no apparent reason she got an impulse to check on the kids. She normally would have just checked in when she went to bed but she got this nagging sense that she had to go and check.

When she opened the door to their room it was full of thick black smoke, the smoke alarm didn't go off until she opened the door!!

A lamp (which was left on cos the little one didn't like the dark) had tipped over and has started smoldering, it could have set alight any time!! Thankfully everyone was fine, I believe this was our grandad looking out for them.

Thanks for sharing your story x

Angelwings · Joined: 11 Jan 2008 Posts: 120

wow,i believe too this was divine intervention,how wonderfull though to know her grandad was there protecting the little ones,i love reading of experiences like this,especially when there is a real connection to that of a loved one.isnt that just proof in itself that our loved ones are as much part of our lives after physical death as they were before.