WHAT DO SPIRITS OR GHOSTS LOOK LIKE? 

People visualize spirits many ways

When someone says the word ‘ghost’ or ‘spirit’, what picture pops into your mind? Is it a shadowy and frightening figure; a friendly, sheet-covered creature… or perhaps something in-between? The answer to that question is probably based, at least in part, on two key qualifiers.
     •Do you watch horror movies and/or read scary books?
     •Do you believe you have had a personal encounter with a ghost or spirit?

People often describe an encounter with the spirit realm using eerily similar terms. Initially, a spine-tingling sensation is felt. There is an instant awareness that something is present which doesn’t fit into normal frames of reference. There is a rush of adrenaline. The fight or flight instinct is awakened. Often the surrounding air changes abruptly. It becomes cold or wet or breezy. The overwhelming sensations occur in an instant and often leave just as quickly. The memory of the encounter is crystal clear, even long after the event. Logic and rational thought cannot make the lingering, uneasy feelings go away.

I recently spoke with two people who not only experienced such encounters, but believe they were fortunate enough to have captured the event on film. As often happens, the images were not visible during these actual encounters, but when the film was later developed, or when the images were downloaded onto a computer, they became evident.

PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE?

When I was a small child, we lived in an old farm house, which I believe was haunted. I remember having a long conversation with a young spirit one night. Afterward, the people I told about that encounter insisted I had simply experienced an extremely vivid dream. Perhaps. But I don’t remember any other dreams from my childhood… just that one. Now that I am older, I am not so easily persuaded to accept simplistic explanations for what may be paranormal experiences, including an unusual incident at Heritage Village recently.  

The House of the Seven Gables

In my novels, the primary spirit, Margaret Plant, explains that spirits who have decided not to take the lighted path, but instead wish to live again, can choose to be absorbed into the body of a fetus.  If this happens early in the pregnancy, the spirit may only influence the likes/dislikes/abilities of the newborn child.  However, if the spirit is absorbed later in the pregnancy, the baby may actually retain memories of the spirit.  Many call this reincarnation.  Watch the attached news article and then decide for yourself whether or not Margaret is correct!  Click Here:  http://www.fox8.com/wjw-reincarnation-txt,0,1190900.story

If the above link fails, try these on YouTube (Parts 1&2.)  Its the same news story, but told in two parts to accommodate YouTube's shorter film length.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EWwzFwUOxA AND http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5965wcH2Kx0&feature=related

The Belleview Biltmore Hotel closed 6/1/09 and BonSue was the last guest to check out of the hotel!

To view CBS clip, click here:

Belleview Biltmore closes; will it reopen?