Allegany Investigations of the Paranormal

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                           Things of Interest

            What kinds of Ghosts are there?

                                    Residual Hauntings

Residual Hauntings are often considered a photo in time or leftover energy from the past. some type of horrific landmark in time playing itself over and over in a certain location,( i.e. battlegrounds ). Some see apparitions, some feel energies, and some hear sounds. There have been some theories that limestone deposits have some effect on residual hauntings, as they have been found near active sites and limestone can hold electromagnetic charges.

                                       Parasitic Entities

An entity that is of bad intensions. It must feed off of something (i.e. stress, anguish, drug problems, emotional problems, fear, etc. ). It can be very problematic within a household, a little less subtle than a poltergeist but still enough to reek havoc. Sometimes associated or confused with poltergeists.

                                                Time Slips

This type of haunting is most usually seen as sounds and transparent shadows. This has been documented for many years. What may be occurring is actually from the past - another time in life slipping into our time. The ingredients for this to happen are of large proportion, yet to be discovered.

                                           Crisis Apparitions

Apparitions of the dying or recently dead (usually less than twelve hours, but as much as 24-48 hours) are the most frequently reported of apparitions. This category commonly involves one-time visits to someone with whom the apparition has close emotional ties. Though the encounter usually seems to be a type of farewell, sometimes important and useful information is relayed to the "viewer." Though dying is the most common crisis, other life-threatening situations can also trigger apparitional visits. In these cases, the crisis apparition typically visits a close associate in an appeal for help

                                  Apparitions of the Dead

These are apparitions of people who have generally been dead longer than 12-48 hours. There are two subsets: 1) those that make one or several visits to someone (they may not have known this person while alive) and 2) the very rare cases of apparitions that linger for months or years around a particular location or person that they associated with when alive.

From Ghosthelp.com

 

                 Can ghosts be dangerous?

As a general rule; ghosts, apparitions, spectors, energy, orbs etc.. are not dangerous. They are just like people, most of people are good in nature so is paranormal phenomena. However you do get some activity that is dangerous. However everything goes on a case by case evaluation.

What you do have to watch out for is poltergeist activity, that is the unseen forces, the smacks and pushes and scratches and the flying objects and all the melevolent energy such as that. Poltergeists are considered to be not spiritual in nature, and so technically, "ghosts" are not dangerous, but poltergeists or inhuman entities may be. If this becomes the case, help can be given by way of other methods.

from Ghosthelp.com 

               Can a ghost follow me home?

In my experience I am going to say yes. A lot of researchers would say no. And I agree to a certain extent. It is not normal that if you go to a haunted dwelling or cemetery that something will follow you home, but there is a lot of case study to suggest that this has and can happen. It has happened to some people that I have gone on investigations with. If you are a religious person you may chose to say the St. Michael prayer before entering and before leaving any paranormal circumstance. scroll down to see that prayer.

Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle,
be our protection
against the wickedness and
snares of the devil;
may God rebuke him,
we humble pray;
and do thou, O Prince
of the heavenly host,
by the power of God
cast into hell
Satan and all evil spirits
who wander through the world
seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen

What are Shadow People?

In the recent article on shadow people - dark, ghost-like shadowy entities - it was mentioned that this phenomenon seems to be on the rise around the world. There appear to be more sightings with greater frequency. Many readers seem to concur and have responded with their frightening, sometimes bizarre personal encounters with these strange beings. Nobody really knows what they are, but I have compiled some stories so you can decide for yourself.

Here are their stories: House of Shadows

I became aware of the shadows shortly after moving into my house in New Jersey. My daughters' playroom was in the basement and they were constantly complaining that they were always seeing something move out of the corners of their eyes. My youngest also said they hovered near the ceiling. In later years, I had my floral workshop in the basement and saw them constantly. It got to the point where I would talk to them with my mind, not that they ever answered back.

They were black. We saw them all over the basement, but mostly along one wall, and occasionally saw them along the same wall on the first floor and in the kitchen near the back door. We did not see them anywhere else in the house or elsewhere on the property. But even when we did not get a glimpse of them, we were aware when they were present. Some of them seemed to have an evil presence. A few years after we moved in, I told them they were not welcome in the house and the evil presence seemed to go away. Still, we had an uneasy feeling about them. Not fear. We just accepted they were there, as several steps taken over the years to make them go away didn't work anyway. Only once after the evil ones were told they were not welcome was I aware they came back. And I am not sure if they were evil or just upset. I will explain later.

Only once did I see one clearly. But it happened in a split second and I did not see it from top to bottom. I was walking through the breakfast room into the kitchen. The kitchen light was on in the corner. It was by the back door in front of the stove. I was startled. I thought someone had come into the house. It all happened very fast. But the light from behind it did not pass through as it would a shadow. It was short and stocky and appeared as a silhouette of a person. It had a head (there were no discernable features, including no eyes) shoulders, arms and a torso. It disappeared too fast to take note if it had legs or feet. I sensed it was as surprised as I was and did not intend to be seen.

Then our house caught fire. It was a major fire that started from a shorted TV along the wall of shadows in the den. We were out of the house six months while it was repaired. About a week after the fire, I stopped by right before dark to pick up a few things. As I came onto the back porch and looked through the six-foot hole where the picture window once was, I looked across the breakfast room at the basement doorway. I sensed three shadows near the doorway. It was almost dark outside, so I did not actually see them. I also got a very bad feeling about them and told them by thought that the evil ones were still not welcome in the house whether I was there or not. Then I turned and left without entering the house. I was quite rattled. Whether I had this feeling because I was also emotionally upset about the fire... I cannot say.

The next day, I went back and it seemed the house was full of shadows, although I only caught a glimpse of them, as usual, fleeing in the basement. And I am not sure I really saw them as there were no lights on down there and the only light was from the window-well windows. It was the only time I ever sensed that they tried to communicate. It seemed they were upset that we were not there because the house was all black, there was no light for them in the kitchen, and there were strangers in the house (the workers) every day. A few weeks later, burglars tried to steal the new appliances for the house. Everything was left in the kitchen by the back door. My daughters and I joked that they met up with the shadows and were scared off. Who knows?

From Ghosthelp.com

 

 

          Can animals be ghosts?

Question: Can animals be ghosts?

Answer: The answer seems to be yes. Animals, it seems, can be both ghosts and involved in hauntings. There are countless stories from people who have heard, felt and even seen pets well after they have died. The animal usually behaves in ways that it did in life, carrying out its routines and habits - jumping on a bed, for example, to cuddle with its owner. The phenomenon brings up the question: do animals share the same life after death that humans do?

Ghost Dog
by Chris S.

In 1990, I was living in my grandmother-in-law's house. I had just given birth to my second child and was staying in a bedroom in her house that used to be occupied by my father-in-law when he was a boy. My grandmother-in-law's name was Virginia and she had lived in the house since the 1950s with her husband and a pet dog named Peanut. Peanut was a small cocker spaniel and was the family pet for 15 years, then passed away. The floors of the house were all wooden and there was a long hallway that led to all of the bedrooms. 

One night I woke up to hear a clicking sound outside in the hallway. It sounded as if something was moving up and down the hall in a run like an animal with it's nails clicking along the wooden floors and echoing in the hallway. I first thought it was Virginia's cats playing in the hall at night. After this the same phenomenon happened at least four or five more times. I asked Virginia about it and what the sound was. She said it was probably the dog Peanut because the cats were never in at night and would not make such a loud clicking sound in the hall with their nails. I said "oh" and went about my business. 

Now I always had my door shut and sometimes locked at night especially after hearing about this "ghost" dog. One night I woke up to hear Peanut running up and down the hall once again, and I cringed under my covers listening to him run. Then all of the sudden I heard him stop. Just then I felt as if something had jumped onto my bed and lain down upon my feet on the bed. I froze. I didn't breathe. I didn't even look out of my covers. I laid like this for about two to three minutes. I did reach out though to feel at my feet on top of the covers. Just as I reached out and touched my feet, the sensation of a heavy thing lying on my feet went away. That was the only time Peanut came to sleep on my bed, but I did hear him running up and down the hall many more times during the six months I lived there. Since then I am sure there are lingering spirits or energies.

What is Old Hag Syndrome?

Question: What is

Question: What is Old Hag Syndrome?

Answer: Victims of "Old Hag Syndrome" awake to find that they cannot move, even though they can see, hear, feel and smell. There is sometimes the feeling of a great weight on the chest and the sense that there is a sinister or evil presence in the room. And like the above reader, they are often quite frightened about what is happening to them. The name of the phenomenon comes from the superstitious belief that a witch - or an old hag - sits or "rides" the chest of the victims, rendering them immobile. Although that explanation isn't taken very seriously nowadays, the perplexing and often very frightening nature of the phenomenon leads many people to believe that there are supernatural forces at work - ghosts or demons. The experience is so frightening because the victims, although paralyzed, seem to have full use of their senses. In fact, it is often accompanied by strange smells, the sound of approaching footsteps, apparitions of weird shadows or glowing eyes, and the oppressive weight on the chest, making breathing difficult if not impossible. All of the body's senses are telling the victims that something real and unusual is happening to them. Rather than ghosts or demons, however, there is probably a scientific explanation: "sleep paralysis" or SP (sometimes ISP for "isolated sleep paralysis").