Theories on Ghosts
Haunting and Apparitions

We find that most ghosts fall into two main categories.....Haunting and Poltergeists. A haunting, sometimes known as an apparition or spirit are usually always seen in the same location...a house or in a particular area of a house, or a certain spot somewhere. Sometimes they are reported as being solid or life-like, transparent, or just a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of the eye.
Phantoms or Phantasm figures are usually human in form, but can sometimes be that of animals or inanimate objects. Almost 1/4 of the ghost sightings are reported to be that of a Phantasm which ranges from Books, clothes, animals that simply appear and disappear.

Residual Haunting

Residual Haunting is believed to take place when a certain memory or event happens in an environment and replays through time like a recording of the event. Many cases of this type of haunting have been documented such as hearing people walk up stairs the same time every night

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Poltergeists

The second type of ghostly sighting falls under the category of a "Poltergeist". The word poltergeist is a German word which means "Noisy Spirit". Poltergeist are much more common than apparitions and are the most commonly reported. A poltergeist usually cannot be seen, but is felt, heard, and smelled.
A poltergeist can arrive suddenly and just as suddenly pack up and leave. Some of the most common happenings reported in a poltergeist haunting are....flying dishes or furniture, crashing and thumping sounds, moans, creeks,laughter, crying, screams, fires, electrical appliances turning on, floods and footsteps.

Doubles

This is a rare ghost-like occurrence that happens. An apparition of a living person is seen in one location......when the actual person is absolutely known to be somewhere else at the time.

Crisis Apparitions and Message Spirits

The crisis apparition or the message spirit is an apparition that has been seen by people who are far away from the scene of the death of a person or a loved one. It is said that it is the departing soul of the friend or loved one that wishes to relay a message or say goodbye to the friend or family member....who is totally unaware of the death. It usually appears only once...so therefore is not considered a true haunting. Once they have concluded whatever it was they needed to get done, they leave and are never seen again.

Earthbound Spirits

Earthbound spirits are spirits that for whatever reasons...remain behind.Some reasons for this may be they haven't yet realized that they have died, or just wish to continue living as they were, earthly possessions can keep a ghost earthbound, as can addictions or whatever else the spirit held dear to it. These types of ghosts are probably totally unaware that you or I exist and are seen repeating the same actions over and over again. They usually make no attempts at communicating with living beings and continue along as if all were normal.

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