how do you know if you have a ghost?
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I don't personally believe in ghosts, so my advice is: before you start panicking, tell your son to stop playing with the vcr, make sure you don't leave things on the shelves too close to the edge, and check the batteries in your son's toys.\n If you've still got problems after that, then... Who you gonna call?... GhostBusters!
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I had a ghost in my house and it used to call our names (no lies!) i used to think it was my mum calling me all the time... until one night i was at home and felt someone climb up my bed as if they were on all fours... my mum was in bed and my dog was in his kennal! i turned on the light and no1 was there,
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A ghost has some kind of form, while spirit is invisible. But there are many definitions, see links below
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Are  You  Real....the  Answer  is  YES.....After  you  died your  spirit  lives  on.....but  only  thing  some  called them  Ghost  and  some  Spirit......Ghost  is  the  ones  who  done  bad  things  to  people  and  can't   find   rest.....And  Spirit  is  the  good   ones.....who  find  themselves  peace.\nGood  Luck
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Who cares what others believe. At the end of the day, when you see one, the opinion of others does not really matter.\nThere are forces that we cannot explain. We all want to control our environment and pretend we can. \nThere are tricks and illusions to scare you and those are manmade. If you do believe in ghosts, it should be a quiet conviction that maybe someone is trying to reach you. Just ask him or her what do you want?
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Okay....\n\nWhat many people think of as proof that ghosts exists is merely something they've experienced but can't explain in any other way than saying that it was a ghost.\n\nPeople who are unable to sleep for several days because of an illness, for example, might hallucinate and "see" dead relatives while he is still awake. A person who didn't know it was the brain taking time out to "dream" while awake might believe that his dead relatives came back to comfort him in his illness.\n\nPhotographs of ghosts (orbs, etc.) are little more than way-out-of-focus specks of dust or other airborne particles too close to the flash and lens of the camera.\n\nStill other photographs are merely misuse of the camera. A shaky hand can cause blurs. A person who doesn't know how to properly use the "night portait" setting on a camera might see "energy" from distant lights.\n\nWhen people visit a "haunted house" they've usually been told what "ghost" is there and where. That biases the visitor--even subconciously--and the visitor will then "feel" something.\n\nJohn Edward, Sylvia Browne and other "psychics" who claim to talk to the dead are only skilled in an art called "Cold Reading". A major factor in a successful "Cold Reading" is the psychic tossing out very vague references ("I'm seeing water.") and the person being "read" only remembering the "hits"--the vague references the psychic got right--and forgetting the "misses".\n\nThere is always an explaination to a "ghostly experience". It's just that the person who experienced it may not know what it is other than to believe it was a ghost.
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I saw the ghost of a little boy. I was staying in my friend's house in France (the house was four hundred years old), and one night after my friend was asleep, I saw a white face suspended over me. It was a little boy, probably about eight years old and he looked mischievous.\n\nThe next night my friend was asleep and snoring. There was a very long and solid bureau between us that was at least six feet long and very solid. We had a couple of books on it, and she had a few knick knacks on it in the middle. None of these items could have fallen off by themselves. I suddenly heard this sound almost like wind but there was no wind outside. Suddenly everything on the bureau was on the ground as if an arm had gone along the bureau and knocked everything off. I can tell you that my friend was asleep and I had not been moving, and none of those things were touching each other or on the edge of the bureau. It was very creepy!
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Yes. the first ghost I witnessed was during the day. It was in my sisters house and my mother and nephew were in another room. I saw a child about 7 years old. At first it was annoying until I realized he wasn't living then it was scary. \nLove & Light\nSharon
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Of course they do exist. This is one of the biggest mystery on earth and they do form part of the paranormal phenomena. At 14 years old, my parents and I moved in a new house. We were not aware of course that this house was haunted by some spirits. At night i was not able to sleep properly, i was able to hear strange noises and even someone uttering words in my ears. I was even unable to concentrate at school and was sleepy in class. Four days later, when we were having dinner i decided to tell my parents about those strange noises and the feeling that we were not alone in this house. I was much surprised when they told me they didn't hear anything suspect and it can be my imagination.\nHowever i had persisted and wanted to sleep in their room for the night. I had slept in their room for two days and there was no strange noises or voices. The next day i have took the courage to sleep again in my rooms in the hope that i was just an illusion i had felt. But each time i came into my room i was able to feel like a presence there. It was like someone consistently observing me. And at night at about 0.45 am ,this time i felt like someone pulling my bed sheet and was even able to hear someone walking and uttering strange words. This was driving me crazy and i had kept my eyes close and had been praying aloud till 4 am.\nI had woke up at about 7 am when it was bright outside and ran into my parents room. I had told them that i would never slept in this room and wanted to leave this house. My dad was shocked and decided that it would be better to call a medium. So he did it, the medium ( a woman) came later this very same day, and the moment she stepped in my room i had had goosebumps when she told us that there is a spirit there. She had tried to communicate with the spirits, she had lighted candles mostly everywhere and sitting on a sofa in my room, she had closed her eyes. She was in communication with the spirit and had asked it many questions. At last i had learned that it was a child ( a girl), around 11 years old who died in the year 1955 in my room. It might be that she had died of a disease. She was jealous of me and hated me because i was occupying her room. This story had drived me and my parents crazy. The medium did something to make the spirit left this house and found its way. The same night my mum came to sleep with me in my room and i was able to sleep properly. Then after i was able to sleep properly alone in my room till today. \nPeople who have never witnessed paranormal phenomena can confirmed that ghosts or spirits do not exist. But I am more than 100% confident that It does exist and it is mostly everywhere not only in cemetry. I have read books and see many articles and even watch discovery channel. Spirits are there, one cannot see it with naked eyes but can feel it. I am sure of a thing that those who dies in other conditions than a natural death do haunt this world.
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i belive in spirits not ghost, ghost are something some people consider made up to scare (as in booooooooo in the middle of the night or in a grave yard).  i consider spirits as the spirits of the dead and just that not something to scare.
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I lived with a ghost for around 4 months before it became too violent for me..and I had to leave..There were many occurances every day..and night..and I thought it to be rather "cool" living with a ghost..I woke up one night and actually saw an apparition at the bottom of my bed...\nIt was not long after that..the violence began..and I got outta there.. I have ended up back to that very house 4 times since I moved very far away..and of those 4 times  ending up back there..none was my doing......and for each time..the vehicle I was a passanger in died..the engine just stopped..as soon as we began proceeding down the same block as the house...\nParanormal is all around us...Many look at it differently because we cannot explain it...so..it is considered by many as phoney and non-real..people are scared of what they cannot understand..but..from my experiences in this life time..I can assure you...it is all REAL..life certainly is full of endless surprises..just waiting to be found out.
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A ghost is an alleged non-corporeal manifestation of a dead person (or, rarely, an animal, vehicle). It is often thought to be a manifestation of the spirit or soul of a person which has remained on Earth after death. According to some beliefs, a ghost may be the personality of a person after his or her death, and not directly tied to the soul or spirit. Every culture in the world carries stories about ghosts, though they often disagree as to what ghosts are and whether they are just figments of imagination or a part of reality.
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I live in a really old city, that has plenty of hauntings.  I used to live in an apartment building, in an older part of town that is down the street from an old asylum (1800's), and not to far from old forts, and other potentially creepy things. It always gave me the willies walking near there.  Anyhow, late one might while I was sleeping I got a really weird feeling, I sat bolt upright in bed to see a dark shiny ghost ball hovering about 5 feet in the air at the end of my bed.  My son also had the creepy felling, and came in to see the ghost ball, it then "imploded" on itself. I moved 3 weeks later.
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I tend to distinguish between ghosts and spirits. When people think of haunted houses, they tend to think of ghosts (I tend to think of them as psychic echoes), whereas my house is filled with spirits. I love my household spirits. They're my kind of spirits. Very wonderful to have around. So I don't really have many stories about them because they're just so darned good. Mostly, everything in this house works better and lasts longer than normal, like the 27 year old water heater I just replaced. \n\nBut I imagine that what you really want are some good stories, so here are a few of mine.\n\nOne time on a camping trip I was walking back from the bathrooms at that moment right between day and night and I saw someone walk across the front of the site and stop behind a tree. So I figure one of the people is going to jump out and try to surprise me, so I pull out my flashlight, walk up to the tree, turn on the light, and there's no one there.\n\nAs a child the chandelier used to swing from side to side, and the radio would turn on by itself in the middle of the night.\n\nOne time I was alone in a house, and I felt a presence. I looked a mobile hanging motionless, and said, "If there is anyone else here, make the mobile spin." The next moment, the mobile began to spin.\n\nI rarely ever actually see ghosts, but one time I was driving into Ponca State Park to set up a Pagan festival, and the sides of the road were lined with spirits. All standing there, calmly welcoming us back.\n\nMy grandmother died while my niece was in utero. After my niece was born, she would look up at areas where no one was standing, and laugh and giggle. We all knew that she was looking at gramma, so we never showed her any pictures. Finally, at about a year old, she could speak, and my sister showed her the family photo album. My niece picked out her photo and said, "That's Old Gramma."
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I've never seen anyone possessed. But yes.....I have felt ghosts. Certain family members....My self and my mom and brother can feel when they are around. Especially when my Dad is around! It's like I could reach out and touch where he is.  You know when you can sense that someone is standing near you.......say in back of you....or you can tell that someone has walked into the room when your eyes are closed. Same feeling. And it usually is the feeling that you associated with that person.......you recognize the energy! It's very cool! A ghost is just a natural transition of the human condition. We are spiritual beings having a physical experience. When that experience is over........we transition back into the spirit form. All very natural. Nothing spooky!
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Here's the scientific explanation for ghosts: very low frequency noises (that would normally be inaudible) have been shown to cause uneasiness. Moaning sounds (low frequency and audible) are often associated with ghosts, and are often caused by draughts, which make a room cold, which is another sign of "haunting".\n\nWe also have a survival instinct to see patterns everywhere. This is especially true for faces and people. Our mind also fills in details that our eyes aren't actually seeing - the basic principle behind optical illusions. So, you can see very little, and the mind will decide it's "supposed" to be a person or a face, and "correct" anything telling you it isn't.
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I don't think most people "see" ghosts per se; they experience them. When most people tell you about their encounter with a ghost or the supernatural, the things you will hear most often are tales of cabinets falling over, doors and windows opening themselves, toilets flushing, floating cats, ect.