GHOST PRESENTED BY ABHINAW PANDEY
Why do ghosts exist? One of the paranormal phenomena that has been around for thousands of year is the belief in Ghosts. Ghosts have existed in several cultures over many periods of time and even in this modern day and age; they still seem to have a permanent place in virtually every culture, region or a
Why do ghosts exist? between science and religion. So far in time, although with few exceptions, ghosts have been seen, heard, felt or even smelled but have not been validated using any scientific reasoning. Even though science has not backed the existence of ghosts, it’s still fascinating to see how the concept
COMMON PERCEPTION • Recent polls in US through ABC news indicate that majority of people in USA believe in ghosts. For the most part ghosts exist due to the mere fact that people want to believe in them. Ghosts are the by-product of an influence of cultural and psychological factor on people’s mind and exist entirely in people’s minds. There are a several ways people use to validate the existence of ghosts. Some of
HOW PEOPLE BECOME GHOST ->WHEN INDIVIDUAL DIE WITH UNFULLFILLED WISH. ->WHEN INDIVIDUAL DIE ACCIDENTLY. ->SUICIDE. ->MURDER. ->WHEN INDIVIDUAL DIE WITHOUT LIVING WHOLE LIFE.
PROOF OF EXISTENCE
• 13 people were informally asked for some paranormal experience in their life and amazingly all 13 of them had some sort of a story to related that related to some sort of a paranormal experience. Everybody was asked to rate himself/herself in terms of his/her religious devotions as Strictly Religious, Normal
Stories obtained from in terms of their origin and cultural influence is as follows: Number Interviewed
Birthplace
Religion Christian
3
USA INDIA
3
PAKISTAN
Islam
2
N/A
1
USA PHILIPPINES
1
PAKISTAN
N/A
4
Sikh
Catholic
CONTINUE • There are a several ways people use to validate the existence of ghosts. Some of • the ways include real life stories/incidents, scientific data and ghost hunting trips. Let’s • analyze each one of them and see how we can disprove each one of the ways used by • people to prove ghost’s existence.
FEW YEARS BACK SCIENTISTS EXPERIMENTED ON EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT. THEY TOOK A RAT THAT WAS ABOUT TO DIE AND KEPT THAT IN AIR TIGHT JAR OF GLASS. AND WHEN RAT DIED THE JAR BURSTED. IT WAS THE PROOF OF EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT.
d • 1. Almost all of the stories happened at a night time. • 2. Most of them happened while either somebody was sleeping or right when • something woke the person. • 3. A good number of stories were also preceded with a traumatic event in the • person’s life. • 4. Almost all of the stories involved an old house, cemetery, or a far country
Some haunted places • The Myrtles Plantation The Myrtles Plantation • The Tower of London The Tower of London • Eastern State Penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary • The Queen Mary The Queen Mary • Waverly Hills Sanatorium Waverly Hills Sanatorium • The Whaley House The Whaley House • Raynham Hall Raynham Hall