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Yes, I definitely believe. I think we (humans) have an energy that can’t really be measured or explained (whether that’s a “soul” or not, I don’t know, but I think there is “something”). I have known things before there is any way I could have known them – I knew that a loved one had died before there was ANY possible way for me to know it. I woke up that morning and told my mom that X had died. She didn’t believe me, told me to get ready for school. She found out later that day that he had died the night before. I had a dream the night before about it….I talked to him in my dream. There is no way to explain what I knew.

I have been told that I am “spirit sensitive”.  I don’t know if that is true, but I don’t doubt things that I have known, and experienced, that were paranormal, and had no rational explanation.

For kitschy ghost-horror, a friend of mine and I stayed once in the Lizzie Borden House…the house where she killed her family (she likely did not kill them, but that’s a separate diatribe). We slept in the room in which her step-mother was killed. There is a presence in that house, several in fact, and they can be physically felt. It was an interesting weekend.

Well, I guess I do, but that's one of the few things I keep my nose way out of. I have this odd fear that my ESP tendencies would attract attention from the wrong crowd. :P My SO firmly believes that the spiritual world crosses path with the physical and is terrified of ghosts. And I've heard too many stories to not believe in ghosts. Buuuut, I leave them be and they leave me be.

I belive in angels & demons, but not ghosts as in trapped souls wandering the earth.

I definitely do, and if I have to pee in the middle of the night, I run from our bedroom to the bathroom because our building is old, and I'm terrified of seeing ghosts.

The Sixth Sense? Yep, pretty much the most terrifying movie ever in my opinion.

my rational side says, "i'm with rosiebear on this," but then, i feel like i have had too many weird experiences not to question whether science may actually be able to tell us the whole story at this time. i don't know. i doubt i will ever be able to fully commit to either side.

i'm actually sort of surprised to see that so many people believe in angels and demons but not ghosts. can i ask why...is it a biblical/religious thing? just wondering because it's totally opposite my beliefs, if i believe anything exists it's a ghost of some sort, definitely not angels or demons as we've defined them, so i'm guessing y'all have some well-grounded reason for believing what you do and i'd be really interested to hear it.

I’m intrigued by the angel/demon thing as well.

I like what Rosiebear said about our neurological experiences bringing us comfort. Our brains are powerful and I think a lot of “paranormal activity” is rooted in ourselves and our brains looking for answers to complex questions.

My FH is actually finishing writing a book about ghosts (in part), and one interesting things is after the Civil War, sightings/reports/stories of ghosts SKYROCKETED. Ghost stories became a way to deal with death, especially deaths that took place far from home and away from family.

That said though, like I said in my earlier post, both FH and I believe in ghosts.

I believe, but mostly because I have experienced a lot. So has everyone in my immediate family. I also believe in angels and demons.  I have been convinced since the day that she was born, that my youngest sister has an angel permenantly attached to her.

Yeah, from personal experiences I believe in them. We lived in an older house when I was growing up and it was just a creepy place sometimes. Once I remember I was on the computer playing solitaire and I was maybe 10 or 11 and the computer was a new thing to us at the time. Well, I saw a shadow on the screen (like a person's shadow, not a sun type of shadow that covered the whole screen) and I thought it was my younger brother peering over my shoulder and I told him to go away and leave me alone. After saying that, I turned around and looked and he was nowhere near me. He was actually heading down the stairs on the other side of the house! My mom has also told me a story of when they first moved in, she was down in the basement doing laundry and she heard some footsteps upstairs and heard someone call and ask if anyone was home, but when she went upstairs, nobody was there. She thought it was my dad at first, but the house was empty.

I have an aunt and uncle that like to go ghost hunting as well. I'm not sure if I totally believe in all that, but it's interesting.