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What are the different types of hauntings? Residual Hauntings: A residual haunting is basically like a video playback of a past event, usually where something tragic or historic has taken place. These type of events can happen in front of you, yet the spirit will have no interaction with you. It doesn't know or care that you are there. This "playback" would happen whether or not someone was there to witness it. Intelligent Hauntings: This type of haunting will involve an interactive spirit of a person who is deceased. The spirit may manifest themselves as a full or partial bodied apparition. You may hear voices or footsteps, or you may smell odors in the house that you can't explain (perfume, smoke etc...). You may experience being touched, seeing shadows, or feeling cold spots. You might experience your lights turn on and off or maybe things seem to physically move on their own. These types of spirits seem to remain earthbound where they are tied to a location or person. The reason for this can vary and would be unique to the spirit. While these types of events are most likely frightening to the average person, its important to remember that these spirits just want your attention and are not out to harm you. Poltergeists: "Poltergeist" is a German word meaning "noisy spirit." Current research indicates, that poltergeist activity may have nothing to do with ghosts or spirits because the activity seems to center around one individual. It is believed that this phenomena may be caused by the subconscious mind of that individual... in effect, psychokinetic activity. The individual is often under emotional, psychological or physical stress (even going through puberty). Effects can include banging on walls and floors, the physical movement of objects, rearrangement of furniture, effects on lights and other electric appliances - even the manifestation of physical phenomena. These events in almost all cases are understandingly terrifying to the people who are experiencing them. Poltergeists can also be hard to distinguish from other types of spirit hauntings. Non-Human (Demon) Spirits: This term refers to spirits who have never actually lived and walked the earth in human form. This type of entity is manipulative and will often disguise themselves in the beginning as being friendly or helpful. They are extremely dangerous and have been known to physically harm, possess, and even kill people. This type of situation should only be dealt with by a qualified demonologist. What are Orbs? One of the most debated topics in paranormal research today is the validity of “Orbs”. It is said that these balls of light which appear in photographs and video having different shapes, colors, and brightness are evidence of spirits trying to manifest themselves. Today there are two sides of the debate: 1.) orbs are spirits or ghosts, and 2.) orbs are nothing more than dust, moisture, insects, pollen, and reflections. Please Click Here to read TSPR's position on orbs. What is an Apparition? An apparition is the manifestation of a spirit into the human form. Apparitions may show themselves as whole or partial bodied. What is EVP? Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) is the capturing of voices on recording media when no voice was heard at the time of the recording. |