I do believe in ghosts. I have had a horrible encounter with a superatural force. One time, I was laying the bed at my Grandmas old house. It was the middle of the night. The door to the room was closed. I looked over at the door and heard the knob turn. The door flew open and noone came in. I got up and looked down the hall and noone was there. Then I closed the door and locked it. Shortly after, the door unlocked itself, flew open, and a gust of cold air entered the room. I looked over the edge of the bed and seen noone. Then I noticed the imprint of feet in the deep carpet. It appeared as if an invisible person was walking toward me. Then the bed which was a spring matress sunk down on the edge as if someone was sitting there. I could feel the presence of someone breathing hard. Suddenly I felt a ton of pressure on my chest. Someone was sitting on me. Then I felt a squeeze on my neck and I couldnt breathe. This crushing experence lasted for about 35 seconds!!! I felt like I was going to die. I couldnt talk or cry for help. In my mind, I prayed to god to let me live. Then I felt power to turn over and I gasped for air. The door slammed. It was the most terrifying experience that I have ever had in my entire life. The thing is, I never went to sleep. People say that I was dreaming or hallucinating or it was the wind opening the dorr but I know what I felt.

I was discussing about ghosts with my father (I was like 10 years old) and he told me the reason behind it. Long time ago (when people didn't have the scientific knowledge we have now) when corpses were buried they expelled this type of gas (I can't remember its name) that lights up at night and that led people to believe that the spirits of ppl were coming back to the material world, but that was just wrong information. Now I don't believe in ghosts. :]

I do not believe in ghosts. I am definitely a skeptic when it comes to a topic like this, i am one of those kinds of ppl who has to see it to believe it. Also there is NO solid evidence to even prove that they might be real. In my opinion if it weren't for Hollywood and our Imaginations you wouldn't hear so many stories of people swearing that they just saw a ghost.

Actually, there is a lot of solid evidence. The problem occurs when science fails to explain it.

And this gas thing, is a total crock. Ghosts can be seen travelling up to miles away from their actual burial spot, and moving. Not just a floating image, but an actual moving human being. Which puts that whole "gas" theory to crap.

As for the solid evidence.... There was one experiment done where Japanese scientists created a totally controlled environment, with a man on his deathbed inside. After his death, there was weight missing that could not be accounted for. Do our souls exist, and have weight?

Souls are believed to be plasma energy. In haunted areas, these "orbs" can be seen floating around. Most are refractions of light bouncing off particles (most commonly dust), but some can't be explained. There have also been recorded videos (by respected scientific laboratories) of a small orb leaving a person's body anytime between the time of their death, to three days later. The same orbs that can be seen in photos and videos of supposedly "haunted" areas.

Another interesting thing to listen to are EVP's (Electronic Voice Phenomena). These are recordings done in haunted areas, where upon playback ONLY (and usually only when the recording device is set to record certain frequencies), a voice or mysterious sound can be heard on the tape.

Now, a lot of people attribute this to the recording device picking up radio signals. Which, COULD be true, but is HIGHLY unlikely, especially in remote locations. What makes it totally irrelevant, is that some of these voices actually reply to questions asked by the "investigators" (for lack of a better term). Just do a basic search on EVPs, and you'll see what I mean.

I know a lot of people can say "People just made these". That could very well be true. But having my own experience in recording an EVP (it was actually through a camcorder), I'm more inclined to believe in the phenomena when I hear it. It's definitely one of those "See/hear it to believe it.".

Furthermore, to list off this "solid evidence", let's point out a few more things that happens within haunted areas throughout the world:
- Electronic disturbances (radios, and even just an increase in electro-fields in the area which are measured using scientific equipment)
- Moving objects
- Drastic, unexplainable changes in temperature
- Human-life form heat signatures becoming visible using heat detection equipment
- Psychics (most unconnected, and all never informed of any information on the area to reduce the chance of variable, unusable scientific statistics) repeating back the exact same feelings/visions/impressions that the last psychic explained.
- Regular people who never heard of anything unusual happening in the area, seeing the exact same ghost or ghosts as people before them. Again, without any former knowledge whatsoever (usually tourists passing through).
- Strange smells (often reflective of perfumes/colognes the deceased wore, scents of their favorite things such as flowers or cigars) emanating from various rooms at specific times.

There are others, but none that I can think of right now. But, really...do a search or two on Google. There are plenty of respected scientific organizations sites that show what they have found. I suggest you read up on them. If only for a good, interesting read.

My last suggestion would be to visit a place that's known to be haunted. And have regular occurances. Not just once a year. But near-daily, so you have a much better chance of actually experiencing something.

yes, i belief that ghost is exist.
cause already prove it when i am a child.
do you belief in magician? some magician use a kind of ghost to help him i think.,

Well I did not WANT to believe in ghosts, but I see them so uh, yeah I guess I kind of have to:) lol

I believe in ghost and spirts, also Demons and such for I have had a few exsperiances in my life time.

I have an idea. Since you've had these experiences (and I presume you're here to earn points), share with the rest of the class. I've never personally seen a ghost or aborition, but that doesn't mean I dismiss out of hand those who have. Tell us one of your experiences. Please, Magic? Pretty please?

hmm... I believe in ghosts although I do think that they are half-way between the plane of the mortal realm and the plane of the deceased realm...

Many "Supernatural" feelings are actually yourself. There is a thing called "Infra-Sound" it is what normally causes "Weird", "Paranoid", "Supernatural" feelings in us.

Also... Why is it that it is always at night? You ask people about their ghost stories.. they always say something like "At night, just when I was about to turn off my light", or "I