Hello family! I just wanted to get on here and welcome our new family members to the group @Diego Hickey and @Lesley Forrester !! Thank you for joining. My name is Anne Godden. Destiny and I are working hard at trying to grow this community. We all are great here! Everyone in here is so helpful, and understanding and we're all supportive of each other. Can you tell us a little about yourselves and how you found us? Everyone say HI and make them feel welcome 🤗

This week’s discussion dives into one of the most famous American hauntings—the Bell Witch of Adams, Tennessee. Here is a general breakdown of the legend with links at the bottom for more information and resources. Legend goes, that in the early 1800s, a man and his family was harassed and tormented by a spirit, now known as the Bell Witch. John Bell and his family lived in the dense forest wilderness of Adams, Tennessee with the nearest neighbors miles away. The torment came when John came across a "dog like" creature and soon after things such as knocking and loud noises started happening. Eventually, physical attacks started happening and John and his daughter had full conversations with the entity. People who worked for the Bell family were even experiencing things. After years of these attacks, John became ill and died. His family said the witch had caused his death by poisoning him. After his death, the hauntings became less and after a while stopped all together. Legend also says that Andrew Jackson (then General, later President) visited the Bells and had a disturbing experience—horses reportedly wouldn’t enter the property until a voice permitted it, and Jackson fled after witnessing strange activity. However, there is no concrete documentation from Jackson himself, aside from secondary accounts in later manuscripts. There have also been claims that the spirit allegedly causing this torment identified herself as “Kate,” referencing a neighbor, Kate Batts, who claimed Bell cheated her in a land transaction. The entity became known to respond to that name. Its motivations seemed twofold: tormenting John Bell and preventing Betsy’s engagement—some believe it was personal vengeance, others suggest more complex spiritual motives. The Bell Witch Cave, located on the original property, is one of the few tangible remaining sites tied to the legend. Though not central to the original legends, later stories recount children being rescued mysteriously inside the cave and receiving warnings—a folklore extension rather than part of the original events.

Some people believe our souls live many lives, carrying experiences, lessons, and even connections from one lifetime to the next. Others see the idea as more symbolic than literal. Have you ever felt an unexplainable connection to a person, place, or time in history—like you’ve been there before? Do you think past lives are real, or is it just our imagination at work? Past Life vs Reincarnation: They are closely related but not the same. - Reincarnation is the process: The belief that after death, your soul is reborn into a new body and life. It’s a cycle that can repeat many times. - Past lives are the result: The lives you’ve supposedly lived before your current one. So, if reincarnation is the act of coming back, past lives are the collection of your previous journeys. Share your thoughts, stories, or theories below. 👇 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Personally, I do believe in past lives. I have seen a lot of convincing evidence over the years, and the fact that energy is neither created nor destroyed but only transferred leads to my belief that when you die, your energy is transferred to another soul. I feel deep connections with many different time periods and have always felt that I have been born into the wrong era.