What is haunting you? The different types of hauntings

Residual Activity


A residual haunting is a playback of a past event. Residual hauntings can be a recording of past stressful, traumatic, and even positive events. There aren't spirits involved just "recordings" of the event. This type of haunting is not dangerous, and can be witnessed without fear.

Signs of Residual Activity
Signs similar to an "intellectual haunting"
No interactions between spirit and the living
Doors opening and closing
Sounds (footsteps, breathing, other odd repetitive sounds)
Same actions over and over

Poltergeist Activity

A poltergeist haunting or "noisy ghost" are commonly linked to any violent or destructive activity in a haunting. Theories behind a poltergeist haunting are that the spirits are connected with a "human agent". The "agent" will commonly be teenage females going through puberty, and that are troubled emotionally. It is unknown why this energy seems to manifest in pubescent females.

Signs of Poltergeist Activity
Objects that move about their own
Knocking and tapping noises, sounds with no visible cause
Lights turning off and on
Fires

Demonic Activity 

A demon is an entity that has never been a living being, or human. Their main purpose it to cause chaos and havoc. Demons have no basis of time and will hang around for long periods. They will try to break the person down so they can possess them. It is essential that a blessing of the purest kind be performed on the person or home, consult your clergyman, priest, or Demonologist. Demons are very strong and capable of causing harm. Demonic activity is the rarest kind of haunting.

Signs of Demonic Activity
People be grabbed, punched, kicked, scratched, chocked and even thrown
Sudden smell of sulfur, rotten meat or flesh
Growling

Intelligent Activity

In this case the spirit or entity is connected to the site or a person. The ghost is the personality of a person who once lived and who has stayed behind in our world instead of passing over. This can happen in the case of murder, traumatic events or unfinished business, they often linger because of the emotions that tie them to earth. Sometimes there are negative spirits that have kept the qualities they had when they were living. The annoyance factor with this type of haunting can be very high.


Signs of Intelligent Activity
Slamming, opening or unlocking doors and windows
Strange sounds and voices
Cold chills
Strong presence

Shadow People or Creatures

This type of haunting has no real explanation, they are a different form of ghost. Shadow people have no discernible mouth, nose or facial expressions. They appear to moving on an invisible track from one place to another. They have been known to stare at the floor, have no human features, and wear no clothes.


Signs of Shadow Activity
Shapeless dark masses seen from the peripheral vision
Move between walls
Feeling of dread

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