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Well, I know it's not Halloween, but everyone is interested in stories on this topic.
My father is a minister (now retired). I remember him telling me a story of a couple in his congregation who tried to consult him about a poltergeist living in this old 150 year old town house that they had just purchased. My dad was skeptical and amused at the time until he began to talk to them. They told him that they were awakened on several occasions by the sounds of footsteps in their hallway, only to discover that nothing was there. Things disappeared out of locked cabinets and reappeared in other locations throughout the house. There was a distinct sound of laughter in another room, but when investigated the room would be found empty. My dad didn't do much of anything. Presbyterians don't mumble things in Latin and throw Holy Water around. He said this couple finally moved out because they couldn't live with it anymore.
I'm not a believer in disembodied human spirits; however, the whole "ghost" phenomenon is too old, too universal, and has too much evidence behind it to simply dismiss it. I used to think of it all as the residue or the psycho-goo (I like that term. I just made it up.) left by people who die in great distress. They leave it in a "nonanimated" state (for lack of a better term) and living human beings tap into it in some way. I'm not sure that all ghost stories can be explained in such a simple way. I'm curious to see what other people think.
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