Do you believe in Ghosts?

[lookingfortruth]

It is said that 46% of americans believe in the paranormal or ghosts and trying not to sound like a complete idiot I bring this to this site hoping for some answers.


About a year ago in the neighborhood I live in a woman killed herself and her family. Now the house has stood vacant for about a year and the only signs of life is the section of the house that is a rental property. Those people have lived there this whole time. Nice couple.

Anyways someone bought the house and fixed it up and rented it to a nice couple.

Now I was talking to the woman I knew the one in the rental property and the person now renting the home where the killing happen.

The new woman said that one night she saw an outline of a face. So the lady who rented and lives beside the house asked the new neighbor to describe the face. I honestly think the woman was trying to ease the new neighbor's mind that her house isn't haunted.

The new neighbor described the face she thought might have been the child who died. She described the child's grandmother. Both of us told the new neighbor it was the grandmother and feel have been uneasy since.

any suggestions or thoughts on the whole situation?

[arcane1]

1. I'm not a believer, personally

It's hard to say much about the authenticity of this situation, since it relies on second-hand info from the neighbor. But I wouldn't have told her she had ghosts in her house

[phantom power]

2. "Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them."

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.
--Marquise du Deffand

[Enrique]

8. "You ever seen a ghost? No, but you have heard of them"

I'm as pale as a ghost. Holding a blossom on a stem.
You ever seen a ghost? No, but you have heard of them.

--Bob Dylan.

[femmocrat]

3. Yes, I do.

I don't have any anecdotes about seeing one, but I think those spirits or energies (or whatever they are) are all around us. It comforts me to believe that....

[HipChick]

4. Get a bundle of sage and smudge the house

[OriginalGeek]

5. I do not

They are fun for stories but that's it. I don't believe in any supernatural anything.

[Son of Gob]

6. No

but I do believe a leprechaun is after me Lucky Charms.

[RZM]

23. You've probably already seen this. But just in case . . .

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[WillParkinson]

7. I am firmly in the camp of...

I don't know. I work in an allegedly haunted hotel. I've had one (very minor) experience, but I don't know if I do or do not believe.

[mucifer]

9. I do. I'm a hospice nurse and have seen many people when they are nearing death

talk with others who have died. Yes, it could be loss of oxygen to the brain and confusion. But, I believe peoples loved ones who are dead
sometimes help people who are in their final days die peacefully.

[CBGLuthier]

10. no, not in the least.

the human brain is hardwired to see faces in everything.

[MrScorpio]

11. I'll start believing in them once they start believing in me. mt

[raccoon]

12. Sometimes I feel like I am one. nt

[Iggo]

13. LOL.

No.

[davsand]

14. I watched a guy walk out of a wall.

I was stone sober, drug free, and making buckwheat pancakes for my family in a vacation rental. I was standing there in my sleep t-shirt with a spatula in my hand and he came walking through a wall. He was wearing a red plaid shirt, denims, and a hunting cap and I watched him come out of the freaking wall! He looked at me when I let out a scream then looked down and away like he was embarrassed. He kept on walking and then walked out through the other wall.

Found out later that the house has a local reputation for being haunted and that same figure has been seen on the property by more than just me...




Laura

[SCantiGOP]

15. No

[Walk away]

16. No but I believe in republicans. They are much scarier!!!!!!!! Boo!!!!!! nt

[Iggo]

17. AAAAAaaaaagggghhhh!!!!!

Stop that!

[Dash87]

18. Yup. I've even been on a few ghost hunts too.

I also believe that 99% of ghost sightings are either easily debunked right on the spot, a person being mistaken (sleep paralysis and dreaming are commonly confused with the paranormal - that's why a lot of supposed ghost sightings are at night in peoples' rooms), or just a story.

[AsahinaKimi]

19. I have heard it stated that

Gettysburg is the most haunted place in the country.




Maybe?

[sakabatou]

20. No, but ghost stories sometimes creep me out.

[TrogL]

21. Let me ask the one sitting next to me

[RZM]

22. Hell no

But I'm not at all surprised at the 46 percent figure. I'll bet that a similar percentage of people I've known believe in them. I find the whole thing preposterous. But people have fun with it, so I'm not going to hate.

As a college student I worked as a pizza delivery driver during the summers. One night one of our employees who was off that night stopped by the store with a friend. I asked what they were doing and he said 'ghost hunting.' Apparently they were driving around graveyards and hoping to catch glimpse of a ghost.

I've known quite a few people who have claimed to see ghosts and/or other types of paranormal activity.

Not my thing, but if people want to do it, more power to them. I don't think they are hurting anybody.

[maria2]

24. ...

no...

[Lucinda]

25. Yep.

[MorningGlow]

26. Yep--lots of personal experiences

I've lived in several houses that had ghosts, including the one I live in now. The one thing I have learned is "ghosts =/= "scary"...only in how we react to them.

[Little Star]

27. Well, after this who wouldn't...

[emilyg]

28. Yes.