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To: obiwan@ghosts.org
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 14:12:27 -0400
Subject: Haunting?
From: smlease@juno.com (Spencer M Lease)
Hi
I know you collect ghost stories, and I have a possible haunting that I experienced firsthand.
There are logical explanations, but you might be interested anyway, or have an interested psychologist friend. I suspect this may be my subconsious talking, but I can't be sure.
I used to live in Chelmsford, MA. One morning (very early-the sun hadn't risen). I woke up (? I could have been having a dream, but it was awfully real) and looked to my right and saw a glowing image of an old woman standing next to my bed. I went back to sleep, as I sensed no danger, and my instincts are normally pretty good about that. When I woke up, the woman was gone.
Months later, I was in my room reading (having entered a moment earlier) when my closet door (one of the sliding kinds) opened by itself. The theory my family came up with was that my heavy footfalls as I entered the room had caused "shockwaves" which opened the door.
I am an amateur parapsychologist and have written a column in a small newspaper dealing with ghosts. You might be interested, so:
Parapsychology Today
How do I get rid of a ghost? --Haunted
First, you have to understand that there are two main kinds of ghosts (actually there are three or four): the typical ghost, which is an apparition or mysterious sounds or sudden feelings (or two or all three); and the poltergeist, which hurls objects around.
With a typical ghost, try tellig it that it's dead. Most ghosts don't know that. If that doesn't work...try having the house exorcised by a priest or similar religious figure. Sometimes it works.
A poltergeist or "noisy ghost" is a bit more difficult because it is, most often, clearly malicious. You can try an exorcism or you can move out. Or perhaps, you could attempt to find a professional parapsychologist.
A funny story about the column: during the writing of it, a fellow columnist came up to me and said that he didn't believe in parapsychology. After telling him that "mainstream" science and cryptozoology were once thought foolish, I concluded by remarking that a hundred years from now, parapsychology will be accepted and Twizzler analysis will be ridiculed. My editor, hearing this, quipped "How dare you insult my degree!"
Happy Hauntings, Obiwan!
- "Roswell"
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