INVESTIGATING GHOSTS AND THE SPIRIT WORLD INTRODUCTION ccording to several recent surveys belief in the existence of ghosts is widespread in fact nearly half of all Americans believe that ghosts are real a sentiment that is shared by a similar proportion of people living in Canada and the United Kingdom Many people believe that ghosts are the souls or spirits of those who have died and places that are said to be haunted are often thought to be associated by a haunting spirit with some strong emotion of the past remorse fear or the terror of a violent death Of course other peo ple believe that ghosts exist only in our imagina tions Whatever you believe ghost stories have been told for thousands of years in almost every culture Paranormal investigators popularly known as ghost hunters look for proof that ghosts are real or for rational explanations for ghostly activity Some use high tech instruments to try to record the sounds of ghosts and take pictures of them Sometimes these photos show shadowy shapes
INTRODUCTION next to living people Some of their videos show objects that appear to be moving by themselves Though most scientists are skeptical that ghosts exist haunted houses spooky stories and ghost hunting reality TV shows all reflect our continuing fascination with ghosts There is a whole world of unexplained events ready to explore History literature and folklore are filled with stories about the appearances of ghosts and
