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Boasting a beautiful coastline and a rich history of Portuguese culture, Brazil, (or Brasil,) is a great place to visit for tourists and ghost hunters alike. Having had real emperors well into the late 1800s, this young democracy has had its share of chaos and political upheaval--enough to leave some restless spirits through out the... more »
Winnipeg’s motto is “Connect With Your City,” but it might as well be “connect with the other side!” This area of Canada has a mix of big city and beautiful landscape to share with tourists, and plenty of history that supports its paranormal residents as well. Travel around yourself or take a... more »
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When Halloween comes around, it's time for all of the ghosts, goblins and spooks to come out. These ghouls frighten thrill seekers everywhere. The perfect place to get the full terrifying effect of Halloween is by visiting a haunted house this holiday season. As a guest walking through a haunted house, one will leave being scared and... more »
Poltergeist means "noisy ghost." It's believed that a poltergeists is not a ghost or a spirit but a kind of unconscious psychokinetic activity with a human agent as its source. Usually the "agent" is an adolescent female who has suffered (or is suffering) and has not yet resolved the emotional upset. In other words, a poltergeist has... more »
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(from German poltern, meaning to rumble or make noise, and Geist, meaning "ghost" or "spirit") denotes an ostensibly paranormal phenomenon attributed to an an invisible spirit or ghost that manifests itself by moving and influencing objects, generally in a particular location such as a house or room or place within a house. Poltergeists have been reported in many cultures, including India (where they are known as a Mumai), the United States, United Kingdom, Japan and Brazil. Poltergeists, like ghosts in general, are generally considered to be pseudoscience, and there is no credible scientific evidence for their existence. visit> "nsf">
Famous poltergeist infestations
Although poltergeist stories date back to the first century, the evidence supporting the existence of poltergeists is purely anecdotal. In addition many of the stories below have several versions and/or inconsistencies.
* Drummer of Tedworth (1662).
Lithobolia (1698)
A pamphlet, printed in London in 1698 by Mr. Richard Chamberlain, provides an account of a poltergeist-type haunting that had occurred some years before. Two copies of the pamphlet exist in the British Museum called: "Lithobolia, or stone throwing Devil. Being an Exact and True account (by way of Journal) of the various actions of infernal Spirits or (Devils Incarnate) Witches or both: and the great Disturbance and Amazement they gave to George Waltons family at a place called Great Island in the county of New Hampshire in New England, chiefly in throwing about (by an Invisible hand) Stones, Bricks, and Brick-Bats of all sizes, with several other things, as Hammers, Mauls, Iron-Crows, Spits, and other Utensils, as came into their Hellish minds, and this for space of a quarter of a year....", some cases, these types of spirits share aspects with elves and goblins.
* The "Wizard", Livingston, West Virginia (1797).
* The Bell Witch (1817).
* The Haunting of The Fox sisters (1848) - arguably one of the read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist
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