| A ghost can be defined in several ways | | | | |
| depending on different situations. One of the | | | | Ectoplasm is referred by the |
| definitions refers ghost to a person's spirit | | | | parapsychologists as the substance from which |
| or soul who has died. This definition is used | | | | spirits and ghosts are made of. Such an |
| commonly among all! There have been several | | | | explanation of ghost classifies it in the |
| doubts regarding the existence of the ghost | | | | same category as that of preternatural |
| and disputes too whether ghosts are just | | | | unexplained phenomena as telekinesis or |
| imaginations or part of objective existence. | | | | poltergeists, ESP and telepathy. Such a |
| Reports say that ghosts have taken shape of | | | | definition always makes it difficult to |
| vehicles, animals and humans. | | | | explain about the ghosts that tend to answer |
| Parapsychologists have undertaken the task to | | | | questions and those which foretell the future |
| study about ghosts. | | | | etc. |
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| The existence of ghost is met with the shape | | | | An astonishing fact is that the best details |
| they exist which is usually in human shape | | | | about the existence of ghost can be obtained |
| very rarely animal ghost are encountered. It | | | | from Garuda Purana, which is script from |
| is said that it does not consists of any | | | | Vedic tradition of the Hindu religion. This |
| solid matter. Different parts of the world | | | | Purana says that people who do sins will be |
| have different theories about the ghosts. The | | | | reborn as ghosts. Garuda Purana explains the |
| Western theory related to ghosts is that | | | | things done by the ghosts and the food they |
| ghost is semi-transparent and does not | | | | eat. It is said that they consume vomit, |
| interact or touch any physical objects | | | | waste, cough, urine and tears and prefer |
| directly. They state that paranormal ghosts | | | | these to be the things that they eat and |
| are souls that could not find rest after | | | | drink. |
| death and they wander here and there to | | | | |
| fulfill their goals. It is said that this is | | | | In many cases, human psychology plays a major |
| the time for them to take revenge thus | | | | role in ghost sightings. In chilling |
| killing people and making hindrances as seen | | | | situations where ghosts are associated with a |
| in many of the movies. | | | | natural animal response may make the hair |
| | | | rise which could be mistaken for a chill. |
| There are many who do not accept the | | | | Illusions can be created by one by seeing an |
| existence of ghosts. Scientific research | | | | eerie figure. This occurs as a result of the |
| disbelieves the fact that ghosts are | | | | disability to sharply distinguish shapes in |
| disembodied souls or spirit, but then they | | | | case of peripheral vision. It is a proved |
| prove that these ghosts are impressions of | | | | fact that sound waves with frequency lower |
| psychic energy left behind by a deceased | | | | than 20 hertz called infrasound is inaudible, |
| person who is still living. They state that | | | | but now it is proved by the British scientist |
| any tragedy in a person's life might cause | | | | Richard Lord and Richard Wiseman that these |
| mental energy of some kind, which would be | | | | infrasound would be the reason for causing |
| released to the world, and this energy might | | | | humans to feel a presence in the room or even |
| be experienced by many other people who are | | | | to cause unexplained feelings of dread or |
| sensitive to the presence of such energy. | | | | anxiety! |