Types of Hauntings...

In honor of All Hallows Eve and the spooky Halloween activities that most of you have planned I thought I would give a little information about hauntings that I have gathered in my research of spooky things and haunted places. While we all carry our own opinion on ghosts, the afterlife, spiritual energies, and what a haunting actually is... experts in the paranormal field have narrowed down specific happenings and what they most likely are for us.
These are a few of the different types of hauntings:

1. A residual haunting: the same thing happens over and over- as if it were a tape recording. An example of this would be: An old plantation home in the south is said to be haunted and many people have reported seeing the same blonde girl walk down the main stair case, and then hear her singing at night every year on Halloween. This ghost is not interacting with anyone, or making anything happen, but just carrying on it's usual routine.
2. Poltergeists: Now my fellow 80's babies and above have all seen the movie Poltergeist, if not- shame on you and go watch it right now. Poltergeists are associated with ACTIVITY. Activity including lights flickering, objects moving, loud knocking and banging, etc. This activity can be very intense, and typically starts and stops suddenly.
3. An elemental haunting such as an incubus or succubus: are believed to be dark energies or spirits that were never human, but can take on human form in their dark masses. They are truly evil and are said to be created by a consolidation of evil deeds. They can hurt you, inflict pain, and are continuously reported to affect people while sleeping in their beds.
4. A messenger or familiar ghost are the ones we all love and seek the most. These are the spirits who are aware of their passing and visit their loved ones or deliver some kind of message of comfort to the ones they leave behind. They do not stay around, and typically move on as soon as their message has been delivered.
5. The intelligent spirits: are the most intriguing. They are the ghosts of people that have died a traumatic death, or suffered through a traumatic ordeal. They are attracted or attached to a thing, place, or even a person. It is believed that these ghosts don't always know that they are in fact ghosts and remain in some kind of limbo.
6. The portal: is the scariest in my opinion. It is referred to as a sort of doorway to hell if you will. It is an opening between our world and the other world. These areas are usually very active, and of course scary.

So while you tell your spooky ghost stories around the camp fire, sneak in to the old haunted house up the street, or have a séance in the graveyard with your friends... you now have a reference as to what that thing is behind you.... Happy Halloween!!!!