Different Types of Paranormal Hauntings

People tend to see what they wish to believe, and under no circumstance is this more true than with respect to hauntings. Just because a place looks creepy and fits the traditional description of a haunting does not mean there is paranormal activity present. Yet, many people have and do experience phenomena that defies all attempts at explanation, except that it is of paranormal origins.

Some hauntings are interactive, and some are completely removed from the goings on. Some appear to be benign, while others incite fear and trepidation. How a person reacts to the situation many times determines what kind of outcome occurs. We often give the atmosphere the energy needed to propagate and energize what is witnessed.

Having said that, there are certain types of hauntings that seem to follow certain patterns, and have led investigators to classify them. They are imprints, poltergeists, inhuman spirit infestation, earthbound ghosts, and spirit visitation. Each has its own characteristics, as well as ways of origination.

Imprints are said to be energized events that have some connection to an event- usually of an intensely emotional nature. Places where people were killed by trauma, or great suffering has happened are common imprint locations. Witnesses see the same events unfold time and again, and the ghostly actors are oblivious to their surroundings, as if they were a mere recording playing out itself. Manifestations on specific dates or times are very often reported. They are harmless other than being terrifying to witness.

Poltergeists appear to be manifestations of pent up kinetic energy by an individual who is present, and who often witnesses the activity. Experts believe that repressed emotions of a traumatic nature often trigger the haunting, which appears to be an actual entity. As the repressed emotions beleaguer the one who ignores them, the entity tends to attack the "focus" in an angry and determined manner. Many have speculated that the entity is actually a spirit that has connected itself to the focus, who is emanating enormous energy into the environment and making manifestation possible.