| Intelligent Hauntings are the type of haunting that | | | | much energy. It's similar to turning on a light in the |
| people usually think of when they think of a haunting. In | | | | daylight; you can hardly see it and it's pretty much not |
| an intelligent haunting, the entity is aware of its | | | | worth the effort. This is how spirits work as well. If |
| surroundings and interacts with the present. | | | | they use too much energy during the day they will be |
| These hauntings are considered to be intelligent | | | | too weak to show themselves at night. |
| because communication with the living usually occurs. | | | | These spirits can be benevolent or mischievous, |
| This ghost is best described as the spirit of a person | | | | depending on the reason they're haunting a location. |
| who once lived and has stayed behind in our world | | | | Perhaps they used to live there and they want you to |
| instead of "crossing over" or "going into the light" to get | | | | leave. If they discover that someone can see them, |
| to the other side. This sometimes happens in the case | | | | they might decide they want to stick around. In some |
| of murder, a traumatic event or if there is some | | | | cases, there might be some kind of object or |
| unfinished business in the person's life. If these things | | | | keepsake they are are emotionally attached to and |
| happen, the spirit may be unable to or may even | | | | want to be close to. They could also may be looking |
| refuse to cross over. In some cases, the spirit may not | | | | for something or someone. Sometimes the spirit may |
| even realize it's dead. This can happen if the person | | | | not be willing to accept that they're dead. |
| died very suddenly or unexpectedly. | | | | When people die, their spirits keep the same |
| The spirit will usually manifest itself in physical ways like | | | | personality they had while they were living. Negative |
| slamming, opening and unlocking doors and/or | | | | spirits are usually people who were angry and bitter in |
| windows; weird sounds, disembodied voices, | | | | life. If the spirit was a kind and caring person, the entity |
| disturbance of electrical devices, cold chills and a | | | | will most likely hang onto those qualities in the afterlife. |
| strong presence like the feeling like you're being | | | | Negative spirits can be frightening, and in very rare |
| watched or the hair on the back of your neck standing | | | | cases they have been able to harm the living, but that |
| up, goosebumps, etc. | | | | is generally not the case. It is much more common to |
| Sometimes these spirits will hide things, move stuff | | | | hear of an encounter with a positive spirit than with a |
| around, turn things on and off or do other annoying | | | | negative one. |
| things like a child looking for attention. These are | | | | There are many spirits remaining in our world who |
| examples of ghosts trying to get noticed so it can | | | | have left behind relatives and loved ones and don't |
| communicate from the other side. | | | | want to leave. It's possible they feel they can't leave |
| The spirit might need help to cross over or maybe it | | | | until they finish a certain task or deliver a certain |
| needs to take care of some unfinished business. | | | | message. They may not rest because they suffered |
| Maybe it needs to deliver a message from the other | | | | some injustice and want to help solve the mystery |
| side or just wants to watch over loved ones. In some | | | | before they go. Sometimes they just want to see their |
| cases, the spirit may be afraid of death and moving on | | | | children grow up. |
| to a new world. | | | | Overall, knowing that some spirits hanging around is |
| It has also been documented that the spirit may just | | | | actually kind of sad. Although we might think it's cool |
| be lonely and want some company. In some cases, as | | | | and exciting to encounter a ghost, we have to |
| has been my personal experience, a loved one will visit | | | | remember that many spirits are confused about what |
| in dreams and visions, especially right before or after | | | | has happened to them and may not even know |
| sleep when we are most open to contact. I remember | | | | they're dead. Alot of them died suddenly or |
| asking my father a question a few days after he | | | | traumatically. Others cling to the life they know and are |
| passed away and he answered it in a dream that | | | | afraid to let go and move on to something new. |
| same night. | | | | These ghosts frequently need help to be convinced |
| Believe it or not, it's fairly common to actually see a | | | | that they don't belong here anymore. They aren't |
| ghostly loved one. It's most common for ghosts to | | | | demons and don't need to be exorcised. Most likely |
| materialize between the hours of 11pm and 4am. This | | | | they just seek direction to find where they should go. |
| time period seems to be the easiest time for entities to | | | | They need to be made to understand that there's |
| manifest themselves because it's darker between | | | | more for them on the other side than there is here. It's |
| those hours. Most spirits aren't stong enough to show | | | | possible to help them by simply talking to them or |
| themselves during the daylight because it takes too | | | | maybe calling in a priest of minister to pray for them. |