Poltergeists

  Poltergeist activity has a wide variety of manifestations. It can include, and is not limited to, lights turning on and off, moving or flying objects, destruction of property, smells, noises, apparitions (not truly ghosts, however), problems with electrical appliances, flooding without a water source, spontaneous fires, physical attack and even (very rarely) sexual assault.

   Usually the activity focuses on one individual (called an “agent”) and this person is usually an adolescent female. Not always, however, as cases have been recorded of agents of all ages and both sexes. Usually the activity escalates and then peters out after a relatively short time.

   The most common theory regarding poltergeists is that the activity is actually caused unconsciously by a living person under stress. This person, for whatever reason, cannot deal with the stress in a natural way and it manifests as a sort of “telekinetic temper tantrum”, as Lloyd Auerbach calls it in his book Ghost Hunting: How to Investigate the Paranormal. The agent is usually unaware that they are the cause of the activity, The objects affected by the activity may give clues to what the cause of the stress is. They may have a similar connection (all kitchen objects, for example) or they may all belong to the same person.

   Ending poltergeist activity may be as simple as identifying the agent, identifying what the stress is, getting the agent to accept that they are the cause of the activity and helping them deal with the stress more appropriately. However, it can be difficult to get someone to believe they are the cause of the activity either because they do not believe in the possibility of such a thing or they do not want to accept responsibility. 

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