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I know that I probably google it but..what's a Poltergeist?
 
Poltergeist​


This is a spirit, usually mischievous and occasionally malevolent, which manifests its presence by making noises, moving objects, and assaulting people and animals. The term "poltergeist" comes from the German poltern, "to knock," and geist, "spirit." Some cases of poltergeists that remain unexplained and may involve actual spirits. In other cases the phenomena may be produced by subconscious psychokinesis (PK) on the part of an individual.

Included in the most common types of poltergeist activities are the rains of stones, dirt, and other small objects; moving or throwing of objects, including large pieces of furniture; loud noises and shrieks; and vile smells. It seems that poltergeists have adapted to the development of technology. They are known to have caused interference in telephones and electronic equipment, and turning lights and appliances on and off. Some poltergeists are said to pinch, bite, hit, and sexually attack the living.

Generally poltergeist activity starts and stops abruptly. The duration of it may extend over several hours to several months; however, some cases have been reported to last over several years. The activity almost always occurs at night when someone is presence. Typically this is the "agent," an individual who seems to serve as a focus or magnet for the activity. In most cases the agent is a factor, both those that seem paranormal or that may be caused by human PK. The agent is usually female and under the age of twenty.

Poltergeist disturbances have occurred globally since ancient times. In the late 1970s parapsychologists Alan Gauld and A. D. Cornell did a computer analysis of those cases collected since 1800 to that time. They identified sixty-three general characteristics, which include the following: 64 percent involved the movement of small objects; 58 percent were most active at night; 48 percent featured raps; 36 percent involved movement of large objects; 24 percent lasted longer than one year; 16 percent featured communication between the poltergeist and agent; 12 percent involved the opening and shutting of doors and windows.

Before the 19th century, poltergeist activity was blamed on the Devil, demons, witches, and ghosts of the dead. The Gauld-Cornell analysis found only 9 percent of the cases attributed to demons, 7 percent to witches, and 2 percent to spirits of the dead. Most of the demon and witches attributions occurred in non-Western countries. Poltergeist activity at séances was attributed to spirits of the dead.

The development and increase of psychical research during the late 19th and early 20th centuries helped confirm the conviction that poltergeist activity was genuine. Among the early investigators were two founders of the Society for Psychical Research, Sir William Barrett and Fredric W. H. Meyers. Meyers believed in the genuineness of poltergeist activity and that it was distinguishable from ghost hauntings.

In the 1930s the psychologist and parapsychologist Nandor Fodor advanced the theory that some poltergeist disturbances were caused not by spirits but by human agents suffering from intense repressed anger, hostility, and sexual tension. Fodor successfully demonstrated his theory in several cases, including the most famous "Thormton Heath Poltergeist" in England, which he investigated in 1938. The case involved a woman whose repressions caused a poltergeist outbreak and apparently a vampire attack. The Spiritualists severely criticized Fodor, but he won a libel suit against a Spiritualist newspaper.

William Roll, project director of the Psychical Research Foundation in Durham, North Carolina, further explored this psychological dysfunction theory. Starting in the 1960s, Roll studied 116 written reports of poltergeist cases spanning over four centuries in more one hundred countries. Roll identified patterns that he labeled "recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis" (RSPK), which are inexplicable, spontaneous physical effects. Generally, he discovered, the most common agent was a child or teenager whose unwitting PK was a way of expressing hostility without the fear of punishment. The individual was not aware of being the cause of such disturbances, but was, at the same time, secretly or openly please that they occurred.

Other investigators have also investigated agents finding that those in poor mental and physical health are vulnerable to stress. Patient having unresolved emotional tensions have been associated with houses where poltergeist activity occurred. When studying the personalities of agents psychologists found anxiety reactions, conversion hysteria, phobias, mania, obsessions, dissociative reactions, and schizophrenia. In some cases therapy eliminated the poltergeist activity.

However, the psychological dysfunction theory has been disputed by other researchers, including Gauld and Cornell who said the psychological tests employed were invalid. Psychiatrist Ian Stevenson proposed that spirits of the dead may account for more poltergeist activity than realized. In his study of a number of cases attributed to agents and to spirits of the dead, Stevenson noted significance differences. The phenomena in living agent cases was without purpose and often violent, while cases involving spirits of the dead featured intelligent communication, purposeful movement of objects, and little violence.

Poltergeist activities have been reported in many countries, and chronicled by occult writers such as A. R. G. Owen and Colin Wilson. The Epworth Poltergeist case is one of the best-documented cases of poltergeist activity. A.G.H.
 
D: I seriously need to have a talk with this Poltergeist! He's scratching my floor and then we have to pay for it!
 
You forgot to mention a easier description. Peeves from Harry Potter is a Poltergeist.
 
Hmmmm.....my thoughts on orbs....

Well, most of the time on Ghost Hunters (which just started) it's dust or a bug. I believe that sometimes it could be an entity. Like in some things, they don't really appear orby, but ovaly and dark black. That's when I think it's an entity, or whenever the Ghost Hunters say it's one. XD I believe anything they say.

~desu Saba~
 
Most of the one's I see on TV look like dust so I can't really believe in the orbs sort of thing unless it really looks like an orb of light. It's especially easy to tell if it's fake if it's brown.
 
Orbs are obviously fake I mean why would there just be a little ball of light that can't be seen by the human eye very well?
 
*sigh* strickly from a person who knows what they talking about.

1-Ghosts arn't something you need ot go out and hunt, they find you. and most of the time they fallow you and won't leave you the hell alone. At least untill you take them back to where you picked them up.

2-Poltergeists are MEAN! they will take a bite out of you, I know I was around one once , it lived in my cousin's room because she's an idiot and thought it would be fun to summon one and she couldn't' get rid of it. I slept in that room and woke up with giant claw marks on my stomach and a bite bruise on my shoulder... and I think I was violated. I had to get rid of that thing it took me all the next day and most of my engery.

3-Being an exersits is really hard work and it takes a lot of physical, spiritual and emotional energy, they will whittle you down to a crying betting lump before you give up or someone helps you, that's why priest's always take the deacons.

4-Demons are even worse, I personally, and luckily, have never had to deal with one. I do know a lot of people who have, (Ghost stuff runs in the family, we call it the family calling/curse), they require more then anyone wants to work for, especially since you never get paid when you do that kind of work. true psychics do not ask for money. (That makes Saint really mad because I keep reading palms for free at school.)

5-When you see a ghost... it's nothing big, usually just a white mist out of the corner of your eye, those are the nice ones. the ones that don't bother you. there are also black ones, they're stronger and they won't let you sleep. they can touch you and they can also hurt you, normally they don't unless you try to get rid of them and don't' succeed. they can make you fall out of your bed and stuff, it's mean. Poltergeist are the ones that draw energy from you're fear, if you're not scared you can chase them out no problem but the more you stay scared the more powerfull they become and the more solid their form. most of them look like the last thing they remember, you'd better hope you don't see one that died in a horrible murder, they's ugly.

6-Orbs are only annoying when you want to take a good picture. they draw pleasure from covering your face. At least they do to me. if you don't tell them to stay out of the pic, they'll be there.

7-a warning, NEVER say "come in" when the door is opened unexpectednely, you will not like what comes in and you will never be able to get rid of it until you ask it forcefully to leave. (I learned that the hard way.. that B. kept stealing my stuff, i still can't find that art book the took.)

8-If you really don't want them to bother you, just don't pay attention to them. That's what my dad and grandma always say, but I enjoy their company so I pay attention to the ones I like. Like the solders outside.

9-If you really want to see one, then........... place a tape recorder in the middle of the house at night leave it recording all night, (or until the battery dies/the tape ends) Listen to it in the morning, if you hear something that shouldn't be, (Like a voice or something) make a big fuss about it, try to figure out what it is and most likely you'll start noticing things, that will lead to being scared, that will lead to a more powerful ghost, that will lead to you seeing it, that will lead to you going out of your mind. If you want help on getting rid of it afterwards just ask me, I'll help you there.

10-If you know of one in your house and you would like a good nights sleep, here's all you have to do, before you fall asleep right when you're half asleep, imagine a bubble, staring small in the middle of your chest, expand it slowly, keep expanding it, ( if it's working you'll feel it, trust me), when the bubble is covering you hod it there, and just fall asleep. nothing will bother you all night. (at least if you believe they wont. if you doubt it in the slightest it won't work. Faith is the only thing that powers us.)

that's all i want to say this time around. *smiles* hope I help you out some. Remember I know what I'm talking about.

~JBCBlank
 
i definetly belive in the paranormal can i join
 
JBCBlank said:
*sigh* strickly from a person who knows what they talking about.

1-Ghosts arn't something you need ot go out and hunt, they find you. and most of the time they fallow you and won't leave you the hell alone. At least untill you take them back to where you picked them up.

2-Poltergeists are MEAN! they will take a bite out of you, I know I was around one once , it lived in my cousin's room because she's an idiot and thought it would be fun to summon one and she couldn't' get rid of it. I slept in that room and woke up with giant claw marks on my stomach and a bite bruise on my shoulder... and I think I was violated. I had to get rid of that thing it took me all the next day and most of my engery.

3-Being an exersits is really hard work and it takes a lot of physical, spiritual and emotional energy, they will whittle you down to a crying betting lump before you give up or someone helps you, that's why priest's always take the deacons.

4-Demons are even worse, I personally, and luckily, have never had to deal with one. I do know a lot of people who have, (Ghost stuff runs in the family, we call it the family calling/curse), they require more then anyone wants to work for, especially since you never get paid when you do that kind of work. true psychics do not ask for money. (That makes Saint really mad because I keep reading palms for free at school.)

5-When you see a ghost... it's nothing big, usually just a white mist out of the corner of your eye, those are the nice ones. the ones that don't bother you. there are also black ones, they're stronger and they won't let you sleep. they can touch you and they can also hurt you, normally they don't unless you try to get rid of them and don't' succeed. they can make you fall out of your bed and stuff, it's mean. Poltergeist are the ones that draw energy from you're fear, if you're not scared you can chase them out no problem but the more you stay scared the more powerfull they become and the more solid their form. most of them look like the last thing they remember, you'd better hope you don't see one that died in a horrible murder, they's ugly.

6-Orbs are only annoying when you want to take a good picture. they draw pleasure from covering your face. At least they do to me. if you don't tell them to stay out of the pic, they'll be there.

7-a warning, NEVER say "come in" when the door is opened unexpectednely, you will not like what comes in and you will never be able to get rid of it until you ask it forcefully to leave. (I learned that the hard way.. that B. kept stealing my stuff, i still can't find that art book the took.)

8-If you really don't want them to bother you, just don't pay attention to them. That's what my dad and grandma always say, but I enjoy their company so I pay attention to the ones I like. Like the solders outside.

9-If you really want to see one, then........... place a tape recorder in the middle of the house at night leave it recording all night, (or until the battery dies/the tape ends) Listen to it in the morning, if you hear something that shouldn't be, (Like a voice or something) make a big fuss about it, try to figure out what it is and most likely you'll start noticing things, that will lead to being scared, that will lead to a more powerful ghost, that will lead to you seeing it, that will lead to you going out of your mind. If you want help on getting rid of it afterwards just ask me, I'll help you there.

10-If you know of one in your house and you would like a good nights sleep, here's all you have to do, before you fall asleep right when you're half asleep, imagine a bubble, staring small in the middle of your chest, expand it slowly, keep expanding it, ( if it's working you'll feel it, trust me), when the bubble is covering you hod it there, and just fall asleep. nothing will bother you all night. (at least if you believe they wont. if you doubt it in the slightest it won't work. Faith is the only thing that powers us.)

that's all i want to say this time around. *smiles* hope I help you out some. Remember I know what I'm talking about.

~JBCBlank
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Nice information, though I learned all of what you said through years of watching different paranormal shows, researching paranormal phenomena online, and through my own experiences. We (well, most of us at least) know what we're talking about as well..And what's with the little sigh?

Anyway Hero, I have a suggestion for the club. We get one member (a different one each day) to post an article about paranormal phenomena, like a Daily Dose of the Super Natural, or something similar.
 
JBCBlank said:
*sigh* strictly from a person who knows what they talking about.

1-Ghosts arn't something you need ot go out and hunt, they find you. and most of the time they fallow you and won't leave you the hell alone. At least until you take them back to where you picked them up.

2-Poltergeists are MEAN! they will take a bite out of you, I know I was around one once , it lived in my cousin's room because she's an idiot and thought it would be fun to summon one and she couldn't' get rid of it. I slept in that room and woke up with giant claw marks on my stomach and a bite bruise on my shoulder... and I think I was violated. I had to get rid of that thing it took me all the next day and most of my energy.

3-Being an exorcists is really hard work and it takes a lot of physical, spiritual and emotional energy, they will whittle you down to a crying betting lump before you give up or someone helps you, that's why priest's always take the deacons.

4-Demons are even worse, I personally, and luckily, have never had to deal with one. I do know a lot of people who have, (Ghost stuff runs in the family, we call it the family calling/curse), they require more then anyone wants to work for, especially since you never get paid when you do that kind of work. true psychics do not ask for money. (That makes Saint really mad because I keep reading palms for free at school.)

5-When you see a ghost... it's nothing big, usually just a white mist out of the corner of your eye, those are the nice ones. the ones that don't bother you. there are also black ones, they're stronger and they won't let you sleep. they can touch you and they can also hurt you, normally they don't unless you try to get rid of them and don't' succeed. they can make you fall out of your bed and stuff, it's mean. Poltergeist are the ones that draw energy from you're fear, if you're not scared you can chase them out no problem but the more you stay scared the more powerful they become and the more solid their form. most of them look like the last thing they remember, you'd better hope you don't see one that died in a horrible murder, they are ugly.

6-Orbs are only annoying when you want to take a good picture. they draw pleasure from covering your face. At least they do to me. if you don't tell them to stay out of the picture, they'll be there.

7-a warning, NEVER say "come in" when the door is opened unexpectedly, you will not like what comes in and you will never be able to get rid of it until you ask it forcefully to leave. (I learned that the hard way.. that B. kept stealing my stuff, i still can't find that art book the took.)

8-If you really don't want them to bother you, just don't pay attention to them. That's what my dad and grandma always say, but I enjoy their company so I pay attention to the ones I like. Like the solders outside.

9-If you really want to see one, then........... place a tape recorder in the middle of the house at night leave it recording all night, (or until the battery dies/the tape ends) Listen to it in the morning, if you hear something that shouldn't be, (Like a voice or something) make a big fuss about it, try to figure out what it is and most likely you'll start noticing things, that will lead to being scared, that will lead to a more powerful ghost, that will lead to you seeing it, that will lead to you going out of your mind. If you want help on getting rid of it afterwards just ask me, I'll help you there.

10-If you know of one in your house and you would like a good nights sleep, here's all you have to do, before you fall asleep right when you're half asleep, imagine a bubble, staring small in the middle of your chest, expand it slowly, keep expanding it, ( if it's working you'll feel it, trust me), when the bubble is covering you hod it there, and just fall asleep. nothing will bother you all night. (at least if you believe they wont. if you doubt it in the slightest it won't work. Faith is the only thing that powers us.)

that's all i want to say this time around. *smiles* hope I help you out some. Remember I know what I'm talking about.

~JBCBlank
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Sure that's a great idea and your in wrath. Good job JBCBlank. So I'm guessing your a exorcist? Oh and I fixed your spelling mistakes.
 
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I alway sigh, yesterday because I was sick. *sneeze* still sick today... I'm not much of an exorcist by the way. I only get them out of the house if they bother me to much. XD they do it alot.

I don't put much faith in thoes paranormal phanamanon(<<don´t say anything this isn't my computer... no spell check) shows, my dad and grandma pouned all this into me a few years ago, mostly because Grandma isn't strong enough to do it by herself anymore. I keep the ugly red eyed one in check, what with a new baby in the house it´s necesary. (not my baby mind you, I don´t have one and don´t want one. not yet.)

I have alot of stories, most are long and rambling. XD

-JBCBlank
 
Aww. *hugs* Glad you're feelin' better.

Yeah, it is hard to trust the shows about paranormal phenomena; there's always the possiblity that the encounters were planned and the investegators/cast were true actors.
 
*nods* You know, I have a lot of special skills, one of my most helpful is the ability to know when someone's lying. If i get scared when watching something about paranormal activities, It's real, if I laugh or just get board, it's a lie. *smiles*It annoys my cousins cause I keep telling them that things are fake. XD

~JBCBlank
 
I believe Ghost Hunters is real, but that's about it. There was this really funny show where I nearly died crying....of laughter! XD It was these British people or something, and the were in this house with a small room on the top floor. The looked in that room and said they think they saw something so a guy walks in there and acts like he's having a seizure or something, then starts talking like he's being posessed. Then he falls to the ground and acts like he didn't have any idea what just happened. It was bad acting too. XD

I take on a new perspective of what I used to think about people. Like you JBC, I used to think that you were just interested in Zelda and lead a normal life, but now it's like WHOA! You know what I mean?

~desu Saba~
 
Pipluper said:
I believe Ghost Hunters is real, but that's about it. There was this really funny show where I nearly died crying....of laughter! XD It was these British people or something, and the were in this house with a small room on the top floor. The looked in that room and said they think they saw something so a guy walks in there and acts like he's having a seizure or something, then starts talking like he's being posessed. Then he falls to the ground and acts like he didn't have any idea what just happened. It was bad acting too. XD

I take on a new perspective of what I used to think about people. Like you JBC, I used to think that you were just interested in Zelda and lead a normal life, but now it's like WHOA! You know what I mean?

~desu Saba~
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XD Yeah, it's so obvious when someone's acting and someone is bein' real.
WHAT ABOUT ME???!!?!? J/k

Anyway...I found an article type document 'bout Animal ghosts.

Spoiler:
 
I really want to share something cool and paranormal to all you, but I'm not aloud to start a seperate topic. x_x

So, there are friendly ghosts and mean ones... but what about demons? Are there any good demons out there? -probably not-

Fallen Angel Flonne: Hey! That's not true! >_<
 
No, demons are the evil entities. There are no good ones. In some religions they are portrayed as fallen angels who turned to Satan and do his bidding on the living world, stuff like that. In short, however, you do not want to encounter a demon.

And sharing a story or something paranormal isn't considered a topic, so you may share whatever it is you'd like to share.
 
Well, it's more of a supernatural phenomena that I can all teach you do right now. I've been using the skill for three years by now. Try and guess what I am going to talk about. Here is a big hint: My nickname

By the way, by your current knowledge, I want to know clear my answer from a paranormal experience of mine that occurred last Sunday:
I read some article about Pokemon being bad with some religion... I was speechless and angry towards the article. I went and took a drink of water in the kitchen, but an instant I felt this over-bearing horrible (might my say evil) feeling that almost took over my body. I immediately ran my way upstairs to my room and the feeling gradually went away.

What could this unnatural feeling possibly mean?
 
Can I ask if you've ever experienced paranormal phenomena before in your house? If so, then there have been cases where the mere presence of an entity can actually cause people to go into depression, or have terrible feelings or thoughts. (Wether that occours or not, and how the person is affected by it depends on wether the entity is 'good' or 'bad', and how they felt as they lived their lives. Example, a demon/bad spirit would usually give the victim a horrible feeling like the one you experienced. A ghost who lived their life in misery might emit a feeling of melancholy or dread.)

But, if it wasn't a ghost that caused it, it could be that you were so disgusted from the article that a wave of negative emotions overwhelmed you and caused the horrible feeling.
 
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