| We live in a very ordinary suburban road in | | | | form and when we pass on it is our spirit which |
| Maidenhead, Berkshire. Let me say first of all that | | | | may move to the 'next dimension'. |
| I would in no way consider myself a suggestible | | | | A Recording of a Past Event |
| person! Anyway, several months ago, earlier this | | | | Another possibility is that a ghost is some form |
| year, I was up late and went to the front door to | | | | of 'recording' or imprint of someone who once |
| get some fresh air. As I said, we live in a totally | | | | frequented a particular place. Often it can be that |
| ordinary suburban street. As I looked across the | | | | they died in some kind of traumatic way - for |
| road and slightly at an angle I was amazed to see | | | | instance, people who may have been beheaded |
| what appeared to be two white but strangely | | | | or hanged many many years ago. Often buildings |
| transparent figures in what appeared to be an | | | | such as Hampton Court Palace are said to contain |
| embrace under the porch of the house across | | | | such restless spirits. However, these kind of |
| the road. | | | | ghosts do not usually attempt to interact with the |
| Wondering if it was a trick of the light I moved | | | | real world of existence. |
| discretely outside about 12 ft and still they were | | | | Messenger Ghosts |
| there. To avoid any possible embarrassment I | | | | Then there are 'messenger ghosts'. These are |
| quickly moved back to my front door...but | | | | perhaps the most common manifestation of |
| amazingly they had disappeared. There was no | | | | ghostly hauntings. They are ghosts of people who |
| sound and it was not possible that they were real | | | | have very recently passed on to the other side |
| figures. The strange thing is that the house in | | | | and have been called 'crisis apparitions'. They |
| question is not a weird ghostly Gothic affair or | | | | usually appear though in order to bring comfort to |
| anything like that. It is a bog standard 1990s built | | | | those left behind. |
| detached house. | | | | Poltergeists |
| Although I never used to believe in ghosts in any | | | | Poltergeists can be one of the most feared type |
| way, as a result of this strange experience I have | | | | of hauntings. People hear banging, crashes at night. |
| recently become interested in the paranormal. | | | | Perhaps things are mysteriously moved about. |
| Possible explanations of ghosts | | | | Probably this is where the old expression 'things |
| There are indeed theories which suggest that | | | | that go bump in the night' originate! |
| ghosts may be dead people who don't realise | | | | Obviously the ghostly figures in the doorway I |
| they are dead and who are marooned between | | | | saw were not malevolent in any way - it is |
| one plane of existence or dimension and another. | | | | possible they were indeed more of the 'recording' |
| We are in fact all spirits residing within human | | | | type of ghost. Who knows! |