Death is a very controversial topic the moment you begin to ask if there is anything after the physical self is no longer working. Science does not permit the notion of ghosts, stating that despite numerous claims there is no evidence that conclusive proves their existence. People who believe in the soul or spirit claim that it is quite likely that some spirits get stuck in a go-between situation that is neither here nor there and all this is bolstered by the endless accounts of haunting and strange pictures and phenomenon that keep some people quite serious about ghosts.
The most basic feeling of ghosts is the sensation that people often perceive that they are no longer alone. Occasionally, people also report that this not quite lack of company is seen as an apparition.
There are two theories here. One suggests that the human mind if quite capable of fooling itself into seeing things. The other suggests that the human mind is powerful enough to glimpse into the other world. This mental aspect gets more complicated through scientific demonstrations that clear show that people who have gone through severe trauma, especially involving death or prolonged suffering, will often suffer from delusions that will make them see the dead. In many cases, the witness to these apparitions will keep seeing reruns of the same tragedy every time they cross the place where it occurred. Theologists have coined a phrase for this and it is "energy of history".
In 1911, Dr. Sharon Gill and Dr. Dave Oester formed the International Society of Ghost Hunters with a view to finding evidence of ghosts. Since then the society has published many accounts of reported haunting.
Those who believe in ghosts say that these are spirits who are unable to leave our world due to several reasons like unfulfilled desires, unexpected death, or simply a deep attachment with some other humans. Such spirits roam around us as ghosts. This is supportive of people who have been claiming to communicate with the dead loved ones and most religions in existence today include the concept of an immortal soul that is supposed to leave our bodies after physical death and that provides plenty of scope for the presence of ghosts.
While there is no scientific evidence of any kind of existence post-death, this has not prevented the constant emergence of haunting tales across all cultures in the world. A haunting typically takes place in old homes or places where death was traumatic.
A simple way of defining a ghost would be the spirit of a human being that continues to dwell on this planet after the body is dead. Interestingly, this notion is common throughout the world regardless of religious and cultural differences. Another common aspect is the belief that these spirits are lost and probably unaware that their bodies are dead so they stay close to what was familiar to them in their lifetimes.
Ghosts do not have any physical bodies and so they are often foggy or misty shapes, or even translucent. They are felt through their actions rather than physical presence.
In 1977, the paranormal was recorded and its effects on the Harper family are well known in circles were the paranormal is firmly believed. The term poltergeist refers to the movement of objects or people due to paranormal reasons. Majority of such cases are known to involve children who are about to enter puberty or teenagers. This has given rise to speculation that this age group either causes or attracts poltergeist activity. This type of paranormal activity differs from regular ghost activity in the sense that there are no cold spots and no specters and such. If there are any entities involved then they tend to be more than ghostly wisps but may take the semblance of physical objects and prove quite dangerous.
A popular and well-researched case of such activity took place in England in the 1970. Peggy Harper was a single parent who lived with her four children in a three-bedroom apartment in London. In August 1977, her 11-year-old daughter Janet and 10-year-old son reported bed shakings, raps on the wall, and voluntary furniture movement. Peggy was not willing to believe this until she herself witnessed a dresser drag itself about 18 inches away from its position. Peggy moved the dresser back and to her surprise the dresser again moved the same distance and despite her further attempts, did not return to its original position.
Alarmed by this, the Harper family approached their neighbors in their nightclothes and asked for help. Eventually the police was called in to investigate and during their inspection, one officer witnessed a chair move on its own and also heard the rapping on the wall. The officer later signed a statement detailing everything the witnessed. The clergy and other mediums were also brought in but nothing helped stop these events. The whole matter eventually reached the press and two journalists visited this residence. They spent some time there but nothing happened. It was only when they were leaving that some Lego bricks began moving of their own accord. They took photographs of this but when the film was developed there was nothing where the moving bricks should have been.
Finally a reporter from the Daily Mail suggested that the Harper family contact the Society for Psychical Research. The investigator from the SPR, Maurice Grosse, arrived at the Harper residence a week after these incidents were first observed. He observed, along with other reporters, the doors opening and closing, objects flying, and the rapping sound from the walls. What was truly frustrating that all attempts to record the audio or stills of the events taking place did not work. The tapes were blanked out or damaged and in some instances the metal inside the recording instruments was bent out of shape. Despite these difficulties, numerous photographs were taken of levitation incidents as well as moving objects.
The whole thing escalated to dangerous levels and Janet and Rose, the two girls, became the focus of direct attacks. During some attacks, Janet was heard speaking in a different voice and identified herself as Bill. The Harpers did not know it but Bill had lived and died in that same house.
There are too many impartial witnesses and documents to completely negate what happened with the Harper family in 1977.
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