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by Dave Juliano Do you hear the same noises, possibly at the same time of day, each time they are heard? Does that ghost seem to not even realize that you are there? If the answer is yes to any of these, you may be witnessing what is known as a residual haunting. Some of the most famous hauntings appear to be residual ones. A residual haunting is a playback of a past event. The apparitions involved are not spirits, they are "recordings" of the event. I believe that this will be the first type of haunting that main stream researchers will recognize and study. There are numerous theories on how these residual hauntings come to be. The main one will be discussed here. Video and audio tapes capture sounds and images on a film of special material that has been oxidized or rusted. Certain building materials, such as slate used in older castles and stone structures and iron nails used in many older buildings, have properties similar to that of the tapes. When a traumatic event occurs or a time of heightened emotions, these materials record the event for future playback. Everything is made up of energy and energy cannot be destroyed. The materials store the energy created by these traumatic events and plays them back at a later time. The Tower of London's ghost of Anne Boleyn and the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall are two famous examples of residual hauntings. We are not sure what causes the playback of the events, that still remains a mystery. Is it the right weather conditions, the witness's energy or sensitivity or some type of energy release? That is the question that we as researchers are trying to answer. As I said, in a residual haunting, there is no spirit involved. This type of event is not dangerous at all so if you ever have the chance to witness one, do so without fear and enjoy it. This type of haunting has to be considered when investigating a haunting. When my group goes to a haunted location, we spend the first hour split into two teams. One team maps out the area, noting any EMF readings and Temperature readings so we have guidelines to judge other readings by. We also make note of how the building is constructed and set up. The other team is conducting interviews with witnesses. The questions are setup to find out if the activity sounds like a spirit, poltergeist, residual haunting, etc. If we feel the activity is a residual haunting we will set up a stakeout in the location the ghost is often seen or heard. This is the best way to observe and possibly capture evidence of the event. It may take many return trips and hours of sitting there staring at nothing. It is very tedious but if it something occurs, you will forget very quickly about all the time you sat waiting for it to happen. Residual Ghosts or Residual Images, as they are also known, are a recurrent type of visual manifestation of a deceased human or animal. theory where what is seen is very much like a recorded image of a formerly living creature imprinted in the atmosphere of a certain location. In these events the residual image is usually seen performing a task in a ritual fashion, either unaware or unconcerned that they are being viewed. In most cases there is little, if any interaction between the two participants.A residual image is conceived in repeated actions and high emotion. Persons who routinely exhibit stress and anxiety of almost any type, and do this in a certain location are prime candidates for becoming a residual image. The compulsory nature of the actions themselves will dictate the nature of the residual haunting.We have no definitive answer on what residual ghosts are composed of. What we are able to do is offer up some educated theories based on known science. Charged Ion ParticlesInductive Fields Resonance Electromagnetic Fields. that allow a residual haunting to manifest. Using literature and science as a basis we can start to form a general outline of what type of conditions make it prime for a residual manifestation. initial formation of a residual image. contribute to the ability of an image to imprint itself. For example Flagstone is one of the single most common building materials used today is a sedimentary rock and has a mixed variety of aspects that make it up. feldspar mineral group, the matrix may be of quartz , calcite or ferruginous cementing minerals with other accessory minerals. residual images. To examine ghosts we must initiate the exam. Ghosts may indeed lend themselves to being experienced but the duty remains to a human observer/participant to attempt to record and analyze these matters. That mindset may be the deciding factor on whether or not you obtain the proof you are after by dictating when and how it is obtained. This may seem convoluted but its an elementary concept. To figure out what ghosts are someone must attempt to examine them, to do this you must open your mind to things that are outside of the realm of what science considers normal. You might ask, embedded in what? This is a subject that has caused controversy in the past and will cause more in the future until a definitive answer is found. The substance the energy is “embedded” in is matter. You see each and ever physical object of matter is made up of energy. This energy is arranged and bonded differently for each structure, giving it more or less rigidity, pliability, or viscosity. Granting that as fact, each time any object comes in contact with another there is an exchange of energy on a microscopic (quantum) level. Depending on the level of “excitement” will determine how much energy is present to be exchanged. Over a period of time; months, years, decades…the constant exchange of energy will leave an imprint on an object or in a particular time/space locale. No one really knows for sure but there have been lots of suggestions. Some believe that the building materials of the structure may absorb the energy. In England and Europe, some have suggested that the porous stones of the castle walls may soak up that energy and that may explain why there are so many haunted old buildings there. This might be the case.... even though it would not explain why we have residual haunts in America without the castles. Still, we should remember that many of these residual hauntings do occur in older structures, so there might be something to this idea. Personally, it is more likely that the number of people passing through old homes, and the tapestry of history played out in them, are the main reasons why these "hauntings" come into existence. Physics says that the earth has rocks that take impressions of what has gone before. And there is also the vibrations that sing back...almost like recording devices. called an "atmospheric photograph" has been around for probably a century and has gained wide acceptance. The idea of atmospheric photographs is that, through some natural process we don't yet understand, under certain circumstances an audio and/or video record of an event can be recorded on the atmosphere, or possibly on the physical objects in the area. This is a theory that could well explain some (but not all) ghost sightings, specifically those in which the ghosts repeat the same actions over and over and show no awareness of their present surroundings. Some believe that stone makes an exceptional medium for these recordings, and that this is why so many hauntings are reported in stone buildings. In his book Haunted Britain, Marc Alexander devotes a chapter to this very idea. Buildings and land can absorb emotional life energy from the beings that live there, and when atmospheric conditions are right, those energies can be re-released, causing all sorts of strange phenomena. You may see apparitions, hear voices, music, or footsteps. by Wendy Betterini than most people think. Residual Haunting or Hauntings in Time suggests that spirits duplicate an action continuously, never varying, similar to playing a video segment repeatedly because fragmented energy is imprinted in the surrounding area. . It is not consistent with scientific principles pertaining to light or energy. Here is another theory. The concept of a space time event anomaly. First, I will explain what I mean by a space time event. Consider a time line running from left to right representing our time in the past on the left to the future on the right. We may represent each event in our lives as a single space time event. If a space time event is of significant emotional impact such as a traumatic death, so that the space time event becomes frozen in time, the event will replay itself repeatedly until it becomes unfrozen. Why would this event become frozen in time? We know that when a person dies, the intelligence, the emotions, the attitudes developed during the mortal life remains with the spirit after death of the physical body. The spirit still has the emotional impact of the event that took is or her life. The strong emotional feelings are a form of energy embedded within the spirit. We have all seen people who have gone through a bad divorce and ended up very bitter and angry. The person will hold onto the bitterness and anger for many years. Their disposition is very negative and filled with hatred toward their spouse and sometimes even the opposite sex in general. What finally allows them to shed this emotional baggage? Acceptance, forgiveness, and letting go of a negative occurrence that allows a person to once again be open to new, positive energies of love that can deplete the former negative energy derived from a space time event. The spirit becomes trapped in this terrible emotional whirlpool that continuously goes around and around, never ending, that we call a residual haunting. Another suggestion though, in which residual hauntings might be related to underground water sources. |