Research Project
 
Thank you to the 195 people who completed the Research Project, here are the results:
Question 1: Have you seen a ghost?
Yes
No
Maybe
Think so
Don't think so
140
30
10
10
5
Question 2: Was it a full blown apparition (almost solid) or a shadow/shape?
Solid
Shadow
Shape
More than one type
40
46
10
60
Question 3: What were your feelings about it at the time? (some felt more than one thing)
Uneasy
Shaken
Grateful
Felt Nothing
I thought 'Wow'
11
5
1
1
3
Thought 'oh crap'
Amused
Interested
Terrified
It made me jump
1
1
3
10
1
Peaceful
Disbelief
Scared
Excited
Intrigued
4
3
10
29
8
Shocked
In Denial
Surprised
Fear
Happy
17
3
12
18
9
Sad
Curious
Rational
A little scared
Upset
18
27
1
19
2
Normal
Thought it was a real person
     
1
8
     
Question 4 & 5: What were your feelings after? (some felt more than one thing)
Unsure
Terrified
Sad

Nothing

Scared
1
19
20
1
62
Amazement
Satisfied
Amused
Excited
Content
59
1
1
17
1
Baffled
Humble
Privileged
Happy
Peaceful
1
1
9
34
3
In awe
Shocked
Calm
Curious
Pleased
2
63
1
71
1
Comfortable
Upset
Lucky
Interested
Thought 'oh crap'
1
11
1
11
1
Apprehensive
Threatened
Cautious
Didn't realise it was a ghost
Calm
5
11
1
5
1
Question 6: Was this a one off or a regular thing?
Regular
Occasional
One Off
76
41
39
Question 7: Are you a Medium? Psychic? etc?
Medium
Psychic
Sensitive
Developing
Training
19
35
45
18
11
Possibly
Open minded
No idea
No
 
9
5
10
43
 
Question 8: Have you any psychic ability? (Do you sense things on a regular or semi regular basis? but are not working with it either for business or pleasure/hobby)
Yes
No
Little
Intuitive
128
53
12
2
Question 9: Are you a sceptic?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Open minded
36
124
14
21
Question 10: Were you a sceptic that has changed your mind?
Yes
No
N/A
29
160
6
Question 11: If you saw a ghost did other people see what you saw?
Yes
No
Sometimes
84
65
7
Question 12: At the same time? or on a seperate occasion?
Same time
Seperate
Within a few minutes
64
26
1
Question 13: How many people?
0
1
2
3
4
5
Many
42
25
6
7
3
2
6
Question 14: Were these people Mediums?, Psychics?, Sceptics/Non believers?, about as psychic as a lump of wood/ just ordinary people neither believers or non believers?
Mediums
Psychics
Sensitives
Believers
Like Minded
18
12
7
4
9
Non believers
Sceptics
Ordinary
None of these
Various
7
12
17
2
3
Question 15: What were their comments?(if you can remember)
Oh My God
I'm pleased
Wow
Don't know
1
3
2
8
Did you see that?
By jove
Swear words
Crazy goings on
9
1
19
1
I was scared
I'm shocked
It's unbelievable
What was that?
8
6
5
11
I told you
I was frightened
I'm confused
People that ran away
1
5
5
6
Question 16: What do you think a ghost is? - some of the comments given.

1) An image stuck in time. 2) Playback of a past event. 3) The soul of a dead person. 4) Interactive. 5) Loved ones coming back. 6) Lost souls. 7) Recording. 8) Soul of person trying to get a message to you or someone else. 9) Replay of time. 10) Animals or humans who have died and have not moved to the next level. Not ready to move on. 11) Memory of a person held in a place due to events. 12) Created by events, people and momentous occasions. 13) Spiritual presence of someone who has passed away. 14) Something that has died but doesn't realise it has died and wants to carry on their life as it was. 15) Trace of event that occured in the past. 16) Trapped spirit who may not know they are dead. 17) Spirit that cannot let go of earth. 18) Essence of a person - tiny part of their soul. 19) Confused spirit. 20) An image held in space from the past, detectable sometimes by sensitive people. 21) Replay. 22) Stuck in loop. 23) Conciousness that has matched our vibration. 24) Energy. 25) Imprinted video-type effect visit from dead person who knows they've crossed. Someone who doesn't know they've crossed and still living their life. 26) Memories, dead people, energies, messages, replayed emotions. 27) Trapped between here and there. 28) Not moved on. 29) A ghost is the residual energy of someone/animal that has passed on. 30) When someone dies they move to another level but we can contact them when we want to. 31) A searching soul. 32) Demons trying to distract or deceive people away from God. 33) Energy that can replay now and again like a video. 34) Replay of past events. 35) Spirit trapped on earth plane, don't want to cross over. 36) A spirit of a person that's passed over, one that cannot completely rest. 37) An appearance that belongs to and is a sign of someone from another dimension. Someone who passed away from our visible and concrete world. 38) Trapped energy in the dimension of time. 39) Replay of extreme emotions of energies from past time. 40) Spirit energy of person/animal that has passed over and is seen in many forms. 41) We exist as we are now but without a body, enimating on a different frequency. Not always able to interact. 42) Observers. 43) An etheric revenent spirit of a deceased person who haunts/visits the living for a reason. 44) Playback in the events in a certain place stored as electro magnetic/spiritual energy or manifestation of conciousness seperate from body. 45) Earthbound spirit not ready to move on for whatever reason i.e. being judged, unfinished business etc. 46) Spirit coming to visit. 47) Visiting soul returning. Someone from higher plane trying to communicate. 48) They feed off energy. 49) Don't know. 50) I don't think about what a ghost is.

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