Haunted mansion on Samoa Island, near Eureka, ca.
Another relatively recent theory is that some older, "haunted," buildings may have toxic molds, or possibly used toxic building materials that may trigger hallucinations. Couple this with the planted suggestion that the building may be, "haunted," and there's little surprise they see something that adds to the myth.
All that said, I certainly do not discount events on the spiritual plane, and indeed, decades ago, while a student at Gettysburg College, I had one experience for which I can not muster a, "rational," explanation.
Interesting article.
This author actually believes in ghosts?
It seems that some people are just sensitive to these things for whatever reason. I’ve spoken with a number of people that I knew to be completely rational and not given to story-telling or delusional fantasizing, and they’ve told really quite compelling accounts.
That being said, I’ve personally never had any experience of this sort, despite ample opportunity (working for several years at a facility that was reputed to be most haunted building in our metropolitan area).
Having lived with cats in the house for many years - I can say with some assurance, many supposed ‘hauntings’ are the nocturnal adventures of some bored feline.
I had a ghost encounter in the 1980s in my first apartment which was a basement in a house in Queens NYC.
I was sitting on my coach watching TV, “Moonlighting” was on which was an old show starring Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepard when all of a sudden I felt this hand squeeze my face, all five fingers as if someone pointed the palm of their hand at my face and put all five fingers on my face and squeezed as real as day whereas I screamed my brains out practically jump through the ceiling and ran out the door and down the block. No I wasn’t drinking or smoking wacky tabacky nor was I sleeping. Maybe a nerve got pinched and gave the sensation> I don’t know, but wow, it was as real as any real person doing that to me.
A few months later I was in my bedroom and heard someone pushing buttons on my microwave “beep... beep beep”, nobody was there of course and instead of flipping out I walked slowly towards the microwave and looked at the buttons. But it wasn’t a ghost. It was cockroaches inside the buttons shorting it out. Yes the place was that disgusting and I still used it to heat up food lol.
Take a ride alone in your car at night thru Niles Canyon Road...a lady in a flowing nightgown will apper in your back seat...heard this story dozens of times from 1950-1990s salesmen coning thru the canyon....
Haunted mansion on Samoa Island, near Eureka, ca.
From a scriptural approach:
So it seems to me, based on the prohibitions in using a medium, that in general, God does not want people talking to the dead or angelic/demonic beings. But there are exceptions.
We're told instead to ask God directly for wisdom. Ephesians 6:18 and even contrasts asking God vis asking mediums. Isaiah 8:19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the necromancers who chirp and mutter,” should not a people inquire of their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
Praying to dead saints for intercession might be an exception. Not being catholic, it's not something I've ever done. But neither do I look down on those that do. '
This is a good list of scripture dealing with mediums. Scripture on Mediums and psychics
My grandmother said that she dreamed her dead husband PawPaw appeared to her and said, "Don't worry I'm coming to get you." 3 months later she passed peacefully in her sleep.
My mother said Dad and her saw Pawpaw once walking between the house and the garage. But didn't seem to notice them.
Possibilities:
Interesting article.
Also occurred to me the disciples were willing to believe Jesus walking on the water was a ghost.
Meaning they already had believed in such things, because it was already heard of in their time.
Jesus didn’t make a big speech to them about there’s no such things or at least that is not recorded for us to hear. But the important stuff is supposed to all have gotten recorded.
I’m thinking maybe Jesus didn’t correct them that there’s no such things because there ARE such things.
Caligula the 3rd Roman Emperor it was said was seen all over Rome after his death and there are stories that he still haunts a palace on Palatine Hill. Roman historian Suetonius claimed Caligula’s ghost remained behind to haunt his Imperial Gardens.
I interned for Ghost Adventures in their first season going into season 2, when I first started in Hollywood. The stories I could tell when cameras stopped rolling..
The only ghosts are demonic. There are no people who died haunting anything.
My favorite ghost story:
A college professor taught a very popular psychology class on ghosts. The class was held in a large class room with stadium seating and every chair was filled.
The professor started his lecture by asking the students to raise their hand if they believed in ghosts. Most of the students raised their hand. The professor continued and asked for any students who believe they had seen a ghost to raise their hand. A few students raised their hand. He then asked if any student had actually spoken to a ghost. One or two raised their hand. Finally the professor asked if anyone had sex with a ghost.
In the very back row Bubba half asleep raised his hand. The professor was astonished and asked...”Bubba would you come down and share your experience of having sex with a ghost?”. Bubba now fully awake blushed and said “ Oh I thought you said had sex with a goat”
I have known very intelligent smart folks who have seen apparitions
I have not.
The wife and I stayed at a h
haunted B&B. Sat in a chair in the pool table room and got instantly nauseous. 1600’s cemetary in back yard, and i photographed a red floating light photographed at 12 or 1 am. Hotel magager told me the next day there are no lights or buildings back there. Then while in bed I videoed multiple little orb floating in, around and over our shoes laying on the ground.
Captain Grant’s. Highly recommended.