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A cup moved by itself... Please help me?
Alright, so let me start with the beginning. I was drinking a slushy type thing that was in a glass cup (It isn't light, it is a little heavy). Since there's ice in it, it "melts" and makes the underneath of what it's on wet. Also the cup itself, since it slowly melts therefore causing the cup to become "moist". Anyway, while I was drinking that, I was on my laptop doing whatever. Once I finished it, it was just an empty cup on my wooden nightstand. I then heard it move, and I looked over and literally saw it moving. I got so incredibly scared that I literally froze and stopped breathing. It scared the hell out of me. I was one of those people who didn't believe in ghosts and thought it was just a bunch of bull, but now I'm not so sure. I am so incredibly scared. Would the moisture/wetness cause it to move? It slowly slid an inch or two. I'm trying to convince myself that it was just the cup, but how would it slip a little then just stop?? When I picked up the cup, the bottom was wet, and I wiped it off and put it away.
I've had the same exact liquid in the same cup before and this hasn't happened to me before. What could this be? Whenever I think about the image of the cup moving, I get so scared and my heart starts beating. It was surreal and terrifying; Even if it was just a slippery cup. I absolutely despise paranormal stuff and that's why I ceased to believe in that sort of stuff. Please help, I don't know what to do and I'm scared. I recently moved to this new apartment (Where the incident happened) a little over a month ago but nobody said anything weird happened.
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Definitely sounds a bit surreal mate, the animated cup! I feel sure it's the temperature-swing that's causing motion. A thin film-of ice presents almost zero friction/resistance, which is a very unusal state of affairs under other conditions. For instance, brake hard with your car on a sheet of ice and the car can easily get FASTER than before you touched the pedal. The resistance of the locked wheels on the ice is LESS than the 'rolling resistance' of the turning wheels. So the slightest slope of your desk or air disturbance could make that cup move. Theair expelled from cooling fan from your laptop maybe? (Sorry if that sounds a bit of an 'anorak/geek' explanation, but I'm an engineering graduate and old habits die hard!!). Temperature-gradients, especially when you're around the zero-centigrade mark can have very dymnamic effects. Ice forming can crack a copper waterpipe and break the joints, and does so. Can see that it looked a bit spooky though. Personally, I can't help thinking that if (and it's a MASSIVE 'if' which I won't entertain for a minute myself either) supernatural, disembodied spirtits and spectres walked amongst us they'd do things a bit more ambitious than sliding your cup across the table to freak you out. In theory, they could do anything they wanted, couldn't they? Helpful, or malicious? Sliding your cup about is a bet....err...trivial isn't it? Enjoy your new home, I doubt very much that you've bought a haunted-house mate!!
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Adviceman is right. I've had it happen especially in summer, hot room, warm glasses and cold drink and condensation so as I placed filled glasses on the table they moved a fraction of an inch sliding on the wetness and the surface of counter or table not being totally level. When less liquid in glass, it could move more.
What you need to know about ghosts is that they are souls. Some troubled souls remain on earth never ready to go to heaven. others go to heaven but may occasionally come watch over or try to contact a loved one. So if any spirit of any family who has died and passed over wants to contact you, the most often used way is to come to you in your dreams, because the subconscious mind is more open to that.
Places that are actually 'haunted' meaning very negative hateful, malecious souls of those departed remained on earth, they do not tend to play one stunt on a person. If they are present, it would have been occurring all along since you moved into the house and on a regular basis. with some pattern, such as daily, weekly or in certain rooms. You state no such history so I am with adviceman. It was not ghosts.
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I do not believe this has anything to do with the paranormal and all the more to do with the science of motion. I would need more information to fully explain what may have happened.
What I believe occurred is several factors combined to cause the glass to slide on the wet spot to a dry spot.
Factor No.
1. The table is not exactly level but of a degree or two to the direction the glass slid.
2. The difference in temperatures between the glass and the table was just right so as to allow the glass to slide as if on ice..
3. Motion was caused by a breeze most likely from the fan cooling your laptop or the air circulation from the air conditioning or an open window.
The confluence of those three things coming together at the same time provided just the right mechanics to cause the glass to slide on the wet spot until it reached a dry area and stopped.
Simple science and not paranormal is the answer to your concern so relax I don't believe your house is haunted.
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