| Throughout history, many people have attempted to | | | | rare, and also very dangerous. There have been |
| document paranormal activity. Although there is no | | | | several movies and television shows that depict this |
| solid evidence proving the theories that paranormal | | | | type of paranormal phenomena. Many of which end |
| beings exist, people all over the world still believe and | | | | with the human victim having an exorcism performed |
| support the idea. There is more than one type of | | | | on them. |
| paranormal activity, some being more common than | | | | Demonic spirits are believed to be hot in temperature. |
| others. | | | | Many of them are associated with bodies of water or |
| One type of paranormal phenomena is a haunting. This | | | | particular geographic areas. A demonic possession |
| is the most common paranormal activity that people | | | | can take place when a "door" is opened. It is believed |
| have claimed to experience. A haunting can occur for | | | | that a living person can open a portal and allow |
| several reasons. Many times, it is a residual haunting, | | | | demons to enter our world by doing things such as |
| meaning a spirit stays in a certain place because that it | | | | practicing satanic rituals, or using "Ouija" boards. Once |
| where they resided as a living person. Many times | | | | there is an "opening", demonic spirits are then able to |
| when a person has an untimely death, it is said that | | | | attach themselves and prey upon the person. |
| their spirit cannot cross over right away. Instead, they | | | | Poltergeist phenomena is yet another type of |
| are left in a limbo between our world and the afterlife. | | | | paranormal activity, only it does not always involve |
| Several paranormal investigations of household | | | | spirits. Many people confuse poltergeist phenomena |
| haunting cases have revealed that a previous owner | | | | with a typical house haunting, but it is in fact completely |
| of the home had an untimely death. Paranormal | | | | different. Poltergeist phenomena is psychokinetic |
| experts believe that these victims of untimely deaths | | | | energy typically caused by an ongoing stressful |
| will remain at that location, sometimes for centuries. | | | | situation. Many times it is caused by a teenager going |
| The spirit believes they still live there, or they may not | | | | through puberty, or a menopausal woman. |
| even know they are deceased. | | | | Symptoms of classic poltergeist activity are things |
| It is also believed that spirits can haunt objects. When | | | | such as the projection of objects. The stress from a |
| a living person becomes very attached to a personal | | | | human being can actually create psychokinetic energy. |
| belonging, they can often stay connected to it after | | | | This energy can then cause physical objects to fly |
| they die. There have been several cases of haunted | | | | through walls and into different rooms in a house or |
| objects all over the world. Many times, people buy | | | | building. However, Some instances of poltergeist |
| items from pawn shops only to find that the object | | | | activity are believed to be spirits who simply use |
| carries a wave of bad luck with it. | | | | objects to haunt, scare, or try and communicate with |
| Another type of paranormal phenomena is demonic | | | | the living. |
| possession. Demonic entities are said to be extremely | | | | |