Things that go BUMP in the night...

There have been thousands of reports from all over the world, that have been recorded for many years, which leave little doubt that haunting experiences are quite real - or are they?

So, what are ghosts?  No one knows for certain.  Veteran ghost hunter Hans Holzer says, "A ghost is a human being who has passed out of the physical body, usually in a traumatic state and is not aware usually of his true condition. We are all spirits encased in a physical body. At the time of passing, our spirit body continues into the next dimension. A ghost, on the other hand, due to trauma, is stuck in our physical world and needs to be released to go on." 

The general thought is that ghosts are the spirits of the dead that for some reason are "stuck" between this plane of existence and the next, often brought about by tragedy or trauma. 

Ghosts exist in a kind of limbo in which they haunt the scenes of their deaths or familiar locations.  Sometimes, these types of ghosts are able to interact with the living, some how aware of the living and react to being seen should they materialise.  Many psychics claim to be able to communicate with them trying to help the spirits to understand that they are dead and to move onto the next stage of their existence.