A haunting occurs when a spirit or spirits remain in a location after their death. They may appear in different forms and manifest in many ways. Most hauntings are believed to occur because something traumatic occurred at the location.
Bumps in the night, a feeling that you’re being watched or touched, noises that don’t have a logical explanation and even full apparitions are all signs of a haunting. But, if you’re new to this, it can be hard to determine what is real from what isn’t.
It’s important to remember that ghostly activity can also be caused by things such as:
Residual Haunting
Residual haunting is the most common type of haunting and accounts for a lot of paranormal activity seen on TV and movies. Residual hauntings do not have intelligence, so they will not interact with witnesses at the haunted place. Apparitions will often be like moving pictures and not look very solid. They may not even be able to touch or move anything in the environment.
Other factors that can affect a haunting include storms, temperature and the proximity of living people. So, it’s important to keep a log of any paranormal activity that happens and to take note of the weather and time of day/night when that activity is happening.
Also, if you are easily distracted or have trouble paying attention to more than one thing at once, you might miss sensory cues and blame them on a ghost. If you’re prone to this, then make sure that you remove anything in your home that might frighten you and could be mistaken for a ghost such as: