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.