Wherever people spend time, there will be ghosts

Most people think of 'haunted houses' as buildings that have ghosts, but it's been my experience that every house (and building, for that matter) is haunted. Just having people spend time in a building almost guarantees that sooner or later, it will have 'spooks.'

But not all of these 'spooks' will be actual ghosts-- sometimes, strong emotions become impressed into the rooms, and create a sort of 'tape-loop' ghost. This is a spectre that seems to go through the same actions over and over, as if it's caught in a loop. You'll see a ghostly figure walk across the room, only to disappear and reappear where it started. These type of 'spooks' aren't aware of their surroundings, and you can't communicate with them, because they're only after-images of the people they represent, endlessly repeating movements that they made while under the influence of some strong emotion. Sometimes these figures appear to be walking down non-existant staircases, or through walls, because the original floor-plan of the building has been changed since they were alive.

Most of the ghosts that I sense aren't visible, but are more like presences. I've actually felt body heat coming from a few of them, while others have been gusts of cold air. The warm ones are a LOT scarier than the cold ones, believe me-- it's sort of common knowledge that spooks announce themselves by lowering the room temperature. To feel heat behind you makes you think that there's another person in the room with you, and personally, I'm more scared by the thought of my apartment being infiltrated by living people than by ghosts!

Some people might be alarmed by the idea that ghosts are always around us, but the feeling I get from them is that they just pop in every now and then to see what's going on-- they don't hover around us all day. Most of what we do isn't of any interest to them-- they've got lots of things to see out there, and watching any of us take a shower really isn't high on their lists!

I heard an insteresting observation on a radio show the other day-- the caller postulated that since computers have become so popular, people are being exposed to more magnetic fields with higher frequencies, and they might be getting more accustomed to the higher vibratory rate which ghosts reside in. That might account for the higher rates of ghost and UFO sightings-- different parts of the brain are receiving stimulation, allowing people to see things they had previously been unable to perceive.

I've always been able to sense these presences, although sometimes I've wondered if I was imagining things. I now live in an elderly housing complex, which by its very nature should be chock-full of the ghosts of its former residents. I noticed shadows out of the corner of my eye, but dismissed them as hallucinations-- I was in my very own apartment for the first time in my life, and I thought it was just my imagination. A month later I got a kitten, and HE was seeing the same shadows I was, so I knew that there was something there... I'd see a shadow off to my right, and I'd look up to see my kitten staring off to the right, twitching his tail and meowing at something in the corner of the room. Cats are excellent verifiers in this regard-- their eyes can see parts of the spectrum that humans can't see, and they become aware of presences long before we do. In fact, many times my cat will take off after things I can't see-- and a few times he's stared to my left, fur bristling, then looked back at me, as if he can't believe that I can't SEE that! That's a little creepy.

If you're in a mood to hunt ghosts, there really isn't any need to go traipsing around cemeteries at midnight-- just turn off the TV, sit quietly in your living room, and chances are you'll be able to sense something. It might feel like you have company-- like people are sitting with you in the room, enjoying a visit. That's a comforting feeling to have, to know that none of us are ever really alone.