When an incident or emotion takes place with such intensity and markedness, it may leave an impression upon space and time and repeat itself for eternity. This recording of an event is usually caused by some trauma but may just be the continuation of a repitition of events. For example, the lonely wife pacing the balcony of the old home, waiting for her husband who never returned from sea or war. Cars and trucks can be residual haunts, and even stagecoaches. These are events, not ghosts or spirits, and are not responsive or interactive. So this means they con not harm you if you think you may have a residual haunting.

IMPRINT (IMPRINTING): It is theorized that events and strong feelings/emotions can leave a copy or record of themselves on places (tunnels, rooms, fields etc) and objects (furniture, buildings, personal affects etc). Most notably this occurs when a sudden and violent death occurs such as a powerful accident, a murder or other crime, a war or battle area etc. The energy that is left can result in a non-intelligent haunting, usually a residual haunting. In these cases people often report seeing and hearing the same thing over and over like a tape playing, rewinding and playing again. Sometimes the event seems to be recorded on the specific location rather than a building, room or object. There have been cases reported where an imprint haunting has occurred in a building, the building is later totally demolished and a new one built (or the area just left vacant) but the haunting still continues. In the situation of imprinting on an object the haunting can follow the object through several owners. This is often reported with items purchased at a yard sale or flea market.

Ectoplasm (Vapors and Mists)

A grey or white colored fog that appears alone or right before the appearance of an apparition. It can move alone in all directions, including through physical barriers. It resembles exhaled breath on a cold day or cigarette smoke and is often erroneously identified in ghostly photography. Originally, the term was used to describe clear jelly-like substance remaining after a seance.

White, blue, or yellow lights usually seen glowing in the distance. Unexplained, they are known by different names

Orbs

Small sphere-shaped masses of energy believed to be either the beginning of an apparition or a complete manifestation unto itself. They move on their own at various speeds. Usually invisible to the naked eye, they are the most common anomaly captured on film. However, the majority of orbs in photographs can be explained away by other means such as dust, insects, or camera flaws. A photo of an orb with a light trail behind is rare and considered more reliable. Orbs can be found just about anywhere.

Most often spotted indoors, these swirling funnel-shaped mists show up in photographs with a tread-like quality in the body. These anomalies may be spirits themselves, but it is becoming increasingly believed that it is more likely they are a method of transport between two worlds. They are often seen with orbs but have also been spotted alone.

suc·cu·bus (sŭk'yə-bəs)

Accounts of shadow people typically describe them as being black humanoid silhouettes with no discernible mouths, noses, or facial expressions, though accounts also exist of them being child-sized humanoids or shapeless masses that sometimes change to a more human like form. The eyes are usually not described as being discernible but in some reports glowing eyes are mentioned. The color of the eyes is red Often they are described as staring at the floor.

Generally, they are described as lacking mass, though their specific nature varies from a two-dimensional shadow to a vaporous or distorted three-dimensional form

Some accounts describe what appears to be the outline of a cloak, and in some instances the outline of a 1930s style fedora hat. This last type is referred to by many alleged witnesses on the Internet as the "hat-man" due to its prevalence among Shadow people sightings. Various depictions and artists rendering have been posted on the Internet.

Explanations for shadow people have been drawn from the fields of parapsychology, metaphysics, cryptozoology, demonology, religion, and the occult:

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ap·pa·ri·tion (ăpə-rĭsh'ən)

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An image of an ideal.

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ghost (gōst)

Demons - Like angels, demons have never lived and also seem to have specific purposes in relation to humans. They are considered evil and serve the will of Satan. They are known for tempting and tormenting humans and can manifest themselves in nearly any form. They are known for thier ability to possess humans (and even inanimate objects) and cause them to act or perform in manners completely alien to their character, including violently. Removal of a demon requires the services of an exorcist, or otherwise someone considered pious and pure of heart. In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon (or daemon, dæmon, daimon from Greek: δαίμων [ðaïmon]) is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit, and in Christian terms it is generally understood as a Fallen angel, formerly of God. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may be conjured and insecurely controlled. The "good" demon in recent use is largely a literary device though references to good demons can be found in Hesiod and Shakespear In common language, to "demonize" a person means to characterize or portray them as evil, or as the source of evil.

Events above the normal or everyday experiences. Events that can not be readily explained by known conventional reasons and/or commonly accepted science. Not to be confused with Supernatural that implies a deity explanation.

DOWSING (aka DIVINING):

The ability to use a pair of rods (often metal) held in the hands to locate objects, most commonly water. A Y-shaped tree branch can also be used fro finding water. In the paranormal investigation field Dowsing Rods are sometimes used to locate energy sources that could be paranormal in nature.

ECHOLALIA:

A professional clinical word that means to repeat back what you hear. As applied to the paranormal field it means when a ghost or spirit repeats back something you have just said in order to show they are there and are trying to communicate with you. The words repeated back could be EVP questions or just casual conversation. It is not clear why an entity might repeat back your words rather than respond on their own. Perhaps it is easier/simply for an entity to repeat what it has heard rather than form new words

ENTITY:

A generic term used to describe a paranormal object/being that is presumed to be a ghost or spirit. Since no one is yet 100% sure what paranormal objects really are the term "entity" is used as a pronoun to include any and all possible things such as ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, non-human spirits etc.

With paranormal ghost/spirit activity it is possible that a small concentrated area of high paranormal activity may briefly alter the physical environment (see Warp) such that time slows down or stops altogether. For example, a person in such an effected area may be in the area for 20 minutes as measured by a clock outside the area. But the person's watch only shows them in the area for 15 minutes. What happened to the 5 minutes difference?

The act of an entity trying to make it self appear in our world. Entities are believed to exist mainly as energy with no physical form. When an entity is trying to make itself appear or make it's presence known in our world it is said to be manifesting itself; trying to make itself into some form of physical state.

MIST:

An energy field that looks like a cloud or haze but has a paranormal ectoplasm substance. There may or may not be any particular shape, color (typically white or light colored), thickness, or consistency.

EVP CLASSIFICATIONS: There are four different classes in which to catagorize your EVPs into. The classes are titled A, B, C, and R, EVPs. The explanation on how to categorize your EVP into the proper class is listed below.

CLASS - A: For an EVP to receive a Class A rating it must be a very clear voice and everyone that you let listen to the recording agrees on what is being said by the ghost or spirit. Everyone who hears the voice must come to the same conclusion about what it is saying without being told by another investigator. These voices do not need to be amplified or cleared up using a computer, sound editing program but can be clearly heard straight from the recording devise. It does not have to be extremely loud but it must be clear on what is being said. The Class A EVPs are the best voices of the dead captured and are the rarest to record.

CLASS - B: An EVP that can be understood and most people agree on what is being said will fall into the Class B, category of EVPs. These EVPs might not be understood by everyone who listens to them and might even sound like it is saying something completely different to other people that listen to the recording. This class of EVP might need to be amplified using a computer and a sound editing program before they can be clearly understood. To get a Class B rating the voice must be fairly clear and easy to determine what most of the words are, when analyzing the voice with your computer. This is the most common class of EVP captured!

CLASS - C: The Class C, EVP will be the worst quality voices that you can capture. It is nearly impossible to understand what is being said even with the help of computer enhancement. These EVPs are often just whispers or mumbled words or might even sound robotic. The Voice cannot be understood but the investigator still knows that it is an EVP because of the fact that no one was talking during the recording session and human sounding voices can clearly be heard in the background noise.

CLASS - R: In order for an EVP to receive a Class R rating it must have a meaning to it when played in reverse. Some EVPs will have a meaning when played normally and a different meaning in reverse. When this happens it will have two classifications. For example a Class A, EVP with a excellent and clear meaning in reverse as well, would be titled a Class A-RA, EVP. This meaning it was very clear to understand both forward and in reverse. It can not have a Class A-RC beacuse this would mean that it could not be understood in reverse which would not be a Class-R EVP. You may have a Class B-RB or a Class A-RB ect.

The electromagnetic field is a physical field produced by electrically charged objects. It affects the behaviour of charged objects in the vicinity of the field.

The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely throughout space and describes the electromagnetic interaction. It is one of the four fundamental forces of nature (the others are gravitation, the weak interaction, and the strong interaction).

The field can be viewed as the combination of an electric field and a magnetic field. The electric field is produced by stationary charges, and the magnetic field by moving charges (currents); these two are often described as the sources of the field. The way in which charges and currents interact with the electromagnetic field.

Electromagnetic field meters are used to "see" where a spirit is by it using the energy in the room surrounding itself. If one does not have an EMF meter it is not uncommon for one to notice rapid depletion of batteries or to feel drained of their own energy when a spirit is trying to manifest. This is just a quick explaination of what an electromagnetic field is and how a ghost hunter may use an EMF meter in hunting spirits.

It is known that many ghost hunters like to use the ouija board as a means to contact the spirit realm. We however do not use them. We feel it is not neccessary for us to use the boards to contact those from beyond but do not judge those who do use them as a tool of communication.

Ouija means: oui- French for yes and ja- German for yes, in the American language. But the board is neither French nor German. The origanal boards was made of wood, planchettes also with felt on the bottom for easy movement, and by a cabinet, coffin maker that is where the rumor of the origanal being made of coffin lids,and the planchette being a nail from the coffin, came about. The creater later sold the patent and eventually Parker Brothers bought and still owns it to this day.

The boards are supposed to be used at night, but you should use caution and sit in a circle possibly surrounded by candles also in a circle, and I do not reccomend that they be used alone origanally they were used with male and female preferred.

Ouija boards are also known as the talking boards or witch boards. They are used for channeling or mediumship contact. The thought that the boards go as far back as the Egyptians when they used them but theirs was a ring or pendulam hung from a thread over a round table with symbols written on it.

We advise anyone who wishes to use, is, or does use the boards regaurdless of what you call it to maintain a safe practice when using them. Keep in mind at all times the paranormal and or the unexplained are just that and should be approached with caution especially when the unexperienced are involved.