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BIOPS want to unravel the true mysteries of the paranormal and want to explore every possibility of what "ghosts" actually are!

 

 


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You've seen them Depicted in Movies, read stories of their unnerving activities and have seen television shows and documentaries sensationalising them.You have probably seen rare photos of them and have likely heard of first-hand ghostly encounters from friends and relatives,perhaps you have even seen a ghost yourself.
But what are Ghosts??I'll give you the answer straight out.No one Knows for certain!!

 


There are,however,many theories to explain the thousands upon thousands of documented experiences that people around the world have had since the beginning of recorded history.Ghost and hauntings seem to be a relatively common part of the human experience.And there appear to be several types of ghosts or hauntings,and more than one theory might be needed to explain them all.

 


DEAD PEOPLE?

 


The traditional view of ghosts is that they are the spirits of dead people that for some reason are "stuck" between this plane of existence and the next,often as a result of some tragedy of trauma.Many ghost hunters and psychics that such earth-bound spirits don't know they are dead.Are we all spirits encased in a physical body?At the time of passing, our spirit bodies continuing into another dimension?

 


Also known as "Intelligent hauntings" are these ghosts in a kind of limbo state in which they haunt the scenes of their deaths or locations that were pleasant to them in life?Very often,these types of ghosts are able to interact with the living.They are,on some level, aware of the living and react to being seen on the occasions that they materialise.

 


RESIDUAL HAUNTINGS OR RECORDINGS?

 


This theory in my view stands out the most,some ghosts appear to be mere recordings on the enviroment in which they once existed.A civil war Soldier is seen on repeated occasions staring out a window at a house where he once stood guard.A dead child's laughter is heard echoing in a hallway where she often played.There are even cases of ghost cars and trains that can still be heard and sometimes seen,even though they are long gone.These types of ghosts do not interact with or seem to be aware of the living.Their appearance and actions are always the same.They are like spirit-level recordings-residual energies? that replay over and over again.Replaying itself for eternity.This could be anything from a "glimpse of the past"- a recreation of some traumatic or emotion-laden event - to footsteps up and down a hallway.

 

What causes these recordings to be made and how and why they are played back is a mystery.Generally is the haunting a fragment or portion of an actual event?...

For most of the population, scaring ourselves with fantasies of witches, vampires or werewolves at Halloween is all in good jest – belief in these kind of monsters died out centuries ago.

Yet when it comes to ghosts, things are a little different. Most of us know at least one or two totally rational, level-headed adults who claim to have seen or experienced a ghostly presence.

One survey in 2017 found, in fact, that around a third of Brits believe in ghosts, with even the most sceptical of us often spooked by unexplained bumps in the night.

So what is it about ghosts that’s captured our imagination for so many centuries? And is there a rational explanation for why sightings are so common? For sceptics – or scaredy-cats looking for some comfort – here are five of science’s best guesses.

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Verbal suggestion and the power of belief

Simple yet effective, several studies have shown that people are more likely to report a location as being haunted if it’s been suggested to them that it is. This kind of suggestion is also the way that a lot of “psychics” operate.

In one study, for instance, two groups of participants were shown around a theatre. One group was told the theatre was haunted, while the others weren’t. In a survey taken afterwards, the group who had been told the theatre was haunted reported more intense experiences – relating to paranormal activity – than the other group.

It’s also been suggested that the power of our will is much stronger than we might think – and simply wanting to see a ghost might be powerful enough to create an impression of one.

Electromagnetic fields

Michael Persinger, a Canadian neuroscientist, has studied the effect of electromagnetic fields on people’s perception of “ghosts”.

He hypothesises that pulsed magnetic fields – which we can’t detect on a conscious level – can cause unusual activity patterns in the brain’s temporal lobes and lead to people perceiving a “presence” in a room.

Though there has been some pushback against his theory, other scientists have found that places with a reputation for being haunted – like Hampton Court – do have unusual magnetic fields.

Mould

Another common feature of supposedly “haunted” locations is mould growth, with some anecdotal research reporting mould in several famously “haunted” locations. Homeowners with mould growing inside their houses have also reported hallucinations and visions which may be linked to toxins that the mould produces.

Preliminary research indicates that mould can cause symptoms like irrational fear and dementia-like symptoms.

Carbon Monoxide poisoning

Another theory that puts ghost sightings down to external factors, Carbon Monoxide has been blamed in some cases for “ghost” sightings.

In 1921, Dr W.H. Wilmer told a story in a journal about a family who insisted they were being haunted after moving into an old house.

Upon further investigation, it turned out a faulty pipe was leaking carbon monoxide into their home and causing the hallucinations responsible for the “ghosts.” Similar cases have been reported in recent years.

Ouija Boards

Another situation in which many claim to experience the presence of spirits is while using a Ouija board – designed to let users “communicate” with spirits.

Ouija boards are decorated with a series of letters as well as a “yes” or “no” in the corners of the board and a “goodbye” on the bottom. Participants put their hand over a pointer called a “planchette” and it is the spirit who supposedly moves their hand(s) towards certain letters or words when the user asks a question.

The curious thing about Ouija boards is that participants’ hands do seemingly move of their own accord – but scientists have put this down to an effect called the “ideomotor effect” rather than ghosts.

The ideomotor effect is an example of involuntary, unconscious physical movement, and is a way for our bodies to speak to themselves without us being aware.

When using a Ouija board, users will often unconsciously have messages that they want to receive when asking questions to a “spirit.” This means our body responds to our brain’s unconscious desires and moves our hand without conscious input – giving the impression that it’s being controlled by external forces.

Ghosts have been a popular subject for millennia, appearing in countless stories, from "Macbeth" to the Bible, and even spawning their own folklore genre: ghost stories. Ghosts are perhaps the most common paranormal belief in the world. Part of the reason is that belief in ghosts is part of a larger web of related paranormal beliefs, including near-death experience, life after death, and spirit communication.

The idea that the dead remain with us in spirit is an ancient one, and one that offers many people comfort; who doesn't want to believe that our beloved but deceased family members aren't looking out for us, or with us in our times of need? Most people believe in ghosts because of personal experience; they have seen or sensed some unexplained presence.

The science and logic of ghosts

Personal experience is one thing, but scientific evidence is another matter. Part of the difficulty in investigating ghosts is that there is not one universally agreed-upon definition of what a ghost is. Some believe that they are spirits of the dead who for whatever reason get "lost" on their way to The Other Side; others claim that ghosts are instead telepathic entities projected into the world from our minds.

Still others create their own special categories for different types of ghosts, such as poltergeists, residual hauntings, intelligent spirits and shadow people. Of course, it's all made up, like speculating on the different races of fairies or dragons: there are as many types of ghosts as you want there to be.
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There are many contradictions inherent in ideas about ghosts. For example, are ghosts material or not? Either they can move through solid objects without disturbing them, or they can slam doors shut and throw objects across the room. Logically and physically, it's one or the other. If ghosts are human souls, why do they appear clothed and with (presumably soulless) inanimate objects like hats, canes, and dresses — not to mention the many reports of ghost trains, cars and carriages?

If ghosts are the spirits of those whose deaths were unavenged, why are there unsolved murders, since ghosts are said to communicate with psychic mediums, and should be able to identify their killers for the police. And so on; just about any claim about ghosts raises logical reasons to doubt it.

Ghost hunters use many creative (and dubious) methods to detect the spirits' presences, often including psychics. Virtually all ghost hunters claim to be scientific, and most give that appearance because they use high-tech scientific equipment such as Geiger counters, Electromagnetic Field (EMF) detectors, ion detectors, infrared cameras and sensitive microphones. Yet none of this equipment has ever been shown to actually detect ghosts.

Other people take exactly the opposite approach, claiming that the reason that ghosts haven't been proven to exist is that we simply don't have the right technology to find or detect the spirit world. But this, too, can't be correct: Either ghosts exist and appear in our ordinary physical world (and can therefore be detected and recorded in photographs, film, video, and audio recordings), or they don't. If ghosts exist and can be scientifically detected or recorded, then we should find hard evidence of that — yet we don't. If ghosts exist and cannot be scientifically detected or recorded, then all the photos, videos, and other recordings claimed to be evidence of ghosts cannot be ghosts. With so many basic contradictory theories — and so little science brought to bear on the topic — it's not surprising that despite the efforts of thousands of ghost hunters on television and elsewhere for decades, not a single piece of hard evidence of ghosts has been found.

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