| Ghost hunters are usually normal people with | | | | interacting or residual. |
| normal jobs who have banded together with | | | | How do you know that a place may be haunted? |
| other people of similar interests. With the | | | | There are many signs. Here are just a few tips |
| popularity of ghost hunting shows it is starting to | | | | that a haunting may be in progress. |
| become a rather common hobby as more people | | | | - Doors slamming or chairs or furniture moving. |
| want to investigate the unusual or paranormal. | | | | - Objects move or disappear to show up |
| You can usually find a local ghost hunters group or | | | | somewhere or personal items are very common. |
| paranormal group by doing a search online. | | | | - Phantom odors or sweet or putrid odors with |
| Ghosts are more likely to be found in older | | | | no obvious or natural cause. |
| buildings. Older buildings tend to have a "history". | | | | - Objects moving out of the corner of your eye |
| Why do ghosts exist? It could be a lingering spirit | | | | or dark shadows, mists or orbs. |
| that did not want to move on, or in many cases | | | | - Feeling of being watched or followed. |
| a tragic or violent event somehow triggered and | | | | - Unexplained cold spots where there are no |
| event where the spirit is stuck. No one really | | | | drafts. |
| knows for sure. | | | | - Pets acting strange such as your dog watching |
| Ghosts come in many forms spirits, entities, | | | | an activity in a room or barking into the dark. |
| plasmas, poltergeists, malevolent entities, shadow | | | | - Whispering or your name called out and your |
| people, orbs, and mist just to name a few and | | | | dog notices when no one else is around. |
| are sometimes captures on film or digital cameras. | | | | - Footsteps or knocking especially at specific or |
| Many hauntings are residual in nature as if a | | | | random times. |
| recorder is playing over and over and there is no | | | | - Feeling of being touched or pushed. |
| interaction between the observer or the ghost. If | | | | - Devices or lights randomly come on or turn off |
| there is interactions you know have an intelligent | | | | with no explanation. |
| haunting. | | | | - Batteries drain quickly on camcorders or voice |
| In some cases during ghost hunting an EVP is | | | | recorders. Spirits sometimes need energy to |
| captured or recorded onto a cassette tape or | | | | manifest. |
| digital recorder. An EVP is Electronic Voice | | | | Many other strange events could occur but that is |
| Phenomenon. These are considered to be voices | | | | a list of the more common ones that ghost |
| from the other side and sometimes appear to be | | | | hunters will be investigating. |