Types of Hauntings
Information credited to Jason Hawes as posted on the TAPS website:http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com
Intelligent Haunt
In this style of haunting the entity or entities is aware of their surroundings. Most of the time you will find that these spirits are not confined to one spot, they can move around freely. Also, they will acknowledge the existence of human beings and even try to communicate in certain ways. They are limited to what they can do.Most of the time they only move very lights objects up to around 10lbs. They are looking for people to notice them but they end up scaring people a great deal instead.
Usually between the hours of 11pm and 4am are the times that th entities can more efficiently manifest themselves, due to this time period being the darkest of the night hours. Most of the time they are not strong enough to show themselves during the daylight because it takes too much energy to make themselves visible. Think of this as of you were to turn on a flashlight in the middle of the day you would barley notice the light, but if you were to turn it on in the dead of the night the light would be clearly visible.
This is how spirits work as well. If they use too much energy during the day they will be too weak to show themselves at night
These spirits can be benevolent or mischievous, depending on the reason that there are haunting a location and there are several reasons.
They may be haunting it because it was once their home and they want you to leave. They may be there because they've found that a child is able to see them and are willing to stay around for this reason.
There may be some kind of artifact that they are staying with and following due to some emotional bond with it. They also may be looking for something or someone. They may not be willing to except that they have died. Whatever the reason maybe they are there and thy do not want to leave.
Poltergeists
Poltergeist is from a German word meaning noisy spirits. Reports of poltergeist date to Ancient Roman times.
The activity that takes place will start off with knocks and bangs, furniture starting to move around by itself.Then the activity will become more intense, manifesting itself through voices and even the appearance of full apparitions.
Furniture may slide across the room and beds make shake. Many shows are based on this type of haunting because it tends to be the most frightening and the rarest type of haunting that occurs.
Most of the time, in the case of a poltergeist the haunting circles around a female in her teenage years. Some of these cases seem to be caused by the female in knowingly controlling the energy around herself. Some cases happen around people that are stable and in the right mind space.
This haunting is hard to classify due to certain situations. No two are ever really the same. Most of the time you will find that one person in the household seems to be more effected by the haunting than anyone else. It may seem that most of the activity doesn't happen unless that certain person is present.
Usually that activity appears to stop when that person leaves the home. The majority of the time poltergeists are experienced by several people,but then again they seem to center around one person.This person may be highly stressed as of late or maybe this person has gone through some type of extreme emotional situation. If this is the case, see that the individual that is involved gets some needed care and soon afterward the poltergeists will subside.
When it is not the teenager that is manifesting activity there are usually several spirits in the area. The spirits appear to pool their energy together in order to become strong enough to move larger objects and make more noises. In order to remedy this situation , you will need to find the root of their anger so that they can pass over and leave you in peace. On most poltergeist cases they will disappear with out any warning, just as they appeared. Certain times it may stop within a few day, other times it may take a few years. You may never know that reason that it happened. Most people are just happy to see it go and that is enough for them
Demonic Haunt
Demons are one of the known inhuman entities out there. Fortunately they are rare occurrence.
They usually very fairly to identify as long as they are not hiding. When it is a demonic haunting you typically notice a revolting stench, similar to rotten flesh or sulfuric acid. They often let loose a growl that sounds like it is coming from everywhere at once. They like to make contact by pushing, shoving, hitting and even scratching. The whole air in the affected area will feel thick like a fog and the temperatures will drastically change becoming warmer.
These creatures are very strong unlike human spirits and they don't mind showing it. There have been cases where people have been thrown through the air and even attacked. Apparently, their main goal is to break down a persons free will in order to make way for possession. This can take days, months, or years but time is of no concern to them.
they have a hatred for mankind that dates back to the days of God and Lucifer. They have lived for millennium and will be here long after we are gone. So you must understand that though you may be able to get these creatures to leave the dwelling with religious provocation you will never destroy them.They could go to the next place down the road if they choose; most likely they won't go to the next place because distance isn't a problem for these creatures.
They can take on any form they wish , but mostly commonly it is half man, half animal form. They will have the head of an animal and the torso of a man, and hairy legs of an animal. When they are approached by an investigating paranormal team they may feel threatened and appear in a human form to keep the home from being blessed and stop the use f religious provocation.
During an investigation you need assess the situation more by what happened before you arrived then what is actually going on during the time that you are there. Demons are capable of changing form right in front of you, from a human man to an inhuman form. They are neither male or female, but then can change that to meet their needs. People mostly see demons as black masses standing in doorways or near rooms. Sometimes they are called shadow devils.
Residual Haunt
The most common style of a human haunting is a residual haunting. A residual haunting is like an impression made in time. The entity may seem to be lost in a time warp. The spirit really isn't even there, only the energy.
In most cases people may hear screaming or crying due ti the violence factor that may have caused this traumatic event to happen. People may also hear the sounds of footsteps on stairs to through hallways.
Typically the repeated event is whatever the person who left the energy behind did often or an significant event that they remember happening to them.It is almost like the energy has become part of the dwelling that they once occupied on an everyday basis.These haunting styles always seem to happen in the same time every time.
There is usually very little you can do on this style of haunting except make the family who is having these problems understand what is go8ing on. and explain to them that they are in no danger due to the energy not being controlled buy the person who left it behind.
There is no actual entity that is present in this typical style of haunting, and the energy that was left behind is just like a video playing the same scene over and over again. Even though it is not aware that people are there it can still be scary and emotional situation to the people who have to deal with it happening in their home.
It may happen every night or every other week or even every other year. It is the most frequent haunting that investigators will come across in their cases. An investigator will tell you that there is nothing that they can do about this style of haunting and they are correct. People need to either accept what happens and learn to deal with it or move on.