Hauntings: When a Residual Ghost Shares Your Home
A residual ghost is the stuff legends are made of. When generation after generation reports apparitions and ghostly behavior that repeats the same tasks each time, they are undoubtedly experiencing visits from a residual ghost.
If you are experiencing repeated appearances of a ghost at regular intervals, chances are it is a residual ghost. You may hear footsteps creaking up the stairs every night at midnight or hear laughter every Friday at dawn. You may see an apparition that walks the seashore mournfully searching for her long lost love during the full moon.
The residual ghost does not interact with those around it. It seems to be oblivious to your presence and continues with its nightly travels whether or not you are there to observe it.
Generally, a residual haunting is associated with a traumatic event that replays the exact sequence of events at the same place to many different observers. The theory is that a traumatic event can somehow etch itself into the fabric of time and attach itself to the setting in which it occurred.
It is not known how the image of this event is able to be recorded and be replayed at a later time. There are certain conditions that appear to be conducive to a residual haunting.
Most residual hauntings occur in locations that have been built over limestone, quartz, or water. It is believed that natural rock formations play a major role in the formation of a residual image. Buildings made of bricks and stones are also known to harbor residual ghosts.
Many ghost hunters believe that the release of intense energy from the original event is somehow imprinted on the area in which it occurred. The weather conditions at the time of the event may be connected to the imprinting of the image and the resulting residual haunting.
A residual ghost may appear as an apparition or it may simply be the repeated sounds of a door opening and closing, footsteps, or even voices. You may hear some unknown person singing a mournfully or crying in the night> You may hear the quiet sounds of laughter coming from the hallway. There are many reports of hearing children playing when there are no children in the home.
The reports of sightings of soldiers on a battlefield or a lone woman walking with a lantern are undoubtedly cases of a residual hauntings.
Whatever the cause, a residual ghost always repeats the same actions as though it were a movie being replayed. Residual hauntings do not always replay the a traumatic event. Often these actions are whatever the person who left the energy behind did the most often or something that was strongly tied to their life. A sea captain's wife may be seen watching the sea for her husbands return. Children may be heard laughing and playing in the hallway.
What you are observing is simply a recording of the energy left behind. There is no real entity present. It is more like a distant memory of events long ago that has somehow managed to imprint itself on the environment.
From standpoint of paranormal researchers, residual ghosts are completely harmless and are nothing to be afraid of. Because there is no real entity involved, a residual ghost can not interact with you or harm you in any way.
If you find the presence of a residual ghost in your home frightening you may want to consider moving. It does not appear that a cleansing or an exorcism will have any effect on a residual ghost.
Sources:
TAPS
C W Paranormal Consultants
Scientific Rationality Research Group
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- A residual ghost appears at the same time and place each time.
- Residual ghosts repeat the same behaviors each time.
- The residual ghost does not interact with those around it.
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Post a CommentA few days ago I was approached by a BK employee about seeing something (spirit) of a young girl in the home. It is somewhat, puzzling why she came to me for help, there has been two priests that have been to her home, with the first one whom just turned and left immediately, and the second one whose ficial expression one was one of great fear. He did, however, did bless the home. I came interested in helping them, the family, learn and understand what needs to be done.
My old flat was definately haunted, though I did not believe in ghosts until then.Lots of strange things would happen - a coin jumpedout of my hand, fell straight down until it was a few inches off the floor when it suddenly veered off as if someone had kicked it. Then one really hot night I turned over in bed and my foot brushed a hand. There was just no question about it , it was a hand. Yet there was nothing there to see. Once the ghost - or one of them - saved my life, but that's another story. People are right to be scepitcal. You should never accept the impossible unless you have to.
I am the most logical, skeptical person I know. That being said, there is not a doubt in my mind that ghosts (spirits) are a reality in my home. I live in a two story house by myself (my son is in another state in college). I frequently hear footsteps upstairs and the lights flash on and off, randomly in different rooms. I've heard breathing noises. If this were coming from anyone but me, I probably wouldn't believe it for a second. And I'm not asking for anyone to believe me ~ I just wanted to share some things that are legitimately happening to me, all the time.
My Mother-in-law shows up at my home everytime something bad is about to happen.
She passed this life in 1982.
Thanks for sharing, Justice!
Anyone else had experiences they'd like to share?
So THAT'S what kind of spook was living at my pal Richard's house! Before he moved in, an elderly woman died there, and it was a week since she was discovered. When he moved in, him and his wife could hear doors closing, dishes rattling around in the sink, shuffling footsteps, even scrubbing sounds on the kitchen floor. They lasted for about 5 years, and then stopped. We assumed she was just helping to take care of the place. I think she also haunted the bungalo that was up the hill on his property, and I could swear I once saw her face in the window of the bungalo one night, right after I had been inside (talk about getting freaked out!)
Excellent article and very interesting I never heard about the residual ghost around rock and limestone etc before, I am sorry they declined this for payment, it is very good