Ghosts
In a nutshell: Ghosts are spirits of dead people.
In folklore and , a ghost (sometimes known as a specter, phantom, apparition, spirit, spook, poltergeist or wraiths) is the soul or spirit of a dead human or animal that can appear to the living. Descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions.
Religions the world over show belief in ghosts. Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism all teach that ghosts exist. Both the Torah and the Bible contain references to ghosts. Most notably, when King Saul engages a Witch to summon the spirit of the dead Samuel and in The Gospel of Matthew where Jesus must persuade his disciples that he is not a ghost following the resurrection.
Ghost may appear for various reasons such as dying unfairly or unjustly, leaving behind unfinished business or to warn a loved one. Many believe that a ghost might be confused about it's journey to the next plain of existence. While ghosts are believed to appear as vaporous emanations of mists or ectoplasm. Most people who believe in ghost think they are not physical but yet are able to do things that people can do, like see, hear, move around, move objects and make sounds. Some say that ghosts exist and they are physical, but we don't know what they're made of. Others say that ghosts exist only in the imagination.
Despite the complete lack of physical evidence and the biological and scientific unlikelihood of ghost, in a recent poll 20% of Americans have said they have seen a ghost and 45% believe in ghost.We've all had unexplained occurrences and seen shadows in the night. One can't walk through an old building, pass through a location where a tragedy has happen, or find themselves in a dark and secluded forest, and not wonder, is something or someone here.