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Haunted: Whispers Estate - Mitchell, Indiana
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A Few Thoughts on Ghosts

Haunted: Whispers Estate - Mitchell, Indiana

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 05:52 PM PST

PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION - WHISPERS ESTATE B&B

If you're going to drive six hours for an overnight investigation and drive six hours back home the next day, it better be worth it…

Our six hour trip complete with arguments and wrong turns was worth it. Our friend Doug had visited Whispers Estate a few months prior to our investigation and came back raving about what he had experienced. Disembodied voices heard with the actual ear and all sorts of other activity.

Whispers Estate is on Warren Street in the small, quiet town of Mitchell, Indiana. The first thing I noticed when we turned onto the street was the funeral home across from Whispers. It was the brightest place on the block with ornate light posts along the road and Christmas lights on the building. I got a kick out of that.

Walking up to Whispers, two cement angels stood at the front walk-way silently looking up, offering a prayer for the spirits left behind. Warm light spilled out onto the wrap around porch from the front window, seemingly making this place appear to be the coziest house on the street. We peeked inside like a couple of stalkers and saw everyone inside already.

The inside of Whispers Estate is lavishly decorated with antiques and replicas in the Victorian style. Crystal chandeliers hang in the parlor and dining room. The furniture, four poster beds and stained glass make you feel like you've stepped back in time. Eerie paintings by the owner of Whispers grace the walls reminding you that the homes' cozy interior masks the ghostly activity that lurks. The home was built in the early 20 th century and it's believed the ghosts of past owners Dr. John Gibbons and his wife Jesse, along with their adopted children Rachel and twin brother Enus haunt the old home. On Christmas day in 1912, a fire started and took Rachel's life. Burn marks from that awful day still remain in the home. A pocket door hidden for years between the parlor and dining room showed burn marks from that terrible day. When owner Jarrett Marshall bought the home and began tearing up the carpet to expose the hard wood floors, he found pressboard on the parlor floor and under that were burns as well. It's reported Rachel's brother died two years later and that they are buried in the backyard of Whispers.

Our Investigation Begins…

The first thing we did was arm the house with recording devices. After what Doug had witnessed on his last visit, we wanted to be ready if the activity started to happen. We had a condenser microphone upstairs and downstairs. There was a video camera running along with another digital recorder in Rachel's bedroom upstairs and more handheld digital recorders downstairs with people. We dimmed the lights in the parlor and started talking to the air around us. I always feel stupid at the beginning of an EVP session because it feels like your talking to nothing… until it answers back. I was completely stunned when we started to hear the beginnings of many strange sounds that night with our own ears. Jarrett started asking Rachel questions, asking if she'd come out. The first sound of the evening was very strange and eerie. I can't quite explain it but you can listen to it. It was coming from upstairs and no one was up there. The only thing on the second floor was our very in-human recording equipment. Doug quickly exclaimed that was how the sounds started during his last visit to Whispers.

Excitement in the room grew when we continued to hear more sounds including what sounded like two men talking. We couldn't make anything out except for mumbling. We continued to hear tinkering sounds and thuds and the icing on the cake was the sound of someone running upstairs.

With so much noise coming from the second floor, we decided to go see if anything had been moved. We had set up Jacks along a dresser and spelled Rachel's name in some magnetic letters. Nothing had been disturbed. For the next session, myself and Bonnie stayed upstairs in Rachel's room and the guys all stayed in the parlor. I laid there on the bed in the dark, able to see the dolls displayed on the dresser through the Night Shot on my video camera. One doll in particular was extra creepy. It was a burnt up doll that has a strange story as to how it got that way.Doug told me, "Some past guests had asked, "Rachael, show us what you look like." The doll dropped from nowhere onto either the staircase or at the end of Rachael's bed (I cannot remember, but somehow I associate the doll story with both of those places). When a lady went to pick it up, it was smoking and very hot to the touch."

The burnt doll looked back at me and I was waiting for the disturbing thing to go flying off the dresser or turn its head all the way around, but nothing happened. Bonnie started to breathe heavy and I think she was dozing off when suddenly a bunch of noise came from the attic. In the parlor below, the guys heard what sounded like a ball bouncing. Previously in the night, Doug had asked for "Rachel to bring us her Jacks ball."

Doug and Jarrett had decided to head up to the attic so that there were people on every floor. In the past, the attic has had a lot of activity and currently, Jarrett was remodeling it to make more rooms available for the bed and breakfast and if you know a thing or two about the paranormal, you might have heard remodeling in a home almost always seems to stir up paranormal activity even more.

Bonnie and I heard what sounded like boards being dropped. We yelled up to Doug and Jarrett and asked if they were Okay and Doug yelled back, "It's paranormal!! We need a flashlight quick!" Bonnie bolted off the bed and dashed up to the attic. I didn't have a flashlight and shamefully will admit, stayed on the bed for a few seconds paralyzed and just a tad spooked out. Someone finally shined a light inside the dark bedroom for me and I bolted for the attic with everyone else.

Doug and Jarrett were stumped as to what had happened. They were sitting in the small attic space when they heard the sound of a ball drop on the floor and then a few loose boards that were leaning on the walls moved and actually hit Jarrett on the head. The ball found was the missing Jacks ball Doug had asked for earlier in the evening.

While on a break between EVP sessions, the overpowering smell of old cologne or shaving cream infused the parlor. The smell moved around the room and particularly seemed to plague Bonnie, who could hardly stand it. No one there had cologne on and the smell came and went.

After more EVP sessions with more strange noises, Jarrett and Bonnie headed back up to the attic. They weren't up there long when they yelled for us to come up. We ran upstairs again like a heard of elephants and didn't know what to say when we saw about nine jacks lying on the attic floor. Bonnie said she even heard the sound of a ball bouncing in the attic but once the lights were on, no ball was found.

Eventually, the activity seemed to slow down along with us. I started to drift off to sleep at 4:30 AM and the door between our room and the dining room opened. There was a chain lock on it so it didn't open all the way. I kicked my boyfriend and told him the door was opening and he mumbled something about the door jam not being true. So did the door just open on its own, or did one of the resident ghosts come down to tuck us into bed? Who knows.

Our buddy Jason's room was next to ours and the lights blazed in his room all night long. Jason was told his room was the doctor's operating office and a highly active room. With how the night had gone, Jason wasn't going to take any chances and kept the lights on all night.
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FURTHER INVESTIGATION - WHISPERS ESTATE B&B

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Five graves reportedly fill the backyard while eerie voices and mysterious happenings greet visitors.

It's all a part of the charm of Whispering Estates, a bed and breakfast located in the heart of one of Mitchell's most desirable neighborhoods. And it's part of what has ghost hunters and others coming back, time and time again.

For Jarret Marshall, who moved to Mitchell three years ago from Bloomington after purchasing the century-old home, the voices, ghosts and haunted happenings just add to the charm of the eloquently decorated place near some of Mitchell's most historic homes on Warren Street.

"People who don't believe in anything, rethink everything after staying here," Marshall said.

The haunted activity started after Marshall, who is trained in historic home renovations, started breathing new life into the home once occupied by Dr. John and Jessie Gibbons, who lived there until their deaths in 1944 and 1934, respectively. The physician used two rooms as his office for at least three decades.

He didn't know the home was haunted when he bought it to restore.

It was something he learned firsthand.

"I could tell the wall that separated the parlor from the front hallway was not original," Marshall said. "I found pillars in the basement that fit that space perfectly, so I tore down the false wall and opened up the parlor. That's when I found the original pocket doors hidden behind molding."

That's when soot and damage from a previous fire landed in his lap. And it's the first time he experienced something he couldn't explain.

"The door started shaking like someone wanted in, so I went to answer it thinking it was someone in my family. But when I opened the door, no one was there," Marshall said. "It just continued from that point. I never really believed in this stuff before, and I didn't tell anyone about it for the longest time. Now, it's normal. The more I am here, the more it happens and the more I get used to it. It's like having a family here — you almost begin to feel the connection."

Several apparitions have been felt in the home by different people, but the strongest is the little girl whom Marshall believes is named Rachel.

"It's one of the only places I've gone or that I've done that you can ask a question (to the ghosts) and get an audible answer back," said Keith Age, who is using the house for a documentary he is filming for the SciFi channel titled "Children from the Grave."

"It takes a lot for me to believe that there's some activity somewhere, but when you get an audible answer back in different tones ... it's not hard to believe."

Age, representing the Louisville Ghost Hunters Society, and several other ghost hunters from different organizations have descended upon the home frequently to get a peek at the eerie activities that include voices, knocking, moving objects and shadow people.

"I've had to question myself on more than one occasion," Marshall said. "We're out in the middle of nowhere in this little town. Why would this house be active and not the next? It's kind of interesting to me because I think the house is doing it. I think this house feels that it was here to help people.

"I think that what started off as this great life for this couple ended up being quite traumatic with a baby dying and the children dying. I think Rachel was a very strong little girl, and that's why she is a very strong apparition here now."

Do the haunted happenings ever scare Marshall?

"I've been freaked out a couple of times, and that's only when I am caught off-guard," he said. "The mind's a powerful thing, it really is. But when I walked in here, it felt like I was home. It felt like the house was sad, like it needed me. It's almost as if the house is waking up again. It's recreating itself."

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HISTORY, LEGENDS AND LORE - WHISPERS ESTATE

Rachael died in a fire in Whispers Estate. Although no formal paperwork exists (considering the date/era, this is hardly suspicious), rumors persist that Dr John and Jessie Ruth Gibbons adopted Rachael and her twin brother, Enis.

The original owners of the house, Dr John and Jessie Gibbons reportedly adopted abandoned/orphaned children. One of these children, a 10-year old girl named Rachael, started a fire in the front parlor, being badly burned, and died 2 days later in one of the upstairs bedrooms. But, you can still hear, and sometimes see, her running around the house today.

A 10-month infant, Elizabeth, died in the master bedroom of unknown causes, but there's still the scent of baby power, and you can sometimes still hear her cries.

Jessie died in that same bedroom after a 2 week bout with pneumonia. Guests sleeping in that room often awake to labored breathing and coughing. Some even report feeling as if someone is sitting on their chest. The most common paranormal activity in this room is the closet doorknob will frequently jiggle for a few moments, stop suddenly, and the closet door will pop open. The maximum reported count for repeatable occurrences is 5 within a couple minutes. this of course required persons in the room to close the door each time.

Dr Gibbons was a prominent doctor in town, having his office in the 1st floor rooms in the house. Given the time period and medical field, it is likely many patients died there during his practice of ~20 years.

Stories of subsequent owners/occupants suggest others have encountered their own demise, such as a gentlemen in the 50s/60s that died in the upstairs bathroom, a young boy that died from falling down the front staircase(recently spoke with the relatives of this little boy; got name and keywords), and more.

In 2006, The previous owner bought the house after being vacant for a few years. During its restoration, strange activity started to occur. Activity in the house continued, and even increased, subsequently earning the name 'Whispers Estate' after guests repeatedly reported hearing disembodied voices whispering in their ears.

Since 2006, the house has been investigated by numerous paranormal groups as well as visited by psychics & demonologists.

There are supposedly 4 graves in the backyard, not including, what psychics have called, a pit-grave which they say contain amputated limbs, internal organs, aborted fetuses, etc...

There is reportedly a portal/vortex which runs up through the house from the front parlor into the 3rd floor room/attic. the room in the attic is said to be the heart of the house. Guests that are brave enough to sleep in this 3rd floor room report horrible nightmares and sometimes hear something trying to get in the room via the door (door knob jiggling).

Visitors have reported sighting a shadow, which is now called 'Big Black', an entity which psychics says 'is not of this world'. While most commonly encountered in the doctor's rooms, it has been seen throughout the house.

Guests have experienced earthquake-like tremors while in Doctor's bathroom... No... not 'those kinds' of tremors... I'm referring to tremors of a paranormal origin.

EVP sessions have revealed many entities in the house at any given time, But you don't always need recording equipment to hear these disembodied voices at Whispers Estate. Many young women have reported hearing Dr John whisper in their ears, as well sometimes grabbing/gropping them.

Guests claim to see the beds/couches visible shake, while still others sleeping on beds and couches have reported having them shake violently.....

(Often, guests decide they'd rather sleep as close to the front door as possible, just in case...)

Investigators often do 'rounds' throughout the house at different times throughout a night. Sometimes, upon leaving the servant's quarters, just after the last person exists the room, the solid, heavy, wooden door slams with unrestrained force by unseen presence.

There are times when guests notice pleasant smells of baby power drift throughout the house, but the scent of pungent cologne/aftershave, cigar/tobacco, rancid meat/cabbage, dirty medical bandages, and more are not uncommon.

Guest have reported their recording camcorders being moved by an unseen presence, thereby disturbing the viewpoint of the intended target.

If you're not completely freaked out, and think you have what it takes to spend a night here, please contact us to make a reservation, to experience for yourself,
...a stay at Whispers Estate.

Doctor's Unethical Practices: Legend/Lore

We don't know if this is fact or not, but multiple psychics that have cold-visited the house (not knowing any details of the location they are entering), have stated the doctor had performed a number of unethical practices including, but limited to; taking personal liberties with female patients, abortions (remember, this was ~100 years ago), unneeded amputations, etc...

The doctor was also reportedly a voyeur, peeking in on female patients, having upto 10 mistresses at a time - while married to Jessie, adopting children which his mistresses bore.

There is even one allegation that Doctor John Asa Gibbons was intimate with a slave/servant. Subsequently, this line of questioning during an EVP session resulted in a response the questioner was not expecting; he was attacked by what we presume to be the Doctor, leaving multiple scratch marks on his neck.

Big Black: Legend/Lore

Multiple psychics have stated he's a large humanoid entity 'not of this world'.

From this, a lot of people would conclude he's a demon. I do not agree with this, though. He/It could simply be another race from another planet (look, if you're going to believe in the existence of ghosts, or the paranormal in general, then alien races have to be included, right?)

Sources:
www.michigansotherside.com
www.tmnews.com
www.hauntedindiana.com
www.whispersestate.com

NOTE: I have been told that ownership of Whispers Estate changed about a year ago and that the residence has been restored. there have been many investigations conducted at this location...in fact, I know of 2 that were done within the past month. You can read about the latest investigation at G.H.O.S.T....Lon

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Triangular UFO Chases Witness' Car, Emits Beam, Morphs to Sphere

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 08:12 AM PST

MUFON witness report (unedited) - Winnie, Chambers County, Texas - February 16, 2010: My friend and I were in route from Port Arthur to Houston, traveling west bound on Highway 73, we had just passed the landfill(between Winnie Tx.)The time was about 11:45Pm. We were visiting my aunt, in ICU in Port Arthur.

I had just activated(the Google Navigator) on my 3G phone. I was thinking to myself how cool!, we are tracking in virtual time on a satalite map…"this must be the way we appear from an arial view."

At that same instant my friend who was driving,in a calm collective manner says "See I told you that there are UFO's around here!" I looked up, my eyes immeadiately fixated, to the top left corner of the windshield.

And….Sure enough!!! There IT was!!!! traveling east bound, about 200 ft above the hwy. It appeared to be pulsating a irradescent/flouresent bright rainbow color, however all of the colors displayed at the same time…….. There were three Rumboid shaped pulsating objects they seemed to be seperate, but yet as one unit?!?!? silently/fluidly traveling east bound,paralell to hwy 73 … I asked my friend"DID YOU SEE THAT?!?!WHAT THE HELL IS THAT!!!???? four times, I also rolled all of the car windows down and I opened the sun roof.

This was to reassure myself that we were'nt just seeing a reflection off of the car's glass and the fact that my friend confirmed four times that we were both seeing the same phenomina. As I opened the sun roof,never taking my eyes off of the object, I popped my head up through the sun roof,and said WOW!!!! that's no reflection!!! That's a Bonified UFO! That very instant, the object made an immeadiate U-turn!!!!!!!!!

And now it was following us down hwy73!!! I never once left visual contact with the object. I jumped down into my seat and shouted"THEY ARE COMING!!!!THEY ARE FOLLOWING US!! keep in mind that this is a dark and desolate hwy at this time of the night.

I kept my eye on it, while my friend was franticly speeding up to get away! I could see the same colors pulsating 100FT above the pavement behind us!!,but it seemed very different than what colors you or I are use to???!!!

I was almost hypnotysed by this strange sight… I could see the triangle shaped pulsating Rumboids getting larger, and closer, leaving and getting smaller, and yet not moving at all?!!?!?!? well my friend, as strange as it may sound, all of this was taking place simutaneousley, My eyes and brain were not quiet sure how to process all of this together

We became panicked and sped up to approx. 120mph. Again this thing never changed perspective, of course we were speeding, but the object stayed behind us, but not ever moving?!!??!!?

My friend says to me"STOP STARING AT IT"!!

The object got almost to the back of my car, then I noticed a yellow/amberish colored column of light slowly coming down to the ground from the object… then the column of light became very very bright, nontransparent, and became almost like an orange fire ball. I could see the grass and the dirt flying about ,under this fireball!! I started screaming""""THEY ARE GOING TO BLOW US UP!!!!!!!""""" that instanst, the object started to wobble?

And the air all around it seemed to ripple as if it were H20?!?!?! Then the object became one with the column of orange/yellow light, it reminded me of how Mercury looks on a hard surface. And all in the same split second, the object then became a bright large sphere, with the same pulsating colorfull pattern… I was shell shocked!!!! Did i just see that take place in this demension/this planet/this Whatever!!!!! By this time I could feel a presence in my persona,,,,not anything unusual,,,no strange voices, but almost like my subconcious was suddenly in charge?!!?!I never once felt threatened in that sense, but I was subtlely able to become aware of this new/unfamilair feeling in my head?!?!

Sounds lunicital ,I know!!!! but like I said, there is no vocabulary that we have as a species that could come close to propperly describing these events,senses,feelings,"phenominas"

We continued for for few minutes, then I noticed two cars traveling east bound were coming,after what seemed like an eternity!! I was wide eyed of course waiting to see if those cars would notice what was following us. Sure enough…….they all slammed on thier brakes and pulled to the side of the road!!! at that time the object behind us, backed down and in a split second, the sphere divided into two and disapered!!!!!!

I feel like someone else out there had to have seen something. if so please share...

NOTE: please excuse the misspellings...I decided to not clean it up...Lon

Photo: Boy Ghost Appears at School Demolition Site

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 07:43 AM PST

The ghostly image of a young boy appears in this photograph of demolition work at Anlaby Primary School, near Hull, which is said to be haunted

dailymail - The ghostly image of a young boy was captured on camera as builders demolished an old school building.

John Fores, 47, insists the spectral figure was not present when he took the picture of the part-demolished brick building.

But when he looked back at the images he spotted the boy, aged around eight with short hair and wearing a dark top, standing on the right of the picture looking into the camera.

Mr Fores was carrying out demolition work on the site at Anlaby Primary School, near Hull, East Yorkshire. He took several pictures on his mobile phone to record the demolition work.

He said: 'I took the pictures just after noon. I took a few and at the time didn't notice anything.

'When I put the pictures on the computer and I saw the figure, the hairs on the back of my neck stuck up.

'I couldn't believe what I had seen. I didn't believe in ghosts, but since I got this picture I am not so sure.'

The image of the young boy is exceptionally clear, but the builder insists he has not altered the picture in any way.

The school, which is still in use, was built in 1936.

Caretaker Gordon Bradshaw, 54, said it has a reputation for being haunted.

He said: 'I've been here 29 years and the kids have always said there is a ghost at the school. I've never seen anything though.'

Rob Taylor, of the Hull Paranormal Ghost Society, said: 'I have never seen anything as clear and as distinctive as the boy in the picture.

'I am aware of people using mobile phones and getting orbs and misty images. It needs further investigating.'

NOTE: once again, the media publishes a suspect 'ghost photo'. Take a look and tell us what you think? Lon

A Few Thoughts on Ghosts

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 06:43 AM PST

A Few Thoughts on Ghosts
by Redoubt

Before this gets underway, it must be said that aside from various forms of evidence, from those who have experienced NDEs, and that which comes from photo record and EVP recordings, there is no indisputable proof of life after physical death. Even today, in what is arguably a scientifically advanced culture, this age old mystery is still so much left to faith and religion to try and explain. Moreover, ninety-nine percent of all life-after-death study is considered 'paranormal' or 'supernatural' and is generally a hands-off subject for mainstream research. And though this fact may be regrettable, or even foolish, it is not the intent of this author to pass judgment on the scientific community.

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Proof, Truth and Nature

Someone once said… 'Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.'

Now, on the surface of this brief statement, is a certain ring of logic. It makes sense to us, at first anyway, that the weight of a claim should be counterbalanced by an equally weighty bit of proof. But then you may begin to think about it in depth and if you do, you realize what a completely ridiculous notion it really is.

First of all, truth is proof… and it is a stand-alone item that does not require props or assistance for support. Once something is proven, the deed is done. Period. There is no need to prove it again and again simply because the truth the proof represents is contemporarily unpopular.

One simple bit of truth is that nothing unreal exists. If something does exist in fact, it is entirely real. One step further, we can say that nothing that is in fact real is also unnatural. Everything that exists,exists as a natural part of this, our grand universe.

So, we now know that if something is real, then it exists and, so too, it is natural. Anything that is real, exists, and anything that exists, no matter how unlikely, is neither paranormal or super natural. Magic, per se, goes out the window.

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The God Quantum

If humanity had the know-how to manipulate matter and energy at will, then we might be able to understand the most basic principles of the existence God. And for just a moment, we'll allow for His existence too… but not as a supernatural entity.

Albert Einstein once said: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." In the case of God, though, the simplest form He takes is of a creature of superior skill and intellect. But to then transform Him into a deity that is somehow separate from or above the universe He is said to have created, is to make Him simpler than He is just for the sake of the simplest human minds to conceive. So, while our creator He may well be, he is still natural, still quite real. From this point on, God becomes the greatest scientist in the universe and what He does is no more unnatural than what any one of several billion humans could (and most likely, would) do if any one of those several billion humans had the know-how.

God is great. God, in his magnificent laboratory, created everything and all of us for reasons we still don't understand.

God is good. He could have easily made a mess of this little planet at any time but has allowed humanity to go on its merry way, mostly unmolested, towards… well, whatever ends it should someday reach.

God is no longer supernatural. God, in whatever form and with whatever name you care to attach, is no more surreal than you or I.

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I Sing The Spirit Electric

If we could prove that man had a soul, or spirit… or whatever that survived after physical death, then proving that they sometimes loiter about in the hereafter would become a mere technicality. So, it is that proof of the soul or spirit that we need.

The Christian Bible tells us that God created us in His own image. Does that mean that God has ten toes, eight fingers and two opposable thumbs? No one knows for sure but the better odds exist in that we, and He, are something more than that. Of either flesh or spirit, it appears that the latter is more survivable, if not perhaps even approaching eternal.

A spirit that is us, would necessarily have to reside in us, perhaps akin to how an operating system resides on the hard drive of your computer. The difference would be that when our bodies, or biologic motherboards, die, the program goes on independent of the previous, physical host.

How would this be possible?

Well, we are not as smart as God and so our computers reflect that lack of expertise in design. But assuming for one minute that it could be done, the most natural answer would be in some form of electricity, or energy. And one thing we can be sure of is that energy can be neither be created nor destroyed. It can only change form. One step further, since we know the human brain uses electricity as a form of connectivity within itself and to the human machine for both thought and active intention, we might then so too wonder where all those electrical impulses go when the physical body expires.

Where indeed.

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The Apparition

I have personally seen quite a number of photos that purport to show a visible or semi visible 'ghost' or spirit. Since the advent of the internet, these things are now just everywhere for anyone to look at and… of course, judge. And since the arrival of some very good image manipulation programs like, Photoshop and its many, many kin, there are now a growing number of clever people applying their talents with this software to create what are often quite startling picture subjects.

It has finally reached the point where being able to tell the difference between the genuine article and a clever contrivance, is nearly impossible.

Now, for another moment, let's make the leap and assume that at least some portion of this category of photos, represent a real event. Simplified, it is accepting that the surviving spirit of a former flesh and blood human being has some means of manifesting itself into a visible form, perhaps in some degree that also reflects of its former, physical appearance.

How is it done?

Again, we know that energy and heat are one in the same, merely in different forms. If a spirit could tap the heat in the air of any given location, it might then be capable of rendering that energy into a form that reflects visible light. This would, perhaps, explain the 'cold spots' so often reported along with ghost/spirit events. The spirit/entity extracts the energy needed for the manifestation from the heat in the air, thus leaving that cold spot in its wake. It may even be theorized that ghosts actually feed from various sources of energy, in much the same way our bodies get the same from the food we eat.

So, without some form of energy, would the spirit die of starvation?

Following a direct line of logic, one might think that entirely possible. And since most 'cold spot' events do take place either inside a structure or at night, is it beyond the realm of possibility that light, as a form of energy, could also be a source of ghostly nutrition? Outdoors in the broad daylight, there is so much energy being transferred from the sun, we can use solar panels to collect it and transform it into electricity and heat.

Why couldn't a spirit?

Speaking strictly for myself, I do not believe I have ever heard of a cold spot occurring in daylight, in a warm climate. One reason may be that sun source abundance… so that any extraction by the spirit would be negligible to the whole being available, that we wouldn't even notice it.

Oh, it also helps to bear in mind that even in those coldest of Earthly climates, there is still far more heat than one finds when approaching the levels of absolute zero.

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Where Beauty Lies

One other thing that demands some explanation is the strange appearance that some ghostly figures take. There is an ethereal look to them, as if they are being presented to us through a piece of thick glass, full of distortions. The resulting view from this end can often be quite frightening.

The most likely explanation is that the spirit/entity is merely projecting its own image, as he or she recalls it.

If we assume that the spirit taps ready sources of energy to present a visual form, it may be that anything less than a full supply of that same energy might skew the end result. And if our spirit/entity has any choice of what we see, then strange might be a result of choice. We see light being reflected from a field that is generated to do so in the semblance of the projector… when it was still holding skin upon bones. And since memory is not nearly perfect, what we would see could be a likeness of an imperfect recollection.

The spectral image may be constantly changing as memory, imagination and external stimuli interact to create something that is never the same from moment to moment and perhaps, not even at all resembling what any one of the singular memories represents, in any coherency.

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Eternally yours

You may take with you your emotions, your likes and dislikes, your desires and yes, your loves. But from the other side, you are no wiser and no greater than you ever were here in flesh & blood.

In fact, you may finally come to realize that… it is tough being a ghost.

NOTE: Thanks to reader and wiki member Redoubt for forwarding this article. If you would like to submit an experience, anecdote or opinion piece for publication consideration, please send to my email...Lon

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