Sailors have many paranormal experiences or strange phenomena while at sea or vast ocean. Seas and oceans are so vast that the human brain can hardly fathom the treasure and secrets they conceal.... they are bizzare and supernatural experiences the've encountered, their stories reveal a side of the ocean that few ever glimpse.
The most commonly reported include sighting of "ghost ship" or vessels with no living crew,and apparitions of deceased sailors.
The famous example include the legend of the Flying Dutchman, a cursed ship that can never make port, sail the ocean until the end of the world. This ghost ship was used as inspiration in "The Pirate of the Carribean".
Other experiences include unexplained sounds, and superstition like believing whistling summons storms, an experience I had when I was still a young trainee onboard a ship, I whistled on the deck of a ship causing the buffer to scold me and remind me that I can't whistle while sailing...it's taboo at sea.... sorry I didn't know that... but is it true.... No... whistling does not summon storms. This is a superstition that originated among sailors who believed that whistling could "challenge the wind" and provoke it into a storm, because sailors especially in the West belief whistling on ships was once believed to anger the sea Gods and could summon a storm....While this belief was widespread on ships, it has no basis in science; it is the wind and weather patterns that determine storms, not a person's whistle.... however, I continue to respect this taboo until I retired from the Navy... To this day I still don't believe it.
Among the famous apparitions in the seafaring world, is the crew of the SS Watertown reported seeing the ghosts of two men who were buried at sea after they died from gas fumes, a photograph was taken appeared to show the faces of the two deceased crewmen.
Another of the western Sailors beliefs to avoid bad luck at sea are to use the word 'Pig' at sea, opting instead of 'hog' or 'sow'... like we today used the word 'khinzir'... or '8481'
A well known of modern ship report of haunting is the RMS Queen Mary.. you can Google Search about this famous haunting on ship...
There are many more stories to tell about the mysteries of this ocean... if you are diligent, try to google it yourself... there are many interesting stories about myteries of the ocean... from the experiences of sailors.....in fact on TikTok and youtube there is enlightenment about the mysteries of the ocean from a Ship CEO (Chief of Engineering).
For me, I don't like to be on the ship deck during the night in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by the darkness of the sea, as it it very scary...and the potential for danger, although some find it calming...
Sailing at night can be scary if you haven't thought about all the eerie stories above........ the sighting of ghost ships.. unexplained sounds at sea especially during the night...
Sailing at night can also be peaceful if we let go of all negative thoughts about the mystery of the ocean...
Sailor is the one who knows the feelings and emotions of the sea....
Remember...the sea has no place for cowards..
AHOY ! SAILOR
We are sailors, we're rugged, able men of the sea
Braving the oceans to the highest degree
I may have long left the sea.....
But the sea has never left me......
Hj Zulheimy Maamor
Lembah Keramat, KL
19.10.2025: 7.41 a.m
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