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Reader Question: Do you believe that good ghosts exist?

By , About.com Guide   February 21, 2009

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"Everything I read seems to be about bad ghosts," says Betty. "I have only had good or sometimes strange experiences, but not scary. Every once in while I will see apparitions or something move out of the corner of my eye. Some nights I wake up with a lot of light moving around me just zipping back and forth. One night it was very, very busy and I thought what is going on. Sometimes it seems to play peek-a-boo with me in the hallway. Once I thought I saw a form of a person in the hall with what appeared to be a cloak either black or blue with white circles on it."

Answer: Most ghost and haunting activity is completely harmless. So I guess you could say they are good as opposed to bad or evil. The reason you read or see on TV stories about "bad" ghosts is because those are the stories that get the most attention.... Read the rest of my answer.

Also read: Should you be afraid of ghosts?

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February 22, 2009 at 2:24 am
(1) scott says:

do good ghosts exist? do ghosts exist period?
I’ve never seen a convincing photo of a ghost in my live. Photos can be doctored easily anyway; especially in the digital age. I think a lot of people see ghosts because they want to or are in a scared state of mind (maybe because of the situation they’re in). I’m not convinced ghosts even exist. But of course I am sure no one could prove they don’t exist. Some of the sounds and experiences of others are interesting none-the-less. There’s still a lot of things in this world that are perfectly natural that we can’t explain yet. Maybe some of the wierd things can be explained. That’s not to say that some of these things can’t be truely freaky to the average person today. What people will be able to do a thousand years from now will look like magic to us today.

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