Do ghosts actually exist because here are some things that cannot be really explained?

Question

A while ago I was home alone and I was stroking my cat on my doorstep and saw a dark figure standing to the side of me, so I turned to look at it and it quickly walked backwards and disappeared. Later that day I told my parents this and they openly said that both them, and three of my grandparents had seen the dark figure too. Another time, I was in my bedroom and I put my sports bag beside my bed and turned around and talked loudly to my brother in the other room, but I then heard a rustling noise coming from behind me. I turned round and saw that me sports bag had moved to the other end of the room. I was the only person in my room and there was no way to explain it. Later on that evening, I walked into my room and shut the door when everyone had gone to bed, I put my phone charger on my bed and someone whispered in my ear, "are you okay?" Slightly freaked out I ran out of my room, aha.
Another time, I was talking to my brother, he was in his room, I was outside the door and we were having a conversation. On the other side of the house I heard someone running down the staircase and it was my brother- we were the only ones in the house. So I opened his bedroom door and no one was there, I had no idea what to think, he was honestly answering back. In that same room, my Grandad thought he heard someone calling his name but he was the only one in the house.
My house is in the countryside, and our driveway used to be an old road. Early morning I heard a tap tap tap on my bedroom window which was on the top floor, and then there was the same taps on all windows in the house, my parents heard the same thing. We looked out of the windows and no one was there. When we woke up properly later, my dad said that in the 'olden days' people tapped on house's windows to go out and farm.
Yet another time on my great grandads funeral, my whole family were downstairs and having tea, we looked at the clock and it was 5pm. Suddenly there was a big bang on the small window on our front door as it someone had slapped it. My dad got on his feet and opened the door and saw no one was there, but no one could have been hiding on our driveway as it was so long and empty. It was then that my nan mentioned that my great grandad was getting cremated at 5pm that afternoon.

Answer 1

All things can be explained. Some of them just haven't been.

Answer 2

It would be so awesome if a ghost could just appear to like a bunch of people, in the middle of the day, and not vanish just so we could once and for all get this question answered.



It always has to be mysterious,when people are alone, when it's dark, then it disappears, you see things from the corner of your eye, the temperature in the room drops, you hear some banging somewhere, blahblah.



Look, I was into the whole ghost thing some years back. I was even in a ghost hunters club, and I was so into that I even convinced myself that I seen things when I didn't.



There's no real evidence of ghosts existing. Could ghosts exist? Sure. But if they do exist, they don't seem to be causing anyone harm like in The Amityville Horror flicks.

Answer 3

My friend, I believe this ghost is good, congratulations because if s/he was bad you would be dead in a week.Anyhow, I think there are three reasons they (ghosts) are here:

1) They travel to Earth from Heaven. Think of it as a sort of holiday, or they could be visiting living family or friends.

2) They are trapped here, either to do something before passing on or they did something or experience something horrific just before they died.

3) They do not want to move on, they want to stay on Earth and have as much of a human life as possible. Or they might want to stay in a place that they LOVED going to when they died so they stay there for as long as they want.

Either way, this ghost is obviously trying to communicate with you and your family, so do the same, talk to them. Ask what they are doing here, and if possible try get to know them. And remember if they were bad you would be dead by now.

Answer 4

Ghosts do not exist.

Your stories are cute, but they are just that; stories. Either someone played a childish prank on you, or you're outright lying. Of course, the other explanation is that you are mentally ill, and simply can't remember what you did yourself and have given a "supernatural" explanation in order to avoid facing the reality that you have an actual problem.



I suggest professional psychiatric help. And soon.

Answer 5

I've seen ghosts. Some are shadows and one looked like my husbands deceased grandfather. I recently met my first demon. I'm not young.

Most Christians believe ghosts are demons. I'm not so sure.

There is an unseen world around us. There is a God.

Answer 6

Yes, they are real. The demons manifest themselves as ghosts sometimes.

Answer 7

Argumentum ad ignorantiam: http://www.skepdic.com/ignorance.html

Answer 8

Without having read your post.



A mystery exists when we don't know what happened.



When we don't know what happened, dumb people can make foolish assertions.



That explains ghosts. Dumb people and foolish assertions. When you get proof, check back.

Answer 9

Hallucination is a far more likely explanation i'm afraid

Answer 10

No they don't. The easy way to tell is they never show up when a skeptic is around.



Hope that helps.

Answer 11

That's really creepy