case in point: A friend of mines' girlfriend told me recently about how his deceased father suddenly and unexpectedly appeared to her, who actually passed away a couple of years ago. she and my friend were watching television together when it happened (this happened a couple of months ago), and it must've scared the dookie out of her. my friend said that he didn't see the apparition, but he believed her because she was quite visibly spooked when it happened. he also said that he believed his father knows that he doesn't want to see him, and for that reason did not appear to him- he only appeared to his girlfriend. these are two very serious people, and i know they wouldn't kid around about something like this- in fact, the girlfriend told me that she never believed in anything like that until her experience a few months ago- both of them have no idea how or why this happened, but are now very curious about such phenomena. Is anyone familiar with such experiences? How can this happen?
The girlfriend never met his father- she had only seen his picture before. I don't rule anything out, but I would like to know how something like this works, and whether this is a common phenomena.

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