greater maryland paranormal society

What are ghosts?

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(Scientifically Theorized)

A Ghost is the visual appearance of a spirit or soul of a deceased being, human or animal.The disembodied soul or life force. Ghosts are the alleged spirits of the dead that make themselves known through various means, Including but not limited to: Strange smells, sounds, cold breezes, touches, and poltergeist activity. Ghosts can be seen mainly in and around dwellings, cemeteries, churches, hospitals and battlefields. 80% of people polled, believe in the existence of ghosts. Tales of Ghosts have been told and retold since the dawn of history. Experiences and belief in Ghosts and the paranormal can be traced back to as early as 2000 B.C. Paranormal occurrences have been experienced all over the world. The SPR (The Society for Psychical Research) have determined five classifications of paranormal activity,

They are as follows:

1. Unaccountable movement of objects.

2. Unaccountable noises (Including vocal and musical).

3. Apparitions, mysterious lights and shadows.

4. Unaccountable touches, pushes, smells, & temperature changes.

5. Feelings of fear, disgust, horror, and of an unseen presence or force.

Ghosts & Hauntings

Alas one of our oldest and truest legends of all. Everything PG organizations work for almost isbecause of the existence of paranormal activity. The key to understanding a haunting is to respect what ishaunting it. Ghosts cannot really hurt you. There are cases where they can push you and some have been scared so bad that they died of fright or fear. Very simply, in theory what is a ghost? A ghost is the spirit of an animal, human, or living being but it goes beyond that. It’s about energy residue from the past. Sometimes this energy is negative, sometimes it dramatic, sometimes its good, but sometimes energy is left over and does not go away. Therefore we are haunted by the past. When an area becomes quiet, it may become a dead cell. There are many reasons for it, perhaps there is: not enough energy for the spirit to absorb, maybe nobody is within the area in years to recognize the spirit, or perhaps the spirit finally found someone they are comfortable with. How a spirit moves objects is simple; for example lets say you got a group of people in a room and a ghost wants to slam a door. Well the ghost needs energy to do this. What I mean by energy is living souls within its range. By absorbing our batteries or intense souls giving off fear and adrenalin, they are able to have just enough energy to slam a door. Its like a light switch you can light the bulb by turning it on and feeding electricity through it. However most ghosts are very quiet and a lot of them want to be left in peace. So a lot of them are found in dark abandoned places. Places nobody even died in; just places that usually do not have a lot of people, sunlight, or noise. Many spirits become alive when there are things familiar to them. What I mean by alive is, they react to only certain people, objects, scents and things. On one investigation to Central Terminal Station, on the train platform the ghosts there seemed to react to cigarettes, apparently most of them smoked 50 years ago while waiting for the trains. Ghosts still remain a mystery since we do not have all the facts about them. Why do they only show up sometimes, one theory is because perhaps ghosts cross between the spiritual realm and ours, or perhaps it’s the right time and place, or maybe we happen to walk in on them caught in the act. Spirits will show themselves when they want to. This is why some photographers get better photos then others. Some spirits are more comfortable with certain types of people but more so then others. They are as curious about the living as we are the dead. Ghosts can do many things: yes they do talk, yes they give off scents such as roses, they normally feel like ice cold spots and sometimes all they are is a blur of light or foggy cloud. Not all ghosts are good natured; some intentionally get a kick out of scaring you (at least the ones that do know they are dead). The sad thing is many of these spirits do not know they are dead, so they keep repeating history, roaming down halls perhaps checking someone's bed at night thinking they are checking on their kids. Ghosts do have a conscious; yes you can talk to them and they will sometimes react. Not all ghosts are of people or objects, some are animal spirits. If you go into a barn, you may get pictures of chickens, cows and horses because that is where most pass away. Ectoplasm (in theory) is the ghost itself. Last of all, phantoms. They are also ghosts, but phantoms are usually people that killed themselves, passed away in a violent sudden way, or were murdered. These are common theories. It’s a ghost that repeats itself over and over which becomes a residual repetitive effect. Most civil war ghosts are considered phantoms. In the middle of war they were killed; some instantly. They had no chance to make amends, therefore their business remains unfinished and sadly until someone helps guide them, they’ll probably always remain. We must respect spirits and learn about them. They may show up on photos, as the camera is quicker then the eye. Just remember that they are everywhere. If you want to see them, you first must believe in them.