QUOTE(Ins0mniac @ Apr 9 2007, 02:18 PM) [snapback]1620615[/snapback]
I've heard a hell of a lot of accounts of ghosts talking and many that have had conversations. Ghosts don't throw things? What are you on about? There's a whole category of them. Never heard of poltergeists?
You may not believe they are real but they are certainly commonly talked about.
A poltergiest is a spirit, not a ghost. And I never mentioned my own belief or disbelief in this matter, just sorting out the terms.
In a strict sence, A ghost is usually defined as the apparition of a deceased person, frequently similar in appearance to that person, and encountered in places he or she frequented, or in association with the person's former belongings. They don't talk or throw things.
Reports of poltergeist activity typically feature heavily on raps, bumps, thumps, knocks, footsteps, and bed-shaking, all without a discernible point of origin or physical reason for occurrence. Many accounts also detail objects being thrown about the room, furniture being moved, and even people being levitated.
Though rare, a few reported poltergeists have been purported to speak, including the The Bell Witch in 1817 and Gef the Talking Mongoose in 1931.
LinkAn intelligent haunting is thought by some to be a haunting by a responsive entity, and dynamic in nature unlike a residual haunting. A characteristic of an intelligent haunting is the ability of the phenomenon imposed by the entity to have free will or to make conscious decisions.
Researchers of the paranormal theorize that not all intelligent hauntings are the result of a ghost or spirit, and these hauntings may sometimes be linked to a Poltergeist.
Link to UM thread on demon hauntings